Disclaimer: Nope. Don't own anything except for my cell phone, my coffee, and some dryer lint.
-Bring Him Back-
You betrayed me. Us. Everyone in the village.
Just for the sake of some stupid ambition.
You hurt her, the one who had nothing but love for you, yet you treated her like shit.
Stupid moron, and selfish as always. Selfish in the fact that you don't care who you hurt, who you leave behind.
Now I stand here with a sobbing girl at my feet. "Bring him back!" she pleads through her tears. "Bring him back, Naruto, please!"
I stare impassively down at her, the anger building in my heart. "Don't worry, Sakura-chan. I'll bring him back."
You're a strange one, the fox inside me says. You hate him; you want him to curl up and die, yet you still go after him? He has everything you want, the girl whose heart you want, yet you still go to find him? You go to find your rival in love, your rival in everything? You do know, that the minute you bring him back, he will proceed to make your life more miserable thanit was before, right?
Ignoring the cynical yet true voice in my head, I pull Sakura into a tight embrace. "Don't you worry, Sakura-chan; I'll bring him back…Even if it kills me."
You fool…
I let go of her and join my waiting teammates.
As we exit the gates to the village, I look back. Sakura and Ino and a whole slew of people stand watching us leave. I lift a hand in farewell, taking heart when Sakura does the same.
"C'mon, Uzumaki." I turn to the speaker, Shikamaru, and grin my foxy grin. "Well, what are we waiting for?" A ghost of a smile flits across the Nara's usually stoic face.
I readjust my traveling pack. Turning away from Konoha, I head off to find my rival in strength and love…
To find my bastard of a friend.