29. Retina (Narusasu)
Itachi was dead. He had killed him, and he knew that Itachi had killed him in return, a long overdue mission completed. But that did not matter. He no longer had a reason to continue his life, so there was no reason to try. Resting his head back on the ground, he lay staring at the sky. He could die like this.
He knew there would be no more after this. He had finally reached the end. He could feel nothing. It was like he had lost all feeling in his body, except the dull ache in his eyes from the intense light before him. A light he could almost remember from somewhere long ago. Where had it come from?
There was a noise ringing his ears. It was pulling at him, forcing him to wake up. He tried to focus his eyes on whatever was beyond the light, but it was far too bright. He opened his mouth to speak, but could not form words. There was no way for his body to signal to whatever the light was hiding at all.
It struck him then, as a warm hand pressed against his chest, that this was a person. A person who had been special to him at some point in his life. Again, he tried to call out, but still he could not.
It was not fair. His whole life he had worked toward one goal, and now, after that goal had been completed, he could not turn toward all of the other paths he had bypassed. He wanted to, but he could not.
His vision was dimming again, swallowing the light. The muted voice was disappearing with the light, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He could not think of anything besides what he was missing now, what he had missed his entire life, but there was nothing to be done.
His head rolled to the side as his heart gave out.
"Sasuke," Naruto mumbled, a tear rolling down his cheek.
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This is kind of like chapter seven, but slightly different. only two more to write!! woohoo!!!