he was a good fighter.
not the best,but a good one.
he succeeded in the chuunin exams.
but didn't become a chuunin himself.
he was a person that my teammate,hinata adored.
even though he never noticed.
if he did,i could tell that good things would come of it.
he never acknowledged me in a conversation.
all because i never spoke to him before.
we never spoke together,but i helped him when he needed me.
i'll never forget him.
that one persistent boy.
the one ninja who could change people.
and lift their spirits when needed.
the ninja known as naruto uzumaki.

naruto was an important person to me.
we'd always go to ichiraku's together.
and when i never had enough money.
he'd pay for my meal.
he was a nice person.
too nice to be killed.
and if he was here right now.
i'd give him all the snacks he could eat!
and we'd go around pranking iruka unexpectedly.
iruka hated when that happened.
but we all thought it was funny how he acted.
i'm gonna miss my friend.
i just wanna have lunch with him one last time.
me and shikamaru will always visit his grave.
to pray that he's in a better place.
for the time being,i'll have some ramen for him.
and make sure i enjoy it for my friend.

that boy,when we fought,i noticed something.
how he got stronger,fighting for someone other than himself.
he taught me that.
that you will be a better person fighting for someone precious to you.
but before that,i was selfish.
i never liked anyone.
i even hated my own brother and sister.
why?
it was all because i didn't want them to get hurt.
to be killed by the demon inside of me.
so i stayed away.far away from them.
but after me and naruto fought.
i learned to accept other people.
i learned to never care for myself again.
all because of him.
thank you,naruto.

naruto.......
if that horrid event never happened...
i'd still beat him to a pulp.
but now,
he's gone
never to come back again.
he'd always ask me out.
and i always said no.
if i knew this was gonna happen.
i would've loved him to death.
but all of that is nothing but a fantasy now.
it'll never come true.
i should've accepted him.
but i always went for sasuke.
i never really developed feelings for him until now.
i broke his heart everytime i turned him down.
and yet he protected me.
protected me from harm.
i should've took his feelings seriously.
i'm sorry
my hyperactive teammate
naruto uzumaki

naruto wasn't the best student.
he always got himself in trouble.
but the good thing was,i cared about his consequences.
how he would react.
what he would do about it.
if he showed good progress in it.
i'd let him off the hook.
but i wish i could say the same for now.
i couldn't help him.
the akatsuki threw me off.
that was a major s-rank mission.
failed.
i should have been stronger.
i should have been by his side.
i should have died instead.
but if i was dead,how would he act?
his emotions would be more broken up than mine right now.
i should've trained instead of spending all my time looking at obito's name on the memorial stone.
then i would've saved naruto.
but i promise.
his name will be on that stone.
the stone of important people.
the stone of hero's of konoha to be remembered deeply.

why?
why was i so shy all the time?
why didn't i confess to him?
if he knew about my feelings for him.
he would have beaten his enemies.
and lived.
his feelings would've enpowered him.
and restrain his death from coming.
i admired him so much.
but i was scared to tell him.
i should've worked up the courage.
or at least get him to notice me differently.
he was dear to me.
and to everybody else.
i didn't want him to go.
i admired him more than anything else.
that determined boy.
and if he survived that fight.
we would have lived a life together.
grow up together.
but those dreams are behind now and will forever swarm my head.
good-bye my inspiration.
naruto

he was a fool
someone dumb enough to take on the strongest organization ever created.
but he did it.
it was futal.
but he did it.
he saved konoha
i always thought he was weak.
that was until that match in the chuunin exams.
he was'nt fighting for himself.
but for my own cousin.
hinata
he swore to me after my fight with her.
he swore he'd get me back and win for her.
and i told him that his fate wouldn't allow that.
but somehow,he managed it.
he defeated me fair and square.
he changed his fate on his own.
but his fate wouldn't let him escape death.
he did good
he was my enemy.
and he saved me anyway.
i'll always remember him.

the kid had guts.
i'll give 'em that
i never knew he would pull it off.
but it happened
we all said he was weak.
but wow
an organization stronger than the sannins themselves.
he managed it like it was nothing to it.
i'll see him as someone stronger than me.
way stronger than me at that.
in the chuunin exams i beat the crap out of 'em.
and he kept fighting.
i can't say i let him win.
but he actually caught me off guard.
he beat me.
and i bet his name will go down in the bingo book as the strongest people to look out for.
if not,i'll kill whoever says he doesn't deserve it.
i just hope he's livin' the good life right now.
i'll miss my life long pal.
naruto

he was a succesor.
that's the most i can say.
i taught him almost everything i know.
every time i told him about a new technique.
he begged me 24/7 to teach him about it.
and strange thing was.....
he learned them quicker than expected.
i'm proud that he protected his loved ones.
he reminds me so much of the fourth.
that spiky yellow hair.
those deep pools of blue colored eyes.
that cheeky smile.
i'll miss the guy.
i mean,who else is gonna yell at me when i'm out 'researching' when i should be teaching?
but to the main point....
how did i fail to help him?
i'm stronger than that.
i just hope he could forgive me.
i too shall soon be where he is now.
looking over the konoha villagers.
hoping that they don't ensure the same death as naruto.

hmph
i never knew i'd say this but...
the kid was brave.
i always thought he was too weak to even beat temari.
but he beat my brother who was stronger than both me AND temari put together.
i'm actually glad to say that i'm impressed.
he did good.
for a nuisance though.
sad to admit but.
he's actually a better fighter than i am.
if he survived,i should've fought 'em myself.
though i don't really think he could actually be a challenge for me.
but i think he can get around in the situation where he can.
i'll miss ya buddy.

naruto?
why?
why was he so stupid?
i told him to let the grown ups handle the situation.
but he fought anyway.
i always knew he was the biggest dummy alive.
but he was my dummy.
the closest person i had apart from my grandpa,the third.
he was like a brother to me.
a big brother in fact.
since we met....
i always wanted to be like him.
we had the same dream.
to be hokage.
to protect our friends.
our family.
our home.
so when i become hokage.
i'll do a good job for him.
i'll make him proud.
goodbye....
brother

to tell the truth.....
he had youth
maybe more youth than lee.
maybe more youth than me.
i can't say how much youth he had at all but i can say this.
he certainly had the will of fire our villagers posses.
i gave him the might suit me and lee have.
he accepted it but couldn't wear it all because of his goofy mentor,jiraiya.
but that's alright.
all that matters is he saved the village.
he was nice.
stronghearted.
and absolutely determined.
he will be a fine commeration of konoha.
we all shall miss him dearly.
may he rest his troubled soul from now on.

i never really knew the little dude.
but once i laid eyes on him in the exams.
i knew that he'd do something heroic one day.
and it actually came true.
i never really wanted him to lose his existence.
he was kinda wild for a boy his age.
i was somewhat like him in a way when i was young.
constantly getting in trouble.
always bothering other people.
to say the least,we played alot.
but got things done.
i'll miss him more than anything else.
if i could see him once more....
i'd.....
i'd hug him so tight....
but all i can do now.....
....is dream now right?

it's troublesome to say.
the guy was stronghearted.
he did the best he could.
i told him that fighting back would be a drag.
but he still wanted to be the idiot of the pack.
he tried hard.
on his own too.
i kept thinking that he'd need a team with him to pull off the mission.
but he did it on his own.
i'm amazed.
a knuckle head that has no clue of planning things out.
to tell the truth...
charging out like he did pretty much worked for once.
let's just hope he didn't die for no reason.
now that.....would be troublesome

huh
the little guy was the best after all.
he took out that creepy gaara.
and now the akatsuki.
i never knew he could be that strong.
he succeeded in everything he tried.
well except for trying to quit ramen.
i gotta hand it to him.
he made all the jounin's and even the hokage look like academy students.
he did something the higher rank ninja couldn't do.
i have to give him props for that.
if somehow someone ressurected him.
i'd let him touch the bottom of my paw.
i gave that lazy ninja shikamaru a chance to do that but he turned it down.
oh well,
his lost

naruto was my best friend.
we'd always go training together.
then after that,we'd go get some ramen out of his honor.
he knew what the meaning of youth really was.
to keep at your dream.
to keep fighting.....
.....never giving up.
he was one of the few people in konoha to do something as dangerous as he did.
he....
he was the bravest person i knew!
he was also one of the strongest people i know!
that's why i always wanted to fight him my self.
but i know i would've lost.
live on my friend.
with the power of youth!

..naruto..
that kid.....
is he......? even human?
he got rid of the whole akatsuki by barely trying.
and me?
it took alot for me to even handle itachi alone.
the kid might even be stronger than me!
that shouldn't be possible.
a genin stronger than a jounin?
i-it's too sad to even admit.
naruto made me look weak that day.
but that's alright.
i'll become more powerful than i ever been.
so i can one day protect my village on my own.
along with kurenai.
i won't let anything happen to the people dear to me.
one day i'll save this village
to have my name engraved on the stone of heroes.

one of the people i cared for the most.
gone
he shouldn't have done it.
sacrifice his life for everyone else's.
stupid,but brave
if he hadn't done what he did,we'd all be dead by now.
that's one more life taken away in this village.
i...
i didn't know what to do....
...i was scared
so scared....
i couldn't move
it's partly my fault he died.
i should have healed him.
but fear overcame me.
i won't forrgive myself for that.
live on...
naruto
i don't want him to die for nothing at all.
maybe it was part of some sort of plan?
maybe that was sworn to happen in the first place.
i can't answer those questions myself...
..i just hope nothing worser than the akatsuki comes our way..

the little brat was pretty strange to me.
he wierded me out more than kankurou does.
hpmh,i've always wondered if they had something in common.
and it turns out....
they're just plain nerdy.
but he's just like gaara too.
they were alone when they were small.
weak..
fragile..
scared..
but overall,they come through.
when not expected though.
but it just comes to this...
don't ever underestimate 'em.
i did once....
and what happened?
gaara nearly destroyed our village,barely trying...
and naruto saved his....from the most feared group in the great countries.
i'll never make that mistake again.
to accept the weak looks on someone's face..
and take them for who they truly are.

why do these things always happen to naruto?
he gets ignored by everyone.
but he'd always fight for them.
i never knew people would be that cruel.
plus,he'd give his life for them.
and he did.
now they all want to show feelings for him.
now that he's gone..
...away from existence.
i'd never treat him wrong for dumb reasons.
i don't want neji knowing this but.
i always thought he was kind of cute.
helping others.
protecting the ones he love.
only to be swatted away from them,not caring at all.
i'll miss him.
in my heart,neji would be there...
...but secretly,it'd always have space for another person.
a person by the name of naruto.

oh,naruto..
he was a fool.
a completely idiotic person.
i knew he wasn't going to live if he fought the akatsuki.
he did it anyway.
he showed his care to the village by sacrificing himself.
it was a good thing he did.
even though the villagers repeatedly shunned him at times.
since he's dead,and i couldn't heal him..
he won't be able to reach his goal of becoming hokage.
he's just like them..
similar in appearence to my brother,nawaki.
and similar in personality to my loved one,dan
they all wanted to be hokage.
but they died early.
and they died with the necklace i gave them.
everytime i gave someone that necklace,they end up dying a few days later.
my grandfather,the first hokage gave it to me.
he trusted it to me.
with all of his heart's emotions into it.
he wanted me to give it to the person i love the most.
who desperately wanted to take on the name of hokage.
i don't know what i'd do if someone else dear to me died.
i must remember to never give no one else my necklace.
the necklace of death.
i've always wondered.....
was this necklace...
....cursed?

i'll never know the idiot the same way again.
he was a loser compared to me.
i always attracted the girls..
yet,i had no interest in them.
not one
i always had the best moves.
and that's why he'd always get angry at me.
that's why we'd always compete with each other.
somehow,he got stronger than me.
ever since he started training with that perverted sannin.
what kind of training was he giving him?
how was he able to endure it all?
how is he even capable of learning and mastering a jutsu faster than i can?
i was jealous of him.
he'd always beat me in an intense battle.
how?
why can't i get an answer?
how did he get better than me?
how did he take down itachi so quickly?
i've trained my whole life and i couldn't even get a hit on him.
not even get at least a speck of dirt on his clothes.
and naruto killed itachi with a week's worth of learned techniques.
and me?
i still nearly kill myself.
training to be stronger than him.
but i still lose.
since itachi's gone i have no reason to get stronger now.
or to go to orochimaru.
it's all over for my part.
he did what i longed to do for years.
with ease....
...with barely any effort.
to admit since we met at the academy...
i've always seen him as a brother.
a family member..
a family that we both never had since we were 8.
a family that i lost at that age.
i swear..
from this day...
i'd do my best.
to get better,stronger.
i'll never be a weakling any longer!
if naruto can do it...
i can too!
i'll get better!
i won't lose any more!
i'll promise this to myself!
i'll be a much stronger person!
i'll make sure to be grateful.
to the family i never had.
and my friend.
naruto..

i couldn't have happened..
how?
is this for real?
i....
i...
i don't believe this.
naruto's dead?
he didn't deserve it.
why couldn't have been me?
why him?
he was like a son to me.
we'd always be around eachother.
going out for ramen.
playing in the park.
just like a father and son would.
i should've died instead.
it would hurt his little heart more than mine is now.
but at least i woud've died happy...
since i saved his life.
but that can't happen now.
he isn't coming back.
my personality will be forevever changed.
now that..
he's..
..gone...

gosh..
naruto's gone?
i knew he'd be stupid enough to sacrifice himself for others.
that's why no one likes him.
everyone uses him.
oh well!
he's nothing compared to sasuke!
he doesn't have a cool demeanor.
good looks.
excellent fighting moves.
or a brain.
he's a loser and always will be.
dead or not.
i never cared about him,and i never will.
he's an idiotic
playful
non-sensetive jerk!
why did he always go after sakura?
i look way better than her!
i don't have an over-sized forehead like she does.
i'm perfect in every way!
nothing will ever change that!

poor hinata
she liked the boy more than anything.
she might've gave her own life for him.
if i were her,i'd do it too.
thats what love mostly is.
to give your own...
for someone else
nothing can change that rule.
not evil
not any cold-hearted person.
that was a nice thing he did.
giving his life for people that were mean to him when he was small.
they should honor him.
instead of celebrating that he's dead.
along with the nine-tailed fox.
even though he'll never come back..
naruto's spirit shall thrive though konoha.
watching the people....
...watching hinata..

naruto never knew me.
at birth was the last time i ever saw him.
i knew he'd become a strong,kind-hearted person one day.
and it actually happened before my own eyes.
what really made me proud is he nearly mastered the technique i created.
he used it well.
it took him 3 days to master it.
while me,i mastered it on three years.
he's determined to finish any problem that comes his way.
he's just like me..
like father like son.
i wanted him to be honored as a hero instead of a monster.
be he never knew that.
what would've happened if he did?

oh man!
what are they all thinking about me right now?
i always thought that none of them cared about things that happens to me.
i hope every single one of them miss me.
but what about sakura?
now that i no longer exist,would to show feelings towards me?
that's low..
even for her.
..not caring about her dead teammate.
and still going for sasuke.
and i wonder if any of the girls think i'm cute.
it could happen but,i doubt it.
nobody shows any emotion towards me but iruka.
so i'd gladly accept that girl as a close friend.
and what of the uchiha? what does he see me as?
i always thought of us being brothers.
right now,he probably finally accepts me as a friend.
that would really make me happy.
but i can't tell them all how i feel about them too.
man i wish i never had been so stupid to fight the akatsuki.
well at least no one has to worry about them threatening anyone else no more.
that was a good thing i did anyway.
i just hope my friends live a good life without me.
for their sake,i just hope they don't waste their lives and let death come to them early.
i'll miss them all....