Death

"You win... Dobe". Those were words that he never thought he would say to the dobe, the dead last of the class. After everything that had happened, everything that he had gone through, all fuelled by hatred and determination to kill first Itachi, then Danzo and finally the Five Kages. But to think the one he would lose to would be the Dobe, someone who he pushed aside both literally and from his heart, to think that determined dumbass would fulfil the childhood promise of beating him.

Sasuke chuckled at the thought. If you told him this a year or two ago, he would have either outright killed you or captured you before proceeding to torture you alongside Orochimaru, all the while laughing at your words as if they were the greatest joke he had ever heard. Yet, to think it was reality was a hard pill to swallow for Sasuke, even now, but he knew this was real, even Itachi's Tsukuyomi wasn't this real. Not mentioning the fact that Rinnegan's ability to simply absorbed foreign chakra made genjutsu impossible.

He looked to his left; the dumbass was screaming, and he simply tuned it out. Furrowing his brows, he realized that all the pain and suffering he undertook to gain the power he had needed. No, he had lusted after it, for he never truly needed it, did he? Yet, he had still failed in the end, now dying at the hands of the dobe he used to ignore the very existence of. Despite this, he wasn't sad, angry, or even disappointed by the outcome. No, he was relieved, and exhausted, just wishing to sleep peacefully. Or maybe that was because of the blood-loss kicking in. If not, he would have probably cursed and made excuses about how he only lost because of certain reasons and tried to defend his 'honour as an Uchiha'.

"Idiot!" Naruto shouted aloud, breaking his trance-like state, as the pain he was ignoring also started kicking in. "Hn". He never knew how a person could ever be so loud, social and passionate as Naruto, he guessed this was because of being Uzumaki, remembering Karin, or being a Jinchuruki, as he remembered Killer B or being an Ashura incarnate as the moment he shared with Hashirama flashed his mind, Or simply these together. "Bastard, don't you dare die!". He painfully turned his neck to get a clear look at Naruto with his ever-weakening eyesight. 'Was this how Itachi felt when he died?', the thought struck him, filling him in regret for killing or speeding up his brother's death before he pushed down the guilt with ease, as he had done hundreds of times.

"Naruto... Promise me," 'great now my voice is dying' thought Sasuke as he addressed his blonde rival, hoping it actually reached the blond and didn't get drowned out by the blond's loud voice, and though he never says it out loud, his best friend who finally stopped screaming and started listening intently. "I'm going to die here... there's no changing that" Taking a deep breath to fill his crushed chest despite the pain, he interrupted his blond friend's train of thought, "Not even Sakura can help now. Once I'm dead, transplant my left eye into yourself, release the Infinite Tsukuyomi and..." He couldn't believe he was going to say it, but "Become Hokage... Promise... to bring peace to the world... like... Itachi wanted." His brother would have loved that. Was it not why he killed his own clan? Was peace not the reason Sasuke wished to kill the Five Kages? The wish was that no one would ever have to do what Itachi did, and no one would have to live through what Sasuke lived.

For as dumb as Naruto acted, he knew what and why his friend did what he did; he understood him easily. After all, if not for Old man Third, Iruka Sensei, Kakashi Sensei, Jiraiya, Rookie Nine, Granny Tsunade and all those he befriended, later on, he would have also walked the same road Sasuke did. But unlike him, Sasuke didn't have a Godfather or anyone who genuinely cared for him, ever since his clan died. The village, its leaders, inhabitants and its Shinobi all cared for and pitied him only because of his status as the last Uchiha or due to his looks. Just when he developed genuine bonds and was healing, Snake bastard and Itachi ruined it again. This was why Naruto always chased after Sasuke, he knew Sasuke, the true Sasuke because, like him and Gaara, they both had a lot in common too, they were both alone in a village that saw and valued them as weapons or assets than actual people.

This was why he wished to bring Sasuke back. He wished to help and save his friend, and it hurt him whenever Sasuke thrust deeper into the dark path. He, for as foolish as it sounded, felt guilty about what Sasuke had become. If he had tried harder. If he had tried earlier. If he opened up instead of acting like a dumbass, edge-lord want to be, 'To think I wanted to become edgy just for Sakura' he chuckled, maybe he and Sasuke would have been friends, maybe Sasuke would have been healed by the time Itachi came back. Maybe if all that had happened, his hands wouldn't have Sasuke's blood on them.

He shuddered as he glanced at Sasuke's left side. Sasuke had lost balance in the final few moments of their clash as the Chidori had gone for the thigh while the Rasengan hit him straight in the chest, definitively breaking ribs and puncturing his lungs and maybe also the heart. He felt guilty, useless, and deserving to die. After all, he handled the killing of his spiritual brother, rival, best friend and teammate. And though he tried to hide it, Sasuke noticed, saying "Dobe..." *cough* "stay idiotic..." *cough* "edgy doesn't" it seemed his lungs were full of blood as he spewed blood while talking, "suit you". After which Sasuke tried smiling, a weird and off-putting one for most but Naruto knew that was because Sasuke was uncomfortable with smiling for he had spent a bit too long with a certain Sannin.

A few moments passed, and both were silent until there was only one breathing. The sudden silence told Naruto that Sasuke had died. But he refused to cry. Sasuke would have taken offence to that, and he would respect Sasuke and his Clan's weird ways, even if they ate him from the inside. Soon, Sakura and Kakashi joined him. And after half a day, Naruto released Madara's genjutsu, freeing the world, and becoming its Lord and Saviour as he ushered the Ninja World to a bright future.

15 years later, Naruto honoured Sasuke's dream of a united Ninja World, as one nation. He used the Sharingan to learn and soon excelled in politics, united every nation to join as one, using the fact that there could be more Outsutsukis out there as a threat and became the Supreme Chancellor of the new Ninja world, with Shikamaru as Prime Minister, Choji as Head of Food Department, Tenten as weapons department, Tsunade and her disciples as the three leaders of the Health Council. The previous five Kage had 2000 chunnins under each of them, and their primary mission was to annex them and develop lands plagued by chakra beasts.

17 years later, Naruto had defeated Toneri alone, retrieved and then married Hinata.

30 years later, Naruto was now 47, a father of three, an elder son he and twins, being Boruto, Himawari and Sasuke respectively. Sasuke had his grandpa's, Hiashi Hyuga's hair and eyes. At first, they thought of naming him Neji, but Tenten and Gaara had beat them to that, so they went with Sasuke, and at 7 years old, he was just as edgy as the last Uchiha had been.

40 years later, Naruto, now 57, is now a grandfather of two nearly 4-year-old girls he named Mikoto and Kushina. The names were to honour both his own mother and Sasuke's who would have adopted him if not for the Anti-Uchiha sentiment of the village. The reason these two came into being was that his son Boruto forgot to wear a condom when he was 17 and ended up fathering them with Sumire, he chuckled as he remembered going hateful Sasuke Uchiha mode on Boruto that day for his dumb mistake, and later going loving Kushina mode on Sumire. He had also started training a total of 134 candidates, each one great political talent and though they lacked combat prowess, similar to the elders of Konoha, in the 13 years he would train them, he would turn each one into Elite Jounin, after all, they had to be powerful if they would replace him and form a council, each representing a sector instead of a village, a method of his that would slowly make the village system obsolete after all that system would only cause betrayals and wars to break out as it had in the past.

74 years later, Naruto was now 81 years old. He had spent 20 years on the battlefield against the Outsutsuki, which had ended 12 years ago with a bleak victory, killing nearly a billion inhabitants of the shinobi world but hardly 20 Outsutsuki. But they had overcome the issue, and now he wanted nothing more than to spend time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren because Mikoto had a single Hinata-like daughter, while Kushina had two troublemakers just like their grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved playing with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, speaking of which, Boruto was 56 while both Himawari and Sasuke were 51. Himawari's husband was Ino's son Inoichi, they had two girls and one boy while Sasuke was a genius with the Byakugan and Gentle-Fist like his mom and uncle, succeeded as the new Hyuga Clan leader at age 20 after Hanabi retired to marry Konohamaru. Sasuke then married the Hyuga clan's grand elder's only daughter and had 4 kids, three sons and a single daughter. He also used the help of his father-in-law, Aunt and the branch family's aid to destroy and bring down the other elder's lines, and finally eliminated the dual clan system finally, alongside becoming Orochimaru's student after Naruto told him of the origins of his name which had caused his son to want to reach the Uchiha's level, an impossibility unless you were an Ashura or Indra's incarnate.

81 years later, Naruto used the Rinnegan and Kurama's chakra one last time to different open 8 portals, each of which was suited for a specific tailed beast. The 8 tailed beasts looked at him, nodded and gave him one final fist bump before going to their new homes where they could live freely for the rest of eternity. After the 8 beasts were gone, he turned to his family, friends, colleagues and disciples who had arrived for the last goodbye. After 7 hours, he opened a portal for himself. Going into this new realm, the one where they sealed Kaguya, he contacted Kurama. "So this will be the end huh kit?" "It seems so Kurama" "HMPH... I, the great demon fox, shall... thank you for freeing me". Naruto smiled a cheerful smile, one he was renowned for, though not as bright because of his old age before proceeding to share with Kurama what would be their last fist bump, where they used chakra to communicate and feel each other's thoughts and emotions. He decided it was his time, thus he freed Kurama, dying in the process.

Looking down, I stared at the kit's body. Caressing it with my hands for a while, I reinforced my will and used a tail beast bomb to destroy it. As I saw it being destroyed, I was filled with joy for from now on there would be no more Uchiha eyes, no more Rinnegan, and no more Indra and Ashura shenanigans. The world was free from the Outsutsukis and their descendants, and I too was free. As I looked at the endless skies above me, I smiled, in a Naruto kind of smile. Being free to do whatever I wanted, with no one else to fear, with no one remaining with the capabilities of enslaving me ever again. "Hope the Outsutsuki don't stir up trouble" I grumbled under my breath.

"Oh, I didn't know you hated us so much", My eyes widened as I heard that voice, I glanced behind me to see the bastard I and the kit had a lot of trouble fighting, Momoshiki, a bastard who didn't hesitate in sacrificing his own companion just for a boost in power. But now that I looked at him, I contemplated running away, after the kit was no longer with me and we no more Rinnegan but before I could move a red chakra construct bound me. Looking in the direction it came from, I saw the smiling freak Urashiki. He glanced at Momoshiki, who nodded at him, taking pleasure in watching me squirm for freedom. Urashiki, with the permission of his leader, extended his arm which started devouring my chakra, and by extension of me being a chakra construct myself, he was devouring me.

As Urashiki, devoured the Kyuubi, he transformed his monstrous form, possessing the Yellow Rinnegans. But before he could enjoy the euphoric sense of power from this new form of his a commanding voice called out to him. "Urashiki, go take Hyuga Hinata's eyes and help Kinshiki gain the Tenseigan before returning, I will deal with that weakling" spoke Urashiki, looking at the artificial Moon Team 7 had trapped Kaguya in. Urashiki, despite his explosive growth in power, knew not to slight Momoshiki, especially now that Momoshiki had devoured 7 other Outsutsukis as 'punishment' for failure, but he knew it was because Momoshiki lusted after power and nothing more. Sighing, Urashiki followed as Kinshiki opened the portal to the former 5-Kage summit and now the council summit. 'I'll take this as permission for devouring those weaklings', thought Urashiki as his face gained a twisted smile.