If I get something wrong, please don't be mean. I actually haven't finished the show yet, and when I do I'll come back and correct any errors, but for now, feel free to correct in a nice way.

Also, let's pretend the war lasted two years rather than just a few days. Thank you.

Hope you like it.

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Naruto tried to ignore the piles of bodies that surrounded her as she fought the enemy shinobi. She'd had no idea how strong they would really be, but if her team could beat them here, the war would be over. No more death, no more hate. She could end the cycle once and for all. Especially after she became Hokage.

The screams and yells of battle almost overtook her ears as she ran even further into enemy ranks. She continued to fight, borrowing power from her current demonic resident as it was needed. Suddenly she heard a scream.

The scream was recognized by Naruto immediately. She ran to the sound, forgetting the enemy she had been facing. When she arrived on the scene she almost screamed herself.

There, on the ground, all of her friends that she had left, Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke. All of them, bleeding into the grass. The scream had been Sakura's, but she was dead now. So fast. Could Naruto have even saved them? Her eyes flashed over to a movement as she saw Kakashi's silver hair tremble. She ran to his side to see his eyes slowly glassing over.

"No, you cannot die on me. I won't allow it. You can't do this to me. I've already lost so much. Can't I be selfish just this once?" She asked as she cradled him in her arms. "I didn't even get to tell you how much I love you."

His hand reached up and rested on her face. "I have always loved you Naruto. Even before I knew you, I loved you."

"What?" She asked, a questioning look in his face.

Kakashi closed his eyes and relaxed his body in her arms. He had always hoped if he had to die it would be in her arms. He had to hold out just a bit more. He needed to say those three words before he died one more time. One more time.

"I love you." He choked out before dropping his hand from her face and breathing his last breath.

She screamed then. Letting all of the agony, sadness, hopelessness, fear, and anger out in a single moment. She could feel Kurama's power as her anger and hatred fueled him.

"For a shinobi, you aren't very good at following the basic rules. Like, for instance, not showing any emotions." She heard a voice behind her.

"Did you kill them?" She asked simply, trying to suppress the anger and agony. The sadness this life had felt her with. The never-ending shit hole that was her life.

"Why, you gonna try to avenge them? Go ahead, try. Not even the legendary Copy Ninja could beat me. What could a tiny girl like you hope to do?" He teased.

She didn't care anymore. These people didn't deserve her mercy. She should kill them all. She couldn't tell if it was her or the demon inside her thinking those thoughts, and that scared her, but she didn't really care right now. He had to die.

"I don't know how much a little girl could do against someone as strong as you, but let's see what the jinchuriki of the nine-tails can do a piece of scum like you." She chuckled at the expression on his face as he realized what she was.

Her wounds that she had sustained were enough to hinder her movements as she fought him, but not enough to make the battle too difficult. It took longer than she expected, the man was pretty good, but she beat him in the end. Although, she had to pay the price. As the watched his body fall to the ground she felt the pain she had suppressed during the fight. She looked down at a large gouge in her chest, right in her heart. Kurama couldn't heal her injuries fast enough, she was dying.

Naruto looked at Kakashi, lying dead on the ground. Sasuke and Sakura, who had died next to each other. They were even holding hands.

He couldn't die. He just couldn't. Naruto gathered up the last of her chakra as she remembered the jutsu Grandma Chiyo had used on Gaara so long ago. She channeled the last of her life into Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke in a last-ditch attempt to save the man she loved and her two best friends. As she fell next to them, the exhaustion and pain finally overcame her.

She closed her eyes and saw her mindscape. "Kurama, I will miss you, dear friend."

The large fox looked at her with surprisingly sad eyes. "Allow me to fix this. I can take you back. You can be with the man you love."

He held a surprising amount of hope in his voice. It was for a selfish reason. He, though he would never admit it, was actually liking Naruto. She had treated him better than any of his former hosts. She had given him a home where he felt safe, and he wasn't about to lose that now.

"I don't know what tricks you have up your sleeve, but this time I will gladly go. I have had enough. Let me die in peace." She was almost begging.

Kurama didn't care. He could tell she wanted to die but also wanted to live. None of these stupid humans really wanted to die. Most just wanted to find love and live forever. As if that wasn't too much to ask.

"I'm sorry, brat. I cannot honor your wishes. I need you to stay alive. So does everyone else, so try to make it for just a little longer." He asked as he gathered up the last of his chakra. He wasn't sure if this would work, but she would die either way, so what was the harm.

He hoped with all his heart, if he had one, that this would work and went to work.

"You will see him again, kit. I will make sure of that."

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