Naruto Uzumaki
Open letter to Naruto
Naruto.. I knew that in the past you were always alone.
Like me, the last Uchiha left, you were cast out.You acted like an idiot on purpose so that people would scold you..Because you wanted them to pay attention to you..At first I thought you weren't worth considering at all. That you were just a weakling playing around. But..seeing you doing stupid things and getting scolded every time..for some reason I started to keep my eyes on you. That time I also realized..that your weakness had started to sink into me. I couldn't stop paying attention to you. When I saw you doing everything you could to create bonds with others..it reminded me of my family. And for some reason..I felt relieved. However..I also thought it was a weakness. I trained hard to escape from that weakness..and to become stronger than my brother, to take revenge on him. But then you ended up in the same team as me..and I got reminded of my family again. After clearing missions with you, who wanted to become hokage, I could feel clearly that we were both getting stronger..and I realized that I wanted to fight you. I started..to see team 7 somewhat like my family..And that’s why when I saw you suffer..I would..feel pain too. When I understood your pain, for the first time I considered you my comrade. But at the same time, I couldn't just let you become stronger.When I saw how strong you had become..I..I also knew that you were always alone too. I was relieved to see someone else like me and I felt so happy I kinda wanted to talk to you right away! But I didn’t ..Cause I was envious of your skills..and I decided you’d be my rival. You became my goal. For the first time, I had a bond. During our missions as team 7 ..I kept going after you cause I wanted to become strong and cool like you. It’s the opposite..I was the one envious of you. You had a kind of strength I was missing. You always walked in front of me..much like my brother used to..and today too..usuratonkachi.

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