Reals Heroes,

Die With a Smile

Heroes. They don't grow up in a posh, rich life. They grew up like most of us, a normal life or a weird life, a nice life or a bad life.

Real heroes, the ones people look up to, die with a smile, despite it all. They die knowing they did right all their life, die with no regrets, and die asking their precious people live happy.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, 3rd Hokage. Hiruzen may not have killed his student, but he made a difference. Hiruzen was a hero.

Hyuuga Neji saved his cousin and his future hokage. Neji is a hero.

Jiraiya lost to his student, but he saved the other. Jiraiya is a hero.

Minato and Kushina forsake their son, knowing he'd live horribly, but also knowing he'd grow strong; to be something special. They are heroes.

Uchiha Itachi died with his brother hating him, but he loved his otouto no less. He's a hero, not to Konoha, but to his brother.

And finally, Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto dies. Not as Hokage, but as a brother and friend. Naruto dies with a smile, forgiving his teammate for all he did. Naruto was always a hero.

Real heroes greet death warmly, as the light in the dark.

Hell is an abyss of nothing, save a few fireflies.

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