A/N: don't know where this came from…just seemed to fall into place. I had no couple(s) in mind :ahem: while writing this, despite the title, open to interpretation or whatever…
Disclaimer: Nothing's mine.
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They say that love makes the world go round, that it is the strongest sort of power: attack or defence, stronger than any jutsu, than any weapon, than any sort of tie or emotion between two people. They also say it is very complicated, that it is rare, that it is difficult, and maybe it is and maybe they're right.
Still, there is more of it in the world than they recognize.
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Love is what Naruto feels when he wakes up in the morning with sleep in his eyes and a growling stomach, only to remember that he will be training soon, training with the three people who would die for him without a second thought.
Love is what Maito Gai feels when he sees that Lee, despite however little fight he has left in him, will not give up.
Love is what Hinata feels when she hears the commotion Naruto makes and when she feels—rather than hears—him call out her name and tell her to never give up.
Love is what Iruka feels when he sees Naruto or Konohamaru or any other child in this village suffer.
Love is what Sakura feels when she darts to stand firmly between a fallen Sasuke and a kunai that is aimed for him.
Love is what Asuma feels when he sees Shikamaru fighting for more than he has ever wanted and needed in life, much more than he has ever asked for, far more than he has even dreamed of.
Love is what Jiraiya feels as he watches the Godiame Hokage from afar and can feel her pain after she has lost another patient.
Love is what Neji feels when despite having hated her all his life, Hinata shows him her most precious smile.
Love is what Chouji feels when the fear of death is drained from him and he cannot allow himself to hear an insult directed towards Shikamaru.
Love is what Kakashi feels every morning at crack of dawn as he stands by Obito's memorial.
Love is what the Sandaime Hokage feels as he takes his last breath…love for Konohamaru, love for Konoha, and love for every single one of Konoha's people.
Love is what Sasuke feels when he knows that he can kill Naruto—it would be so simple and awfully convenient—but decides against it.
Love is what Naruto feels when he realizes that even though Sasuke has left, made Sakura cry, and half the village upset, he will come back home one day.
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love is everything
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