I do not own Naruto or the song Silent Night...

A Different Christmas Story...

AU, Naruto has retrieved Sasuke and everything was back to normal. Everyone was ignoring him as usual and he's had enough.

Naruto had had it. It was Christmas eve. He was alone in his cold apartment with no one. Tsunade was busy with Jiraiya, Kakashi with Iruka-sensei. Hell even Sasuke and Sakura where having a little Christmas party for all their friends. Too bad no one invited him. He had the bottle of sleeping pills in his hand. "Well. hears to you Jesus." Naruto said, raising the bottle in a toasting motion.. He downed all the pills and crawled under the covers and waited for death to take him. Naruto had a tear in his eyes.

"Silent Night." He began. "Holy night. All is calm, all is bright, round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant

so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peeeace. Sleeep in heavenly peace."

His eyelids where droopy...At Sasuke and Sakura's partyy they where exchanging presents. Ino had gotten Sakura a pink berret with a emerald in the middle.

"Silent Night, holy night. Shepards quake, at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia."

Asuma was giving Kurenai a ring with a sapphire surrounded by diamonds. Proposing marraige.

"Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born"

It started to snow outside. God was crying for the purest soul he had ever created besides his own son being treated this way. Naruto watched the snowflakes fall.

"Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace"

Naruto's heart was almost stopped. He sang the last two lines softly.

"Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth."

Naruto closed his eyes. And never woke up again...

A week later. The rest of the Rookies and Team Gai where at the bridge...

"Where's that baka?" Sakura asked irritatedly. "He's always late."

A childs laugh in the wind caught everyone's ears. They turned to see a ghostly 5 year old looking Naruto who giggled at them. from a tree. He hopped down. grinned at them and ran off. vanishing out of sight...

"DId you guys just see what I saw?" Kiba asked.

"Maybe we should g-go check on Naruto?" Hinata asked. She was worried about her longtime crush. She had a bad feeling.

They went to Naruto's apartment. When they got inside they gasped. Naruto was under his covers. like he was asleep. but they knew he wasn't. Neji picked up the bottle next to his mattress. "Sleeping pills." Neji said with a choke. "And their all gone."

The laugh was heard agian. Everyone saw the five year old Naruto again looking sadly at his own body. Then looking up he asked them oa one word question.

"Why?" He asked before he vanished. He was never seen again.

After Tsunade retired she ended up drinking herself to death. Sakura died an old maid with no children. Ino died on a mission as an ANBU as did Kiba, Shino and Neji. Lee became one of those old men who spit on people if they got too close. Jiraiya never wrote another Icha Icha book and died having a Heart Attack in bed with a hooker. Sasuke hung himself a year after Naruto died. TenTen died on her first mission as a Jounin. Chouji ran his own restaurant until he too eventually died. Shikamaru retired after he reached 40 and died after a life of Shogi, cloud watching and teaching at the Academy. Kakashi went MIA on a mission to Kumo. And Iruka went silent for the rest of his days after his ball of sunshine left him.

The End.

Boy the things one can come up with huh? I wrote this cause I was feeling a little depressed and wanted to share my misery with everyone.

Dean the Cuddly Fox

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