[someone said that earlier, but naruto hadn't really believed it. he'd listened to the rundown of why they were here and what the goal was, but after that he decided to focus on finding someone he knew- someone he trusted- to explain everything for real.
besides, the subject of regrets was not an easy one. there was plenty in life that he 'regretted', people who were lost, people he never got to meet, not properly, things that were taken. but 'regretting' something should also carry a sense of responsibility and there were simply too many things he had no control over, no matter how much he wished for outcomes to be different.
naruto's first regret is one he had made known before, in the middle of the battlefield. it involved sasuke, of course, because everything always did. the regret that he never reached out on that day, or the day after, or the day after that...
but if he had, would things have been different. maybe sasuke would have stayed. but would it have been naruto that had changed? ahh- the very thought of it all makes his head hurt! it would be better to simply go home without trying to change a damn thing.
yet... if he leaves, he can't talk to itachi. he may be a former missing-nin, former akatsuki, but more than that he's simply the big brother of his best friend and the more that naruto heard about him after everything that happened, the more respect he held for the older uchiha and everything else aside, he doesn't want to waste this opportunity he's been given to get to know him a little better. he wishes sasuke was here to join them. ]
Tonkatsu... well it ain't ramen, but tonkatsu's pretty good too y'know! You even know how to cook that? You're pretty cool, Itachi~!
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[someone said that earlier, but naruto hadn't really believed it. he'd listened to the rundown of why they were here and what the goal was, but after that he decided to focus on finding someone he knew- someone he trusted- to explain everything for real.
besides, the subject of regrets was not an easy one. there was plenty in life that he 'regretted', people who were lost, people he never got to meet, not properly, things that were taken. but 'regretting' something should also carry a sense of responsibility and there were simply too many things he had no control over, no matter how much he wished for outcomes to be different.
naruto's first regret is one he had made known before, in the middle of the battlefield. it involved sasuke, of course, because everything always did. the regret that he never reached out on that day, or the day after, or the day after that...
but if he had, would things have been different. maybe sasuke would have stayed. but would it have been naruto that had changed? ahh- the very thought of it all makes his head hurt! it would be better to simply go home without trying to change a damn thing.
yet... if he leaves, he can't talk to itachi. he may be a former missing-nin, former akatsuki, but more than that he's simply the big brother of his best friend and the more that naruto heard about him after everything that happened, the more respect he held for the older uchiha and everything else aside, he doesn't want to waste this opportunity he's been given to get to know him a little better. he wishes sasuke was here to join them. ]
Tonkatsu... well it ain't ramen, but tonkatsu's pretty good too y'know! You even know how to cook that? You're pretty cool, Itachi~!