[His head shakes, a little like he's dispelling a thought.]

We never got to the summit.

[His hair, damp in some places and wet in others, leaves single droplets hitting the surface of the pool. They ripple outwards in a series of small, slow moving rings.]

I found out they were gonna start hunting you, after you took Bee. They told Konoha that they were putting an execution order on you.

I went to the Raikage to ask him not to.

[It feels like so long ago, but maybe that's when things really had started to change. When this thing between him and Sasuke existed everywhere. Naruto sighs.]

Even after I begged he didn't listen. And then I found out that you attacked the Summit. And that everyone in Konoha, all our friends, voted to follow the bingo book. Even Sakura-chan was resolved to kill you.

I thought it really was over. [Even with all this time that's passed, even exhausted from crying, it still chokes him up to think about.]

I wasn't afraid of chasing after you on my own, I always knew it would come down to that somehow. But I didn't know if I could beat everyone else too- everyone in the village, everyone from the other villages.

I knew I wouldn't stop. So back then, it felt like I lost everything.