By My Side

, performed by Hemenway, was the twentieth ending for Naruto: Shippūden. It began on episode 243 and ended on episode 256.

Rōmaji
Kotae nakute mo ii sa sagashi tsuzukeru n da yo Sou otona ni naru jikan da ne Imasugu tsugetai kedo furue ga tomaranai Kokoro wa ima sara nigete to sakebu no sa

By my side by my side

Tatoeba anata no me no oku ni motomeru keshiki ga aru no nara Sore wo tsukande tashikametai n da Moshi kimi no namida ga kono sekai wo kimi kara toozaketa toshitemo Boku wa sono te hanasanai n da

Dakara sou ima

I need you here right by my side

By my side

Kanji
答えなくてもいいさ 探し続けるんだよ そう大人になる時間だね 今すぐつげたいけど 震えが止まらない 心は今更逃げてと叫ぶのさ

バイマイサイド バイマイサイド

例えばあなたの眼の奥に 求める景色があるのなら それを掴んで確かめたいんだ もし君の涙がこの世界を 君から遠ざけたとしても 僕はその手 離さないんだ

だから そう 今

I need you here right by my side

バイマイサイド

English
I will also continue to look for an answer

It's about time I become an adult

But I can't stop shaking

The tears of your heart want to escape now

By my side… by my side…

If there was a scenery where you could find the other side of your eyes

I would hold on to it to make sure…

…we can get away from the world and even from your tears

And even then I wouldn't release your hands

That's why right now

I need you here right by my side

By my side…

Characters
The characters in order of appearance:
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Kushina Uzumaki
 * Minato Namikaze

Trivia

 * This ending represents Naruto's struggles as he tries to overcome the growing darkness and hate in Sasuke's heart. It also represents the repressed darkness in his own heart (Dark Naruto) leading to where he feels that he is unwanted. The light at the end represents Kushina arriving to save him from his own hate and to show that he is wanted.

By My Side