Ode to Itachi:
I remember when you were young
You basked in your wide-eyed innocence
You idolized me as your older brother
Back then you moved with unlimited finesse
I would train you and help you learn
You wouldn't thank me out loud
But I heard you just the same
And you always made me proud
You were my little brother, my little Sasuke
I kept you safe and dried your tears
It was I to who you turned
To chase away your fears
I made you think you annoyed me
I flicked your forehead everyday
You would pout while I smirked
In a very brotherly display
Then time came when our family planned a coup d'état
I as one loyal to not my clan but my village
Was chosen as the one to kill them all
But you saw the blood spillage
It might have better if I had killed you then
So you wouldn't live with the hurt
But my feelings got in the way
I couldn't kill you; so I caused your subvert
Your too young eyes turned coldly to me
As they lifted from our slaughtered parents
You had seen it all, every stab, every slash
There would be no stopping your descent
I filled you with anger
I lied to you, saying I killed them to test my strength
Told you to fill your heart with vengeance and hate
Told you to go to any length
Selfishly I destroyed your conscience
You would stop at nothing to destroy me
It made me feel better knowing I would atone for my sins
Your life was ruined by my hands cruelly
I made a deal with the Hokage
In return for your life, I had to leave
And so I did
You would turn out fine, that's what I wanted to believe
But I didn't
I knew you were utterly and completely destroyed
And I knew it was my fault
That you were sucked into an endless void
I looked for the next biggest threat to the village
I had to make what was left of my life worth something
So I joined the Akatsuki, infiltrating them from the inside
I resided with them in the heart of Beijing
They were monsters
Every single one
They were not ordered
They just wanted to feel like they had won
They were murderers
And they were my only friends
But I was still haunted
By untied ends
I waited for the day when you my brother
Would come and end my existence
I had done too much wrong to wish otherwise
I prayed you'd remember and travel the distance
And finally, when you were seventeen
And you were strong
You came and ended
What had gone on already too long
Your Katana finally pierced my heart
And I smiled, flicking your forehead for the last time
I fell to my knees
Already covered with bloody grime
My tears of blood drip to the floor
I pled, "Forgive me of my tormented soul,
Free me of my tortured conscience,
I invoked your vengeful goal."
And you cried
And so did I
I comforted you as only I could
Shushing your quite, questioning "Why?"
The life you must have led burned then in my head
You hadn't the chance to celebrate life
When I brought it crashing down
I made you take mine from me with bitter strife
I lay in this puddle of blood on a cold cement floor
"Life for me has ended, but yours will go on
Thank you for this last gift
Please remember me now that I am gone."
And my eyes finally closed
A chorus of "Itachi!" ringing pointlessly in the background
With the sacrifice of my little brother
My peace was found
Luvakatsuki3
