Always my Inspiration
I used to watch as blond hair stood against a solitary tree
Never realizing his loneliness was a plea
For someone to treat him like a person
However he feared that his treatment would only worsen
Once many years ago I found myself watching as he was kicked
And before I could seriously intervene I was restricted
By a member of the Hyuga clan, who like all others believed
Friendship with this perky, but downtrodden ninja could not be achieved
When he would see me shyly standing in the street
He would accost me, and my heart would be full of heat
That searing full of pleasure pain would race to my face
Where my skin would turn red, and I would race
Away from him embarrassed for my lack of control
And later when he asks, I simply say I went for a stroll
Spikes coming out his body, the color of smoke
Inside everything was screaming his name, my heart broke
And in that moment I knew I could not stand by
So finally truly acting upon my feelings, I became his ally
Tireless I tried to remove the rods pinning him to the ground
Wanting so desperately to hear the metal sound
Against the earth, free from his body
In those moments I would embody
His ninja way, the ideals which had become my own
Using my chakra fists to fight Pain, until I was thrown
Into the sky, and came plummeting back like a failed rocket
Then the war came to our doorsteps, and Naruto was not in the crowd
Still I fought knowing he would be proud
Knowing I was not ennui in my struggle against the tailed-beast hunters
Even as battles were lost, and our numbers
Dwindled beneath white putty monsters