If I Were Me

by GarnetMonstrosity

It isn't me. Don't fall for it's flattering lies and honeyed words that tell you just what it wants you to hear. Don't believe it's sob stories. Don't fall, like I did, like so many before me. It'll use you, and consume your soul after you serve your purpose. Don't listen. Don't fall. Stay alive. This is my warning, the final one. But you can't hear me, can you?

1. Carefully Falling (Sakura & Rin)

*This is the only disclaimer. I do not own Naruto or Naruto Shippuden.*

Who is that girl I see?

Staring straight back at me.

Why is my reflection someone I don't know?

Somehow I cannot hide who I am,

Though I try,

When will my reflection show,

Who I am inside?

When will my reflection show,

Who I am inside?

-Reflection, Mulan

Everyday, I pass by a mirror. And everyday, I change. Little by little, I see myself becoming someone I don't recognize. My candy-floss hair, slowly turning brown. My grass-green eyes, melting to chocolate.

I pass by the Memorial Stone in Training Ground 7 everyday, coming back from the Academy. I always see a man there, rain or shine, talking to someone named Obito. He tells Obito how his day was, how much he misses him, and how sorry he is. I don't understand. What is he sorry for?

Yesterday, the man left early, but froze when he caught sight of me. The only eye that I could see on his face, the other being covered by his hitai-ate, widened. In a quavering, shaky voice he uttered one word.

"Rin?"

He sounded so scared, so heartbroken. Then he turned and vanished. Confused, I turned to the only other thing on the pathway. A cat.

"Do you know what he meant?"

The cat didn't respond. Shrugging, I turned back, and walked away.