The Signs of Hate
Chapter One
I woke up to the sound of lighting. "Where am i?" I thought. There were four white walls surrounding me, a white floor, and a white ceiling. There was a single barred window in the ceiling, about 100 meters above me. I tried to gather my chakra in my feet to climb up the wall, but couldn't gather any. I looked up for closer inspection, it seemed there were Chakra Seal Tags poking off of one of the bars. Of course, because nothing could be easy, could it?
I decided to sit on the floor and meditate. I need to find a way out of here. With those chakra seal tags in place I won't be able to escape using chakra alone. I inspected my surroundings one more time. It was pretty dark, since the only lighting was the natural light from the storm raging outside. The storm reminded me of the night my entire world changed. It was a normal day, like any other. I went out to the forest to train to be a leaf shinobi like my older brother, Itachi Uchiha. He is one of the best Shinobi in our generation, having mastered the Sharingan, the Uchiha clan's bloodline Jutsu, at an early age. Itachi says I'll be able to awaken to mine soon too if i try hard enough. He always pokes my forehead when he's making a point, and I hate it.
When I got to the training grounds I picked up one of my favorite kunai that i use to train with. My daily regimen that itachi gave to me was to throw my kunai into 3 different trees in the center of a target without fail. I was also supposed to meditate and try to control my chakra in my feet and hands.
Chakra is the moulding of the physical energy present in every cell of the human body, with the spiritual energy gained from the mind. Once moulded, it can be channeled through the chakra pathway system, which is to chakra like your circulatory system is to blood. Chakra can be moulded into 5 different natures, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and water. You can create other chakras for new jutsu by combining these, such as ice by using wind and water. Each person has an affinity for a certain chakra type, mine being lightning. I always asked Itachi to help me train, but he rarely had the time for it.
After a day of hard training in the forest, I went back to my village to show Itachi and my father what i had learned. I always dreamed of obtaining father's admiration, but I was always compared to itachi. It was getting dark as I entered the village, and not many were wandering the paths. I approached my house which for some reason had gone dark. I entered my house and looked around, wondering where my brother and parents were. At first it seemed like they had left on some errand, but then i heard talking coming from the direction of my parents room. I slowly walked to their door to try to hear what they were saying, as i didn't want to get caught. I couldn't hear anything clearly through the door, so i decided to open it a crack. What i saw in that moment would change my entire outlook on life, and give me a new goal that inspired me to gain immense power. For standing there, above my parent's dead bodies, was Itachi.
I was shocked. Itachi took out his sword, and in one swift movement he had thrown me across the room. "Let your hate control you, let it fester inside and unlock your true power. Only then will you be able to defeat me." he said.
He then vanished, leaving me there on the ground, speechless.
I later learned it had not only been my family, he had killed the entire Uchiha clan. Everyone i had ever known was gone now. My family, slaughtered. The Village acts like my clan had never existed in the first place, but i hear their whispers as i walk the paths. As the last surviving member of the Uchiha clan, i vowed that night to take vengeance on my brother, and kill him myself.
To be continued