I've never thought I'd find inspiration in thinking about my own past ; Anyway, that little thing popped out in my head when I tried to fall asleep yesterday. Obviously I kinda failed at doing it :D; Yet at least you get this story.

This one is for you, imouto-chan. I know that you'll interpret it in your own way :) And I hope you'll like it.

As for the other people who read it... It's kind of a writing experiment. There was only one way to get the effect I wanted without going into italicizing the things too much. Yet I hope you'll like the idea.

Summary:It's as if two lives mixed together into one. So similar, yet so different. There are things that bind them in some way and things that part them at the same time. One-shot.

I do not own Naruto

So similar, so different

At first his life is defined by loneliness. (And it's been like that since he can remember). He's around other people (but never with them). They look at him (sometimes they despise him) and sometimes he can see THAT look on their faces (but he can't understand why they look at him in this way.) And somewhere in his heart (some feelings wake) and the realization comes. (Bonds might hurt.)

There are things that still hurt (and cut through his soul), leaving the scars that don't heal (but which might be healed one day.) And then one decision is made. (The one which might change everything.) The one which might change nothing, (because nothing is sure in this world.) 'Never show your emotions (your real emotions), because it might be easier to hurt you in this way.' (And a mask is put on his face.) The mask which lacks emotions in order to hide what is to hide. (The mask of fake emotions which hides his true feelings.) And it seems that no one can see through it. (And no one even tries.)

Time goes by and everything changes. (He's always wanted real recognition.) He's always had what he has never wanted. (The orphan.) The clan heir. (He wants his dreams to come true.) He's strong. (He wants to be stronger...)

And then... the truth is revealed. (He's always been judged by appearances.) People have never seen who he is, but what he is. (A monster hidden deep in him, in his soul.) The monster... (and nothing else.)

Yet there are a few who decide to see something different. (These who become his friends.) A cousin who is like his brother. (The boy who becomes his brother). His own brother. (His own "family".) Bonds are one's weakness. (Yet bonds might be one's strength.) There are things that changes (and that will never change.)

One day he makes his decision (and takes his destiny in his own hands.) He follows the path he has chosen (and knows there is no turning back.)

He's like a night and darkness. (He's like a day and light).

The one who was to be hope, but became destruction. (The one who might have been destruction, but might become hope one day.)

Two human lives (mixing together into one). So similar. (So different.)

In the world which follows its own rules (in the world which seems to be unreal) the two meet each other. (Blue eyes are fixed on the black-haired man wearing a black cloak. THAT cloak.)

Red eyes are focused on the blond-haired man whose eyes have started to turn red.

('Uchiha... Itachi...')

'Uzumaki Naruto.'

(Time seems to stop its flow for a moment.) And then it's as if the world ends.

The End. Hope you didn't get lost while reading.