Naruto isn't mine.

All around was darkness.

That's all he could see.

All around him there was a voice.

That's all he could hear.

"Sasuke…"

Said boy fell to his knees.

"Sasuke…"

The boy clenched his fists.

"Sasuke…"

The boy grew.

"Sasuke…"

He became a man.

"Sasuke…"

He became powerful.

"Sasuke…"

He killed.

"Kill me."

A kunai was stabbed.

"Kill me…"

Sasuke muses.

Was it worth it?

The shadows move.

The fires burn.

"But in the end,"

Why?

"Was it worth it?"

Itachi

A name

Vengeance

A promise

A vow

The kunai was stabbed.

"And in the end,"

He didn't know.

The lust for power

The hunger of greed

Orochamaru

A name

Power

Closer

Ever closer

"Was it worth it?"

What was achieved?

Did Vengeance Restore?

Did Vengeance Repent?

Did Vengeance Honor?

"I'm here."

Home

A hated word

It draws weakness.

A liability

A burden

To give it up though,

"I ask you now Sasuke."

A kunai was stabbed.

"Was it worth it?"

In the end, a body lies dead, and a soul lies rotten. As the darkness clears, a new one begins.

So in the end, one must ask one's self. Was it worth it?