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Dedicated to all those who seek true and everlasting peace in the world.
From underneath the trees, we watch the
sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd
be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight
Singing Amen,
I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
They'd passed each other as kids, unseeing and ignorant of the future. One, a prosperous child, born of an affluent clan with great chances in life. The other a complete misfit: an orphan despised and denied everywhere he went just because of what resided within him. Now they are older; hardships and loss have been and gone.
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone
loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their
pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I,
I'm alive
They joined the Ninja Academy, both hoping to make something of themselves. A brother who murdered his clan: the one he hoped to kill. The village leader: the goal he dreamed of achieving. Would they be able to reach their aspirations? Only time would tell…
And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in
paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them
all to sing along
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen,
I, I'm alive
I'm alive
At twelve, they became true shinobi. The girl and teacher assigned to them became their family and friends. They grew in strength, grew in compassion and eventually matured...
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone
loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their
pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
The two became the best of friends. Though try as they might not to say it aloud, as much as they differed in ability and personality, they could have been inseparable. Yet, one grew so desperate for the power his homeland could not give him. He fought and nearly killed his best friend for that power offered by a villain…
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone
loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their
pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
As he walked away, perhaps forever, the girl who loved him more than life itself begged him to stay. He knew she loved him, would do anything for him. But he couldn't let that make him stray from the path he chose.
"Thank you…" Those brief words he muttered before allowing her to sleep sealed his fate as he left his home behind…
And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how
small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what
the world could be
When his teammates awoke, she was heartbroken, he regretful. They cried what seemed like endless tears, until there were no tears left to cry. What was done was done. Their teacher saw it all too late, the same as his students.
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone
loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their
pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody
died...
So life went on, like it always has, and the team grew up into young adults. Soon, the girl and boy were no longer student and teacher with their enigmatic leader. And that power-hungry boy came back, now a young man. The girl remembered him and was filled with sadness and contempt; the other boy looked at his former best friend as memories of better days flooded his mind as well as his eyes…
"What could have caused this?" the misfit thought. Then, he instantly knew:
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone
loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their
pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
Would Uchiha Sasuke ever truly come back? Would he renounce his status as a missing ninja and rejoin Konohagakure? Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi could only wait as time, like its twin, life, went on…
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody
died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd
see the day when nobody died
And then the former friends met each other again, when the whole village was asleep. They stood there, thinking to fight again like they did so long ago. Nay, they did not. For a long time they merely looked at each other, remembering and debating whether to just kill the other then and there. Eventually, they came to a silent assent, and they both simply turned…
…And walked away...