Prologue
Rain falls.
"-, why are you…"
"Did you do it? Did you send him… to do it?"
They mask the tears.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't beat around the bush! You know exactly what I mean!"
They show the storm in our hearts
"… I did… But-"
"Stop. That's all I need to hear."
But in the end,
"No! Don't leave! Don't leave the village!"
"… I wasn't planning to…"
A sigh.
The scars are still-
"I'm turning in my resignation right away."
"No! -, they'll-"
Indelible.
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"-nee-chan…"
"Gomen ne (sorry) , Gaki… I have to leave…"
"Why? Don't you love the village?"
"…"
"No… but you're a ninja-"
"Not anymore. I'm not… a ninja of Konoha anymore, Gaki…"
"No way… but, but, you were so good and… and…"
"It's not my skill, but what I'm working for that's the problem. I can't… stay… the way I was, knowing what goes behind the shadow of the fire. It's too hard to turn a blind eye, when they have…"
"Is it because of Nii-san?"
"Gaki…"
"You were never the same after… Nii-san…"
"… I need to go."
"Take me with you!"
"No."
"Nee-chan!"
"There's still hope for you. You have yet to become Hokage. Please… for me… for us… become Hokage and cure the village from what it has become, so that there won't be any more… of him… of you… of us… Please do this for us, Gaki!"
"…"
"…"
"Alright. Because it's Nee-chan and Nii-san… I will do everything to make Konoha a peaceful haven. I will grow strong, so that the next time we meet, I'll be a shinobi that even you will be proud of."
A smile.
"That's my Gaki."
"Nee-chan?"
"I'll be back."
"Nee-chan!"