A/N It's been a while since I last posted anything on here, but it's good to be back! This takes place during Orochimaru's fight with a four-tailed Naruto in Shippuden, except this time, he doesn't stop at just four tails.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Burning Humanity

Crackling flames emanating from torn flesh
Deep red mixes with burning orange
Fueling the hunger for lost control

Mocking whispers slither to ears
With no reason left to listen
As darkness engulfs all that was

Demonic swirls smother light from within
Echoes of distant thoughts die away
In the roaring embers that live

Passion disintegrates in burning flames
Four sparks pierce through remnants of humanity;
The form is not as it once was

Rage intensifies without meaning
As poison seeps to weeping trees;
Blossoms delicately burn to dust

Fans for controlling fury disappeared long ago
Wind intensifies desires kept within
Power overtakes feelings of lost trust

Hope explodes with a single spark
Eternally lost as numbers grow
Wood only increases what could not be contained

Blank stares glazed with milky white
Cracked glasses cry tears of blood
Wind dies while consumed in flames

Distant memories through azure eyes burn out
Darkness engulfs all that is, was, and will be
All is lost when nine complete

silence…

he is alone once again