Who can really judge what makes a monster and what makes a man? Neither you, nor I, that's for sure. To know pain is to feel alive, to know too much, however, that is when people, become monsters.
My story may seem tragic, but i assure you, it made me ten times the man i could have ever been.
You may know what happened whilst i was training with Jiraiya-Sensei, that my power surged and helped my friend's and my own life, and that two years after that, we were left to fend for ourselves, having learnt basic jutsu.
You may also know how i was forced to kill the same friend years later, in order to save another close friend. We had grown up and lived together, helping eachother to survive one day to the next, And in that instant, when Yahiko threw himself onto my blade and gave his life to save us, i knew that there was no fairness in this world of ninja, nothing could be resorted by verbal agreements of allegiance. Fear is what keeps peace, and that is exactly what i have done to The Hidden Rain Villiage, MY villiage.
What you will not know is what happened between these times, the years of companionship we shared whilst travelling across the land in search of followers, others who were dedicated to our cause, that is what i am going to tell you, then, and ONLY then, may you judge me a monster.