My best friend killed me, and all I can really say is that I don't blame her. Well, it sucks, and now I'm dead, and all that generally-bad crap, but I don't blame her. She did it out of love, to protect those important to her. It's nothing I wouldn't have done myself if I was more like her- strong, pretty, fearless, unafraid to get my hands dirty, unafraid to do whatever it takes to get what I'm after.. I'm not like her, and I never could be, aside from the fact that I'm now dead and being hesitant, shy, and good-natured no longer matters.
Well, okay, I'm lying- I blame her a lot.. there's only a few things I can't hold against her, like doing it for Itachi, and Kakuzu. To protect Sasuke and try to fix what went wrong.. I hope it all goes well for her, and for them. I really, really hope it goes well for Itachi- he deserves so much better than what the storyline had planned out.
But the others? I don't hate them, but I certainly don't hope they get what they want, or even wish them well at all- they're genuinely evil people. All of the Akatsuki are, except for the aforementioned. Evil, or just insane. My best friend didn't care one bit- from the beginning she met them all with open arms and complete willingness to be at their sides, to support them. Even to kill for them, needlessly even, just to make Hidan laugh. From the moment we came to this world, and landed fatefully, literally, at the feet of the worst ones, Hidan and Kakuzu, she was theirs. They were her whole world.
I died with her hands around my throat, looking up into her pretty face and seeing a smile of such satisfaction that, even though I'm now dead, still leaves me breathless. I never knew she'd go so far. I never knew, but looking back it was obvious and only a matter of time.
I was loyal to Konoha, you see.
We were at odds with one another from the very beginning, but we stayed at eachother's side, despite the friction, because it was easier, and because we only had eachother as proof that the world we came from existed- the shared memories of ipods, tv, pizza, coffee, high school.. the manga and anime. The fact that we knew the future here in Ninja World.
Whether I liked it or not, I helped her from the beginning. I was too scared, too dependent to try to go off on my own or tell her how much I didn't want to help the Akatsuki or change history. I also put her feelings before mine, though I can admit I managed to steal Itachi from her, though not in the way I'd have liked... Still, he was more my friend than he was hers. Especially when he found out that I wasn't loyal like Melissa was, not to Akatsuki, anyway. She was like a real-live Mary Sue, putting on all the right moves to win them over, and they ate it all up.. I'm so glad Itachi saw through it, but I'm not surprised by it- he was better than that from the beginning..
The beginning.. Well, I suppose this little prologue will have to do, and now we can get on with the actual story- from the beginning.
The beginning of my death.