POEM/LAMENT

WARNINGS

Chapter 614

DISCLAIMER

All he has created and shall create, killed and shall kill, will be owned by him, Masashi Kishimoto

A/N

Edit, End of the World DID come… although one day early…

I confess, I've read Naruto just till volume 55, irregularly checking the chapters online. On this Christmas Day 2012, I wish I hadn't.

Naruto was one of the first series I started to read when I became interested in anime and manga. And almost immediately, this very genius became my favorite guy with his ruthless personality and icy temperament, not to mention long hair… 3 I felt sorry, since he was, at least in my opinion, very little used in Shippuuden. I was always looking forward to seeing him, and when I didn't I got one bad-mouthed, artistic, blond, bomber boy in my eyes… But looking back, Deidara's death didn't shock me that much after all. Maybe it was because he was a bad guy. Or simply because there was already someone on my Number One Favorite's place… So now, after many years that he has always stayed in my thoughts and heart, you can only imagine the pain I'm feeling.

But like I said, I haven't followed the series "keenly" in a long time, so it might seem a bit shallow to get all drama queen 'bout this event. But somehow, looking a few years back, in the moments when I briefly remembered the series, let's say, on math class, I always knew he was there. I looked back at his fights, growing up as a character, all the memorable moments, wondering when I would see him again. But probably that wait is permanently over now…

And even his fans, including me, are gonna miss him, at least I wish he could rest in peace. I believe it would be wrong bringing him back, now that he has finally been able to truly choose his own way. Please don't get me wrong, but I think that after his sacrifice, both his comrades and readers of the series will realize, what a great friend, ninja and character he was. He will be remembered. That's why I don't want him retrieved with Edo Tensei, even if it means not seeing him anymore.

Neji Hyuga died a shinobi death. He gave his life away from his own will, protecting his friends. His story got the great ending it deserved.

And this is my way to respect his memory, and, I hope, to give some comfort for the crying fans.

Wow, looks like my A/N became longer than the actual poem…

Rest in peace, Hyuga Neji. You won't be forgotten.

As the sky is blue

You thought you ran

on a straightforward path

No sideways to choose

So you believed

For so many years

A bird in a cage

with no power to fly

And then

rose the day of change

When sunshine stopped you

on your tracks

Maybe for the first time

in too many years

Light of hope

reached your eyes

giving you

power to try

More years rolled

You grew, you learned

to spread your wings

behind the bars

Then came war

Greater than a man

Just how quickly it can

shoot its blades

and take your hand

You, so brave

For the sake

of tomorrow

you let go

of your own

You, once so desperate

a bird in a cage

Opened the gate

your eyes in exchange

Fly, my friend

Shall you soar

with wind in your wings

As the sky is blue