I hate…

"Itachi…" Sasuke growls in contempt. "He ruined my life! He killed them…All of them….why….why…" Sasuke trails off as tears roll down his face. "Why Itachi? Why…." He mumbles this phrase over and over, as memories of better times overwhelm him.

"Hatred," A sunny blonde boy exclaims. "Hate is the root of all problems. If you're greedy enough to steal from and kill somebody, you hate that you don't have what they do. If you are hired to kill someone, somebody out there hates them enough to make their death worth money." Naruto continues to explain his point, gesturing wildly.

"Love," the Hyuuga in front of him looks annoyed. "Love only brings pain and sorrow. It's fated for me to suffer through life anyway, so maybe this is a part of it…." Neji trails off thoughtfully. "Love made Lady Hinata weak, so why should it be any different from me?" Neji questions sadly. "For I am just a lowly side branch member, yet even the main branch Hyuuga, in all their brilliance cannot escape a horrible fate such as love." He spat, as if it burned his tongue to say it.

"S-suffering…" a shy girl stutters and blushes, whispering her lines. "T-the suffering t-that w-we put pe-people thr-through, it just…isn't o-ok!" Hinata exclaims quietly. "W-why is th-the hu-hu-hu-human race so in-s-s-sensitive?" She asks her sweet voice questioning the audience.

"….I hate nothing." The raven haired man brushed some hair over his shoulder, one eyebrow raised at the camera. "How can you hate, when you love? You can't. I love many things. I love Sasuke, our mother, trees, Kisame, the sky, the water…I can hate nothing. Love or hate, you only get one choice." Itachi's mangekyo sharingan flashes at the audience. "Fortunately you can make that choice however many times you want."

Hatred

Slow and consuming,

Burrows in your soul,

The only cure,

Is lost to you,

When you really need it,

For you have already been devoured,

Now you must only be digested.