Author: Fruitdrop
Title: As I Lay Dying
Blood Turned to Tears
It hurts. It hurts. Oh God – He doesn't know which will kill him first: The pain (overwhelming, hot, burning, destructive pain) in his head or the ache (dull and monotonous, but just as bad as the other) in his heart. Through his white-hot pain he feels liquid on his cheeks – he doesn't know if it's tears or blood and if it's blood is it his own or his adversary's, enemy's, friend's, brother's?
I am sorry, he says, so sorry, he cries. I have to do this. I have to protect them. The pain is everywhere, his whole being is feverish, red, red, red, everything he sees is pain and red and pain.
I will take your burdens onto myself, he screams, roars, begs. This is what he has to do, since this is exactly what he is – a sacrifice.
And Kyuubi roars.