A.N. Another of my thought drabbles. This time it's what's going on through Itachi's head as he slaughters his clan. Yes Itachi is bad arse… but he's also human.

Disclamer: I don't own Naruto nor do I want to.

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I use the mangekyou sharingan on Sauske and watch as his world crumbles. He crashes to the ground and I wait for his reaction.

"Why? Why did you? Brother…"

I watch as he struggles to comprehend what has truly transpired this night. "Why" he asks... I knew he would, it is human after all to try to grasp at things that are not understood; and Sauske is so very human.

"To test my capacity" I reply emotionlessly. I did care for them, in a way, but I do not regret my actions. One way or another they all would have died, this way at least their deaths will contribute to something far more than they were capable of.

"Just for that, you killed everyone?" he asks. How foolish, he does not understand.

"It was necessary." I reply. Not that he will be able to understand yet. He begins to stand, emotions overwhelming every semblance of common sense he has. What do you feel right now, brother?

"Don't screw around!" he yells and charges at me. He is still so naïve, determination alone cannot bring down an enemy much stronger than you. I punch him in the stomach and watch his face contort, from rage to pure fear. I am no longer brother; I am the enemy in his eye, and it is his life that is at stake.

He gets up and tries runs away and I let him run, for he cannot get far. Truly, he has learned nothing from the lessons I have tried to teach him. No, I never taught him to throw a shurinken better, for in the end that is a skill that can be honed from hours of repetition but the path to true power is in what you can grasp with your mind. I take off after him and jump in front to effectively end his escape. He freezes in place with fear, waiting for me to do something.

"You hate me do you not?" I had asked him that once and he truly thought he did. "With power comes arrogance." I tried to show him, to teach him; it is not I who is arrogant, but the clan. It is not me whom you should hate, fear, but the clan. He understood nothing, so this is my last option. I explain to him everything I have done and his disbelief is written in his eyes. He does not wish to think of the darker side of humanity, but it is there in everyone including him. All he needs is some motivation and he will seek out power just as I did.

"You are not even worth killing. Foolish little brother, if you want to kill me, then hate me, detest me… and live on in shame. Run. Run and cling desperately to life. Then one day, come before me with the same eyes I bear now."

I sedate Sauske and get away from Konoha; there is plenty of time to reflect. To test my capacity… these words are lies since I knew I could kill them all. For now Sauske, you do not understand; but one day you might. I killed them because they were stagnant, already dead from their own disease; but I had survived and you were dying slowly with every passing day. Now you are free from it, free to reach for the top… if you can one day comprehend this. If you do come to me, with hate to kill me, you have learned nothing and you will die. If this happens I was too slow to save you, and that will be my only regret.

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