A/N: Hola. Ok, this is my first Naruto fic. Quite frankly I never thought I'd write one. But then this idea came along and it just seemed to good to pass up. The stuff in italics at the bottom would be the lyrics to the song this is based on. It's Hand of Sorrow by Within Temptation. If you haven't heard it you should look it up cause it's a pretty awesome song. Anyway, on with the story.
A/N2: Hola. Well it's been about a year and a half since I started this. But I was going through the things I have on this site and decided I liked the premise of this. There are some problems, though. The biggest is that I had three more chapters written, but I've since lost the notebook they were in. So I'm starting from the middle of chapter after the last one posted. Should be interesting. I hope to have chapter three up tonight.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the Hand of Sorrow lyrics.
The strange shinobi paused for a moment in the top of an old oak tree to watch the first snow falling. The same question he had asked himself a million times before was gnawing at the edges of his mind once again. Why was he here?
Subconsciously he scanned the area around him for any sign of other living creatures. Finding nothing he went back to his thoughts.
His unforgiving memory took him back to the day it had all begun. What would have happened, he wondered, if he had said no? Where would he be now? Would things be better? Surely they would.
But there was more to it than that. There were the consequences of his choice. In the end would it all be justified? Was he even on the same side anymore? He had changed hands so many times he didn't know what to believe anymore. All he knew was what he had lost.
The child without a name grew up to be the hand
To watch you, to shield you or kill on demand
The choice he'd made he could not comprehend
His blood a grim secret they had to command
He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
He prayed for both but was denied
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have passed, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?
The curse of his powers tormented his life
Obeying the crown was a sinister price
His soul was tortured by love and by pain
He surely would flee but the oath made him stay
He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
He prayed for both but was denied
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have passed, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?
Please forgive me for the sorrow, for leaving you in fear
For the dreams we had to silence, that's all they'll ever be
Still I'll be the hand that saves you
Though you'll not see that it is me
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have passed, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?