Chapter 1 Strong
Father is always telling me that I am weak and that Hanabi and Neji are strong. That is always after one of our spars were I am basically used as a punching bag he tells me that only the weak give up only the weak fail only the weak show emotions. The question that is always in the back of my mind is what is strong? Is there a true definition? What do strong people do or not do that others don't?
If I am strong does it mean that I will not fail? If that is so than why has my father failed in being my father?
If I am strong does it me that I will not give up? Then why have so many given up hope that our village will survive?
If I am strong does it mean that in the middle of the night when I find myself alone that I will not cry over what has been lost in the years gone by? If that is so why must I comfort Hanabi when her heart aches with the pain of never living?
If I am strong does it mean that I am invincible? No because no one is invincible and even those who you think cannot die will.
If I am strong does it mean that I have no need to be loved? Then why did Gaara desperately search to the very ends of the earth to try to understand?
If I am strong does it mean I already understand my purpose? Then why is Sasuke-san so lost in the darkness?
If I am strong does it mean that I do not feel? No because even Neji-nii clenches his fist in anger when he feels something is unjust.
Yet, strong is characterized by all of those things. Why is it that to be strong I cannot be human?
Dedicated To Ichihime