Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
AN: All grammar mistakes and repetition are on purpose. So, this is another of those playing with writing styles.
Humanity
By: Karasu Kyra
We were shinobi once.
We were tools meant for the use of the village. We were finely-honed weapons in the hands of our capable Mizukage. We were the Village Hidden in the Waterfall. We were the one's nobody took notice of. We were the one's who wanted attention.
We were the one's who went out and dirtied our hands for the good of the village. We were the one's who marked ourselves with sin so that others could remain innocent. We were the one's who have blood on our hand's that can never be washed off.
We were the one's who fell solitary because we couldn't look another person in the eye and not think, "Do they see my damned soul?" We're the one's who saw the shinobi we called comrades fall beside us. We're the ones who felt powerless as our lovers and friends died in our arms.
We were the one's who saw so much torture. We were the one's who inflicted it. We were the one's who felt. We were the one's that didn't break only by thinking of the small child that looked at us in awe and fear, hoping to keep her safe.
We were the one's who watched as we fell apart, grain by agonizingly slow grain until nothing was left but absolute despair. And still, we were the one's who perservered for the protection of our village. We were the one's who didn't break, despite the many horrors of our lives.
We were the ones who left our humanity behind. We were the one's who became tools. We were the one's who loved our country more than our friends. We were the one's who wanted to be noticed.
We were people once. We had mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. We had friends and laughs, crushes and unforgetable moments. We had playdates and school, grades and quizzes. We had feelings and emotions. We were human once.
Yes...we were human, once.
AN: Please, tell me what you think. Tell me what should change, what was good, what was bad...all that jazz.