Title: Burn It To The Ground
Words: 283
Song: Linkin Park- Burn it down
I stagger to my feet, my head swiveling around, my eyes searching for something familiar. (a thought comes to mind that anything familiar is in the past; only later do I realize how ironic that is)
The world shakes and it takes me a few seconds for my disoriented body to realize that it isn't me- something dangerous is making the earth pound. ( though in a world where men are the monsters, what isn't dangerous?)
As I drag myself away from the source of the tremors (because it is seven years too late to be a hero) my vision clears up; the smoke and ash are blown away by a sudden breeze, no doubt from a jutsu. (a warning blares in the back of my mind that I ignore for the sake of sanity)
I see what looks like the ruins of a village, streets and buildings crumbling to the ground. ( nothing you haven't seen before )
A bestial roar (a great thing of rage; does something sound familiar, broken one?) and suddenly the earth quakes and I stumble and fall ( pitiful, really. aren't shinobi supposed to be graceful? but then again, you never were very good, were you ) and as I get up and look around wildly, trying to get my bearings I see it- just for a second.
But it is enough, and a shot of triumph shoots through my veins. ( because, see, look here, I've done it )
And then my mind catches up with my heart and a bolt of fear races through me- my nightmares have been realized. ( not just nightmares, memories, because this has happened before, remember? )
Konoha is burning.
