100 Theme Challenge

7. Heaven

Uchiha Itachi(Naruto)

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Itachi had never expected to reach the heavens upon his death. Regardless of the fact that he had been under orders, regardless of the fact that he had saved countless lives and had prevented a horrible civil war, there was the simple fact of the matter that he had killed. Not just those guilty; many, many innocents had died at his hands. Little cousins, newborns, oblivious aunts and uncles – he had killed them all.

No, he had held no illusions about going to heaven, he was not that vain. However, he also hadn't descended to hell. He was in the middle, able only to watch the world as it passed him by.

But that didn't matter. As Itachi watches his little brother, the only person who had ever truly mattered to him, fall into the hands of Madara and descend into madness he realized there had been a reason the gods hadn't sent him to hell.

This was his hell. This was his punishment.