Oh the family issues, how they do everything to piss me off. Standard disclaimers apply, I need more distractions from my life. Because right now, being me kind of really blows. I hate the ending section. Someone tell me how I can word it better. Because I need to throw things at walls.
Theme 21 (violence; pillage/plunder; extortion): Burning Black
Her hands burn too bright and the log splinters under her palms. The memory of charred wood and asphyxiating air still grips her, and so she throws herself into every blow she makes. She doesn't care about her family's art, there is only becoming stronger. If she were able to pour out chakra so even the strikes that missed could kill, maybe her heart wouldn't ache so much. She can't stand to think of the remains of houses, to see the smudges of ash on her clothes, to imagine hearing the screams under the crackle of splitting paint. She can't imagine the faceless men who would use their skills to destroy, and she can't find allow the thought that they might continue to live to plague her. So she'll train until she those weaknesses die as easily as her enemies. Because she will not see her own home reduced to blackened memories and pain. So she forces the energy into her hands and continues to train, even though Sasuke will silently disagree with the cost of her humanity.
She comes home late, and her hands are harsh when she caresses him. He kisses the broken skin, because she forgets she is more than a ninja. He doesn't need the byakugan to find where she hurts, kneading her flesh beneath shinobi-hardened hands until she squirms away, disliking how easily the line between relief and pleasure is erased. He sees the same flames in her eyes sometimes, only hers is a distant fire fanned by the fates she can not touch. She fights for the nameless, the people who are the same from one place and the next. Her resolve slips as the knot on her hitai-ate loosens and falls, and sometimes then she'll forget everything but him. She'll remember soon enough, but for now, he lets Death kiss her hand before he gives it the finger, and they keep on as two ninja of Konoha.