Just Like You

Sasuke hated Naruto. The Sharigan ninja despised how he always tried to be cheerful... how weak he was for it. For in Sasuke's eyes, he would never be that way again. He had been, once upon a time. Before his life had been ruined, he was happy.

Itachi had been his role model. The older brother that he adored. He had been a hard working, but happy, child. To his brother's dislike, though, he was easily discouraged. Those days were over now. Never again would Sasuke be that weak child. He would grow up to become a great ninja, and surpass both his brother and Naruto. He would become stronger than even Orochimaru dreamed. In the end, he would come out on top.

As such, he would not be like any of them. He would become his own ninja... but he would never know that by doing this... by setting these goals... he was just like the people he despised.