Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Masashi Kishimoto. Masashi Kishimoto does. The song "Soul Meets Body" is copyright to Death Cab for Cutie, and I greatly recommend it.
Summary: Obito's last testament as he lay dying. TT I love him so much.
Please review if you liked it, flame if you didnt. Spoilers.
It was really only a matter of time, I knew… The pain flowed through me, but it was okay. I managed to give Kakashi his Jounin graduation present… and Rin-chan was safe.
I just wanted to go.
I want to live where soul meets body…
I remember pushing him out of the way. So ironic… we had both been terrified, but I was the one who was strong. That was new.
And let the sun rap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what it's like to be new…
Strength. It was always something I thought I lacked, but that day showed me truth. I was strong enough to protect them, and that was good enough for me. Screw the Uchiha… screw them all.
'Cause in my head there is a Greyhound station
Where I've sent my thoughts to far off destinations…
I knew that they'd be upset, but that was okay. I could live with myself knowing that I wasn't going to kill them… I was ready to die with myself knowing that I had been the strong one.
So they may have a chance of finding a place where
They're far more suited than here…
I remember… feeling detached. Not too gone, but not too there all the same. Thoughts had drifted through me, even though I wasn't conscious. I had thought about what I looked like.
I cannot guess what we'll discover
When we turn the dirt
With our palms cupped like shovels…
Horrible, I had guessed. It was kind of funny, kind of sad. I definitely didn't want Rin-chan to see me- I knew it would have made her cry. At least Kakashi and Arashi-sensei would take care of her.
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's
And not one speck will remain…
Kakashi and I never got along, it had seemed. I was always "mad" at him for some reason or another. I pretended to let his "perfection" got on my nerves. It had actually been years since I even thought he was perfect.
I do believe it's true
There are roads left in both of our shoes…
We had been through so much, the both of us, that it was impossible to think he was perfect. Definitely human, Kakashi was, and that made us the best of friends. I recognized when he was in pain, and he recognized when I was being beaten down by circumstance. We supported each other.
But if the silence takes you then I hope it takes me too…
Rin-chan supported me too, even if she didn't always understand… She healed me often in more ways than one. I had always thought she was beautiful, but by the time I died, I knew she was stunning inside and out. She definitely deserved to live.
So brown eyes I'll hold you near
'Cause you're the only song I want to hear…
I loved her. I remember being jealous whenever she flirted with Kakashi, but that pain had subsided as I lay dying. She was alive, she was safe, and she could think of me and my soul could watch over her forever.
A melody softly souring through my atmosphere…
Where soul meets body…
I had died without a smile on my face, crushed and broken and sightless. Yet… I was a hero, an angel, and I could always see the future.
I still can see the future…