Disclaimer: I do not, in fact, own Naruto, but Masashi Kishimoto sure does.
A/N: Another small little Naruto drabble, but it's fun to write these. I hope you enjoy.
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Run...Run, and Cling to Life
I sat in the dark of my house...the pain of what I saw still echoing in my mind. I couldn't believe it...it had to be a bad dream.
Run...run and cling to life...
What I never will understand is how he, my brother, managed to commit such an atrocity. What had driven him to merely want to test out his skill, his "container"? Why brother, why?
If you wish to kill me...
I do wish to kill you, brother. I've set my mind on that. I will make you pay for what you did. I will make you pay!
Hate me...detest me...and live on in an unsightly way...
Mother...father...I'm sorry that I failed you. You had to die because I wasn't strong enough. Auntie and Uncle, I'm sorry that you had to die because I couldn't beat him. Brother...I wish to kill you. I hate you...I detest you...and I will kill you. I'm an avenger. You will not live so long as I do. I will revive our clan and I will kill you!
"Mother, I'm going to the Academy now!" I shouted that with such earnest as I ran off that day towards school.
"You're almost the same age as your brother was when he graduated, yes?" Auntie, I remember you asking that question so innocently. It's ironic that you spoke so fondly of brother the day he would kill you.
I remember coming home that night...I saw a strange figure on top of a power pole. As I walked into the residence, I noticed that it was dark as death. It scared me. It should not have been that dark so early. It should have been light...people should not have been sleeping at that time. Not restful sleep, and not a permanent sleep...a deathly, bloody sleep. As I walked towards the houses, I saw it...the blood, the bodies, and the destruction. I saw Auntie, I saw uncle, and when I got to the house, I saw you both, mother and father, dead. And then...I saw him.
You are not even worth killing...
Such harsh words, brother. I thought that you loved me. Your smile was always so warm...your touch so sincere. You always were like a second father to me. I loved you, brother...why didn't you love me? You don't know how it hurts me that you have done such a horrible, horrible thing. It makes my heart hurt for you, for those you've hurt, and the wrongs you've committed. I hope that you, one day, will face the proper judgment...the day that I kill you.
Foolish brother...if you wish to kill me, then hate me, detest me, and live on in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life, so that one day you may kill me, and come before me with the same eyes I bear now.
I will kill you, Uchiha Itachi, if it's the last thing I do!