10,000 Words About the Hyuga

by Sintari

An ongoing WIP of 100 word drabbles written for Kaorien's 100 Themes Challenge at the Hyugacest Community on LJ. Expect more madness, love, sex and murder. And maybe even some fluff this time. Heh. Or maybe not.

6. What Is and What Should Be

Title: What is and What Should Be

Author: Sintari

Words: 100

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

#26 The Way Things Are

"It's just a symbol," she says. "Destiny is what you make if it," she says.

"It's a brand," he wants to say. "It's slavery," he want to shout. "It's standing outside the door never able to completely enter."

"It's the death of possibility," he wants her to understand.

They are just a year apart in age, but she is so young. She's acquainted with cruelty, of course, but for her, horrors are reserved for the next territory, the next village, the next household.

"You're right, it's just a symbol," he says. Then he takes her hand and walks her home.