A/N: Here's the next one, angsty though it may be. I'd also like to thank JusticeDream for reviewing... so... thanks. :)

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"An eye for an eye only leaves the world blind."

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He'd finally done it; he'd completed his life goal. It had been on his mind ever since his brother had killed his family; that had been over a decade ago, but now he no longer had to worry about it. He didn't have to worry about any more people dying by the hands of his brother; he didn't have to worry about the remains of the Uchiha clan destroying the lives of the people he cared for. And still, Sasuke couldn't feel more alone.

Thoughts of revenge dominated his mind, his every thought, wish, and dream. Revenge had drawn him from his home, made him abandon everyone and everything he'd ever loved. Revenge had made him hateful, bitter, and cold. It hadn't brought him happiness. And as he stands over the dead body of his brother, his arm still dripping with blood from where the Chidori had struck through his sibling's most essential organ, he learns exactly what his friends had tried to teach him all those years ago.

They had told him this wouldn't make him happy, that things wouldn't be better, that nothing would change. They were right. He still felt like Sasuke, he still felt cold, he still felt alone… except this time he was truly that; alone. And as he looks down at his reflection in the puddle of rain that had formed in front of his feet, he can no longer see himself. All he can see is his brother.