Title: Getting Through
Author: Ohtori Akio
Character: Abumi Zaku
Rating: PG-13
Getting Through
Slave to all and a master to none
And Zaku carved that into one of the trees with a dull kunai.
A sharp edge was not allowed to him.
But he preferred it dull anyway. Then he must press down harder and use more force.
It felt good to take out his anger on this old tree trunk.
Then he would know which tree would be his, for when he must pretend to listen and pretend to follow orders and pretend that doing his job were important somehow.
It was all part of the game. Orochimaru's game. The love game.
He is a misshapen puzzle piece.
He is a shiny black pawn.
He is a silver ball shot into flashing lights.
Zaku threw his kunai against the wall as his arms were blown off from the force of his own attack.
But all his mind could utter was a miserable 'game over'.
THE END
NOTE: If you like my Zaku works please check out Voices in the Dark and Zaku X Orochimaru Short Story Collection. I really could use some reviews on them, so if you'd be so kind, would you do me that favor?