A young man with long, well-kept hair walked alone after getting rid of his nearly inseparable companion. He continued on until his feet almost felt as though they were broken and bleeding, and his lungs seemed ready to burst.

Without stopping to rest, the exhausted man arrived at his destination, detected by no one who might have hindered his intentions, He leaped onto the top of the fence, separating him from his target. He scanned the small town for only a moment, finding the one he had been seeking.

It's funny when you find yourself

Looking from the outside.

He recalled all of the fond memories they'd shared and wondered if the other could say the same. He wanted nothing more than to apologize to the younger male, begging forgiveness for all of the betrayal and pain he'd put him through. He only needed to feel as though it wasn't too late to go back to those long-abandoned days.

I'm standing here but I all want

Is to be over there.

That would be too good to be true, however, and the young man would not waste his time fooling himself with those dreams and selfish wants any longer.

He'd done that for far too long.

Why did I let myself believe

Miracles could happen?

During all of the years he'd spent away from his brother, he'd always managed to convince himself and the youth that the eldest raven would never return. Both needed to think the taller one did not reserve an ounce or regret or loathing due to his horrific, murderous actions.

'Cause now I have to pretend

That I don't really care.

He vaguely and briefly wondered how long he could play his smoke and mirrors games on his own senses.

I thought you were my fairytale,

Dream when I'm not sleeping,

A wish upon a star that's coming true.

His new "friends," an unfortunate group of criminals, had known it wasn't considerate of his health to worry and stress himself over broken wishes that could not be salvaged from their destruction. They would never let him forget for a second that he must allow the feelings to pass from the forefront and focus on the various "jobs" asked of him.

But everybody else could tell

That I confused my feeling with the truth

But what did they know of his life and the way he concerned himself with it?

When there was me and you.

He recalled the loving smiles and soft reassurances he'd send his brother whenever the younger was afraid he'd never come back from his dangerous line of work. He laughed bitterly as he realized the job he used to have required bringing in people that he now surrounded himself with, and had even become himself.

The officials of the rural town he'd once lived in, and was now gazing out over, had once made him feel as though he'd never want to live anywhere else. His innocent ingorance had blissfully blinded him to the wickedness of their all too human hearts.

That would soon change within his younger-self, however.

I swore I knew the melody

That I heard you singing.

And when you smiled you made me feel

Like I could sing along.

The politicians of his once beloved town soon demanded he rid them of the paranoia they were experiencing because of his prestigious and noble family.

But then you went and changed the words-

Now my heart is empty.

He gad done everything asked of him for if he hadn't, his little brother would've been killed along with himself and everyone else. All he'd wanted was to keep the peace and prevent another war, that would've added hundreds more of innocent lives to his conscious. However, once all had been said and done, they'd betrayed him, attempting to turn him in on multiple counts of first-degree murder. Of course, he'd gotten away, but not without permanent emotional scars.

I'm only left with used-to-be's

And "Once upon a song."

Everything had been ripped from him and hope was stagnant and delusional in getting it back.

He looked out across the "village" to the old clearing in the trees, watching his younger, yet virtual mirror train for the career he himself had abandoned years prior.

Now I know you're not a fairytale,

And dreams were meant for sleeping,

And wishes on a star just don't come true.

'Cause now even I can tell

That I confused my feelings with the truth

Because I liked the view

When there was me and you.

Angrily, he continued to recall the smirks and knowing winks the adults of the town had given him before the horror he had caused to take place.

And he had once been blind and ignorant to the dark side of them all. What a fool he had been.

I can't believe that I could be so blind.

It's like you were floating while I was falling

And I didn't mind

It had all been for a little brother who now despised him as the elder had told him to. His brother who was currently training to kill the man he had wanted to bring to justice for years.

Because I liked the view.

He remembered when he'd told the youth to train hard to destroy him later in life. He'd hoped the memories of their childhood together would prevent him from doing so.

I thought you felt it, too

But he knew this path would eventually be the best chosen for the both of them. He turned and walked backed to his patiently waiting companion to journey "home" together.

When there was me and you.

A/N: I hate the High School Musical series with a passion, but I thought this captured Itachi's feelings pretty well so I attempted to do something with it…. Also, I wrote this before I read the scene where Tobi tells Sasuke Itachi's version of what happened, but I had heard about the Konoha elders theory or whatever, so that's why it's 80% manga, and 20% crack and mine…. O.o"…