The Back of the Mind
The Back of the Mind
By: K-promises-fall
K: Still no summary. Just some more crappy writing. The usual.
THIS FIC IS INSPIRED BY A STORY BY MY FRIEND, Failing Emotions. ( I don't think she put it up yet though)
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Itachi was not a murderer, neither was he cold hearted; not in here anyway. In the outside world he had to be the perfect shinobi, and he was. He never wanted to kill his clan, he was obligated to. They were a threat, not only to the village and all shinobi countries, but to themselves. They were never a clan to begin with; he understood all of this, but he never wanted to kill them. In the outside world, however, he had no choice.
He never told anyone this, but he had never wanted to be a shinobi in his younger years. He wasn't a genius as everyone thought him, but an utter failure. He had been a reluctant learner, an unwilling learner of the shinobi arts and even then he picked it up as if he had already known it all. All Itachi wanted to do was own his own café. An odd aspiration, yes, but he wouldn't lie, not in here where there was no need to. It was just something he wanted to do. Being able to just watch as people drank and talked and lived life. To be able to just watch as people's lives went by; it was all he wanted. His father disagreed.
If he wasn't allowed to watch life go by, he would take it. That was a thought that he could never call his own. Especially if he wasn't in control. He had, albeit secretly, been ecstatic when Sasuke was born; there was someone else to take the burden of being clan heir to the Uchiha throne. But by the time Sasuke was trainable he was already starting to lose control. He wanted to train Sasuke so that Sasuke would become better than him. But he didn't want that, not in that way.
Itachi would never own a café; he would never be able to watch lives. Believe me, I made sure of it. His mind is mine to control, and the real Itachi is stuck far in the depths of his mind, way in the back. But I am kind. In here he is free to watch lives. The lives of countless people I myself have watched, I am not completely heartless. Yes, I made him kill his clan, and yes I have made it so that when he faces Sasuke he will lose, but I have given him the façade of freedom, far in the back of his mind. After all… Tobi is a good boy.
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K: I'll let you in on a secret. This little story is my favourite so far out of this collection. The last sentence is just perfect in every way an ending could be.
Also, some people seem to misunderstand the whole concept of me making Itachi want to own and run a café. It's the not the café itself that matters, but the act of being able to watch people. Look at it this way. In a café, people slow down long enough to reflect on their own lives, to chat it up with a few friends and just overall, relax. Itachi wants to see people at those parts in life when they finally slow down to reflect. I hope you get what I'm saying.
On another note, just incase the last sentence causes confusion, Tobi is the person telling the little story. He's the one controlling Itachi.
You know the drill. Reviews people. No flames, but constructive criticism that makes sense is encouraged if there should be any. Ask me any questions if you don't understand something.
Ja ne.