I sat against a tree that had fallen from three years ago. I hadn't moved in that entire time, not even to get something to eat. So you could say I was a lot skinner and paler than the last time anyone saw me. My eyes were also dead from lack of hope, the bright red they were disappeared to a cold black. My black hair was even a bit longer and messy than before, but it didn't matter. I was dead to everyone, so... *sigh* You could say I had no real will to even move anymore.
My head was on my knees and I sat still as something approached. The person approaching felt... lacking... as if something was missing. It was no doubt of mine that my overflowing chakra was leading him, but I didn't flee or move. I just sat there as he came. It was Hachimata, but it wasn't him at the same time. "Hachi," I said in a dry tone but not looking up.
He didn't answer for a while, but eventually said what I anticipated. "I'm not Hachimata."
I still didn't move from my spot, nor did I move my head, but took in the coldness around me and responded by saying what I knew about my friend. "No... you killed Hachi......" I said in a dry tone, but somewhat upset.
"Yessss I killed him, and now I've found you......"
I continued not moving and just continued to talk. "What are you going to do... Dark..." I asked in an emotionless, dry tone.
"I found you and now I'm going to take you to D. Kyuubi and have him execute you."
He wasn't giving me the answer I felt he needed to tell me. "Why..."
He stepped back from my question, but answered. "Becaussse. D. Kyuubi demandsss it."
That wasn't the answer. That wasn't the true answer. "No... why did you kill Hachi......"
His mood seemed to change, his voice even seemed to panic at what I was asking. "Becaussse I wanted to be the one to live."
He wasn't being truthful. To me, he had no reason at all. "You both could have lived," I said back, my voice remaining in its dry tone, "Why did you kill Hachi..."
"I wanted to."
"To kill yourself..." I asked.
He was panicing even more from my cold voice. To me, it seemed haunting to him, like a ghost of someone he knew he helped kill. "I wanted to be the only one living!" he shouted at me.
"That isn’t good enough... why did you kill Hachimata..."
"Enough!" he yelled, not wanting to hear me anymore, "Come now or I’ll kill you here and now!"
I moved slightly, my head starting to lift. "Do you think I fear death?"
My head picked up after so long and looked straight at Dark with dead eyes looking straight into his red eyes. "Kyuubi," he said in an unsure voice.
"You're missing something inside you," I said as I looked into his eyes, "... what do you think it is..."
His face looked fearful, he felt I knew the answer, but I was clawing at his soul and looking straight into it. "I don't know," he said, trying to look away.
"No... You do know..." I said, "why did you kill Hachimata..."
"Ssstop assssking me that!" he shouted at me, trying to cover his ears.
"Why did you kill Hachimata, Dark... Why did you kill Kai and Maki's souls... why'd you kill Hachi... You know the reason, yet you continue to deny it," I continued to say in a cold and dry voice, "Why did you kill Hachimata, Hachimata..."
"I'm not Hachi! You have no right to call me that! I am Dark!"
"No... Hachimata, why did you kill Hachimata..."
"Sssstop it!"
"You know why... you know why the emptiness in your heart grows, you know why your soul feels like it's ripping apart," I said, still giving him an emotionless stare, "Hachimata, why did you kill Hachimata... You know the answer..."
"No I don't!" He shouted at me.
"Yes... you know why Hachimata killed Hachimata," I said in a cold, dry tone.
His voice was becoming more and more paniced. It's as if he felt I was looking into the darkest pit of his soul and being. "Why did Hachimata kill Hachimata... I know..."
"Then tell me! Tell me why I feel thissss wretched feeling issss in the pit of my being!"
"You know the reason Hachimata... you know..."
"I'm not Hachimata!" he said.
Hachimata was confused. He was... "Hachimata knows why he killed Hachimata... it's not my place to tell him though..." I said.
