Disclaimer: ...wow...come to think of it...this actually is mine...umm...inspired by Naruto, though...which is owned by Kishimoto Masashi...and whoever else...This is kind of sasunaru...but it can be read any way you like

For a ninja,

there can be only one,

one ultimate goal,

one important person,

And, it's never quite who one would expect.

For a ninja,

being in love

does not have much to do with

the softer emotions.

Life is too short

for a ninja.

Love is passion,

maybe even hatred;

there's nothing soft about it.

And yet…

For a ninja,

love is different

than it is for others,

even, sometimes, other ninja.

Love is,

for a ninja,

hatred, passion,

the gnawing fear that someday,

the other will defeat the ninja

and the love will disappear.

Love is,

for a ninja,

the struggle to consume the other fully,

to defeat and destroy the ninja's beloved.

Because, for a ninja,

that is the only way to love.