A Different Path
diana-ily
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  • Reads 458,761
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  • Parts 60
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diana-ily
Ongoing, First published Dec 16, 2016
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What if he chose to walk a different path? 
                           
     What if he chose to leave everyone and everything behind? 

           What if he chose to run away from the whispering behind his back and distant shouts?

Maybe it was the right thing to do. 
Maybe not. 

But he had to keep walking, with his chin held high, no matter how painful and remorseful his past was. But what if he had to return to that place full of sad memories and aching hearts?

                  Will he still maintain that
             unbreakable mask or will it be                                 
                                  shattered?

                                       <•••>
Disclaimer: Naruto and Naruto Shippuden belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
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