Tell me. Do you truly wish to die?

My eyes snap open and I sit upright. All I can see is darkness and I fumble about, only to notice I can no longer move. 'Hello?' I think.

You are in Limbo. I am the Shinigami. You have caught my interest. You could have been very powerful but you chose to give your power away and die. I ask why.

I don't know why the Shinigami is speaking to me or is interested in me at all but I answer anyways. "Because. Itachi needs it more than I."

The boy? Why did you give it to him. Besides the reason you have just given of course.

"Because. I love him. He needs the power my eye holds and so I gave it to him." My answer is simple, and to me quite obvious.

My answer seems to give the Shinigami pause. Then he speaks and I am overwhelmed with hope. Do you wish for a chance to look over him? To protect him?

"Yes." I breathe and I feel lighter, like a burden I didn't even realize I was carrying had disappeared. "Yes please yes."

Light floods my vision and I look down, only to see me. Or rather, my body. I am floating, and quickly learn how to control it. I fly up the cliff side and see Itachi. He is standing on the edge, stuck in the pose of reaching for my long gone body. Pain is etched across his face , and I see two black pinwheels, spinning in his eyes.

I rush forward. I don't think he will hear me but I try. "Itachi. The village. Don't mourn me. Save the village, the thing you love most."

He gives no sign of hearing me, but still stands, staggering down the path. I go to support him, only for my hand to pass through him. I freeze, shocked. I can't touch him! I cant touch Itachi! So this is what it's like being nothing but yin chakra. A ghost. Unable to feel or touch the ones you love. A tear rolls down my face, and like some sort of signal, it starts raining, pouring down in torrents.

Itachi had stopped staring up at the rain. He whispers something but I can't hear. He takes off, and desperate to keep up, I latch my chakra onto him, ghosting after him.