GBNaru: 'Concrete Angel'

**Imoto = Little Sister (Female version of Otouto or "Little Brother" in a way...)**

I was just minding my own business, working on Ichiko's character sheet when all of sudden "Concrete Angel" started playing on iTunes. When I work on a character, I like to play the playlist I have for them and for some reason I had Concrete Angel on Ichiko's. I'm not really sure why, but anyway! As I was listening I started thinking, 'Huh. These words almost seem... familiar somehow.' It was almost like they were striking a chord in me. (Not all of them, mind you. just certain ones.) Then, the chorus came up about the 2nd time around, I think, and BAM! It hit me, just like that and I understood.

Certain phrases in the song reminded me unbelievably of Ichiko, so I was practically scrambling for paper, trying to get the drawing that I had so suddenly been struck with down. It was even a struggle trying to just minimize my Artweaver program so it wouldn't be up on my screen. After about an hour, maybe less, I was left with the sketchy version of the picture you see above. After that, I inked, colored, added the words I felt were the phrases that fit, and voila! You have your picture!

So, that's the story behind this picture. For those unaware, Ichiko IS a Female Itachi from my Gender Bender Naruto Series and this song is "Concrete Angel", by: Martina McBride. (Saddest Song EVER and the video will break your heart.)

So... that's it. Not my best work ever, but I like the idea behind it, you know? If the 'she's were 'he's, I even think those snippets of the song fit Itachi as well. *sigh* It's so sad, but kinda sweet at the same time, you know?...

It's... Bittersweet.