Welcome to Naruto: Shinigami of the Kyubiakuma: After Story. This is the stories that take place in the Soul Society that some are part of the main story, while others are not. Enjoy! I do not own anything but the story.

The Uchiha clan, one of the noble families within the Soul Society. To hold the name of one of these noble families was an honor with itself, an honor that only the most noble could be bestowed. After the head of the clan, Uchiha Fugaku, was killed in battle, the title was passed onto the next in line, Uchiha Itachi, who unwillingly at first accepted the title. The great Uchiha clan was fading, most of the nobleman from this family meeting their demise long ago. Only two known Uchiha remained, Uchiha Itachi and his younger brother, Uchiha Sasuke. Uchiha Sasuke was a different case, his mind completely locked on becoming stronger than his brother, who was admitted into the Shinigami Academy at the age of 8, his admittance being approved by Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai himself. After witnessing the child's spiritual pressure himself, he immediately ordered that Itachi be placed within the academy. This was the beginning of Itachi's achievements, even going as far as achieving Sharingan, the secret technique that was passed down upon all Uchiha. This technique allowed the user to completely analyze any spiritual pressure, making it so they could have complete control over their own. The Sharingan also had many other abilities that were unknown at the time, unknown by most Uchiha's. Sasuke wasn't as lucky as Itachi, his spiritual pressure wasn't as impressive, he wasn't able to access the Sharingan yet, and his mind was on genius level like Itachi. Itachi was on the way to becoming a Captain, while Sasuke found himself on the way to being an unseated officer. This wasn't exactly the place Sasuke wanted to be, finding himself hungry to become better than Itachi. With these thoughts in his mind, Sasuke escaped from his privileged life, going into what was considered the jungle, the 80th District. For years he stayed within this place, and after teaming up with one man, he became a legend...

As the crowd around Sasuke increased in size, the blood that was flying through the air like hail did as well. Within this circle of people were Uchiha Sasuke and Zaraki Kenpachi, fighting back to back as usual. Sasuke had met up with this legend within the third day he was in this hellhole, finding himself being cornered by over six men. As Sasuke found himself backed into a corner by the men, Kenpachi had finally intervened, killing each of these men with no regret. After that day, Sasuke traveled around the 80th District with Kenpachi, which he found out was like painting a large target upon his own forehead. Everyone wanted to kill this guy, and by Sasuke traveling with him, it turns out that they wanted him dead now as well. It truly didn't matter, Sasuke enjoying his time with Kenpachi. As the crowd increased, Sasuke and Kenpachi found themselves fighting over 20 men, Sasuke and Kenpachi going back and forth with killing these idiots. They both wielded ordinary blades, using these to dismember the fools. Sasuke turned as another man came lunging at him with a knife in his palm, Sasuke grabbing his wrist and slamming him into the ground. The knife fell to the ground as Sasuke kicked it to the side and slammed his blade into the man's chest. He turned as another man ran at him and slashed at his throat with a sword, Sasuke dodging the attack and cutting the man's entire arm off with one quick movement. Blood flew all over Sasuke's clothes as the man screamed before him, holding his bleeding. With no words, Sasuke lobbed the man's head off, Kenpachi snickering as he witnessed this.

"Sasuke, you are getting better at this!" Kenpachi commented as he slammed his long blade into two men that came running at him, the blade going through both men's chest. Kenpachi pulled out his blade out and grinned as the blood dripped from it.

"Hey, when you are learning from the best, you pick up some tricks!" Sasuke exclaimed as he cut the legs off one man that came running at him, the man falling before him. Sasuke gave him no mercy as the man crawled towards him, Sasuke chuckling before he slammed his sword into the man's forehead. This was the end of the wave of men, all of them dead at Sasuke and Kenpachi's feet.

"Sasuke, not bad at all," Kenpachi said as he observed the bodies around them. "All right, let's go find us some food and get the hell out of here." Sasuke nodded as he followed Kenpachi, smiling as the crowd disbanded to allow the two warriors through. This was the normal routine, Sasuke and Kenpachi killing men and then leaving nonchalantly to get something to eat later.

"So kid, how do you like the 80th District?" Kenpachi asked as he bit down on what looked like a piece of fruit. "Can't say it would be as cushy as the homes the noble families live in, but its somewhere to rest yer head right?"

"I've been here for over 6 months, and I got to say, this place lives up to the rumors 100 percent," Sasuke replied as he took a bite of his fruit. "With this type of intense fighting on a daily basis, becoming stronger will be too easy..."

"You can't always rely on these idiots to give you a challenge," Kenpachi said as he looked at the gangs of men walking nearby. "These chumps aren't worth much, not even worth being called warm ups. If you want real training kid, I can beat it into you. Trust me, when I'm done, you will be able to kill hundreds of these men without even batting an eye..." Sasuke looked at Kenpachi with widened eyes as his mind registered what Kenpachi just said. This was the training he wanted, the training that would allow him to finally surpass Itachi. With this type of intense training, he would be able to crush any adversary that crossed his path. Sasuke nodded as Kenpachi grinned his wild grin, swallowing the rest of his fruit and chucking the core off the roof they were sitting on top of.

"Hey, who the hell dropped this shit on my head?" Someone asked as they looked up at the roof menacingly.
"These guys just don't get it huh?" Sasuke asked as Kenpachi chuckled, jumping down from the roof and taking on the man. Sasuke knew, this was where he would begin his legend. He spent over 4 years in the 80th District, managing to combine Kenpachi's wild style with his own Uchiha style technique. So in other words, his fighting style was balanced and smooth, but wild and ferocious at the same time. Which turned out to be a deadly balance, Sasuke making a name for himself within the district. He was known as "Sasuke of the Wind" his style was so quick and powerful that no one was able to match him. It was coming time that Sasuke considered himself eligible to enter the Shinigami Academy, knowing that he must return home in order to do this. But at the same time, Kenpachi had traveled to the 79th District, the second most violent area in the Soul Society. He had found a young girl there, who had taken quite the liking to him. So Sasuke set off back home, leaving Kenpachi and his new ally.

"Sasuke! The next time we meet, I want you to fight me with no mercy!" Kenpachi shouted as he watched Sasuke leave, Sasuke giving Kenpachi a grin as he traveled back. As the young Uchiha returned home, he could think of nothing more but to challenge his brother to a match, to see if he closed the gap that was between them...

"Sasuke, you have returned," Itachi greeted as Sasuke walked through the front door. "It has been too long little brother."

"Itachi, fight me!" Sasuke spit out as he looked at his brother with a devilish grin. "I want to see if my hard training was fruitful..." Itachi looked up at Sasuke, holding onto what looked like a cup of tea.
"Fine, we shall spar Sasuke," Itachi finally replied after several minutes of looking at Sasuke. "But before we fight, allow me to ask you one question. Why would you go so far to try to defeat me Sasuke?"

"So you know where I have been for all these years," Sasuke muttered as Itachi flashed him a gentle smile.
"I am your brother, of course I knew where you were," Itachi replied as he took another sip of his tea. "But to travel to the 80th District is almost suicide. But you managed to return, and your spiritual pressure has increased greatly. But Sasuke, it isn't enough..."

"What?" Sasuke asked as he looked at his brother with a bewildered look, not understanding what Itachi meant by this. But after Itachi showed him what he meant, Sasuke's mouth went as dry as tissue paper. Itachi's spiritual pressure was tremendous, much stronger than when Sasuke had left. It almost seemed beyond Captain Level, which made Sasuke gasp.
"Sasuke, I don't mean to be cruel, but you will never surpass me by just running away into some district and toughing it out." Itachi explained softly as Sasuke's hand shook uncontrollable. "But I can teach you, under my..."

"I don't want your damn training!" Sasuke interrupted as Itachi looked at him in surprise. "You think you are so god dam superior to me Itachi, and I will crush you in my own way! With my own power, I don't need to use your pathetic ways to gain strength! I will defeat you!" Itachi remained silent as he pulled himself from the table, pulling one of the practice swords from the corner. He tossed it to Sasuke before taking his own. Outside, the two noble brothers stared each other down, no words being spoken. Without any warning, Sasuke went charging at Itachi, Itachi dodging and appearing behind Sasuke. Sasuke gasped as he was kicked on the back, his sword flying from his hand as he was. Sasuke rolled as he touched the ground, retrieving his sword and looking up at Itachi with his Sharingan.

"I can see your future Itachi," Sasuke muttered with a wicked grin as he pointed his sword at Itachi's face. "I can see that you will be defeated by my own hands!" Sasuke wildly attacked Itachi, only to be kicked in the chest this time. Sasuke went tumbling to the ground, blood rolling down his chin as he looked up at Itachi. He ran at Itachi again, this time more subtly. Itachi dodged his first swipe, watching as Sasuke used his own fighting-style to fight. His was more subtle and more stylish then the one that Kenpachi taught him to use. Itachi smiled as he dodged another slash from Sasuke, Sasuke trying to read Itachi's movements using the Sharingan. Itachi watched as Sasuke read one of his dodges and followed up with a quick kick to Sasuke's chest, which Sasuke was able to dodge. Itachi watched as Sasuke tried to lunge at him again, this time pointing his sword directly at Sasuke's chest.

"You can be read too easily..." Itachi muttered as Sasuke looked up at him in shock. "That might have worked on others, but it won't work on me. My own concept of fighting is to read my opponent's fighting-style and use it against them. To be able to have a counterattack for every attack they will or possibly might use. With that logic Sasuke, you will never use a move that I cannot read. Especially if I am using the Sharingan, which I only use against someone that is truly pushing me to the limit..." Sasuke fell to his knees, feeling completely helpless. He trained for years to accomplish this, and it was nothing compared to Itachi. As he felt his pride disperse, he heard a familiar voice within his mind.

"Get up Sasuke!" Kenpachi's voice shouted as Sasuke reminisced about sparring with Kenpachi. Sasuke was down, his whole body felt like it was on fire, and his own blood stained his clothing.

"Get up Sasuke, or I will kill you!" Kenpachi roared as he prepared to bring down his sword upon Sasuke, Sasuke looking up at him with fear. Kenpachi brought his sword down, Sasuke closing his eyes as he thought about Kenpachi killing him. But he didn't, Kenpachi had stopped, Sasuke opening his eyes and realizing this.

"So, you want to sit here and allow an opponent to get the better of you huh?" Kenpachi asked as Sasuke didn't answer, remaining silent. "That is just cowardly, and I hate cowards. Cowards and quitters will amount to nothing; they will just be another number within the body pile. If you want to become a champion, you fight until you can't fight any more! You fight until your body is dust! You never give in, no matter how hard the opponent seems. Now..." As Sasuke sat there, Kenpachi thrusted his sword into Sasuke's stomach, blood rolling down Sasuke's mouth as he winced in pain.

"Always remember that wound, for whenever you plan to give up, remember the pain I just inflicted upon you," Kenpachi said as Sasuke nodded, holding his stomach. Now as Sasuke looked up at Itachi, he felt the same pain that Kenpachi inflicted upon him that day.

"Master your skills Sasuke then challenge me again," Itachi murmured as he walked back to the house. "No matter what Sasuke, I will always be here for you. As your brother and... A challenge to overcome... remember that." Sasuke looked back at Itachi walking away, a grin on his face.

"I guess I'll enter the Academy," Sasuke muttered as he looked up at the sky, standing to his feet. "I will defeat you Itachi!"

First chapter of the After Story, I hope you enjoy!

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