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Because we all have occasional bouts of lust for bloodshed and murder, I think that we oughta have a long-term tournament to appease this appetite as well as the appetites of other violence lovers out there.

These duels shall pit the most evil, cruel and vile villains in the fictional universes from films, tv shows, anime, cartoons and video games into a one on one battle where there can only be one victor! The combatants will have access to all of their standard and native abilities and any weapon that they can bring with them into the arena. The battle will be concluded one one combatant is rendered unable to continue, forfeits or dies. There is no time limit and the arena is an endless dimension with random environments.

Today we have two snoobish arrogant one-man power houses. Both are nigh-invulnerable adversaries and jerkass older siblings to their respective brothers. Both are heirs to an unmatched legacy with weapons of legendary power. But will win in today's Darkest Duel?

Sesshomaru

VS

Itachi Uchiha

I'm Thaeonblade and with me are Sandiame Hiruzen Sarutobi and Legendary Blacksmith Totosai to add further insight into these characters and see which would win a dark duel.

I don't see the point in this charade...after all Sesshomaru isn't evil though he certainly has much arrogance.

Then how about constantly threatening the lives of his brother and his friends because he's dissatisfied with his inheritance?

Didn't you order Itachi to murder his whole clan down to the last child?

And you forge swords that commit mass genocide on demons...so what's your point old man?

Ah...can we move on honored elders?

Shut your mouth you disrespectful pup!

Calm yourself you wrinkled fire blower!

Moving on...


Preface: The Combatants!

Sesshomaru

Born: Over 500 years before the series starts

Age: 500+ (Appears 19)

Species: Dog Daiyokai/Demon

Sex: Male

Weight: 168 lbs

Height: 5'10

Affiliations: Himself; Naraku (Loosely, Temporarily, Formerly); Inuyasha's Group (Loosely, Reluctantly, Eventually)

Background:

The Eldest Son of the famed demon Dog General of the Western Lands, Sesshomaru is heir to a powerful demon legacy. As a result, he's one of the most powerful demons in the Warring States Era and making him one of the few demons who has no true interest in the shards of the Shikon Jewel.

Unfortunately, he was unsatisfied with his inheritance from his father and spent many years in search of the Tessaiga. Upon discovering that the sword of his father was hidden within a dimension that was hidden within Inuyasha's eye, Sesshomaru ruthlessly pursued the blade and lost his arm after battling his brother. From then on, he'd went through many plans and attempts to take the Tessaiga from his younger half-brother.

And you said that he wasn't a bad guy.

Quiet pup! While Sesshomaru is not exactly a good guy, he has displayed a growing sense of compassion. As seen through his interactions with the human girl Rin whom he revived with his inheritance, the Tensaiga and unofficially adopted as his daughter. Throughout Inuyasha's journey, Sesshomaru has fought both against Inuyasha and more often alongside him against mutual enemies. After a soul-searching journey, Sesshomaru eventually relinquished his desire for the Tessaiga and choose to rely on his own power and abilities. As a result of his and his growing compassion, Sesshomaru regained his arm and a blade of power that was of his own power rather than that of his father's.

So his father made it so that he'd have to grow a heart, make peace with his seemingly crappy inheritance and lose an arm to come into his own?

At least he didn't massacre a whole clan-

That wasn't me damn it!

Your reign, your problem.

Skills and Abilities:

As a demon lord, Sesshomaru possesses a remarkable amount of abilities with and without his trademark swords. He possesses the ability to shapeshift from a handsome young man into a large giant dog at will.

The Dog Form is his true form and is a lethal enemy to even equally powerful demons due to it's strength, ferocity and size. The dog also contains a potent acidic saliva within it's jaws that can melt through steel and flesh. Though Sesshomaru rarely uses this form and seems to prefer his humanoid shape.

I wonder how he would fair against a bijuu from my series?

Though he is a powerhouse in his true form, Sesshomaru is no slouch in human form either. His clawed fingernails contain a powerful Dokkaso acid that eats through whatever it touches and can even transfer this acidic effect into punches and mid-range blades of energy. The poison within the acid also causes blindness if it strikes the face. He can further harness this poison into a long range whip of poisonous demonic energy.

He apparently possesses regeneration, agelessness, has acutely exceptional reflexes, along with super-human endurance, speed, strength and an acute sense of hearing and smell. Can he fly too?

Yes he can.

WHAT?!

In addition to these feats, Sesshomaru has a powerful demonic aura within his own body. This enables him to tolerate or outright ignore all but the most powerful purification and holy abilities.

That's why no one has sealed him yet...

While powerful by himself, Sesshomaru's greatest assets lie within the blades which he carries. His sword is the Tensaiga, a blade created from the fang of his father to teach his son compassion. For this reason, Tensaiga is incapable of causing harm to those that it strikes.

No wonder he hates it.

But it protects him lethal harm, maintains a state of constant regeneration upon it's wielder, heals whatever it strikes and can resurrect the dead by striking down the servants of death.

THAT UNGRATEFUL BRAT! I WISH MY FATHER LEFT ME A SWORD OF HEALING!

For awhile, Sesshomaru wielded the blade Tokijin, a deadly sword forged by my former apprentice from the fang of Goshinki, one of Naraku's incarnations. Sesshomaru was able to overpower it's evil aura and used it to create create blades of evil energy. But Sesshomaru eventually lost interest in the blade and didn't bother reforging it when it was broken in battle.

Wise of him, a sword forged from evil would only betray him eventually. But what's that white fluffy thing on his shoulder?

His Mokomoko, a long cloth of fluff which he can extend and use to whip or constrict his enemies. It can also be used to transport multiple people by having passengers hold on to the fluff while he flies.

So it's largely useless in a battle?

Yes.

After a great deal of character searching, Sesshomaru regenerated his arm and with it, the Bakusaiga. This is a sword formed from Sesshomaru's own power rather than an inheritance from his father. Not only is the sword extremely powerful with an attack that rivals the Tessaiga's Wind Scar, but it's attacks leave behind a corrosive residue that negates the regeneration abilities of anything that it strikes. This corrosive aura will also pass on to anything that combines with or touches the affected area.

Furthermore, Sesshomaru can channel his demonic aura into his sword to use the powerful Soryuha (Dragon Strike). By itself, it can override the effects of the Backlash Wave and can be surged through the ground as well.

With Tensaiga and the Bakusaiga at his disposal along with his own base abilities, Sesshomaru could be considered truly invincible.

Kill Count:

Throughout his lifetime, Sesshomaru has killed many, many adversaries among humans and demons alike. More recently he has bested his younger half-brother on multiple occasions, the fire demon Kyora, three members of the infamous Band of Seven, Magatsuhi, Repressed Goshinki's soul within Tokijin and destroyed the soul of the cursed sword So'un ga.

Weaknesses:

As a high-tiered demon, Sesshomaru has little to fear from purification effects or holy seals due to his overwhelming power. But very high level barriers can still marginally weaken him.

He is also an arrogant little puppy...his pride in his power and his tendency to quickly lose interest in situations tend to leave him vulnerable. He can also easily underestimate his opponents and toy with them out of sheer boredom if he has no incentive to destroy them.

While the Tensaiga can heal and revive the dead, it requires a static and mostly intact body to do so. It's resurrection ability can also only be used once on an individual and can't be used to revive those who have already been revived by another means.


Itachi Uchiha

Born: 5 years before the Nine Tails Incident

Age: 21

Species: Human

Sex: Male

Weight: 128 lbs

Height: 1.78 meters

Affiliations: Uchiha Clan (formerly); Konoha (covertly); ANBU (formerly); Akatsuki (as a covert spy)

Background:

An enigma to his peers and allies and a rare prodigy within the Ninja World, Itachi Uchiha stands out as one of the most formidable and complex characters that the story of Naruto can offer.

He certainly has an air of pretentiousness...do share the story old pup.

Itachi was the oldest son of Military Police Captain Fugaku Uchiha and one of the greatest shinobi to ever come out from Konoha's ranks. By the age of 7, Itachi had graduated from the academy, awoke and mastered his clan's sharingan by the age of 8, Achieved the rank of Chunin by 10, Joined the ANBU and was promoted to ANBU Captain by 13.

So he has some weight to back up that pretentiousness and some legitimate talent.

Indeed, Itachi was not like most members of his clan and in many ways thought alike to a Hokage even from a young age. He was also a loving son and a caring brother to his younger brother Sasuke.

Which is why you ordered him to murder his clan.

The clan was planning a coup that would've destroyed the village and negotiations were failing. I didn't like it, but there was no other way. Itachi was ordered to destroy the clan when it became clear that conflict was inevitable and he did.

Including the non-combatants, women, elders and children...

The Shinobi World is a harsh place...

You're speaking to a demonic blacksmith Sarutobi, you don't know the meaning of harsh.

Anyway...after slaughtering his clan and leaving Sasuke as the sole survivor, Itachi left Konoha to join the infamous Shinobi Criminal Organization Akatsuki. As a member of Akatsuki, Itachi was tasked with tracking down and capturing demons and the individuals that had demons sealed within them. One of these individuals happens to the main character and a teammate of Sasuke's, Naruto. As a result, Itachi met his younger brother, beat the crap out of him and left Sasuke pissed off enough to join a pedophilic snake ninja.

That idiot joined Orochimaru!?

Yes...yes he did old pup...

Speaking of Orochimaru, Itachi was the reason for the snake's departure. Orochimaru attempted to takeover Itachi's body, but Itachi handed the snake his tail on a plate and caused him to run away. Some time afterwards, Itachi was instrumental in recruiting Shinobi bombing terrorist Deidara into Akatsuki to replace the snake.

After sometime, Itachi's activities culminated with a final showdown with Sasuke where only one would survive. After an intense battle a combination of blindness, exhaustion, and a fatal incurable cough of death led to the shinobi's death. After this, Sasuke learned the truth about his brother's actions and swore to destroy Konoha.

Until Edo Tensei Itachi came back and told Sasuke not to destroy Konoha...now the brat is on a soul-searching quest...

Anyone would need to search their souls after all of the activities that Sasuke has done...

It's understandable considering that-

Will you shut up about that!?

No

Skills and Abilities:

From a young age, Itachi has possessed Kage level reasoning analysis and intellect. While he prefers to fight only when necessary, Kami help whoever does have to fight him.

Itachi is highly deceptive, a master of shuriken usage, swordplay and an expert in taijutsu. His shuriken capabilities even allow him to successfully hit targets within his blind spot through shuriken manipulation.

As a former ANBU captain, he is further trained in infiltration and assassination. Using his expertise in Fire Ninjutsu to create Fireballs that can even be combined with his shuriken, Water Ninjutsu to create dragons and drilling fangs of water, the Body Flicker or Shunshin technique to teleport himself to another location, Crow Clone techniques to disguise his true movements and can even use as an explosive decoy and deadliest of all is his genjutsu with which he can confuse, disorient and mislead his opponents.

Nice and all, but that doesn't make him much better than a well talented...jonin...so what's so great about him?

While his base skills are incredibly impressive and make him a match for even the most talented jonin, his trademark inheritance is where the vast majority of his power comes from.

The Sharingan...awoken upon experience potent trauma and further strengthened through training and experience, the Sharingan is a dojutsu or an ocular bloodline trait that further enhances his taijutsu and his genjutsu. The Sharingan enables Itachi to copy the movements and gestures of opponents, enabling him to predict and track their movements or copy their techniques assuming that the technique doesn't require a bloodline itself. He can also hypnotize his opponents and even tame bijuu assuming that the will of the user is powerful enough.

The Sharingan also has two Forbidden Jutsu that costs the usage of an eye to use. One is the Inazagi, a technique that casts a powerful genjutsu on the body to enable it to reject fatal attacks and reappear without a scratch after a short amount of time; the other is the Inazami which traps it's victims in a never-ending loop of events until their mind breaks or they come to some realization about themselves and their situation.

Fair prices for such overpowered jutsu.

Didn't you forge a sword that can resurrect the dead?

However, the sharingan's greatest abilities are only unlocked upon witnessing or directly causing the death of the person closest to the Sharingan user's heart. The pain of this action will awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, an enhanced version of the sharingan that promises great and virtually unmatched power for a price.

Itachi unlocked this ability after killing his comrade and best friend, Shisui Uchiha and possesses three abilities: the first is Tsukuyomi, a powerful genjutsu that traps the victim within a never repeating loop of varying torture for an artificial time of up to 72 hours and causes lasting psychological damage; the second is Amaterasu, an attack that creates a black flame to appear wherever the user is looking that will continually spread and cannot be put out save by the Mangekyo Sharingan itself; the final technique is the ethereal living oni, Susanoo.

Great...another overpowered ability.

Susanoo is a giant armored ethereal oni which both protects Itachi from injury and can be used to attack his enemies at close range or with a longe range attack called the Yasaka Magatama. Itachi's Susanoo possesses two particular items, one being the Yata Mirror which changes it's properties according to the incoming attack in question, enabling it to cancel out any attack and the Sword of Totsuka which seals whatever it pierces into a dimension of endless dreams within it's gourd.

Kill Count:

Due to his talents and the chaotic life of a shinobi, Itachi has killed many opponents including many hundreds if not thousands of shinobi. At the age of 13, he'd defeated three fellow clan members with more experience and training than him; Achieved the envious rank of ANBU Captain; and murdered his whole clan with energy to spare. Between the ages of 13 and 18, he also forcibly recruited Deidara into Akatsuki; Overpowered and kicked Orochimaru out of Akatsuki; and at the age of 18, defeated genin specialist and jonin Kurenai and Jonin Legend Kakashi Hatake with relatively minimal effort; he also managed to counter and practically spank Sasuke in every encounter between them, including his last.

I thought Sasuke defeated Itachi?

No...Sasuke lucked out...

But Sasuke lived and Itachi died, therefore Sasuke wins

We're not in the Shinobi World Old man!

Weaknesses:

As noted above, Itachi contracted a deadly disease that has weakened his stamina and his health. During prolonged battles, this can cause lapses in his reflexes and his ability to maintain already demanding techniques.

The usage of the Mangekyo Sharingan techniques also causes increasing blindness with each usage and can lead to complete blindness if he uses them too often or for too long, which renders all sharingan techniques useless.

In addition, the usage of base sharingan still requires eyesight and the usage of both eyes. If one of the eyes are blinded or destroyed, then the technique is no longer as effective. Further, even if the sharingan can see an attack coming, the user needs to be able to properly react or the outcome will be no different.

Guess these eyes aren't all that overpowered...

If Itachi had taken the eyes of another Mangekyo user than he'd get the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan with no threat of diminishing eyesight and greater power-

OVERPOWERED HUMANS!


The combatants are set, measured and ready. Both are nigh-invincible forces to be feared, but only one will emerge victorious.

Which of these antagonistic brothers will stand above the other? The enigmatic Itachi or the mystical Sesshomaru?

PLACE YOUR BETS!

My latest sword on Sesshomaru!

Asuma's inheritance on Itachi!

I could care less...I get 40% of the revenue either way!


Author's Notes:

Inspired by Sneak Attack's Death Battles, we'll find out for ourselves as to who would win in a duel between two individuals of evil.

Today, two very bad big brothers will battle it out see who is the snobbiest, the prettiest, and the deadliest dark deviant.

One is stained in the blood of his family while other strives to purify his family of the unworthy...

Who will win?

Sources for all of their abilities come from their respective anime, manga, and movies. Feel free to check those for yourself if I missed anything.