Disclaimer: I do not own any Naruto characters in this story.
Izuna sat as always, watching his beloved older brother. Only this time, he watched Madara and Sasuke have their "little talk" from the heavens, after the final between the two Uchiha brothers, Uchiha Itachi and his younger brother, Uchiha Sasuke.
Why? Why do you have to do this? Aniki… He thought, frowning. Just how far have you fallen from what you once have been?
Izuna didn't frown. Or perhaps, the more accurate saying would be that Izuna never frowned unless it had something to do with his precious aniki.
You've changed, aniki. I don't know you anymore… Izuna thought to himself, with regret filling him all over.
Izuna thought that he shouldn't leave just like that.
He blamed himself for all this. He blamed himself for just dying in the war just like that, and thus resulting in him leaving his aniki's side abruptly. And most importantly, he blamed himself for not noticing the change in his brother back then.
Izuna Uchiha was once known as the person who had the most self-control amongst all the shinobi in the Fire Country.
That is, of course, after Madara, his brother.
However, now, he could not control himself. As a matter of a fact, he could not control himself from letting tears of regret flow freely down his face.
Was this the monster that I knew as my brother? How could have not noticed the change in you?
Izuna wiped away his tears and continued to watch his brother, watching him as he and Sasuke joined forces, and vowed to take revenge against Konoha.
I could have done something to change you from this path. I could have done something to save you from this path of hatred and vengeance, when I was alive, when I still had the chance. But I didn't…
Izuna then noticed a man, a tall man in a dark cloak with red clouds, standing nearby, also watching the same scene as he did. He wondered who this man was, as he had never seen him before.
Nevertheless, Izuna walked towards the man, curious as to whom this man was.
"Hello. Are you new here?" Izuna asked in a polite tone, hoping that his sudden introduction would not frighten the man.
The man quickly turned around, upon hearing Izuna. The man's eyes widened momentarily, before settling back into a look of sternness.
"I'm sorry about that. You just reminded me of someone whom I used to know."
Hm…I reminded him of someone? That's new… Izuna thought as he smirked inwardly.
Izuna noted that the man was actually quite young, now that he had a close up view of him.
He had long black hair tied into a ponytail at the back, with bangs covering the side of his face, onyx eyes and two pronounced creases on his face.
"I am Uchiha Izuna, and you are…?" Izuna trailed off, even though he had a hunch to which this man was.
Uchiha Izuna? I've heard the name somewhere before… Itachi frowned to himself, thinking hard, before replying.
"Uchiha Itachi."
Bingo! I had a hunch he was an Uchiha. Izuna thought to himself.
"You are an Uchiha? I'm sorry, but I can't recognize your face…" Itachi trailed off with a tone of uncertainty.
"You wouldn't, I suppose." Izuna started, before adding on, "Seeing that I would have the shock of my life if you did, since I'm about over a hundred years your senior."
And seeing that pictures didn't exist back then, when I was still alive. Izuna thought mentally.
"I understand." Itachi replied in a monotone, keeping his eyes fixated to the living world.
An uncomfortable silence followed through. It was then that Izuna noticed that Itachi was the very same man that had died in the battle. Izuna broke the silence by asking a sudden question, out of the blue.
"Might I inquire that, the person you are watching, by any chance, is your brother?"
Itachi was a little startled by the question at first, and did not answer.
When Itachi finally answered Izuna's inquiry, it was in a voice mixed with many emotions. Love, regret, pain and sadness were mixed in his voice.
"It's…It's my little brother, Sasuke."
"We share another thing in common then."
"You are watching your brother too?" Itachi could not help but inquire, in a polite tone.
"Yes. My older brother is down there with your brother." Izuna replies, feeling a fresh surge of regret.
Then it hit Itachi, that Uchiha Izuna was Madara's younger brother.
A little bit of cliffhanger, ne? Don't worry; there will one more chapter before this story ends!
Izuna: Why must you make me cry? I'm supposed to be manly!
Author: Too bad. I decided to make you cry and that's that.
Izuna: Why? I haven't done anything!
Itachi: Hn. Because you did nothing at all in the anime except for dying. That's why.
Author: Finally! Someone who sees sense! (Kneels down and throws arms apart)
Izuna and Itachi: (sweat drops) I think I just found another person with no sense…
Author: I heard that! You two! Stay there!
Izuna and Itachi: Ja ne! (Disappears)
Author: Wait till I catch them…
Izuna and Itachi: (Somewhere in heaven…) Achoo!