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Opening his eyes Itachi looked around and found he could see nothing, analyzing the situation the last thing he remembered was undoing the reanimation jutsu and coming back to the land of the dead. However, that did not explain his current situation where he was conscious
"Itachi you are currently between life and death as we speak, I have chosen you for your valor and loyalty to the ninja way as such you shall be reincarnated in the ninja world once more as well as many other powerful ninja... for a game for the gods so to speak." A voice said from the darkness, the voice sounded old and wise but it had a certain gentleness to it. "Who might you be?" Itachi asked politely as the person had to him.
"I am Amaterasu, I have chosen you so that you can represent me in the Ninja Games." She replied with a light tone before continuing, "In these games twenty gods are chosen for the right to become ruler over the heavens for the next 1000 years. In order to avoid destruction the human realm we select dead ninja to bring back to life to fight in our stead. Of course the participants will get to live after the games; however, we do not know what world the games will take place in." Itachi absorbed the information very quickly, "Do I have a choice in the matter in whether or not I wish to partake in these games?" Itachi asked.
"I'm afraid not dear Itachi." As soon as she has finished her words the darkness started to disappear and before Itachi was a beautiful garden. The garden had a little pond with an overhanging tree, if one looked inside the pond they would see two koi fish. All around the were flowers of every kind imaginable begonias, roses, tulips, hydrangeas, etc. He then saw a porch and there sat one of the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen before, she wore a simple orange kimono that flowed around where she sat. Her skin was like porcelain unblemished and without a single fault, her face shaped like a heart and small, and finally her hair oh how beautiful her hair was it flowed like silk and even then that was not enough to describe her oh so beautiful hair. It was styled in a hime cut and was onyx in color.
"Ah I see the process has been completed. Welcome back to life Itachi." her face betrayed nothing as she watched him gloss over her and their surroundings. Expressing nothing as he was trained he quickly noticed how clear the world was, as if his near blindness was nothing but a passing thought.
"Did you fix my sight and illness?" Itachi asked noticing how the usual pain in his lungs was no longer there nor was his vision problems. Amaterasu simply nodded and explained, "We wished to make it so that those who had a weakened body could still participate fairly along with the fact those of the Uchiha clan were granted an eternal mangekyou sharingan so that their eyesight does not blur during the competition, and everyone has a 19 year old body which should be free of health problems."
"I see, might I ask how you gave us these eternal sharingans? Is it not only attainable through an eye transfer with a close family member?" Itachi asked, unless the dead gave it to them he knew of no other way to get the eternal sharingan.
Amaterasu looked at him as if she were deciding to answer or not and finally after 5 minutes of silence she spoke, "Itachi gods cannot lie, we cannot say such foul things so before we can even spew lies our body stops us from even speaking. Your father decided to give you his eyes, as for any other Uchiha we will do the same thing regarding their family members." She stated although she had not answered where they got the eyes, from her explanation he put the pieces together.
'Allowed grave robbing…This also means I will have to face other Uchihas possibly...' Itachi thought before the goddess stood and signaled for him to follow her. Leading him through the halls of her estate, Itachi saw there were seemingly no servants in the estate in comparison from what one might expect from the house of a deity, hundred of servants and a large castle all for themselves that they rarely used.
She led him through her estate showing him the different rooms and their functions as well as ones he was not allowed to enter. Her tour had ended when she led him to a large room with two large paintings on the black walls. One picture of was of the Chinese mountains west of the elemental nations and the other was a Chinese dragon that was flying to the sun the last wall was plain black and at the corner of the wall sat a desk and bookshelf. The floor was made up of tatami mats and there lay a futon with blue covers.
Other than that the room was generally empty, "This is where you will stay for the year until it is time for the Ninja games. Every day you are to meet me in the garden at five in the morning so that I can train you personally. I expect good things from you Itachi, you may rest now." Amaterasu shut the door behind her as she made her leave.
Looking through his closet he found many sets of Anbu clothing and dark yukatas. 'It appears like she has everything ready for me for the next year...' He chose a dark blue yukata before going to the desk and choosing a book to read something he had very little time for when he was in the akatsuki. The book was a simple one about a boy and his adventures to different worlds gathering friends in each new world. Itachi smiled at the naivete and the innocence of the boy who just helped a deluded old man who seemed to be crying out for ghost long dead in the story. Not long after reading most of the book darkness took over as he fell asleep.
In the dream:
"Itachi! Do you want some dango? I just bought some for my mom earlier." She smiled at him like she always did as she invited him to eat at their usual spot at the lake. Of course he knew about her feelings for him but she wasn't obsessive or pushy like his other fangirls and with that in mind he nodded to join her and his favorite treat.
"So, Itachi what missions have you been on lately? Oh but your an Anbu so you can't tell...hmm oh how is Sasuke?" she asked "He's surpassed all the other kids his age, I'm sure he will be a great ninja one day." Itachi replied with a small smile thinking about Sasuke.
"Ah it must be nice having a little sibling right? You probably taught him everything he knows, but ya know Itachi you can't always coddle him he won't be your little brother forever." Biting into the dango she continued, "Everybody's gotta grow in their own way and their own experiences not just based off on another's right?" Itachi thought about it and saw her point and saw what her point was. "But what if he makes a fatal mistake that could've been avoided if he just listened to me instead? And what if that mistake could kill him?" Itachi stated worriedly.
"Ahhhh you worry too much Itachi! If that really does happen he just has to learn how to overcome the situation and turn it to his favor, besides if he lives through it will it not make him a stronger smarter person?" She said reassuringly and smiling at him.
"I suppose that would be good for him..." Itachi slowly relented with as a small smile made its way onto his face.
"Ah! Itachi you smiled!" The girl exclaimed happily. She always seemed happy with the world no matter what happened to her, her jovial smile was always on her face when she was with him.
He had spent the rest of the day talking to her although it was more of her talking and he sometimes gave her his input on some matter or another, before they knew it the light of the sun gave way to the dusk of night, time had always seemed to fly away when he was with her. They bid each other good bye as they would not likely see each other for a long time due to his missions.
Suddenly the scene changed he was no longer eight, now thirteen and wore the ever familiar Anbu uniform. He stood in the hallway as she welcomed him back, a routine of theirs whenever he came to visit her after his missions. He silently approached in the kitchen as she asked him how his mission went although she knew full well Anbu members were never allowed to speak about them as Itachi would often remind her when she asked. Not hearing his usual response she turned to face him and as soon as she did she smiled sadly in understanding. "I see so 'this' is your mission." She made no effort to resist as if she had expected this to happen for the longest time.
"I really had hoped this wouldn't have to happen, perhaps it was foolish of me to hope that somehow the tensions between us and the village would cease." She closed her eyes and tucked her hair behind her ears although the action was simple to Itachi the world had seemed to slow as he tried to commit every movement she made to his memory, something he later regretted doing.
"Itachi do not hesitate, not now or from now on okay? Just promise me this before I go. I don't wish to be a burden upon your mind just know that I forgive you alright?" As soon as he had nodded she smiled ready for death, "Tsukuyomi." Was all he said as her life she never lived started to flash before her, not even a second later she collapsed. Itachi held her as she breathed her last words, "Thank you, Itachi."
"Thank you for loving me -." Itachi replied quickly as the light in her eyes faded. He shed one lone tear as he went on to murder the rest of the clan that he had dearly loved as much as he had hated it.
Silent tears streamed down his face as he thought of her the one who haunted his dreams, the one he tried to desperately to forget but could never succeed in doing so. Although he no longer remembered her features or her name he could never forget the way she smiled at him, her bright and jovial smile which she always wore just for him. Only him even in death.
Seeing as he could no longer sleep thanks to the specter of his past he took a cold shower and then preformed his morning routine. Donning one of the Anbu uniforms in the closet he went to the kitchen to make some food at around four in the morning. He made a simple breakfast of eggs and toast, he viewed all food aside from his beloved dango as nothing more than a substance he needed to survive so he never really cared for the taste.
As soon as he was done with his meal he washed the plates and headed straight to the garden. He sat down next to the tree overlooking the pond and koi fish. He started to let go of the world and cleared his mind. He focused on his eyes trying to activate his newly acquired eternal mangekyou sharingan. The design of his mangekyou now had six protrusions rather than three and there were three little tomoe which stayed in the same place as the third stage sharingan.
Pouring chakra into his eyes Itachi activated "Amaterasu" as his eyes fell on a single blade of grass it burned away as the black flames ate it; however, his eye did not bleed nor did he have to close his eyes in pain. Deactivating his sharingan he made his way to the training grounds to warm up for his training session with the sun deity. Not long after he started she appeared and seemed as regal as she had been the other day.
"I see you have started to train, ever the diligent one are you not Itachi?" Amaterasu commented letting Itachi finish his katas. "You praise me too much Amaterasu-sama, I am merely doing as I have been told nothing more and nothing less." Itachi responded.
"Ever so humble as well is there no fault in you?" She praised once more, "While I wish to teach you many things without chakra they are useless even if you learn it. Hence from this day forth you shall start using the "self imposing rule" you must run 500 laps around this compound, if you cannot do those you will do 500 push ups, and if you cannot do those you shall do 500 handstand push ups and so on and so forth until you can do 500 laps around this compound." Had Itachi not been Itachi he would have blanched at the thought of having to do so much though he was already physically fit.
"Itachi while you are well versed in many things your illness deteriorated your body to the point your chakra capacity had lessened considerably. Your spiritual energy is very strong to and we must pair it off with strong physical energy which you do you not have but I assure you with me guiding you, you will reach the pinnacle of the shinobi world. Now begin Itachi do not waste more time then we already have." Answering his unspoken question she handed him weights to go on his arms and legs similar to what Lee and Gai had, "Wear these, we do not have that much time to increase your physical prowess." And with that Itachi started to run, more than he had ever run in his entire life.
Oh my gosh this is my first time writing Itachi or an OC so I'm really sorry if it's not up too standard OTL . I just hope you enjoyed till next chapter!