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Itachi recovered from his brief realization, to which he did not show outwardly, almost instantly.

"So, Uchiha Madara is your older brother?" Itachi asked out of politeness, though he had already known the answer.

Izuna turned his head around and looked at Itachi, an unreadable expression in his onyx eyes.

He knows. Seeing that he knew that much about Madara-nii…

Izuna was immersed in his own thoughts for a moment, before replying Itachi.

"Why, yes. I thought that was a little known fact throughout the whole of the Uchiha Clan since, well, of that incident."

By that incident, Izuna meant that of when his eyes were taken away by his older brother. Out of his own will.

It was something that had the Uchiha on their toes. The Mangekyou incident, as it was called by the Uchiha.

"Aa, I remember that now." Itachi replied in a nonchalant tone.

Itachi did not just remember that at that moment. As a matter of a fact, Itachi had already remembered that certain incident, as it was on a scroll in the Uchiha Clan library, as soon as Izuna mentioned that his older brother was with Sasuke.

He could even clearly remember what was written on that particular scroll.

Uchiha Madara and his younger brother, Uchiha Izuna, were the strongest shinobi of the Uchiha Clan in our time.

Both possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, the secret fourth level of the normal Sharingan.

It was said that the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Sharingan that cried tears of blood, was attained by the killing of one's closest friend, once one had fully awakened the third stage of the normal Sharingan.

Once the Mangekyou Sharingan is awakened, there would be some sort of technique passed on to the user, ultimate techniques that would aid the user in battle.

Though the Mangekyou Sharingan is a powerful weapon, the more the Mangekyou Sharingan is used, the quicker the user loses the light of the Sharingan, eventually blinding the user for life.

Uchiha Madara was such an example.

However, it was said to be that there was a way the user could gain eternal light. It was through the taking of another user's Mangekyou Sharingan.

Such an exchange could not just be conducted throughout the whole clan. Only by taking the eyes of a user who is a close relative, then can the user who lost the light of the Sharingan, gain eternal light.

Uchiha Madara had gained his eternal light this way, by taking his younger brother, Uchiha Izuna's eyes.

-Uchiha Hikaru, A.D 1238

An awkward silence was in the air once again, before Izuna spoke again.

"You do realize that, they are foolish brothers, aren't they?" He said, with a small, barely visible smile plastered onto his face, as he spoke of his brother, with an ever small hint of fondness in his voice, though he still felt remorseful for leaving his older brother behind.

Itachi was surprised for a moment, for his sudden question; statement, in fact, before replying with the same amount of fondness in his voice.

"Yes, foolish brothers, they are…" Itachi trailed off, before turning his attention back to the living world, yet again.

The silence between the two after the extremely short conversation was comfortable this time, as both of them focused now on watch their foolish brothers in the living world, each knowing that they would always watch their brothers, no matter what.

It was then, did they share yet another thing in common without knowing each other that well, only this time, it was a thought.

Foolish brother… I will always be Watching Over You…

The End

A/N: The ending was sort of hasty though, but anyways, I finally wrapped up this story that I left hanging since November, so now I can fully concentrate on my next chapter of "From The Future, Back To The Past"

Izuna: Whew! At least I escaped the monstrous author…

Itachi: (Sweating profusely) I think… it might be a little too early at this point of time…

Izuna: (Gulps) Don't tell me that she's… (Turns around head slowly)

Author: Finally found you two….

Itachi and Izuna: (Praying inwardly)

Author: Prepare…. For the worst punishment in the ninja history! (Evil laugh)

Itachi and Izuna: Nooooooo!