Beginnings
The team ran forward in such haste exiting the forest to find a man in a black kimono with red clouds on it. The mysterious man turned to face the group with a harsh serious face. The man had eyes of the Uchiha, A perfected Sharingan. Naruto was the first to break the silence looking angry.
"Uchiha…Itachi…" Ikari's face seem to snap as he looked towards the man now known as Itachi. Itachi gave a little smirk. Ikari's eyes swelled changing to his Pale white Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Ikari took a few steps forward as Kakashi held his hands out softly speaking.
"That is Ikari's brother. If he calls for our help, is only when we will jump in." Team 7 nodded in Unison. Ikari stopped a few feet from Itachi staring angrily into his eyes, the tension building slowly. Naruto ran forward throwing a punch only to be stopped by Kakashi as Itachi launched a gigantic fireball from his mouth. Ikari stared at the fire ball disappearing before it hit him and slowly thought.
That isn't a normal Uchiha , That isn't Itachi. You are right Ikari-kun, Something is wrong here. Let's end this quickly.
Ikari landed smiling softly as he stared at the Uchiha fake as his eyes surged. The Uchiha fake exploded in black flames and fell over burning. Ikari slowly sealed the flames and looked down upon the man. The others came and stared in disbelief.
"A Sand Jounin, How did you know that Ikari?" Kakashi spoke silently. "His Great Fireball technique was off severely. Ontop of that he didn't speak as if he knew me. As for a third he would have used his Sharingan instantly." Ikari concluded motioning for his team to follow. Team 7 complied walking towards the hideout of the Akatsuki
Team Gai
Kisame launched forward Attacking Gai with his Samehada sword only to be deflected by Gai's Nun chucks. The battle rage as Neji began thinking. Timing it perfectly her broke the three cells destroying the water clones. The three silently watched Gai as he opened Six gates of the Chakra and Jumped in the air where Kisame was now located.
"Morning Peacock!" Gai yelled launching a furious flurry of kicks as flame came off resembling a peacock's tail. Kisame flew to the ground as the water slowly dissolved the team looked over the man who know looked like a Sand Jounin. Gai motioned for his team to follow, and they all complied running forward faster than ever now.
Team Seven
Ikari and Team 7 ran forward intensely until the finally came upon the Akatsuki hideout. They stopped and were joined by Team Gai. Everyone looked to Ikari who was deep in though.
Ikari-Kun! I'm not ready to lead my team to death; Itachi can still most likely beat me. He is not there! Trust me Please… You've never led me wrong. I'll have to trust you. "Ok There is only two Akatsuki
members residing there, with a third dying force." Ikari spoke easily as every nodded and Naruto clenched his fists together tightly. Ikari stood up and faced the hideout noticing the traps around it. Ikari closed his eyes and opened them as he used Amatersu and blew the entire hideout's wall's in. The team rushed in as Ikari stood back
"What the hell!" Deidara yelled, "Run Deidara this is my battle" Sasori said easily as Sakura jumped down followed by the rest of the team. Deidara disappeared on his clay bird as Sasori began attacking with all of his puppets. Sakura fought with all her might until she was finally struck unconscious. Lee, Gai, And Ten-ten chased after Deidara while Neji stayed with the other team. Neji launched forward enganging Sasori in Hand to Hand combat. Naruto was struck with another puppet as Neji looked back
"Naruto!" Neji's voice rang out loudly. Neji tried running to Naruto's side. Sasori launched another puppet attacked as the razor sharp tail plunged through Neji's heart. Neji coughed some blood and fell over. Ikari's eyes grew wide as a mental snap came.
"Neji...How dare YOU!!" Ikari activated his pale white Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and his true inner power. Black chakra formed around his body as lightning exploded off the chakra. Ikari appeared with lightning speed next Sasori throwing the hardest punched he could. As the punched connected so fiercely in Sasori's ribs breaking them on impact sending him into the wall creating a crater on the wall. In another blink of an eye Ikari appeared in front of Sasori throwing punches as fast as he could slamming Sasori deeper into the wall breaking every bone in the Shinobi's body. Sasori fell dead and bloody to the ground as Ikari's power faded but his Sharingan remained. He stood over Neji's body as Neji reached his hand out.
"Ikari…You were a great motivation for me, I trained so hard to keep up with you." Neji coughed more blood and continued talking slowly. "I'm..Sorry it had to end like this..Before I could prove my worth to you." Ikari's eyes welled up slowly as tears fell slowly as he spoke easily. "Neji…You were always as good as me, Smarter and able to see my moves …You are like a brother to me…" As Ikari finished Neji put something in Ikari's hand and passed in his life. Ikari stood with Neji in his arms as Chiyo the elder of Suna came to Gaara.
"I'll bring him back to life for my own life. It's all I can do for sealing the beast inside of him" Slowly Chiyo's hands glowed as she transferred her life force to Gaara. Chiyo fell to the ground finishing. Gaara began to breathe slowly as Gai, Ten-ten, and Rock lee came back to the hideout and saw Neji. They all ran towards Ikari. Ten-ten put her head on Neji's chest slowly crying as Gai's eyes welled up. Rock Lee hung his head letting tears fall off. Sakura and Naruto came to the sense and saw Neji and begin tearing up as well. Ikari slowly broke the crying.
"Let's return to Konoha, I'll take care of the business that happened today." The group embarked on the long journey home. Ikari was leading as everyone followed a small distance. Everyone tried cheering up though Ikari was deep in his own thoughts blocking Even Reicheru out of it.
Again I let another die; I am a foolish weak Uchiha. How could I do this again Dam it.Tsunade is going to exile me and all of this is going to happen again. Being alone for the rest of my life..Not again..
The group reached Konoha's gate as the guard looked at the dead Neji in Ikari's arms they lowered their heads as Ikari led his team into Konoha. The slowly begin their march towards the Hokage's Office with one thing in mind. Death.
