Chapter 10
"So, Orochimaru got away."Madara said back at the Akatsuki hideout.
"Yes. He knew that the seal was planted on him,so he removed it and put it on me."said Zetsu
"Looks like I underestimated him. No matter. I guess we have to kill him then."
"How about I go."
Kisame stepped forward
"Kisame. Why exactly do you want to go so badly?"
"I want to have a little reunion with my dear friend. Besides it's been a while since I've had an interesting fight." said Kisame
"Hmmm. Fine then, but Kakuzu and Deidara are going with you. Just to be safe."said Madara
"So what. We need to baby sit Kisame?Forget it"said Deidara
"I'm sorry but I don't believe you understand who's in charge here." said Madara activating his sharingan
Suddenly Deidara fell to the ground, covered in sweat. His whole body was trembling and could barely move.
"What? Am... I actually afraid?" thought Deidara
"Now that you get the picture,get up and do what I say."
Deidara slowly got up
"At this point you can bring Itachi either dead or alive. All that matters is his eyes."said Madara
As all three of them walked through the portal Madara said," I'm relying on all of you. Don't come back without him,but no pressure."
...
Later that night Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were around a fire in a cave
Itachi had gone for a walk to clear his head
"I can't believe he didn't tell us!"said Inuyasha
"For what? So that we can judge him. We all got our secrets."said Kagome
"That's not the case. For all we know he could be a murderous psychopath pretending to be our friend."said Miroku
"Listen guys, we'll just talk to Itachi about it."said Sango
"Yeah. Maybe he has an excuse for it. I know he's not a cold hearted killer."said Shippo
"What kind of excuse is there for murdering your family?"asked Inuyasha
Sango then said seriously,"My brother Kohaku remember? Naraku controlled him and made him murder our family and fellow demon slayers."
Everyone was silent
Inuyasha then responded and said,"We don't know for sure if that's the reason for Itachi but either way we gotta be prepared for him."
"Prepared for what?"asked Itachi as he came out of the bushes
The whole group jumped at the sound of his voice.
"I bet you don't trust me because of this. I'm sorry I didn't tell you."said Itachi as he came into the cave
"No. It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that maybe you should have told us."said Kagome
"Well I'm beginning not to trust him! How could you just leave something out like that? I don't want you near my friends if you're some kind of killer!"shouted Inuyasha
"Inuyasha..."said Kagome
"I understand. Again I'm so sorry."said Itachi
"It's alright. But please just explain everything to us. We're your friends. You can tell us anything about your life."said Sango
It started to rain.
Itachi went out into the rain and looked up at the sky.
"My life huh?"said Itachi
Flashback
In the Leaf village training ground two Uchiha shinobi have their eyes closed while having a hand of them was a member of the Anbu black ops who had it's uniform with an Anbu sword strapped to his other wore the clothes of the Uchiha with a short sword on his back
.They then opened them revealing the sharingan
"Here I come Itachi" said the Uchiha with the short sword to the Anbu Uchiha
"Bring it on Shisui!"cried Itachi
They lunged at each other with their fists ready.
When they punched they caught each other's fists.
They then separated.
Itachi and Shisui instantly made some hand signs and shouted ,"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
The fire balls collided which caused them to push their fireballs against each other in order to gain the upper hand.
Itachi's fire ball was loosing territory so he teleported behind Shisui letting go of his own fireball.
Itachi was about to strike him until Shisui himself teleported out of the way.
"Itachi. You shi=ould have known better to teleport behind me. I'm known as Shisui the teleporter after all."said Shisui
"Oh yeah."Itachi said while smiling.
They then drew their weapons and started fighting
Their blades clashed as they tried to out maneuver one another.
Itachi then sweeped Shisui's legs causing him to fall.
He then point his sword at Shisui and asked,"Do you give up?"
"Nope"Shisui replied. Shisui teleported behind Itachi and kicked him.
Itachi then turned around to face Shisui.
They began taijutsu battle.
They punched,kicked,elbowed,kneed, and threw each other.
As they were fighting Itachi kept thinking about something that was bothering him.
For a moment he wasn't paying attention causing Shisui to flip him and put his foot on his chest.
"Looks like I have more wins than you now Itachi."said Shisui as he lifted his foot off of him letting him get up
"I guess you do."said Itachi.
"But you know, if you hadn't been so lost in thought this would have probably ended differently."
"You noticed that Shisui."
"Itachi I know when something is bothering you. I mean how long have I known you?"
Shisui's face then became serious
"It's about the clan's coup isn't it?"asked Shisui
"Yeah."
"They really believe in this coup. It won't be easy to convince them not to do it."
"I was only able to delay the plan."said Itachi
"Which is actually great how stubborn they are to do it."said Shisui
"How about you? You said you were going to get allies?"asked Itachi
"It's not really going well. The allies I was trying to get are part of the clan and their bond towards it is strong."said Shisui
Itachi then gave a worried expression
"Oh come on, don't give me that look. This is you and me we're talking about. Everything will be fine. Relax."Shisui said while smiling
Itachi smiled back.
"Just keep working from the inside and I'll try to find another solution."said Shisui
Suddenly a little boy was running towards them.
"Big Brother!"cried the little boy as he ran up to Itachi
"Sasuke what're you doing here?"asked Itachi
"I'm sorry..."then Sasuke saw Shisui and cried "Shisui!"
"Yo"said Shisui
"Sasuke you didn't answer my question."Itachi began but Sasuke interrupted and asked
"What were you two talking about? Come on, tell me, tell me, tell me."
Itachi smiled and said, "You're still too young to know about that."
" 's that about. I'm not part of the group?"
Itachi then poked Sasuke on the forehead and said,"Sorry Sasuke. Maybe next time."
"You're always saying that Big Brother."Sasuke whined as he covered his forehead
"It's just not fair. What a horrible brother to leave Sasuke out like that. Why don't I tell you then."
"Really? You're the best Shisui."
"We were discussing who was stronger me or your brother. I know I'm a lot stronger but he won't admit. How about you Sasuke? You know I'm stronger right?"
"No! Sure you're strong but not as strong as Itachi! He won't lose to you! Isn't that right big brother?'
Shisui snickered
Itachi then looked at shisui and thought "Shisui you"
"Right big brother"sasuke said again
As they were discussing Shisui smiled and thought,"It's great to be a family. I will not let the clan's schemes destroy something like this."
Later that day Shisui gave the information about the Uchiha to the village elders
As they were discussing Shisui proposed to use the Mangekyo Sharingan on the clan to make them stop the coup
Are you sure you want to do this. You will be branded with the sin of using this jutsu."said the Hokage
"Hiruzen this is pointless there are no other options right now!"said one of the elders named Danzo.
"Yes I will do it"said Shisui
"Very well but feel free to stop the plan. There is still time for other options.
A few days later Shisui was about to do the jutsu from the outside of the clan's district when suddenly anbu fro the foundation came and attacked him.
He started fighting them off but in order to get more open space he rushed out of the forest and into a prairie.
The ninja caught up to him.
Shisui turned to face them
The ninja had hoods and cloaks on with anbu masks.
"They're from the foundation. Which means the person behind this is..." thought Shisui
Danzo appeared from the bushes.
"You're fast. You truly earned your name as Shisui the teleporter."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Shisui, your method will only stop the coup for a brief moment. There is no doubt it will happen again."
"You're wrong. The Mangekyo Sharingan will work!"cried Shisui
"I didn't come here to argue. I came to take your eyes. Don't worry I'll put it to good use and protect the Leaf Village."
Danzo then lunged at Shisui but Shisui activated the Mangekyo Sharingan causing Danzo to be paralyzed
Shisui was about to take care of the others but Danzo's body disappeared.
The real Danzo appeared behind Shisui and hit his back and head.
While Shisui was dazed Danzo reached and took his right eye.
Shisui clutched his lost eye in pain.
"Now for the other one."said Danzo
Shisui then threw a smoke bomb and escaped.
"He couldn't have gone that far. After him!"yelled Danzo
As Shisui was escaping the Foundation caught up with him
They threw kunai which Shisui deflected
One of them then threw a gas bomb which exploded on Shisui's face
Shisui then teleported a few yards away.
Suddenly his vision became blurry.
He could barely move and was dizzy
The foundation then surrounded him
"It's over Shisui Uchiha!"said one of them
Suddenly fire balls were shot and hit every single one of the foundation members knocking them out
Shisui turned to see who shot them.
Itachi emerged from the trees.
"Itachi... I thought you were on a mission."said Shisui
"I had a feeling something's wrong so I came back"
Itachi carried Shisui to a safe area which was on a cliff.
Under it was a river.
"Shisui,what happened?"asked Itachi
Shisui explained everything from trying to use the Mangekyo Sharingan on the clan up to the events that took place now.
"Danzo doesn't trust me and my plan. He thinks that the Mangekyo Sharingan won't be enough to stop them. He even took my right Sharingan eye. They'll probably try to take my left eye too, that's why I want you to keep it."said Shisui
Shisui then took out his left eye.
"I'm also giving you a new power Itachi. The Mangekyo Sharingan."
Itachi's eyes widened.
"Shisui you can't!"cried Itachi
"Itachi I can't stop the clan but you can. I'm leaving this to you. Protect the village and the Uchiha name."
Itachi then had a sad and worried expression.
"What's with that look? Even with both eyes gone I can still see your face easily. A worried expression doesn't suit you. Always stay calm my friend. That"s who Itachi Uchiha is."
Shisui then walked towards the edge of the cliff.
"Now Itachi I must leave you. I'm so sorry I can't be with you throughout the troubled times you"ll probably face, but don't worry everything will be fine. Goodbye Itachi, you'll always be like my brother."
Shisui then fell backward into the river.
"Shisui!"cried Itachi
At that moment Itachi's eyes formed into the Mangekyo Sharingan
"Rest in peace Shisui." thought Itachi
Later that night Itachi met with the village elders to discuss what to do about the Uchiha.
"Hiruzen as I said before we need to take immediate action on the clan. That includes innocent children."said Danzo
"Don't say this in front of Itachi!"exclaimed the Hokage, "Besides fighting the Uchiha won't be easy. There has to be another way."
"There is no other way. If we join forces with the Anbu Black ops we can launch a surprise attack."said Danzo
"Still the Uchiha are our comrades. We need to settle this with words first. I"ll think of some other strategy. Itachi buy us some time."said the Hokage
After the meeting Danzo met with Itachi.
"Itachi although Hiruzen wants no conflict, he will still protect the village even if it comes to violence. But there is no other way to stop the Uchiha's coup without their annihilation. Every single one of them will be killed. Even your little brother. What's worse because of the conflict within the village, other villages will come and invade the Leaf and many innocent people will be killed. But there's one way to spare your brother. If things come to pass right now your little brother will see the Leaf shinobi slaughter his clan which would make him want revenge and he would have to die."said Danzo
"Is that a threat?"asked Itachi
"It's a choice. Either side with your clan and die with them with your little brother or side with the village and eliminate the clan and spare your little brother. This will be very painful for you. Will you accept this mission?"
Itachi then walked away.
A few days later Sasuke was running home one night.
When he got to the home of his clan he couldn't believe what he saw.
All the members of his clan lay dead.
Sasuke looked at everything in horror.
He then ran to his house
At the house Itachi was behind his parents.
"Itachi..."said his father "You did this to establish peace.I understand now."
"We just ask you to take care of Sasuke."said his mother
"Although we're on opposite sides we're so proud of you. You really are a kindhearted child."said his father
"But whatever happens Itachi,we will always love you."said his mother
At this point Itachi's tears were running all over his face. Every time he killed a clan member his heart broke and now he had to do this to his parents.
He couldn't stop sobbing. He didn't know what to do.
Suddenly his father grabbed his hand which had his sword drawn and stabbed himself with it using Itachi's hand.
His mother did the same.
At that moment Sasuke burst through the door.
"Brother, everybody's dead. Do something please!"cried Sasuke
Itachi then looked at his brother and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan which put him in a genjutsu.
Through the genjutsu Sasuke saw their whole clan being slaughtered by Itachi.
Sasuke then screamed and fell to the floor.
"Why...Why did you do this?"
"To test my ability."
"To test your ability? Are you insane!"
Sasuke rushed at Itachi but Itachi punched him in the stomach and he fell to the floor.
He then looked up at Itachi's terrifying gaze and he ran out of the house.
Itachi then looked to the ground with sadness and shame.
Itachi then met Sasuke outside
"Please don't kill me Itachi"whimpered Sasuke."
"You're not even worth killing" said Itachi with his back to Sasuke. " Foolish little brother, your life too precious to you. Live like the coward you are. Hate me,despise me, and once you have the same eyes like mine come find me." Itachi then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan
At that moment Sasuke closed his eyes and awakened his Sharingan.
Itachi then leaped away.
He then thought that by telling his brother all the lies about testing his strength against the clan and that he never loved him, Sasuke would hate him instead of the village. That way peace can be obtained for the village
"Wait!"
Itachi then turned and saw Sasuke chasing after him.
Sasuke threw some kunai at him but Itachi blocked them all with his sword except for one which hit his head knocking his headband off his fore head.
Now breathing heavily Sasuke was still ready to fight Itachi.
Itachi then picked his headband up fro the floor and put it back on.
He then turned to Sasuke with tears in his eyes.
Sasuke then fainted and passed out due to the traumatizing experiences he witnessed."
"I'm sorry sasuke. I'll love you always."thought Itachi.
Itachi then left the village. The gentle and loving ninja was now known as a rogue and criminal.
...
Back in the present it was still raining
Inuyasha, Kagome, Kirara,Sango,Shippo and Miroku were speechless at what they just heard.
Itachi kept looking at the sky.
His face was wet but not with the rain but from the tears.
"If only there was a way to stop all that from happening."Itachi said
"Why?...Why?...Why?!"cried Itachi
He then slammed his fist into the ground causing a huge crater.
"Why couldn't I have been the sacrifice instead of them. There were innocent children there also for God's sake. Why?!"
Itachi then broke down on the floor crying and sobbing unable to keep the pain inside him
Suddenly Itachi felt multiple hands and arms around him
He looked up and saw Sango, Kagome , and Shippo hugging him.
Inuyasha and Miroku put their hands on his shoulders.
Even Kirara was snuggling next to Itachi
All of them were in the rain comforting Itachi
"It's okay Itachi. We're here for you. Everything's going to be fine."said Kagome
Her words reminded him of Shisui which made him shed more tears.
"We're here for you bro."said Inuyasha
"Yeah we'll always be here for you."said Sango
Itachi smiled and said,"Thanks all of you. You truly are the ones most precious to me."