Chapter 10: Kakuzu and Itachi.
"Well this is fuckin shit." Kakuzu said with a sigh.
Kakashi got into a battle stance, "Everyone be on guard!" Kakashi ordered to the confused group.
"Why sensei? Kakuzu-san is obviously on our side." Choji said.
Kakashi was about to explain when Kakuzu yelled out, "How can I make sure that the leader of Akatsuki never knows of this?"
"The most reasonable way for you to maintain your cover is to kill every last one of us and hope that he doesn't find out." Shikamaru said as he rose from Ino's shadow.
Kakuzu nodded, "You are just as smart as I thought Shika." Kakuzu said while summoning a huge amount of chakra.
Instantly everyone got ready for more battle, except for Ino who was smiling, "That would be true, but I projected those thought to everyone I could feel within about five miles…and guess who just happens to be in the area?" she asked rhetorically.
A huge shadow covered the battlefield and everyone looked up in shock.
**BOOOM**
"Kakuzu! Time's up!" Jiraiya said with a grin from atop his toad.
Kakuzu looked up at Jiraiya, "And what exactly am I supposed to do now? I am a missing ninja from one of your allied villages, I can't just join you and everything be happy." Kakuzu said as his tendrils flared up to attack.
"SAND COFFIN!"
Kakuzu was shocked when he was wrapped in a large amount of sand and lifted into the air as Gaara stepped out from the nearby bushes.
Jiraiya smirked as he glanced over his shoulder, "In case any of you were wondering, Gaara and I were on a capture mission. I do believe Anko is keeping our prisoner entertained while she waits for us?" Jiraiya asked towards Gaara.
Gaara nodded and calmly walked up to Kakuzu, "Jiraiya-sama and his main apprentice have found somewhere for you to go Kakuzu-san. It is safe and they truly need someone with your skills and leadership." Gaara said.
Jiraiya leapt from his toad's back and landed next to Gaara, as Kakuzu began talking, "It does not matter where I go, the leader will still find me!" Kakuzu said angrily.
Jiraiya smirked, "You and I both know his plan is coming to a close, the place we are sending you to has absolutely no importance in his supposed grand plan so he won't care." Jiraiya said with a grin, "When have I ever done you wrong Kakuzu? Trust me just one more time." Jiraiya said.
Kakuzu could feel the threatening undertone of Jiraiya's words, "So if I refuse you will kill me right here then?" he asked, already knowing the answer but earning a nod anyway, "Fine. I'd prefer to live than die. Where is this supposed sanctuary?"
Jiraiya smirked and nodded to Gaara before turning to Sai, "Sai, I have a sub-mission for you. Can you give Gaara, Kakuzu and I a lift somewhere?" Jiraiya asked.
Sai blinked before turning to Kakashi, who nodded, "I will explain to Godaime-sama. Go ahead Sai." Kakashi said, pulling his headband back down over his Sharingan eye.
Sai frowned but nodded as he used the ink from his pre-made bird and made a larger one, 'They know I will be forced to tell Danzo-sama about this. I wonder what their plan is exactly.' Sai thought as his bird became three dimensional and usable.
Sai flew over the group and Jiraiya and Gaara leapt up onto the bird, dragging Kakuzu through the air behind them with Gaara's sand.
The remaining members of Kakashi's team watched them leave until Ino spoke, "So…now what?" she asked.
Pikkon hummed, "Yeah, is this a success? A failure? What do we do?" he asked Kakashi.
Kakashi eye smiled, "Well…I guess we go find Anko-chan and head back to the village. Let me explain what happened to Hokage-sama." Kakashi said with a smile.
Choji sighed, "So basically this was a waste of time? And what happened to that other guy?" he asked to the group.
Everyone turned to Shikamaru, who just nodded, "I took care of him. He had some of his own blood and stabbed himself in the heart. I guess that if he's cursed himself he can actually die…" Shikamaru reported, not fully understanding how exactly Hidan's immortality suddenly ended.
Kakashi nodded, "Well then…let's get going." He said before leaping off, using his nose to find Anko's sent as the others followed behind him.
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Sasuke walked down the dark hallway, breathing deeply to keep himself calm.
His footsteps echoed as did his deep breathing, he turned the corner, seeing light from an adjacent archway. Ten steps later and Sasuke turned and calmly walked in to the throne room of the Uchiha complex.
Crimson eyes opened and watched him approach silently. There was silence as Sasuke came to a stop in the center of the room.
Sasuke took a shaky breath, suppressing his rage, "Itachi.."
The Akatsuki member lifted his head, glancing towards Sasuke, "You've grown…Otouto." He said softly.
Sasuke glared as his Sharingan melted into activation, making eye contact with Itachi, "This will be it Itachi. You know it as well don't you?" he asked as his breathing increased.
Itachi smiled softly, "Then let us begin."
In a split second, the blade of Sasuke's kusarigama stabbed into the throne Itachi had been sitting in as the older Uchiha disappeared in a flock of birds.
The birds came back together in midair as Itachi threw forward a shuriken and held a single hand sign that Sasuke's Sharingan barely recognised as more than a blur, "Shuriken Shadow clones." Itachi said quietly as the single shuriken became thousands flying at Sasuke.
Sasuke's Sharingan span as he pulled his kusarigama close, for nearly a minute straight, Itachi's storm of shuriken was battered away from Sasuke's spinning and swirling chain and blade.
Just as Sasuke smashed the last shuriken with his weight, Itachi appeared to his right, thrusting at Sasuke with a kunai.
Sasuke let go of the blade of his weapon and fell back, letting itachi's swipe move past him while he placed his empty hand on the ground.
Sasuke used his arm as a pivot and swung his feet around, moving to kick Itachi's legs from under him.
Itachi jumped and flipped, kicking down at Sasuke.
A seal on Sasuke's weapon glowed, "LIGHTNING STYLE: LIGHTNING SHIELD!" Sasuke yelled as Itachi's kick was deflected by the electrical sphere, shocking him for a split second.
In that second, Sasuke pulled with his other hand, pulling the weight of his weapon into Itachi's chest in a move that could shatter bone.
But as it impacted, Itachi burst into another flock of crows, reappearing a few steps from the front of the throne.
Itachi looked at Sasuke with a blank face, "Sasuke…you have definitely improved." He said as his Sharingan flashed.
Sasuke smirked as he remembered Itachi saying that to him many times in the past, "Let me show you what else I've improved in!" Sasuke yelled, reminiscent of his younger self.
The two Uchihas leaned back as their chests and cheeks bulged.
""UCHIHA FIRE STYLE: GRAND FIRE BALL JUTSU!""
The two fire balls careened into each other and both of the Uchiha brothers forced their chakra to push harder as they continued powering their attacks.
Sasuke's attack seemed to be stronger than Itachi's and began to break through, until Itachi's eyes flashed.
"AMATERASU!"
Sasuke's eyes widened as he leapt back, his jutsu overrun by the black flames conjured by Itachi. Sasuke quickly swung his kusarigama passed his left most capsule, swapping it for the weapon inside.
*POOF*
"WIND STYLE: VACUUM WAVE!"
The wind jutsu from Sasuke's umbrella blew the flames back towards Itachi, who leapt high into the air and landed upside down on the roof as Sasuke stabbed his umbrella into the ground.
The two Uchihas made eye contact as Sasuke's hand moved over his umbrella and Itachi pulled out a shuriken from seemingly nowhere.
Sasuke began summoning and launching thousands of senbon up at Itachi, who began doing the same with shuriken.
They clashed for two minutes straight, picking off every single weapon that neared them until Sasuke decided something risky would need to be done.
Sasuke risked ignoring two shuriken to use a simple but hard to pull technique, he launched as six layered shadow senbon barrage and moved to the side, taking the two shuriken to the right bicep, only being slashed by one as the other merely cut his shirt.
Itachi realised Sasuke's plan and threw a barrage of shuriken towards the senbon stream, to his surprise, the senbon knocked the shuriken enough off course that the final senbon moved through the hole in the center of the two shuriken that were in its way before flying at Itachi's eye.
Itachi moved, earning himself a cut on the cheek and his ponytail being cut apart by the senbon instead of losing an eye as he fell towards the ground.
Sasuke and Itachi had to jump further away from each other as the Amaterasu flames burned across the ground of the throne room. Sasuke quickly sealed his umbrella as Itachi quickly formed another jutsu.
"FIRE STYLE: GREAT FIRE ANNIHILATION!" Itachi yelled as he spat a wave of fire at Sasuke, which picked up some of the Amaterasu flames and began melting the cement as it approached the younger Uchiha.
Sasuke jumped up as he unsealed something from his right most capsule while throwing something from his pocket below him.
"SEALING ART: GRAVITY PUSH!"
The burst of energy from the seal that hit the ground pushed outwards, spreading Itachi's flames throughout the whole building while pushing Sasuke upwards through the air as he swung with his Earth Club at the ceiling.
"EARTH STYLE: LOOSE ROCK COLLAPSE!"
As his club hit the roof, the stone and cement that made it became smaller rocks. They fell downwards in an avalanche, hopefully crushing Itachi while giving Sasuke a clear path up into the air.
Itachi's Sharingan span, "INFERNO STYLE: FLAME CONTROL!"
The remaining black flames of Amaterasu shot above Itachi in no exact shape, burning through the rocks that would've crushed him as he formed more hand seals.
Sasuke looked up and smirked as he felt the rain falling, his Sharingan focussed to his left to see a blonde dot high in the air as the storm clouds brewed.
From destruction Sasuke made, Amaterasu flames and that of itachi's jutsu burst out, forcing Sasuke to leap high into the air, looking down through a hole to see Itachi looking up at him.
Sasuke's club was replaced with his board as he floated twenty meters or so above the building, eyes locked with Itachi's only open eye as he raised his arm into the air.
Itachi finished his deliberately slow seals, "NINJA ART: MULTI-SHADOW CLONE JUTSU: DESTRUCTION!"
Fifty shadow clones came in to existence and began leaping up at Sasuke, using each other as spring boards to get closer.
Sasuke's curse mark took on it's first stage as he unsealed his Ocean Naginata, "WATER STYLE: RIPTIDE SLASH!" he yelled as he span.
Sasuke and the multiple clones entered a distanced Taijutsu fight. Sasuke would swipe his weapon, launching small blades of water at each and every clone who would use small chakra hops to move out of the way.
From below Sasuke, the real Itachi formed hand seals, "FIRE STYLE: PHOENIX FLOWER JUTSU!"
Sasuke had just gotten some 'room' when a small fireball hit his hand, knocking the Naginata from his grasp and knocking him from his board. Sasuke quickly span through the air, barely managing to dodge the other five fireballs before he landed on his feet.
Sasuke quickly stood in a defensive stance as he was surrounded by the remaining thirty-nine Shadow Clones and the original Itachi.
Sasuke took a deep breath and his level one curse mark covered his whole body in the flames as he reached into his seal pockets.
Itachi waved his arm and two shadow clones ran forward from Sasuke's sides while another two threw ninja tools from his front and back.
Sasuke pulsed chakra into the levitation seals on the soles of his feet and leapt into a one armed handstand as he spun, upside down splits while his free hand held another seal.
"SEALING ART: MAGNETIC FIELD!"
Suddenly, all of the thrown weapons shot towards Sasuke even faster, and as the Uchiha spun around, he made a sphere around him for a split second before he deactivated the magnet and pushed his levitation seals harder.
The ninja tools were launched out in a ring thanks to Sasuke's manoeuvre, causing the two approaching shadow clones to be destroyed before they exploded violently.
*BOOOOOM*
A few seconds later, Sasuke ran from the massive cloud of smoke as he unsealed a shield. He quickly grabbed his discarded board and jumped on it, spinning to the approaching Itachi clones.
The shield cracked with lightning, "LIGHTNING STYLE: SHOCKWAVE!"
The weak wave shot out in an arc, making the shadow clones explode violently once more, launching Sasuke back up high into the air and giving him a breather as the remaining ten clones surrounded the original Itachi.
Itachi seemed to relax his muscles as Sasuke spoke quietly, knowing his brother's Sharingan would read his lips, "This is it brother…be gone…"
Sasuke's Sharingan flashed as a large surge of electrical charka channelled from his arm up into the clouds.
"….With the thunder clap!"
At Sasuke's yell, a large hound made entirely of lightning appeared from the clouds, causing Itachi to gasp in shock.
Sasuke swung his arm, "KIRIN!"
******BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*******
Sasuke's attack dove straight at Itachi, exploding into a ridiculous amount of electrical energy that obliterated the clones, Uchiha hideout remains and the mountain it was built into.
After a few moments of silence, Sasuke lowered to the ground while picking up his Naginata, slightly scared as he looked up at the large behemoth in front of him.
"You have gotten stronger…Sasuke." Itachi said, guarded by the huge orange soldier around him.
Sasuke swallowed deeply as he lifted slightly into the air, resealing his Naginata, "Is this the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi smirked slightly, almost unnoticeably, "A mere fraction of it, the Susano'o!" Itachi proclaimed as he raised his arm, "Bring out your curse seal Sasuke! Show me your full power!" Itachi yelled.
Sasuke grinned and fluxed his chakra, "Very well…this is completely mine now! I will not lose on this day!" Sasuke yelled as the curse mark covered his body completely and he turned into the level two form, though minus the wings.
Itachi's eyes flashed in confusion as he saw that the outer most portion of Sasuke's eyes had stayed white, 'Orochimaru's soul is gone completely, how did he do this?' Itachi thought as Sasuke was covered in smoke.
Itachi's eyes widened at Sasuke's appearance, two huge wing-like hands had grown from his back and on their fingers were rings that held weapons.
The enlarged right hand had three huge rings, on the thumb of which were Sasuke's Club, his middle finger held the Umbrella and his Naginata was on his pinky. His enlarged left hand had three more rings, which each held a large Battle Fan, Sasuke's Kusarigama and a spiked shield.
Sasuke smirked as he hopped onto his board and pulled out a new cloaked hoodie, causing itachi's eyes to widen as lightning struck the ground behind Sasuke.
'Sasuke…you're the Reaper?' Itachi thought in shock as he saw the silhouette of the reaper's full armoured form.
Sasuke nose dived at the ground before shooting towards Itachi in a barrel roll as his blurred weapons lit up, "ELEMENTAL SLASH!"
Sasuke suddenly stopped as s drill of five elements approached Itachi and his Susano'o, "Shield!" Itachi yelled as his large chakra soldier brought as round it's shield to defend against Sasuke.
Sasuke pulsed and pulled up with his chakra, causing the elemental drill to take the appearance of a huge scythe blade of the elements.
The attack slammed into Itachi's shield and to the older brother's shock, he saw it starting to crack, 'Impossible!' Itachi thought in fear before reacting to the attack.
The Susano'o slashed with it's own blade, reducing the chakra that held the technique together to nothing as it was absorbed.
The elements exploded in a burst of energy that Sasuke barrelled through on his board as his Naginata, Kusarigama, Umbrella, Club and Shield formed a circular formation around his outstretched arm.
"This is it! FIVE ELEMENT STORM: PENETRATE!" Sasuke yelled as he pulled his arm back as five different covered chakras glowed across his body before focussing on his arm.
Itachi's eyes pulsed, "AMATERASU!" he yelled as the shield of his Susano'o was enveloped in the black flames.
Time seemed to slow down as Sasuke's Sharingan span at incredible levels, 'BURST ELEMENTS!' Sasuke thought as he threw his fist forward even though he was still about twenty meters away as he subtly sent slithers of his curse chakra around his weapons.
'WIND!'
The wind from Sasuke's fan blew and separated a small gap in the black flames, but Sasuke couldn't see the crack we was aiming for, so he moved more curse chakra to activate a seal on his Naginata.
'WATER!'
From the blade of Sasuke's weapon shot a small pellet of water just in front of his hand, which exploded outwards as it hit the shield directly, turning the fire from unstoppable black to a blue, red and white while pushing it back, giving Sasuke line of sight to the crack.
'EARTH!'
Hundreds of stones began ripping themselves from the ground and wrapping around Sasuke's arm as he sent more of his chakra to his Kusarigama.
'FIRE!'
Sasuke's curse chakra gave his fire an extra boost, turning it from red to blue and making it hot enough that as it crashed into the shield in front of him, it enlarged the crack to a point where Sasuke saw a piece of the shield actually fall off.
'LIGHTNING!'
As Sasuke finally threw his fist forward at the Susano'o, lightning cracked from his shield in a huge bolt, shattering a hole in the shield and giving Sasuke straight passage to the chest of Susano'o with his earthen fist.
Itachi and Sasuke's Sharingans locked as Sasuke pushed off his board and fell the last few meters at Itachi, "DIEEE!" Sasuke screamed as his slammed his earth fist into the gigantic soldier of chakra.
"TSUKUYOMI!"
Sasuke gasped as he was suddenly strapped to an upright cross, he looked to his right hand in shock as his earthen fist collapsed, "What?! How?!" Sasuke yelled in shock as he realised he could no longer feel his chakra, be it curse, elemental or normal.
"Foolish Little Brother."
Sasuke looked in front of him with hatred burning in his eyes, seeing Itachi once again dressed in his cloak and the crimson coloured world he was now stuck in, "What is this?!" Sasuke yelled.
Itachi merely blinked calmly, "This is my world. The world of the Tsukuyomi."
Sasuke's mouth snapped shut, 'The ultimate Genjutsu of the Mangekyou! I read about this, there is only one way to get out of it…and I don't have an external chakra source! Dammit! I should've tried sage mode sooner!' Sasuke thought in fear, not quite knowing what to expect.
*SHLINK SHLINK SHLINK SHLINK*
"AAAHHHH!" Sasuke yelled in pain as a katana stabbed through both of his elbows and knees, pinning him to the cross.
He felt Itachi grab his face and his eyes were forced open to meet itachi's slowly revolving Sharingan, "Pay attention!" Itachi demanded.
Sasuke glared at Itachi as the man took a step back, "When you used the curse seal, Orochimaru's influence was absent completely. Explain." Itachi demanded.
Sasuke spat at Itachi's face, only for it to fade from existence before it could get close.
Itachi locked eye with Sasuke and the two had a glare off as Itachi considered his options, "Tell me. Now." Itachi ordered.
Sasuke smirked, "Okay. After you tell me two things." Sasuke said as his Sharingan span to read Itachi for lies.
Itachi smirked from behind his Akatsuki collar, 'And he's grown smarter…' Itachi thought, "What do you want to know…Sasuke?" Itachi asked, keeping up his dark persona.
Sasuke watched Itachi for any reactions, "….Who helped you eradicate the clan?" Sasuke said.
To anyone, all they would've notice Itachi's brow raise in slight confusion, but Sasuke smirked as his Sharingan caught the slight tremor through Itachi's body.
"You would not believe me even if I told you Sasuke. So it does not matter, his name is Madara Uchiha."
Sasuke's eyes widened and he began shaking, causing Itachi to visibly frown, "Sasu-"
"The same Madara that fought the First Hokage? The one that killed Aunt Kushina?" Sasuke asked, clearly trying to hold back his rage.
Itachi's frown stuck, 'Aunt Kushina? Who does he mean? I know of no Kushina from our clan.' Itachi thought before his body tensed as he felt a tremor in his lungs, 'No time…to waste.' He thought as he took a shaky breath.
"Give me my answer Sasuke, where is Orochimaru's soul portion?" Itachi demanded.
Sasuke smirked, "Why? So you can take it for yourself? No chance Itachi, Naruto took it before you got the chance." Sasuke said with a chuckle.
Itachi did not seem to acknowledge Sasuke's response, but inside he felt more crushed, 'Naruto…so you got to my brother without my help.' Itachi thought, feeling a little useless.
Sasuke was about to speak but the cross suddenly collapsed and the world flashed.
Itachi looked around in shock, "What? My Tsukuyomi?" he asked, not understanding how it was being broken.
He looked to Sasuke to see the younger Uchiha panting in pain, "THANKS NARUTO!" Sasuke yelled with a pained grin.
The world shook once more.
**BLAM**
Itachi's Susano'o was pushed back from Sasuke's punch connecting with it and Itachi let it collapse as his main defence was shattered.
He looked up in shock to see a lightning covered, Snake Sage Mode Naruto pulling his hand away from Sasuke, obviously having used his higher level nature chakra to disrupt the Tsukuyomi. Naruto smirked as the sage chakra became healing chakra and it seeped into Sasuke's system, refilling his chakra reserves and partially healing him physically as Naruto spoke, "You need help Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke shook his head in the negative as he stood on his feet, his earthen gauntlet actually falling now, "Thanks Naruto, but not yet, I still have a fair few tricks." Sasuke said.
Naruto nodded and disappeared in a flash of yellow, causing Itachi's eyes to widen, 'The Hirashin?! So he's the Final Flash?...so their final teammate could very well be the Phoenix user, Burning Speed… I would stand no chance against the three of them.' Itachi thought as he rose to an attacking position and unsealed an ANBU standard sword.
Sasuke smirked and his wings collapsed, almost all of his weapons resealing themselves as Sasuke now stood in his level one curse seal holding his Kusarigama, "Up and close then." Sasuke said as he surged his chakra through his weapon, making it take the solid form of a scythe.
Itachi slipped into the Uchiha standard sword style and dashed forward, clashing with Sasuke in a display of sparks and weaponry as Sasuke flexed his chakra to a seal hidden under his cloak, 'I will take him down, even if I have to die to do it!' he thought as he earned a slash across his forearm so that he could land a slice to Itachi's shoulder and ripping down his bicep.
Both brothers stepped back as blood seeped down their opposite arms, their blades resting in the palms of their other hand.
Itachi looked down at his carved flesh with a frown, 'He truly is a jack of all trades. He switches styles of fighting so easily, it's amazing to have so many focuses.' Itachi thought before looking up at Sasuke.
Sasuke nodded before flashing forward at Itachi and the two entered a power struggle as Sasuke tried overpowering Itachi and rendering him headless. It was tense before Sasuke spoke, "You truly are strong Itachi, you're using only the single style of the Uchiha and managing to hold off everything I throw at you." Sasuke said with a smirk, not realising his thoughts were similar to his brothers.
Itachi merely nodded, "A master with a spoon is better than a novice with a sword, or in your case an armoury." Itachi said before slipping into Sasuke's guard and landing a head butt.
Sasuke fell back with a bloody nose and used his scythe to once again catch Itachi's blade as he slapped a seal from the inside of his sleeve onto Itachi's blade, "I'm no combat master, but a seal master! DISINTEGRATION!"
Itachi's eyes widened in shock as the blade of his sword turned to ash, forcing him to drop into a matrix dodge to avoid having his chest cleaved in half. Itachi was put on the defensive as he spent the next minute dodging Sasuke's swipes as fast as he could, barely managing to stay ahead.
Itachi began to sweat as Sasuke's curse seal began to cover more of his body, making him move just slightly faster, every tenth slash or swipe began to cut Itachi's cloak. Five minutes later and Sasuke drew blood on Itachi's thigh.
Only for Itachi to burst into a flock of crows that flew around Sasuke in a dizzying blur, the younger Uchiha got flustered and slashed wildly while stepping backwards, 'Dammit! Why can't I see through this Genjutsu?!' Sasuke thought in confusion.
Sasuke spun and sent chakra into the seal on his blade, "WEAPON ART: FLAME SPIN!" Sasuke yelled.
The crows around him were either burnt from existence or pushed away, one of them expanded and from it came Itachi, mid-hand seal, "FIRE STYLE: FLAME LANCE!" Itachi said as fire formed a smaller version of the Totsuka blade of his Susano'o.
Sasuke smirked as his blade released its scythe form and became loose as a Kusarigama, Sasuke threw the blade forward as his chakra activated one of his most used seals, "WEAPON STYLE: CUTTING EDGE!"
Sasuke's blade sliced a clear hole in Itachi's attack, causing Itachi's eyes to widen as the Kusarigama blade stabbed into his shoulder joint, wedging between the ball and socket and causing Itachi's jutsu to drop as the older Uchiha held back his pain.
Sasuke slammed a seal onto his chain, "LIGHTNING STYLE: CHIDORI CURRENT!"
Itachi's wound was seared by the live current and he fell to his knees as his body was shocked, while his cheeks bulged in one of the jutsus he took from Kisame, "WATER STYLE: WATER GUN!" Itachi wheezed out as the electricity barely let him move enough to launch the jutsu at Sasuke, it hit Sasuke right on the chest.
The small stream connected Sasuke and Itachi and the two were both electrocuted at high levels, the two trying to outlast the other's pain threshold as they glared into each other's Sharingan eyes.
Sasuke's concentration fluttered and Itachi tore the blade from his shoulder and stood shakily.
Sasuke's balance shifted and he stepped forward, pulling back his fist to slam it into Itachi's face.
Itachi made a shadow clone behind him effortlessly and fell forward under Sasuke's punch. The clone grabbed Sasuke's stretched forward hand and pulled him over Itachi's hunched form, making Sasuke fall and earn himself a crunching elbow to the face.
It took a moment for Sasuke to get his bearings from flat on his back, but when he finally looked up he saw the two Itachi's staring down at him, both of them with their left eyes closed as their right eyes took the form of the Mangekyou.
"DRAGON FIST!"
Sasuke smirked as a fission clone appeared and burst through the two shadow clones in a single strike, the moment the copy moved out of Sasuke's view, his eyes widened as he saw Itachi falling at him through the air, thrusting downward a second flame lance.
Sasuke pulled his chakra from the hidden seal on his chest, instantly fusing him and his fission clone together again and moving the golden flames into his grasp as he thrust his arm up to meet Itachi's.
"TOTSUKA FLAME!"
"DRAGON FIST!"
The two techniques clashed in a burst of flames and Sasuke braced himself against the earth underneath him as his attack forced Itachi to stay airborne.
Itachi and Sasuke stared at each other as they poured the last of their chakra into the attack, Itachi smirked lightly as the light seemed to turn down just for a moment.
Sasuke's eyes widened as Itachi smiled softly, "Sorry…Sasuke…" Itachi said quietly before his jutsu collapsed and he fell into Sasuke's fist.
**BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM**
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"Wait, your Uchiha went to find Itachi now?" Kakuzu asked in shock as he was floating through the air thanks to Gaara's sand.
Gaara nodded as Jiraiya picked up on the disapproval in Kakuzu's tone, "Why is that such a problem? He can handle it." Jiraiya said with a smirk.
Kakuzu sighed, "Sorry about this." He said before he ripped himself free with brute force, landing next to Jiraiya on Sai's bird and scaring everyone even as he continued, "Look, tell me about the one person who the Akatsuki would want to get a strike at? Collectively." He specified.
Jiraiya didn't seem fazed as he thought about the possibilities, "The Jinchuuriki, your targets, or Orochimaru, the one who betrayed you?" he asked.
Kakuzu nodded, "The Snake. And what is the one thing he'd do anything to get his hands on?" Kakuzu asked as he chucked Jiraiya a scroll from his pocket.
Jiraiya frowned as he caught the scroll and opened it, his eyes widened, "No…"
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"Woah! He did it without our help!" Sakura said as she deactivated her Scouter Sight after seeing Itachi's corpse hit the ground next to the unconscious Sasuke.
Naruto smirked as he took in nature chakra, "I can't feel Itachi's chakra anymore, Sasuke won." Naruto said as he opened his eyes, revealing his snake sage mode was collapsing as he turned to Sakura, "It's over Sakura! He won!" Naruto cheered.
Sakura smiled before looking over Naruto's shoulder, her eyes widening in fear. Naruto turned around his eyes widened as he saw what Sakura must have seen earlier.
"ART IS AN EXPLOSION! KATSU!" Deidara yelled as from his place on a large bird while snakes appeared around the two fallen Uchihas.
**BOOOOM**
Naruto and Sakura stared in disbelief as the area holding their teammate was obliterated completely, Sakura was suddenly covered in her 'Wheels Unlimited' form and Naruto was covered in lightning armour as the two moved to cross the battlefield in less than a second.
*BLAM*
Even though Naruto and Sakura where moving at mach speeds, they ran headfirst into someone's forearms as he clothes-lined them painfully.
Sakura used a chakra hop to flip around entirely and land back on her feet as she turned back to the person, while Naruto fell across the ground painfully ripping up stones as he came to a stop.
Sakura was pissed off. The love of her life finally achieved his ambition, now the only thing left of his goals was to recreate the clan, something she wanted to get started right away. But then out of nowhere these two akatsuki members appear and attack them? Not a smart idea according to her.
"Who the fuck are you?!" she yelled angrily as her helmet opened to show her face.
The Akatsuki member turned around, revealing his orange-masked face as he stood hunched over.
Sakura suddenly felt something…dark, 'Wha-what is this feeling?' she thought as she tried to see the only visible eye of the opponent.
"Hiya! I'm Tobi!" the Akatsuki member said with a friendly wave.
Sakura faltered at the Akatsuki member's attitude, but he just continued talking, "Sorry I hit you guys, but Deidara-sempai said that Leader-sama said that he had to take out those two Uchiha guys 'coz that way Orochimary-san can't get no Sharingan eye balls!" Tobi said with a thumbs up after his explanation.
Sakura merely twitched in annoyance before disappearing in a blur, aiming a kick at Tobi's head from behind, "SHOCKING BURST BULLET!"
Tobi didn't even move, but Sakura's foot went straight through him and destroyed the ground in front of him, Sakura landed in front of Tobi and spun, ready to deliver a punch to his chest.
She gasped as he calmly placed a hand on her head, "Bye Sakura-san!" Tobi said as suddenly, Sakura was gone.
Naruto had gotten to his feet and looked back to see Sakura disappear in a swirl of chakra, he began shaking with anger as Tobi waved to him, 'What?!' Naruto thought in shock and anger before hearing a shout from behind him.
"DIE SNAKE!"
Naruto turned with wide eyes to see a smirking Orochimaru standing over Itachi and Sasuke's semi-conscious (Hopefully) bodies, apparently having protected them from Deidara's attack.
Orochimaru chuckled, "Oh come now Deidara, do you really think I had no knowledge of the Leader's plan?" he asked with a snake grin before he turned serious with a glare, "I will not let you claim my prize."
Naruto smirked, 'So, Orochimaru will keep Deidara from killing Sasuke, even if it is for his own sake I guess I can let him handle it.' he thought before turning forward to face Tobi, 'Looks like I might have my hands full with this guy, I have no idea what his powers are.' Naruto thought as he stood straight.
Tobi jogged over to Naruto and stopped about ten meters in front of him, "Hi Naruto-san! You're the Kyuubi holder right? Can you please come with me and Deidara-sempai?" Tobi asked while resting his hands behind his neck comfortably.
Naruto kept a serious look on his face, 'I will have to find out what he did with Sakura-Nee-chan asap!' Naruto thought as he reached behind his back and lifted his blade free.
Tobi tilted his head, "Hey! That was Kisame-sempai's! You stole it!" Tobi said, pointing at Naruto accusingly.
Naruto flexed his muscles, "LIGHTNING ARMOUR!" he yelled.
Tobi's eye widened, 'This boy not only has a legendary sword under his control, but is capable of using the ultimate technique taught to the Raikages?' Tobi thought seriously while maintaining the outlook of a simpleton.
Naruto threw Samehada Bocho at Tobi and disappeared in a streak of lightning, Tobi dove under the blade as it flew over him and cried out in shock and covered his face as Naruto punched through his chest and into the ground.
Tobi chuckled, "Ha-ha!" he said before rolling away and to his feet, Naruto watching in shock.
'What the hell?! Is he a Genjutsu?' Naruto thought as he took a deep breath, letting the nature chakra in his system partially unleash his Snake Style: Sage Mode.
Naruto's snake eyes took in Tobi, 'It's no illusion, so how did I pass through him?' Naruto thought in confusion.
Tobi reached into his cloak and pulled out an oversized explosive ball, "Ta-da!" Tobi yelled as he threw the balls forward at Naruto.
Naruto lifted his hands up, "BONE BULLET!" he yelled.
The electric charged finger bones broke through the explosive balls and made them explode in midair as Naruto used the cover of smoke to charge Tobi, hoping to catch him off-guard before he could become intangible.
Pulling out a kunai, Naruto slashed straight through Tobi's stomach, turning as he came out the other side, he came face to face with Tobi's palm.
Naruto was caught off-guard as Tobi grabbed his face, "Bye-bye!" Tobi said cheerfully as chakra began to swirl.
*FLASH*
*BAM*
Naruto had flashed behind Tobi with the kunai he had used earlier, holding it in a reverse grip as he slammed a super powered punch into Tobi's back and launching him to the other side of the clearing.
Naruto smirked as he watched Tobi slam into the ground in between Orochimaru and Deidara, the two of which were in the middle of an explosive Taijutsu battle, literally.
Deidara looked down in shock, "Tobi?! He hit you?!" Deidara asked in shock.
Tobi rubbed his head sheepishly, while glaring hatefully at Naruto, 'That boy! He knows the Hirashin?!' he thought.
Naruto smirked, 'So, to hit me he has to become one-hundred percent solid again! I can use that!' Naruto thought as he span his kunai and pulled out another.
Deidara was staring at Tobi in shock and Tobi was glaring at Naruto, 'Oh, has everyone forgotten about little old me?' Orochimaru thought with a snake-like grin as his throat bulged.
*SHLINK!*
Deidara gasped and looked down, seeing Orochimaru's Kusanagi plunged into his stomach, he looked up at Orochimaru and coughed blood as he tried to think of a way he'd survive the poison.
"Sempai!" Tobi shouted as he jumped up and kicked at Orochimaru, forcing the snake to retreat as he caught Deidara's stunned form.
Orochimaru landed in front of the Uchiha brothers and smirked, "It seems like I win Akatsuki. Now leave!" Orochimaru demanded with a cackle.
Tobi looked at Orochimaru, then over to Naruto, 'I cannot win here unless I reveal myself…' he thought before looking back at Orochimaru and noticing something behind him, 'Then again, maybe I don't need to.'
"Don't worry sempai! I'll take you to leader right away!" Tobi said before a swirl of chakra began to envelope him.
Naruto had seen Tobi's focus swap to something behind Orochimaru, 'I'll only have one shot at this!' Naruto thought as he threw two tri-pronged kunai.
Orochimaru swung his blade, knocking one of the kunai high into the air while the other disappeared alongside Tobi and Deidara in the swirl of chakra.
*FLASH*
Orochimaru looked up at the kunai as it fell harmlessly to the ground, 'What? Where did he go?' Orochimaru thought as turned his sight to where he thought the other kunai would have landed, only to see it gone.
Orochimaru smirked, "Kukukuku, looks like the Sharingan is finally mine!" Orochimaru thought as he turned to the two fallen Uchiha brothers.
"Cough! Cough! Not today…. Orochimaru…" Itachi said as he slowly stood, his left arm blown off entirely.
Orochimaru smirked and lowered his gaze to Itachi's chest, "No matter if were stronger than me at full power, I could beat you without breaking a sweat in the condition you are in.
Itachi coughed up a glob of blood and fell to his knees, causing Orochimaru to chuckle as he walked calmly towards Itachi.
"SUSANO'O!" Itachi screamed.
Orochimaru leapt back and watched with wide eyes as Itachi's Susano'o came into existence, "What?! But you have no chakra! How are you doing this?" Orochimaru yelled in shock as he readied his hands to form a jutsu.
Itachi smirked, "Do you know… what true….power is?" Itachi asked as he stood guard in front of the unconscious Sasuke, "It's the ability to protect! What is precious to you!" Itachi yelled out as his chakra solidified and Susano'o swung it's Totsuka blade.
Orochimaru slammed his hands to the ground, "SUMMONING: RASHOMON!" he yelled.
A Rashomon gate shot up to protect him, but Itachi's sword melded through the gate and struck at Orochimaru, who barely leapt out of the way in time.
Itachi panted heavily, 'I have to keep going! Just until Naruto comes back to get Sasuke!' Itachi thought before coughing more blood.
Orochimaru rolled to his feet, 'If some kid Chunnin can break that armour I sure can!" he yelled as he formed hand seals.
"SNAKE STYLE: ULTIMATE FANG!" Orochimaru yelled as his arm took the form of a large snake fang with poison dripping from it.
Orochimaru leapt at Susano'o, who raised its shield, the blow struck and it did manage to crack the shield, but Itachi swept the shield aside, knocking Orochimaru back before he could do any more damage.
*FLASH*
Itachi looked over his shoulder as Naruto appeared, holding Sakura and landing next to his kunai behind Sasuke.
Naruto and Itachi locked eyes for a moment and Itachi smiled softly and nodded, "I'll hold him for a few seconds." Itachi promised as he turned back to Orochimaru.
Naruto knelt next to Sasuke while Sakura stood defensively over them, "Don't trust him Naruto! He's Itachi Uchiha!" Sakura yelled in slight fear of the massive orange soldier.
"Sakura! Come here now! It's hard enough taking two people but not while your all yelling!" Naruto demanded, glaring at Sakura with his red slitted eyes.
Sakura was shaking with adrenaline and confusion before she stepped next to Naruto, just as Itachi jumped forward and deflected a stab from Orochimaru.
Orochimaru glared at Itachi, "Fine! I'll just take your body then!" Orochimaru yelled as he turned his attention to Itachi.
Itachi turned and used Susano'o's large hand to pick up Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke, he threw them into the air as his chakra built, 'This is the end…live Sasuke.' Itachi thought as his Mangekyou Sharingan fluxed and Susano'o's hands moved together.
"YASAKA MAGATAMA!" Itachi yelled, launching the overly powerful attack at Orochimaru as he felt a chakra pulse from above.
*FLASH*
Naruto, Sakura, but most importantly, Sasuke was now safe.
Orochimaru blurred through hand seals, 'Shit! That attack is unstoppable! So I must dodge it!' Orochimaru thought as he summoned.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!"
**********BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM************
The chakra discs slammed into Manda and killed him instantly while blowing Orochimaru far from the area, relatively unharmed but low on chakra.
Itachi wheezed as blood poured from his lips and the stump of his arm, he fell to his knees and Susano'o shattered, 'I did it…I did my duty as a Shinobi and a brother…I'm..done….'
Itachi's vision began fading to black, but he couldn't help but find himself smiling as he felt his heart stop pumping and he fell to his side, 'So…'
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*FLASH*
Jostled by the chakra leap, Sasuke's eyes snapped open.
Flashback
*FLASH*
Sasuke's eyes opened at the bright light, seeing Orochimaru's back as the snake man looked side to side for some reason.
Sasuke began to panic, 'No! I can't die here! I-'
*poke*
Sasuke stared in shock at the bloody hand that was poking his forehead, his eyes followed the arm and saw Itachi's tired but smiling face looking at him.
Itachi smiled, "Hold on Sasuke. I'll protect you." Itachi said as he groggily got to his feet, facing Orochimaru as the snake man turned to face him.
Sasuke fell into darkness for a few moments, coming to once more for a split second.
"Do you know… what true….power is?" Itachi asked Orochimaru as he stood guard in front of Sasuke, "It's the ability to protect! What is precious to you!" Itachi yelled out with a passion that Sasuke had never heard in his brother's voice before.
"ITACHI!" Sasuke yelled as he sat up.
Naruto held Sasuke's shoulders still, "Woah Sasuke! It's okay, we're back in Konoha." Naruto said.
Sasuke looked at Naruto with wide eyes before looking around him frantically. Sasuke's eyes snapped towards Naruto once more and grabbed his arms, "Naruto…"
Naruto almost jumped at the strong grip, before he heard the pain in Sasuke's voice, "Y-yeah Aniki?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke breathed heavily, "Please…get Itachi…please." Sasuke thought as his body gave in to the exhaustion.
Sakura hugged Sasuke and looked up at Naruto, "I thought Sasuke got Itachi? How was that guy still alive?" she asked.
Naruto shook his head, "He doesn't want me to go get Itachi and kill him…he wants his brother here."
*FLASH*
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*FLASH*
Naruto landed heavily and looked around the clearing in shock, "What in the name of Log happened?" Naruto asked himself as he looked over what was now a barren wasteland.
Feeling a chakra to his right, Naruto turned quickly, seeing Orochimaru sprinting into the clearing, but coming to a stop as he spotted Naruto.
The two felt another chakra pulse and looked out towards to left of the crater, seeing Tobi appear from a swirl of chakra.
The three ninjas looked at each other across the clearing, Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself as he spotted Itachi's corpse just over forty meters from him, and about thirty from Orochimaru. And although Naruto wasn't certain of it, he had a feeling this Tobi character wanted to take the Sharingan for himself.
The three stood in a stare off until Orochimaru twitched, moving to grab Itachi. Within a second, Tobi had started sprinting forward at high speed that reminded Naruto of Sakura's skating technique.
Naruto flexed and his lightning armour sparked into existence, he charged forward, realising that he would make it to Itachi about the same time as Orochimaru and moments before Tobi.
Orochimaru dove towards Itachi's corpse while holding a hand seal, looking as if he intended to use a shunshin to get some space.
So, Naruto leapt forward as well, using his lightning armour for another burst of speed as he whipped out Samehada Bocho.
Orochimaru saw Naruto was moving to attack him, so stopped his hand seals and quickly drew Kusanagi from his mouth.
Naruto's eyes snapped to his left as Tobi charged, kunai in hand as he looked to be moving to stab at Itachi. So Naruto did something simply shocking.
He span as if starting up a tsuuga while his sword glowed, twirling above Itachi's corpse as Orochimaru and Tobi attacked.
*CLANG CLANG!*
Naruto smirked at the shocked look on Orochimaru's face, and by Tobi's hesitation, he guessed that the masked man felt the same.
Naruto stood in a wide crouch over Itachi, using the original Samehada to block Tobi and the original Kubikiri Bocho to block Orochimaru.
Naruto flexed and his lightning armour surged, shocking the two S-classed Shinobi and blowing them back a few meters, which was all Naruto needed.
He let go of Kubikiri and Samehada came to life and bit the other blade, forming a link between Naruto and both the swords even without touch. He used his now free hand to grip Itachi's bloody shirt.
Naruto looked up as he focussed his chakra, smirking as Orochimaru's shadow snakes shot at him and Tobi's chakra made a swirl.
*FLASH*
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*FLASH*
Naruto fell to his side, breathing heavily as Itachi's corpse landed next to him.
"Naruto?!" Tsunade gasped in shock as the blonde appeared in her office.
Naruto looked up at Tsunade and blinked before smiling, "Hey Baa-chan..Mission accomplished." Naruto said before flopping down flat on his back and sighing.
Tsunade blinked in confusion before running around her desk and performing a medical jutsu to scan Naruto, "Baa-chan I'm fine! Just in a little bit of…well shock I guess." Naruto said, trying to wave her off.
Tsunade frowned at him before looking over to Itachi, whose corpse was still as blood seeped from it into her carpet. She sighed and sat back, looking between the two.
Naruto sat up, "So…you want me to give the report while I'm here?" Naruto asked.
A pink and red blur entered through the window, "Baa-chan! We're back and Sasuke…Naruto?!" Sakura exclaimed in shock.
Naruto turned to Sakura, "How's Sasuke? I got him a little gift." Naruto said with a grin as he gestured to Itachi.
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"Where are we?" Kakuzu asked as the small group landed in the desert.
Jiraiya led the group up one more dune, and Kakuzu's eyes widened, "Suna? You expect me to believe one of the hidden villages will willingly harbour a fugitive like me?" Kakuzu asked skeptically.
Jiraiya smirked, "Actually, all the village knows is that a certain someone with a lot of pull in the village has a new assistant. You will be staying there." Jiraiya said, pointing to a large building just behind the village.
Kakuzu frowned as he did not know what exactly the place was. Jiraiya turned to the group, "Gaara, Sai, wait here. I'll be back soon." Jiraiya said as he led Kakuzu off towards the odd structure.
Gaara folded his arms and turned to Sai, who was sitting under his bird for some shade, "I do not believe we have met." Gaara said.
Sai looked to Gaara and smiled, "You are correct. My name is Sai." He said, offering a hand shake.
Gaara's eyes flashed in recognition, 'This is the ninja Naruto wanted me to befriend? I wonder why…' Gaara thought as he stepped closed and shook Sai's hand, "I am Gaara."
Sai smiled oddly and his bird lifted it's wings, "Would you like some shade Gaara-san? I hope you don't mind but may I ask you some questions?" Sai asked.
Gaara blinked and sat down, so Sai took that as his way of saying go ahead, "Naruto-san has asked me to talk to you about emotions. But I do not know where to start." Sai said with an odd smile.
Gaara smirked slightly, "Did he tell you about my origin?"
Sai shook his head, "He did not, but everyone knows the story of Gaara of the Sand."
The two talked and shared their Naruto-related epiphanies. And Sai began to understand how a person can take control of their own emotions, through the trust of their friends and their village.
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Two days later
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"….And then Sasuke-kun asked Naruto to get Itachi's body for him. So he did. Then the next thing I know, I rushed here so I could ask you to help heal Sasuke and ran in to you two. You both came and helped him, then we rested up. So yeah, mission accomplished." Sakura said with a happy smile.
Tsunade nodded to her, "Very good Sakura-chan. You three can have the next few days off. Now go home and rest ya here? No training today." Tsunade said sternly.
Sakura nodded, "Kay, cya baa-chan! Ero-sensei! Uncle Kakashi!" she said before disappearing in a blur, the door shutting softly behind her.
Tsunade turned to the two others and nodded to Jiraiya.
"Mission accomplished, Hidan is killed, Kakuzu is no longer a threat and your little sound spy is captured." Jiraiya said with a grin, standing alongside Kakashi.
Tsunade nodded, "I hear Shikamaru managed to defeat an S-rank immortal? By himself?" she asked in disbelief.
Kakashi nodded, "He admitted to me he may have gotten a bit distracted by his rage and went overboard, but apparently with his 'Dark style' techniques, that anger actually gives him more power. But yes he managed to defeat Hidan by himself." Kakashi said, barely looking up from his book to do so.
Tsunade nodded, "Well…I can't believe this all went so well, I'm kinda in shock." She said before laughing light heartedly.
*Knock Knock*
The three glanced at the door, "Enter."
The door opened and in rolled Hiruzen, the three ninjas frowned in concern as they noticed he had gotten thinner and was back to using his wheelchair, "Tsunade-chan, I just wanted to remind you about the meeting this afternoon? The Jonin exams?" he asked.
Tsunade blinked before looking at the clock, "Oh crap! Jiraiya, Kakashi, you're both dismissed. I gotta finish this work." Tsunade said with a frown as she grabbed another sheet of paper.
The two nodded and walked out, bowing to Hiruzen in respect before closing the door. The Third rolled up to Tsunade's desk and placed a piece of paper in front of her.
Tsunade blinked in confusion before looking up, "What's this sensei?" she asked as she went to open it.
Hiruzen grabbed her hand, "Please don't. Can you promise me something Tsunade-chan?" Hiruzen asked.
Tsunade nodded slowly, not feeling to good about the old man's weak grip, "That is my will. I already have it witnessed and made official. But when I do pass I would like you to read it out loud at the next council meeting." Hiruzen said.
Tsunade stood, "What are you talking about old man? Since when are you gonna die?!" she said angrily.
Sarutobi smiled, "Tsunade…Scan me." Was all he said as he rolled back from the desk.
Tsunade shakily got to her feet and walked around the desk as she began a scanning medical jutsu…
From outside the Hokage's office, a nearby ANBU placed a sound seal on the door to cover up the Hokage's sobs of sadness.
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Naruto stood over the Sasuke's bed, pulling his hands away with a smile as the green glow fell, "So aniki, how do you feel?" he asked.
"Did you bury Itachi like I asked you to?"
Naruto rolled his eyes, "For the last time yes. I did. And we will look into what happened that night and any possibilities on how Madara Uchiha could still be alive." Naruto said.
Sasuke rolled into a sitting position and placed his feet on the ground, he smirked at Naruto, even though his eyes were wrapped in bandages, "In that case, I'd have to say that I feel like I can finally see."
Chapter end….Kinda
*FLASH*
"NO!" Orochimaru yelled in anger as Naruto left with Itachi's corpse.
Tobi chuckled darkly, a complete different voice came from his mouth when he spoke, "Orochimaru, it seems there is only one way to fulfil your goal of getting the Sharingan now." Tobi said.
Orochimaru turned to Tobi and practically growled, "I would've had the eyes by now if you damned Akatsuki didn't interfere!" Orochimaru yelled before slashing at Tobi with Kusanagi.
Tobi stood calmly as the slash sailed through his body harmlessly, causing Orochimaru to falter as he jumped back a few meters. Orochimaru was about to attack again but Tobi spoke up.
"Nagato is not the true leader of Akatsuki. I am." Tobi said seriously.
Orochimaru hesitated, 'He knows leader's name! It took me forever to find out who he was!' Orochimaru thought with a frown, but seeing as Tobi was not going to fight, Orochimaru stood tall.
"Why are you telling me this?" Orochimaru asked.
Tobi chuckled, "You see, Nagato would've done anything to keep Itachi in the group, which is why you were chased away when you tried to attack him for his Sharingan eyes. But with Itachi gone, there would be no problem with you rejoining…after a few modifications to management." Tobi said with another chuckle.
Orochimaru scowled, "Why in the name of Log would I want to rejoin with you?" he asked.
Tobi chuckled, "I can get you the Sharingan."
Orochimaru smirked, "Sure you can, how exactly do you propose that happening hm?" he said.
Tobi reached up and pushed his mask higher on his face, "Let's just say I can see a solution to both of our problems." He said as his own eye was shown to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru stared in confusion before his face split in to a grin and he began to laugh manically, "Hmhm HAhAHAHAA!"
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Chapter end.
Oh my god, so much sploofing everywhere.
I woke up at 3am because I had a dream of this chapter and I just started writing, I finifhed it at 5am and re-edited/read it and was done by 6am.
So tires I fell asleep, waking up now. I feel like posting it early, so yerrrrrrr.
Please R&R! need brain yummies for story to continue!