Your Thoughts I Know

Your Thoughts I Know

Chapter 13: An Unlikely Alliance

"Sasuke," muttered Itachi, eyeing his little brother warily. "What are you doing here?" Sasuke smirked in reply.

"You think I'd let the person whom I consider an older sister die for your sake? No way in hell," he stated, sticking up his middle finger at his sworn enemy. Itachi glared in annoyance.

"You're really pushing it little brother," he growled.

"Sasuke?" cried two voices from behind them. Everyone turned to find Naruto, Sakura, Tsunade, and Shizune standing there. Naruto and Sakura having bug-eyed expressions on their faces. It would have been comical to Asuka had she not been put into the position she was in. Sasuke's expression suddenly turned cold once more as he stared at his former teammates.

"Naruto, Sakura," he acknowledged in an icy tone. Sakura's eyes filled with tears at his coldness. Asuka sighed.

'When will he ever learn?' she thought.

Tsunade observed the scene before her. 'There are five Akatsuki members here. One of them seems to be six different people. Another is Itachi, but from the looks of it, he's on our side for now. The rest don't seem to be too involved with the battle. This should be interesting.'

"Lady Tsunade? Shall I take action?" whispered an urgent Shizune.

"Not yet. Let's see how things go first." Shizune nodded, but her eyes wandered worriedly towards Asuka, who was still imprisoned by Konan.

"Don't think that just because I'm helping you now means you're not my enemy any more. I'm still set on killing you. I just don't want Asuka to be endangered," informed Sasuke. Asuka rolled her eyes.

'That was what I told him not to do. When will he learn that once he kills Itachi, he won't have much of a purpose in life?'

Itachi stared at him silently, as if contemplating something. "Just don't get in my way," he said quietly. He then began attacking one of the six Peins with a kunai. Sasuke smirked.

"Wouldn't dream of it Itachi." He proceeded to slice at two of the others with his sword.

"Bakas," muttered Asuka. She quietly looked around and saw that everyone else was still preoccupied with the fight. Quickly, she began to do hand signs. "Harmony jutsu," she murmured as blue light surrounded her.

The blue light filled the area, enveloping Sasuke and Itachi. Everyone paused and wondered what was going on. Itachi stared at the blue light, his eyes thoughtful. 'Asuka…' He looked at her and smiled slightly, understanding what she was doing.

Asuka smiled in reply. 'Hopefully Sasuke got the message as well,' she thought.

"Sasuke, do you understand what we need to do?" asked Itachi, now glaring at the six figures of Pein.

"Yeah I understand. But how are we going to do that?" asked Sasuke.

"Just follow my lead." Itachi closed his eyes and breathed inwardly.

Tsunade watched the fight from afar. Noticing that Itachi's eyes were closed, she frowned. 'What is he planning to do?'

"What's going on Lady Tsunade?" asked Shizune.

"Yeah Grandma Tsunade! Why is Itachi's eyes closed?" interrupted Naruto.

"I don't know."

Itachi sighed. 'I have no choice but to use this technique. This is for you Asuka,' he thought. His eyes suddenly flashed open and black flames poured out.

"Argh!" cried the six Peins as the flames burned them. Sasuke quickly took this opportunity to throw a fuma shuriken at them, beheading two of them.

Asuka's eyes widened at the sight of the black flames. 'Is this one of the techniques of the Mangekyo Sharingan? Those black flames… they are no ordinary flames. They seem to never stop burning.'

"It is indeed one of the techniques of the Mangekyo Sharingan if that's what you are thinking," said a voice from behind her. Whirling around, Asuka found another Akatsuki member standing behind her, an orange mask covering his face. Her eyes turned fearful.

"No! Stay away from me!" she cried.

Itachi heard they cry and looked in the direction where Asuka stood. His eyes narrowed at the sight of the other Akatsuki member. "You," he said with gritted teeth. Sasuke looked at his brother, his eyes full of confusion. Never had he seen his brother look so enraged as he did at that moment.

'What is going on?' he thought.

Itachi continued to glare venomously at the person who had appeared. "What do you want Madara?"