Yay the continuation! I wonder what Sasuke has planned? Hmm…I guess I know. Muhahaha! Sasuke's Pv, Memory regular.

Itachi sat in his room, starring blankly at the wall opposite his bed. He didn't know what he was going to do. Tonight was the massacre which meant it was going to be the last time he would see Sasuke without him hating his guts. Itachi sighed and felt the tears stings behind his eyes. He would not cry, he had promised himself that much. Even though he loved Sasuke dearly, he would not mourn him. No, Sasuke wouldn't be dead. He would be alive and he would become strong enough to avenge the clan and then put an end to Itachi's misery.

" If only you knew Sasuke…" Itachi muttered. " You're the key to this and yet you have no idea how large of a role you actually play." The older Uchiha turned his head when there was soft tapping on his door; he knew from experience that it was Sasuke's knock. He grunted with acknowledgement as Sasuke's small head peaked through the crack. His little spikes bounced and swayed while his smile seemed completely plastered on his face. He ran up to his brother's bed and jumped on it.

" Thank you so much Itachi-nii! I don't think father would have come today without your persuasion." Sasuke hugged his brother around the waist, burying his head in Itachi's hard, muscled chest.

" It was my pleasure, my sweet little Sasuke. I wish I could have been there to see your promising acceptance to the academy. If I hadn't been so busy with my missions today, I would have come to see you as well."

Sasuke frowned a little and nodded his head. " It's alright Nii-san I know you're busy with your missions and all that stuff you have to do for the village. Its just that once I enter the academy, I won't see you nearly as much and when I'm at your rank…We probably won't see each other at all."

Itachi ruffled Sasuke's raven black spikes, flattening them slightly making the smaller boy pout as he tried to fix them. " Sasuke, you shouldn't be so negative. This is the beginning of your life and you should be happy that you have the opportunity to do so much with your life and maybe one day be known for your accomplishments on the battlefield or for developing your own power jutsu. The possibilities are endless, just like the blue sky. Don't forget that, kay?"

Sasuke smiled then as he looked up into his brother's soft eyes. The younger couldn't feel that there was something off about his brother, there was something in those deep, black obsidian orbs that was just barely skimming through the façade of his face. It was almost like distress.

The younger reached up and little cupping Itachi's face and pulling it down towards his own. Their noses brushed as Sasuke's smaller, plump lips kissed up the side of his brother's face, tracing it with delicate kisses. He let his lips linger over Itachi's eyes, hoping, even if it was stupid, that his kiss would ease Itachi's inner turmoil.

But it was quite the contrary. The more he felt Sasuke's lips on his skin the more Itachi felt distress and anger towards his clan, toward Madara, towards the village. The world was tearing them apart and there was nothing he could do to stop it except for one thing. Sacrifice everything he had built between himself and the other half to his soul, his sweet little brother. And as much as Itachi abhorred how unfair it was or how painful it was, he would do it. All he ever did was for Sasuke and he would continue to make Sasuke strong, whether his darling wanted it or not.

There was a loud cry outside and both brothers looked to the window where a hawk, screeched and cried at the sky. Itachi knew then that it was time, he needed to leave for Madara was summoning him. He had worked too hard to just throw everything away now.

Itachi stood up and leaned over his bed giving Sasuke a chaste kiss on the lips before wandering over to his window. The younger Uchiha watched as he opened the glass settling himself on the sill before jumping down. He rushed to the window glancing down at his brother who was smiling up at him.

" Sasuke, go out to train for a while. If you do well tonight and come back with little to no injuries, I'll train you tomorrow so you'll have some skills before your official start in the academy."

" You promise?" Sasuke called down, his eyes sparkling with excitement and happiness. Itachi was glad that Sasuke was so far away or he would have seen the very brief falter in his mask, it was slowly starting to chip away.

" Anything for you, my little Sasuke." He could tell the younger was blushing by the way he looked to the side. " I must go, I'll see you later tonight."

~Uchihacest~

Lady Sayoshi sighed and turned her gaze at me. " Do you want me to handle him for you?" I hesitated to say yes. I knew from my first hand experience that he was fast and probably the best swords man I've ever witnessed and I doubted that my newly found powers would do much against him and the demon inside. I knew I could take on Naruto without problem because I knew he wouldn't kill me, however the Hachibi was a completely different story, I didn't doubt that he would take my life if necessity called for it. I finally nodded and she smirked a little stepping forward. " I've always wanted to fight a jinchuuriki!"

He smiled at her as came to stand about a meter away from him. " Damn girl, you got it going on! I hope I can make you swoon with my brawn!"

" If you keep up the horrible rhyming or what the hell you kids call it these days, you won't have an ice cube's chance in hell. And I didn't just mean with me, I mean you won't live to see the light of the next day." She smiled back at him. He looked completely dejected and I smirked a little.

" Damn kitty cat put away your claws! I should have assumed a lady like you wouldn't give me your applause." He raised his hands up and shrugged. Lady Sayoshi looked down at her nails and then looked back up at him.

" Are you finished yet? I'm not one for talk." She said pulling out a fan from her pocket. She gave me a quick glance. " Sasuke, get Naruto off the floor. I promise that this is going to get a little messy."

I moved around her, grateful for the fact that Naruto slept like a rock. I grabbed him under his arms and started to pull him back behind the columns of scratched and marred rock but that's when the Hachibi stepped him, trying to knock me off of him. Lady Sayoshi was on that in an instant, sending a surge of sharp air at him. He was blown to the side and his body started to erupt with small cuts that were welling blood. They all began to steam and heal as soon as he got back on his feet.

" Little girl got some moves, I hope you can follow my groove." He said pulling out his swords. She looked uninterested and uncaring as he charged her, flipping and gliding through the air so quickly that it was hard to see him move. She dodged him and jumped over his body by grabbing onto the back of his head and pushing him to the ground. He skidded for a moment before laughing; it was muffled by the sword in his mouth.

I turned my attention back to Naruto, who was still snoring, mouth open and drooling. I blinked a few times. What lead me to believe I was in love with…That? I rolled my eyes, it must have just been that Sai guy, he really just grinded my last nerves. I cupped Naruto's face which made his eye lids flutter before he snuggled closer to my body. His arms wrapped around my waist and then he let out a small sigh as he rested his head on my thigh. I could feel the heat rushing up into my face. Damn Dobe with his sleep hugging and other embarrassing things. I tried to pry his hands off me but the more I pulled, the tighter his grip got. He frowned a little, pulling himself further into my lap and moving his arms up my back so they circled around my back. He lifted his head up, with surprising control, and flopped it on my shoulder. His breath tickled my neck and I sighed.

" Are you having trouble Sasuke?" Lady Sayoshi said with a smirk as she walked over to me. The Hachibi lay on the ground, a sword through his hands, pinned to the floor. His blood pooled around his body as he groaned.

" How did you do that?" I asked looking back over at him. I hadn't even heard anything after I started to focus on Naruto. She was like the crazy epitome of a ninja.

" Oh it was simple really. I have a direct connection with the Gods and since Demons are the offspring of them, I'm able to seal and bless their chakra. It really affects them to the point that they can die. You see, their chakra is so foul that when it is blessed it sends a shock through the host's system since they're not used to having such intense amounts of purified chakra in their bodies. I just basically had to call to the Gods to bless my fan and then give him a little taste. After that, he was done for."

I nodded, attempting to stand up. When I started to move, Naruto groaned and wrapped more tightly around me. It made it much easier to move with him since I knew he wouldn't fall and wake up. Lady Sayoshi rummaged through her kunai pouch and pulled out a small bottle of pills, she popped the top and grabbed a bright pink pill. She walked around me to Naruto's mouth, slipping it inside. He whimpered a little before his grip slackened and I turned him over in my arms, tossing his body over my shoulder.

" What was that?"

" Oh nothing really, it was just to make sure he stayed asleep. I didn't want him to wake up and freak out on the feather. We don't want him falling to his death, do we?" It was a well thought idea. Naruto would no doubt act adversely to being capture, even if it was me doing the capturing. Since he wouldn't know that Akatsuki had pretty much been disbanded he would instantly assume that I was either trying to bring him to Madara or I was going to assassinate him.

I sighed as we exited the training room; Susanoo and Satoshi waiting outside the door, smiling at us. The two other men were lying face down, unmoving. I wondered if they were dead, I assumed not due to the fact that they hadn't done anything wrong and didn't deserve it. I highly doubted that Susanoo would be on board with murdering someone who was just an innocent bystander.

" Are we ready to fly children?" Susanoo asked pointing up towards the sky. We all blinked at him.

" Are you ready to stop using stupid puns?" Satoshi quipped, making the God pout a little and kick a small rock dejectedly. Lady Sayoshi summoned one of her feathers and we all got on; I laid Naruto in the middle between Satoshi and myself. -

From this point on, its going to be in Regular because my fight scenes suck when they're only from one perspective
Itachi: Actually they just suck in general
Me: -ignoring him- Who's that chick? -dancing stupidly to Rihanna-
Itachi: -sighs- I love that song.-

As they lifted off the turtle's large body, Susanoo tensed. He looked over towards the shell where a giant surge of chakra came bursting through the green and black shell causing the animal to roar with pain and flail about, causing large waves to rise and crash against the rocks and surrounding shoreline. The Hachibi rose from the hole it created and growled at the feather, causing the air to surge and rock it back and forth. They all braced as they spun in the wind making Lady Sayoshi whip the air away with her fan. She jumped over the side, spinning through the air as she headed towards the angry jinchuuriki. He reached up and caught her in his hand, laughing and shrieking with hideous laughter.

He let out a howl of pain when Lady Sayoshi burst through the chakra, making him drop her onto the shell. Sasuke had to squint to see her standing beside him. Susanoo rose from his spot and looked down at the remaining members on the feather. " Both of you stay here where its safe. Satoshi, I know you want to help Hisoka but you won't know where to land and I don't want you to drown because of a slight miscalculation." He looked away and nodded, Susanoo turned to the young Uchiha then, smirking down at him. " Protect your prize Sasuke. It would be a shame to loose it after how far we've come." His features became stern again when he looked down at Lady Sayoshi, who was attempting to avoid the monstrous tentacles of the Hachibi. She jumped over one by another was waiting and sent her flying across the shell.

Sasuke couldn't help but think of how much Susanoo actually reminded him of Itachi when he actually acted serious. There personalities were miles apart but when it really came down to it, they were very much alike.

Susanoo flipped backwards off the feather, letting himself fall through the air. Sasuke looked over the side and squinted until he saw the God land in the icy waters below. The Uchiha, for the life of him, couldn't think of why Susanoo would jump off and go help Lady Sayoshi directly. He sighed, rolling his eyes until something in the water caught his attention. The line of waves started to recede on the shoreline. The level of the water started to rise up from the sea and spiraled around itself, pulling upwards into the sky. A silhouette sat in the middle of the water, but then it became illuminated making the water shine bright blue before turning white and steaming away as the light surged through it.

The water started to take shape, spreading and pulling apart from itself and reforming itself. Before Sasuke could blink the water turned into a gigantic Susanoo. His eyes were illuminated and glowing brightly as he turned towards the Hachibi. Lady Sayoshi steadied herself as she looked up at the watery body that was threatening to overflow the turtle. She focused her chakra to her shoulders and made the hand sign bird and then mixing them with the demon hand signs. She took a deep breath as her shoulders erupted and out stretched white wings. Lady Sayoshi lifted them up, catching the wind current and rising into the air.

She flew in front of the jinchuuriki, drawing his attacks as Susanoo got ready, lifting up his arm which in turn made the water lift up. He took a breath and that started to make the clouds darken and move quickly in the sky. The thunder crashed loudly, making the air almost shake around them. Lightning lit the sky with a strange purple tint and Susanoo reached out, grabbing a bolt and hurling it towards the Hachibi. It struck him, exploding and sending the shock through out its large body. It fell to the side, twitching and growling as the weather worsened. Rain started to fall from darkened clouds, making the water body of Susanoo grow even larger.

The Hachibi started to fall apart, the chakra of its body falling away until it left nothing but the Jinchuuriki. He moaned with pain as he stumbled around where Lady Sayoshi was waiting for him. She raised her arms to the sky, letting the light of the sun be blocked out as the wind picked up and started to spin quickly. Susanoo joined in, contorting the air and making it darkly, almost black. Trees and rocks pulled up into the spiraling currents of air, sending them flying down at the Hachibi, who was barely able to avoid them. He limped into a thick covering of trees as the water of Susanoo's body starting to fall away and get absorbed into the wind turning it into a hurricane. As soon as the water pounded through it, it doubled in size. It moved up to the shell of the turtle, pulling and separating the shell as it forced its way through the area.

Lady Sayoshi watched carefully, not wanting to kill the Hachibi, put to just teach him a lesson about messing with the Gods. She spotted him trying to run into a cave but she moved the hurricane towards him and sucked him into it. She smirked to herself as Susanoo joined her in the sky, helping her control the harsh mix of wind and water.

" Let it go on three…One…Two…THREE!" Susanoo yelled pushing the water out while Lady Sayoshi concentrated on her chakra flow and willed the wind to stop turning and churning. Once it had been stopped, they both descended to the shell, walking across the destroyed lands. The dirt and Earth had been pulled up from the turtle's back, causing cracks and missing chunks in the shell. Trees were cracked in half and spewed across the landscape, breaking and crumbling the rocks.

" Did we kill him?" Susanoo asked looking at the body, kicking him slightly. Lady Sayoshi knelt down and felt his pulse. It was there and she could feel the Hachibi healing him up.

" He'll be fine. We should get back before Sasuke starts to worry." -

~Uchihacest~

Naruto's eyes fluttered open but that's when he felt something was wrong. He couldn't move his arms or legs and his heart fluttered as he looked down. He almost breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had only been tied up.

His ears perked up when he heard whispers coming from a shaded part of the room. He strained to hear them. " How is this supposed to work then?" He could recognize that voice anywhere. It was Sasuke. Sasuke had captured him. Which meant that he was finally within Madara's grasp and he was going have the Kyuubi ripped out of him.

" Well it's simple." A woman's voice. He knew it not to be Konan's, the blue haired woman he met when he fought pain. However, it sounded so familiar he couldn't pin point it though. He turned his head towards the voices and catch a brief glimpse of red hair before she turned away completely to face Sasuke fully. " The stone he's on absorbs the chakra and it will funnel down the carved grooves and into the sealing pot where we can store it until you finish your final assignment."

" He won't be hurt, right?"

" Unless he struggles, no." She turned back around then and that's when Naruto was felt fear in his heart. That woman, she was in Kohona and from the time he was in Kumogakure. It was that crazy chick who was trying to touch him because he was a jinchuuriki. She looked at him then and smirked. " Well, well, Sleeping Beauty is awake."

Sasuke moved then, walking over to Naruto and standing over him. It was like he watching him, taking everything of Naruto into those eyes. He didn't know whether he should talk to Sasuke, try to reason with him or something of the sort because even if he didn't want to admit it, he was scared.

" Hello Naruto, fancy meeting you here." Naruto blinked a few times, the anger starting to outweigh the fear. Sasuke had the nerve to capture him and then make jokes about it? The blond shouldn't have been surprised but for some reason it struck a nerve deep inside him. He had spent a good part of his life trying to track down Sasuke and the only thing he could do was make jokes about his capture, but that wasn't the worse part. Sasuke had managed to capture him without his knowledge of it. It was like a giant slap to the face. He could feel the pulse of Kyuubi's chakra in his veins. He wasn't surprised about that though, he may have been in control of the Kyuubi's chakra now and it was Kyuubi who wanted to kill Sasuke, but Naruto just felt the urge to hurt. He wanted so very badly to hurt Sasuke because he had hurt him so. His pride was shattered and Sasuke was just as proud and stoic as ever. As the red chakra started to surround the blond and whip at Sasuke's face as a threat, Lady Sayoshi snapped.

Naruto felt a pressure weighing down his body as the chakra started to flow down his body and out of him. There was no pain, like the woman said, but he felt so weak when it had been siphoned away. Naruto's head lulled to the side and he laid it back down, breathing harshly.

Sasuke reached down then, brushing his fingers against the whisker marks on the blond's face. It was almost like Naruto was a little pet. He let Sasuke caress him and whimpered when the warm of Sasuke's hand left him.

" Sasuke." His voice was hushed and the Uchiha, for some reason, knelt down beside him. He was still over him but he could look Naruto almost fully in the eyes now. " Let me leave Sasuke, this isn't funny."

" I never said it was." He replied. " But you'll find this at the very least settling. I need you." Sasuke said with a slight smirk. " I need you to help me Naruto, and so, I've come to find and capture you….How does it feel? To know I was able to capture and take you away from your life without you even knowing I had come for you? Does it sting Naruto?"

The blond growled a little and tried to jerk his body upwards, only to receive a shock which made him moan in pain as he tried to regain the feeling in his fingers.

'So this is what she meant by struggling.' Sasuke mused as he leaned over Naruto. He grabbed the blond's face and planted a single kiss on his lips before pulling away from him. Sasuke blinked as Naruto's eyes widened a little. There was something there in the Uchiha heart, an unusual longing. Sasuke stood up completely then and walked out of the room. He was in love with Naruto, he knew it now. And he had a feeling that Itachi wouldn't forgive him if he found out.

" Sasuke!" Lady Sayoshi called, following after him. " Sasuke wait!" She grabbed him by the wrist, which he tried to pull back but he couldn't with her death grip on him. " What the hell was that?"

" I love him, Lady Sayoshi…I do, I wanted to kiss him to see if I would feel anything, and I did. I felt a strange longing for him." Sasuke said, looking at the ground. " Oh Gods, what have I been doing? This ruins everything I worked to achieve."

" No Sasuke it doesn't. Naruto is your best friend, he's the only one who truly understands you, stood by your side no matter what, runs after you and tries to save your from yourself. It's only natural that these feelings for him have developed. You still love your brother, and you should know by know that humans love more than one person, it is just to what degree do you love them." She said making Sasuke looked up into her eyes. " There may be a romantic interest for him but as soon as Itachi is back, you won't feel nearly as strongly for Naruto. If anything you're trying to replace Itachi so you don't get hurt if something goes wrong."

Sasuke nodded then and Lady Sayoshi pulled the boy into her arms, breathing a sigh of relief when he didn't pull away or reject her. She kissed the top of her head. " You're right, Lady Sayoshi. Thank you."

" No Sasuke, don't thank me yet." She pulled away from him then and he glance up at her. " Your final mission is here Sasuke. The last task you need to perform for the Gods, are you ready to accept it?"

" Yes." She nodded her head.

" Okay. You're going to Yomi to retrieve Itachi's soul."-

Dun Dun Dun. In case y'all didn't remember, this mission was mentioned in an earlier chapter. So yeah.

Sasuke: Am I going to die Hitoko-sama?
Me: -glaring at my sister's cat, Koga- What? Oh, no. No… Have you ever had the feeling that whenever a cat hurts you, its like a personal injustice being done to you?
Itachi: Nope. -snuggling Koga-
Me: HOW IS HE NOT TRYING TO BITE YOUR FACE OFF!
Itachi: I have an affinity for pussy
Me:...So what you're saying is that pussy can't resist you?
Itachi: Yeah, you could say that.
Me: I can see that...This was Hitoko-sama