Sasuke: Chronicles of an Uchiha

Chapter 21: How things have changed

Last Chapter –

Sasuke had continual thoughts of something bad happening… and a death… Sci went to the store and met up with Itachi, who made Sci believe that he was Sasuke's uncle. Sci lead Itachi straight to the house where the Akatsuki member chased Sasuke into the woods and Sasuke revealed the power of his Blue Sharingan.

Itachi staggered a little bit, where he stood. Sasuke's chidori had packed a lot of punch.

"See brother?" cried Sasuke, "I'm not the weakling that you once knew!"

Itachi spat out some blood, and said, "It doesn't matter, I will still win."

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" yelled Sasuke, rushing his brother, and making a shadow clone appear behind him.

Sasuke whipped out a large kunai and attempted to stab Itachi in the head.

Itachi grabbed his arm, spun his around, and maneuvered Sasuke's arms so the kunai plunged straight down at his back, but the younger Uchiha kicked his leg out backwards, kicking his brother in the nuts.

Itachi stumbled backwards, letting go of Sasuke, screaming like a little girl.

"What's wrong with you!?" screamed Sasuke.

"IT BROKE! IT BROKE!" screamed Itachi, falling to the ground and rolling around.

Sasuke took advantage of his brother's idiocy and went over to his clone.

Itachi stood up, angered, and the first thing he saw was to huge disks of charka flying at him.

"Disk rasengan!" yelled Sasuke, throwing a kunai at Itachi as well.

Itachi dodged the first disk by leaping to the left, and the other one was coming right for his. HE pushed charka into his fingertips and thrust out at the disk. There was a flash of light and it exploded. Then, the Akatsuki member saw a kunai go right by him.

His aim was off… thought Itachi.

"Die!" screamed a voice behind him, and Itachi spun around. The kunai had transformed into Sasuke. Sasuke flung several kunai at him, but Itachi evaded. The kunai behind him transformed into more Sasuke clones, and he was hit with a hail of kunai. Itachi spun around again to see Sasuke charging him with two chidori's, one in each hand.

This is impossible! Thought Itachi, How could Sasuke get so powerful!!?

Itachi started to move out of Sasuke's range but the boy yelled, "BLUE SHARINGAN IMPRISONMENT JUSTU!"

Itachi froze where he stood.

"Die, Itachi!" screamed Sasuke plunging both chidori into his brother's stomach.

Itachi cried out, and Sasuke fell back panting.

Sasuke released Itachi from the imprisonment and he fell back, onto his back.

Itachi laid on the ground, bleeding from the huge hole in his gut.

"I told you," said Sasuke, looking away, "I told you that I would kill you. Now, you're just getting what you deserve."

Itachi grunted.

"But I'm not going to let you survive. I know if I leave you here on the brink of death, you're just going to find a way come back. That's why I need to make sure you're dead. This is only what you deserve, after killing everybody in my clan."

Sasuke charged a chidori.

"Goodbye brother," he said, thrusting him arm down.

"Gooddye, brother," muttered Itachi, seeing he was done.

There was a crash, and Itachi was finished.

Flashback –

Sasuke sat, tied to a tree, while Kakashi stood next to him.

"This is the only way I can make you listen," he said.

Sasuke just grunted.

"Sasuke, you need to be careful about how you use your abilities. You're letting yourself fall to the evil in your heart. You can't do that. If you do, then you're leading yourself down a path that is not easily strayed from. I know what you want is revenge, and It's corrupting your mind. And if you do succeed, in killing your brother, you may find just emptiness. You may have your sense of accomplish, but it will feel hollow if you don't have friends, or anything left to do with your life after. Just be careful, Sasuke."

End Flashback –

Sasuke walked through back to Sci's house.

"I've… finally done it," said Sasuke, "I've achieved my life's… no… one of my life's goals."

Sasuke smiled. He was at peace with himself. There was no way he would let himself fall into the darkness that Kakashi had talked to him about. Sasuke felt the accomplish about destroying his brother at long last, but he certainly didn't feel empty. He had friends, and the life of a shinobi ahead of him.

Sasuke smiled, as he thought about how he used to loathe Sakura, and disrespect Naruto.

"Boy," he muttered, "How things have changed…"

Sasuke wasn't who he had been when he first became a ninja, no way.

Sasuke looked up, and Sakura jumped at him.

"Sasuke-kun!" she cried, "You've killed your brother!"

Sasuke smiled, his first sincere smile in many long years, "Yes… I have, Sakura," he said.

"You need to come back to the house to celebrate your birthday," said Sakura.

"Birthday?" asked Sasuke.

"Yes," she told him, "You turned 14 today!"

Sasuke smiled again.

"Yeah, let's go back to the house… Sakura-chan."

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Next chapter:

Who knows?

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Sorry about the lame brother battle. I couldn't think up too much for it, so that's what came out of it. Anyways, Sasuke: Chronicles of an Uchiha has hit the beginning of the end.