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by Missy the Cat

After the Fourth Great Ninja wars ends, Sasuke and Karin start a family. Now a new enemy threatens it, will they be able to protect their daughter, Sarada. DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT.

25. Chapter 25

Chapter 25.

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Daytime.

Kaguya's Mountain Core Dimension.

Underground Cave.

Karin's POV.

Karin, in her usual outfit, watched as Adult Shin, in his pants, raised his right arm that was cut off halfway and saw many scalpels coming towards and formed a scalpel arm. Adult Shin stopped sitting on the table and stood up on the floor.

"Ooohhh...?" Adult Shin said, looking at his new right scalpel arm.

Karin didn't say anything as she continued to look at Adult Shin as the Shin clones, in their usual outfits, still surrounded her with their weapons. After a few seconds Karin started to attack with her Adamantine Attacking Chains.

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Kaguya's Mountain Core Dimension.

Sky.

Sarada's POV.

As Sasuke, Naruto, Sarada, and Chocho, in their usual outfits, were flying in Sasuke's Susano'o, Sarada looked at her father serious from behind and thought of her mother, Karin. She started to think about what her father said.

Flashback.

"No... it's my fault... you're not the one who should be apologizing..." Sasuke said.

...

"Karin isn't a weak woman... It's highly probable that by the time we get there, she'll have already taken care of everything." Sasuke said.

Flashback ends.

Sarada now looked at her father sadly. "... This man... Exactly what does he feel towards Mama...? What really happened between the 2 of them?" she thought then started to think of Sayuri smiling brightly. "And what does he think of me and especially Sayuri then... ? If he meets her.."

Sarada was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts when she felt a hand on her left shoulder, she turned to the left to see Naruto smiling at her with his right hand on her left shoulder. She looked up at Naruto for a moment before she smiled then looked forward, grabbing the strap of her backpack with her right hand.

"I need to stop my mind from wandering all over the place right now... It's just as Uncle Naruto said... Right now, all I want is to save my Mama. That's what I need to focus!" Sarada thought, looking serious.

"... It's right around here." Sasuke said. "Naruto, you can pinpoint Karin's location..."

"On it!" Naruto said.

Sarada looked down on the right as she suddenly sensed her mother's location. "She's over there!" she said, pointing with her right index finger.

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Karin's POV.

Karin was getting weak as she was battling Adult Shin, 3 of her chains went back in her body and 3 scalpels were lodged deep into her upper left arm. She panted as she covered her head from the rocks flying near her.

"Damn it!" Karin said.

Karin's eyes widened as she suddenly sensed Sasuke, Naruto, Sarada, and Chocho's chakras coming.

Adult Shin threw a large shuriken made out of scalpels at Karin, it was flying right at her until Sasuke's purple Susano'o came crashing through the cave wall, between Karin and Adult Shin.

"Hngh!" Adult Shin grunted, covering face with his left hand before he uncovered his face. "What was that?!" he thought, turning his head to the right.

Sasuke's Susano'o grabbed Adult Shin with his left hand and started squeezing him as he crushed his bones.

"Gwaaaaaaaah!" Adult Shin yelled in pain.

Sasuke's Susano'o carefully grabbed Karin with his right hand and placed her in his head where Sasuke, Naruto, Chocho, and Sarada are. Karin's Adamantine Attacking Chains returned to her body when she entered Sasuke's Susano'o, she crouched down in pain and exhaustion. She used her right hand to get the scalpels lodged deep in her left arm but couldn't because they were restricting her movements.

"Mama!" Sarada yelled.

As Karin still tried to reach for the scalpels in her upper left arm with her right hand, she heard footsteps and in a few seconds they stopped on the left side of her. Karin looked up at the left to see Sasuke looming over her. Sasuke leaned down a little to Karin.

"Hold still." Sasuke said, before he grabbed the 3 scalpels in Karin's left arm and pulled them out, some of her blood was on them.

Karin panted as she watched Sasuke held up the scalpels and showed his Rinne-Sharingan before he used Amaterasu on the scalpels, the black flames burned them.

"Thank you... Sasuke..." Karin said smiling tiredly up at him, holding her left arm with her right hand.

"You can heal the wound yourself now, right?" Sasuke asked.

"Hai..." Karin said.

Sarada over to her mother and father but stopped halfway as she looked at them for a moment before she smiled delightly at the love between them.

"With his eye powers back at full strength, Sasuke is a force to be reckoned with..." Naruto said.

"Ahhh, why don't I get him as my Dad?!" Chocho asked, putting her hands near her chest. "Why does Sarada get?!"

Sasuke's Susano'o landed on the ground, causing the rocks to break apart below them. The Shin clones watched as Sasuke's Susano'o disappeared, Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Sarada, and Chocho landed on the ground. Adult Shin on the ground with a loud thud, laying on his back as his right scalpel arm disappeared. Karin crouched down on the ground.

"Nghk...!" Adult Shin grunted in pain.

"Your bones have been broken... Mobility will be an issue for you..." Sasuke said. "... We'll take you back to Konoha to find out what you know..."

Adult Shin raised his upper half and his now half right hand in the air, smirking. "Hmph... will you now..." he said. "I'll have to sacrifice all the remaining Shins... And use them as decoys if I hope to get out of this mess..." he thought.

"Now... All of you!" Adult Shin yelled at the Shin clones.

The Shin clones walked over to Adult Shin with their weird kunais. Adult Shin panted loudly. A few seconds later the Shin clones stabbed Adult Shin with their kunais, shocking Adult Shin, Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Sarada, and Chocho.

"Eh?!" Chocho questioned.

"Wh... What are you doing...?" Adult Shin asked, looking at one of them as blood leaked from his mouth.

One of the Shin clones stood above him on a rock. Karin started to sense more Shin clones in the behind the others and also many behind her.

"He made more?!" Karin thought.

"Enough... Father... Now you have become expandable... nothing more than used up, old hunk of flesh..." the Shin clone said, standing above him.

"Y... How dare you...! I... I am the original... Damn it!" Adult Shin yelled.

"Father, your eye powers... Have become feeble and decrepit... from this point forth, we shall be the ones to evolve and progress... That... course of action... is most logical..." One of the Shin clones said.

"... I thought something like this might happen..." Karin said.

"There are so many of them..!" Naruto thought.

Adult Shin, Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Sarada, and Chocho watched as a lot of Shin clones of many forms came out, especially the really big one.

"... When and where... Did all of these come from...?!" Adult Shin asked.

"We made them..." One of the Shin clones said. "We... No longer... need you, Father..."

"Whoaaaa there are so many...! A few chubby ones in there too I see!" Chocho said.

"We'll leave those to you, Chocho!" Sarada said.

"Perhaps, they weren't cloned properly, it seems..." Karin said.

Naruto immediately made a thousand clones as he activated his Multi Shadow-Clone Jutsus and ran after to the many Shin clones and fought them, easily overpowering them. The really big Shin clone started walking forward. Sasuke jumped forward into the air as he activated some of his lower Susano'o and punched the really big Shin clone in the face with his right Susano'o arm, causing the really big Shin clone to grunt in pain and fall backwards.

Adult Shin smirked again.

"... It looks like they even made a gigantic one... Is that a clone, too?" Chocho asked.

Karin and Sarada suddenly sensed the tiny creature was behind them.

"Sarada.. do you sense it to..?" Karin whispered, looking at her daughter.

"Yes, Mama..." Sarada said, looking at her mother.

"You know what to do..." Karin said.

"Right." Sarada said, nodding.

"I see an opening...!" Adult Shin thought.

The Shin clones near Adult Shin were shocked to see him using his Space-Time Ninjutsu.

"I'll need replacement organs..." Adult Shin said.

The tiny creature activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and started using the Space-Time Ninjutsu. Naruto looked behind him and saw the tiny creature using the Space-Time Ninjutsu.

"I may as well take those girls with me!" Adult Shin thought.

Sarada turned around and ran quickly over to the tiny creature.

Sasuke turned around to look at Sarada. "Sarada!" he yelled to his daughter.

Karin and Chocho looked at Sarada run.

"I know what I'm doing!" Sarada yelled.

When Sarada made it she stopped and punched the tiny creature with her left fist, sending a few rocks flying.

"You little!" Sarada yelled.

As Sarada pulled away and stood up she and Karin sensed the chakra in the tiny creature had disappeared.

"So, the creature is dead now..." Karin thought.

Adult Shin suddenly stopped using his Space-Time Ninjutsu. "It's dead..." he said, looking down.

Adult Shin, Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Sarada, and Chocho saw many more Shin clones behind them.

"Ugeeeh...! They are coming from that way, too?!" Chocho asked.

Karin unclutched her left arm and slowly stood up.

"Better give it another shot, huh?" Naruto asked, making the hand signs for the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Karin walked and stood in front of Sarada, covering her daughter with her right hand. "Stand back... Sarada..." she said.

Sarada looked up at her mother, seeing that she was panting and exhausted. "No Mama, I'm doing this because I want to protect you... you're exhausted..." she thought before she looked forward and moved away from her mother as she ran towards the other Shin clones.

Naruto and Karin watched as Sarada ran towards the other Shin clones.

"Ehhh?!" Naruto asked.

One of the other Shin clones threw a kunai with it's right hand.

"Mama... I'll be the one..." Sarada thought before she activated her Sharingan.

Naruto and Chocho looked surprised while Sasuke and Karin smirked as Sarada jumped into the air.

"Who protects you!" Sarada thought before she landed in the center of the other Shin clones and did the Cherry Blossom impact with her left hand, causing the rocks to split apart violently and sending the Shin clones to backwards on the ground.

An angry look was on Sarada's face.

"That's my daughter..." Karin thought.

One of the Shin clones ran up to Naruto and tried to stab him in the chest only for Naruto to grab it with his right hand, cracking it as orange chakra covered his right hand.

Naruto looked down at the Shin clone smirking as his eyes turned red and fox-like and the whisker markings on his cheeks becoming wilder.

"Calm down..." Naruto said smirking.

The Shin clone looked up at Naruto in fear, staring into his eyes with his Mangekyo Sharingan. After a few seconds the Shin clone trembled with fear.

"There's nothing to be afraid of.. if you don't do anything worse than this.. neither will we.." Naruto said.

The Shin clones looked at the Naruto and his clones with fear as sweat covered their faces.

"You're as soft as ever... so then... What are we gonna do about these guys?" Sasuke said, jumping next to Naruto.

"... Ah right... Well, I was thinking... we've got an institution Konoha for helping orphaned children in this situation... I'll talk to their Headmaster there." Naruto said smiling.

"... Hey... these guys seem to have some kind of Sharingan.." Sasuke said, looking down at one of the Shin clones. "Are you sure that institution of yours is going to be able to handle this?"

"... Yeah... but they're still just kids after all.. with proper discipline and training..." Naruto said smiling.

As Sarada stood up on one of the cracked rocks, Chocho ran over to her and stopped on the left side of her.

" You go, Sarada! The Uchiha clan is really amazing, aren't they?! Total superhuman strength!" Chocho yelled.

Sarada turned her head to the left side to look at Chocho, raising her right hand a little, not saying anything.

"Uh?! S.. Sarada? Your eyes... they've become just like your Dad's!" Chocho said.

Sarada turned her head forward again and looked down at her right hand, her fingers curled up. "... Yeah..." she said.

Sarada and Chocho turned to the left as they Karin running over to them.

"Sarada, are you okay?!" Karin asked before she stopped in front of her. "... Please don't worry me like that!" putting her right hand on Sarada's left arm.

"Sorry..." Sarada said, looking up at her mother.

Karin pulled Sarada into a hug. "... I'm so glad you're safe..." she said, closing her eyes.

Sasuke and Naruto watched as Karin was hugging Sarada.

"Mama... you're still injured..." Sarada said, worriedly.

"Don't worry.. I'll be fine in a little while..." Karin said before she slowly let go of her daughter.

Sarada put her hands down.

Karin sighed softly. "I'm sorry for not explaining some things to you but that was no excuse for you leave the the Village without telling me first..." she said. "For Goodness sake she's behaving more like Sasuke every day..." she thought.

Naruto looked at Karin.

"Yeah... I know that... I'm sorry... I understand that now..." Sarada said smiling. "As long as we have our memories and our feelings... and the most important thing of all is that we love each other..."

Karin looked at Sarada confused.

Sarada looked down at the ground sadly and started thinking about all of the memories she had with her Mother and Father before she turned and looked over at her father. "Papa!"

Sasuke looked over at Sarada.

"Do you truly love Mama?" Sarada asked.

"Yeah..." Sasuke said to his daughter.

"But how can you be so certain about that...?" Sarada asked her father.

"Because we have you and Sayuri... Sarada." Sasuke said.

Sarada looked at her mother with wide eyes, who was smiling softly. Sarada felt tears of joy welling up in her eyes.

"I guess... it all worked out, didn't it... Sarada..." Chocho thought smiling.

"Well then... Let's go home, dattebayo...!" Naruto said smiling.

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Sunset.

After taking and dropping all of the Shin clones at the Konohagakure Orphanage with Kabuto and his 'brother' Urushi. Karin used her Heal Bite technique by biting her left hand, healing all of her injuries and fully restoring her chakra. From left to right Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin and a few feet ahead of them was Chocho and Sarada.

As all of them continued to walk, Sasuke suddenly grabbed Karin's left hand with his right hand, Karin turned her head to the left to see Sasuke staring down at her.

"What is it, Sasuke?" Karin asked.

"Our second child, Sayuri... is a girl..?" Sasuke asked.

Karin smiled at Sasuke. "Yes she is and she's 4 years old right now.." she said.

"What is she like?" Sasuke asked.

"She's an adorable little girl who's always happy and full of energy." Karin said.

"So what does she look like?" Sasuke asked.

".. I'll think you should find out for yourself when we get home." Karin said.

...

2 minutes later.

Sasuke, Naruto, Karin, Sarada, and Chocho were now a few feet away from the Konohagakure Gate. Sarada looked behind her to see her parents talking to each other.

"Aw man! It was supposed to be a trip to find my Dad." Chocho said then looked at Sarada.

Sarada looked at Chocho.

"... But in the end, we ended up finding yours, Sarada. Next time it's my turn, so you'd better help out!" Chocho said.

"Um... yeah..." Sarada said nervously, a sweat dropped on the right side of her face.

Chocho turned forward and suddenly stopped, Sarada stopped as well and turned to the direction Chocho was looking to see Ino, in the Konohagakure flak jacket uniform, and Choji, slim and in his usual outfit, were talking to one another by the Konohagakure Gate.

"I can't remember the last time a mission took so much out of me..." Choji said, rubbing the back of his head with his right hand.

"If you wouldn't wait so long between missions, then you wouldn't have to over exert yourself when you actually go out on one!" Ino said.

Chocho's eyes widened. "I just got a feeling about that guy!" she thought.

Chocho ran over to Choji and Ino. "So like... excuse me... but could you possibly be my Dad?" she asked.

Choji put his right hand down from the back of his head as he and Ino looked down at Chocho who stopped right next to Choji.

"What are you saying Chocho? Of course I'm your Dad..." Choji said.

"Ehh?! Seriously?! Is that you, Dad?!"Chocho asked, shocked.

"Ah... Right! Choji... It's been awhile since you've had a figure like that eh?" Ino said looking at Choji smiling. "It's only natural she'd be dumbfounded considering she's never seen you in that form."

"Well, now that you mention it, that does make sense..." Choji said.

"What's is up with that, Dad? Is this like... some ultra, secret technique passed down through the Akimichi clan or something?" Chocho asked.

"Err... yeah... I guess that's one way of putting it...?" Choji said.

"I've totally gotta train in that technique... and I'm talking A.S.A.P.!" Chocho said. "You and me! Starting tomorrow!"

Sarada closed her eyes as she laughed at the display.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin were now a few feet away from Choji, Ino, Sarada, and Chocho then stopped.

"Choji apparently Chocho thought you went missing and was looking all over the place for you..." Naruto said.

"Well, I just got back from a mission, so..." Choji said, looking at Naruto.

Sarada stopped laughing.

"Sasuke-kun?! Wah... long time no see!" Ino said smiling, raising up her right hand as her left hand was close to her chest.

Sarada immediately stepped in front of Ino to block her view of Sasuke, putting up both of her hands.

Ino became confused as she lowered her right hand halfway. "Eh? Wh... What's wrong?" she asked.

Karin laughed nervously as all of them looked at the display.

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Night time.

Sasuke, Karin, and Sarada were walking back home as Naruto went back to the Hokage Mansion while Ino, Choji, and Chocho went back to their homes.

Sarada started to think about what she told Sayuri before she left.

Flashback.

Uchiha clan compound.

Sarada was at home with Sayuri, she had on her backpack and light brown pouch. Sarada was in the living room while Sayuri, in her usual outfit, sat on one of the couches.

"Okay, I'm all set." Sarada said.

"Um Onee-chan, why did you rush to get me from Aunt Hinata?" Sayuri asked.

Sarada walked over to the couch Sayuri was sitting at and kneeled in front of her.

"Shizune-san is going to be watching you in a little while because me and Mama will be away." Sarada said smiling. "And when we get back we'll have a surprise for you."

"A surprise?" Sayuri asked, now smiling.

"Hai." Sarada said, nodding.

"What is it?" Sayuri asked.

"I can't tell you." Sarada said. "You'll have to wait until we show you."

"Okay, Onee-chan." Sayuri said.

"But I will give you a hint. It is something you've never seen before." Sarada said.

Sayuri looked curiously at her old sister. "Huh?" she asked.

"I better go, goodbye Sayuri." Sarada said before she kissed her little sister on the forehead.

"Bye Onee-chan." Sayuri said smiling.

Flashback ends.

"I can't wait to show Sayuri our Papa, she's going to be really excited!" Sarada thought, smiling to herself.

As the 3 of them walked into the Uchiha clan compound, Karin and Sarada sensed Shizune and Sayuri. When they made it to the front yard Shizune, in her usual outfit, almost instantly sliding one of the shoji doors with her right hand and stepped outside, sliding one of the shoji doors close. The Uchiha-Uzumaki family stopped a few feet away.

"Oh you all are finally home." Shizune said smiling.

"Yes thank you for watching Sayuri for us." Karin said.

"Well she's upstairs but she will be out here in a minute." Shizune said then stepped forward. "I have to go I'll see you all later." walking passed them and towards the Uchiha clan compound entrance.

The 3 of them heard footsteps and within a few moments one of the shoji doors slid open again. Sasuke immediately looked to see a little girl with fair skin, black hair in a long ponytail with bangs, and crimson red eyes, wearing, a long-sleeved, high-collared light grey shirt with the Uchiha clan crest on the back of it, and dark blue shorts.

"Mommy, Onee-chan you're back!" Sayuri said before she turned and looked at the unknown man with fair skin, black hair that covered his left eye, wearing a long sleeved high collared black shirt with a grey vest over it, black pants with a purple belt, and black sandals, with black fingerless less gloves, and a black coat, was standing next to her mother and older sister.

"Mommy who is he?" Sayuri asked curiously.

Sarada stepped forward a little. "Sayuri.. he's our Papa.." she said smiling.

Sayuri's eyes widened as she looked at their mother. "Is he..?" she asked.

"Yes.." Karin said, nodding.

Sayuri looked at her father again before she started to remember all of the pictures of him in the house before tears welled up in her eyes.

"Daddy!" Sayuri yelled before she ran over to him.

Sasuke crouched down and held out his arms before Sayuri into them and he picked her up then stood up again.

Sayuri closed her eyes crying as she hugged Sasuke, her head on the left side of her neck. "I... I-I have always wanted to meet you Daddy..." she said.

Sasuke softly rubbed Sayuri's back with his right hand. "I know Sayuri... I've always wanted to meet you as well..." he said.

Karin and Sarada smiled as they watched Sasuke and Sayuri.

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1 and 1/2 hour later.

Karin was in her apron making grilled fish with lemon, rice, miso soup, and hot green tea. Sasuke, Sarada, and Sayuri were waiting at the table. Sasuke was sitting at one of the sides of the table and wasn't wearing his cloak while Sarada was sitting at the left side of the table and Sayuri sat next to their father, chopsticks were on the table beside them. Sarada was now dressed up in her casual out, a red shirt with long white sleeves and red pants. While they were waiting Sayuri was looking up at their father nervously. All of their sandals were at the main shoji doors.

"Daddy is.. really handsome..." Sayuri thought.

Karin was now done cooking and placed 4 grilled fish on 4 beige rectangular plates with a thin slices of lemon near the top edge of the fish's tails, carrying 2 plates at a time with both of her hands. She carried 2 bowls of miso soup on a plate and placed them next to Sasuke and Sayuri 2 more to Sarada and her side. Karin carried 2 bowls of rice on a plate and placed them on her side and Sarada and also the brown cups of green tea.

As Karin carried another 2 bowls of rice on a plate, Sarada picked up her chopsticks with her right hand and looked at their father.

"Hey Papa tomorrow can you teach me another technique?" Sarada asked smiling.

Sasuke and Karin, who was placing a bowl of rice on the right side of Sasuke, were staring at her.

"It's been a long time since you've taught me a jutsu." Sarada said.

"We'll have to see about that later." Sasuke said.

"Okay." Sarada said.

When Karin placed a bowl of rice next to Sarada, she noticed that Sayuri was looking down nervously as her hands were together on her lap.

"I guess Sayuri is a little nervous around her father right now..." Karin thought before she put the plate she was carrying on the counter.

Karin walked over to the table and sat down next to Sarada. They said the Japanese dinner prayer before they started eating.

...

A few hours later.

Sarada was slowly closing Sayuri's door with her right hand after she finished tucking her in bed and she was about to walk to her room until she saw her mother walking over to her.

"What is it, Mama?" Sarada asked.

Karin stopped right in front of Sarada. "Me and your Father need to talk to you." she said.

"Oh." Sarada said.

Karin walked down the hallway and down the stairs Sarada followed her. When Karin and Sarada made it to the living room they saw Sasuke sitting on the left side of the couch next to the bookshelves. Karin sat next to Sasuke.

"So what did you and Papa wanted to talk to me about Mama?" Sarada said as she sat down on the right side of the couch.

"It's about our pasts... we think it's the right time you knew..." Karin said.

Sarada didn't say anything as she continued to stare at her mother and father.

"Okay.. I'll go first.." Karin said sighing, looking at Sarada. "Your Grandparents from my side came from Uzushiogakure, but it was destroyed months before the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, your grandmother was 2 months pregnant with me. People thought that the Uzumakis were too powerful to continue living because of our fuinjutsu. Your grandparents took refuge in Kusagakure on the condition that they help people and go on mission with them. Your grandfather died when I was an infant, I only had 2 pictures of him, one when your grandmother was 5 months pregnant with me and one when I was 1 one years old. Your grandmother always told me that he died when he was a mission. My and my mother lived in a small house but we were happy as long as we were together." Karin said, then looked down sad. "But then 8 years later your grandmother past away, it was morning when she left with Zosui, a man who was always cold hearted to me and your grandmother. She told me about her condition before leaving that morning but still left with him. I waited outside for her like I always did but she didn't come back, at night Zosui forcibly took me to the hospital saying that the village suffered a lot from a surprise attack and my mother healed too many people at once which she died from but had chakra in her body that lasted months as she was an Uzumaki. I was forced to heal others for years. The only reasoned I entered the Chunin Exams was for to heal my team. If I failed to complete something or if I was tired they would always insult me and say that an outsider couldn't do it. When I looked at the people that I have healed I always feared that I will die just like your grandmother. One night I sensed a huge group of people approaching the village, I tried to warn them but they ignored me. I thought to myself, why am I warning people who used me a lot, so I grabbed my belongings and quickly left Kusagakure, sensing their chakras decrease especially Zosui's. A few days later I was captured by 2 men who instantly knew I was an Uzumaki, I was going to be sold on the black market until Orochimaru saved me and told me if I followed him he wouldn't let people touch me. And I worked for him only healing specific experiments until your father killed him once and formed Hebi then renamed Taka, and that's my life."

Sarada looked at her mother shocked and sad.

"When I was 8 years old most of the Uchiha clan was slaughtered. After a long day of training I returned fearing I was late as the sun had already set and the full moon was up at night. When I returned I saw the streets littered with the bodies of the Uchiha, with blood, shuriken and kunai on the walls and doors. I fearfully only rushed home to notify your grandparents of this Uchiha Clan Massacre, only to find your Uncle Itachi standing over the bodies of your now dead grandparents in their room. I tried to solicit help and comfort from your Uncle only for him to throw a shuriken at me and placed under a Tsukuyomi torment me with visions of him murdering our clan. I demanded to know why he had slaughtered their our clan. He claimed that he had murdered everyone to test his strength. I ran at him to attack him but he overpowered me when he punched me in the stomach. I was scared that I would be next so ran outside and begged to live but your Uncle Itachi cornered me and explained that was not even worth killing. Only by becoming stronger, such as by acquiring my own Mangekyō Sharingan, could I prove a worthwhile challenge to your Uncle Itachi's abilities. Your Uncle encouraged me to hate him, to desire revenge, and to gain power from that. I immediately followed through, pursuing your Uncle and using me newly-awakened Sharingan to attack him with kunai. My attack failed and I passed out, but not before glimpsing your Uncle crying. I was now one of the last surviving Uchiha that night. I spent the first few days after the massacre wandering our clan's compound, reflecting on the people who were now gone, killed by your Uncle Itachi. I've decided to do what Itachi had instructed and dedicated my life to vengeance, having no other interest than bringing about your Uncle's death. I threw myself into my studies and training at the Academy, making no efforts to form friendships and ignoring all of the girls' attempts to gain my affection." Sasuke said.

"That's really... horrible..!" Sarada thought, looking at her father sadly.

"After graduating from the Academy, I was added to Team 7, which was Naruto and Sakura, under the leadership of Kakashi Hatake. I made it clear during their first meeting how little interest in the team I have, my only goal in life being to kill your Uncle. To test our qualifications, Kakashi gave us a bell test, stating that whichever of the three takes one of the two bells on his person will officially become genin. I was close to taking a bell from him but failed. I ultimately fail, just like Naruto and Sakura. Kakashi explains that the goal of the test was to use teamwork, to do together what none of us could do by ourselves. Kakashi was persuaded to allow us to try again after lunch, but instructs me and Sakura not to feed Naruto. We feed him anyway, needing him in top-form if we're going to work together. Kakashi secretly sees this and, because we care more about the team than listening to his instructions, allows us all to pass. After a series of missions Kakashi decides to enter us in the Chūnin Exams taking place in Konoha. During the exam's first stage, the participating genin are given a written test. I was unable to answer any of the questions, causing him to realise that the purpose of the first stage is to cheat without getting caught. Your mother apart of the exams and she knew all of the answers so she didn't have to cheat. his Sharingan to mimic the pencil movements of other examinees. Our team continues to the second stage in the Forest of Death, where to pass we must obtain a pair of scrolls, one of which we are given at the start, the other of which they must take from another team. Soon after entering, I discover that what appears to be Naruto was an Ame-nin in disguise. I drove off and located the real Naruto. To prevent this from happening again, I came up with a complicated password that we shared to confirm their identities in case we get separated. We were immediately attacked and, when we regrouped, Naruto correctly recites the password. Knowing Naruto could never have remembered the password, I attacked the impostor. The impostor was Orochimaru, was far too strong for us to contend with and may very well killed us. I tried to forfeit our scroll in exchange for our lives, but Naruto, upon locating them, stops me, believing I may also be an enemy ninja in disguise because he knew I would never surrender. Naruto engages Orochimaru in combat and defeated his snake, and calls me a scaredy-cat before Orochimaru finally renders him unconscious. I was amazed by Naruto's performance and was encouraged by Sakura, I picked up where I lefted off by pinning Orochimaru down and attacking him with the Dragon Fire Technique. Orochimaru is impressed by me and brands me with a Cursed Seal of Heaven on my neck to reward me before leaving. The pain of the cursed seal overwhelmed me and I passed out. I regained consciousness, I found Sakura badly injured, Rock Lee defeated in battle, and Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji defending them from Team Dosu, an Oto-team. I questioned Sakura on the identity of who hurt her, which Zaku Abumi takes credit for. Under the cursed seal's influence, I attacked Zaku and broke both of his arms. He prepares to do the same to Zaku's team-mates, but Sakura's pleas for him to stop bring him back to his senses and the cursed seal recedes. The genin teams go their separate ways and we spends several days recuperating from their ordeals. I was getting some water when I found your mother being attacked by a large bear after her team mates went looking for a scroll. When I walked back we were found by Kabuto and it was the last day of the second stage, we were going look for the second scroll that we still need. We were found by Team, who Naruto distracts while the rest of us sneaks up behind and knocked them out. Sasuke said.

"This must have been very difficult for Papa..." Sarada thought.

"With two scrolls, our Team is able to advance to the preliminary round. I was paired against Yoroi Akadō for the first match. Before the fight starts, Kakashi warns me that use of the cursed seal will disqualify me. Because I can't use chakra without the cursed seal activating, I was forced to only use taijutsu, something that proves difficult when Yoroi absorbs my chakra whenever he gets close. I ended up mimicking the portion of Rock Lee's Front Lotus that I saw a few days earlier, inventing the Lion Combo to defeat Yoroi. Afterwards, Kakashi takes me aside, even though I wanted to see who I would be fighting in the future, and uses the Evil Sealing Method on my cursed seal so that it won't flare up as often. I lose consciousness from the application and by the time I wakes up the preliminaries are already the final matches taking place in a month, I was faced against Gaara ofSunagakure in the first round. In order to prepare me for this fight, and to give me an alternative to the cured seal's power, Kakashi teaches me how to use the Chidori and helps me further emulate Lee's speed and fighting style. Our training runs long and I in fact arrives late for my match, but I found that they waited for him because the audience has anticipated the fight so much. I use my speed to attack Gaara from multiple angles in a short time, leaving his Shield of Sand unable to block everything. Gaara surrounds himself with his sand so that I won't bother him while he prepares for the fight. I was unable to get through the shield with physical attacks, I pierced it with Chidori. Gaara's arm is wounded and his shield dissolves, but not before I briefly senses Shukaku within him. Before the fight can continue, and someone placed a genjutsu on the stadium. The proctor sends me after the escaping Gaara. Kankurō attempts to delay me, but Shino appears to fight Kankurō in Sasuke's place. By the time I caught up with him, Gaara is already in the process of transforming into Shukaku. Gaara attacks with increased speed and strength, which Sasuke is only narrowly able to avoid. He counters with Chidori and succeeds in injuring Gaara yet again, but Gaara is still able to continue fighting; Sasuke, who has already reached his limit of using Chidori twice a day, is low on options. He is able to use a third Chidori by using his cursed seal, but is left paralysed afterwards and at Gaara's mercy. I was saved by the timely arrival of Naruto and Sakura, sent by Kakashi to provide assistance. Sakura is quickly captured and Naruto initially struggles against Gaara. I volunteered to use what little strength I still had to distract Gaara while Naruto escapes with Sakura, but Naruto was unwilling to do so. Instead, Naruto taps into a mysterious chakra source, creates a thousand shadow clones, and soon afterwards summons Gamabunta, each of which amazed me. Naruto ultimately defeats Gaara, but he's not able to move. I collected him and took him back to Konoha with Sakura. A few days later, we attended the Third Hokage's funeral." Sasuke said.

"So that's how the Third Hokage die... and so much has happened...?!" Sarada thought.

"While I was recuperating, I reflected on my encounter with your Uncle Itachi and I was upset that, after all this time, he was still so much stronger than I was. I was also jealous of Naruto who, despite being the worst student in our Academy class, has seemingly surpassed me, evidenced by his defeat of Gaara. I was determined to prove myself to be superior so I challenged Naruto to a fight when he comes to visit me in the hospital. At first Naruto refuses because I was still in no condition to fight, but I persisted and Naruto agrees. Our fight escalates quickly, culminating with me using Chidori and Naruto using Rasengan. Kakashi arrives and deflects our attacks into opposing water towers before we can clash. I initially believed my Chidori was at least stronger based on the damage to our respective water towers, but on closer examination finds that Naruto's water tower is destroyed. I left, jealous of Naruto's development. Kakashi tracks me down afterwards and lectures me saying the Chidori is supposed to be used to protect friends, not attack them. Kakashi reminds me that, no matter how painful the losses of the past are, it would be worse to lose the friends I still have. Kakashi leaves me to think over what he said, and I become conflicted between my desire for revenge and my friendship with Naruto and Sakura. Before I could take Kakashi's words to heart, I was confronted by the Sound Four. Sent by Orochimaru, the Sound Four fought with me to test my abilities and quickly defeat me. I tried using my cursed seal to gain the upper-hand, but I discovered that they each have cursed seals also. The Sound Four offer to take me to Orochimaru so that I can gain strength like theirs, which I'll never achieve if I remained in Konoha. I was desperate to become stronger than your Uncle, I decided to take the Sound Four up on the offer and leave during the night. As I approached the village's exit I was met by Sakura, who tried to persuade me to stay so as not to break up Team 7. When I refused her offer, Sakura confesses her love for me and asked to be allowed to accompany me at the very least. I refused again so she threatens to call for help. I stopped her by knocking her out, but thanked her before I do. I meet the Sound Four outside the village and they started guiding me to Orochimaru. Once we were far enough away from Konoha, the Sound Four gave me some medication that will mature my cursed seal to a second, stronger stage. I was left unconscious while my body adjusts to the drug, but when I finally woke up hours later my body was much stronger. I was ecstatic, I continued on to Orochimaru by myself, paying little attention to the Sound Four's ongoing battle with Naruto, Neji, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Choji. When I made it to The Finally Valley I battled with Naruto which ended with me standing over an unconscious Naruto, wounded and with no energy left to finish him. I've decided not to kill him since that's what your Uncle Itachi would want him to do, and he refuses to let Itachi decide his actions. I leave my forehead protector behind with Naruto and continues on to Orochimaru by himself. When he finally reaches Orochimaru's lair I discovered that Orochimaru has already found a new body. But I was unconcerned, only wanting whatever power Orochimaru can give me." Sasuke said.

Sarada stayed silent for a moment. "So... what happened next..?" she asked.

"Well 2 and 1/2 years later after learning under Orochimaru and defeating hundreds of Otogakure forces in a training match without receiving a scratch and without killing my opponents, I've decided there's nothing else I can learn from him. So I decided to kill Orochimaru before I go, I found Orochimaru's pursuit of power for power's sake distastefully similar to your Uncle Itachi. Because his current host body is in the process of rejecting him anyway, Orochimaru vacates it and attempts to take mines. I repel the attacks and cut up his body, but the exposure to fluids in Orochimaru's body paralyses me, allowing Orochimaru to initiate the Living Corpse Reincarnation. Orochimaru starts imprisoning me within his own subconscious, but I reversed the process with Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, imprisoning Orochimaru in my subconscious. Before I lefted the base, I released Suigetsu from the tank he was kept stored in and invited him to join a team I was forming. When I explained that I've dealt with Orochimaru, he tests his abilities to make sure my victory wasn't a fluke and, satisfied, agrees to join me. We travel to another hideout to recruit your mother, and release the prisoners kept there so that she won't have other commitments. She refuses to join their team, but claims that she happens to be going in the same direction as they are but decided to join in the end. We visited another hideout to recruit Jūgo, the origin of Orochimaru's cursed seals. As we approached we were confronted by a horde of escaped cursed seal recipients, but easily deal with them all. Although we located Jūgo easily enough in his cell, he is unwilling to go with us, afraid that he'll kill us in a violent rage. When Sasuke demonstrates that he can keep Jūgo's rage under control, he agrees to go with us." Sasuke said.

"Your father took us to Sora-ku to stock up on supplies, after which he explains that our team, called Hebi, has been assembled for the sole reason of finding and killing your Uncle Itachi. Then we split up to search for leads. While me, Jugo, and Suigetsu were trying to gather information your father was fighting Deidara. He ended up commiting suicide trying to kill your father but he was unsuccessful at it as he summoned Manda and hid inside him. When I ran into Jugo I sensed his and Suigetsu's location. As all of us wregroupedd we took your father to an inn to recover. After a few hours your father was still resting and I went out to get supplies, I suddenly sensed the many chakras approaching our location so I warned your father and we immediately left the inn and I used your father's old clothing as a means to distract the squad from catching us. Your father took us to one of the nearby Akatsuki bases that Jūgo learned about. He went in by himself and found your Uncle Itachi's clone waiting for him. Your father attacked and defeats him with his Chidori Sharp Spear, impressing him enough to divulge where your real Uncle Itachi is before it, a crow clone of him, disperses. Your father lead me, Jugo, and Suigetsu towards your Uncle's approach the Uchiha Hideout where he is waiting, Kisame, one of your Uncle's associates, stopped us and allows only your father to proceed." Karin said.

"Okay." Sarada said.

"When I made it we were finally face to face, me and your Uncle first started by trading genjutsu, within which we did taijutsu attacks. During a temporary lull, I questioned him about a suspicion I longed had: that someone helped him kill the Uchiha clan. He confirmed he was helped by Madara Uchiha, one of the Hidden Leaf Village's founders, but I didn't believe him. He started explaining Madara's history, also revealing that use of the Mangekyō Sharingan eventually causes blindness, which can only be cured by taking the eyes of a sibling. He was intending to take my eyes for just this reason, he used Tsukuyomi on me, which I was able to break out of it. Me and your Uncle Itachi decided to stop using genjutsu and switch to ninjutsu. The volleys of our attacks quickly spill outside, where he and I compared our Great Fireballs. When I started to pull ahead, he used Amaterasu, igniting me and seemingly killing me. They were always known as inextinguishable black flames and that was my first time seeing them. He started approaching me to take my eyes, I had shed my skin to escape the Amaterasu, then attacked with multiple Great Dragon Fire Techniques. He avoided them, but I told him that he wasn't my target. The storm clouds gathered and lightning brews, allowing me to attack him with Kirin. The hideout is destroyed and I briefly believed that I had won, only for him to reveal that he has survived thanks to his Susanoo. I was angry that he could endure my strongest attack and having exhausted my own chakra reserves, I activated the level two of my cursed seal. I heard Orochimaru inside me, sensing my desperation, calls out to me from within my subconscious, promising to help me if I let him out. I complied and Orochimaru emerges from my body, attacking your Uncle with his Eight Branches Technique. Your Uncle used Susanoo to behead Orochimaru's jutsu, but he isn't concerned, having decided to take my body while I was still weak. Your Uncle stops him by stabbing him with the Sword of Totsuka, sealing him away and removing the cursed seal from my body. Your Uncle approaches Sasuke, repeating his intention to take Sasuke's eyes, and Sasuke makes futile attempts to keep him away. Susanoo continues to protect him, but it degrades as he labours near and he started coughing up blood. When he finally reached me, he appeared to grab my eyes but instead only pokes my forehead. Itachi smiled, apologizing to me before saying this is the end before falling dead. I was confused about what has happened, but smiled anyway for finally avenging the Uchiha clan before I passed out." Sasuke said.

Sarada looked up at her father with wide eyes. "That's how Uncle Itachi died?!" she thought.

"Shortly after Zetsu came and stopped Kisame and Suigetsu from fighting then he notified us that your father had won and told us where he was resting." Karin said.

"When I woke up I noticed that I was in a cave with a candle. I heard a voice and saw Tobi came out from the shadows. Tobi revealed to me that he is a survivor of the Uchiha Clan Downfall and partially removed his mask in order to show me his Sharingan. Suddenly, my left Sharingan immediately activates and transformed into your Uncle's Mangekyō Sharingan, igniting Tobi with Amaterasu. After he fleed and returned moments later, Tobi explained that your Uncle must have passed down the Amaterasu to me and have it rigged to go off if he made eye contact with my Sharingan. I wondered why your Uncle would have done such a thing, and Tobi said that he knows many things about your Uncle that I did not, including the fact that he was trying to protect me. I found it hard to believe that your Uncle was protecting me, I told Tobi that your Uncle was the one who murdered the Uchiha clan. Tobi then told me that your Uncle did not cause the massacre single-handedly, he revealed that he helped and that he is none other than 'Madara Uchiha'. He asked me to remember the memories of your Uncle when I was younger, it caused me to remember talking to him when we were younger as to why the crest of the Konoha Military Police Force bore the insignia of our clan. I was unable to process the information, I lashed out at 'Madara' and passes out soon after. I woke up a few hours later, I found myself tied up with rope. Madara told me that your Uncle's fate is linked to the events of the Warring States Period as your Uncle's decision to murder the Uchiha clan was in actuality a mission given to him by the higher-ups in Konoha, and that it is a tale that he believed I should know; he also said that your Uncle had passed down his Amaterasu to prevent me from hearing the story. I agreed to listen, and 'Madara' began telling his story. Back during the era of the Warring States, where many villages attacked one another in an attempt to increase their borders or military strength, two clans stood out as the most powerful clans — the Uchiha clan and the Senju Clan. The Senju clan was led by Hashirama Senju, whom Madara had fought many times. One day, after a long time of fighting, both the Uchiha clan and the Senju came to a peace treaty, with only Madara being against it. However, as leader of the clan, Madara went along with the clan's wishes and together they formed Konohagakure. However, when it came time to choose the Hokage who would rule the village, Hashirama was chosen, leaving Madara incensed that he was not. He attempted to convince the Uchiha clan to protest the Senju government, but was shunned by his own clan for wanting to start another conflict; to make matters worse, the clan believed that he had killed his own younger brother and had stolen his Mangekyō Sharingan, with Madara revealing to me that his brother had done so willingly. In an attempt to get revenge on the village, Madara fought with Hashirama using the Nine-Tailed Fox at what would later become known as the Valley of the End. Many shinobi, Hashirama included, believed that Madara had died during that final conflict. Over time, Hashirama's younger brother Tobirama Senju was chosen to be the Second Hokage, and as an act of "trust" towards the Uchiha clan, he had delegated all of them to the police force, thus barring them from high-ranking positions within the Senju government. Some of our Uchiha clansmen began to inherit Madara's will and ideology and did not like the idea of being the Senju's lackeys. Nonetheless, the Uchiha clan did nothing about it until sixteen years prior, when the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha. Since the Sharingan is able to control the tailed beast, the government had placed our Uchiha clan under suspicion of the attack and had forced them to relocate on the outskirts of the village. Thus, the Uchiha clan began to plan a coup d'état in order to overthrow the Senju government. I didn't know anything about it because I was so young and your grandfather planned it. Madara reveals that except for the Third Hokage, the other members of the government approved the decision to keep the Uchiha clan under observation. He also revealed to me that your Uncle was an Anbu tasked with spying on the Uchiha clan who was eventually ordered to exterminate them, and that the only people who knew the truth were Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, the two advisors of the Konoha Council, Danzō Shimura of the Anbu and the Third Hokage himself. I asked him 'why would your Uncle betray the Uchiha clan?'. But when your Uncle was four, he had witnessed the deaths of many during the Third Shinobi World War, and thus developed a pacifist nature. Your grandfather was the mastermind behind the coup d'état that would have had the Uchiha clan overthrow the Senju government. In order to aid in his coup, your grandfather had your Uncle placed within the Anbu so he would serve as a spy for us. However, your Uncle's loyalty was not towards our clan, but towards the village, and wanted to do what was best for Konohagakure. Thus, the Konoha Council and Danzō Shimura had exploited that trait and had him spy on the Uchiha clan for them. When the Third Hokage was unable to come to a peaceful negotiation with the Uchiha clan, the elders decided to eliminate us. Your Uncle was tasked with a hard decision — allow our clan to carry out its coup, causing the destabilisation of their village, deaths of countless innocent people as well as incite neighbouring nations to invade them, potentially starting the Fourth Shinobi World War, or to exterminate our clan in order to prevent a war and the numerous casualties that would come with it. Madara tells me that around that time, he had infiltrated Konoha in order to have his vengeance on the village itself as well as our Uchiha clan who had shunned him. Your Uncle was the only person who had known he was still alive and had managed to locate him, and had proceeded to offer him a counter proposal — he would help Madara extinguish the Uchiha clan in exchange for sparing the village, which he had readily agreed to. However, while your Uncle had managed to murder your grandmother, grandfather, and his lover, Izumi Uchiha he was unable to kill me, and thus had spared my life. Following our clan's massacre, 'Madara' and your Uncle had split their ways while your Uncle, reporting the mission's success to the village, had left Konoha; however, he had asked the Third Hokage to keep me safe from harm and threatened to leak the village's intelligence to unallied nations otherwise. I refused to accept Madara's story, I claimed that your Uncle was pure evil and had murdered our clan to test the limits of his abilities, that he was nothing more than a criminal who joined the Akatsuki, and that your Uncle had no reason to protect me, I citied that your Uncle would not have used his Mangekyō Sharingan against me if he was not trying to kill me. Madara said to me that your Uncle's goal, other than implanting the Amaterasu within me, was to seal away Orochimaru as well as my Cursed Seal of Heaven, a feat that was only capable if he had reduced me chakra levels to our bare minimum. Madara also divulged that following the Konoha Crush, your Uncle's true motive for returning to the village was to make sure that I would be kept safe from the likes of Danzō following the Third's death, and that he was also spying on the Akatsuki from within for Konoha's sake. I still tried to deny it until he said that I was still alive and I started to remember. I started to cry as I recalled the memories of your Uncle I had before our clan's massacre and how much I had loved and respected Itachi. I then declared that I renamed our team from Hebi to Taka, and that our new mission is to destroy Konohagakure. I awakened my own Mangekyō Sharingan in the process." Sasuke said.

"Mama.. Papa.. and Team Taka really went along with Papa's plan...?!" Sarada thought shocked.

"After awhile Madara found me staring up at a full moon, I claimed that every time I do so, I was reminded of that fateful night. I told him that I was able to access repressed memories of that night, including awakening my Sharingan for the first time and chasing after your Uncle, who looked back at me as tears fell down his face. I had believed that I had imagined it, but the memory of the tears convinced me that the story I heard was true. In their hideout, Tobi asks Sasuke what his intentions are, and I responded that I planned to kill the elders of Konoha to avenge your Uncle and our clan but I didn't care what happened to the villagers. Tobi then proposed to me and Taka that we should work together to find the tailed beasts in order to achieve our goals. Madara explained that there are nine of them, whom the First Hokage used to control and use to settle conflicts. As a sign of the nations' alliance, the First Hokage had given a tailed beast to every nation. Madara asked us to join the Akatsuki since they are low on manpower, following the recent deaths of their many members, and tasked us with capturing the Eight-Tails while the Akatsuki capture Naruto, as he was the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails." Sasuke said. "Before I left Madara wanted to talk to me alone about my goal to destroy Konoha would be halted by your Uncle Itachi's goal of saving it. I responded that I held the two members of the Konoha Council and Danzō Shimura responsible and thus would kill them, as those three were the ones who ordered Itachi to murder our Uchiha clan, including your grandparents. I told Madara that your Uncle was unable to kill me that night because he viewed my life as more precious than the village itself was; similarly, I found that your Uncle's life was more precious than the village's, and wished to slaughter everyone who lives in Konoha, stating that they are all equally as guilty for living in the safe and peaceful environment that your Uncle had sacrificed everything for. I've noticed Madara's unresponsive manner, I reminded the Uchiha that while the former may write me off as an emotional brat, I didn't not care for anyone who thinks of me in a different manner and that my love for your Uncle and the subsequent inconsolable grief that came after his death would cause me to assassinate anybody who stood in my way."

Sarada looked at her father widened eyes.

"On our travel to find the Eight-Tails, we captured a shinobi from Kumogakure and your father used his Mangekyō Sharingan's genjutsu to interrogate his decision, who revealed that the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki is a man with a tattoo on his right shoulder and numerous blades in his possession, and that he is at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning. After arriving at the valley, we find ourselves face-to-face with an annoying rapper named Killer B, who is the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails. Suigetsu attempts to attack him with his Excutioner's Blade, only for Killer B to use his strength to pry the blade away from him; Jūgo attempted to attack as well, but Killer B used the Excutioner's Blade to defeat him. Seeing his defeated teammates, your father decided to step up and handle the jinchūriki himself, he said that he wished to acquire the tailed beast in order to use the Akatsuki in his quest to destroy Konoha. With his Sword of Kusanagi in hand, your father went up against Killer B. Killer B, in possession of Suigetsu's Excutioner's Blade, attempted. to strike at your father, only for the latter to pin his sword into the ground to balance himself as he kicked Killer B in the neck. Your father managed to loosen Killer B's grip on the Excutioner's Blade and returned it to Suigetsu. He would've attacked your father but the annoying idiot decided to write something down in his book. As the Excutioner's Blade was taken away from him, Killer B unleashed his seven swords and wielded them using various parts of his body. Your father attempted to hit Killer B with his Sword of Kusanagi: Chidori Katana, only for Killer B to infuse his own Lightning Release into his swords, blocking the attack. Your father continued to go on the offensive, using his Sharingan to keep track of the swords, but nearly missed Killer B attempting a heel kick, your father avoided the kick but ends up being severely impaled by two of Killer Bee's swords." Karin said. "I quickly dragged your father away while Jugo and Suigetsu distracted Killer B. I quickly removed the swords from your father before I told him to bite me, I transferred some of my chakra to heal your father's near-fatal wounds, as Killer B attempts to take the opportunity to kill him; however, Suigetsu blocks the attack with his Executioner's Blade. Killer B's Lightning Release swords begin to slice through Suigetsu's blade, but your father recovers enough to use his Chidori to counter Killer B's chakra. I sat out, I was a little exhausted from healing your father, the your father, Jugo, and Suigetsu decided to attack Killer B in tandem, with Suigetsu advising that they not hold back. Killer B manages to use his Disturbance Taijutsu to land a hit on Suigetsu, grinding his fist into the other's chest, only for Suigetsu to trap Killer B's fist with his Hydrification Technique. With Killer B unable to move out of the way, Suigetsu tells your father to hit them both, and your father used his Chidori on Killer B as he is wet, the water conducting the electricity and shocking both of Suigetsu and Killer B. As Killer B laid there dazed, Jūgo attempted to hit him from above, only for Killer B to jump out of the way. We all noticed that Killer B disappeared when Jugo attacked him. I used my Mind's Eye of the Kagura technique to locate him before your father rushed towards him. I think Killer B realized that we were determined to capture him, then he went into his Version 1 form, growing chakra tails, your remembered when your Uncle Naruto did the same during their battle. Your father used his Mangekyō Sharingan." Karin said.

"I was able to dodge Killer B's tailed form, only for the jinchūriki to go after the your mother, Suigetsu, and Jugo. Jūgo transformed before he used his jet boosters to save himself, your mother, and Suigetsu, though he latter falls into the surrounding body of result of Killer B slamming into the ground causes large clouds of smoke to appear before us. I asked your mother if they were alright before I went back to battling Killer B, who attempted to rush at me, I used my Mangekyo enhanced genjutsu on him. However, Killer B snaps out of the genjutsu instantly and uses his Lightning Release: Lariat to punch me, rupturing my neck, chest, and my organs. Killer B said that genjutsu does not work jinchūriki who have complete control of their tailed beast since the beast's chakra could snap the host out of any genjutsu." Sasuke said.

"Your father was laying there dying, I was about to heal him again until Jūgo stopped me as he used his Piston Fist: Style One to punch the jinchūriki and proceeds to use his Cellular Regeneration Ejection to heal your father, he said that your father would not die from it since he is compatible with the cursed seal; however, the process causes Jūgo to regress in physical age, giving him the appearance of a young child. Killer B entered into a full transformation, unleashing the Eight-Tailed Ox from within. As he attempted to attack me, your father, and Jugo, until Suigetsu used the surrounding water to create a form that resembled a demon-like fish, and blocks Killer B's attack. In this form, Suigetsu was able to face the Eight-Tails head on while me, your father, and Jūgo try to flee. In order to prevent our escape, Killer B fired his Tailed Beast Ball at us, although Suigetsu's form is able to absorb all the damage himself, saving us." Karin said.

"I was shocked at the fact that Suigetsu was willing to risk his life for him and how your mother and Jūgo had healed me from fatal injuries at their own expense, I was reminded of Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura. I wanted to protect my teammates, my left Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyō and proceeded to use Amaterasu, I set the tailed beast on fire. Killer B attempts to use a tentacle to crush your mother but I used my Chidori Sharp Spear to slice the tentacle off so she wouldn't get crushed; however, another tentacles manages to hit your mother and she was instantly unconscious as she was engulfed in the black flames as well. Jugo thought that we should abandoned her before we could get caught in it. But I didn't want to leave your mother behind. I was desperate to save your mother's life, I tried and my left Mangekyō managed to extinguish the flames, I was surprised as my eyes were bleeding. I told Jugo to grab your mother to safety. I realized that I can control the flames, I put out the Amaterasu, revealing an unconscious Killer B. Jūgo and I begin our walk back to the hideout, carrying your unconscious mother and Killer B, as well as Suigetsu, who has been rendered to a jelly-like state. Jūgo asks if I was okay physically, as I had lost my Cursed Seal of Heaven in my fight with your Uncle and subsequently did not recover completely from said fight. I admit that I did not expect a fight of such magnitude, but I stated that at least we managed to succeed in our mission." Sasuke said.

"You risked your's and the team's lives to save Mama's life...?" Sarada asked.

"I care about your mother..." Sasuke said then looked at Karin. "And I still do."

Karin blushed lightly as she looked down.

"Papa really does love Mama.. even back then..." Sarada thought smiling.

Sasuke turned back to Sarada. "As a few hours past we were almost to the Akatsuki hideout but your mother and Suigetsu were still unconscious as they were being carried by Jugo and I carried Killer B. When we made it I handed Killer B over to 'Madara'. I began to leave until he asked me where was I going; I said that first, I would tend to my wounds, and then proceed to destroy Konohagakure." he said.

"After a few days we were still resting in a hideout in Kumogakure. Suigetsu was whining at the fact that his Excutioner's Blade was left behind in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, me and him argued until Jugo stopped us. Suigetsu asked your father whether the Akatsuki would really hand over the power of a tailed beast to us. Your father said he didn't know and that we didn't need that power now that he possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan. I noticed that something was wrong with your father when he accidentally knocked over his glass of water, but as he brushed it off saying it was nothing but I knew he was lying." Karin said then looked at Sasuke before she looked back at Sarada. "I immediately detected an enemy outside our base and noticed we must have been followed, your father and Jūgo went to investigate it and they came back with an Kumogakure ninja. We abandoned the hideout as we know that more would come soon."

"When I done recovering in our other hideout, I wondered where Suigetsu was, but your mother said he went 2 or 3 days ago and hasn't returned yet. But soon after, Suigetsu show up through the door wielding his Excutioner's Blade, he said that he had travelled all the way back to the Valley of Clouds and Lightning just to retrieve it. With Suigetsu's return, I mobilized Taka and notifies them that we were to head to Konoha right away. We continue on our path towards Konoha, only to be blocked by Madara. I told Madara that Taka has left the Akatsuki, but Madara explains that we blundered in our attempt to catch the Eight-Tails and thus must make amends. His associate, Zetsu, appears and notifies Madara that Danzō has been made Hokage, but I angry and annoyed by this, since Danzō was one of Konoha's elders who forced your Uncle to massacre the Uchiha clan. Madara reveals that Konoha had been destroyed by Pain while Zetsu notifies us that a Five Kage Summit has been called. Zetsu notified all of us that it was Naruto who defeated Pain, citing that Naruto may be stronger than your father now. Your father told us that our new objective is to head to the Five Kage Summit to kill Danzō. Madara approved the plan, and Zetsu splits himself into two — Black Zetsu and White Zetsu. White Zetsu lead us to the summit's location while Black Zetsu stayed back with Madara. It was really weird to see that. Once we made it Zetsu identified what Danzo looked like. We stayed there for awhile until your father silently told us to head out we slipped by the samurai guards and I noticed that Zetsu wasn't following us anymore. After a few minutes I sensed that the guards were looking for us thanks to Zetsu. Me, Jugo, and Suigetsu hid while your father decided to fight first. Before your father started battling I was able to sense the change in his chakra, I stated it was more ominous than the second stage of his cursed seal and it was colder. Your father was fighting against the samurai soldiers, easily killing them. Suigetsu also noticed the change in your father's behaviour, as he had previously said don't kill anyone. Moments later I suddenly sensed the Fourth Raikage, C, and Darui coming our way, the crashed through the ceiling before they joined the battle, with the Raikage activating his Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Darui uses his Lightning Release: Wave of Inspiration to keep your father at bay while the Raikage rushed forward to attack your father, only for the blow to be blocked by Jūgo. C uses his Lightning Release: Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar to induce a bright genjutsu, but your father dispelled it with his Sharingan. However, both Darui and the Raikage use the opportunity to launch an attack, Suigetsu joins the fray and uses his Executioner's Blade to block the Raikage's attack while Jūgo held off the brunt of Darui's 's blade is broken from the clash and continues to fight Darui, who orders C to locate Karin. Using her Chakra Suppression Technique, Karin is able to hide, while Sasuke paralyses C with his Genjutsu: Sharingan to take him out. Jūgo, who had purposely tapped into his homicidal nature and had entered into full Sage Transformation, tries to kill the Raikage with his Multiple Lotus Nonself Connected Cannons, only for the kage to survive unscathed. With Jūgo being injured, Sasuke decides to face the Raikage himself." Karin said.

"As I fought with the Fourth Raikage. My Chidori managed to make contact with the Fourth's torso, despite him being cloaked in his Lightning Release Chakra Mode. The Raikage praised me, telling me that he was impressed and that my technique was similar to Kakashi's. He then proceeds to use his esteemed taijutsu and attacked me with his Liger Bomb, a technique that no one has supposedly survived. I activated my partial Susanoo to shield myself from the Liger Bomb, although the ribs of my Susanoo have been snapped. I used Mangekyō Sharingan and I attempted to burn the Raikage with my Amaterasuu, only him to dodge it and it burned the samurai standing behind him. The Raikage rushed towards me in order to attack me through the Susanoo, but I used my left eye to manipulate the black flames to shield the Susanoo it caused the Raikage's left arm to burn. Despite the flames, the Raikage wanted to finish me with his Guillotine Drop, I decided to shield myself with my Inferno Style: Flame Control to shape the black flames to protect me. But the battle was stopped abruptly by Gaara, who uses his sand to negate both mine and the Raikage's attacks. Gaara wanted to talk to me and tried to convince me to shed the darkness and return to the light; my eyes bleeding from using the Mangekyō, I merely stated that what I wanted to exist only in darkness. They tried to eliminate me, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari, along with Darui, decide to attack me together. Darui fired his Storm Release: Laser Circus while Kankurō, unleashed his Red Secret Technique: Puppet Triad; Temari employed her Wind Release: Cyclone Scythe Jutsu and Gaara attacked with his Sand Shower Barrage. However, all four of their attacks were blocked by my Susanoo, that I have now fully formed, and the latter proudly declared it as the ultimate defence for those who possess the Mangekyō Sharingan in both eyes." Sasuke said.

"While you're father was still fighting and Jugo and Suigetsu were defeated, I was able to locate Danzo and I wanted to tell your father right away but I couldn't because there was powerful chakras all around us." Karin said. "And I did sense your father's chakra was getting darker and colder."

"I started to destroy the pillars, causing the roof to collapse. I saved me and your mother using my Susano'o. She informed me that Jūgo and Suigetsu are still alive, but I told her to leave them and had her lead me to Danzō." Sasuke said.

Sarada looked at her mother to see that she saw looking sadly down at the ground and looked at her.

"I lead your father to the room where Danzo is but shortly a samurai fought with your father and Danzo escaped. Me and your father were about to follow him but we were blocked when the Fifth Mizukage used her Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique on the hole in the wall. She had personal interest in your father, so I sorta snapped at her in annoyance. Your father and I were separated when the Mizukage used her Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique and her body guard repelled your along with his Susanoo out of the room. I quickly dodged it. I couldn't see what was going on of the other side of the wall, but I still could sense everything in the battle between your father and the Mizukage. I was worried about your father a lot because he overdoing it and his chakra was getting weaker by the second. I suddenly sensed the white Zetsus coming off of everyone and their chakras was being absorbed and I sensed your father gaining some chakra before he stormed back into the room to get away from the Mizukage. I immediately asked him whether he is alright. The Tsuchikage appeared before me and your father and sealed him before his Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique. I couldn't sense your father anymore and thought he was dead so I started to cry. The Tsuchikage told me that I was next. Suddenly some of the Kage and their bodyguards stormed into the room and asked where your father was. At that moment, 'Madara' warped into the room carrying the unconscious Sasuke, I was relieved and happy to sense that he was still alive. He introduced himself as Madara Uchiha and asks them if they would like to hear about his Project "Tsuki no Me". I didn't hear what he was planning because he teleported me and your father into an unknown realm so I could heal him. When I was done healing your father and he woke up before 'Madara' returned and released us in front of Danzō so that your father could fight him on a bridge. Madara told me to step away, warning me that I would be killed if I interfered so I observed. Danzō removed the bandages on his right arm, revealing numerous Sharingan implants, and states that he is about to add your father and Madara's eyes to his collection." Karin said.

"I demanded to know how he obtained those. Danzo said in various ways. But I remarked that whatever response Danzō gives would simply angrier me further and that it didn't matter since I've decided to kill Danzō regardless. Before we started fighting, I asked for Danzō to confirm that your Uncle really was ordered to kill the Uchiha clan by Konoha's leadership. But Danzō didn't answer instead he rushed forward in a burst of speed to attack me, but the attack is blocked by my Susanoo. As he was trapped within my Susanoo's grip, I asked him once more whether Danzō had really ordered your Uncle to slaughter the Uchiha clan. When Danzō remarks that he never pegged your Uncle as the type to divulge secrets before dying, I accepted this as acknowledgement and crushed Danzō, seemingly killing him in anger. I was surprised that he was still alive and I turned around and he attempted to stab me with a kunai, only for my Susanoo to shield me once more. As Danzō jumps high into the air, I ascended into my Susanoo's head and incinerates Danzō with my Amaterasu. Your mother warned me that Danzō was behind me and was about to attack me with his Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere to fire wind bullets. The flesh on my right arm was pierced as I moved to evade being mortally wounded by the attack, although I ended up falling off the bridge. I used the blood from my wound to Sasuke summon Garuda, my giant hawk, to prevent my fall. Danzō infused his Wind Release with his shuriken to create lethan fan blades, and fires the projectiles towards me. Using my Mangekyō Sharingan, I was able to evade the smaller shuriken while using my sword to catch one of the Fūma Shuriken and repel the second one into the sky, where it is caught by Garuda. I lunged towards Danzō, but he managed to grab my throat. At that moment, Garuda swooped in and used the spinning shuriken to slice off Danzō's Sharingan-embedded arm, allowing me to stab him. While the battle seems momentarily won, Danzō and his severed arm fade out of existence and rematerialise on top of a pillar. I glared at him as I induced a genjutsu on him. I attempted to impale Danzo with my sword from behind. However, I was paralysed at the last second while Danzō mused that my genjutsu pales in comparison to your Uncle's proficiency with the Tsukuyomi. A cursed seal began to spread throughout my body and I realized that Danzō must have applied it when he grabbed my throat earlier. Your mother tried to save me but she was defeated by Danzo... Danzō pried my sword out of my hands and mused that leaving me alive was your Uncle's greatest mistake and remarked why your Uncle would have done such a thing. As he was about to kill me I Recalled how 'Madara' had told me how your Uncle was unable to kill me because he thought my life was precious, I managed to manifest a full Susanoo transformation, the resulting chakra eradicating the cursed seal. Danzō jumped down on the ground and used his Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere to expel a sphere of compressed wind, although it was unable to take out my Susanoo. I made a bow out of my Susanoo and fired an arrow at Danzō. Even though he was impaled, Danzō disappeared and rematerialized next to the arrow. I fired another arrow at Danzō and he was forced to sprout a tree from his right shoulder to shield himself from my attack. I was bleeding out of his left eye but I still strained myself to fire another arrow, yet Danzō simply used Izanagi once more to negate its effects. Danzō decided to summon Baku, which was a giant tapir. Using its powerful inhalation, Baku attempts to draw me in and my Susanoo to hold myself down. Danzō appeared behind me and bombarded me with his Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves to look for the weak spot in my Susano'o, which are augmented by Baku's power, to force my Susanoo towards the tapir. I took advantage of Baku's inhalation by unleashing my Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, which Baku immediately ingests; in pain, it dispels itself out of the battle. As Danzō attempted to strike me from behind, my attack having caused a weak spot in Susanoo's rear armour, I turned around and had my Susanoo punch Danzō. Your mother attempted to relay her findings to me, but I merely told her that I had already caught on earlier and thus had been forcing Danzō the entire time to continue relying on Izanagi until he used up all ten eyes. Infuriated, Danzō used Wind Release Slash to attack my Susanoo; while he does not destroy it, he was able to block it. However, Danzō was punched by my Susanoo once more and used his seventh eye to utilize Izanagi again. Manifesting himself behind me, my Susanoo had faded away, Danzō threw kunai towards him, I used my bracelets to produce shuriken, and I threw at Danzo. Unable to evade it in mid-air, Danzō employed Izanagi to elude it, leaving him with only two Sharingan eyes on his right arm. As I formed my Chidori Sharp Spear, I asked Danzō how many Uchihas' had to die in order for him to gain ten Sharingan eyes; Danzo, used his Wind Release: Vacuum Blade to transform his kunai into a sword, and he that he could not have done it without your Uncle. The two of us lunged towards one another, clashing our blades. Danzō remarked that I was foolish to think I could win and he attempted to use his Izanagi to reverse his injuries. However, to his shock, he was unable to use it and noticed that all ten Sharingan eyes on his right arm have been sealed shut. I had been using genjutsu to subtly make Danzō believe that his Izanagi time had slightly increased; thus, Danzō used what he believed were just eight out of the ten eyes when in reality he had exhausted all of them. Danzo pulled away from my Chidori Sharp Spear, his right shoulder begins to grow uncontrollably. As a tree begins to emerge, Danzō slices off his right arm completely. Danzō removed his bandages from around his head to reveal another Sharingan eye in his right eye I fell down your mother rushed over to me and offered to me with her arm to heal him with her heal bit and I accepted. Soon after Danzō then took your mother as a hostage as he refused to die... Your mother begged me to save her while Danzō remarked that he must resort to such tactics in order to survive and strengthen the shinobi world, and that your mother would just be a means to reach that end. To my regret I completely gave into my darkness I told hernot to move; as she smiled at me. I pierced right through your mother and Danzo with my Chidori Sharp Spear, striking one of Danzō's vital spots. I simply said to your mother that, if she can be taken hostage so easily, she was now only a burden to me. I watched your mother fall to the ground before Danzō proceeded to hop across the Samurai Bridge, desperate to survive, I merely walked behind him. Madara arrived to block Danzō's path and notified him that he would be taking Shisui's eye now I gasped as I recalled when your Uncle Itachi was suspected of murdering his best friend Shisui and I was shocked to know that Shisui's Sharingan was taken by Danzō. He suddenly decided to take 'Madara' and I with him to the afterlife for what he perceived as the welfare of Konoha. He used his Reverse Four Symbols Sealing technique, he unleashed a black sphere with the objective of drawing and sealing both me and Madara's soul into his body; however, we managed to get out of the sphere's radius." Sasuke said.

Sarada's eyes widened. "Y-you.. I can't believe you did that to Taka especially Mama, who helped you and cared about your well being.." she said.

"I always regret doing that to your mother." Sasuke said.

"Your father was slipping rapidly into the darkness... but not anymore..." Karin said.

"Madara and I looked at the damage that was caused by Danzō's Reverse Four Symbols Sealing technique. Madara told me what it was before went to him and he used Kamui to warp away Danzō's body and proclaimed that Shisui's Sharingan would be his, he warned me to get some rest before heading to Konoha, reminding me that my eyes would go blind by continually overusing my Mangekyō Sharingan. He also said that I should finish off your mother if she holds no further use to him, as she knows too much. When Madara warped away and I looked up at the sky for a moment before I approached your mother.. However, I merely activated my Chidori and... I prepared to end your mother's life, only to be stopped by Sakura, who suddenly came and declared that she has deserted Konoha and wishes to join him. I knew that she was lying so I told her that my goal is to destroy Konoha and that if she still wished to join him, she must kill your mother, I said she'd be a perfect replacement as she is a medic-nin as well. Sakura pulled out a kunai and walked up to your mother but she was hesitating to kill her. I form a Chidori in my left hand and prepared to kill Sakura from behind, only for the attack to be blocked by Kakashi, who showed up before I did. Kakashi tried to discourage me from the path of vengeance I'm on, but I just laughed at it, I've grown tired of people trying to change my mind, and then I shouted that I will only stop if the Uchiha clan is brought back to me. I remembered Kakashi telling Sakura to take your mother elsewhere and to heal her since she possesses a lot of information on their enemies while, as our teacher and the one responsible for letting the situation come to a head the way it had, he deals with me. Kakashi recalled when he used to wonder how the Third Hokage still had a soft spot for Orochimaru despite everything Orochimaru had done and how the Hokage had no choice but to fight his former student to the death, and finally comes to understand himself how the Third felt. I said that he will be joining the Third soon. I summoned shuriken from my bracelets and throws them towards Kakashi, but he blocked it with his Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall. I leaped over the wall and I prepared to finish off Kakashi with my Chidori Sharp Spear, but Kakashi jumped off the bridge to evade my attack. I praised Kakashi's usage of his Sharingan, albeit insulted that a non-Uchiha is using it. I notified Kakashi that only a true member of the Uchiha clan can use it effectively, and I formed my Susanoo. I had my Susanoo fire an arrow at Kakashi, he used Kamui to warp the arrow away. I was impressed that Kakashi was able to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and I attempted to use my Susanoo once more, only for my vision to become blurred; as a result, my Susanoo and Sharingan deactivated. Kakashi attempted to convince me to change my ways, repeating what he once told me about how revenge does not get anyone anywhere; I retorted that Kakashi should stop talking as if he was my Sensei and I exclaimed that I would only stop my tirade if Kakashi could bring grandfather, grandmother, and Uncle back to me. My vision was getting worse so I covered my eyes and suddendly sensed Sakura was behind me and holding a kunai to my back. I turned around and grabbed her throat with one hand while I pried the kunai out with the other. I attempted to kill Sakura, only for Naruto to suddenly arrive and whisk Sakura me from killing her. I fought with Kakashi for a moment before we stopped and I was on a side away from Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura. Naruto attempted to convince me to turn back on my quest, said he would be there to save me no matter what. I smirked and I replied that I didn't need rescuing, and that I wanted nothing more than to destroy Konoha for the way they treated the Uchiha clan and to snuff out of the villagers from whom I heared nothing but laughter and condescension. Naruto notified me that he knows the truth about your Uncle, having been told by 'Madara', and that he understood exactly what I wanted to do. I became angry and reminded Naruto that as he had no parents or siblings, he could never understand how I feel. I wanted nothing more than vengeance, I declared that I had already killed Danzō, a village elder responsible for the Uchiha Clan Downfall, and that I could feel the Uchih clan's name being purified. I formed my Chidori and I began to approach them, while Naruto created two shadow clones in response. I saw Kakashi tried to stop Naruto and his clones from engaging in combat, telling him to take Sakura and flee instead since he does not want them to see what he is about to do. Naruto askd if his words imply that he is going to kill me, but Kakashi merely produces his Lightning Cutter and takes a stance towards me. Naruto had a shadow clone restrain Kakashi while using the other to form his Rasengan, and he rushed towards me, and I ran towards him. As we headed towards each other, Naruto recalled how he was treated when he was younger and mused how our roles could have been reversed, imagining himself using Chidori and me stopping him with Rasengan. We remembered our last battle at the Valley of the End as our attacks once more clash against one another; Me and Naruto look at each other. In our minds, Naruto told me that he could have been just like me, as he once hated all the villagers for treating him badly and that he wanted revenge against them too. He credited his change in attitude to me and Iruka, with whom he formed a bond, the latter even saving his life from Mizuki when Mizuki revealed to him that he was the vessel of the Nine-Tails. Naruto reflected on how he was happy to realise that I was an orphan like him and thought we could talk and bond over it; however, he and I had a chasm in skill between them and so Naruto decided to be my rival instead. He smiled and declared that since that day, I had been his goal. Naruto reminisced on his memories with me, recalling when he and I fought together to trick Zabuza, how I mocked him after he cowered from seeing the Demon Brothers, and how repeated those words back to me when we were attacked by Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. He reflectd upon the good memories he had, such as when they tried to peek at Kakashi's face, as well as the not so good memory of our fight at the Valley of the End. I told Naruto that he would not stop in my quest for vengeance and that Naruto would simply have to kill me or get killed, but Naruto stated that he would not let either option happen. In the real world, our Rasengan and Chidori clash against one another and exploded, causing Naruto and I to fall backwards towards the rock walls. Naruto's shadow clone flinged Kakashi in Naruto's direction to catch him while one of White Zetsu's parasite clones catched me." Sasuke said.

Sarada continued to look at her father sadly.

"After a few minutes 'Madara' and some Zetsus showed up, the Zetsus prepared to engage in combat against Naruto, but 'Madara' told me to stand down, telling me that he would lose and thus he would set up a fight between Naruto and I in the future in order to obtain the Nine-Tails. Before we left, Naruto told me that if I ever do decide to attack Konoha, he would be waiting there for me, and would shoulder the burden of me hatred. I lashed out angrily and demanded to know why Naruto was fixated on me, to which Naruto replied that it is because we are friends. Naruto asked whether I remembered what he had said during our fight at the Valley; how two high-level shinobi can reach others' minds when they exchange fists. Naruto told me that he has finally understood what I was going through, and if it means exchanging blows, then he would continue to do so to further understand me. He asked me whether I read his mind too, but I shrugged him off and merely stated that I do not wish to and that I would kill him. Naruto told me that if we fought, both of us would die; however, he was optimistic that at least in the afterlife they would be relieved of our respective burdens. Kakashi tried to use Kamui to take out Madara, but he quickly informed him that such a technique would not work on him. As we warped away, I informed 'Madara' that I had something to ask of him. I left your mother behind with them. At the base, I asked 'Madara' to give me your Uncle's Mangekyō Sharingan transplanted within my own, as I was beginning to lose my vision after having activated my Susanoo three times in less than a day. When Madara asked why I was ready for it now, I stated that I needed the power of the Eternal Mangekyō if I had any chance of killing Naruto. After 'Madara' was done transplanting your Uncle's eyes into me, he advised that I rest until I get used to them. I say that I was already more powerful because he can feel your Uncle. Days went by and I asked one of the Zetsus if I can take off the bandages over my eyes. Zetsu told me to be patient. By the next day, I was tired of waiting and I removed the bandages anyway, killing White Zetsu with my Susanoo in order to test my new powers. I left the Mountains' Graveyard and wandered through two towns, but found both were strangely empty. When members of the White Zetsu Army come after me, I asked what's currently happening in the world. The Zetsus avoid answering and try to capture me. I destroyed most of them with Amaterasu and interrogated one other with my genjutsu. The Zetsu revealed that Tobi has initiated the Fourth Shinobi World War in order to capture Killer B and Naruto. I decapitated that last Zetsu and then went looking for Naruto myself, I intended to make good on my promise to kill him. Immediately upon entering a nearby forest, I saw your Uncle going in the opposite direction. I was shocked and I started to remember some memories of your Uncle before I went after him, I desperately wanted to talk to him. Because he has business elsewhere, your Uncle didn't stop to talk, but he did field some of my questions: your Uncle had been brought back with the Impure World Reincarnation; he spared me all those years ago because I was only a child, innocent of the rest of the Uchiha's conspiracies against Konoha; he pushed me onto a path of vengeance because he regretted killing our family and wanted me to hold him accountable for his actions; the criminal activities I have been involved in since his death are not what your Uncle wanted, as he wished for me to be regarded as a hero for killing him. This only angered me, I said to him he had no right to decide my fate. As we approached his destination, your Uncle told me to remain outside. I ignored him and followed him into the cave where the user of the Impure World Reincarnation was hiding. I initially believed that the user was Orochimaru, but on closer inspection I recognized him as Kabuto Yakushi. I was confused at the situation, I demanded answers and Kabuto gives me the goal behind the war: by capturing Naruto and B, and using all nine tailed beasts, Tobi plans to resurrect the Ten-Tails, become its jinchūriki, and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi on the world. I've also learned that I had been promised as a compensation for Kabuto by Tobi in exchange for his cooperation. I disapproved of Tobi and Kabuto's war against the nations, I was is angry for being used and manipulated all along. Because your Uncle's mission was to stop Kabuto so as to end the Impure World Reincarnation, I tried to end things quickly by simply killing him. But your Uncle blocked my attack, he explained that the Impure World Reincarnation will not be ended if Kabuto dies and that our only option was to trap him in a genjutsu. Aware of this, Kabuto avoided making eye contact with either of us, instead sending out his snakes to attack us. We counter with our Susano'os, but I noticed that the snakes, as well as Kabuto himself, display abilities similar to Suigetsu and your mother. I was surprised that your mother was from the Uzumaki clan. Kabuto explained that he's altered his body using Orochimaru's research of both of them; he'd done the same for Jūgo, which has enabled him to enter Sage Mode. In Sage Mode, Kabuto shielded his eyes so that he's immune to genjutsu. Needing to coordinate, your Uncle reminded me of a mission we went on as children to hunt a boar, which we reenacted with our Susano'os against Kabuto. Kabuto avoided us and commanders my sword, which he used to attack your Uncle. Your Uncle took the sword back from him and used it to cut off the tip of one of Kabuto's horns. Kabuto tried to turn me against your Uncle, pointing out that he has been lying to me for most of his me. Your Uncle admitted to have made mistakes in how's he's handled me, but he promised to tell me something after we've stopped Kabuto, for which purpose he's already started using Izanami. Kabuto resumed his attack, using a variety of jutsu available to him through Sage Mode and his research of others, namely the Sound Five and even Orochimaru. Because his body is immortal, your Uncle focused on protecting me from harm while waiting for an opportunity to complete the Izanami. When the opportunity presents itself, your Uncle allowed Kabuto to take my sword again, which your Uncle once again takes back and used to cut off the tip of the same horn. This created a loop of sensation that is independent of vision, trapping Kabuto in a genjutsu and ending the battle. Your Uncle then instructed Kabuto to end the Impure World Reincarnation." Sasuke said.

"So.. what happened next..?" Sarada asked curiously.

"Your Uncle started to undo the Reanimation jutsu." Sasuke said.

Flashback.

Kabuto said a jutsu before a long pause. Sasuke, in his usual outfit at 16, was behind Itachi, wearing a reanimation outfit, in front of Kabuto.

"Izanami, the eternal loop... When did you set it up...?" Sasuke asked.

"When Kabuto attacked me with your sword..." Itachi said. "Now that he's trapped in the loop, Kabuto can't move... And now that I've learned how to undo the Reanimation with Tsukuyomi... if we make Kabuto released the Reanimation... all of the reincarnated dead will vanish, bringing the war's end closer."

There was now a sad expression on Sasuke's face.

"But then, Itachi... You'll..." Sasuke said, a little sad.

"I've been given the chance to protect my village once more, as Itachi Uchiha of the Hidden Leaf." Itachi said then turned to look at Sasuke. "I have no regrets in this world."

Sasuke angrily closing his eyes.

"Why?!" Sasuke asked activating his sharingan. "Have you forgotten what the Hidden Leaf did to you?! Why would you...! Even if you forgive the Hidden Leaf Village, I won't!" turned his head to the left then back to look at Itachi. "You have no regrets in this world?! You're the one who... Who made me like this!" then he panted a little.

Itachi turned and put his left hand on Kabuto's right shoulder. "I'm no longer able to change you. But for now... At the very least, I can end this jutsu... Besides, I'd hate to waste what I entrusted to Naruto..."

Sasuke gasped in surprised then Itachi cast another jutsu on Kabuto, who started making hand signs.

Sasuke just looked for a awhile before he closed his eyes then opened them up, his eyes now turned back to charcoal black. "So... There's nothing I can say to change your mind. Being here with you... brings back old memories... I remember how I felt when I was little, when I admired you... And that's why. The closer we get back to the way we were back then, when were family... The more I understand you... The more I hate the Hidden Leaf Village for causing you pain. The hatred is growing. It's even stronger than it was before... I think I know what you want me to do. You'll deny it, because you're my brother." Sasuke gripped his hands into a fist. "But I'm your brother, so I won't stop, no matter what you say. Even if you try to protect the village now... I'll destroy it, I swear I will."

Itachi just said nothing. Kabuto was almost finished with the hand signs.

"Goodbye." Sasuke said.

Kabuto was finished with the hand signs and the ground shook for a moment, Itachi was glowing white/bright yellow. Sasuke's eyes were now shocked and sad. Itachi turned around Sasuke then walked towards him.

"There's... still time..." Itachi said, reaching out to him with his right hand. "Sasuke... I always lied to you... I asked you to forgive me, even as I kept pushing you away. I didn't want... to pull you in. But now I think of it this way. Maybe you could have changed Father, Mother... the Uchiha clan... If I'd faced you honestly from the very beginning... If we'd told each other the truth, as equals... I failed. I won't put myself above you and tell this and that. It's too late." Itachi made it to Sasuke and it looked like he was about to poke his forehead then Itachi smiled then went closer to him. "So this time, for once... Let me tell you one small truth..."

Sasuke became surprised when Itachi's right hand was behind his head.

Itachi grabbed the back of Sasuke's head. "It's all right if you never forgive me." Itachi said then put his forehead with Sasuke's. "...But... No matter what you become... I will always love you."

Sasuke's eyes widened, moments later the body that Itachi was using shredded into an unknown dead person. Sasuke watched as Itachi's soul was rising, they watched until the Itachi and the light disappeared.

Flashback ends.

Sasuke and Karin started telling Sarada more things about the pastlike, Suigetsu and Jugo finding Sasuke then giving him a scroll, resurrecting Orochimaru, the 3 heading to the Hidden Leaf village, reviving the 4 past Hokages, Karin rejoining Taka after Sasuke apologized to her, Hashirama telling them about his life, Karin fully unlocking her Adamantine Attacking Chains, and all the events that happened in the Fourth Great Ninja war (including their fight Kaguya and Sasuke and Naruto battling each other).

"A few days after the war me and your father decided to travel together for his atonement while Jugo and Suigetsu were going to go with Orochimaru, that was the permanent end of Team Taka. During one of the few days we were staying in The Hidden Leaf Village, your father confessed his feelings for me and I did the same. Ever since then we had became a couple. More than a year later, your father proposed to me and we decided to live permanently in The Hidden Leaf Village. Over the years we were blessed to have 2 beautiful children that we are glad to call our daughters..." Karin said then looked down sadly. "Well, we wanted for you and Sayuri to not live the way we did growing up..."

Karin suddenly felt hands on her shoulders she looked behind her to see Sasuke leaning towards her as he was now looking at her in the eyes, she placed both of her hands of her hands on Sasuke's right hand as stated at him.

Sarada stared at the ground sadly as she was thinking about what her mother and father told her about their lives and what they did in the past. "You... and Mama... did all of those things..?" she questioned.

Sasuke and Karin looked at Sarada.

"Yes but I regret killing of people... one of the things I regret was hurting and trying to kill your mother..." Sasuke said.

Sarada thought more about it, at least she her parents were still alive and she knew her father as her parents no longer had parents as they lost them at young ages Sayuri was important to her and she was overprotective of her and she would never hurt her or let anyone else hurt her and their sister bond was strong it would never end up like the brother bond like her father and her decreased paternal Uncle.

Sarada looked up at her parents before she stood up and walked forward and was now standing in between them, she suddenly hugged them.

"I'm.. really sorry.. Mama and Papa.." Sarada said sadly.

Sasuke and Karin hugged their oldest daughter back.

"No Sarada... we're sorry..." Karin said.

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Later that Night.

Karin was standing in front of the dresser while Sasuke was in his office and Sarada went to sleep awhile ago just like Sayuri.

As Karin was sliding the top drawer closed with her left hand she suddenly sensed Sasuke coming back to their room. After a few seconds, the opened to reveal Sasuke, who stepped in and closed the door behind him with his right hand, locking it.

"Um Sasuke..." Karin said, walking over to their bed and stood backwards at the end of it.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked.

"How long will you be here?" Karin asked.

"For 2 days then I have to head out again." Sasuke said.

Karin looked at Sasuke for a moment before she looked down. "You know... I-If you need chakra... I could help you with that..." she said shyly.

Sasuke noticed that Karin was blushing, he walked over to her until he was in front of her. Karin looked at up at Sasuke as he wrapped his arms around her. Sasuke placed his left hand on Karin's back as he unzipped her shirt a little to expose some of her neck. Sasuke leaned in and placed his mouth on the left side of Karin's neck and kissed it softly, making her gasp a little, before he bit her, closing his eyes. Karin moaned as she grabbed the back of Sasuke's vest with both of her hands, her eyes were half opened. Her body was heating up in pleasure as she felt her chakra being drained from her body. Sasuke pulled Karin closer to him. Karin leaned back as she felt on the bed with Sasuke on top of her. When Sasuke was done he pulled away from Karin's neck and watched as she panted softly as she closed her eyes.

"Thanks for that Karin." Sasuke said, placing his left hand on Karin's right cheek.

"Sure.." Karin panted, slowly opening her eyes.

Karin put her right hand in Sasuke's hair.

"You now only have is one more.." Karin said panting, smiling.

"I know." Sasuke said.

Sasuke leaned in and kissed Karin on the lips, who immediately kissed back.

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2 days later.

Day time.

Konohagakure Gate.

Sasuke, in his usual outfit (including his cloak) and purple bag, was leaning and standing in front of Sarada, in her usual outfit (excluding her arm warmers), and Sayuri, in her usual outfit, as they were looking up at their father. Karin, in her usual outfit, was standing behind their daughters, holding a clothed wrapped bento box that had the Uchiha clan crest on it with her right hand.

"Will you be away for a long time again...?" Sarada asked sadly.

"Please don't go, Daddy. I'll miss you..." Sayuri said sadly.

Sasuke looked at both of his daughters, Sarada was looking at the ground sadly and Sayuri was looking up at him sadly. He crouched down and scooped Sayuri with his right hand and grabbed Sarada with his left hand, hugging both of them.

Karin smiled softly at the scene.

"Papa..." Sarada said.

"D-daddy..." Sayuri said, hugging back a little.

Sasuke pulled away so he can see his 2 daughters faces. "You 2 don't make those faces... I don't like those expressions on your faces..." he said.

Sasuke leaned in and kissed Sarada and Sayuri on top of their foreheads, surprising them, before he pulled back smiling at them. "See you 2 next time..." he said to his 2 daughters. Sasuke placed Sayuri on the ground as he let go of her and Sarada.

Sarada and Sayuri smiled happily as they blushed softly. Sarada started to read up as she placed her right hand on her forehead. Sarada and Sayuri turned around as they looked up at their mother. Sasuke stood up from the ground.

Karin stepped forward a little. "Right... Um, here's your lunch." she said, handing Sasuke the clothed wrapped bento box with her right hand.

"Ah, right..." Sasuke said, grabbing the clothed wrapped bento box with his right hand.

Karin backed away a little.

Sayuri suddenly thought of something, she looked up at her father. "Hey Daddy aren't you going to say goodbye to Mommy...?" she asked.

"Thanks a lot, Sayuri..." Karin thought sarcastically.

Sasuke smirked at Karin, who was now looking nervously at him. "I almost forgot." he said before gave his clothed wrapped bento box to Sayuri and walked over to Karin.

Karin started backing up. "Sasuke..! I told you not in front of-!" she said but was cut off when Sasuke wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed on the lips, closing his eyes. Karin's eyes widened as she blushed furiously.

Sarada and Sayuri watched in shock as they saw that their parents were kissing. A few moments later, Sasuke stopped kissing Karin as he released her.

"Well then... I'm off.. I'll be back.." Sasuke said before he turned around grabbed his clothed wrapped bento box from Sayuri with his left hand and started walking off from the Konohagakure Gate.

"Why did he have to do that...?!" Karin thought.

Sayuri looked up at their mother, who was still blushing furiously, and Sarada waved at their father with her right hand, smiling. Sasuke was smirking as he continued to walk off with the clothed wrapped bento box in his left hand.

...

A few hours later.

Academy.

Classroom.

Sarada, in her usual outfit (including her arm warmers), was sitting at her desk with her fingers tangled together. Karin went to work at the Hokage Mansion with her Uncle Naruto while Sayuri was with their Hinata and cousin Himawari until she left from the Academy.

Sarada suddenly sensed Boruto entered the room and within a few seconds Boruto, in his usual outfit, sat down next to her on the left.

"Thanks..." Boruto said.

Sarada looked to the left at Boruto surprised. "For what?" she asked.

"For the lunch box... you really gave it to him, dattebasa." Boruto said, looking at Sarada.

Sarada looked at Boruto silently for a moment before she looked forward. "No, thank you... It was thanks to that I was able to find what it is that I really want to do with my life... So I'm the one that should be thanking you." she said.

Boruto looked at Sarada confused. "What do you mean?" he questioned.

Sarada looked at Boruto smiling. "Delivering lunch boxes to everyone in the entire village isn't a realistic goal in life... so instead of that... I've decided to become Hokage." she said.

Boruto glared at Sarada. "Hmph... 'Hokage...?' That's ridiculous, dattebasa..." he said.

...

3 days later.

Day time.

Uchiha clan compound.

Home.

Living Room.

Sarada and Sayuri were smiling at the family portrait on the bookshelf near the couches that was taken a few days ago. Sasuke, excluding his cloak, was standing on the right side holding Sayuri in his arms, Karin stood on the left side as her hands were on Sarada's shoulders, who was standing in the middle of their mother and father. They were all smiling.

"This is great, Onee-chan. We've finally have another picture with Daddy!" Sayuri said.

Sarada looked down at Sayuri smiling. "It really is, Sayuri." she said.

Sarada stared at Sayuri, who was still looking up at the new family portrait, as she remembered what their parents told her a few days ago. Sarada leaned in and scooped Sayuri in her arms before she hugged her protectively, confusing Sayuri who hugged back anyway.

"What's wrong, Onee-chan?" Sayuri asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that.. I love you, Sayuri.." Sarada said, holding her closer.

"Oh I love you, too Onee-chan." Sayuri said smiling.

"I promise Sayuri... Our sister-bond will not end up like the brother-bond of Papa and our Uncle Itachi... I will always protect you... No matter what..." Sarada thought serious.

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End of Chapter 25.

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