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Yukino ran through the last few trees of forest to emerge at the bottom of a hill that had been surrounded by thick forest. A few of the trees were ablaze with flames as black as night, impossibly burning, yet not casting light. She was startled from her awe by a rumbling of the earth. She looked up to see a large structure on the crest of the hill. In the next moment, the roof collapsed as fireballs in the shape of dragon heads exploded from the midst of the building.

"Sasuke." Yukino breathed.

She knew that jutsu. When Sasuke had trained back at one of Orochimaru's hideouts, he had worked on his fireball jutsu so much that it had transformed into what she had just witnessed. For it to come to this was not good. She had to get up there. Before anything else happened.

Yukino ran through the thick underbrush, dodging the falling branches being consumed by the black flames. She misjudged one of the falling firebombs and couldn't dodge in time. The flame barely licked at her sleeve. Lightning fast reflexes kicked in as she tore it off as fast as she could. The flame had come uncomfortably close to her skin, letting her feel the searing heat, even without the contact. She didn't have time to check the damage, though; she continued through the forest as she bounded up the hill.

She arrived on the remnants of the roof just in time to watch Sasuke darted around to Itachi's right side. Itachi wordlessly tracked Sasuke's movements. Yukino watched as the line of flames followed in Sasuke's wake. Itachi was the creator of the black flames, she realized. The former ANBU was attempting to catch his brother in the flames, but Sasuke was just barely able to dodge the attacks. Yukino watched in a strange mixture of horror and awe at the deadly dance that was taking place. She was startled from her spectating by a sudden realization. The flames were heading right for her.
Both brothers were startled at the sudden piercing scream that rent the air. Sasuke looked back for a brief moment, distracted by the sight of the teen. He froze in the middle of his movement, utterly confused at her sudden arrival.

Itachi quickly retracted his jutsu, dampening the odd black flames before they reached her. The strain of doing so was immediately apparent, as afterward he fell to his knees, holding his right eye, blood dripping from between his fingers.

"You two don't need to fight like this!" Yukino yelled, pleading to the brothers before her. She looked from the injured Itachi to the panting, and still stunned Sasuke.

Thunder crashed above the trio, revealing the dangerous clouds that swirled restlessly above them. The winds picked up, whipping her hair in her face. Yukino glanced up at the threatening storm that started to rage above. She was pulled back by Itachi's weary voice as he addressed Sasuke, ignoring her pleas.

"Sharingan can assess a person's chakra, and you have none left."

"You're right; I used it up in that last fire jutsu." Sasuke called out, over the roar of the wind. Rain started to fall from the menacing clouds. "However…do you think I'd come here unprepared? It will be instantaneous. This jutsu is just like Amaterasu. It is impossible to dodge. Now…as you wished, I'll create …" Lightning cracked above them, illuminating the tense scene . "Your death."

The storm raged even louder above them, the lightning strikes coming ever closer. "I obtained power and hatred; and now I'm here. Itachi, this is where you'll die! By my hands!"

Yukino could only watch as lightning from the ground and the sky met in the middle before the group. Her nerves were on edge as she watched lightning surround Sasuke's hand in a crackling cocoon of energy just before he jumped to the highest wall. The sheer power was making her skin crawl.

"This jutsu brings down thunder from the heavens. I merely direct its power towards you. The name of this jutsu is 'Kirin'. Come."

Out from the large cloud emerged a monstrous dragon of crackling blue lightning. Itachi as well as Yukino watched it as it moved through the heavens.

"Vanquish with the roar of thunder…" Sasuke commanded it. The giant dragon suddenly disappeared into the menacing cloud. As Sasuke lowered his hand, the dragon returned; heading straight for Itachi.

In a flash of light, the earth shook as entire building was reduced to rubble. Yukino's scream was overwhelmed by the noise of the storm, and the crash of the stones tumbling over each other. She saw a flash of white, even through her eyelids. She had expected to feel immense pain, but nothing came. She cracked her eyes open to see red as a warm energy encompassed her body. Her vision was slow to return, but her hearing was still functioning.

"It this…the death you wanted to create?" Itachi asked from somewhere below her.
"Damn you!" Sasuke shouted, he sounded like he was far away.

"Without this, we would've been dead. You really have…gotten stronger…Sasuke." Itachi's voice sounded strained.

Yukino's vision was starting to return. The blurry shapes were slowly focusing into recognizable forms. She tensed as she realized the warm energy surrounding her was in the form of red bones. She started to panic as she glanced around; she was sitting in a skeleton's hand. Yukino followed the arm to its source. Itachi stood beneath the ribcage of the giant skeleton far beneath her.

"This time…" Itachi took a step forward, "I shall show you my final trump card. The Susanoo."
Sasuke looked to his brother, confused. He had never heard of this before. "Susanoo?"

Yukino was shocked to stillness. She could only sit in the monster's hand, and listen to the brothers' talk.

"The Amaterasu and Mangekyou, when these two powers awakened, one more jutsu took over in my eyes. Sasuke, if you are hiding another power, don't hold back."

The sun started to peak through the thinning clouds, as the storm died down. The skeleton suddenly reached back, and set Yukino down far away from the fight. When it returned to its original stance, muscle quickly grew over the bones, covering the sickly bones with flesh, before encasing it in armor.

"The real battle is only beginning." Itachi's voice was distant now.

'I have to get over there! I have to do something!' Yukino started climbing over the rubble of the old Uchiha building as she tried to get closer to the fight. She was making good distance, but she wouldn't get there in time.

She watched as Sasuke threw a kunai bomb at Itachi. Itachi's Susanoo blocked the attack effortlessly with its shield. 'A shield? When did that happen? And a sword too?'

Yukino climbed over another fallen wall before resting briefly atop a high piece of rubble. She watched Itachi stumble ever closer to Sasuke. He stumbled backwards into the last surviving wall of the building. Itachi reached his right hand out towards Sasuke. Sasuke was frozen in fear as his brother inched closer.

"Sasuke! Itachi! No!" Yukino screamed at the top of her lungs. She ran forward, leaping from rock to rock. Thunder clapped above as rain started falling again. When she finally reached the standing wall, both Uchihas were on the ground.

Yukino's heart plummeted, as tears began to fall.