Long time ago I did a wee chapter where Itachi banished Sasuke via Kamui after their fight. That idea led into Ouroboros but it wasn't the only possible story I'd had back then. There was a Teen Titans crossover, a Fallout crossover and even an Avatar: The last Airbender crossover but nothing came from them… This was another I'd entertained but quickly discarded, since even I knew it wouldn't work long term. It'll be short, and crap, but I just wanna write and am away from my laptop meaning most of my stuff is not at hand.

Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

Batman: Arkham City belongs to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment,

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XX Ruins Of The Uchiha Fortress, Fire Country XX

"Your eyes belong to me now." Itachi laughed as he stared at the shocked and spent Sasuke. "I'll take them slowly… I want to savour this."

'Sasuke… Maybe you weren't as strong as I had thought.' Itachi thought to himself before clutching at his chest and coughing up blood. 'But it shall have to do… I won't be able to protect you any more little brother…'

Spotting an opening, Sasuke drew a kunai wrapped in explosive tags and launched it at his hated kin. It was pointless however, Itachi's Susanoo simply blocked the explosion with the Yata Mirror it held in its left arm.

'Yes Sasuke, show me your will… Show me that you have the strength to fight on.' Itachi thought as he began to slowly advance, twisting the small smile on his face into a cruel smirk as he did is. 'Try and kill me… Try and avenge our clan… Absolve me of my guilt…'

Itachi advanced slowly, his Susanoo shielding him from the barrage of explosive tipped kunai Sasuke had held back in reserve. Good, Sasuke had other tricks to defend himself with.

"My eyes… My…" Itachi gasped as he reached out towards Sasuke.

"D-Die!" Sasuke screamed, having run out of kunai and rushing forward in desperation to try and pierce the Susanoo with his sword. As he struck the spirit warrior, Sasuke was forced back and his sword sent flying through the air.

'He'll get you Sasuke… You don't have the power to flee.' Itachi realised as he watched Sasuke scramble to his feet. Panic and terror in his eyes. '… Madara will find you, his spy Zetsu is here watching and will summon the madman as soon as we finish… Will my implanted Amaterasu be enough?'

"Forgive me Sasuke… It ends with this." Itachi gasped as he pumped the last of his chakra into his eyes, his Mangekyo flaring into being. Itachi's Mangekyo was suited towards the big three; Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo and not the lesser jutsu of Kamui or Kotoamatsukami but with enough skill any eye could cast any jutsu. As space and time began to distort around his little brother, the boy Itachi sacrificed everything for, Itachi remembered the night the Kyuubi attacked. He remembered how Sasuke had cried in terror and the words used to calm him. "Don't cry Sasuke… Your big brother is here to protect you, no matter what happens."

As Sasuke was dragged through the Kamui, to be dumped somewhere unknown once Itachi died, the dying Uchiha smiled to himself. He would die happy, knowing Sasuke was safe.

XX The Void Between Dimensions XX

Sasuke fell through the void, confused as to what had just happened. Itachi had been in arm's reach, ready and perfectly positioned to take his eyes but instead he's activated his Mangekyo and cast some kind of Jutsu. Another new Mangekyo technique? God Dammit, Sasuke was beginning to think his kekkei genkai's evolved form came with a 'Do Anything' feature.

As he tumbled through a vast void, Sasuke had no idea what was going on. As the strain from the battle, as well As Orochimaru using the remains of his chakra and the cells Sasuke had integrated into himself to revive, caught up Sasuke could feel himself losing consciousness. As he drifted off into sweet oblivion, Sasuke smiled. He'd seen just how bad Itachi was at the end, there is no way that bastard got out alive.

Pain! Pain jarred him awake. Agony spreading up and through his entire body. He felt like the flames of Amaterasu were burning through his veins. Colours exploded across his vision, images frozen in the light. Foreign garb, unknown landscape, strange jutsu and tools. Another pulse, the pain blinding, and Sasuke felt solid ground beneath him.

"W-where am I?" Sasuke groaned as he looked up towards the sky.

He was in an alleyway, the buildings either side ugly rectangular towers made of dirty stone. Filth and snow lined the alleyway, making Sasuke thing he was in one of the Minor Villages somewhere to the south.

"Wht ws tht?" A voice came in an unknown language, the accent different to anything Sasuke knew of.

"cudnt tl yo." Another voice said in the same language as three men came into view. They wore strange flak jackets which seemed to extend down and cover their upper arms as well as the chest, making them distinct from the kind worn by Konoha, Oto or Suna. They carried partly assembled crossbows and lacked any recognisable Village or clan markings. "Crp, smne ovr tr. Lks njrd."

That was all Sasuke remembered happening before passing out again.

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"… As Expected, you are my child." His father's voice sounds surprised, in disbelief that he'd succeed?

"When he talks to me, it's only about you…" Mother's tone is soothing, kind but tainted with lies.

"…I did it to test my strength…" His voice, soft and level. It's only in the eyes you see just what kind of monster That Man really was.

His mind drags them up, twisted memories tarnished by his exposure to the Tsukuyomi all those years ago. The day his father taught him the Great Fireball jutsu, the day he earned his place as an adult in the eyes of the clan. His mother's last words to him that day, just before he left for the Academy… His brother's reason for what he did, for killing everyone. As memories of his family fade, new ones take their places.

"… Don't worry, I'll protect you guys. Even if it kills me." Kakashi, his first teacher. "I… I love you with all my heart! If you were to stay here with me, there would be no regrets… because every day we'd do something fun, we'd be happy I swear… I would do anything for you! So… Please just stay with me!" A declaration of love from a teammate.

"Even if I have to break your arms and legs, I'm going to stop you!" His only friend, refusing to let him throw away everything.

A teacher who had trusted him with his most prized jutsu? Or someone who'd tried and failed to bribe him into staying loyal to a Village he cared little for? A chance at happiness or a deluded girl and her lies? His friend, or just a stepping stone to power? He didn't know anymore, didn't know what he remembered and what he imagined… Didn't know himself.

More images, no sounds just stills… Throwing himself in the way, taking what he'd thought would be a killing blow without thought or hesitation…. Fury that someone hurt his team, the madness of the Seal crushed down by the desire to protect them… A quiet break from training, Kakashi trying to impart some advice.

The images keep coming, mingling and changing that it becomes hard to follow. He sees Gaara, the monster who became a Kage but hears Zabuza listing the places to attack… A lecture from Mizuki plays over training under Orochimaru's watchful eye… Itachi's words from the battle at the Hideout mar an otherwise relaxing memory of ramen with his team… Then darkness split by a blinding light, and feeling returning to near dead muscle.

"I know all about your past Sasuke. Even if you get revenge though... it won't bring anyone happiness, not even you Sasuke!"

"I know…" He whispers. Sasuke isn't sure if he spoke or if it was memory.

XX Church Of The Blessed Virgin; Park Row, Arkham City XX

"I know…" Sasuke whispered as he woke. The light was blinding after the darkness. Closing his eyes to the light, he listened as he could do little else. The same foreign language, the same strange accents.

He listens and plans. His body hurts, so bad he can barely move. He could use chakra, numb the pain and force the muscles to move but who knows how far he'd make it. What he needs is a plan, he needs knowledge and the only way to get it is to be like Him. Sasuke listens, he waits and when someone approaches he acts.

Eyes snap open, sharingan flares to life and his hand reaches out to prevent their startled screams. Hand closes around the mouth, pulls him close and then the sharingan do their work. Part hypnosis, part mental invasion the genjutsu grants him access to his victim's mind. Once there, he gets to work.

"Language." Sasuke grunts as he begins to steal knowledge from the mind. He needs to know what's being said, that takes priority. After that jutsu, he wouldn't be able to perform anything he learns but it'd give him an idea of resistance he would face… After that he'd take geography, learn where Itachi had sent him.

As he finished taking in the local language pain tore through his arm, breaking his concentration and ending the jutsu. As reality flooded back Sasuke saw what caused the pain. One of the strangely dressed shinobi, dark skin hinting that he came from Lightning Country, had struck him with a thin club. As the man raised the club again Sasuke released the man he'd taken the information from and lashed out, his fist hitting the flak jacket covered stomach hard enough to wind the man.

Shouting from others, he understands two words. 'Hostile' and 'fire', the second one worries him. As the club armed one drags his dazed victim back two more level those partly made crossbows at him, instincts screaming to dodge Sasuke quickly Body Flickers. He barely makes it to his target, some kind of animal statue emerging from the wall above him. Struggling to hold on as his muscles feel like something the Body Flicker nearly tore them apart, Sasuke watches in shock as those funny looking things the men carried produced booms like thunder and fired metal slugs as fast as Zabuza's ice-user could launch senbon.

Pain behind his eyes forces Sasuke to end the sharingan, he's in bad shape. He needs to run, needs to hide and recover. He needs a way out. The booming ends, the two shout something and he gets the words 'you' 'Where' and 'see'.

"Dammit, still haven't processed the knowledge I took." Sasuke hisses as he surveys the area. Strange architecture, many arches and statues. Equipment scattered about, medical from the looks of things. At the far side of a long hall a set of doors, his best bet.

He drops down, landing on the two with the strange ranged weapons. As he passes he grabs their heads, pulls them to the floor with him. They hit hard and their weapons slide away. Sasuke rushes for the exit but the noise attracted attention and three armed men enter. They level their weapons on him and he knows another Body Flicker is out of the question. He dives to the side, spotting stairs through an arch and makes a break for it. Running full sprint up the stairs, Sasuke tries to escape. He's in a tower, the top. Coloured glass makes seeing out difficult and he hears them coming up after him.

"No choice." Sasuke gulps before jumping out, a leap of faith. As he drops he sees rooftops across form him, lower down and a bit of a distance. He has too, otherwise it's the ground and death. Another Body Flicker, this time he isn't as lucky and passes out before landing.

When he wakes up, Sasuke is shivering. Snow has started to fall and he's partly covered in it. Forcing himself up, difficult when he can't feel his hands or feet, Sasuke looks around. The building he escaped from is across from him, he managed to make it.

"Come on, pound him!" A voice comes from below, in an alley.

"If you wanna run with Two-Face you'll have to do better than that!" Another shouts. "Show us just how strong you are!"

Whimpers and pleas for mercy from their prisoner go ignored as the one in orange starts attacking. Sasuke doesn't know why, but he clenches his fists in anger.

"It's a test, strong beating down the weak as a test." He growls as his nails dig into his numb skin so hard he bleeds. Focusing on them Sasuke assesses. Three enemies, two in black with bifurcated masks while another was in orange. A second glance showed four more in black sitting off to the side. "Seven on one, I've beaten much worse."

Finding a fire escape Sasuke dropped down into the alley and called out to the thugs to stop. The confused looks told Sasuke he hadn't spoken in their language so he tried again and got it right.

"Look at this joke, thinks he's some kind of hero!" One of the masked men laughed before picking up a large club and advancing. Stopping just out of arm's reach the masked thug pointed the club at Sasuke's face and continued. "Clear off kid, or we'll use you for the next guy's test."

"No, you won't." Sasuke growled as he noticed five more guys in orange entering from the side. The guy turned to shoot the others a 'can you believe this guy' look before telegraphing his intentions. Sasuke was ducking before he'd even begun to swing and coming back up once the momentum too club over his head, Sasuke's fist found its target and knocked the man flat.

"The hell!" Someone shouted before yelling for everyone to get Sasuke.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, this'd be easy. He was quickly proven wrong. His body still badly injured Sasuke couldn't move as fast or as easily as normal and having become overly accustomed to using his sharingan Sasuke took several hits. As he staggered back from a kick one of the thugs swung another club at his head. Ducking Sasuke countered; shoulder into the gut, right hand clamped onto the guy's knee while Sasuke's left hand caught a grip of his bicep and Sasuke was upright and holding the thug over him. The nearest orange wearing brute soon found his buddy colliding with his chest.

Glint in his hand told Sasuke the next challenger had a blade, which prompted Sasuke to take things very seriously. Leaping over the knife users head, Sasuke abandoned his previous tactic of holding ground. Rushing forward to attack and then retreat Sasuke flowed from one to another. Punches and kicks raining down before any could react. When the knife user tried again Sasuke was ready, snap kick to the knee to throw him off-balance followed up by a flurry of punches to the face to beat him down.

When the last thug fell, finished off with a jaw breaking right hook, Sasuke nearly collapsed. Their victim had fled, leaving Sasuke with no way of learning where he was.

"They used no chakra… No jutsu or fighting style?" Sasuke wondered as he picked the smallest of the unconscious men, the closest to his size, and stripped him of what Sasuke could wear. Booths and socks fit well while top and jacket where a bit on the large size. The man's trousers proved far too big forcing Sasuke to remain in the cheap pyjama bottoms the people back at the lab, or whatever it'd been, had changed him into. Taking another man's jacket for extra warmth Sasuke left the alley. Finding his way into an apartment complex Sasuke burst down a door in search of shelter and better clothing. The stink of rotting food and ransacked look of the small apartment told Sasuke the previous owners of this tiny apartment evacuated in a hurry… Hopefully leaving clothes he could wear. After finding some better fitting clothes Sasuke checked the small kitchen, where the stench was almost overpowering. Checking packaging Sasuke found he could recognise numbers but words still made no sense. "Still haven't finished processing everything… Dammit."

Leaving the apartment, planning to gain access to another that smelled a little less like rot, Sasuke wondered where in the world he'd been dumped by that asshole.

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Idea I'd had, ages ago, was for Sasuke to become a kind of makeshift vigilante for Arkham City. Using clothing and equipment taken off gangs and TYGER guards, plus a few things he salvages himself, he'd deal with protecting the Political Prisoners and taking down Zsasz before Batman arrives and manages to uncover the truth about Arkham City.

Scrapped it because it was pretty limited in what could be done, Sasuke saving random guy from a beating would get very boring quickly while Zsasz would be difficult to impossible to track without Batman's equipment meaning the only way to deal with him would be take his calls and then overpower him once he finally tries to kill Sasuke.

I'm dyslexic, so please point out any mistakes in spelling or grammar [I spell things the way they do in England and Ireland, so some things may look off to Americans]. Please leave your opinion via review or send them via PM, I'd like to know what you think. Well, I think that's everything I've gotta say so, hope you enjoyed the chapter.

This is Highvalour saying bye and thanks for reading.