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Welcome to my first Action one-shot. This fight takes place in an AU so I don't want any of you pestering me about its possibility.

Few things I want to clear before starting. First, all characters in the fight are going to be in their prime (Their best health at their peak strength). So there won't be any unfairness.

This is written in the most unbiased way so that I won't be leaning towards any character and favour them to win.

And if you are biased and think your favourite character wins, then please don't read any further. Because I'm sure you won't like this as the battle unfolds.

If you feel I'm biased even after reading the story, then feel free to tell me in your comments and reviews about how I'm biased with your advice to correct it. They are most appreciated.

Any flames or a hardcore fan rambling about the unfairness of the fight with no evidence will be ignored.

As it is a battle between characters at their primes, Naruto's age is 19 in this, after the time of Naruto:The Last movie.

Itachi's age is 25, but his body is healed and he isn't suffering from eyesight loss with peak condition.

Let's get started.

Enjoy!

Fox Vs Weasel

"I thought you would change Sasuke and bring him to the right path, Naruto," Itachi said as he stood in front of the blonde Uzumaki in question.

"I want to as well, Itachi. But I understood the way this world operates and didn't want to. After the War was over, many things happened. What old gramps sage thought would unite the world did the opposite and the world was thrown into more chaos. I tried my best to save the Leaf, but Kakashi was made Hokage and my mouth was shut.

Let's not talk about that any further." Naruto said with a sigh. After the World went into chaos, Sasuke and Naruto didn't want to help the leaf and became 2 wandering ninjas.

As they had enough skill, they survived all the attempts that happened in their lives and mastered the abilities granted to them to the full extent.

Though they don't have the Yin and Yang powers given by the sage, they were plenty strong for anyone to try to fight and so their lives were peaceful till now.

"So now they resorted to sending dead people to bring us back?" Naruto asked in a disappointed tone.

"I don't know what or who you are talking about, Naruto. But I don't think I'm a Reanimation as I don't feel the same as when we met during the war. But I do have this drive to fight you." Itachi explained.

"Do you really wanna fight? I can release you from reanimation if it is that or find some way to release you." Naruto suggested.

"No. I want to test you, so it works for me as well. I want to see how strong you have become and see how the world changed you." Itachi said in a calm tone.

"As you wish. You will regret this." Naruto said with a neutral face and both prepared for battle.

They were in the mountainous region of Kaminari no Kuni which is closer to clouds and makes it hard to breathe because of the lack of oxygen. But post-war time has taught Naruto so much and surviving with less oxygen is one of them.

Itachi has experience in it and so they had no qualms with the lack of oxygen to breathe as they started with a fistfight at the roar of thunder.

They charged towards each other, both with a Kunai in hand, intent to kill the other with blood lust drowning the area with killing intent as they clashed midway.

Slash, parry, right hook, left hook, sweeping kick, reverse grip punch, as the kunai lodged deep into Itachi, murder of crows started coming out of him.

"You are caught in my Genjutsu, Naruto," Itachi calmly said, standing in his previous spot with his Sharingan spinning.

"So you thought," Naruto said, attacking Itachi with a sword in his hand. Itachi moved from his spot and turned to the 'Naruto' in his genjutsu to see it dispel into a cloud of smoke.

"A Shadow Clone, impressive."

"Let's see how you survive this," Naruto said, charging a Rasengan in his hand and sending it towards Itachi.

"Fuuton: Rasengan," Itachi heard and smiled at the improvement in the Jutsu. As the spiralling ball neared him, he dodged it and saw it hit a tree and obliterate the entire area on impact.

"Impressive," he said, taking a big gulp of air and saw Naruto prepare for another attack.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Flower Jutsu," Itachi said, spewing a large fireball towards Naruto.

"Wind Style: Severing Winds," Naruto said, releasing a large gust of wind which turned into a couple of scissors and dispersed the fire. But Itachi hid shurikens in the fire and the wind didn't affect the shuriken and they charged towards the blonde.

Naruto didn't react and caught them as they were about to hit him. "I think these are yours." He said and threw them towards Itachi at high speeds and Itachi used Kawarimi to dodge them.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson," Itachi tried again, but Naruto didn't even bother trying and dodged the attack with his speed.

"It's useless, Itachi. I'm saying this out of respect, surrender and I'll send you to the land of the pure again." Naruto tried.

"You say you changed for the worse and yet I see that young Shinobi who wanted to become Hokage with his determination alone." Itachi smiled.

"Fine then. You asked for it." Naruto said as his body was engulfed in sand.

'Wait, Sand?' Itachi thought in surprise as he saw the grains of sand engulf Naruto. He knew the Ichibi's ability to control Sand at its whim and seeing the same Sand here surprised him. 'Did he have Ichibi's ability?' Itachi taught in wonder.

He never imagined that another Jinchuriki can have Ichibi's ability. Even his time in Akatsuki supported his thought. But his surprise didn't stop him from countering the sand shuriken that came towards him. His years of training kicked him and easily neutralised it.

"Looks like you have realised how grave things are. During the War, I got many abilities and this is one of them. Try to dodge this," Naruto said, still with a neutral face.

"Sand Tsunami," Naruto called and a large wave of sand rose from their surroundings and charged towards Itachi as much as he wanted to try to escape it, it was relentless.

He tried putting Naruto in a Genjutsu, but he can't enter the blonde's psyche as if something has sealed it off and can't see the Kyuubi in him either. Seeing the futility of the situation, Itachi used his most powerful weapon.

"Susanoo," Itachi called, reddish-orange flames started to surround him, giving him an ethereal glow. Itachi was surrounded by a spectral warrior which resembles a long-nosed tengu and it wears a pair of magatama earrings.

It has a curved blade that resembles a dagger or tantō but was dominated by a Sword wielded in its primary right hand, second sheathed sword in another right hand with one left hand holding a shield and another holding a sake jar.

Naruto isn't surprised seeing a full-body Susanoo as he saw Madara's, Sasuke's and Obito's in the 4th War. But he is weary of the sword. The sword, he knew as the Sword of Totsuka. It is an ethereal weapon with an enchanted blade that, in addition to standard cutting, can seal anyone it pierces for all eternity. Naruto saw that with Nagato.

In its primary left hand, the Susanoo wields the Yata Mirror, a shield that can change its nature depending on the attack it receives, thus nullifying it. Naruto knew Itachi made himself invincible now.

As he looks like not suffering from his illness and was given enough chakra to use his Susanoo, he can only think that the older Uchiha was confident to take the risk.

The Sand Tsunami reached Itachi but didn't affect him as the Yata Mirror shielded him from damage. Itachi stared at Naruto impassively.

"So you chose to go full Susanoo, hmm? How kind of you, Itachi." Naruto mocked.

"If that is what makes you show me your full strength, then so be it," Itachi said and Naruto gave a nod of respect.

"Fine then. If you survive this, I'll show you what you desire." Naruto relented and was engulfed with Magma. A large Magma Golem formed around him, not affecting him but scorching the earth.

"Magma Golem," Naruto calmly said, as the Golem was completely formed. Itachi understood Naruto's shrewdness. He knew Naruto knew how his Susanoo works as he explained it during their combo fight against Nagato in the Fourth Shinobi War.

So the blonde chose to take the more damaging way. By engulfing himself in Magma, he has perfect defence and offence in one shot. While Itachi had to expand chakra to keep Yata Mirror active and shield himself from both the passive damage the Magma makes and attack at the same time. He smiled.

"You have grown, Naruto-kun." He said with a nostalgic smile and Naruto gave him a smirk and made a taunting gesture. Itachi obliged.

His Susanoo charged towards the Magma Golem in the middle of scorching earth and melting rocks. "Magma Blade," Naruto called and a blade formed in one hand and they met in the middle.

Unlike the prior one-sided domination from Naruto, they met as equals, with Itachi's Yata Mirror nullifying Naruto's damage while Naruto's sword was countered by the Sword of Totsuka.

Naruto tried adding one more sword, but it was easily nullified by Yata Mirror. Seeing the opportunity and Naruto's struggle to damage him, Itachi took the chance and attacked.

"Yasaka Magatama," Itachi said and a rapidly spinning shuriken hit the Magma Golem, causing an explosion. The explosion damaged the Magma Golem and it was pushed back a few feet. Naruto felt the explosion.

"Nice attack you got," Naruto said as the Golem regenerated. Itachi is pushing so much chakra into his Susanoo to maintain both Yata Mirror and Totsuka blade, Naruto can feel the drain.

He lunged with the Golem, trying to pierce the magma sword into the ethereal structure. He heard how the Mizukage's Lava was able to melt Sasuke's Susanoo at the Gokage summit. So he decided to test it.

He know the density of the Susanoo depends on the experience of the user and the amount of Chakra they are sending to it and want to weaken the Edo Tensei to a point he can release Itachi.

Naruto knew Itachi was fighting him out of his own will, but he also knew the improvements Kabuto made to Edo Tensei and can't trust the Uchiha solely on his words.

His sword couldn't pierce the defence, but it was able to distract the Uchiha and he formed a Rasenshuriken with another hand and threw it towards Itachi.

"Magma Style: Rasenshuriken," Naruto said, sending the Magma Rasenshuriken towards the surprised Uchiha. Itachi knew he saw it somewhere, but couldn't pinpoint it. But he shielded himself with Yata Mirror.

The Rasenshuriken hit the Yata Mirror and the Chakra drain followed made Itachi almost blackout. A loud screech was followed by a big explosion of Magma towards his shield, which stood strongly.

'I didn't expect that much drain on my chakra. That Rasenshuriken is strong.' Itachi thought, happy at Naruto's growth. As Naruto saw a nostalgic Uchiha, a sword pierced the Magma Golem from behind.

He turned back to see another Itachi only for it to disperse into crows and the sword to actually pierce him from the front.

"Double Genjutsu, eh? Well played." Naruto said and when Itachi was about to sigh in relief, the Magma Golem dispersed and Naruto followed with a puff of smoke.

Itachi was shocked by the turn of events as he didn't see Naruto use any hand signs to substitute.

"Shocked? Didn't I say I mastered many things after the war, this is one of them. Now surrender." Naruto said, managing to break through the defence of Susanoo and put a kunai on Itachi's neck, drawing a trickle of blood.

"You have grown a lot, Naruto-kun. I only hope that you were on the right path." Itachi said in disappointment as the world around them changed to a blood moon with a spin wheel pattern appeared with Naruto's body tied to a cross with Itachi appearing with a sword hand.

"Tsukuyomi,"

"When?" Naruto asked in surprise.

"When you broke through my Susanoo's defence," Itachi said and started piercing Naruto in various areas and multiple Itachi's followed suit.

While this was happening in the Tsukuyomi world, 3 seconds passed in the real world and a sealing pattern appeared under the area they were in and started to glow.

The tall mountains which stood proudly crumbled by the might of the two titans with the ground scorched up with Magma and the weather cloudy as it started raining.

As the seal started glowing, Tsukuyomi was over and both Naruto and Itachi came out into the outside world to see a glowing seal beneath them.

"A clone sacrifice is better than the original getting sent back to that village," the Naruto in front of him said as Itachi felt his power drain. Thunder started roaring in the area as flashes of thunder hit the mountain peaks.

Naruto released Itachi and Itachi's soul smiled at him in contentment as it moved on into the pure world.

"Ready to die, Dobe?" A cold voice asked Naruto as he felt being pierced.

"No!" Naruto woke up with a gasp. He hurriedly looked around at the out-of-place surroundings and adjusted himself.

'So it's just a dream? Thank God. I thought it was true and the village betrayed me and had me fight Itachi.' Naruto sighed in relief and looked at the Hokage Monument to see Sasuke's face being carved beside Tsunade's.

And Cut.

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