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Crimson Rain.

Main Characters:

Team 7 Uzumaki Naruto Haruno Sakura Uchiha Sasuke - Hatake Kakashi

Team 8 Hyuuga Hinata Inuzuka Kiba Aburame Shino - Yuuhi Kurenai

Team 10 Yamanaka Ino Nara Shikamaru Akimichi Chouji - Sarutobi Asuma

Guest Characters:

Nara Shikato

Uchiha Itachi

Tsunade

Shizune

"You're too weak to defeat me, little brother." Itachi sneered at Sasuke. "You have to become stronger and right now, you're too weak to even spill blood out of me."

"Arghhhhhhh! I'll prove you wrong!" Sasuke ran around Itachi to gain momentum. At the same time, energy that looked somewhat like electricity formed in Sasuke's hands. He charged straight at his brother with hatred.

Chapter 3

Itachi stood there yawning. "I've seen this move before. Seems like you haven't grown stronger since the last time."

Sasuke did not say anything, but ran around even faster around Itachi. Soon, dust formed around them. Sasuke suddenly jumped out from the dust and charged at Itachi. "CHIDORI!"

Itachi grabbed Sasuke's hand and the electricity grew weaker and weaker and stopped. Itachi then flung Sasuke away easily. Sasuke's back hit the wall; however he did not give up. He charged at Itachi with a kunai in his hand.

He tried stabbing Itachi with the kunai. But everytime he did, Itachi doged his attacks easily. "Why aren't you retaliating! Come on! Fight me!"

Itachi did not answer his question and continued dodging. This caused Sasuke to fling his kunai restlessly and with more angst.

"What! Are you scared of me now!" Sasuke tried to taunt him.

Itachi stopped dodging and grabbed his right wrist. He twisted it and flung him to the wall.

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sasuke screamed in pain.

Itachi walked towards him. Sasuke tried to get back on his feet by pushing himself up with his hands. As he bent his right wrist, he suddenly sensed the excruciating pain of his broken wrist. He fell back on the floor. Seeing that he could not get back on his feet, Sasuke tried to throw the kunai he was holding at Itachi when he stood next to him. But he again dodged it easily.

Itachi stepped on Sasuke's stomach. "Look, I told you. I did not do what you thought I did. What war? I see no war. I just see you trying to kill me. What for? Because I killed the clan? Because I killed daddy and mummy?" He emphasized.

"SHUT UP!" Sasuke shouted angrily. "You were the talk of the clan! Everyone was proud of you! How could you kill them!"

"And did you feel proud for me? Did you feel good that everybody was proud of me for my achievements?" Itachi said softly.

"What?" Sasuke asked surprised. "Of course -" But he was cut off by Itachi.

"You did not feel good, am I right? You always wanted everyone to recognize you as who you are, and not Itachi's little brother right?" Itachi said in a louder tone now.

"NO! I always-" But Sasuke was cut off by Itachi again.

"I knew you did not feel good. I knew you wanted to be recognized as yourself although you looked up to me. Every time someone asks you, 'Hi, Sasuke-chan. Where's your brother? I have not seen him around lately' you would feel a little down won't you? I knew. I have always loved you Sasuke, I tried to take care of you however I could. I did not train with you because I wanted you to be strong on your own. I wanted you to be independent. I killed the clan for you." Itachi looked at Sasuke, hoping that he would understand his brotherly love for him.

"NO! Stop! Don't say anymore! I'll fight you!" Sasuke took another kunai from his pouch and tried in vain to stab Itachi with his left hand.

Itachi opened his mouth to say something. However, he heard footsteps approaching. Without saying anything else, he teleported away.

"NO! Come back here!" Sasuke shouted at the air. He saw two figures approaching. As they came closer he saw that the two figures belonged to Shino and Ino.

When both of them saw Sasuke lying on the ground, they ran even faster.

"Oh my God! Sasuke! Are you alright?" Ino asked both in shock and concern. She tried to hold Sasuke's right hand. He seethed in pain and used his left arm to push away Ino.

"Go away! Didn't I tell both of you to go and help the citizens! Why are both of you here!" Sasuke shouted angrily.

"We were worried about you Sasuke!" Ino started to say.

"I don't need your help! I was perfectly alright!" Sasuke picked himself up slowly and started walking away.

"Look, we were really concerned about you. You don't have to shout at us because of that right?" Shino grabbed Sasuke's elbow.

Sasuke tried to fling his grip away, but his grip tightened.

Scene: Naruto Hinata Shikamaru

"Ano.. what should we do? The rest of the teams have already gone to rescue the villagers' Hinata said nervously to Naruto and Shikamaru.

"I know!" Naruto suddenly jumped up excitedly. "Let's go find Tsunade baa-chan and help her fight! Agree? Okay! Silence means consent!"

They headed towards the Hokage Tower.

When they reached, Naruto pushed open the door. The door fell onto the ground. They saw that the Hokage Tower was in a mess. Many broken pieces from the wall and blood was on the floor.

"Tsunade baa-chan!" Naruto shouted worriedly and they ran to her office.

They pushed open the door and found Tsunade healing Shizune.

"Shizune nee-san! Are you okay?" Naruto asked, looking worried. "Is she okay?" he turned and looked at Tsunade hopefully.

"Yes, she is fine." Tsunade answered shortly, busy with healing her attendant.

"What happened?" Hinata asked curiously.

"3 ninjas wearing a question mark on their forehead protector barged into my office. They were not weak, they were not normal Chuunis or Jounins. They were Sages. They said that they wanted to assassinate the Hokage, so Shizune protected me. She got heavily injured by them. I took over and punched one of them. They were frightened of my monstrous strength and took off." Tsunade told them exactly what happened.

"We must find them and stop them!" Naruto shouted in anger.

"Shhh! Not so loud Naruto! Shizune is resting!" Tsunade scolded Naruto. "Okay. But I'll need someone to stay and look after Shizune."

"I'll stay. I don't really feel like fighting." Shikamaru said softly.

"Are you sure?" Naruto asked worriedly. But Tsunade said, "Okay. Please take care of her, Shikamaru."

With that, Tsunade, Naruto and Hinata took off to find the 3 Sages from the village of the unknown.

They soon caught up with the 3 Sages. Then Tsunade, Naruto, Hinata and the 3 Sages stopped at a shore.

"Come! Fight us! You shall pay for what you did to Shizune nee-san!" Naruto shouted at them.

"Shizune nee-san? Oh… that black haired weak girl?" One of the Sages sneered.

"She is not weak!" Naruto shouted angrily.

"Okay, since you want to fight, we'll challenge you!" The Sages said and they each took one of them and transported them somewhere else.

Scene: Tsunade and Sage #1

"My name is Houkou. The beast inside of me can cause catastrophic damage its tails are used."

Scene: Naruto and Sage #2

"My name is Isonade. The beast inside me is able to generic water powers."

Scene: Hinata and Sage #3

"My name is Nekomata. The beast inside me is a necromancer. It is able to call upon the dead and control them."

Scene: Shikamaru with Shizune in Tsunade's office

"This war thing is so troublesome. So many are injured." Shikamaru looked at Shizune. "And so many are dead."

Dead. Otou-saan is dead. Why? I don't understand. 'Your father died an honorable death'? What concept is that? Otou-saan.. how could you leave me alone? We used to have so much fun together, lying on the grass, side by side, watching the clouds together. I had so much fun carrying you home when you were drunk because you drank too much with Chouji's dad. I had so much fun going fishing with you, even though I did not like it. I had so much fun, spending time with you.

He closed his eyes, trying to fight back his tears. Suddenly, he could hear Shizune moving. She was conscious.

"Where is Tsunade-sama? What are you doing here?" Shizune inquired weakly.

"They left to go after the ninjas who attacked you." Shikamaru told her.

"They?"

"Yes, Naruto and Hinata. Together with Hokage-sama."

Suddenly, a group of unknown ninjas appeared.

"Look out, Shikamaru!" Shizune pointed at his back.

Shikamaru saw the look in her eyes – worried. He was reminded on his father's eyes before he was stabbed to death.

They had the same eyes.

Thank you for the wait! I'm so sorry for not updating for almost a year! LOLS. Anyway, credits tonarutofan forumfor the infomation. And HaMsAe as my beta-reader! Please R&R aft the long break!