Sasuke looked at his brother. Itachi looked back, his eyes now fixed themselves into Sasuke's, practically oozing Itachi's natural bloodlust, completely betraying his normal calm collected persona. Sasuke's body began to shake, his could feel his fingers growing numb as he scrame on the inside, trying, wanting to reach out and wrap his blood stained hands around Itachi's neck and throttle every breath he had ever taken since that day out of him. Move! Move! Move! He yelled in his mind, tears beggining to flow down his cheeks rapidly as he struggled to his feet, letting out sighs of angry, depression, and sorrow.
"Itachi...leave him alone.."Sasuke muttered. Itachi looked at him, his face covered up half way up to the bottom of his nose, hiding the angry frown that forced it way across his face. Itachi, looked back at Naruto, then to Tsunade.
"Why do you care what happens to him, you're not his comrade. You're a run away, Sasuke. You live your life to kill me, is that not what you said?"
"Shut up!"Sasuke exploded. bawling his fist tightly and throwing his shoulders about, sending droplets of sweat mixed with blood, that had been crawling down his forehead.
"You dont know anything about what Naruto and I have been through! You could never even begin to understand why I would fight for his life! I AM his comrade! I AM his friend! and I will protect him, I WILL fight for Konoha!" Sasuke went into a rampage, screaming his heart out, not thinking twice about what was actually going on. Sasuke lifted up his head quickly, keeping his eyes opened wide, revealing his Magenkyou sharingan which had seemed to have taken another drastic change at this split second. Its red color, now glowing somewhat, showing off the three pupils that had seemed to pull themselves outwards, making three rings around the middle pupil of his eyes. Itachi steeped back a little bit, spreading his legs apart from themselves, planting himself firmly on the ground. Sasuke glared at him, his hair, flowing gloriously in the air above his head as Konoha's wind blew steadily.
"Come..." Itachi growled, activating his own Magenkyou Sharingan to protect himself from whatever power this new adaption had. It was said, that the only way to counter against a Sharingans genjutsu, is to have a sharingan of the same level, or of high enough a level to withstand the techniques effects for a shortened period of time. It was also said, that the sharingan was only granted to a select amount of Uchiha. Only thoughs of the purest blood, the leaders of the current, and next generation of Uchiha, only the strongest.Everything had become silent, all eyes were on the two brothers who were now facing off, eye to eye. The ninja of Konohagakure, and the ninja of Otogakure all sat still, watching from their areas. Even Orochimaru couldn't do anything but watch, He knew he was no match for Itachi, all he could do was hope they killed each other off, he was more than sure Sasuke had turn on him and was now dedicated to protecting his friends.
"I SAID COME!" Yelled the elder Uchiha. Sasuke nodded some very lightly and pushed off of the ground with his right foot, the sheer force of the push causing the ground below him to cave into itself just a little bit. You could have nothing but respect for the sheer power of the younger Uchiha, the will to fight, the will to kill the only Uchiha other than himself in existence, the will, to live the life he did. As Sasuke drew near his bother, he shot himself up off of the ground just a little bit, spinning around with the heel of his right foot out, his back turned to itachi. Itachi quickly ducked the heel, the after thought of the heavy blow causing the wall next to them to crumble into itself a little bit, as if bowing. Sasuke continued his spin, using some of the chakra from his body as a propeller to force himself into another sideways spin, also keeping himself in mid air. With this neck spin, he would bring the face of his left foot harshly into the side of Itachi's face, lifting him off of his feet in a spin, the bone jarring crack of the connection causing his body to rattle. Although he had been delt a major blow, he landed on his feet softly, only to find himself ducking another flurry of punches and kicks to his mid section, lower half, pressure points, and eyes alike. Itachi skillfully ducked a right hook that his brother had sent to the left side of his face, and turned his back inwards pushing it up against the face of Sasuke's stomach. He then lifts himself up quickly, slamming his shoulder into the bottom of Sasuke's chin, bringing him off of the ground, to the tip of his toes.
The speed of this fight, was beyond comprehension. Not even Orochimaru's eyes could keep up with the movements they made. It was almost as if the gods themselves, had feared this day, as the skies began to heavily pelt the ground, with tears of sorrow, blackened clouds now hovering close to the ground. The rain washed away the blood that had been shed throughout konoha, but also hid the tears of the people who once called Sasuke a friend, each of them could feel their hearts sinking in their bodies as they watched the two brothers fight as if they never loved each other. They could feel the hatred in the air, that seemed to fight against the depression, which in return seemed to fight against both the feelings of, hatred, and regret that immited from the bodies of the dead.
Itachi quickly turned on the heel of his left foot, spinning a sharp elbow into the gut of his brother causing him to fly full speed into a solid wall. Sasuke's body impacted with a heavy thud the brick and debre from the walls face flew forwards from the shock. Sasuke grasped the wall with the palm of his hand, and pulled himself from the crater he had created. He lifted himself forwards slowly, only to feel his body become forced backwards at his shoulders into the wall by two extremely large Shiruken controlled Demon windmill Shiruken, which had pinned him to the wall even through the thickness of his shoulder bones. He scrame, blood shooting from his mouth and dribbled down his chin.
A demonic hiss came from, seemingly, out of no where just as a large ball of fire slammed into Sasuke's body, igniting his skin and burning him down to the raw flesh in his arms, burning away at the long hair he had, charring it from his lower back, up to his shoulders. Itachi looked down to his brother, who had somehow managed to pull himself from the wall, as the rain washed away the flames from his clothing and body. Sasuke, once again lifted his head and glared back up to his brother, who was standing at the very edge of a building only a storie higher than solid ground.
"You're so weak, even at this level. Right now, I couldn't even tell you why you haven't accelled any, all I can say now, is that you've reached your maximum Capacity. You'll always be, just the other brother."Itachi taunted. His taunting was soon brought to a bitter stop, as Sasuke began to smile, laughing as if nothing had happened.
"How can you say that, Itachi?" Sasuke grinned, spreading the burnt away skin of his face, revealing pieces of cheek bone. Itachi began to jump, but couldn't make a move, as the moment he flinched, he felt 4 kunai tips, push deep into each part of his neck, infront at the base of his juggular vein, behind him on the peack of his cerebral coloum, at the northwest where a major vein that pumped blood to the brain, and all the other correspoding, double directions, there was no way to escape he was surrounded. Sasuke's body suddenly exploded into a cloud of black smoke. The body Itachi had destroyed, was a clone.
"You've no idea how i've grown Itachi. My abilities are far beyond your comprehension now. With these eyes, I can make you believe anything I want you to believe, I can make you say absolutely anything that I want you to say. I can force you to your knees with only a slight glance. Now you tell me, have I grown enough to match you?" These words seemed to come from the skies, none of the "Sasuke's" that held kunai to his neck were talking, their lips weren't moving. Itachi laughed to himself, in the deepest parts of his mind, he feared for his life, but would never show it. Itachi scanned the area, looking for the demon windmill he had thrown previously, they were Sharingan controlled after all. He smiled some, apon finding his tools and forced chakra through his eyes, lifting them up from the dirt and forcing their blades into a circular spin.
"I hope you dont think I'd let something like that go, Itachi. You're disappointing me." Sasuke giggled devilishly as a few kunai from the skies slammed downwards into the spinning blades of the Shiruken, causing them to slam deep into the dirt, lodging themselves within the ground. Sasuke grunted, as he did this, the bushin around Itachi's body shifted, shoving their kunai deep within his neck, the tips of each kunai cutting into the mans body and pushing their ways through the other side until his neck was a pine needle of blades. He gargled a little bit, his eyes began to shake from the pain of blood filling up his head and mouth, cutting off his air supply. Shocked, Itachi fell backwards to the ground in a crippled heap as everything flashed a sudden grey. As Itachi felt the back of his head slam into the tiles of the roof of the building he had been standing on, He saw Sasuke's face, grinning like a clown, although it seemed like the most harmless of grins, Sasuke's sudden bloodlust could be felt a mile away.
Sasuke's sharingan began to spin around with a mechanicle whir, as things flashed back to normal, revealing that Itachi was only imprinted with the feeling and severities of death, a genjutsu, a strong one at that. Itachi stared angrily into his brothers Magenkyou, as he lay there helplessly. Itachi's eyes faded out of focus, until everything was a blurr to him. This battle, was on a level higher than that of a -kage battle of any kind. The genjutsu being cast, were like nothing ever seen before, the onlookers even felt the pain that Itachi had been put through, as if they were being attacked, though the effects were nothing compared to what the Uchiha had felt.
"Look at you now..."Sasuke spoke, his voice riddled with anger.
"Looks who's become, just the other brother. You made it clear to me, that I exist only to kill you. This is what I will do, I will send you to hell with this body, and these eyes." Itachi caughed, and rolled over to his side quickly, leaning his head over, throwing up a pool of blood that had been pumped into his throat. As he opened his eyes, he noticed the skies were blood red, and the clouds were pitch black with a sun that looked like a black hole in the middle of the sky. He was in that world, the world of the Magenkyou.
"I see..."He responded in a calm voice, as always.
"I did underestimate you, Sasuke-kun. It doesn't matter now though, I know when i'm defeated."Itachi smiled, staring into his brothers eyes.
"Im not letting you off so easily, I going to put you through a toture a thousand times worse than the one you put me through with your Magenkyou. Mine is the supirior this time. I call the shots. To prove it, I will put your body through surreal pains and emotions for one full year. No more, no less. Everything you have caused me, you will feel in return. You will relive the death, of every person i've murdered in cold blood. But instead, I will replace their body with yours. You, will be my victim." Sasuke Chuckled, and the torture had began. Flash back after flash back. Itachi's body being murdered over, and over, and over again. He knew, from using the technique himself, that the pain he was feeling was indeed real, and would travel from this world to his real body.
Sasuke rose to his feet releasing his genjutsu, allowing Itachi to struggle back to his own feet. Itachi laughed some outloud, lifting his head up quickly, casting an angry glre towards his brother.Sasuke grunted once, bringing his left fist downwards at an angle smashing his fist deep into the right side of Itachi's jaw, forcing him down to one knee. Sasuke then brought his right fist upwards, upper cutting itachi back to his feet, only to punch him yet again in the face with his left hand. The sounds of Sasuke punching his brothers face in was like rocks slamming up against rock. They were so hard, so solid, the onlookers could feel the impact from every connection, amazing.
Sasuke hit itachi once more with a sharp left jab and brought his right hand back, his fingers turnt inwards in an open palm position causing a sharp jolt of chakra to flow from his stomach into the palm of his hand. Sasuke, glared at his brother one final time then closes his eyes, he knew this move would finish it reguardless of what happened before, this was it. After this, he'd have no reason to live, no matter though. Sasuke gripped the collar of his siblings shirt tightly, bawling his left hand up into a fist and pulling itachi towards him just as he brought his right hand quickly from the side of his face slammining his palm deep into the middle of his brother chest.
"Chidori!"
Itachi gasped, gripped Sasuke's arm, and jerked as he felt his body lock up as Sasuke's arm went through his chest, killing him instantly. The still beating heart of his life long foe, pupmed the remainder of its blood into Sasuke's hand causing him to drop it and rip his arm from his foes chest.
"Sasuke..."Itachi looked down at his brother, forcing these last few words out of his mouth.
"I've never thought of you...as my enemy."
"Shut up..."Sasuke growled, then turned his eyes. This fight was ove that was a good thing, but his chakra had been used up, his body couldn't keep itself mobile any longer than the few steps Sasuke made. Sasuke laughed a little under his breath as the rain, that had been falling washed away the blood on his arm and hands and face. It really was something, to know that because of you, your clan now really only has one living member. Maybe Itachi really wasn't the bad guy in this after all, sure, he killed the other clan members, but the clan really ended at Sasuke's hand. One man alone could not support the rebirth of an intire clan, it was impossible. These things all hit sasuke at once, but not quick enough for him to really handle them. His long black hair, faded back to its normal white as the cursed seal released itself. The markings began to crawl back up from his back, to the back of his neck where the seal itself sat. Sasuke's "magenkyou" eyes, faded back to their natural navy blue colors. Sasuke, was finished.
The ninja of both Konoha and Sound gasped in unison, as the eldest Uchiha only moments after Sasuke. Neji, who had been watching from afar with the other konoha jounin, activated his Byakugan and studied the enemies fallen body, confirming his death. Orochimaru's heart throbbed in his chest, Itachi was dead, as he had hoped. Although, he had never considered the fact that Sasuke would be able to grow so much so fast, he shuddered.
"Most enteresting Sasuke-kun..." Orochimaru's tongue slithered out of his mouth and curled down to his chest, folding at the tip.
"Kabuto, prepare plan B." Kabuto opened his eyes wide, shocked that Orochimaru was planning to fight after seeing the conclusion of the aformentioned battle. Although it was dangerous, it wasn't unusual for Orochimaru's blood to begin to boil at the site of death in massive numbers. Seeing an elite fall at the hands of ones own student was enough to make even the most dignified -kage excited.
"Yes Orochimaru-sama"...
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Prepare, Prepare, Prepare. The Conclusion is soon to come. Even through the sudden turn of events, even with Sasuke suddenly unleashing a new form of the sharingan, Orochimaru plans to fight. These are the risk he will take to bring down konoha, and with Sasuke weakened and completely used up Orochimaru, can now make his move and kill the unsuspecting Uchiha with one stab of his Kunai. Stick around for the last battle, and a definately shocking conclusion. You wont be disappointed,
'Quando