A girl approached the guards at the entrance of Sasuke's palace, a Konoha ninja slinking closely behind her. As they got closer, the guards could see that the Konoha ninja was being held by chakra infused ropes. He was the girl's captive.

"I found this one," The girl thrust her thumb over her shoulder in the direction of the silver haired nin. "Slinkin around the outskirts of town. He appears to be a ninja of the Fire Country. I've brought him to see Sasuke-sama for sentence."

One of the guards nodded his head, and stepped forward. "We need to check your registration, and then we will take you to Sasuke-sama."

The girl pulled a card from her pocket, and handed it to the man. It read:

Name: Kin Tsuchi

Rank: Jounin

Day of Birth: July 6th

Bloodtype: O

Team members: Dosu Kinuta, Zaku Abumi

He handed the card to the guard next to him, and he started making a note in a book. "Abumi," The guard said, trying to place the name. "Wasn't he the ninja who lost his arms in the chunnin exams a few years back?"

Itachi could feel the kunoichi tense in front of him. "Yes, he did."

"And Kinuta, wasn't he executed last fall?"

Tsuchi clenched her hands in fists. "Yes." Her voice was calm but Itachi could feel the anger radiating from it.

"Hmm, alright then. You really need to get this card updated, but it cleared, so we will take you and your prisoner to Sasuke-sama."

They were led into the palace, escorted by the guard at the gate. "So, you," He directed his comment toward Itachi. "Who are you? What's your story?"

Itachi grunted in displeasure as Tsuchi gave a yank on his rope, a hint for him to keep quite. "I have no story for the likes of you." Itachi sneered.

"Why you little…" A red blush of anger tainted the guard's face, as he clenched his hands into fists.

"That's quite enough!" Tsuchi snapped, pulling roughly again on the rope. If Itachi didn't know any better, he would have thought that she was actually serious. But he knew all to well that she wanted to tear this man apart for bringing back the memories of her lost teammates.

They reached a large arched doorway, and stopped. "Sasuke-sama is inside. He has been told to expect you. You may enter." The guard bowed to them, still eying Itachi with distaste, and retreated down the corridor.

Silence fell between them as they stood in front of the large intimidating door. "Well, this is going to be fun." Itachi said with sarcasm. He pushed open the doors, and was greeted with a courtyard.

Green grass rolled before him. The courtyard had many gardens off to the sides, but the center had been left clear. It didn't take long to figure out why.

"Welcome Itachi!" Said a cold voice that even startled Itachi, because he was still disguised as Kakashi. "How nice of you to finally join me! I thought that maybe you had gotten lost, or chickened out at the last minute, but no, here you are!"

Sasuke appeared in the center of the courtyard. He was taller, and more muscular than Itachi remembered him. His face now looked more chiseled, especially around his jaw line, and eyes. He wore a long black robe that reached to the ground. His black hair looked the same as it had before, except it might be a little longer. But what really stood out were his eyes. They were no longer the onyx black that they had been, but a defined red sharingan swirled within them.

Itachi performed several quick hand signs, and the illusion of Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke. "You know," Sasuke began. "I have been waiting a really long time for this day." He shifted himself into a fighting stance. "Shall we begin Itachi?"

Ok, so next is going to be the fight scene! Just so you know, I really really suck a fight scenes...so you can bet that it'll be pretty short, sweet, and to the point! But I'll do my best:D (Oh, and I'll update as soon as possible, but I have this huge research paper due in a couple of weeks, so bare with me!)