Chapter 2: Brotherly Love…NOT!
"Orochimaru-sama, what do you suppose we do now? Sasuke has left after Itachi and now I'm sensing two people after us and it isn't Naruto." "Kabuto, think carefully, if it isn't Naruto-kun who is chasing us, who else would try?" Kabuto realized that the other Sannin in Konoha legends were the ones chasing them, after all, no one else wanted Orochimaru dead besides the Sandaime Hokage and he's been dead for years now. "Jiraiya and Tsunade then?" "Indeed, no one else has enough strength to take me down besides those two. Kabuto, we're going to fight them and finish this no matter what it takes." "Yes Sir!" Kabuto has stated boldly.
Elsewhere, Sasuke and his brother meet for the first time in three years. "Naruto, this is my fight, I told you before if you interfere, I'll kill you too. So in other words that you can understand, get the hell out of here!" Naruto's smirked, "Sasuke, I still promised Sakura that I wouldn't let Orochimaru have you, so I guess you better know that Orochimaru trained you so that he can take over your body using his soul transfer technique." "I know; if I survive after killing my brother, he can do whatever he wants with this body, I would have fulfilled my destiny and that's all I care about!" "Sasuke, you jerk, I trained to get stronger, to get you back and I'm not going to hand you over to Orochimaru, if I must, I'll take you on to save your body from him." Sasuke had a small smile on his face, "Naruto, you never told me why you would go so far to save me." Naruto simply replied, "Because, you're my best friend and a fellow Konoha ninja, we Konoha ninja stick together through thick and thin no matter what." Sasuke seemed overjoyed by his response and told Naruto that he knew Orochimaru's plans from the beginning and told Naruto that he used Orochimaru to gain power and new techniques, and that he was going to come after his brother, kill him and then challenge you to a fight to settle their differences. "I thought after I defeated you in battle again, I would return to Konoha knowing that I am stronger than you." Naruto grinned, "Sasuke, I'll make sure that I'm a good challenge and that you're welcomed back into Konoha with open arms. But anyways, I'll see you later Itachi, when you're dead!" Itachi had an angry look on his face but knew that it would be inevitable. Naruto left the battle field and Itachi stare coldly into his little brother's eyes.
"So it has come to this, Sasuke." Itachi said to his little brother as if he himself had been preparing for the fight against his brother. "Shut up." Sasuke replied. Sasuke always had the anger and hate for his brother but his true powers as an Uchiha were never brought out during his time in Konoha. He was held back because he was always told that revenge was not the right path until Orochimaru convinced him it was the true path for him. "I'm going to kill you today, Itachi" Sasuke said. "You can sure try, little brother, but you won't even lay a punch on me at your level; I know your skills and the power you have and it isn't even close to what I obtained throughout my entire life." Itachi was provoking his little brother to the point where he knew that Sasuke would lose himself and use the power of the curse seal given to him by Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Kabuto had been stopped by those who Kabuto had predicted would come and stop them, the other two Legendary Sannin, Tsunade and Jiraiya.
Sasuke charged right at Itachi and began using his taijutsu techniques on him but Itachi dodged every single attempted hit. Sasuke continued his attacks but none of them were landing on him. "I've had enough fun now, little brother, time for me to get serious!" Sasuke peered into Itachi's Sharingan to see that he was beginning to form the Mangekyou Sharingan and stood back as far as he could in order to avoid it for a while. Itachi realized that Sasuke had figured out that the Mangekyou Sharingan is a close combat technique and that if he kept his distance he would be safe for a short amount of time.
Sasuke asked, "Itachi, why aren't you coming after me yet? Do you think I have something I'm not showing you? You scanned my level to what you thought I was at, didn't you? Then if you want some of me, you better come at me first!" "Very well, I will!" Itachi teleported to Sasuke in a blink of an eye and was about to use the Tsukuyomi but felt something was wrong. Then Itachi realized he was in the world of the Tsukuyomi, but he thought it wasn't possible, the Mangekyou Sharingan is only given to those who have enough guts to kill their best friend just like he did. He thought Sasuke didn't kill Naruto since Naruto was still around fighting off the other members of the Akatsuki.
Within Tsukuyomi, Sasuke appeared before Itachi and decided to explain how he obtained the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan without killing Naruto or another friend while torturing Itachi with stabs of kunai over and over again. He explained saying that he found a different way of obtaining it, by constantly training his normal Sharingan abilities against Orochimaru's lackeys, he discovered that working hard and achieving the goal in mind was a more difficult but better way to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan. "The Mangekyou Sharingan that you have Itachi has exactly the same abilities but because you did it the easy way in killing a friend to obtain power for yourself, the Sharingan drains your chakra much more quickly than it does me. My goal to defeat you, my desire to kill you and the hard work it took to master the power of the Sharingan allowed me to obtain this Mangekyou Sharingan." With that Sasuke stabbed Itachi one more time before returning to the real world. Itachi fell to his knees in pain but got up soon after.
"Congratulations, little brother, on obtaining the true power of the Uchiha clan, but you are still below my level of fighting." Itachi still called Sasuke weak and pathetic and with that Sasuke charged in head on with a simple Chidori which was blocked by Itachi easily and just like three years earlier, Itachi trapped Sasuke in his own Tsukuyomi technique, showing him the death of their parents and now the death of him over and over again. Sasuke screamed and broke free using his own Mangekyou Sharingan. "It looks like you have also learned how to counter the Mangekyou Sharingan as well, I didn't expect you to use it but then you would have suffered a great deal more, right Sasuke? You've learned quite a bit from Orochimaru, huh?" "More than you think, Itachi!" and Sasuke unleashed the second ability of the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Amaterasu with that Itachi's Akatsuki outfit burned in the black flame's power and Itachi revealed he still wore his old ANBU uniform just like the day he killed the Uchiha clan. "Now, the real fight begins" Itachi said. Sasuke replied, "It's about time."
Meanwhile, the stare down between former teammates; Orochimaru, Jiraiya and Tsunade was taking place. Jiraiya stated that Orochimaru had gone too far when he convinced Sasuke to join his forces. Kabuto tried to defend his master but Orochimaru said all he did was place the curse mark on him, told him that he had the power he needed and the rest was Sasuke's decision. Tsunade said that Sasuke would have never left Konoha if he didn't tempt his anger for Itachi. Orochimaru then said that Sasuke would have come no matter what he did, saying that Sasuke is just like himself. Jiraiya decided the chit-chat was over and the fight between them will finish now!
A/N: Jiraiya and Tsunade have confronted their old foe and began their conquest to kill him, what will they use to defeat the supposedly immortal Orochimaru? Elsewhere, Sasuke revealed his new abilities to his brother and the real fight is about to begin? What else has Sasuke learned in the three years with Orochimaru? Does Itachi have any more secret techniques up his sleeve? Will Sasuke defeat his brother? Find out within the rest of the story!