And thus begins the battle between Sasuke and Itachi. Will Sasuke make Itachi move this time or will he get plastered like in the manga. Read on!
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Note: Sasuke is Itachi's little brother. Itachi killed the entire Uchia clan, but let only Sasuke live
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its affiliates, I only own this plot and my own original characters.
Chapter 8: Foolish Little Brother
Team Jiraiya hopped across the trees as they near the border of Fire Country. They were approaching their destination, but Jiraiya knew they were a little less than a day away from it. "We should have left Konoha sooner. If my timetable is off we're in trouble."
"Ero-Sennin, where are we going?" asked Naruto.
Jiraiya sighed at that remark. "I've already said it a couple of times Naruto. We are heading to Grass Country. Orochimaru should be there." Jiraiya bowed his head in nervousness. "At least I hope he will be there."
Itachi arrived at the location he was told to go too. To his surprise, no one was around him. He wondered why he was summoned to a location that appeared to be barren of all life.
Itachi detected a large chakra force slowly heading his way. It was a rather familiar source to him, and he knew exactly who it was. "So he is still alive." Itachi knew the terrain around him provided a disadvantage to him. Determined in his victory, Itachi began to head in the direction of the target, proceeding to meet him head on.
Sasuke quickly approached the territory where Orochimaru told him about. "So today I get to summon a snake. It still does not seem logical for Orochimaru to teach me this technique." Sasuke's mind was not only on that issue, but on the body transfer as well. He only had a day and a half left. "The timetable between the transfer and the summoning has to be related somehow.
Sasuke immediately stopped on the branch of a tree. He sensed something; and that something was not pleasant. "Such enormous chakra, I've felt this somewhere before." Sasuke suddenly got the feeling that he was walking into a trap. "Or am I already in the trap?"
"Foolish little brother," said a voice from behind Sasuke.
Sasuke knew that voice. It had an evil and sinister tone to it, the tone of one who murdered his entire clan. The voice if Itachi Uchia. Sasuke turned around, but to his surprise there was no one behind him. "Well that's weird. I swear Itachi was behind me." Sasuke immediately looked around his surroundings. He was completely surrounded by forests. "The forest offers plenty of hiding spots in order to create an ambush. If that's the case then….oh shit."
Sasuke was careless and noticed the attack too late. Two tree roots attached themselves to Sasuke's feet, and suddenly Sasuke was strapped to the front of a tree. "Dammit, a genjutsu. I fell for it. I need to get out of this somehow."
Sasuke noticed the form of Itachi appear above him. His hand slowly emerged from the tree and was containing a kunai. "So it's an assassination type of genjutsu. I need to get out of this fast. The only way for that is to cause enough pain to break the genjutsu, but how can I do that?"
Sasuke bit his lips as hard as he could; creating a throbbing pain in his mouth that caused blood to leak from his lips. That was all he needed though. The genjutsu broke on Sasuke, and he quickly ducked Itachi's stab. Sasuke immediately jumped to the left in an attempt to escape from Itachi, but Itachi's Sharingan caught that movement before Sasuke actually moved.
Itachi threw his kunai in that direction, impaling Sasuke between the eyes. "You are weak brother," Itachi replied. To Itachi's surprise, a block of wood appeared in Sasuke's place. "So you used the Replacement technique, clever little brother."
Sasuke appeared on a branch behind Itachi. "What are you doing here," he asked. Sasuke was increasingly curious on the whole situation. First, Orochimaru ordered him to this area to learn a summoning, and then he met Itachi alone. Something was clearly amiss.
"I was only told to come here. However, now that I see you here, we can finish what where we left off from our last encounter." Itachi's Sharingan appeared in his eyes, indicating he was ready for combat.
Sasuke responded by activating his Sharingan. This is exactly what Sasuke had been training for. Itachi was right in front of him, and Sasuke had to kill him. "It would be a mistake to underestimate me. I am an avenger. You will die here!" With that, Sasuke quickly threw three shuriken at Itachi, who skillfully caught all three.
"You have to do better than that," replied Itachi.
Sasuke smirked at Itachi's comment. "This is only the beginning." He placed a kunai in his mouth and had another in his right hand, and jumped off the branch he was on towards Itachi. Predicting Itachi's movements, he threw one kunai at Itachi's head, then grabbed the one out of his mouth and threw that one at his torso.
These attacks, however, were in vain against Itachi. His Sharingan picked up Sasuke's attacks, and he skillfully ducked the first one, and then slid to the left to dodge the other one. However, Itachi did not notice the trick to Sasuke's attack. Sasuke quickly sprinted to his right, leaped around the tree behind Itachi, then sprinted back to his starting position. He spread out his arms, and Itachi was suddenly pinned to the tree that was in front of him.
"Invisible wires," Itachi commented. Although he was caught in Sasuke's trap, he did not appear to be phased at all by the attack.
"Correct, I threw those three shuriken as a distraction. I made it seem like my attacks were in vain, and I knew your Sharingan would not pick up the wire I attached. Now it's time for your end brother." Sasuke brought his hands together and quickly formed a couple seals. "Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled. In an instant, two lines of fire extended from Sasuke's fingers, which represented the location of the wires. The twin flames made a head line straight for Itachi.
Itachi stood there and watched the flames head towards him. He noticed that the twin wires were attached to Sasuke's hands, so he could not quickly remove them. Itachi knew what to do. This move would finish Sasuke off for sure.
Itachi closed his eyes, and slowly opened them, revealing his Mangekyo Sharingan. He concentrated on the wires attached in front of him, making sure he did not catch himself in the attack. He closed his eyes again, and opened them slowly. "Amaterasu!" yelled Itachi.
In front of Itachi, a chilling black flame appeared on the wires. Sasuke's twin flames hit the black fire, and were quickly nullified. However, the black flame seemed to absorb the fire, and made its way towards Sasuke.
"Why is he still standing," thought Sasuke. "He should have been hit by the fire, so what is going…oh shit." Sasuke noticed a black flame heading his way. "Fuck! I don't have a lot of time." He quickly unsheathed his katana and sliced the two wires from his hands, but he was too late. The twin black flames reached Sasuke, and at Itachi's will, they immediately blew up.
Sasuke was propelled back, and slammed forcefully into a tree. "That was too close. I am greatly injured, but if I took the full blow of that, I'd be dead now." Sasuke's entire left sleeve of his shirt was burning, and his left arm was emitting black flames that appeared to be eating away at his skin. "Dammit, so that is what Itachi's jutsu does."
Sasuke remembered a seal Orochimaru taught him, what he dubbed as the Fire Seal. "I'll use that seal." Sasuke removed his scroll and immediately began to write on it. "Fuck, I can't even move my left arm, the pain is so unbearable!" Sasuke was never good at one-handed seals, but he knew this was his only hope.
He began to form the needed seals, and pressed down on the scroll. To his surprise, the seal was successful, and the black fire was removed from his arm. The damage had been done though. Portions of Sasuke's skin on his arm were completely removed. Sasuke grimaced in pain. It was nearly unbearable for him, but at least he was able to stop it before it completely consumed his arm.
Itachi landed in front of Sasuke, surprised that he managed to survive Amaterasu. "Impressive, Sasuke-kun. But not so impressive." Itachi shook his finger in front of Sasuke to note his displeasure. "I let you live for this? A mediocre jutsu like that cannot defeat me."
Sasuke immediately rose up from the ground. "Shut up! I am avenger! I do not care how powerful you are, I will kill you!" Sasuke immediately began to form seals and planted his hands to the ground. Lightning chakra that sounded like thousands of birds chirping formed from his hands.
Itachi laughed at Sasuke's display. "Foolish little brother. You are weak. You cannot kill me. I can tell this realization is causing you mental suffering, so I will end it right now by taking your life. I hope you do not forgive me."
Sasuke stood there in front of Itachi, his Chidori ready to be unleashed. "This is my last chance to kill him! I cannot lose here!" Sasuke's knees buckled to the ground, and he began his assault.