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Chapter 17: A Demon's True Emotion
-Flashback-
A couple of days ago after Naruto leaves the hot springs with his newfound memorabilia of his parents. Jirayia lays back and sips a small glass of sake.
"I need a vacation."
"But then you wouldn't make be able to make such a great novel if you took breaks, Jirayia-sama." Tobi said waving Make Out Tactics from out the bushes. "I mean the character finds the princess, she's gonna be grateful, she gives him a kiss and then next thing ya know he's get laid that night. Genius."
Jirayia is startled and splashes around in the water. "Damn it man! Don't sneak up on me like that!"
"I supposed you told him huh?" Tobi walks out of the bushes.
"Yeah and I guess that you're all better huh?"
"Never better!" Tobi shows off by doing multiple pushups.
"So he's your problem now." Jirayia tosses a scroll to Tobi.
"What's this??"
"It's the key to suppress all the dark chakra within Naruto. During our six years together, I noticed that Naruto's seal starts to go out of whack and a different entity pops up."
"Is it Kyuubi no Kitsune?"
"No it maybe worse than that. Naruto's subconscious is being split in two by the exposure to Kyuubi's dark charka. If not suppressed it may take control. The Fourth entrusted it to me and wanted me to use it when the time came."
"What will it do?"
"Well it will first put Naruto in a deep comatose like state for a couple of hours to a day and the seal on Naruto's stomach will spin counter-clockwise reversing the effects of the chakra thus curing him till one day he can fully control Kyuubi, but I'm not worried about this unless Naruto feels pushed into a corner. His temper is his Achilles heel."
"Don't worry I got it under control." Tobi places the scroll in his pouch and walks off.
"I hope so. The other Naruto lusts for power and will do anything to get it including ripping the seal apart. I had loads of fun keeping him from doing that." Jirayia drinks more sake.
-Flashback ends-
"What!! Are you serious!?" Sasuke asked Tobi still dragging Nikkei behind him.
"Yes. In as simple as I can put it. Naruto is an atom bomb waiting to explode at any given moment and without the key he's not only a danger to himself but to the entire five nations."
"So we use it on him now?"
"No we can't. We have to wait till the seal weakens to a point of no going back or else it would just overload his natural chakra system and kill him. We have to wait for him to mature. But what I wanna know is how they knew where we were so quickly?" Tobi looked at Nikkei who was being toted on Sasuke's back. "You back there. How did Minoke find out where we were? Or else do you want more of the boy?"
Nikkei's eyes went wider than dinner plates as she quickly shuddered with fear. "Itachi! He was cornered by Minoke about his recent disappearance that night and Itachi told him that he knew where you guys were and so he sent me with the two other ninja but once we got there they backed out at the last moment for some reason and I was left to make up a Genjutsu to finish the job. I figure they went back to the hideout."
Tobi clenched his fist. "We don't have much time before he completes his final goal I think."
"Final goal?"
Meanwhile, in a remote cave.
Minoke opens his eyes standing atop an enormous demonic looking statue with its hands out and its mouth wide yet it didn't seem activated.
"The Jutsu was broken…?"
Itachi was on the floor kneeling to the statue with his head bowed. "But…it's almost complete with the souls of Minato and Kushina. All you need is the Nine Tails boy don't you?"
"Yes but his friends will be a nuisance; someone has to split them up."
"That's easy for to say. You used your own men with Zetsu's ability to instantly retrieve people to feed this thing."
Minoke closed his eyes and scoffed. "Hmph…They were Akatsuki members for a short time anyway. They served me no purpose only to gain Biju spirits and the souls of great ninja in the past. Deidara, Sasori, Kakazu, Hidan, Pein, Kisame, Zetsu, and many other rogue ninja will fuel my ultimate goal." He opened his eyes with the Mangekyo activated. "It's almost time."
Meanwhile in a meadow, ten miles away from Minoke's hideout.
Naruto ran on all fours and then stopped realizing he was lost. In his animalistic form he scanned the area, sniffing the air furiously trying to track his enemy down. "Fucker! You can't hide forever! Show yourself!"
Hinata finally caught up to him. "Naruto-kun, there you are! You need to calm down. You're really scaring me right now."
Naruto's body started to cover in a red aura as suddenly pain struck his stomach. Naruto felt on his face clutching his stomach in extreme shocks ran rampant through his gut. "Damn it not now! I have to kill him! Please! Just a little longer! I need the power!" It seemed like Naruto's voice was back to normal.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata ran to his side and held him up on her lap.
"Why! Why!" Tears streamed down Naruto's face as he buried his face in Hinata's jacket. He let out all his emotions as he sobbed uncontrollably.
Hinata slowly started to stroke his hair. "It's okay. Let it out. Let it all out."
Sasuke and the others caught up as well.
Tobi walked up to Naruto. "Are you alright?"
Naruto lifted his head from crying and snapped. "Do I look fucking okay? My stomach is killing me, I'm slowly gaining and losing control of Kyuubi, and worst of all my parents are being used by that sick bastard!"
Tobi pulled out the scroll Jirayia gave him. "Take off your shirt."
"What's that?"
"The key to you handling Kyuubi before he kills you from within. Now take it off."
"Whatever it takes to get rid of this pain." Naruto slowly stood up still clutching his stomach, grimacing in pain and took off his jacket and shirt.
Sakura noticed scratch marks on Naruto's back they were red bruises like someone was clutching on his back for dear life. "What the heck happened to your back?"
Naruto looked away for a quick excuse and looked at Hinata.
She noticed him looking at her for an excuse and started to stutter. "Uhhh, it's nothing!"
Kiba snickered. "Yeah right…."
Tobi opened the scroll and read it in a clean sweep and threw it away and began to quickly do hand signs in succession. "Ninja Art: Corrupt Chakra Absorption Jutsu!" Tobi's fingertips glowed a light yellow with the kanji symbols for Life, Death, Joy, Love, and Spirit and pushed them into Naruto's stomach forcefully.
Naruto grunted with pain as he flinched back as the seal on his stomach began to spin counter-clockwise as his eyes rolled in the back of his head. Naruto fell deep into his subconscious laying the shallow sewer of Kyuubi's cage.
"Kid?"
Naruto slowly opened his eyes and turned his head to Kyuubi. "What is it?"
"Are you ready?"
Naruto got up and slowly walked past the confining bars of Kyuubi's cage and stood face to face with the demon. He instantly started to levitate as Kyuubi started to stand on his hind legs and held out his hands. A dome of energy surrounded Naruto's body as Kyuubi's eyes began to glow. Naruto out of nowhere started to flash hand signs simultaneously as Kyuubi repeated them. Naruto held up a final hand sign as Kyuubi clamped his hands down on him, seemingly crushing him but light began to emit from the cracks of his paws and filled the entire corridor.
Naruto soon found himself back in the meadow with Hinata stroking his head waiting for him to return back from his comatose like state. He smiled his goofy grin with his eyes closed. "Oh my! Who's this angel before me?"
Hinata noticed Naruto was awake and quickly hugged him closed to her breasts and shook him around. "I thought I lost you, Naruto-kun! Don't you ever scare me like that!"
Naruto's face started to turn a dark shade of blue from the lack of oxygen. "I…can't breathe…..Hina-chan….Let go….air!"
"Whoopsy!" Hinata quickly let go of her grip.
Everybody breathed a sigh of relief as Naruto was back to normal.
Tobi handed Naruto his clothes back. "So how do you feel?"
Naruto held out his hand and began to squeeze and make a fist and release. "I feel weird. I can feel his chakra coursing through my veins."
"Well now you're a full blooded Jinchuriki now."
Sakura looked at Tobi with a curious look. "Jinchuriki?"
"Yes, Biju like the Kyuubi no Kitsune has supernatural powers and when the ninja wars began, multiple countries tried to use them for military purposes. If you can control Jinchuriki like Naruto, then you can control the Biju he's hosting."
"But no one can control such power."
"No one could in the end…but at one time people did try to control them…by sealing Biju in humans."
Naruto, Sakura and Hinata had shocked expressions on their faces.
"…In that way, people tried to suppress the Biju's extreme powers and control them…and people in whom Biju were sealed were called…Jinchuriki or half demons in simpler terms." Tobi looked at Naruto rub his stomach. "A Jinchuriki is capable of incredible power by resonating with their Biju until one day they evolve. Including Naruto, there have been hundreds of Biju. But lately thanks to Minoke, the only ones left are Naruto and Gaara."
Hinata bowed her head. "..Using these Jinchuriki, people have waged war over and over again, right?"
"Yes…"
"But…what happened to those other Jinchuriki out there?" Sakura asked.
Tobi looked away, not answering.
"What can be done to pull the Biju out?" Hinata asked.
Naruto couldn't believe it. Did she really just ask that? He could only stare in disbelief.
Tobi sighed. "Removing one requires a sealing jutsu with power that is momentarily equal to that of the Biju they are removing and tons of time, but once it's removed…the Jinchuriki…" Tobi didn't continue.
Sakura egged him on. "Well what? What is it?" Tobi didn't look her in the eyes. She instantly fell a feeling of despair come over her. "Oh no…"
"If its removed, the Jinchuriki instantly……..dies"
Tears slowly trickled down Hinata's face.
"All of the other Jinchuriki I mentioned earlier, died because their Bijus were removed…"
Hinata broke down and cried.
Naruto clenched his fist, but release it and wiped Hinata's tears away. "Always so quick to cry, Hinata. Don't worry…" Hinata looked at his silly grin smiling back at him. "I'm invincible remember?"
"But Naruto-kun you can't…."
"Let's go…." Naruto finished zipping up his jacket and nodded to Sasuke. Sasuke nodded back and they both jumped back into the treetops. "Are you guys coming or what?"
Everyone followed them except Hinata who was left behind. "….Naruto…." She soon began to follow as well.
Everyone sped through the forest as fast they could with Naruto leading them. Naruto instantly activated the Fox powers and sped up.
Sakura watched him disappear into the horizon. "Naruto wait for us!"
Tobi looked on at Naruto's determination. "What is it about Naruto that I can't place my finger on? Something about him…."
Sasuke, still dragging Nikkei chuckles. "Well Naruto isn't related to anyone of us, but to us he's family. He understands us better than anyone in the world could. When it comes down to it, we're all pretty much the same. That's why Naruto tries so hard at times, whether we're blood related or not…means nothing to him. To Naruto, We are a comrade who share his pain and is willing to throw his life for us."
Tobi only looked ahead to that tiny speck of orange and black in the distance. "…"
"Naruto's dream was always to become Hokage, but when Sakura-chan told him we were all Chunin, it pretty much frustrated him. But, on the other hand, that only made him push himself even harder."
Hinata appeared beside Tobi, with a smile on her face. "Naruto-kun possesses a special power."
"A special power?" Tobi wasn't familiar with that meaning.
"Yep. Without exchanging many words…he can strike up a friendship with anyone. And in turn that's what makes us stronger in the end."
Tobi frowned on the inside. "I've lived long…I've seen many things. And I've learned the ways of the world accordingly. And because my brother found out that alliances with other countries were just mere formalities, we needed resources to protect the Uchiha clan….I caused all this. And now the village I avoided for so long and didn't make an alliance with is trying to save my ass. All the things that I have done may have very been mistakes and thousands of innocent people suffered because of it. Even worse, I've become decrepit and started to give up on things so easily….Sasuke?"
Sasuke looked at Tobi wondering what he's gonna say.
"You guys have so much potential within you. I envy you."
Lee appeared beside Hinata. "Don't say such things; your life's only just begun. You're still quite young. Like Guy-sensei says, "Enjoy the fruits of your youth!""
Tobi laughed really hard. "That maybe true…..there maybe something I can do…I can't let down good people like you guys."
Everyone smiled.
Naruto and the others finally arrived at a giant cliff with a piece of paper on it with the kanji symbol for death on it. There were cut out edges on the wall depicting some kind of door.
Naruto pointed to the "door". "Neji. Hinata, what's behind that door?"
Neji and Hinata held up hand signs and their temple veins surrounding their eyes bulged. "Byakugan!"
Neji and Hinata scanned it but they couldn't see past it.
"Sorry Naruto-kun. I don't know."
Naruto gave the door a good punch but nothing happened but his fist seemed to morph through it before it repelled it. "It's a barrier."
Nikkei spoke up from on Sasuke's back. "It's a sealed barrier. The tag you see there is actually a talisman. The barrier is established by placing multiple talismans in the nearby area. A single kanji symbol is inscribed on each one. One of them is in front of us; there are exactly 8 out there excluding this one."
Sasuke looked at Neji about to make an order to try and use his Byakugan to spot them all but Neji was already on it. "One's on a rock 500 meters to the northeast, another on a tree by a river 360 meters south-southwest, then there's a cliff wall about 650 meters to the northwest, another in a wood, about 800 meters southwest, one on a tree stump 450 meters north-northeast, there's one on the ground, 750 meters south-southeast, one in a meadow 475 meters south and the final one is at the top of this cliff."
Lee pulled out wireless and portable receivers and handed one to everybody. "All right! They're within wireless range! Take these as Neji-san will guide us to the talismans."
Everyone took one and clipped it to their necks while as somewhat symbolic of their trust to each other, they all wrapped their hitai-ate forehead protectors on their foreheads.
"All set to go." Tenten clicked her receiver on.
Shikamaru pointed to several key ninja around him. "Ok then, Me Ino, Choji, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Kiba and Shino will go find the talismans while Neji leads us. Our frequency's at 028. Hang tight until then and try not to get yourselves killed until we get back ok? It would be a drag to have to carry you back to the village."
"Hmph. Ok whatever you say Shikamaru." Sasuke smirked. "We're counting on you guys."
Lee got himself all psyched up. "Alright Team! Let's go forth with the power of youth!"
Sasuke waved his arm to dismiss everyone. "Scatter!"
Everyone instantly sped away from their position. Naruto was quickly getting anxious, he wanted to get in there and give Minoke a piece of his mind. "Mom…Dad…."
Neji clicked on his receiver and looked around with the Byakugan. "Lee, head a little more south."
Lee's voice came back with great vigor almost shattering if not Neji's ears but everyone else whose receiver was on. "Okay! I found it! Yosh!"
"LEE!!" came everyone's voices back with anger.
Lee then turned down the volume on his receiver. "Whoops! Sorry about that." Lee reached a talisman on a tree. "Ready?"
Tenten reached a different tree with a different talisman on it. "I got one too!"
Shikamaru reached the one on the cliff wall. "Here too."
Ino got the one on the tree stump. "Yippee! Found it!"
Kiba and Akamaru reached the one on the ground. "Yahoo! Me and Akamaru got it."
Shino reached the top of the cliff and there was another one there. "Affirmative."
Choji reached the meadow one and celebrated by eating a big bag of chips, surprisingly enough he didn't take the time to read that they were low fat…."Got it Shikamaru!"
Neji reached his on the boulder on the ground. "Here's mine."
Sasuke talked through his speaker and his hand on the talisman on the wall while standing sideways on the cliff. "Ok peel away you guys."
Everyone ripped there's away at the same exact time and wanted for the call from Sasuke.
Sasuke looked at Sakura with his hand on the talisman. "Sakura? How bout we use a switch hook entry to break in?" Sasuke then ripped off the talisman and instantly the barrier dissipated.
Sakura then gathered a ton of power in her fist and threw a punch at the stone door as Sasuke jumped back down. "Knock knock!" Her gloved fist connected with the door as it completely shattered it into pieces.
The earth shook for a moment like an aftershock of an earthquake. Shikamaru and the others hear the explosion and rumble from where they were.
"Sounds like it worked." Shikamaru thought to himself. Suddenly a shadowy figure popped up behind Shikamaru. He turned around to find himself face to face with himself and clicked on his reciever. "Uhhh Neji?"
"Yeah same over here too." Neji responded.
"What is this?" Tenten asked.
"I'm guessing it's a trap." Shino added.
"I see…so breaking the barrier triggers the trap that guards against hostile entry." Choji said.
"They used the barrier talismans to split us up and screw us over, so they would make sure we'd be detained, that's a smart move." Kiba said.
Meanwhile, back at the new cave entry, Naruto, Tobi, Hinata, Sasuke with Nikkei on his back and Sakura, all unaware of what had just transpire quickly enters the hideout.
They soon come face to face with Minoke sitting on two bodies and Itachi standing beside him, but the statue was gone.
Sasuke didn't break his stare from Itachi. Naruto couldn't help but notice that Minoke was nonchalantly sitting on Minato and Kushina's bodies and their eyes were closed.
Naruto then activated the fox powers as the transformation was apparent in his face. "YOU!! GET OFFA THEM!!"
"Certainly a loud brat isn't he?" Itachi said.
"Looks like it…guess it was a bad day to clean out my ears." Minoke joked.
"….Mom! Dad! Why are you just lying there! GET UP!!" Naruto fussed at them. Hinata and Sakura looked at Naruto with concerned eyes, knowing that he couldn't accept the truth. Sasuke hid his face from Naruto. "HEY! ARE YOU TWO DEAF!"
"Naruto, just stop…" Tobi grabbed Naruto's shirt sleeve. "You know full well."
"…." Naruto's heart just stopped.
Minoke tilted his head. "Indeed. I should think you'd know that they're already dead right?"
Naruto took a step back refusing to believe it as tears filled his eyes as his whiskers darkened further. "Shut up and give them back."
Itachi couldn't believe Naruto's determination.
Naruto charged Minoke and Itachi. "I'll kill you!!"
Sasuke then stepped in front of Naruto, stopping his rampage. "Cool it. Charge in without thinking, and you'll get us all killed."
Naruto screeched to an instant halt.
Itachi looked at Minoke's constant scanning of Naruto with the Sharingan. "…I'll hold on to the bodies since it the Jinchuriki boy is burning for them."
"Itachi…." Minoke then turned off the Sharingan and bowed his head. "I know this isn't what you want to hear but….I'll handle Naruto."
"But my lord, I wouldn't push my luck."
"A ninja must always seek ever greater stimulation…lest his senses turn dull. I'm no fool to the strength of Kyuubi."
"Then why risk separating yourself from me? You need all the help you can get."
"Quite so Itachi. As a fellow ninja, I certainly…respect your perspective. But in my opinion, help is like a transient beauty that fades after just a moment."
"Enough talking!" Naruto took out a scroll and opened it as a large shuriken popped up. Naruto grabbed it and chucked it at Minoke.
Minoke caught it and tossed it away like trash, but what was more impressive than being unharmed was that he wasn't even looking at Naruto when he threw it.
"Minoke, you fool. You're going to get yourself killed." Itachi scolded.
"See? I did say you wouldn't like it, did I not?" Minoke sat up patting some dirt off his akatsuki cloak. "My Sharingan is as developed as it's going to get. But compared to yours, yours is not even in the same league as mine." Minoke then bit his thumb and made hand signs then slapped his hand on the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!" A large black hawk appeared with Minoke on its head. The bird had Minato's and Kushina's bodies in its talons as it started to hover above. "See ya later!" The summoned hawk flew out the cave entrance.
Naruto quickly ran after him. "Hey! Get back here!"
Minoke looked back at Naruto chasing him and smiled. "Perfect!" The bird flew into the woods with Naruto behind him.
Tobi ran after him as well. "Geez, Naruto just can't help himself can he? Come on Hinata-san, after him!" Hinata nodded and followed Tobi. "Sasuke! We'll handle Minoke. I'm sure you can handle Itachi with Sakura right? Just don't do anything rash. Got it?"
Sakura nodded. "Understood!"
"…" Sasuke looked at Sakura and didn't say a word.
Tobi and Hinata had caught up to Naruto standing on a tree branch staring at Minoke and his beast with his demonic eyes. Tobi clicked on his reciever and spoke through it. "You guys come in…can you hurry up in getting here?"
Shikamaru was in a stare down with this clone of himself like everyone was. "We would if we could but we're a bit stuck at the moment. It'll take a while."
Tobi clicked it off and activated his Sharingan. "There's no time for delays."
"So brother, you wanna fight me now? I'm sure I shouldn't say this but…Itachi is stronger than I….probably yeah…" Minoke pointed out.
"…" That unsettled Tobi a bit.
"Tobi-sama, Hinata-chan, go help Sakura and Sasuke. I'll finish this creep."
"Hmph. I'm not giving up that easily. You need me."
"And me too!" Hinata said making a fighting stance.
"Hn. How sweet." Minoke threw two smoke bombs at them which exploded three feet from them. Out of the smoke came three shurikens.
Tobi quickly dispatched them with his kunai.
"You're not getting away this time Minoke!" Naruto yelled.
"You're quite the oddball. Jinchuriki hosts are supposed to be sullen and misanthropic like the others I've taken. Frankly I've never seen beings as beloved as they are. To date I've destroyed 1000 Jinchuriki hosts, excluding you and Shukaku, but not one has ever tried to save them. Not their friends, not their neighbors, not a single soul unlike your case. In fact, to a lot their deaths came as a relief. Heh heh heh." Naruto clenched his fist in anger. "Perhaps, maybe you can't ignore your own kind? You feel too connected to those pathetic creatures? Well thanks to Itachi's reconnaissance, I brought your sorry parents from the dead, but the Jutsu is limited to a few days and once my chakra empties, it was the end of them. The point is, you are doomed…all the same."
Naruto's red eyes glowed. "You filth…you're dead."
Meanwhile back at the cave.
Sakura and Sasuke entered a showdown with Itachi.
Sakura gulped all the saliva that had built up in her mouth, as her heart began to race staring off into Itachi's jet black eyes. 'Just facing him like this, I can sense…the huge difference in our experience...and in it…our deaths toll…" That same dark feeling rose back up.
Sasuke stepped in front of her blocking her stare with Itachi. "Sakura…be brave. I'm here with you. Stay behind and watch me." Sasuke threw a kunai at Itachi but it phased right through him hitting the stone wall behind him.
"What the hell?" Sakura's eyes widen.
"Sakura…that's not Itachi. It's a Genjutsu."
Itachi chuckled. "Nice job, Sasuke. You've gotten better. Aren't you going to charge me like the last two times?"
"No. I don't need to."
Sakura looked at Itachi. "I can kind of tell that's not his body, but then where is he? I mean Genjutsu masters work from offstage until the enemy is completely trapped, then we just break the illusion and be free right?"
"No…this is Tsukuyomi. We can't break it so easily."
"What!"
"Yep. It's one of the many powers that come with the Mangekyo. It serves as armor and his weapon. It's his favorite eye technique. What makes it so formidable is its mechanism. We don't know how or from where it may launch its attack."
"But Sasuke, you know how it works and with the Sharingan we can bust out of here."
"That's exactly what I thought I could deal with him on my own. But…it seems that's not the case."
"?! What do you mean?"
"It's different somehow…since I saw it last. For one, it wasn't activated by his eyes; he must have heightened his ability. So if he's changed that much, there's a chance he also has new abilities to go along with it."
"…So how do we fight it?"
"Before we tackle Itachi, we must break Tsukuyomi. I can't break it alone. But however Sakura, you were always the smartest one in our team with your ability to combat any situation with critical detail. Plus with your training you wield the brute force of Tsunade-sama herself."
That vouch of confidence revived Sakura. "…"
"Now listen carefully. The first step is to dispel the Genjutsu; the only catch is that you must dodge every attack it puts forth. Or else…."
Sakura clenched her fist. "I get the idea Sasuke."
"To evade attack, you must understand the Sharingan and you must anticipate his moves instantly."
Sakura bowed her head. "Understand the Sharingan? Make snap judgments? I can't really do either."
"True. These things take years of experience…"
"Then…how?" She looked at Sasuke clutching an old headband with a scar through the metal.
Sasuke smirked remembering the fight he had with Naruto long ago. "I wonder what you see when you look at me? Your boyfriend? Or…" Sasuke tied that old headband on his head. Sakura looked on at this sudden decision to wear that ragged old thing from his Genin days. "Just count on me. Like I said before, I'll protect you with my life. Besides…I've already made the first move."
"?!" Sakura scrunched up her face in confusion. "Sasuke? I have something to tell you…"
"Can it wait?"
"Well…" Sakura rubs her stomach feeling that same weird feeling from before.
"Don't worry. I've got your back, nothing's gonna hurt you."
"Ok….just stay alive….for them…"
"Them??"
Itachi then coughed to get their attention. "Are you done yet? Let's finish this."
"Whatever Itachi. I'm not gonna hold back on you."
Itachi smiled to himself. "I wouldn't have it any less."
Sasuke and Itachi both activated their Sharingan at the same time.
Whoo! End of Chapter Seventeen! Time to take a breather cause my graduation is next week!! Woohoo!! Anyway it's getting more and more exciting by the second!! But who's them? Can Tobi, Naruto and Hinata defeat Minoke? What about Shikamaru and the others who are in a predicament of their own? All that and more revealed in our next split chapters!
Next Time! Chapter 18: Blood Brothers pt one: The Power of Itachi and The Courage of Sasuke.
(Yes I know It's a long ass title. But it sounded cool on paper…)
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