Chapter 8: Kick his ass Seabass
Kriomi was trapped in a nightmare world that was painted with strange colors on a red background. She saw horrifying images of Sasuke being burned, beaten cut up, and then she saw the image of Sasuke leaving her.
"You see how much of a toy you are to him," said a voice. It belonged to the older Uchiha, the murdered, Itachi. "He will leave you when you bore him for he will not rest until I'm dead and that will never. He never found satisfaction with any other, why would you get the delusion in your head that you were any different. You're just a replacement until he can get Sakura back."
"Shut up you sociopathic freak," shouted Kiriomi. "You don't know Sasuke like I do. Sure he has some flaws of judgment some time and he did over obsess about killing you, but he is not weak. Inside of him, there is still a person who will protect his friends and loved ones with his life. I will always be there by his side to help him."
"Are you sure about that," said Itachi as he put his hand on her cheek. She slapped it away and then slapped him in the eye. "Well looks like you don't want to break easily. I never thought I'd have to use this, but I think this is necessary."
She was then encircled by four Itachis carrying swords. She looked into each one of their eyes and saw only blank stares.
Sasuke ran through the forest looking for Kiriomi while Gaara looked out for any scents that he could pick up. The Forbidden Forest was a vast area to cover and time was a thing that wasn't on their side. Sasuke rushed from branch to branch, hoping he wasn't too late to save her.
Kiriomi was worried what he might do with the swords, but then she saw something in his eyes. She saw something that was like hunger and sadism mixed together. She then noticed that each sword was in a cutting stance instead of a thrusting position which made her wonder what he was going to do to her. He licked his lips as his eye began to move his sword towards her, slowly at first, but then he moved fast as lightning. He'd cut through her shirt and bra and she looked in horror as the other Itachis followed suit until there were only shreds of her shirt left.
"Stop you pervert," shouted Kiriomi.
"Still defiant, ay," asked Itachi mockingly. He held her chin up and then slapped her brutally across the face. He then put a kunai up to her neck and pressed it slightly so that it drew a trickle of blood. "Oh you're going to look so beautiful with blood on you, you blood. Now let me hear you scream you stupid bitch."
"Go fuck yourself pussy," said Kiriomi. She had heard Nobunaga say thatsame thing to half the people he beat up in bar fights when he was trying to blow off steam. It was a habit that she made him get rid of. "You tie a woman up and then try to act all tough, which's the bigger bitch here, you or me?"
Itachi punched her in the stomach. "You talk tough now, but in a few minutes your going to begging me to continue," said Itachi, but this wasn't Itachi. Kiriomi had heard about Itachi and remembered Itachi visiting her brother. He would never act like this and had never acted like this, until he got that freaky eye.
"What did you do to my brother," asked Kiriomi. "What did you do to Nobunaga-san?"
"He and I had a disagreement, but since he was a friend I couldn't bring myself to kill him," said Itachi. "I guess there must still be some resistance in his soul, but it's still not enough o beat me. I think I left your brother to die and judging by the wounds I think he should be dead right now if he hasn't gotten medical attention, but even if he did, I was to deliberate in my cuts. Nothing can save him now unless Lady Tsunade was there to heal five minutes after I left with you."
"Sasuke is going to kick your ass," said Kiriomi.
"Now there is that tireless mantra," said Itachi. "The part where the damsel in distress says that her lover boy will come and save her from the villain and he magically appears there to stop me. Please, this is the real world and you've failed to take into account that this forest is very fast and that I've had some time to take you this far. He'll be too late and I'd love to see how he likes you after I've marked you. Ah, the ultimate test of true love."
He grabbed her pants and ripped them right off leaving her clad in only her panties and sandals. She was now on the edge of fainting from terror. She didn't know what scared her more, the fact that she was now before a dangerous man in only her panties or the look in his left eye. Right when started to move towards her, a kunai came flying through the air. Itachi deflected this easily and looked at the person who through the kunai.
"Just how did you get here little brother," asked Itachi.
"You failed to take into account my ability to sense blood," said Gaara. "I think that this is your fight Sasuke."
"Thanks," said Sasuke as he jumped from a tree to face Itachi.
"Well, well, would you look at this," said Itachi. "This a rematch and a reunion all wrapped in one. Isn't fate just fucked up?"
Itachi disappeared and reappeared behind Sasuke. He aimed the sword for his neck, but Sasuke had gotten a lot faster since the last time they fought. He moved forward and slashed at Itachi with his version of Kusanagi, the sword that Orochimaru used. Itachi leapt back and took a sword fighting stance. He was waiting for the first move to be made, but he wasn't going to wait forever.
Sasuke then put his hands together to quickly do the hand signs and used a fireball jutsu to force Itachi to move to either side. Sasuke then threw a kunai at Itachi as he moved out of the way of the firball. Itachi caught the kunai with two fingers and threw it back before the explosive note tied to the kunai could explode. It blew up right in between the two and they both lunged for each other with murderous intent.
"Impudent little brother, tonight will be the night I finally end your pathetic life," snarled Itachi.
"You may have beaten me in the past, but this time I'm stronger," said Sasuke.
"You're still weak," said Itachi. "You've let your hate subside. You'll never beat me with love, only hate."
"No I won't beat you with hate," said Sasuke. "I'll beat you with drive and clarity of vision. You've always had me on a string like a puppet. I didn't know anything about myself or about how to get stronger. I only listened to your words and made them my life. I don't need that shit anymore; you can take it all back because the only thing I want is her. The only thing I want back is my lover, who is the happiness that you tried to deny me."
With those words Sasuke drove his knee into Itachi and then followed it up with a punch to the face. Itachi stumbled back a bit, but whipped himself forward to catch Sasuke with a right hook. He then grabbed Sasuke and tossed him into a tree. Sasuke rebounded off the tree and used the momentum to knock Itachi off his feet. When the two brothers regained their feet they went immediately for each other using their sharingans heavily. Metal collided with metal as the battle for survival took to the tree tops. Sasuke tried to use the phoenix flower jutsu, but Itachi used it first forcing Sasuke to change his position in midair. This distraction gave Itachi enough time to knock Sasuke down to the earth below. Itachi jumped down over Sasuke, holding his sword up to deliver the final blow.
Kiriomi, who was freed by Gaara, couldn't stand watching it anymore and threw the first weapon she could get her hands on, a shuriken. Itachi was about to bring the sword down when the shuriken hit it's mark, Itachi's left eye. Itachi screamed in pain as he clutched his left eye giving Sasuke an opening to kick the ground from beneath his brother's feet. Sasuke looked into Itachi's right eye and saw how different it was compared to the one he had seen before. It looked like Kakashi's mangekyou. Sasuke heard Itachi utter a word that was unmistakable, "brother."
Itachi passed out from shock and Sasuke felt relieved that he had gotten two things back, his brother and most importantly of all, the woman he loved. Satisfied he collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.
"Let's get them to the hospital," said Kiriomi. "I also want to check on my brother."
"Let's hope Sakura got him to the hospital in time," said Gaara. He carried the two men in his sand as they made their way back to Konoha.