Chapter 22: The Final Battle

Meanwhile everyone else had reached outside again when they heard the explosion nearby. Everyone decided not to return to the village until Sasuke and Ishiku returned.

"Hey sensei was it really a good idea to let them fight Itachi without us" Said Naruto

"Itachi is a dangerous person to fight, but Sasuke and Ishiku won't go down that easily"

"That may be so, but we should at least be there for backup"

"No this is their fight, all the training they did was for this moment"

"But..."

"Naruto don't worry about them, they should be fine. Besides I can keep an eye on them with the Byakugan" Interrupted Hinata, as she started focusing on the location off the battle.

"Your right, I'm sorry" Said Naruto as he sat down next to Hinata. While Sakura and Misaki sat down next to them, hoping that they come back alive.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu" A massive fireball came from Itachi closing in on Sasuke and Ishiku.

"Quick Ishiku jump out the way" Ishiku jumped out the way of the fireball as Sasuke performed the same hand signs, making another fireball appearing clashing into the other creating a large amount of heat and smoke.

"It seems that Sasuke has matched my abilities quit well, it seems I might need to use the Mangekyō"

"Fire Style" Flaming Palm Strike" Itachi then suddenly looked up into the sky to see Ishiku coming straight for him, with fire engulfing his hand. Itachi knew that being hit by that Jutsu would wound him majorly. Itachi quickly jumped away as Ishiku's fist slammed into the ground making the fire burst forward making a another hole in the roof. Itachi then realised that the sky was getting dark and that lighting started to become visible. He then looked at Sasuke who was concentrating his chakra into his hand.

Itachi rushed passed Ishiku and headed straight for Sasuke, with no time to react Itachi grabbed Sasuke and stared into his eyes. Sasuke instantly knew what was coming next and he was not looking forward to it. Before he can do anything he was thrown into the world of Tsukiyomi. Ishiku then recovered from his last Jutsu seeing Sasuke unconscious in Itachi's hands. Ishiku then begun to rush towards Itachi but stopped when Itachi pulled out a kunai and held it at Sasuke's throat.

"So Ishiku tell me, have you ever seen a comrade die before"

"What type of question is that?"

"Well it's just that it's common for a Ninja to see his comrades die in battle"

"No I haven't seen a comrade die, and I'm going to make sure that it never happens"

"Now it's a bit hard to be saying that when I can easily kill Sasuke"

"I don't need to worry about that"

"Why's that"

"Because I know you would never kill your younger brother"

"And what gives you that impression"

"Simple, if you wanted him dead then you would of have done so when you killed off the rest of the clan" Itachi then through Sasuke aside, He was right about what he just said.

"Tell me, how you figured that all out, when you don't know me that well"

"I didn't spend ages trying to figure it out; I only started to think about it after you went after Sakura. When instead you could have killed me or Sasuke"

"I see"

"Enough talking, I think Sasuke is ready now" Itachi then turned around and noticed that Sasuke had moved away.

"Itachi your life ends here" Sasuke then shot lightning in to the sky summoning his ultimate Jutsu, Kirin. Suddenly Sasuke directed the attack at Itachi, Instantly striking him on the spot. Ishiku had to move away to avoid being caught in the blast.

"I think that did Sasuke" Yelled Ishiku as he regrouped with Sasuke.

"Yeh there's no way that he could avoid that"

"You guys have gotten stronger" both of them turned around shocked to see Itachi rise from the rubble. But he emerged from rubble with flaming like skeleton around him but that then transformed into a warrior like shape, wielding a sword and shield of flames.

"What is that thing" Said Sasuke.

"This Jutsu is known as the Uchiha's ultimate defence its name; Sasuno'o"

"If it's an Uchiha technique then how come I've never heard of it?"

"That's because it's only usable if you have the Mangekyō Sharingan"

"Well then let's see if we can break this ultimate defence then, Ishiku you know what to do"

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu" Both of the Uchiha's both used the same Jutsu, but as the fireballs were sent out they merged with one another and formed a Fireball twice the size of the original. The Fireball then clashed with Itachi's Sasuno'o leaving behind a large trail of smoke.

Ishiku and Sasuke both kept their guard up ready for any sudden attacks. Once the smoke had cleared Itachi still remained standing, the Sasuno'o shield in front of him. The Great Fireball was blocked leaving no damage on Itachi or the Sasuno'o.

"I see you have managed to combine your attacks together to form a more lethal attack, but you will need more than that to get past the Sasuno'o. But let's see you try dodge this; Amaterasu" A black flame appeared in front of Itachi and headed straight for the two Uchiha's.

"Ishiku keep moving; don't let those flames touch you if they do you won't be able to put them out" Both of them were able to keep the flames away from them until Itachi stopped the attack due to the amount of strain it was putting on him and his chakra.

"Sasuke what should we do next, I don't think neither of us have a Jutsu strong enough to break through his Sasuno'o"

Ishiku did have a point, but Sasuke wasn't going to give up. He had to think of something but then he remembered something. The longer the Mangekyō Sharingan is used for, the more stain it puts on the users body, plus the users eye sight worsens the longer its used for.

"Ishiku I've have a plan, but for it to work we are going to need to dodge everyone of Itachi's attacks, until he runs out of chakra" Ishiku looked at Sasuke wondering what he had planned but for now he went along with it. As it could be there only shot at coming out alive.