Itachi's POV

Why would Shisui give me the cat? The only thing she had done that was remarkable for a cat was it on my shoulder while I was training. Not to mention not only did I not have a weapon, I had to protect the cat for Sasuke.

Fugaku, I refused to call him father any longer, unsheathed the family katana. I prepared to execute my Grand Fireball Jutsu as he smiled madly. He slashed at the air, sending a blast of sharp chakra in my direction. I retaliated instantly, the handsigns flashing faster than even the activated sharingan could see. I braced myself and sent the massive ball of fire in the direction of Fugaku.

The weight on my shoulder disappeared as the slicing chakra broke through the fire. The fire chakra should have overwhelmed the chakra sent from Fugaku's sword. What was he doing? I dodged, and prepared for another jutsu. The wave of chakra followed me.

I felt my eyes widen. I hadn't seen a jutsu like that before. I couldn't dodge without endangering the spectators behind me. I prepared to take a hit.

Chibi was suddenly in front of me, her eyes glowing an unnatural yellow. The chakra blast hit her, and she disappeared in a puff of smoke. The weight once again placed itself on my shoulder, its tail wrapped around my neck.

The clan, Fugaku and myself included looked at her stunned for a moment. Except for Shisui, he was grinning like an idiot. Chibi seemed unaware of the attention she was getting, as if it was perfectly normal for a house cat to create a shadow clone. She gave me a look that plainly said,'What the heck are you waiting for? Let's go kill him.' I raised an eyebrow and turned back to Fugaku.

I may not have to protect the cat for Sasuke, she seemed capable of doing that herself.

Kin's POV

I wrapped my tail around Itachi's neck to keep it from twitching nervously. This was my first actual fight, and considering the situation you could see how I was nervous.

"Stop worrying. I'll tell you what to do if you need it."

"And that makes me feel better how?"

I clung frantically to Itachi's shoulder and watched as Fugaku blurred into motion. Itachi mimicked him and began forming the seals for another fire jutsu.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Jutsu."

I leapt from Itachi's shoulder once again. I couldn't see their movements as the small orbs of flame lit the clearing in small pockets. I closed my eyes, sensing their chakra rather than watching them. There, Fugaku was about to perform a counter to Itachi's jutsu.

I ran at the place Fugaku would have to land to counter the jutsu and jumped. Fugaku landed I slashed at him, my claws extended with the purple chakra that was a fusion of Kohaku's demonic chakra and my own. I felt a warm liquid splatter on my fur.

I felt the chakra infused katana slash down towards me, I infused my fur with yet more of the purple chakra and blocked the katana with my tail as I fell back to the ground. I ran, my eyes still closed, towards Itachi's clone. He had taken advantage of my distraction to hide himself in the trees surrounding the Uchiha training grounds and left a clone in his place.

I finally opened my eyes as I reached the clone, leaping up onto its' shoulder I looked back to the now enraged Fugaku and saw why he was so angry. Where his eyes used to be was now a long bloody gash.

"Good job, Kitten. There's no chance he can win now."

"He didn't have a chance in the first place. But now he's probably going to resort to genjutsu to try and dislocate Itachi so he can do the smart thing and run."

"The cowards thing you mean."

"Both."

I felt the genjutsu come over to the clone and I. I closed my eyes and substituted myself with my clone. Slipping behind Fugaku I entered the trees, then rapidly made my way to where Itachi was hiding. He looked at me, then at Fugaku and raised an eyebrow. I rapidly started grooming myself, I had to get the blood off sometime.

He picked me up by the scruff of my neck and deposited me on his shoulder.

"Well, that was a little embarrassing."I told a silent Kohaku.

I felt Itachi's muscles tense as he watched Fugaku begin to desperately make the signs for a teleportation jutsu. Itachi was faster.

There was a loud snapping sound as Itachi broke Fugaku's neck, leaving his hands red from the blood still streaming from Fugaku's non-exsistant eyes.

The rest of the clan was silent as the elder who had proposed to settle this the old way stepped forward and checked Fugaku's pulse.

"Dead. The winner is Uchiha Itachi. Itachi-sama, please take the weapon from your opponent."

Itachi pried the katana from his fathers grasp, wiped it on Fugaku's clothes, and replaced it in its' sheath.

"Itachi-sama is the new head of clan. At age thirteen, he is the youngest head of clan we have had. May his decisions be wise and-"

"Itachi-sama," whispered Shisui, "your eyes."

I looked up to see Itachi's eyes spinning with the mangekyo sharingan.

"It seems, Kitten, that our chakra reacted with Itachi's emotions to activate the second level of the came very close to activating the third level. If we had found a way to fight in human form and had fought like that, he would have the same eyes as Madara."

I watched as Itachi turned to face the clan, only I was close enough to see the raging emotions concealed behind the icy black.

"He could never have the same eyes as Madara."

Shisui's POV

I wasn't sure what shocked me more, Itachi's sudden sharingan development, or Chibi's skills. And while I hadn't yet seen what Itachi's new sharingan could do, I had seen Chibi's claws freakishly enhanced with purple, almost black, chakra and her fur sparking with the same divergent color. Not to mention the harsh yellow color her eyes had shifted into when she began using that chakra.

At least Itachi was human. I sighed. I still had to thank her for the warning however. She may not be human, but she had saved the clan from a conflict that couldn't be resolved from within the clan, as well as the possible elimination of the clan itself.

I resolved to meet her as she trained again so that I could speak with her.

Itachi's POV

I closed the door to my room., setting up a jutsu that wouldn't allow anyone to enter. I felt Chibi jump silently down to the floor, she was the only one that saw my hands as the shook, and the single tear that slid down my face.

I could tell the Hokage, and Danzo, that there was no reason to prepare to get rid of the clan. It had only cost one life, instead of the many I had predicted. Though I now had more responsibilities, I could choose what direction the clan would go. I could help keep the peace. And I didn't have to kill Shisui or Sasuke.

I fell to my knees, trembling. A small furry body slid under my limp hand where it was dangling by my side. I looked at Chibi, remembering the almost demonic purple chakra that had laced her fur. I scratched her behind the ears, she started purring.

She was the only one who saw me cry after I killed my father.

She was the only one that saw me smile when I realized I didn't have to kill my clan.

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Well, my first fight scene, an Itachi with conflicting emotions, and a future meeting with Shisui. I hope I didn't disappoint. The only way to tell me if I did or didn't is to REVIEW. As always, thanks

Sety