Me: *announcer voice* "Who have our heroes encountered? Let's find out, in this new episode of Suigetsumon!"

Suigetsu: I have a tv show named after me? o.o

Me: Yep :D

Suigetsu: Yay! *dances*

Sasuke: *facepalm*

Me: Anyway, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!

Standing in the distance, the orange sun illuminating his silhoutte, was a man in a black cloak. Dotted on the cloak, were red clouds. His face was stern, wearing a slight frown. Strange indentions in the shape of thin lines slide down the sides of the bridge of his nose, to the bottom of his upper cheek bones. They emphasized the greyish bags under his eyes, which were a stark red. Unmistakably, the round circles contained the sharingan.

"...Sasuke?" Suigetsu broke the silence caused by the man's presence. "Who...who is that?" The raven-haired teen didn't respond, his eyes fixed on the figure. Instead, Chiyo replied with a question of her own.

"So...this is you're big brother, isn't it Sasuke?" Suigetsu's head darted over at Sasuke, who already had his sharingan activated. This was Itachi Uchiha? This was the one who the other teen had been searching for? The one he wanted to kill? Suigetsu's stomach began to churn. How did they find him so quickly? The teen's entire body was trembling.

Finally, the Akatsuki member spoke, his voice soothing and reserved. "I see. We meet again, Sasuke." An ominious air of dread and suspense was covering the area. Sasuke's bangs fell over his scarlet eyes, which were focused on only one object alone.

"...Those eyes." Sasuke began, his voice barely above a whisper, but still completely audible. Itachi's eyebrows slightly furrowed. "...They haven't changed at all, have they?" Suigetsu was shivering uncontrollably. Sasuke's mood was dark and filled with a want for vengence. "...They still have that indifference and evil in them."

Itachi's expression didn't change. "Some day, you're eyes shall resemble mind in their indifference." These words set of a flare in Sasuke's nerve, and he drew his katana. The blade was filled to the brim with an electric current, a blue haze of light surrounding the group. Grass started to crackle and burn around them.

"Uchiha Itachi," Sasuke's tone hadn't changed. "I won't make the same mistake as before." In what seemed like a flash, the Uchiha brothers were facing eachother, weapons locked. Itachi held Sasuke's thundering blade with a few of his fingers, completely unharmed. Suigetsu watched in shock as the two began dueling, with Sasuke's sword clinging off of Itachi's bare fingertips. They moved so fast, that they appeared as a blur. The three sand nin behind Suigetsu shielded their eyes from the bright sparks from the conflict, while the booming sound of chidori echoed off the surrounding trees.

"Foolish little brother." Itachi said calmly, deflecting more of Sasuke's strike with a brush of his fingers. Each time his skin was about to touch the blade, he released a small burst of chakra to deflect it, leaving him unharmed. "How long do you intend to keep trying to strike me?"

Sasuke had a face of complete determination. "You misread my intentions, Itachi." Suddenly, A clone appeared behind the older Uchiha, slicing downward vertically with its electrically charged sword. When it hit the ground, a blade of pure electric charka shot out, frying all the grass in its path, and heading straight for Itachi.

With his eyebrows once again furrowed, Itachi was struck by the blade, only to burst into several black crows. Sasuke looked around cautiously, watching the birds as they circled him. With a mass of cries, they all darted down towards him, and formed into shuriken.

"Sasuke!" Suigetsu shouted, jumping into a run towards the Uchiha. Sasuke deflected all the shuriken away with a flick of his blade, but in that instant, he wasn't prepared when Itachi's fist burst up from the ground beneath him and struck him in an uppercut.

"Nngh!" Sasuke grunted and attempted to tackle the now exposed Itachi to the ground, the two of them rolling in the grass. The teen channeled more electricity into his sword, and in response Itachi released another burst of chakra, sending him back. The older Uchiha skidded on his feet across the scorched vegetation, making rapid hand seals. Suigetsu's eyes widened.

"Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!" After taking in a deep breath, Itachi exhaled a gigantic fireball, which was perhaps the biggest Suigetsu had ever seen. As it moved, streams of fire set the grass alight, causing huge bursts of flames to prop up and flare into the sky alongside the sphere. The scene made it look like the Akatsuki member had unleashed the wrath of Hell upon them, with the rising sun behind it all.

The sand nin sprinted out of the way, while Suigetsu swiftly followed. The intense heat made the air around Suigetsu get incredibly hot, dehydrating him fast. His feet back to slow down, and he felt himself weaken. The fireball was rapidly approaching him, and he was getting too slow to escape it. Sasuke noticed this from the rock he had taken cover from, and decided to take action.

"Suigetsu!" powering his chidori and moving at lightning fast speed, he rode on the tail of the electricity to snatch up Suigetsu out of the path of the fire just in time.

The pale-haired teen felt himself be propped over Sasuke's shoulder like he had in Konoha. His eyes were half open to avoid being blinded as the fireball exploded, colliding with the forest trees they had arrived from. Darting his eyes around in search of Chiyo and the others, Suigetsu caught sight of Itachi. The two locked eyes for a split second, a chill running up his spine. As he looked away, he could've sworn he noticed Itachi raise a hand or finger in their direction. However, nothing happened.

Sasuke landed several yards away from the blast and set down Suigetsu, who landed on the ground with a thump. The Uchiha turned to face his older brother, whose cloak and hair were blowing around in the wind from the aftermath of the explosion. Suigetsu looked up at Sasuke, his eyes watery from the irritation they had recieved due to the heat.

"Suigetsu," Sasuke said sternly. "this is my battle. Stay out of it." The cold hate in his voice made Suigetsu tremble. How did this Akatsuki guy possible inspire such hatred out of Sasuke?

With a leap, Sasuke charged at Itachi, covered in electricity. Itachi held up his hand and caught Sasuke's blade, a blank expression on his face. Suddenly, to Suigetsu's surprise, fire spread from Itachi's fingers and engulfed Sasuke. With a sweap of his hand, Itachi knocked the sword away and hit his little brother across the face, sending him flying to the ground.

"SASUKE!" The teen couldn't help it. He had to help. Sprinting forward and jumping off one of the surrounding boulders, Suigetsu lept into the air and made a few hand seals.

"Suiton: Daihodan!" With a gulp of suddenly moist air, Suigetsu launched several large balls of water from his mouth. Itachi hopped out of their path, while some of the others hit Sasuke and put out the flame.

Finally landing, Suigetsu ran over to Sasuke, who was curled up in a ball. Tears were forming in the mist nin's eyes. 'Sasuke is going to be ok.' he repeated over and over in his head. It had to be true. If it isn't...but it is! He is ok! He has to be!

"Sasuke!" He fell to his knees at the Uchiha's side and put two fingers to Sasuke's neck. To his relief, he could hear a pulse. Suigetsu grinned in sudden joy at his safety, and rolled him over to look at his face for any burn marks.

What he saw caused him to scream at the top of his lungs.