A/N: Hello everyone! HAHAHAHA! Finally I am done with this dreaded fight scene! This is the last chapter of the fight between brothers! Hooray! Not that I'm dismissing it. It's just that I'm not good at action/fighting scenes! So I'm celebrating that I'm finally done with this! Hoorah!

Okay now, since this is the last chapter of the fight between Sasuke and Itachi, then that means that the answer to my game question is finally here! Wahoo! After so long! Rejoice my beloved fans! But I'm not going to reveal the answer until the end, when you finish reading this chapter. I'll also put down who won and they will vote for which ItaSasu story idea I should so first once this story or 'Would You Love Me' or 'Naruto Cold Cases: Family Problems' is complete.

I do NOT OWN ANY of the Naruto characters or the story itself. It belongs to Kishimoto, who at this moment I both hate and love and don't know which feeling is stronger than the other. Thank you for those who have reviewed and voted. Remember that even though if you've lost, that's okay. There's always next time or you can try the WYLM question. Now enjoy!

Ch. 23: The Fight Between Brothers Pt 3

The whole training room is completely silent. The audience is too stunned to speak and Itachi is just standing there, waiting for Sasuke's next move. He knows that last attack isn't going to stop his little brother and the young prince is sure to have more tricks up his sleeve, especially when those marks were moving on his skin. It's just a matter of time before something happens.

However, a wave of nausea hits the ex-hunter. For a moment, things began to shift and Itachi suddenly feels really dizzy. He stumbles for a moment before regaining his standings, but to do that he had to make his warrior disappear. Breathing in and out through his mouth, he waits for the nausea to pass and hopefully, his brother doesn't decide to attack.

Wrong.

Itachi feels danger and by the time he looks back up to where the pile of rubble is, something is right in front of him. All he got to see were black and gold eyes before a great force hits him and he goes crashing into the wall twenty-five meters behind him. The humans and the other vampires were still in gaping and silent shock as they were now too afraid to blink in fear they might miss something important. Itachi hit the wall for only a second before Sasuke's blade stabbed the wall right above his shoulder. Not even when he's in pain does he have a chance of rest. Instantly, he opens his eyes, only to be flabbergasted with what he sees right in front of him. For a moment, he couldn't even recognize the person in front of him as his little brother.

"I hope you understand that I have every desire in chopping your head off right now," Sasuke growls to him. Too bad Naruto's orders are holding him back. But at the moment, Itachi could care less.

Itachi couldn't stop staring. His brother's appearance has changed into this stunning, dangerous, gorgeous creature. Is this what his Full Vampire Mode looks like? Unlike Itachi's giant ghost warrior that surrounded his body, Sasuke's appearance completely changes. His skin became grey, his hair long, wild and a lighter shade of blue, there only mark on his body this time is an arrow across and up and down on his nose, his lips have become a dark color of purple, both of his eyes are still black and gold, his fangs are extended, he has sharp claws on his hands – that Itachi can see from the hand on the handle of the sword close to his neck, and now Sasuke has wings on his back that look an awful like hands and fingers as feathers. In short and to any human, he looks like a demon, especially with that glare of his right now. But to his brother, Itachi thinks differently.

"You look stunning…"

Uh?

When he said that, only Sasuke heard that. Not even any of the other vampires heard him with their sensitive hearing. Since the younger prince is closer to him, it's no wonder he heard him but now he's wondering if he should have heard that. He was taken back at first and caught a little off guard, but quickly he gained a vein to pulse on his head and his brow twitches.

"Seriously?" he questions. "That's all you can say? Where the hell did that come from?"

Itachi's stunned expression calms down and he returns back to his indifferent personality. "What's the problem? It's the truth." This time, he spoke louder and now he's captured the audience's attention.

What? What did he say?

Sasuke blows, yelling, "That's not the point! You don't just say that after I nearly cut your head off!"

"I appreciated it that you didn't."

Okay, now he's making Sasuke feel worn out mentally. He has three veins now as he replies, "It's that dope's stupid law. I can't kill you, no matter how much I want to right now. You're causing me a lot of trouble and stress I really don't need." Then he smirks. With that face he has, that smirk looks more devious and devilish than he intended. "But if I can't kill you, then I can always make sure that you suffer the exact same pain I've suffered. Not only for these past few days but for these past twenty years. You might not like it, but I know that I'm sure as hell I'm going to enjoy myself." He yanks the sword out of the wall and gets ready to strike. Stab him in the shoulder with fire like how he did to Sasuke and twist or stab him in the gut with lightning and twist? That question came across Sasuke's mind as he thrusts the sword to his brother, but rather he chooses one or the other, he doesn't care. Itachi is still going to feel pain.

But just like Itachi who got a wave of nausea, Sasuke got a giant pain in his head as if someone just punched him there. For that small second of pain, he became open and Itachi didn't let opportunity pass him by. He quickly got up, grasp Sasuke's wrist, goes behind the boy, and twists his arm behind him. Sasuke winced in pain of the sudden twist and he drops his sword because of it. He was going to try and attack, his head still pounding with pain, but Itachi's other hand goes to his neck and it's covered in fire. The younger prince remains perfectly still as he looks at his older brother at the corner of his eye, pure anger pouring out of eyes as he stares into those hard, firm red ones.

"Damn you…" he curses under his breath.

"I'd put that Full Vampire Mode of yours aside if I were you."

The hell? Who does he think he is? Sasuke glares at him a bit more intensively before he asks, "And what makes you think I'm going to listen to you?" While his glare became more deadly, Itachi's gaze became harder and colder. He tightens his grip on his baby brother's arm, which the boy most certainly did not enjoy, before he spoke.

"Don't be stupid, Sasuke. You know just as well as I why Full Vampire Mode is not only hard to fully obtain and master, it's even more difficult to have it on for so long. If you want me to suffer without any distractions like how you desire, then put it away."

Rather Sasuke likes it or not, he's right. The greatest disability with Full Vampire Mode is it harms the body and sometimes, beyond repair. The body can't take the real power every vampire has within themselves. It needs time to get used to it. Sasuke just learned it so it's not really astonishing that he lasted this short, according to him. It's also no real surprise that Itachi lasted even shorter with his Full Vampire Mode. He hasn't used it in twenty years as a human and if he did, if he even could, he would have been in really bad shape the second he unleashed it. If it's hard on a vampire body, imagine what it must be like on a human body.

Reluctantly, Sasuke begins to return back to his normal self. His hair begins to shrink back to its original length and turn back to its original color, his claws shrink back to size, his wings shrink back into his back, the mark on his face fades away as his grey skin crawls away back to Sasuke's shoulder – how they crawled back looked a lot like those markings Itachi saw earlier, and Sasuke's black and gold eyes fade away back to its original color; white with red irises. Once he fully returned back to his original form, not only did the throbbing stopped but Itachi released him and retracted his flaming hand. They still remained close while Sasuke rubs his wrist and looks over his shoulder to the brother that's still staring at him.

"Happy, now?" the boy asks, annoyed.

He just answers, "I'm not the one who should be grateful about it. I backed down the moment I felt the effects."

Hold on! Is the fight over already? Why are they just talking?

"And it left you wide open. Now thanks to you, I got more on my plate than I need."

Itachi raises a brow when he heard that. "Oh?"

Sasuke answers, "Out of this whole room, who do you think is most pleased I can use Full Vampire Mode?" Then he points over his shoulder towards Naruto's direction and when Itachi looks, he sees one girl vampire girl beaming with happiness and practically glowing with sunshine joy. Sakura right now looks like a little child waking up to Christmas morning and getting the best present her parents could possibly get her. A lot of people backed away from her, except for Hinata who really has no choice but to stay close to her protector.

Oh yeah. Sasuke told her that he might agree to their engagement once he's mastered Full Vampire Mode. Only mature vampires can use it. Oh shit…

"Thanks a lot, aniki." And that does not sound good. Neither does the sound of lightning going off nearby. "Now thanks to you, I got to deal with her. You are so going to die." With a hand covered in lightning, Sasuke sharply turns around and strikes. Itachi was able to duck right on time. He turns around to kick trip the boy but he jumps and tries striking again. Itachi had to roll before springing himself up as Sasuke hit the ground and destroyed part of it. He growls at his older brother before charging at him for another attack.

Okay, now he's upset.

Now without any weapons, their fight just looks like a test of agility, flexibility, and the strength of hidden power. However since Sasuke is using lightning, he's not as fast as he was before so compared to that time, Itachi is able to keep up, a bit. The only problem is the only thing he can do is dodge. He doesn't have time to charge up his power and strike. He needs to dodge further.

Itachi dodges Sasuke's attack one more time and he leaves some water for him to trip on. But this time the younger prince notices. He jumps away before he does step on the water puddle and that gives Itachi the chance he needs. Once he could, Itachi takes a really deep breathe creates a giant fireball as he exhales. Seeing that fireball now coming at him at a pretty fast speed, Sasuke can already see that he can't dodge it in time. His only chance, overpower it. So he too takes a deep breath, putting that air at the pit of his stomach and then letting it out into a giant fireball to clash with his brothers.

The people in the audience had to raise their arms up to protect themselves from the intense heat of the two attacks. One of them asks, "How much longer is this going to last?" By that time, the attacks were going at each other for at least a minute or two. Too long for attacks like that to last. Now this is a test of who has the powerful hidden power.

But there is one thing Naruto notices as he keeps at least one eye on the fireballs. 'They're smaller than the ones before.'

The only explanations to why a fireball would be small, compared to what he's seen, would either be because of the user's choice or because they're starting to run out of energy. Maybe the fight will end sooner than expected.

As the brothers continue to prolong their attacks, Sasuke says in his head, 'Come on. Just a little more.' Seconds later, it's done. 'There!' Now he's all charged up just enough to last him a good five seconds. He stops his fire attack and moves. Not only was he able to get away in time, he was also able to pick up his sword on the way of charging his brother.

Itachi noticed when his fireball went through, Sasuke was no longer there. He stopped and only had half a second to feel danger coming right for him. By the time he turned his head to look, he's already face to face with Sasuke and then he feels a cold sharp metal puncture right through him. Instantly he cringes and tenses at the feel of his brother's sword through him as the crowd around them gasps at the scene. Itachi soon begins to feel his throat starting to flood up with his blood. Some managed to reach the mouth and escape to the outside from the corner against his wishes. He tries to hold the rest back as his little brother smirks in victory.

"Gotcha."

Then the younger prince twists the blade inside his old brother and Itachi surprisingly showed no pain on his expression. Not that it doesn't hurt. It does. Especially when…

"You deliberately missed a vital point but you charged your sword with your lightning to paralyze not only my body but my powers as well. Very precise and clever."

Sasuke lost his smirk then. He barks back, "Don't compliment me. Sweet words aren't going to help you now." He leans closer to his brother's face and he says, "Now this is where the fun really begins, aniki. I hope you're ready."

Now not seeing fear or even a hint of intimidation is something that Sasuke expects from his indifferent of a brother, but it would be nice to see it all the same. However, Itachi just looks at him directly in the eye and tells him, "I'm afraid our play time is just about over." Before the younger prince new it, the body in front of him suddenly turns into crows and scatters all around him.

'Shit! Not this again!'

Sasuke charges up his hand with lightning and quickly to get out of this illusion before his brother attacks him from somewhere – how could he do that anyway? Sasuke saved up as much power as he can to even reach the guy at lightning speed and still use his second hidden power to charge up his sword. So how?

Right when Sasuke was going to send his lightning from his body so he can hit all of the crows around him from any direction, Itachi appears right before him. He only had a moment before Itachi splashes him with water in the form of a cylinder the size of his hand. The older prince had gathered the water in his hands and when he got his chance, he tosses the water on his little brother and so he will feel the shock of his own power. As soon as the water splashed on his chest and spread on his clothes, Sasuke instantly felt the lightning. It traveled through the water and gave him a powerful buzz he was new to feel.

Usually for lightning vampires, they would be used to the feel of their powers electrifying through them and if they would so happen to get wet than the feel of it shouldn't bother them right? Sasuke never worked with his powers in water before. Itachi noticed that the time he got shocked after lashing at his little brother's shoulder. For a moment, the older Uchiha prince saw the boy cringe. The foot he sent his attack from was his right leg. Sasuke is a lefty so his right foot would be more dominate than the left. When Sasuke kneeled on the floor when they separated for that short moment to either heal or get the feeling back into their systems, he was using his left leg as support. Not his right(I don't know if that is true to all of you but it's true for me. I'm a righty and my dominate leg is my left).

Quickly, Sasuke tried to stop the attack but with his body getting paralyzed from his own attack, it was proving to be quite difficult and it gave

Itachi more than enough time to fire up his arm. His little brother was just on the verge of stopping his attack when Itachi, with an enflamed hand, gets ready to commence his attack that will end this fight once and for all. Right when he launches towards him, Sasuke was able to stop his lightning and all he could do is stand there and watch as that hand comes right for his next. It's already too late and he can't move quick enough to get away. Even if he does have enough time to move at normal vampire speed, he can't. His body is paralyzed from his attack.

It's over.

But at the last second, Itachi moves his hand into a different direction and just misses Sasuke's neck by a hair. Though just because his attack didn't hit, it doesn't mean that his body can stop itself from moving forward. From the force of his attempt attack, he crashes into his little brother and forces him down. Both of them landed on the ground with a thub and Itachi's hand stabbed the ground instead, not too far away from his little brother's head.

Everyone went silent. Not even a gasp escaped from the lips of the vampires and the mortals above. All of their voices became speechless and most of them stopped the intake of air from seeing how incredibly close Itachi's attack was. Some of them even still refused to breathe even as they now see before them both brothers on the ground, Sasuke lying on the ground and Itachi on top of him with on hand centimeters away from the boy's head. Both of them panting from the excitement of the battle and the last second shock, as well as staring at each other eye-to-eye, locked and somewhat hypnotized by each other glances.

They just kept staring at each other. Long after Itachi's fiery hand died away and their burning bright crimson eyes fade away to their onyx ones. Many moments later after the mortals decided to take in air again, they all now watch in anticipation to what's to happen next. Their battle may now be over, that fact is now obvious, but why haven't the two of them moved?

Finally, Sasuke spoke. Soft and uncatchable from the audience but Itachi heard them and that is the only person who needs to hear. "You…You didn't take the shot."

Falling on top of his brother is something that the older Uchiha brother expected when his attack missed. But to be in eye contact with him was something unintentional. He knew it was inevitable, but he most surely didn't intent to feel what he's feeling now looking down at those now onyx eyes so similar to his own and yet so very different.

"He told us not to," is all he can really say.

His eyes analyze everything and memorized everything. The way Sasuke's body lies under him and his own body over the boy as if he's dominating him. Itachi, the servant to his own little brother, feels as though in this position, he's the dominate one. A sense of power and supremacy flows through him. Softly and small but it's there.

Hearing his answer, Sasuke should have expected nothing less. It's not like Itachi would deliberately miss on purpose. That would have been a sign of weakness in the face of the enemy. "R-right." Trying to break away from those observing eyes, he lifts his head up as best as he can before to see if he can move anything. Sending the command of moving his finger, he watches the finger move up and down. He has some movement. Not one hundred percent of it but enough. Now the only problem is now there is a body on top of him. "You mind getting off?"

"In a moment."

Sasuke had to look back up at the man on top of him when he said that. Then he does something the younger prince sure did not expect for him to do. Itachi raises his hand, the one that was in the ground, and he uses the back of his fingers to gently tickle the skin on his baby brother's face and then twirl around his raven hair. The action itself is surprise enough but to still see those eyes looking at him and taking in every detail, it made him feel…vulnerable and almost submissive.

He tries to ask, "Itachi, what are you-" But he interrupts him.

"Shh," he says, moving his hand to the boy's lips to silence him. Sasuke nearly felt a tingle going down his spin when those fingertips press against mouth. Though not a disgusted tingle. A good tingle.

"You look really adorable like this."

Sure didn't expect to hear that and his embarrassed small flush on Sasuke's face proves that fact. To him, no way does he look adorable or any of those kiddy attractive words. What guy feels okay with being called 'adorable' at his age? But Itachi, it's the absolute truth. Being under him, looking as how he does, his little brother looks like the most lovable and delectable being on the planet. Maybe it's the way his raven locks is spread against the floor like black rivers against the tarnished floors, or his wide eyes staring up at him from the aftermath of the battle and now his surprising words and actions, or maybe Sasuke has always looked this way. Itachi is just now taking the time to actually see it with his little brother's growth and maturity.

It took a while to actually hear those words and even progress them in his mind but once he finally did and Itachi's fingers slide away from his mouth, Sasuke was only able to come up with one question. "Am I supposed to thank you?"

Similar to what happened in the closet, Itachi only became tempted to laugh at his little brother's foolish words. No way is he going to laugh in front of all of these people. Laughing and smiling is something he only does to Sasuke and him alone. No one else really deserved that privilege yet. However, it did edge him to at least curl his lips if only for a moment. Instead, he says with a pleasant, slightly amused voice, "Would be nice but let's be critical here. You asked me what else happened last night."

That is something Sasuke truly didn't expect to be brought up. Why is he saying this to him now? At the moment, all the boy could do is be surprise of hearing those last words. Now his older brother's eyes are staring him so intensively that it's overwhelming. His voice became barely a whisper as he replies back, "You told me I fainted and that was that."

"Not really."

Now this is really a surprise to the younger prince. There was more?

"I can…show you if you'll let me."

Sasuke couldn't say anything right away after that. He just stares at his brother who's leaning over him with a very weird glint in his eyes. Almost loving in a way and if he's not mistaken, lust as well. Seeing this and even though his sensitive hearing hardly got anything of what they were saying, Naruto practically leans over like he's watching the exciting part in a drama and it's just about to get good. Most of the workers and some of Sasuke's friends are almost the same way but Naruto is the one who looks like he's really going to fall off the rail. Everyone else looks shock beyond belief because they know what's going to happen next. Kakashi is the only one who looks like he's seeing the world going to end right in front of him if what he thinks is going to happen happens. He's the expect on these kind of things. He's read the books. He knows the signs. But the Uchiha brothers ignore them all, like the only ones who exist is the person right in front of them.

Then Itachi moves.

He leans just a little closer to his baby brother, almost in a hesitant way to see if Sasuke knows what he's going to do and if he'll let him do it. The younger prince doesn't say a word nor make any indication to stop him so it must be okay. But he takes his time, really debating if he should do this or not. But with Sasuke lying beneath him and looking so delicious, how can he refuse such an opportunity to not devour the boy where he lies? The younger Uchiha prince knows what his older brother is going to do and for some odd and strange reason against his morals and ideals, he is willing to let him continue because deep down, he wants it. More than anything, he wants to taste the flavor of Itachi's lips and feel them over his own for the first time – or the first time with a cleared up mind and not acting like a sober drunkard.

So then, Itachi leans even closer; taking his time as a way to enjoy the moment. Their noses brush against each other for a moment and they can already taste the breath of each other; savoring the flavor and yearning for more. If Sasuke had a beating heart, it would probably be pounding in his chest to the point of breaking his ribs and bursting out of his flesh right now. For the moment, he can only feel lightheaded with the feelings that begin to overpower him. The feelings of utter bliss to have his brother so close to him and to taste his breath in his mouth.

Itachi feels that completion again like how he felt last night. That feeling of being complete and whole. Like his missing half finally being returned to him, but it's only a feeling of finding that piece. Not being connected just yet. But if he kisses him right now, he'll get a taste of that connection like how he did in that closet. He wants that feeling again. He desires it. He yearns and aches for it.

The older prince leans closer and his eyes are already closed, prepared to feel the boy's soft lips against his own. Sasuke's eyes are still half way open as now he can feel those lips lightly brushing against his own with slightest movement of his mouth. Having that contact sends sparks of pleasure running through his body and that already excites him. But he wants more. He wants that mouth to be molded with his and right when it was about to…

"Shisui, please, take me. Make me yours."

He remembers a dark secret he can never forget or forgive.

"Get off me!"

His hands quickly found Itachi's shoulder and he shoves him off as if he were a deadly disease, and with surprisingly quick and strong movements as well. He acted exactly like that time when he woke up in the same bed with him. Of course, no one expected that to happen. Most of them were actually hoping that something else happened instead of the alternative. Sasuke quickly sits up and he's panting really hard; heavy feeling in his chest, the heat of embarrassment in his face, and the throbbing in his head. Not the bad throbbing that feels like a headache. The kind that makes your mind almost a total blank besides that one strand of thought that separates between your fantasies and reality.

"Don't ever do that to me again! I…I…"

By the time he was getting lost for words, Itachi pushes himself off the ground to look confused at his little brother. Did he just refuse him?

The mere sight of Itachi looking at him made the feelings in Sasuke all the more worst. Especially the 'other feeling' deep in his gut. The one that's been haunting him for years and the one he can never let go.

"I'm going for a walk!"

And just like that, he was up off the ground and rushing to the exit doors, completely disregarding that is around them.

"Hey, teme! Wait up!"

Naruto leaps over the balcony and even though Hinata looked like she was going to have a heart attack when he did that, he lands gracefully on the ground and he runs off after his protector, also completely ignoring Itachi on the floor.

What the heck just happened?

And there you go. Done and the winner is Itachi! Even though I think that the ending results is sort of unclear but I say it's Itachi since Sasuke became paralyzed by his own powers and would have no chance against his brother a second later.

Now the winners are 'Obsession No Es Amor', 'WraithReaper', 'dracolover1', and 'Challenged Snapping Paul'. If your name is not on the previous sentence, then that means that the internet is being a butt and it's not showing it. I'm pretty sure you know who you are that voted for Itachi as the winner and I have the list of people who answered correctly. If anyone besides these four people voted, I will not count your vote.

And my new question is… why is Sasuke feeling the way he does now? Why is he so guilty?

You don't have to explain in full details. If you just give me the soul reason to why than I will accept that answer. But you can try to figure it out if you want. But I would reread chapters fourteen and fifteen before you answer.

Now then, see ya in the next chapter!