Akatsuki vs. the New Organization

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Itachi sat on his knees panting. The pain was almost unbearable, although it wasn't the worst he'd ever felt. He opened his mouth to ask what purpose he had fulfilled, but his mouth hung open as he saw Madara's eyes. They had the design of a red trakuyomi, but there was a six pointed star across the lines, with small commas (or whatever that thing is called in the regular sharingan) pointing out from each point. There were two curved lines coming from the middle of his eye that swirled into a circle halfway out of the star.

"I see you're impressed with my eternal trangekyo sharingan" he said with a small laugh. "Eternal what" Itachi asked with confusion. "That's right I never told you" Madara replied "when your eyes first developed I told you that you had unlocked the tsukuyomi. I lied to you. The eyes you possess were known the mangekyo sharingan. Likewise the ability I told you was the mangekyo was actually called the tsukuyomi. So truthfully the eyes you possess are rightfully called the mangekyo, bangekyo, and trangekyo sharingans. Before you ask, I lied to you because there is power in a name. If you had known their true name I believed you would have done some research and found a way to surpass me. Of course that did me little good in the end."

"What were you doing in my eyes and how did you get in them to begin with" Itachi asked getting slightly angered. "When I touched your eye as you ended me, I transferred a small amount of my chakra into you" he replied "and from that mixture of our charka you earned what you liked to call your hekuyomi. The more you used it, the greater my chakra increased to the point I didn't need you to activate it to gain power. When I left you just now I took the power you had built up in your eyes as you prepared to activate the hekuyomi."

Itachi stood up. He shook with anger. His trakuyomi, or as it's rightfully named trangekyo sharingan, reappeared in his eyes. "You used me, and took my greatest power" he said as he prepared a hand sign. In an instant Madara had appeared in front of him and grabbed his hand. "A power I gave you, do not forget that you insolent child" he spat. Madara vanished as black flames swallowed the place where he stood. "No" Itachi yelled as black flames shot out at every spot Madara would reappear. "I am the greatest Uchiha. I trained, and bled, and sweat, and given up too much to let someone tell me I'm second best."

As Madara easily dodged all of Itachi's attacks they began to slow. "Damn it" Itachi yelled as his vision blurred "what's happening." "Well" Madara said "I noticed a specially developed gene that prevented blindness while I was in your body and decided to take it. Wouldn't want to lose my new eyes after working so hard to get them now would I." He finished with a laugh. Itachi's eyes faded slightly before his trangekyo sharingan disappeared. He rubbed his eyes and his vision improved, but only slightly. Itachi fell to his knees. He couldn't believe this was happening. He could always take another shot to get his immunity back but his pride was shattered.

For the first time since he was a child Itachi felt a wetness in his eyes that wasn't blood. "Damn it" he said punching the ground. He had worked so hard to get powerful and Madara just took it from him in an instant. Madara walked over to him. Itachi looked up as Madara gave him a dark smile. "Well there's no need for that young one" he said in a voice that could've passed for reassuring if it wasn't so sinister "hope isn't lost on those who know where to look. How old are you now Itachi, 19. So powerful at such a young age. I've gotten stronger through you. Although my eyes are quite possibly the strongest in this room, they didn't exist before today. If strength means so much to you there is an ancient power which you may be able to obtain. Go to the Uchiha compound and look in the underground archives. You'll find what you need there."

Itachi's wiped his eyes and looked back at Madara. Madara couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the expressionless look on his face. Itachi stood and spoke in a monotonous `voice. "I will go there and believe me, the next time we meet one of us will not be walking away" he said. With that he turned around and walked out of the building. At this time Pein, who had stood by this entire time, decided to make his presence known. He pressed the radio inside his collar and said "Nolena, meet Itachi outside the village and give him the immunization for blindness. Don't ask questions just do it. Tobi you are to accompany him to the leaf village. I don't need him going awol so I'm assigning you two a mission for whatever the hell he's planning."

As he finished Pein turned to Madara. "I'm not happy seeing you again but right now my problem is with the snake" he said turning to Orochimaru. "I don't know how smart it is, but I'd feel wrong just letting him get away" Hanato said, jumping down from the window. Hanato did a hand sign and clapped his hands together, setting fire to them. Just as he was about to run at Madara. He vanished and reappeared in the same spot. Although it looked like he hadn't moved, Hanato lie at his feet blood spilling out of a wound in his chest. Madara kicked him across the room. Kisame dropped from the ceiling and caught him out of the air landing on his back. He put Hanato on the floor and tried to stop the bleeding. Hanato coughed and gasped as Kisame tried his best to help him, but they both knew it was in vain. Kisame shook his head and looked down at the young man. Hanato reached his hand up and Kisame took it. He gave it a slight squeeze when the saw the fear in his eyes. Answering the man's silent plea, Kisame quickly pulled out a kunai knife and stabbed it through his heart.

"Any other challengers" Madara asked. Pein ignored him but silently noted that he had lost a member, as he battled Orochimaru. Kisame looked at him but didn't move to stop him as Madara turned and jumped out the window. "Rather than fight till one of us dies how about I just give you your information" Orochimaru said panting. "I have no alliance with butoski and no wish to risk dying before I've completed my research on this mark. All I know is that butoski is trying to find a way to harness the power of the tailed beasts that they've captured. After they do that they'll be after yours. If you want to stop them then I suggest you stay close to your base because our war was only a distraction."

Peins eyes widened. He gave one last look at Orochimaru before rushing toward the door. He had one of his bodies grabbed Hanatos body and the others to call the retreat to the men. As Pein rushed out of the village he told his generals to tell the men that there was to be another attack on the rain and that they were to get home as fast as possible. He radioed in the situation to the other members of akatsuki and got replies from everyone but Itachi. Honestly he could care less. He had to get back as soon as possible to keep butoski from taking everything he had worked for.

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