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"It's been a long time, Sasuke." Itachi could hardly see his brother across the dark room, but it was definitely him. "But let's skip these pleasantries."

Sasuke just glared at Itachi, where he sat emotionlessly on some type of throne.

"So tell me, brother, how did you obtain your Mangekyou Sharingan?"

This was an unexpected question. Sasuke gulped. "It's none of your business," he growled.

"Really?" Itachi said suspiciously. He stood up and slowly made his way over to Sasuke. "Because last I checked, the only death that was caused by you was Orochimaru's." He stopped in the middle of the room, narrowing his eyes at Sasuke.

Sasuke glowered at Itachi. "How do you know that's how I got my Mangekyou?" he asked in a daring voice.

"Are you saying that I'm right?"

"No!" Sasuke said a little too quickly.

"Please don't tell me you actually got attached to Orochimaru, foolish little brother."

Sasuke took a nervous step back. "Why would I get attached to that creep?"

"You're lying."

"Nuh-uh!"

"Yeah, you are."

"No I'm not!" Sasuke looked like he was going to explode with humiliation.

Itachi, who was rather disappointed in Sasuke, said only one word. "Idiot."

And that is how their fight began.

xXx

Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Kakashi, Yamato, Neji, Kiba, and Akamaru all jumped through the trees.

"Guys, hurry! We have to get to Sasuke!" Naruto shrieked at the beginning of the group.

"Did Itachi seriously visit you, Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah! He made me swallow a bird!"

Silence.

"Okay..." Sai mocked.

"Shut up, Sai!"

Kiba growled. "I'm so pissed off right now," he grumbled as Akamaru barked in agreement. "I hope that Itachi bastard has the most painful death in the history of the most painful deaths." Then, he launched into a gory description of how he wanted Itachi to die.

Neji just watched him. "Don't get your hopes up, Kiba. Itachi is a powerful ninja-"

"-that stole Hinata from me and the rest of the village!" he snapped. "If it wasn't just a brother thing, I would so jump into the fight and join Sasuke! I want revenge! Revenge!"

Neji sighed. Am I just going to have to listen to him complain this entire time...?

xXx

Itachi had successfully removed the curse mark from Sasuke, and, despite himself, he smirked. "Was that difficult for you to watch?" he scoffed.

"SHUT UP!"

xXx

Thunderclouds were rolling overhead. There had just been a scene of great destruction in the distance: lightning, fire, weird creatures, and lots more.

Hinata winced. "Th-that looks intense..." she nervously remarked.

"Sasuke's gonna win! I know it!" a spazzy red haired girl named Karin said confidently. She and two others named Suigetsu and Juugo had arrived with Sasuke. Suigetsu seemed to be acquainted with Kisame. They were from the same village.

"Hey, Kisame," Suigetsu said.

Kisame ignored him and kept his back towards him, staring off into the distance.

"Kisame," Suigetsu tried again.

Still no response.

"Kisame, guess what!" Suigetsu was really getting obnoxious.

Kisame just continued to keep his back to the annoying younger weirdo.

"KISAME KISAME KISAME KISAME KISAME KI-"

"Oh my HECK, Suigetsu! What do you WANT!" Kisame turned around to face the white haired young man, looking furious.

"Goodness, it's not my fault you're deaf," Suigetsu said.

"Well, what do you want?"

"I forgot."

Kisame looked as though he had just been punched in the stomach.

xXx

"Okay, guys, the Uchiha hideout isn't much further," Yamato said.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, determined. "I can sense Sasuke's chakra... and Itachi's."

"We have to hurry," Kakashi said. "It seems like he's running low on chakra."

"Right!" the group chorused as they picked up the pace.

Soon, they found themselves at the scene of destruction.

"Sasuke! Sasuke!" Naruto called as rain poured down from the sky.

"Naruto... he's not here anymore." Kakashi eyed Naruto, who looked as though he would collapse into despair any second. "Calm down. I sense another familar chakra. Can you guys feel that?"

The group was quiet as they concentrated. Neji, however, instantly reacted.

"It's Hinata!"

xXx

Itachi was barely alive. He could hardly see anything, he had exhausted his eyes so much.

As he lay there on the hard ground, he heard a voice calling his name.

"Itachi! Itachi!"

"Hi...na...ta..." he said weakly. He could feel her hands on his filthy face. He could sense her leaning closer and closer to him.

"Itachi..." she said quietly. Her voice broke.

He winced in pain as he attempted to speak to her. "This- this is how I wanted... to die. Remember that."

The last thing he felt were her cold lips on his.

xXx

"Hinata."

Hinata didn't look up. She didn't recognize the voice.

Suddenly, there was a hand under her chin, forcing her to look up at a familiar masked shinobi.

"T-tobi?" Hinata asked.

"No, I'm not Tobi," he said calmly. Lightning flashed, and Hinata caught a glimpse of a Sharingan eye. "I'm an Uchiha, too. Madara Uchiha."

Hinata was speechless. Was he really?

"I have everything under control, here. Don't worry."

Hinata quickly stood up and backed away. "How can I trust anyone like you?" she rudely questioned.

"How can anyone trust me, really?" Madara sighed. "Honestly, no one really does. But when I was younger, I had a little brother that I adored, just like Itachi. We're a lot alike in many ways." He looked down at Itachi, who's eyes were wide open and glassy, then brushed his fingers over his eyelids and closed his eyes. "I respect him so much for what he's done. It wasn't easy. It must have been near impossible. I can't even begin to imagine..." he trailed off thoughtfully, looking down at Itachi's cold body.

Hinata hadn't realized the tears that were pouring out of her eyes at the pitiful sight of Itachi. He was beat up, bruised, and covered in blood. Her shoulders shook as she attempted to pull herself together, but her weeping became worse and worse.

Madara placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Hinata," was all he said. Then, with a puff of smoke, he was gone.

And so was Itachi.

"Hinata!" a sudden, familiar voice yelled from the distance.

Oh, great... Hinata slowly turned around, only to see several familiar faces from Konoha, her cousin AND Kiba among them. She closed her eyes. It looked as though she were going back to Konoha.

xXx

"Wow," Kisame said glumly. "Itachi's dead, Deidara's dead, and Hinata's been taken back to Konoha before any of us could stop them." He sighed, then looked over at Sasori, who was staring off into the distance gloomily. "Hey, Sasori. Didn't Deidara resurrect you or something?"

Sasori merely glanced over before staring intently back at the wall he was looking at before. "Mmhmm," he said.

"I don't get it," Hidan said. "Why didn't she just kill those-"

Before Hidan could cuss his mouth off, Kisame interrupted, "Because she didn't want to kill her friends, you dipwad!" He frowned and sighed. "Well, now what? Everyone is dying or being kidnapped by their villages..."

Sasori was still staring at the wall, as though he was thinking really hard.

"Sasori, don't you think you should-"

"He exploded himself," Sasori interrupted. "I can't bring him back."

"... What!" Hidan asked. "I was going to say that you should go work on your new battle puppet so that we can attack Konoha and bring Hinata back!"

Sasori was silent for a moment. Then he stood up from the couch. "Yeah," he mumbled before turning and leaving the room.

xXx

Now, it was evening. Sasuke and his team stood on the jagged rocks at sea, waves crashing up all around them. As Sasuke stared into the sunset, he remembered everything about Itachi. Although he had hated his brother earlier that day, he soon found himself distraught over Itachi's death, which was caused by him.

He didn't deserve to die like this... He should have died a hero. Sasuke thought, wiping his eyes. His team was still there behind him, with Madara Uchiha.

Sasuke's first thought was to destroy Konoha. Why should they live? It was their fault that Itachi was forced to leave and join Akatsuki, their fault that he had been hated all these years. Rage boiled inside of him, but then he had another thought. What would Itachi say if I destroyed Konoha? Itachi wouldn't want that. He did everything for Konoha. What he really would want was for Sasuke to return to Konoha.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes in determination. I won't return to Konoha... unless Itachi comes with me. The truth was out. Soon, everyone would know what was inside of his brother all this time.

The young Uchiha turned back to his team. "Thank you all for helping me get here," he started coldly, "but I'm going on my own from now on."

"Wait, what!" Karin exclaimed. "But... but...!"

"Sasuke, aren't you mad!" Madara asked. "Don't you wanna-"

"Destroy Konoha?" Sasuke finished. "I did at first, but that's not what Itachi would want, now is it?"

"Well then, what are the rest of us gonna do now!" Suigetsu asked.

"I don't know, nor do I care," Sasuke said honestly. "But this isn't over yet. Not for me, anyways."

"Sasuke! You can't just-"

"Let him go," Juugo finally spoke up. "He knows what he's doing, and we'll just get in the way."

"Thank you, Juugo," Sasuke said with a slight bow of his head. The next thing they all knew, he was gone.

"SASUKEEEEE!" Karin cried.

"Oh my word, GET OVER IT!" Suigetsu yelled at her.

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