Chapter 95 Brother vs. Brother

"Place your bets, place your bets odds are 3 to 2 for the Panther Champion Itachi Uchiha to defeat his brother Sasuke Uchiha of the demon snakes." yelled a bookie as he stood in front of one of the gates leading into the stadium.

"100 on Sasuke." stated a voice as the feline bookie as he handed a betting slip tot the snake who had placed the bet.

"Alright do I have any other takers the match is about to start and once it begins there will be no more betting." yelled the bookie as a middle age she wolf with pure jet black fur walked past. The bookie spotted her and decided to single her out "How about you would you like to place a bet on who will win."

"Listen you money hunger son of a bitch both of them are my sons." snapped Mrs. Uchiha as the bookie backed off as everyone gave her the room she needed. However soon another bookie moved forward wrapping his arm around the she wolf.

"So do you want to give these people some inside information about your sons so we can better make our bets." asked the second bookie a second before Mikoto sent him flying upward into the air with switch upper cut. The bookie landed a few yards away with a broken jaw, everyone watched as the bookie got up onto his hands and knees before coughing up some blood and more than a few teeth. The crowd parted as they turned to look toward two police officer who had watched the whole events.

"Alright everyone keep moving." yelled one of the police as the crowed moved away.

"Aren't you going to take her in." yelled the bookie as best as he could with his broken jaw.

"Are you kidding you had the bright idea to place your arm around the mother of both fighters." Laughed the cop as they moved off.

In another nation far away from the arena and the cheering crowds of demons the last members of the human race where heading toward the polls to decide the fate of the human race. It had been decide that only people 15 1/2 years and older or ones who where a chunin in the ninja core could vote. Standing at one of the polling stations was Kakashi Hatake, his job was to make sure everything went smoothly and so far it was.

"This is kind of boring." stated a young chunin from the mist village as he stood beside the legendary copy cat ninja.

"I would rather have boring then have everything blow up in our faces." Stated Kakashi as he scanned the crowed of people lining up to use the voting machine. Even the voting machine was high tech with a touch screen for people to choose their fate, once the vote was cast the results digitally uploaded into a central database and a hard print copy was created as a backup.

"Agreed." Said the chunin as the line became the shortest it had since the doors opened and voting began. "I am going to go vote is that ok?"

"Sure, just be ready if anything happens." ordered Kakashi as the Chunin walked off to get in line to vote.

"These people have the fate of the human race in their hands." thought Kakashi as he looked at the young woman holding a small girls hand as she went to vote.

Inside the arena Naruto and Sakura had finally returned to their seats. The two of them looked out over the arena only to see that it had once again changed into flat stone covered arena.

"What happened?" asked Naruto

"I am surprised you made it back in time." laughed Ino as she turned to look at her friends before looking at Kushina. "Looks like you're going to be a grandmother sooner rather than later Mrs. Namikaze

"That doesn't explain what happened?" answered Sakura

"They change it after every of the semi-final matches." explained Seth

"So Naruto who do you think will win?" asked Adria

"Sasuke." answered Naruto "Itachi is too good to go all out to kill his brother, Sasuke isn't."

"Do you really think we could have a second death in the arena, that Shino was the first death in hundreds of tournaments do you really think we will have two deaths?" asked Seth as his brother simply looked out over the arena "What is wrong with him?"

"I think he is more worried about three deaths." explained Minato as the announcer started speaking again.

"Welcome to the final match of the day, the winner of this match will advance to take on Naruto Namikaze in the finals." explained the announcers voice "For the first time in the long history of this tournament two brothers will face each other in the arena. Now welcome to the field the younger of the two brothers Sasuke Uchiha."

Part of the crowd broke out into cheers as a black snake moved out onto the field. Naruto tried not to glare as more than a few foxes joined the snakes and wolves in cheering for Sasuke.

"Remember technically we are allies with the snakes." thought Naruto

"Now his older brother, the personal guard of King Gamba Itachi Uchiha." stated the announcer as the bulk of the crowd cheered as Itachi moved out onto the field. Naruto and his friends were among the bulk of foxes who stood in and cheered for Itachi.

Up in the royal box the fact that most of the fox section of the stadium stood up and cheered for a panther warrior didn't go unnoticed by members of the government. It was a clear sign that while the foxes where technically closer allies with the snakes then they were with the feline kingdom that was changing.

"Looks like the foxes are favoring us now; maybe we should engage the foxes in more direct military alliance talks after the tournament." whispered Queen Mother Oda as she sat to the left of her son King Gamba.

"I am more worried about Itachi right now." explained Gamba

"Itachi is among the best addition we ever had to the royal guard he will be fine." explained Oda

"You don't understand who he is facing, you only see him as Itachi younger brother." stated Hinata as Queen Oda noticed the slight fear in his daughter-in-law's voice "What you don't understand is just how evil he truthly is, we consider Kiba a war criminal for what he did to our people. Kiba is a child compared to Sasuke."

"You are really that worried about him?" asked Oda as she looked at Sasuke as he just stood their listening to the referee explain the rules.

"Yes, that is why I have ordered four medical teams to stand by to storm the field the moment the fight is over so Itachi has a fighting chance of living." explained Hinata

"You have no faith in Itachi winning?" asked Oda "Don't you have faith in your own people."

"I have faith in our people but if there is a living embodiment of pure evil it is Sasuke Uchiha." explained Hinata "And there is only one person who I know could beat him in a one on one fight and he isn't on the field right now."

Down on the field neither Itachi nor Sasuke where listening to the bear refree explain the rules once again. Slowly Itachi lifted up and brushed some of his fur from around his eyes as Sasuke coiled up readying to strike at first notice. At the same moment both of them closed their eyes and reopened

"You may begin." Stated the bear as Itachi jumped back expecting an attack but to his amazement Sasuke snapped backwards running though hand signs as he flipped over. Suddenly a small hole just big enough for Sasuke to slither down appeared dug out by his own chakra. Without even saying a word Sasuke disappeared underground.

"So you pulling that move little brother." stated Itachi as he stood in the center of the stone field with his hands to his sides as if he was waiting in line for at a local shop. "Using the ground itself to make up for the fact that snakes can't really hide in open ground."

Quickly Itachi ran though hand signs before breathing out a giant fireball which somehow managed to sit right on top of the hole Sasuke dug for himself.

"What is he doing?" asked Seth as he sat in the stands

"Fire needs oxygen in order to keep burning by placing the fire over the hole he is drawing out the air." Explained Shikamaru

"So in a few moments Sasuke won't be able to breathe?" asked Adria

"More like he is trying to make it uncomfortable for Sasuke to stay down there." added Temari "It would take too long to burn out all the oxygen in that hole. He is just trying to get Sasuke out of the ground."

Back on the field Itachi just stood there the light from the flames bouncing off his silted Sharingan eyes. He took a breath as he closed his eyes for a brief moment, the moment his eyes closed the ground to his left opened up as Sasuke's black tail came out of the ground and wrapped itself around him. A second later the rest of Sasuke appeared on the other side of Itachi.

"I have you now." Hissed Sasuke "I am better then you."

"Really?" asked Itachi as he suddenly broke apart in thousands of small birds which flew away which flew around his brother, the birds quickly gathered together into one massive clump however instead of panther forming in the mass of birds it was a human carrying another much smaller human on his back. Sasuke's eyes widened as rage built within him as he saw his younger self being carried by his brother.

"Where you better than me when I was carrying you off the training field?" asked Itachi's disembodied voice.

"Burn!" yelled Sasuke as he ran though hand signs before sending a beam of lightening straight though the image. The image broke apart before another image formed right beside it, this time it was of Itachi standing in front of his kneeling parents with a sword in his hands.

"Where you better than me when I killed our parents right in front of you after the Leaf village ordered their deaths?" asked Itachi's voice as Sasuke once again sent a bolt of lightning though the image. Only to have another image form this time of Sasuke standing against the a wall with a half dead Itachi standing their placing two figures against his forehead.

"Or when I let you beat me so that you could have revenge for our parents?" asked Itachi as a third lightening bolt moved though the image.

"I beat you then and I will beat you now." Hissed Sasuke as suddenly the panther Itachi appeared placing two fingers against Sasuke's forehead.

"Really because at the moment all I have done is a single fire justu and some illusion justus and it has caused you to do not one but three high level chakra heavy justus." explained Itachi as suddenly Bit down on Itachi's arm taking it totally within his mouth. Some in the crowd screamed as Sasuke ripped Itachi's arm off, however instead of blood coming out from the stump bits of clay came out.

"Did you happen to forget that I was a member of the Akatsuki which had one famous so called "Artist" bomber among them." stated Itachi as Sasuke's eyes widened as Itachi formed a hand sign. Sasuke had no time to react as the clay hand exploded in his mouth. The explosion sent Sasuke flying backwards into the wall. Sasuke slowly got back up with pure range in his eyes as he spit out one of his long fangs.

"You will pay for that." stated Sasuke as huge amounts of chakra began leaking out of Sasuke "You had a chance to kill me with that bomb but you didn't."

"I didn't want to." explained the real Itachi as he appeared where the clay clone used to be. Everyone eyes widened as all the chakra began leaking out of Sasuke, the evil feeling that was coming from the chakra caused everyone's blood to become cold.

"What evil." stated Queen mother Oda as she felt the pure evil of Sasuke's chakra.

"This is what I was talking about." Pointed out Hinata as the chakra began to break apart the stone floor, it began bouncing off the chakra dome which was designed to keep all attacks in. The ground itself began to shake under the force of Sasuke's power.

Out in the field Itachi stood facing the storm as if it was nothing.

"I will destroy you." yelled Sasuke as he closed one of his eyes as blood began to run down his closed eye.

"You pulling that out dear brother?" asked Itachi as he closed one of his eyes, as blood began to run down it as well.

"Amaterasu." yelled both of them as they opened their eyes at the same time as sending the black flames toward each other. The black flames of hell shot up forming a giant wall between the two of them as rain caused by the high heat started to fall. Both Uchihas just increasing the chakra they poured into the attack but it soon became clear that the flames where getting closer to Itachi and not Sasuke.

"This is getting unsafe we have to stop the match." ordered the referee "Either stop that justu or the match is called and you both use."

"Fine." stated both Uchiha as they closed their eyes as the flames stopped spreading but remained burning.

"Doesn't matter I have you beaten now." yelled Sasuke as he looked up just in time to see a thunderbolt rip across the sky.

"Your Kirin?" asked Itachi

"You almost didn't survive it in it's original form but I have improved it and now it will destroy you and I will finally prove to everyone that I am the stronger Uchiha." hissed Sasuke as lightening danced around him before shooting up into the cloud, everyone eyes widened as five giant snake faces began forming in the lighting "Now say hello to my ultimate attack, the five lightening snakes."

"I have something to show you too brother." stated Itachi as red chakra began forming around him.

"It will not matter…die!" yelled Sasuke as he sent the first snake down toward Itachi. However to everyone's amazement the blow struck the red chakra and stopped. The second followed the first as the chakra force began to build up as the lightening snakes began hitting the red chakra one after the other. Soon the two brothers stood apart from each other with lightening coming up from Sasuke's hand into the sky before going back down toward his brother who was absorbing the attack with red chakra. The chakra energy built up between the two of them before finally it blew up with so much force that it sent both of them flying backwards destroying the chakra dome which was suppose to stop all attacks, it was even strong enough to put out Amaterasu flames.

"By the spirits." said Minato Namikaze as he looked out over the destruction brought by the two brothers fighting. Like everyone else in the arena he had covered his face with hands as the wind whipped past him. He looked around only to see that while everyone else had taken cover his eldest son had remained in his seat as if he had expected what had just happened.

"It's alright dad it's over." explained Naruto as Minato looked out to the field to see Sasuke standing there with a small amount of blood running from cuts around his body and from the earlier explosion in his mouth, however Itachi was on his knees with blood pouring from a wound on his left arm.

"It's over Sasuke." stated Itachi as he forced himself up.

"I am not done yet." hissed Sasuke as he prepared to attack again.

"I am. I am done what I wanted to do." stated Itachi before looking at the referee who was flat on his back "I surrender this match."

"What?" hissed Sasuke as he watched his brother turn and start walking away with a slight limp in his step.

"Winner of this match and advancing to finals against Naruto Namikaze is Sasuke Uchiha of the demon snakes." stated the announcer as Itachi disappeared as the stunned and shell shock crowed finally understood what had happened. "Next match is tomorrow as Sakura Haruno of the foxes take onKurotsuchi of the demon horse herd."

Up in the royal box the snake chancellor Val was clapping for his champion.

"Sorry about your nation's luck King Gamba but this year will be the year the snakes finally take the winner title." stated Val

"You have to get past Naruto Namikaze first." stated King Gamba as he Hinata and Queen mother Oda moved toward one of the private rooms.

"This is a sad day for our nation; we are out of the male side of the tournament." stated Oda as she lowered her head in shame.

"Don't worry about it, as long as I win the title for the female tournament our people will be dancing in the street." explained Hinata

"Still Itachi could have kept fighting." added Oda

"He said he had done he wanted to do." repeated King Gamba as he placed his hand under his chin. "What do you think that means?"

"He knew he couldn't win so he did the next best thing." said Hinata with a smile "He showed Sasuke's strongest justus to Naruto so that he knows what expect."

"That has to be it." added Gamba

"Well a fox sitting on the championship is better than a snake." added Oda

Down below Itachi moved into the arms of his future mate and the mother of his unborn club.

"Did you do it?" asked Fay

"Yes, he won't realize it was done until it is too late." Added Itachi

"I am just happy you made it back to me." finished Fay as she pulled Itachi into a kiss.

Night had fallen over the demon ape country as Dr. Winters sat in his office home located near the top of the demon ape tower. He was sitting in front of the window looking out over the city.

"You know long ago this whole was totally filled with demons apes living out their lives." stated Dr. Winters as he took a drink of the golden bourbon as another figure joined him with a glass of red wine. "Well the time of the demon apes is past, now it in sixty seconds we will find out what race if any will take their place, or if they will be reborn."

"I don't have the answers to that, it is in the hands of the people not just me." answered the 5th Mizukage, Mei Terumi, as she looked at the holographic screen which in moments would show the unofficial results of the election. As she looked at the screen the clock struck 9 marking the end of voting.

"Here goes." said Dr. Winters as the last demon ape pushed a button as the computer started to broadcast the results of the election out to every TV and computer screen in the city. The results came rushing in as it soon became clear who won.

"I think you should begin the show." ordered Mei Terumi as Dr. Winter's pushed another button as firework launchers spread out across the city began to fire off as the human race began to celebrate the results of the election.

Well I hope you liked this chapter and the fight between Sasuke and Itachi. Now as for what the humans choice to do, I will wait to inform that to you all. Now until next time please keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75