Itachi, my brother

by Preferably Bitter 52

It's amazing how much a story can change from a different perspective. The new view of the world is told by someone else this time, that someone; Itachi Uchiha. What will happen when Sasuke is put in the position to kill his clan while Itachi has to put up with Team 7?

14. Chapter 14: What's left of us

Recap: Itachi and Sai get paired up together for their first Anbu mission, however, it ends shortly when Itachi decides it's best to support his team. Meanwhile, Naruto successfully beats Gaara and invasion: Destroy Konoha comes to a close.

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Chapter 15: What's left of us

"Are we back here again for another one of your monthly checkups?"

"No."

"Then there's nothing to see here, really, wouldn't you like to destroy something when it's at best condition? It would be more fulfilling."

"Without that old man Hokage around, destroying this place, even at its best condition, would be simple."

"But the one-tails Jinchuriki is no longer present, are you perhaps just wanting a visit?"

"For once, this isn't about me wanting to destroy the village, I have a plan in mind."

XxxxxXxxx

A tree, even the greatest, will soon one day perish, and the seeds that fell from that once great tree will all grow even more greater than the tree once before. Only the will passed on from that great tree can determine whether its seeds grow in the light or in the dark.

Rain quietly descended from the sky as the shinobi, clad in black, surrounded Hizuren Sarutobi's memorial.

OoO

A bouquet of soaked flowers laid silently on a grave.

Someone walked up to the bouquet of flowers, without any consent, he smashed the bouquet with his foot. "Even in death you're still so damn annoying. The only thing I thought of you was a disgrace to our clan...Shisu."

OoO

Naruto stared, empty-eyed at the Third's coffin. "...Iruka-sensei...what are...humans? Is this just it? Is that all there is to life?"

"When a person dies, no matter what time period, they lose everything. The Third Hoakge died fighting in a mission, death caught him by surprise only because...life's just that simple."

'Do you blame me for your death...Hizuren-san? Because...' Itachi clenched his fist. '...I blame everything on my behalf. I'm fated to bring this village only...destruction.'

OoO

Hokage...

Even though it's still small...The will of fire shines brightly wherever it goes, as it protects the village and the ninjas that head into a bright new future. Even in the darkest of places, the will of fire will always stay bright!

XxxxxXxxx

Orochimaru clenched the arms of his chair so hard a piece snapped off. "That bastard...Sarutobi..."

"Well, it definitely wasn't going to be as simple as you thought." Kabuto said. "It's said he's the strongest out of all the five kage, however, you still killed two out of the five-"

"Stop trying to comfort me or...I'll kill you."

"..."

"...that wasn't my intention, but I have to ask you, what are your plans for Itachi Uchiha? He has yet to obtain the curse mark."

"Actually, we're getting help from a third party."

"A third party?"

"Yes. Sasuke of the Akatsuki has agreed to come into a short partnership with us."

XxxxxXxxx

Today was another average day in Konoha, Kakashi leaned back one of the building frames as Asuma and Kurenai walked together down the streets.

"Oh! You guys look good together." Kakashi commented. "Are you two on a date?"

Kurenai became very flustered. "Idiot! I just came up to pick up something from Anko."

"And what about you?" Asuma asked. "Here to pick up something too?"

"Not really. I'm just waiting for Itachi."

"So am I."

Kakashi glanced back to the stand behind them. 'I could've sworn I heard someone.'

'...who was that just now.' Asuma lightly tapped his cigarette. "You waiting for someone? That's quite rare."

Itachi finally approached Kakashi. "Interesting, you're here first? That's something new."

"Well...sometimes, but um for the most part..."

*clank*

"...that was...strange."

Kakashi nodded in agreement. "...Yeah."

OoO

Jiraiya walked into the ramen stand where Naruto, as usual, was slurping on some ramen. "So I've heard you always come here, guess it's true, huh?"

Hearing that voice almost made Naruto spit out his noodles. "P-pervert sage?!"

OoO

Asuma and Kurenai had ended up in the abandoned parts of the village, once a place where Uchiha flourished, now, only a dump. "What're you doing here?"

Kurenai instinctively flipped out a kunai knife. "Who are you?!"

Two feet appeared on top of the brown fence leading to Uchiha town, surprisingly it was Itachi of all people who had come. "...you're here to investigate, correct?"

She caught sight of Itachi and relaxed her threatening posture. "Oh it's only...you."

"I'm actually glad you two dolts are here, Kurenai and Asuma." Itachi walked off of the fence.

Asuma's eyes narrowed. "Well, well, have you ever heard of 'respecting your elders'?"

"And why must I respect someone little shits below me?"

"Seems like you're not acting like yourself today, Itachi."

Itachi placed one hand on his head and right before their eyes, he turned into someone completely different. This person wore a long black cloak and under his hand now lay a conical hat, he titled up the hat, revealing his true identity.

"...! It's you!"

"Sasuke Uchiha!"

Sasuke turned around to the abandoned town while weaving several signs. "Fire release: Great fireball technique!" A monstrous amount of fire spewed from Sasuke's mouth and collected into a gigantic fiery ball.

Asuma got out his chakra blades. "What're you doing?!"

"I'm going to destroy what's left of this dump."

Asuma ran up to Sasuke, he reeled back his arm, a giant, bandaged sword came out from nowhere and protected Sasuke. "I guess you're right, Sasuke. The leaf absolutely despises you."

"I'm Kisame Hoshigaki, now all of us are acquainted."

"Kisame, you're right on time."

"Sasuke Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki." Asuma said aloud. "Both S-class criminals in the bingo book, tell me, why're you here of all times? You sure have the guts to come back after what you did after all."

"I told you," Sasuke kicked the fireball and it obliterated a large chunk of Uchiha town, beyond the gates, blazing high fire climbed the sky and touched the clouds. "To destroy this dump."

"After what you did, you're still not done terrorizing the Uchiha clan?!" Right behind Sasuke, a tree sprouted from the ground and its branches wrapped around him.

"I knew you'd use this against me. I'm not a genjutsu user myself, but..." Sasuke took out a kunai knife and stuck it through his palm, ultimately freeing him. "...that was such a petty trick."

"Kisame, can you deal with these annoying worms for me? I rather for them not to be killed, but you won't be punished if you do." Sasuke disappeared into the burning Uchiha town to destroy what little remained of it.

"Oh, that'll be quite the challenge."

Barely, Kurenai staggered up from the ground, without her even noticing, Sasuke placed an explosive tag on her. "You're not getting away Sas-" Another shinobi stood in front of her. "No. I'll go after him."

"Kakashi?!"

Asuma dodged Kisame's swing of his sword. "You just got here, huh?"

"No, I've been here."

"I see, you used a clone."

Kakashi held up a kunai knife. "Just stay back, both of you. I'm not going to let, Sasuke destroy that town!"

OoO

Naruto entered the old training field where Team 7 had their survival exam, for some reason or another, Itachi called him and Sakura to tell them something important.

"...oh hey!" Naruto ran up to the post where Sakura and Itachi were standing by. "Guess what?! I'm going with Pervert sage on a mission!"

Itachi smiled. "Is that so? When are you leaving?"

"Today! I just gotta pack up my stuff," Naruto lazily put his hands behind his head. "So uh, what's up, whaddya want to tell us?"

"From now on...I'll no longer be associated with you guys."

Naruto's grin dropped. "What?"

"I am not apart of Team seven."

Tears welled up in Sakura's eyes, while Naruto's face twisted with anger, but, Itachi's face was always, empty.

Naruto's fist tightened with complete rage, his arm jerked back, ready to punch the sense into him. "DO YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT TEAM SEVEN?!"

Itachi effortlessly caught Naruto's punch. "No."

"Then...why'd you stay in our team so long?!"

"The only reason why I stayed with Team seven for so long was to see for myself how strong you were, and from that experience alone, I now know both of you are inferior, and useless."

Naruto caught a glimpse of the absolute pain in Sakura's face, his hands dropped to tej side of him and the anger he had eased up. "Oh yeah right! You're just a really bad liar, huh? Come on don't be an-"

"Everything I've said to you up to this point were all lies. You two are nothing but pieces of trash to me."

"Because, the last thing I care about is Team seven."

Itachi pulled out a new mask and quickly left, leaving them in shambles.

At that point, everything fell apart. Sakura completely broke down and fell down, sobbing.

"Hey Sakura-chan," Naruto bent down to her level. "It's ok, Itachi still cares about us, he's just being a...loser right now."

"Don't be so oblivious," Sakura lifted her head up, she was drained of emotion. "you heard him."

Naruto forced a smile just for her. "I know Itachi can be a little cold sometimes, but, he's only trying to protect us."

Sakura pushed Naruto away and he stumbled onto the ground. "HOW CAN HE PROTECT ME IF HE ISN'T IN TEAM SEVEN ANYMORE?!"

"...you know why Itachi trained you?" Naruto clenched the dirt, the anger in him started bubbling up again. "SO YOU COULD FIGHT AND NOT CRY ALL THE TIME!"

"All this time, you believed Itachi fought to protect only you?! He for his own dream and his dream has always been...all of us!"

("'You and Sakura are a vision of my dream, and that's something I wish to protect, no matter what happens.'")

Sakura leaned on Naruto and cried on his shoulder. "It stil...hurts."

Naruto stood up. "...Itachi, why are you so distant from us? We're your friends after all, just let us..."

OoO

Itachi stopped on the roof of a building, he punched the roof as tears poured down his face.

OoO

"...help you for once, Itachi. We'll carry your burdens...together."

XxxxxXxxx

Sasuke's katana clashed with Kakashi's kunai. "So the rumors were true, Obito did give you his sharigan." His eyes flickered to the Mangeykō sharigan. "Then let me show you the eye prowess of a real Uchiha!"

OoO

Seeing the large fires ascend the sky, Itachi decided to see what was going on. He ran over to the abandoned parts of the village, where the Uchiha town used to lay. "...!" Itachi ran up, the entire place was in ashes, everything burnt to the ground.

Nothing remained. Itachi bent down and picked up a cluster of ash. "Everything representing the Uchiha clan is now gone..." Itachi walked through the piles of ash. "And yet...I still have no hate for you..."

OoO

"That was very disgusting you did to him, Sasuke."

"Just shut up."

After fulfilling their purpose, Sasuke and Kisame were just beyond the village of Konohagakure. "What I am doing is all for the better good, you'll see someday."

"Well in any case, it's good that we found him at that ramen shop, however, he's protected by one of the legendary sanin. He'll be quite a match for the Leaf's number one and the strongest of Mist's seven."

"He won't even be a 'match', we can easily defeat him and the old toad man before they even know what hit them, but that's not my main objective."

"Hm?"

"It's just our luck Orochimaru's in the general area of our target, the only real challenge will be to get my brother to Orochimaru. Fortunately, I have a perfect plan."

"I see, but I still don't know why you would burn down something of the Uchiha. What was your motive for that."

"Uchiha town is only pieces of wood stacked together, that place is the last thing I care about."

---

Itachi reported in Danzo's office, although, since the Hokage's death, the Anbu were for the most, part out of commission. "Itachi Uchiha, until Jiraiya finds the next Hokage, you are assigned to the Root division of Anbu."

"Understood."

"Your new mission as Root is to search for any remains of Orochimaru and any Otogakure shinobi. You will dispatch with a personalized Anbu team immediately."

"Searching for Orochimaru, as in...out of the village?"

"If need be."

XxxxxXxxx

Flashback...

After Kakashi's fight with Sasuke he had been rushed into the hospital, his condition was critical. Asuma, Guy, and Kurenai were all in Kakashi's room, discussing the events that occurred. "It's good he hasn't found Naruto just yet."

"Yeah," Asuma took a seat on one of the chairs. "But what he did was unforgivable. I don't understand why he would do something to his own home."

"Sasuke already knows what Naruto looks like, and he stands out quite a bit, so it'll be pretty easy to find-"

"Shhh." Guy cut off.

The door creaked open and Itachi poked his head in. "Kakashi-san..." Itachi walked up to Kakashi and examined him, he was beaten up pretty badly. "...what happened?"

"Kakashi was in a...fire." Guy chose his word carefully. "A certain...person nearly burned him to death."

"...It was Sasuke, wasn't it?"

'How did he know?' "..."

"Those weren't normal flames used on Kakashi-san, and to be frank, I'm not even sure if he'll live."

"What're you talking about?"

"My brother...he's so...reckless."

The door swung wide open. "Is it true?! Sasuke of the Uchiha clan has returned and he's chasing down Naruto?!" Aoba Yamashiro yelled.

"Idiot." Kurenai scoffed.

'That means...Sasuke burning down Uchiha town wasn't his only objective...he's going to chase down Naruto?'

("'From now on...I'll no longer be associated with you guys.'")

'Even if he is, I can't be bothered with them anymore, I'm an...Anbu now. Even if I go there to help...I'll just...get in the way...'

XxxxxXxxx

"Are you having turmoil, Itachi?"

"Danzo-san, shouldn't we be more worried about Sasuke and less on Orochimaru? He is more of a threat."

"You aren't a part of Team seven any longer, you're an Anbu now and your objective is to search for Orochimaru."

"I assume you are correct, it's only selfish of me to put my needs before Konoha, but if the Jinchuriki is killed-"

"That excuse is useless!" Danzo smashed his cane on the ground. "It's been decided, you cannot come into contact with your brother."

("'I'm really...I-I'm really happy you...came!'")

("'...Do you know how much it hurts me to see you like...this?'")

"...I..."

("'I protect you because...because...you and Sakura and Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei, all of you are precious to me!'")

"...decline your mission."

"What're you talking about?"

"What matters most is the absolute survival of our Jinchuriki, if he were to die and be handed over to another nation, Konoha will cease to exist, especially without a current Hokage."

Itachi ran out of Danzo's and went straight to the Ramen Ichiraku where Teuchi, the owner of the shop, was busy cleaning out the piles and piles of bowls from Naruto's recent visit.

"Teuchi-san!"

"Oh Itachi, I don't think you've ever-"

"Please tell me, do you perhaps know where Naruto and Jiraiya-sama went?"

"Well...I heard they were going to take the cattle-road down to some hotel town or something and-"

"Arigato gozaimasu." Itachi turned around and left.

"Wha-hey wait!"

"Sumimasen deshita!" He called out.

"...damn. I just can't stay mad at him, oh what's this..." Teuchi picked up a wad of cash. "He left some money!"

OoO

"I want you to go after Itachi and make sure he doesn't come into contact with Sasuke."

"Yes Danzo-sir, I promise not to fail you."

OoO

Naruto and Jiraiya finally entered their designated town, with a festival going on, lanterns were just about everywhere. They made their way inside a cheap hotel. "Man, this place sure is strange."

"Well get used to it," Jiraiya swung the room key around his finger. "Because this where we're staying."

A hot woman walked past, making them both go nuts.

'I feel this overpowering sensation...' Jiraiya jumped over to Naruto. "Naruto!"

"Huh?"

He plopped the room key in Naruto's palms. "There's the room key, go to the room and refine your chakra as training."

"What?! I know what you're trying to do, pervert sage!"

OoO

Itachi entered the town where Naruto and Jiraiya happened to be. 'I'm finally here...'

OoO

"Stupid pervert sage!" Naruto collapsed on his bed. "He's always putting off my training for some hot lady, I'll never get better than Itachi at this rate."

*KNOCK*

*KNOCK*

Naruto dragged himself off the bed and got out the room. "Yeesh, I'm coming already!"

"I don't have time for you to be taking your sweet-ass time."

"...wh-what?" 'What's up with pervert sage's voice?'

OoO

Itachi knocked first, then opened the door to a random room. "Naruto! Are yo-" Sasuke approached him, he didn't have on a cloak as before, but instead Anbu uniform.

"Hello little brother."

OoO

The door burned down before Naruto could reach it. "Pervert sage...you can use fire jutsu?!" When the fire cleared away, Naruto saw who it really was. "Wait...you're not pervert sage are you Ita-"

'He isn't Itachi, but he has the sharigan just like Itachi!'

Sasuke along with his partner Kisame stared down Naruto. "Why does he have such a stupid face on?"

"Who knows." Kisame glanced at Naruto. "This is where the nine-tails fox demon resides, huh."

'They...they know about that?!'

"Your one of Itachi's friends, right? The weak one? How about you come with us now so I won't have to beat you up."

OoO

Sasuke lunged for Itachi and grabbed him. "Your diguise is heavily inaccurate."

"It doesn't matter." Sasuke changed into Sai of all people. "I caught you Itachi; scum of the leaf."

Itachi's body burst into a flock of ravens. '...damn it, I got tricked.' Sai released the genjutsu and he chased after Itachi. "I won't fail you, Danzo-"

Sai collapsed on the floor. 'Looks like I got more than just tricked...'

XxxxxXxxx

Flashback...

"Nii-san!"

Sasuke looked back as his younger brother ran up to him. "Hey weasel, what's up?"

Itachi held up shuriken between his fingers. "I just taught myself a shuriken technique."

A vein popped on the side of Sasuke's forehead. "What?! Already?! I was supposed to teach you that!"

"You can teach me something next time."

"..."

"Heh...you're growing much more mature, huh, Itachi? I hear they're already promoting for you to become a genin, and at such a young age. I really wish I had more ti-" Itachi poked Sasuke on the forehead. "...!"

"I'm always up for learning from you!"

Sasuke pushed Itachi away and quickly stood up. "Can you just...shut up for once?"

OoO

Itachi slumped in a chair at the kitchen table, while his mother prepared him lunch. "Father, why is Sasuke so distant from everyone, especially...me?"

"...Sasuke is a very cold person and prefers to keep others away from him, especially those he likes the most. Even as a father, though I try, I could never understand him..."

'What brother needs someone to work off of, he needs someone to rival him so he can strive to be his best, and...' Itachi thoughts trailed off. 'Ever since Shisu-san died, Sasuke's hasn't been the same.'

"Itachi dear, your lunch is ready!"

Itachi grabbed his lunch and walked out of the door. "Thank-you."

XxxxxXxxx

Sasuke moved out of the way. "Come out of that room." He demanded.

'...jeez, what a creepy bastard.' Naruto slowly walked out.

'He isn't here yet.'

Kisame put one hand on his sword. "Let's get started already, shall I cut off his legs, he won't run that way."

"That's fine."

He took out his giant sword and swung it at Naruto, just barely him, Itachi ran up to them and blocked the attack using his leg. "You have to run away."

"Itachi! I thought you-"

He shook his head and turned his attention to Sasuke. "...What was your reason for burning it down, Sasuke Uchiha?"

'Uchiha?! Just like Itachi...' Naruto stared at Sasuke. 'Who are these people?'

"Is this him, Sasuke?" Kisame asked. "Your disposed younger brother you always talk about?"

"...he once was my brother, but now he is nothing."

'Y-younger brother?! How come they're treating each other like strangers?'

"You hadn't told me, but I heard you wiped out the entire Uchiha clan in one night."

"You're right again."

'This entire time, this is what Itachi's been going through? He never once told us, is this why he's so quiet all the time?'

("'I'll never be able to live with myself if I lose everyone precious to me...again.'")

'This entire time...that's why...this was his...'

'Life.'

"You asked me earlier why I burned down Uchiha town, correct?" Sasuke suddenly said. "I did purely for my enjoyment."

"..."

"Do you hate me now, Itachi? Do you hate me now that I've burned what was left our clan to the ground?! It's gone now! Everything is truly gone."

"You're a...horrible liar, Sasuke."

"What? Everything I've done up to this point were all to hurt you. You are nothing but a piece of trash to me."

"Buildings don't matter. You can burn down everything related to our clan, but...you can't burn down the memories and the happiness we've shared."

"I can't end up hating you, even if I'm only a piece of trash, somehow, you never end up throwing me away."

("'Older brother! I want you teach me, it'll be so fun.'")

("'Older brother! They said I could already graduate to genin if I wanted to, should I consider?'")

("'Older brother...I hope you get better soon.'")

("'Older brother, I love you.'")

"Then...what if I burned down all of your friends? YOU'LL STILL HAVE MEMORIES AND HAPPINESS OF THEM WON'T YOU?!"

"JUST SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled. "After all the bullshit you gave to Itachi, he still has the guts to say he doesn't hate you...he still doesn't hate a bastard like you!"

Itachi clenched his fist. "Stay out of this, Naruto. My brother isn't of your concern."

"My only reason for living used to be for killing you, Sasuke. That's what you wanted, but now I've found people to live for. I can't allow you to harm them, that's why, I've grown strong, because they are my only purpose."

"..."

"Shisu-san taught me that, he was there for me, when you weren't."

"...DON'T EVER BRING UP THAT FUCKING BASTARD!" Sasuke weaved several signs. "I'll just make you...HAVE HATE!"

Kisame found it a good time to step in. "Sasuke, don't you think you're being a bit too emotional? We should take the fox brat and leave."

Sasuke sighed, his shoulders sank. "You're right."

Itachi got a kunai knife. "Naruto, please, run away."

"I'm not gonna sit back and watch you suffer anymore!" Naruto got into position, he prepared a jutsu as chakra surrounded him. "Even if we're not teammates, we're still friends!"

'I see it. His nine-tails chakra is filling up the room...how scary.' Kisame slashed the chakra. "Oh, too bad."

'What?! I don't feel any chakra!' "...the hell's going on?!"

"My Samehada eats chakra."

With a kunai in hand, Sasuke moved in on Naruto. "Even if I can't kill you, Naruto. I'll beat you up so bad, you wish you were dead!"

Itachi reflected Sasuke with a kunai of his own. "You won't harm him." Sasuke dig his kunai knife into Itachi's arm and pushed it through his flesh as hard as he could.

'I've finally prepared my ultimate genjutsu, even if for a second, I'll have to use it.'

"You're in my wa-"

Itachi's arm burst into ravens, seeing this, Sasuke released the genjutsu, once the genjutsu was released, however, he found himself pinned to a stake. The room now had an eerie, blood red tint to it.

'...the hell...?'

Itachi came into view, the closer he got to Sasuke, the more he saw Itachi's weapon. A sleek, black katana pierced straight through. With one, came even more katana that stuck in every direction from his body.

'He's using Tsukuyomi, huh?' "What a foolish move."

Sasuke, again, released the genjutsu, but this time he was in a toad's mouth. "...This must be Jiraiya's doing. Took him long enough to figure out that little 'distraction'."

"Oh good, you're finally awake, Sasuke. Do you know how tedious it was to protect you this entire time."

"Entire time?"

"You were out for two minutes at most."

Sasuke saw Itachi on the floor. "...what happened to Itachi?"

"After he used that genjutsu, he collapsed, it used way too much chakra. I believe he's been preparing that jutsu for the longest time."

"You're not taking Naruto away!" Jiraiya yelled.

"Forget it. We're not taking Naruto away if that's what you're thinking."

"Wait, what?"

Sasuke picked Itachi up. "Let's go, Kisame!"

"Itachi!" Naruto ran after them despite the walls closing in. "Come back! Put him down!"

Kisame followed Sasuke through the flesh covered walls. 'The walls are closing in on us, at this rate, we'll...'

"Amaterasu!"

The black flames covered the toad's mouth and burned through an opening.

"Let's go!"

Once Naruto finally caught up, there was no trace of them left, only a large opening covered with wild black flames. 'Don't worry, I'll save ya'!' Just before he was about to jump out of the opening, Jiraiya stopped him. "Naruto, you don't even know where they are, you can't possibly go after them."

"I don't care! I'll search every corner if I have to! We have to find the black cloaked guys, we can't just let them murder more clans in one night!"

"And if you do find them, how do you expect to fight them? You're weak."

"We can search together!"

"How? Like I said, I have no idea where they are."

"..."

Jiraiya examined the black flames. 'What interesting fire, how on earth did they make it so...black? Where'd they even draw this from? His power is absolutely terrifying.' Jiraiya bent down, he took out a scroll and paint brush. 'Gamabunta told me Itachi used the exact same power, so could it be an Uchiha clan only technique?'

"Sealing technique: Seal fire highest rank!" The flames sucked into Jiraiya's scroll, he stomped one foot on the flesh and it disappeared. "Alright!"

"..."

"Hey Naruto, it's fine. Itachi'll be ok."

"How do you know that?! Sasuke's a murderer!"

"It's just a guess, but Sasuke had never once tried to kill his brother, I believe even someone as horrible as Sasuke still cares for his younger brother. So what do you say, shall we continue the training?"

"Fine." Naruto's hands tightened into a fist. "But as soon as I become stronger, I'm going to find Itachi."

"Actually, you won't have to." A giant white bird flew over them and through the opening.

"Huh?! What's that?! Who's that guy?"

'I've already promised to bring Itachi back to Danzo and I won't give up.'

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A/N: Before it gets too confusing, I would like to clarify the use of first and last names

Usually I'll write, for example: "Itachi Uchiha" whenever referring to themselves or to others or when someone else refers to them

But whenever introducing themselves to a formidable opponent/an enemy I switch it to "Uchiha Itachi" that's just used as a warning sign, like, this is my clan and you should be aware.