Akai Kami

by Missy the Cat

Since the first time they met, Sasuke has cared for Karin and now enemies and mysterious things started appearing. Will he be enough to protect her?

16. Chapter 16

Chapter 16.

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A few weeks later.

Day Time.

Beach.

Sunset.

From left to right, Jugo, who was standing on the grass, Suigetsu, who was sitting on a large grey rock and his arms were folded, Sasuke, who was standing on a large grey rock, and Karin, who was leaning against a large rock and had her pouch wrapped around her waist, in their usual outfits, were looking at the sunset. Sasuke changed a little bit as his bangs covered his forehead and was in his new usual outfit, a zippered, high-collared, short-sleeved grey shirt, black wrist warmers, long dark blue pants, blue cloth that covers from his stomach to his knees, a purple rope belt securing the cloth, a small beige pouch behind him on his cloth, black sword behind him on the rope belt, and long grey sandals that reached his lower legs.

A man named Tobi 'Madara', having spiky black hair, his fully matured Sharingan activated, wearing his usual outfit, an orange mask spiral pattern focused on his right eye, a long-sleeve black top that covered his neck and chin, black gloves, long black pants, a long green scarf and standard sandals and white stirrups, Akatsuki cloak: a long high collared black jacket with red clouds on it, a thick black belt with armour-like metal plates attached to it, and similar plates on his upper arms, and blue nail polish on his fingers and toes, was sitting down on the ground a few meters behind them with his left arm resting on his left knee, was looking at Sasuke.

After Team Hebi regrouped from Sasuke fighting and killing Itachi and was again separated for awhile after Sasuke went alone to Hollowing Wolf Village for eye drops. Sasuke told them everything that happened.

Karin started thinking after Sasuke told her what Tobi told him about the himself, how Konohagakure was founded, how Itachi died, the history and the mistreatment of the Uchiha clan, the war between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan, the Uzumaki clan's mistreatment, how Itachi received an assignment to kill half of the Uchiha clan and the Uzumaki clan by the Hidden Leaf elders, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, and Roots leader, Danzō, and how it could start the Fourth Great Ninja War. At first, Karin didn't believe it but started thinking about all the times her Aunt Kushina, her Uncle Minato, and the entire Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan were acting suspicious. She easily sensed that Tobi was that unknown chakra from that night. It made her feel betrayed and angry that the people she cared and trusted kept it from her.

"I can't believe they hid this from me for long... especially Sasuke.." Karin thought then looked over at Sasuke. "I wonder what he's thinking right now."

Sasuke continued looking at the sunset and started thinking about what Tobi said to him earlier.

...

Flashback.

"For the peace in of Konohagakure and most of all for you, Sasuke Uchiha. He wanted to die being known as a criminal and a traitor, he accepted disgrace in the place of honor and hatred in the place of love, and yet Itachi still died with a smile on his face. He bequeath to you the Uchiha name, still fooling you to the very end."

Flashback Ends.

...

The wind blew in Hebi and Tobi's face as Sasuke remembered some memories of him and Itachi before he killed half the Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan before he closed his eyes and cried, tears running down his face, making his hands into fists.

"Sasuke..." Karin thought before turning forward to look at the sunset.

Sasuke stopped crying as a few moments past. A brown hawk screeched as it flew in the sky.

"We are no longer the 'Hebi' from this day on our team will be the 'Taka'... And Taka has but one goal, our mission..." Sasuke said then opened his eyes to reveal his Mangekyo Sharingan, it was black and had 3 red intersecting ellipses on each one, and one small black dot on each of them. "Is to destroy the Hidden Leaf."

Karin's eyes widened and looked at Sasuke, shocked at what he just said about destroying Konoha.

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Night Time.

Mountains' Graveyard.

Outside.

Karin was sitting on grass that was on the edge of the Akatsuki's Secret Hideout that was a few meters below had bones, dirt, rocks, and tunnels. She was looking up at the full moon in the star lit sky as her hands were resting on her lap. Jugo and Suigetsu were inside one of the rooms in one of the tunnels. She sensed a few chakras in the hideout like the Zetsus and Kisame.

"I can't believe Sasuke wants to destroy Konoha because of Itachi. But on the other hand, they lied us this entire time. That's still no excuse for killing them." Karin thought then looked down as she saw Sasuke sitting on the bones with his charcoal black eyes back to normal as he was looking up at the moon as well. "Is that really what you want, Sasuke...?"

Karin suddenly sensed Tobi's chakra coming from one of the tunnels before she saw Tobi was walking towards Sasuke. "What is he up to?" she thought suspiciously.

"What are you doing? The preparations are already completed." Tobi asked then stopped a few meters away from Sasuke.

Sasuke smirked a little. "When I look upon the full moon, it takes me back to that night... Memories I've been trying so hard to forget.. I can finally recall things about Itachi..." he said, not smirking anymore. "Faint memories that were buried deep in my heart are now floating back up to the surface."

...

Flashback.

8 years ago.

Night Time.

Forest near the Uzumaki clan.

Itachi, 12 years old and in his Anbu Black Ops outfit, had his Sharingan activated as he was facing Sasuke, 8 years old and in his usual outfit and was a little dirty, who was standing a few feet away from him. Sasuke left Karin awhile ago to face his older brother.

Sasuke was panting exhaustion.

"By all means flee. Cling to your retched life.." Itachi said then turned around but still looked at Sasuke on his left side, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan. "And when you possess the same eyes, come back and face me."

Sasuke stopped panting and his eyes widened before he stopped widenering his eyes and started to fall forward but stopped himself by kneeling on the ground on his right knee. Sasuke made his hands into fists and closed his eyes, panting a little before he opened his eyes, activating his Sharingan for the first time but each has 1 tomoe in each of them, making a serious face.

Itachi and Sasuke stared at each other for a moment before Itachi turned forward and jumped away.

"No wait!" Sasuke said, getting up and running after him.

Itachi still continued to jump away in the forest, Sasuke grabbed some kunais from the ground with both hands before he jumped after Itachi, who landed on the ground, and threw them at him.

Itachi looked back before he grabbed his sword with his right hand and deflected the kunais but one struck him on his Forehead Protector, causing it to fall off of his head and onto the ground. Sasuke landed on the ground and started panting again, clutching his left arm with his right hand, watching as Itachi walked over to his Forehead Protector and picked it up with his right hand and put it back on a different way before he placed his sword back in his holster and looked over at him sadly, tears falling out of his eyes.

After a few moments, Itachi jumped and disappeared into the air. Sasuke crouched down on the ground for awhile before he thought of someone.

"Oh no, Karin...!" Sasuke thought before he slowly stood up and went to find Karin.

Flashback Ends.

...

"I saw him crying then... I thought I'd imagined it.. I didn't realize it." Sasuke said. "... It seems that what you've told me is the truth after all."

"So what about Itachi's eyes? You're going to transplant them?" Tobi said.

Sasuke looked down at Tobi. "No, I won't. What Itachi wanted me to see and what I will see from here on out will be completely different. I can't do what Itachi wish me to.. I will restore the Uchiha clan in my own way." he said then looked up at Karin. "And also, help restore the Uzumaki clan for Karin."

...

1 hour later.

Inside of the Akatsuki's Hideout.

Meeting Room.

Team Taka, Tobi, and Kisame, in his usual outfit, were standing near a large rectangular grey table. From left to right, Karin, Suigetsu, and Jugo were standing on the left side of it while from right to left, Tobi and Kisame were standing on the right side. Sasuke sat down in a chair in the middle with his arms on the arm rests, Karin had her right hand on her right hip, and Suigetsu had his arms folded.

Kisame smiled. "So, Itachi's out." he thought then looked at Sasuke. "And his little brother joins up, what an interesting turn of events."

"We the Taka, will destroy the Leaf." Sasuke said.

Karin looked down at Sasuke.

Tobi sat down on the table and looked at Sasuke. "Easier said than done. So how? What's your plan?" he asked.

"We're going to kill the elders. The others are of no concern to me." Sasuke said.

Karin took her right hand off of her right hip. "I can't believe you're lying to me..." she thought.

"If you aim high the ones below will shield them. It's not going to be as easy as you seem to think. And you 4 Taka don't have the strength to handle this kind of thing by yourselves." Kisame said.

Tobi got off the table and stood up on the floor again as Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin looked at Kisame.

Suigetsu smirked. "Tch. Listen Kisame, you really shouldn't make the mistake of underestimating us." he said, placing his right hand on his right hip. "We still haven't settled that little game of ours we started the other day... So let me show you my real-" but was cut off.

Jugo and Karin looked at Suigetsu.

"Stop it! Enough Suigetsu!" Jugo yelled.

Suigetsu lowered his head as he placed his left fist near his chin before he lifted his head up and pulled out his sword from his scrap with his right hand and pulled out the handle from his left pocket with his left hand and connected them together before he jumped on to the table held his sword with both hands and slid on it towards Kisame to attack him but Tobi quickly stepped in front of Kisame and blocked Suigetsu's sword with his left fist.

Suigetsu became shocked.

Tobi looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke, you haven't trained him very well." he said.

"This guy's impressive." Karin thought amazed, looking at Tobi.

"He stopped me with just his arm." Suigetsu thought.

Sasuke didn't say anything as he continued to watch.

Karin looked at Suigetsu annoyed, putting her right hand on her glasses. "Suigetsu, are you that stupid?!" she asked yelling. "This isn't the time or place-!" but was cut off.

Suigetsu looked at Karin, annoyed. "My objective is that sword of his, Samehada! I've been traveling with Sasuke only so I can get my hands on that thing!"

Karin took her right hand off of her glasses as she, Jugo, and Suigetsu looked at Sasuke.

"Alright, Sasuke. What now?" Jugo asked.

Sasuke raised his left hand, looking at Suigetsu. "Fine by me. Do whatever you feel you have to, Suigetsu." he said then lowered his left hand on the desk. "But know this, you cannot win against him yet."

Kisame laughed a little bit. "Yet huh." he thought.

Suigetsu smirked at Sasuke. "Gee, thanks a lot for the vote of confidence, Sasuke. Have a little faith, I'll treat you to some tasty shark's fin." he said then looked back at Kisame.

Tobi removed and lowered his left hand from Suigetsu's sword, who lowered his sword.

"The Akatsuki is low on man power right now. We should avoid unnecessary scurmishes." Tobi said.

Taka looked at Tobi.

Suigetsu held his sword up with his right hand. "Uh, the pot shouldn't be calling the kettle black, ya know." he said.

Tobi looked down at Sasuke. "We share common interests, so for here on Taka will work together with the Akatsuki." he said.

"Oh is that right? And just what's in it for us?" Sasuke questioned.

"A tailed beast." Tobi said.

Karin became serious. "Oniisan." she thought.

"Tailed beast?" Sasuke asked.

"You don't know about them?" Tobi asked.

Karin placed her right hand on her right hip. "Of course we do and we know one." she said.

Suigetsu looked at Karin confused. "We do?" he asked. "Who is it?" but stopped talking when Sasuke raised his right hand up for a moment to silence him.

Taka looked Tobi again.

"So what is that mean?" Sasuke asked.

"They're chakra monsters, long ago the first Hokage collected several of them and kept them under his control. Each time a Great Ninja War threatened, he used them to maintain the power balance, distributing them to other lands. Starting with the 5 Great Nations as proof of alliances... You could call them the ultimate chakra weapons." Tobi said.

Karin folded her arms as she was a little angry at Tobi for technically called Naruto 'a chakra monster' and 'chakra weapon'.

"Not a bad propession is it?" Tobi asked.

"How generous of you." Sasuke said sarcastically.

"However, if you betrayed the Akatsuki, you will die." Tobi said.

Sasuke smirked at Tobi.

"There are 9 of the Tailed In this world and the Akatsuki has collected 6 of them so far, only 3 remain." Kisame said.

Karin's eyes widened a little bit. "But.. that means Oniisan's in trouble...!" she thought.

"Taka and the Akatsuki will split up to hunt the last 3. That is our immediate goal." Tobi said.

Sasuke made a serious face. "You don't have the 9 Tails yet do you?" he asked.

"Taka will capture 8 Tails, the Akatsuki will hunt the others. That means Naruto." Tobi said.

Karin unfolded her arms as she turned to the left and walked away towards the exit. Everyone watched as Karin left the room. She walked through some of the hallways until she made it outside where she was previously waiting at.

Karin took a few steps before she stopped and looked up at the star lit night sky. "I don't know if I can do this... Uncle Minato and the others may have kept things from me... but destroying the Hidden Leaf Village because of what the elders did... I can't lose Oniisan, he's one of the only family members I have left.." she thought.

As Karin continued thinking, she suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she sensed Sasuke coming towards her location.

Karin sighed, looking down at the ground. "What does he want?" she thought.

When Sasuke came out of one of the tunnels, he walked over to Karin. "Karin, what's the matter?" he asked, stopping near her.

Karin looked up at Sasuke. "I know you were lying in there about only killing the elders. You want to destroy Konoha." she said.

"Karin I-" Sasuke said but was cut off.

"You want to destroy our Village including our clans?" Karin questioned. "That's our family."

"I'm not going to kill our clans especially not our families." Sasuke said.

"Then, what about Oniisan? He's has the 9 Tails trapped inside of him and sooner or later they're going to after him." Karin questioned then looked down. "... I've lost my father, my mother, half my clan and half your clan, I don't want to lose anyone else." closing her eyes.

Sasuke stepped closer to Karin and stopped in front of her before he wrapped his arms around her as he hugged her, making Karin opened her eyes.

"I know you don't want to lose anyone else but there's probably a different way that he can live." Sasuke said.

"You're just saying that." Karin said, pulling away to look up at Sasuke

"No, I'm not. You can sense that." Sasuke said, looking down at his girlfriend. "I know." then leaned in and kissed Karin on the lips before he pulled back and looked at her again.

"I hope you're right, Sasuke." Karin said then hugged Sasuke. "I can't go back to the Village yet and I have to stay with Sasuke just in case something happens." she thought.

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2 days later.

Day Time.

Kumogakure.

Team Taka, who were now wearing Akatsuki cloaks with their usual outfits, were in a rocky place near a gate as they were interrogating Kiyoi Yotsuki, a Kumogakure ninja, a man that is 30 years old, light brown skin, black eyes, brown hair, in his usual outfit the Kumogakure flak jacket uniform, a long sleeved zipped up high collared black shirt, long black pants, white Kumogakure Forehead Protector wrapped around his forehead, black strap on the right side of his head, white Kumogakure shin guards that have red stripes going horizontal, black sandals and white Kumogakure flak jacket that has one strap on the left side. Suigetsu punched Kiyoi into the metal fence with his right fist, making Kiyoi grunt in pain as he closed his left eye and opened it again when Suigetsu stepped closer to him.

Suigetsu used his Hydrification Technique on his right arm to slip through the fence to grab Kiyoi by the neck.

"So, where is this 8 Tails guy?" Suigetsu asked, smirking.

Kiyoi looked at Suigetsu. "Ah, you don't know who you're messin' with." he said.

Suigetsu strangled Kiyoi even more, making Kiyoi grunt in pain and close his right eye.

"We're not going say anything, not to the likes of you!" Kiyoi said. "We of the Yotsuki clan are much stronger than that. We don't betray one of our own. Never!"

"A fearful heart is more likely to crack." Sasuke said, his eyes closed as he walked forward.

Suigetsu and Kiyoi looked at Sasuke, who stopped a few meters away from them. Sasuke opened his right eye as he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan for a moment, causing Kiyoi's eyes to widened as Sasuke placed him under a Genjutsu. Kiyoi's eyes were now half way opened.

A few meters behind them, Karin stood on the left side of Sasuke and Jugo stood on the right side of Sasuke.

Karin held her right hand to her chest. "Suigetsu enough. He's under Sasuke's Genjutsu now." she said.

"Ah, I was just getting to the fun part." Suigetsu said before he used his Hydrification Technique to slip out of the fence and unwrapped his right arm from around Kiyoi's neck and stepped aside.

Kiyoi landed on his knees.

Sasuke stepped forward a little bit as he looked down at Kiyoi, his eyes now charcoal black again. "Give me the location of the 8 Tails." he said.

"He's busy training.. at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.. Storm Cloud Revenue.." Kiyoi said.

"And what does he look like?" Sasuke asked.

"He's the wielder of many blades.. 8 blades.. he has steel tattooed on his right shoulder and and bull horns on his left cheek." Kiyoi said then closed his eyes as he fell down on his stomach, unconscious.

Sasuke closed his eyes for a moment before he opened them again and turned around and walked away, grabbing his Akatsuki cloak with his right hand. Jugo, who was now on the left side of Sasuke, Karin, who was now on the right side of Sasuke, and Suigetsu, who was on the back, were walking after Sasuke. Karin grabbed her Akatsuki cloak with her right hand.

"That's just great. Those eyes of his have improved, all that's gonna do is make him even more difficult to deal with." Suigetsu thought, annoyed.

Karin smiled at Sasuke, blushing a little. "Oh wow, even though Sasuke activated his Mangekyo Sharingan recently, he's really getting the hang of it." she thought.

Jugo looked to the left side. "It's nice here, I think I'll able to keep myself under control. I feel so calm." he thought.

...

1 hour later.

Valley of Clouds and Lightning.

As Taka were now in a water-filled rocky valley that was covered in fog, they were on a large circular light brown rock near stairs. Team Taka were spread out, Jugo was on the left, Suigetsu was on the right, Sasuke was in the middle, and Karin was behind Sasuke. Before they got there, Sasuke told Karin not to get involved with the fight for some reason but she obeyed him.

Moments later, a man jumped from the stairs and was now a few meters away from Taka. The man was 36 years old, had brown skin, muscular, shoulder length blonde hair that was combed back, blonde goatee, dark green eyes, a blue tattoo of the kanji for "iron" (鉄, tetsu), has a blue tattoo of a bull's horn on his left cheek, his top lip also has a slightly darker hue than his bottom one, in his usual outfit, black oval shaped sunglasses that had no arms, a white Kumogakure Forehead Protector wrapped around his forehead, white Kumogakure flak jacket, a long red rope belt tied around his waist, Kumogakure hand and shin guards, black sandals, a white scarf around his neck, long black pants, and carrying seven red and yellow swords on his back, had his arms folded as he looked at Team Taka.

"Are you the Jinchūriki host of the 8 Tails?" Sasuke asked.

"That's 8 Tails-sama to you." the man said then pointed his right index finger at Sasuke. "No wait, you say 'Are you Jinchūriki-sama?', got it?"

"I'm here to capture you." Sasuke said.

"Uh uh, now here's what you say 'Freeze, let me capture you sama, please!' You got it?" the man asked, moving his arms around.

"Suigetsu, take the right." Sasuke said.

Suigetsu moved to the right side and stopped.

"Jugo, take the left." Sasuke said.

Jugo moved to the left side and stopped.

"Karin, behind me. Cover my back." Sasuke said.

And Karin moved behind Sasuke then stopped.

The man folded his arms. "Let's see now." he said.

Suigetsu pulled his sword out from its scrap with his right hand and pulled the handle out of his left pocket and connected them together as ran he towards the man while carrying his sword with both hands to attack him.

"I'm in the mist of my rhymes, y'all are bustin' my time, now I gotta spit my line. Fools, ya fools!" the man said.

Suigetsu jumped up as he swung his sword at the man with both hands. Sasuke moved to the right side a little.

When Suigetsu landed on the ground near the man, he attacked him with his sword but the man held the sword with both of his hands as a crater covered the ground below them and puffs of dirt appeared.

"We're not supposed to kill the Jinchūriki, ya know. Remember what the Akatsuki told us, Suigetsu?" Jugo asked.

"Don't worry, feel his chakra loud and clear." Karin said.

Sasuke moved a little from crater.

"Damn it. Talk about a showy diversion." Karin said.

As the dirt cloud was disappearing, the man was still holding onto the end of Suigetsu's sword with both hands. The man pushed Suigetsu away a little.

Suigetsu grunted. "Come on." he said.

The man smiled. "Only one who gets to dig me is me, yo." he said. "So stand back and stay back or ya gonna get wacked. Fool! Yeah!"

The man tossed Suigetsu's sword into the air and the sword landed on the ground beside him on his left side.

"Just step back Suigetsu." Jugo said, walking forward a little.

Suigetsu jumped backwards a few feet.

The man grabbed Suigetsu's sword from the ground with his left hand and picked it up then lifted it with both hands so he can look out the hole in the top at Taka. "I am peeking at you, see ya not quite through but with all your crew your brain cells are few." he said.

"Stop joking around!" Jugo said, running over to the man.

The man put the top hole of Executioner's Blade around his neck with both hands. "Bloodlust bravery makes me go ballistic." he said then swung the sword around his neck, releasing the sword. "Knowing you can't stop me makes me optimistic, my blades goin' round and next you're goin' down."

When Jugo made it towards the man, he tried to punch him with his right fist but closed his eyes in pain when he was hit in the face by the handle of the Executioner's Blade, moving to the right side.

"Come on and get your feel of my sweet and awesome skills, yeah!"' the man said.

Jugo stopped as he looked at the man before the left side of his face turned grey, his left eye turned yellow and black, and his left arm turned grey as it turned large and many spikes appeared.

Jugo yelled as he grabbed the Executioner's Blade handle with his right hand and took the sword off of the man's neck before he tried to attack him again with his left hand.

Karin raised her arms to her chest as she, Sasuke, and Suigetsu watched as the man hit Jugo in the face with his right fist, making Jugo cough up a little blood from his mouth and closed his eyes before he fell to the ground, releasing the sword from his right hand as it pierced the ground again. A dirt cloud appeared and soon disappeared.

The man leaned on the sword with his right elbow.

Sasuke, Suigetsu, and Karin continued to look at the man.

The man stopped leaning on the sword with his right elbow, smirking as he raised his left thumb, index, and middle fingers. "My powers are flash and still more in my stash. 8 Tails that be me the rappin' Killer B, yeah." he said then raised his hands. "This battle you intitated but I'll leave you humiliated, so before you get designated, ow! ... Bit my tongue."

"What...? What's up with this guy? He's completely crazy but he still managed to take down Jugo." Karin questioned.

"First he blocks my Executioner's Blade then he wields it like he owns it. What is this guy?" Suigetsu thought.

"You made me bite my tongue, fools." Killer B said.

Jugo grunted in pain and slowly lifted himself as he untransformed the left side of him, his left eye opened.

Killer B grabbed Jugo with his right hand and lifted him up and tossed Jugo near Sasuke.

"You alright?" Karin asked, looking down at Jugo, who had his eyes closed.

"Yeah..." Jugo said.

Everyone stayed silent for a moment.

"I'll handle this." Sasuke said then walked forward.

Jugo stood up as he held his left arm with his right hand.

Killer B moved a little bit.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he continued to walk forward then stopped a few meters away, opening his eyes again.

"Just who in the hell are all y'all, fools ya fools?" Killer B asked, moving his left hand.

"Would you shut up already, you're getting on my nerves." Suigetsu said, annoyed.

Killer B lowered his left hand as he pointed his right index finger at Taka. "Yo! Who are you? Why ya wanna capture me? What's the deal yo?" he asked, pointing his right thumb at himself.

"I'm under no obligation to tell you." Sasuke said.

"Why do we have to fight such a weird rhyming guy in the first place anyway? This whole thing is a pain." Suigetsu questioned.

"It's to obtain more power as quickly as possible. If you don't like it leave." Sasuke said.

Suigetsu smirked. "Tch." he said then stopped smirking. "That's your purgative." he thought.

"And I also want to confirm the Akatsuki's promise. Whether they're pledge to give us the Tailed Beasts is true." Sasuke said, taking out his sword from his right cloak sleeve and held it with his right hand. "Regardless, we're the ones who are going to use the Akatsuki, not the other way around. So all of you keep that in mind."

"Akatsuki?" Killer B thought.

Suigetsu smirked.

"Yes, of course." Jugo said.

"At least he didn't turn into their errand boy because they told him the truth." Karin thought.

"Okay, let's do this and shut up this witless pain in the ear." Suigetsu said.

"That is the plan." Sasuke said.

"Check it. I'm not witless yo, I got super rhymes and charmin' fool!" Killer B said, moving his arms around.

Karin closed her eyes as she became annoyed at Killer B. "Oh, what a joke." she said, opening her eyes as she fixed her glasses with her left hand. "And not to mention that he's absolutely 0 rapping talent!" raising her right fist.

"Hold up fool, no need to be cruel!" Killer B said, moving his arms around again.

"Be quiet!" Karin yelled.

Sasuke quickly ran towards Killer B, making Killer B focus on him. Karin put her arms down as she, Jugo, and Suigetsu watched as Sasuke made towards Killer B and jumped up into the air and tried to attack him with his sword but Killer B grabbed the Executioner's Blade from the ground with his right hand and blocked Sasuke from attacking him with his sword. Sasuke flew backwards into the air as Killer B spun around as h swung the Executioner's Blade around. Sasuke landed on the ground and held his sword with both hands and turned to the right side as he defended himself against the Executioner's Blade, Killer B pushed Sasuke away with the sword. Sasuke released his right hand from his sword before he jumped into the air and spun around as Killer B continued to swing the Executioner's Blade around.

Sasuke stuck his sword into the top hole of the Executioner's Blade, making Killer B stop, and kicked Killer B in the chest with his right leg. Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin thought that Sasuke defeated Killer B.

A few moments later, Killer B dropped the Executioner's Blade. When Killer B moved his right hand, Sasuke backed away and stood on the ground with his sword still in his left hand, only to see Killer B looking down and holding a small green book with his left hand and a dark green pencil in his right hand.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin looked confused and annoyed at Killer B writing something down. Sasuke lifted his left foot up a little bit and lifted up his arm so he can toss the Executioner's Blade to Suigetsu with his sword, who grabbed it with his right hand. Sasuke lowered his left hand and left foot as he watched as Killer B continued to write down something.

When Killer B was finished he dotted the end of the pencil on his tongue before he closed his notebook with his right hand then looked at Team Taka, smirking.

Killer B raised his right hand. "I'm feelin' hell of fine, I just wrote the baddest rhymes. Thank you." he said. He put his pencil and notebook back in his pockets before he placed his placed his hands one of his swords. "Now I'll play with you tools, you tinsy winsy baby fools." then he quickly pulled out all of his 7 swords with both hands and tossed them in the air.

"Watch out, Sasuke! This guy's clearly used to handling blades! He's no ordinary ninja!" Suigetsu yelled.

The swords landed on Killer B's right shoulder, his mouth, on his right knee, left armpit, right elbow, chest, and left elbow.

Team Taka looked confused at Killer B's weird pose. Sasuke placed his sword in his right hand with his left hand.

"Hahaha. Quickly take a look cause now I'll give you a taste of my hook." Killer B said.

Wind blew it their faces.

"What?" Karin asked.

"The hell? What's that stance?" Suigetsu questioned.

Moments later, Killer B jumped up into the air and started spinning towards Sasuke as Sasuke made a serious face and quickly activated his Sharingan. When Killer B made it to Sasuke, he started to attack him. Sasuke raised his sword as he defended himself against the multiple attacks of Killer B's swords and dodged the ones he couldn't defend. Sasuke tried to attack Killer B but Killer B tossed some of his swords into the air and placed his back on the ground as he tossed Sasuke into the air with his feet. Killer B quickly stood up on the ground and placed some of his swords on himself again and jumped after Sasuke while spinning. As Sasuke was still in the air, he started defending himself from multiple attacks with his sword in his right hand. When Sasuke landed on the ground he dodged 3 swords by moving to the right and continued moving when Killer B landed on the ground then followed after him when he collected the 3 swords. Sasuke defended himself with his sword again from multiple attacks by Killer B. Within a matter of seconds, Killer B cut Sasuke's right arm with one of his swords then his collar and the right side of his face. As Killer B and Sasuke continued fighting, Killer B jumped up into the air. When Sasuke tried to study Killer B's movements with his Sharingan but couldn't because Killer B switched from a different line of attack. Sasuke looked at Killer B as he stomped on the ground with his left foot. Killer B and Sasuke clashed their swords together until Sasuke suddenly released his sword when Killer flung him backwards a few meters on the ground.

Sasuke grunted when he landed on the ground as his sword pierced the ground a few feet forward from him.

Karin placed her right fist near her chest. "Sasuke, are you alright?!" she asked, worried.

"What is up with those moves of his?" Suigetsu asked. "I can't predict his line of attack."

Sasuke got up as he crouched down on his left knee, he groaned before he made the hand signs for Chidori and grabbed his left hand with his right hand as white lightning came from his left hand.

Suigetsu looked at Sasuke and his sword. "The Chidori Blade... He's gonna use something that's impossible to defend against.." he thought.

As Sasuke made his Chidori with his left hand, Killer B lowered his right arm a little bit. Sasuke stood up from the ground and released his left hand as he ran towards Killer B while he grabbed his sword with his left hand, streaming his Chidori through it. When Sasuke made it, he and Killer B clashed their swords together, but Taka immediately noticed that Killer B was straining his chakra through one of his 7 swords.

"No way! He blocked it!" Suigetsu said.

"He can strain his chakra, too." Karin thought.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin saw Killer B smirking.

Killer B raised his right hand up. "First I'm gonna float and fly like a butterfly." he said then raised his right leg and moved his sword that was clashing with Sasuke and struck 6 of his swords into Sasuke's torso and upper body. "And I'll sting you like a Killer Bee." holding a sword in his left hand.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin shocked at Sasuke being stabbed in the torso 6 times. Sasuke's eyes widened and released his sword and coughed up blood and fell to the ground a few feet away, closing his eyes as his sword landed next to him. Killer B landed on the ground and ran towards Sasuke.

"Sasuke!" Karin said.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin ran towards Sasuke as well.

Killer B jumped up into the air, spinning. "And then I'll end my flow with my killer blow!" he said, going towards Sasuke.

Sasuke opened his eyes and looked up to see Killer B was going to land near him and strike him with his remaining sword, he closed his eyes as he raised his right arm to block himself from Killer B's attack. When Sasuke heard metal clash, he opened his eyes and moved his right arm a little to see Suigetsu standing on the right side of him and was blocking Killer B's attack with his Executioner's Blade with both hands. Suigetsu was struggling to keep Killer B's attack from reaching Sasuke.

Killer B gripped his 7th sword with his left hand as he strained lightning release from his left hand and on to his sword, slowly slicing through the Executioner's Blade.

Suigetsu gritted his teeth and closed his right eye, feeling weak as the lightning went through his body and sword. "He also uses Lightning Style, my weakness." he thought.

When Killer B was halfway slicing through the Executioner's Blade, Sasuke lowered his right arm and used Chidori with his left hand before he grabbed the Executioner's Blade with his left hand, causing him to stop Killer B from slicing more into the Executioner's Blade. As Killer B and Sasuke stopped using their lightning styles, Jugo, who activated his Sage Transformation on the right side of, was suddenly behind Killer B and punched him on the right side of his face with his right transformed fist.

Karin made it to Sasuke, she stopped running. "Hold on!" she said, grabbing Sasuke with both of her hands.

Suigetsu opened his eyes as he broke Killer B's remaining sword with his Executioner's Blade. When Karin dragged Sasuke away from them, Jugo transformed his right arm into holes as blasts of chakra came from them, making Killer B crash into the ground as a large explosion and crater appeared.

As Karin, who was crouching down, was pulling out the last sword out of Sasuke, who was laying down on his back,and with right hand and placed it on the ground. "Sasuke." she said looking down at Sasuke, who had his eyes closed and was panting. "This is not good." raising up her right sleeve with her left hand then she held up her right arm to Sasuke. "Here, quickly!"

Sasuke slowly lifted up the upper half of his body.

"Hurry up and bite me!" Karin said.

Sasuke opened up his right eye.

"Do it." Karin said.

Sasuke opened his mouth and bit down on Karin's right arm, making Karin moan a little as she used her Heal Bite Technique on him. Karin watched as Sasuke's wounds were disappearing.

Jugo and Suigetsu were standing in front of large rocks as Killer B was standing on the middle of the rocks.

Killer B looked over at Sasuke and Karin. "He funneled the lightning style through his body and deflected my attack, that's how he avoided mortal injury. And that woman possesses the ability to heal others letting them suck her chakra." he thought.

When Sasuke was done healing he stopped biting Karin's right arm and Karin pulled her right sleeve down with her left hand then started panting, her hands on the ground.

"Thanks for that, Karin." Sasuke said then stopped up.

"Yeah, sure." Karin said, panting.

Sasuke walked over to where Jugo, Suigetsu, and Killer B were at.

"Sasuke. The 3 of us will take care of him." Suigetsu said, holding up his Executioner's Blade with both hands. "The fact is this guy's incredibly strong, so we better go at him as if we are tryin' to kill him, that might be our best chance of taking him while he's still alive."

Sasuke stopped walking when he was close.

"This battle's not over, gotta stop these fools." Killer B said, looking at Sasuke, Jugo, and Suigetsu. "Check it out, yo!"

When Killer B jumped off the rock, Jugo, Sasuke, and Suigetsu ran towards Killer B as Jugo started to use his chakra transformed right fist, Suigetsu used his Executioner's Blade with both hands, and Sasuke used Chidori with his left hand. When they made it towards him, Killer B dodged Suigetsu's Executioner's Blade by flipping backwards twice, Jugo's attack by jumping up on his back, Sasuke's Chidori twice by dodging and flipping him with his right foot, and Jugo's attack from above by moving out of the way as Jugo caused a crater.

Killer B ran up to Suigetsu, who had turned to him and his Executioner's Blade in his right hand, and punched him in the stomach with his right fist using his Disturbance Taijutsu but Suigetsu smiled as he used Hydrification Technique on his stomach to trap Killer B's right fist so he wouldn't move, parts of his strap falling off as some water spilled on Killer B.

"Gotcha." Suigetsu said then looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke, now! Just hit both of us!"

Sasuke ran up to Killer B and Suigetsu then used Chidori on Killer B with his left hand. "Chidori!" he yelled.

Killer B and Suigetsu screamed in pain at being shocked by Sasuke's Chidori then stopped when Sasuke pulled his left hand away as he stopped using his Chidori. Killer B kneeled down on his hands and Suigetsu was about to fall on the ground until Sasuke looked at him and grabbed his shoulders with both hands. As Killer B took his hands off of the ground as he tried to stand up, grunting in pain. Jugo jumped into the air, whose left hand had transformed, and used both of his fist to hit Killer B as Sasuke and Suigetsu moved out of the way, creating a crater as dust covered the air around them.

When the dust cleared, Jugo stood up and was suddenly confused to see that Killer B was gone.

"He's gone." Jugo said then looked around. "Where is he?"

Sasuke and Karin looked around while Suigetsu, who had his Executioner's Blade on the ground but wasn't in his right hand anymore, was crouching down on his hands and knees as a puddle on water was below him, panting. Jugo jumped out of the crater near them.

Sasuke looked at Karin. "Karin!" he said.

"I know." Karin said then closed her eyes as she held up her right index and middle fingers, sensing Killer B. A few seconds later, she opened her eyes and lowered her right hand then turned around and pointed her left index finger at one of the large rocks in the Valley. "He's over there!"

Sasuke walked over to Jugo, who untransformed his right hand and made his left hand larger and crouched down, and stood on his left palm then faced where Karin sensed Killer B. Chakra came out of the back of Jugo's left hand as he flung Sasuke over to the rock Killer B was at. When Sasuke was some of the way there, he saw Killer B, who had his back facing him, raising his left hand as orange chakra formed around him.

"Here it comes. It's just like... that day." Sasuke thought, remembering what Naruto transformed in the Forest of Death 3 years ago.

When Killer B turned around and quickly jumped after him, Sasuke activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and dodged Killer B, who was trying to punch him with his left fist, by flipping forward.

Killer B looked behind him. "Oh, he's the first to dodge my 8 Tails form since my brother." Killer B thought.

Sasuke turned around and stood on the rock.

Killer B turned forward as he smirked, heading towards Jugo, Suigetsu, who was now standing up and had his Executioner's Blade in his right hand, and Karin.

"Damn! He's after them!" Sasuke said then jumped off the rock as he went after Killer B to stop him.

"Yo, I'll squash y'all flat split splat!" Killer B yelled, almost near them.

Jugo, who made his left hand smaller, turned around grabbed Suigetsu's waist with his left arm and Karin's waist with his right arm then transformed his back into Jet Booster Jump from under his cloak and jumped away from the rock before Killer B came and destroyed it, creating a large cloud of dust and rocks flew everywhere. As Jugo was getting away from the rock, Suigetsu was suddenly knocked out of Suigetsu's left arm by a rock, falling into the water as Jugo turned around as Karin fell on him.

A few seconds later after the rocks stopped falling, Sasuke on the ground a few feet from Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin, transforming his Mangekyo Sharingan back into the Sharingan.

"You alright?" Sasuke asked his girlfriend.

Jugo and Karin looked at Sasuke.

"I think, more or less." Karin said.

Suigetsu's head popped out of the water as he liquified in the water, holding his sword up so it wouldn't sink.

Sasuke looked up where Killer B landed, dust still in the air.

"He definitely has speed and power, but he only moves in a linear fashion. So with my eyes I should be able to see him coming." Sasuke said to himself then looked over at Karin. "Karin, I need you to read his chakra and anticipate his moves for me now! Stay on him and keep relaying his location to us at all times, you understand?!"

When an explosion came from the dust, Sasusaku looked up to see Killer B came out of the dust and was heading towards him.

"If you really think you can keep up!" Killer B yelled.

Jugo and Karin watched as Killer B was going towards Sasuke.

"No! Look out!" Karin yelled.

Sasuke activated his Mangekyo Sharingan again and placed Killer B in a Genjutsu. Killer B fell to the ground on the right side of Sasuke, not moving but the orange chakra around him was.

Karin's eyes widened before she closed her eyes and looked, sighing in relief.

Sasuke panted before he places his right hand over his right eye then turned around and looked down at Killer B only to see that Killer B snapped out of the Genjutsu and was now charging at him, making Sasuke take his right hand off of his right eye..

"Lariat!" Killer B yelled, using his left arm to slice off of Sasuke's upper half.

Sasuke closed his eyes and he fell backwards as his neck, chest, and his organs beneath have been ruptured.

Karin looked up and opened her eyes as her, Jugo, and Suigetsu's eyes widened at what just happened.

"Wheeee!" Killer B said, raising his left hand.

Jugo and Karin stood up.

"Sasuke!" Karin yelled.

Jugo ran over to Sasuke and jumped up into the air and grabbed him with both arms before he landed on the ground and placed him on it, now crouching down on the left side of Sasuke. Karin ran over to Jugo and Sasuke then crouched down on the right side of Sasuke.

"What?! What is this?" Karin asked, looking down worried at her boyfriend. "His organs! Oh no!" she thought, remembering her medical training.

"His neck and chest have been seriously injured as well as the organs beneath." Jugo said, watching as Sasuke was panting and slowly dying. "He's beyond our help." closing his eye as he started to remember what Kimimaro said to him.

...

Flashback.

"In a way, Sasuke is like my reincarnation." Kimimaro said.

Flashback Ends.

...

Jugo opened his eyes.

Karin opened up her cloak and shirt halfway with her right hand, revealing 2 bit marks on her chest. "Hang in there!" she said, leaning forward but stopped when Jugo said something.

Jugo held up his right hand. "Karin, don't worry. I'll do it." he said.

Karin looked at Jugo as she lowered her right hand and placed it on the ground. "What are you gonna do?" she asked.

Jugo's right hand and the right side of his face turned orange/red then grey and he placed his right hand on Sasuke's chest, using his Cellular Regeneration Ejection on him. "I'm going to merge with him. I'll share my body and chakra, since his body is compatible with my Curse Mark. It should work." he said.

Karin looked down at Sasuke.

Killer B's skin started to peel away. "In order to break the hold of the Genjutsu, what you need is the partner who can agitate your chakra and wake you up from it. My partner's the 8 Tails that's inside of me. Ninjutsu doesn't work on Jinchūriki hosts who have control of their Tailed Beast." he said.

Karin looked at Killer B angrily at what he just did to Sasuke.

Killer B raised up his hands as the orange chakra disappeared and purple-greyish tentacles started coming out of him. "You lose and I obliterate and then y'all I shall annihilate! My true mode as the 8 Tails abode is now gonna unfold yo!" he said, transforming into 8 Tails. "It's a monster! See I told ya, hulk's transformation yo, oh yeah!" steam coming out of his nose.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin watched in horror at Killer B who was now the 8 Tails, a giant purple-greyish ushi-oni that had 8 tentacles and 4 horns but the left lower one was sliced off.

"8 Tails will make ya pee ya pants ya little ants!" Killer B said.

Karin stopped crouching down as she fell backwards. "Such chakra... It reminds me so much of Oniisan's 9 Tails Chakra...!" she thought.

"That's 8 Tails?" Jugo asked.

"A monster ox. So this is his true form, huh." Suigetsu thought, diving into the water with his Executioner's Blade.

Just me and my folds, I was born glorious long Horn! Wheeee!" Killer B yelled, creating a burst of wind.

As the wind blew, Karin closed her eyes and covered her face with her right hand. When it stopped, she uncovered her face with her right and opened her eyes, lowering her right hand.

"His chakra's off the charts, we'll die if we stay here." Karin thought then looked at Jugo. "Jugo, are you done yet?" she asked.

A few moments later, Jugo stopped using his Cellular Regeneration Ejection as he took his right hand from Sasuke's chest, who had a thin circular grey spot on his chest that was turning into his fair skin.

Sasuke regained consciouness as he slowly his eyes, grunting a little bit.

Karin looked at Sasuke before she closed her eyes, smiling. "Thank goodness, he's alive." she thought then opened her eyes and stopped smiling. "Good, you're conscious. Come on, you need to-" she said, pulling Sasuke up but stopped and gasped when she saw that Jugo transformed into a kid and was panting. "He turned into a child? Why?" she thought.

Sasuke looked at Jugo. "Jugo." he said.

"I won't let you die. You're a... momento of Kimimaro.." Jugo said panting, his right closed.

Karin stood up from the ground. "Come on! Hurry! We've gotta run!" she said.

"Wheeee!" Killer B yelled, coming towards them.

Karin looked up at Killer B, gasping.

Killer B continued to come forward but was stopped by Suigetsu, who popped out of the water, transformed himself into a water monster and the upper half was visible in the inside but he had no clothes on and his Executioner's Blade was beside him.

Jugo, Sasuke, who activated his Sharingan, and Karin looked up at Killer B and Suigetsu.

"You're a water style shinobi, I knew it! Think you have the advantage!" Killer B yelled, moving forward but was pushed back by Suigetsu.

"I'll take over you guys! Just run while you can!" Suigetsu yelled, holding Killer B back.

Jugo stood up panting as Karin helped Sasuke up and put his left arm over her neck then held the right side of his waist, grabbing his left arm with her left hand.

Sasuke unactivated his Sharingan as his eyes turned back into his charcoal black. "Thanks, Suigetsu." he said.

"Let's go, Sasuke." Karin said turning around as she ran with Sasuke.

Jugo turned around and ran with Sasuke and Karin.

As Suigetsu continued fighting Killer B he turned around to see Jugo, Sasuke, and Karin running away.

"Hm, who would've thought I'd end up sacrificing myself again just to save their hides." Suigetsu thought then turned forward as he continued to push Killer B.

"Yo! I'm not lettin' you get away with this game fools ya fools!" Killer B yelled then opened his mouth wide as he made a Tailed Beast ball, form of a large black sphere made of little black spheres.

As they continued running, Karin looked back to see Killer B was about to fire a Tailed Beast ball.

"That really doesn't look good!" Karin yelled.

Suigetsu gritted his teeth as he waited to be hit by the Tailed Beast ball. When Killer B fired the Tailed Beast ball, a large ray of yellow appeared as he injured Suigetsu, destroyed the rocks and everything in the Valley. Jugo, Sasuke, and Karin dodged the attack.

...

9 minutes later.

Team Taka (except Suigetsu) were crouching down on their hands and knees on the water as Suigetsu was unconscious in a jelly-like state. Jugo was near Suigetsu's feet, Sasuke was near Suigetsu's stomach, and Karin was near Suigetsu's head. The glass on the right side of Karin's glasses was now cracked. Karin sensed 2 chakra nearby but didn't care about it right now.

Karin looked down at Suigetsu, who was still unconscious, panting. "I can't believe Suigetsu's all messed up." she said then looked at Sasuke. "We can't escape now. What're we gonna do?"

Sasuke looked up from the water, panting then stared at Suigetsu, Jugo, and Karin before he looked down at the water again, thinking about the ways Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin saved him. Sasuke closed his eyes and stopped panting, remembering from right to left, Karin with her hands together forward, Naruto who had his right hand on his right hip, Kakashi, who had his eyes closed, and Sakura, who had her arms together behind her back, in their usual outfits 3 years ago, smiling.

Killer B raised his right hand, yelling as he launched 3 of tentacles at Team Taka.

Jugo and Karin looked up at Killer B.

"He's coming!" Karin yelled.

Sasuke's left eye started to bleed before he opened it, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan. "Amaterasu." he thought.

Before the 3 tentacles could get to them, black flames suddenly flames appeared all over Killer B, who started yelling in pain.

Jugo stood up from the water and carried Suigetsu in his left arm, surprised at what Sasuke just did. "So those are the inextinguishable black flames Sasuke spoke of..." he thought.

Karin stood up from the water, surprised at the black flames. "Woah...!" she thought.

Killer B yelled even more as crawled into the water.

Sasuke unactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan and closed his eyes then placed his left hand on his left eye as he held up his right fist near his left arm, grunting in pain.

When Karin saw that Killer B was coming towards them, she turned around and grabbed Jugo with her right hand and Sasuke, who put his hands down, with her left hand then tossed them a few meters away as one of the tentacles tried to squash them. When Jugo and Sasuke landed, Sasuke opened his eyes and gritted his teeth a little.

Karin crouched down and panted as one of the tentacles was about to fall on her until Sasuke raised his left hand and used his Chidori Blade to slice it off as it sinked into the water.

More tentacles came near Karin, Sasuke yelled.

"Karin, run!" Sasuke yelled, inactivating his Chidori Blade.

Karin stopped panting and stood up from the water then started to run but gasped when she was hit by one of the tentacles that had the Amaterasu on it in the back, falling on her stomach unconscious as the black flames were on her back.

"Damn! The black flames...!" Sasuke said.

"It's too late for her now." Jugo said then looked down at Sasuke. "We need to get away from here fast before we get caught in it, too!" about to walk away but stopped.

Sasuke grabbed Jugo's left arm with his left hand. "Wait, Jugo." he said.

Jugo looked down at Sasuke again. "We can't!" he said.

Sasuke released Jugo before he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and stared at Karin. "Karin!" he thought as his left eye started to bleed again.

After awhile, the black flames on Karin's back disappeared.

Sasuke panted before he closed his eyes and put both of his hands on his head in pain, inactivating his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"What? But how?" Jugo asked, looking.

Killer B continued screaming as he moved forward.

"Jugo! Grab Karin! Hurry!" Sasuke said.

Jugo's right arm and the right side of his face turned orange/red then grey before he turned his right arm into a chain and quickly grabbed Karin and placed her on his right shoulder.

"The black flames have been extinguished. But how is that possible?" Jugo questioned, looking at Karin's back to see that there was a large hole in her cloak and shirt, revealing her back.

Sasuke stood up from the water. "I was able to extinguish.. the black flames of Amaterasu." he thought, opening his eyes as he looked down at his hands. "Is this another power of the Mangekyo Sharingan...?" then lowered his hands as he looked at Killer B, who had transformed back into his normal form. "In which case." stepping forward then stopped.

Sasuke closed his eyes and opened them again, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan to extinguish the black flames. The flames started to disappear, leaving an unconscious Killer B, who doesn't have his flak jacket on anymore and his back is a little burned, was floating in the water.

Sasuke clutched his head in pain with his right hand, inactivating his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"8 Tails... It seems he's barely alive." Jugo said.

Sasuke lowered his right hand, walking over to Killer B. "Then we did manage to take him down without killing him. Let's grab him and go." he said.

Jugo walked after Sasuke.

When they made it towards Killer B, Sasuke took off his Akatsuki cloak and tied Killer B up with it before he picked him up and carried him over his right shoulder.

30 minutes later.

From left to right, Sasuke who was carrying Killer B on his right shoulder, and Jugo, who was carrying Suigetsu in his left arm and Karin on his right shoulder, were walking through a rocky desert.

Sasuke was panting and he almost tripped as he continued to walk.

Jugo looked up at Sasuke. "You must be exhausted after that... You've lost Orochimaru's Curse Mark.. and you haven't yet healed from battling Itachi." he said.

Sasuke looked down at Jugo. "I know. I really didn't expect that we have such a fight on our hands today." he said then turned forward. "But it's done now."

Jugo and Sasuke continued walking.

...

2 hours later.

Akatsuki's Hideout.

Sasuke was sitting down on a grey flat rock and was clutching his right eye with his right hand as he resting his left arm on his his left knee, panting. Killer B, who was still unconscious, was laying on his back a few feet away from Sasuke on his left side.

Jugo stood a few feet away and was facing them as he still continued to hold Suigetsu and Karin, who were still unconscious.

"Are you alright, Sasuke?" Jugo asked concerned.

Sasuke stopped panting as he took his right hand off of his right eye. "Yeah, let's hurry. We're almost at the rendezvous point." he said, standing up and picking up Killer B with both hands as he placed him on his right shoulder.

Jugo and Sasuke were done resting and started heading towards the Akatsuki's Hideout.

...

15 minutes later.

One of the Rooms in the Akatsuki's Hideout.

From left to right, Jugo and Sasuke walked into a large grey room and stopped to see Tobi was sitting on a light grey bench with his arms on his lap before Sasuke took Killer B off of his right shoulder and tossed on the ground a few feet near Tobi on his stomach.

"As promised I've delivered the 8 Tails to you." Sasuke said, putting his arms down as he made his hands into fists.

"Excellent work. I knew you could do it." Tobi said.

Jugo and Sasuke turned around and was walking towards the exit but Sasuke stopped when he heard Tobi however Jugo left out the entrance.

"Where are you going?" Tobi asked.

Sasuke turned his head to the right side to look at Tobi. "First, to tend to my wounds... then to Konoha." he said then turned forward and started to walk to the entrance.

Tobi started to remember his and Sasuke's conversation.

...

Flashback.

A few days ago.

Akatsuki's Hideout.

Tobi and Sasuke were sitting in the arm rests chairs facing each other but a large grey rectangular table separated them. Tobi had his arms folded while Sasuke had his arms resting on the arm rests. They were in a large grey room in one of the rooms in the hideout. Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin were in another room.

"Sasuke.. I need to ask you something important... After learning the truth about Itachi's life there is a chance that you will carry out his wishes and protect the the Hidden Leaf. So tell me the truth, what are your intentions?" Tobi asked.

"Itachi's life shows how he sacrificed himself to protect the Village. But my grief at losing him.. is deeper than any desire to follow his path.. inconsolably so... The peace that Itachi sacrificed himself for doesn't appeal to me, now that I know the truth, following in Itachi's footsteps to protect the the Hidden Leaf is the last thing I would do." Sasuke said then started gripping the arm rests with both hands. "Most of all, I will never forgive the 3 Elders of Konohagakure.. I believe everyone in the Leaf whose enjoying the peace paid for with Itachi's life is guilty, too."

"I thought you were only going to kill the elders?" Tobi asked.

"No, what I want is to slaughter most of Konohagakure but only by myself. I was just lying in front of the Taka." Sasuke said.

"Are you sure about that? You could truly ignore Itachi's will, his sacrifice as well as those he strove the protect? Are you really serious?" Tobi questioned.

Sasuke closed his eyes. "Look, you told me so yourself.. the reason why Itachi couldn't bring himself to kill me was because my life was more precious to him than the Village itself was." he said then opened his eyes. "I have similar feelings.. that Itachi's life is more precious than the Konoha, that's all."

Tobi continued to stare at Sasuke in silence.

Sasuke gripped the arm rests in anger. "They shunned the Uchiha and Uzumaki clan, they ordered my brother to kill half of each one. It wasn't just the elders who chased Itachi to his death, but all those in the Konohagakure who abide by the Senju! To me they are the scum of the earth! They are all objects of my vengeance!" he yelled.

Tobi watched as Sasuke released the arm rests and put his hands together on the table in his his usual way as he closed his eyes and put his head in in hands.

"If you want to ridicule me as a brat swayed by his emotions, go ahead. To accept and adopt Itachi's intentions would be childish. The foolish sputtering of those who don't know hatred... if anyone who critizes my way of life were to come forward... I turn around and kill every single one of their loved ones, so that they too would grasp what it's like." Sasuke said then raised his head up as he opened his eyes, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan. "To experience this hatred of mine."

Flashback Ends.

...

Tobi continued to watch Sasuke leave. "When a man learns to feel love, he must also bare the risk of feeling hate." he thought.

When Sasuke caught up to Jugo in one of the hallways, he stopped walking.

"Jugo." Sasuke said.

Jugo turned around and turned around to look at Sasuke. "What is it?" he asked.

"Let me hold Karin." Sasuke said, seeing that she was still unconscious.

Jugo stepped up to Sasuke and placed Karin off of his right shoulder and handed her to Sasuke with his right hand, who carefully grabbed Karin with both of his hands and held her bridal style. Sasuke placed KKarin's head on his left shoulder.

"We're leaving." Sasuke said then started walking away.

"Where are we going?" Jugo asked, walking after him.

"Somewhere to rest." Sasuke said.

...

A few hours later.

Somewhere in Kumogakure.

Team Taka were in dark brown brick building that looks like it in ruins but it wasn't as it had a green door.

Karin's eyes slowly flickered as she started to regain consciousness. When she fully opened her eyes, Karin looked to see that she was sitting in Sasuke's lap, who had his arms wrapped around her and was sitting on a small grey crate that had a large wooden brown crate on the right side of it that had a clear glass of water and a clear glass bottle.

"Sa... Sasuke." Karin said, looking up at him.

Sasuke looked down at Karin, relieved. "Karin, you're finally awake." he said, holding her a little closer.

Karin looked around to see that Suigetsu was unconscious in a large clear tank that had green water at the top and cloudy pink substance at the bottom, Jugo was sitting on one of the many large dark grey pipes in the room, and the room was a little dark.

Karin looked up at Sasuke again. "Where's the 8 Tails?" she asked.

"We've delivered him to Tobi." Sasuke said.

"So, how long was I out?" Karin asked.

"Only for a few hours." Sasuke said then started caressing Karin's head with his right hand.

Karin closed her eyes as she remembered everything that happened up until the point that she was unconscious. "Well, at least it's over..." she thought, relaxing into Sasuke's arms.

---

A few days later.

Day Time.

Tower.

Sasuke was sitting on the small grey crate with his left hand resting on his lap and his right hand resting on the large crate beside him on the right side, Jugo was sitting on one of the large piles, Suigetsu was in the tank and awake as his lower half was liquified and he had no shirt, and Karin, who was now wearing black rimmed glasses, no Akatsuki cloak, new clothes of her usual outfit, and her hair in a mid-ponytail but her bangs were the same, was standing on the right side of the tank and was facing it.

"You are so useless!" Suigetsu said, looking at Karin. "Why did you leave behind my Executioner's Blade?!"

Karin looked at Suigetsu annoyed. "Shut up, Suigetsu!" she said, moving her right hand around. "You should just be thankful that we didn't leave you behind, too!" folding her arms together.

"How dare you! Y'know you were knocked out just as much as I was, Karin." Suigetsu said.

"I ended up that way trying to protect all of you!" Karin said.

Jugo looked at Suigetsu and Karin. "All of us were protecting each other you guys. We're like fish and water, we can't do without one another. So stop your quarreling." he said.

Suigetsu remembered Killer B attacking before he was unconscious. "Yeah, alright fine." he said then looked at Sasuke. "But anyway, are we really gonna get the Tailed Beast's power now, Sasuke?"

Sasuke closed his eyes. "Hmph. Who knows, maybe. But actually, we no longer need to depend on such things." he said.

"Why's that?" Suigetsu questioned.

Sasuke opened his eyes. "Because I have obtained new powers... powers stronger enough for me to take down Konohagakure." he thought then looked down at the glass of water before he tried to grab it with his right hand but it fell over, making him gasp.

Karin put her arms down as she and Suigetsu looked over at Sasuke.

"Is something wrong, Sasuke?" Karin asked.

Sasuke squinted a little as his vision was getting a little blurry, covering his right eye with his right hand. "It's nothing at all." he said.

Karin sensed that Sasuke was lying and was about to question him until she suddenly sensed someone outside, she turned to the right side gasping.

Jugo looked at Karin. "What is it, Karin?" he asked.

"I sense a chakra outside. It seems we were followed." Karin said.

Sasuke took his right hand from his right. "Jugo, let's go." he said, standing up.

"Right." Jugo said, standing up from the pipe.

Jugo and Sasuke walked towards the door and Sasuke opened it with his left hand before he and Jugo walked out.

Suigetsu and Karin watched as Jugo and Sasuke walked out and sensed that they were heading towards the chakra. After a while, Karin sensed that the unknown chakra fade away as Jugo and Sasuke were near it. Within a few moments, she started to sense that Jugo and Sasuke were coming back inside their hideout.

Suigetsu and Karin watched as Jugo and Sasuke walked back in to see that Jugo was carrying a man that looks to be 25, dark brown skin, bald, light brown eyes, in the Kumogakure flak jacket uniform that had long sleeves, black sunglasses that had no arms, and a white Kumogakure Forehead Protector wrapped around his forehead, on his right shoulder.

Karin watched as Jugo placed the man down on the ground with both hands. "We need to go somewhere else. If he was able to find us then I'm sure more will be coming soon." she said, placing her left hand on her left hip.

---

1 week later.

Night Time.

Nikkō Inn Town.

Okoshi Inn.

Team Taka booked 2 rooms and were staying there until they fully healed. Karin were sharing a room and Jugo and Suigetsu were sharing a room.

Karin, in her night clothes, was laying on the right side of the futon with brown sheets covering her. She was looking up at the ceiling as she was waiting for Sasuke to come back, who was still outside training. She sensed that Sasuke was far away and something a little dark on him.

"Sasuke's been acting strange lately. But I can't blame him after everything that's happened." Karin thought, closing her eyes. "However, I wonder what he's doing out there?"

Karin opened her eyes before she took off her glasses with her left hand and placed it on the floor on the right side of her. She started to fall asleep.

---

3 days later.

Okoshi Inn Hot Spring.

Day Time.

Team Taka (except Jugo) were spending time in the hotel's hot spring. Karin, her hair now down and in a dark brown robe with a light blue kimono-like shirt underneath, was secretly watching from the women's side, which had a large red sheet that had the kanji for women in white letters hanging over the entrance, at Sasuke who was wearing a light blue robe with dark blue trimmings and had a white towel in his left hand, walked into the men's side, which had dark blue sheet covering the entrance with the kanji for me in white letters.

Karin peeked in the hallway as her left hand were on the sheet, blushing a little. "Finally, I have some alone time with Sasuke again." she said smirking, laughing a little before she quickly left the women's side and went over to the men's side. She went inside the men's side and took off her robe and shirt off and placed them on the floor before she wrapped the towel around her with both hands, placing her right hand on the entrance to see Sasuke, who wasn't wearing a robe anymore and had his towel wrapped around his lower half, standing a few feet away from her. "This should be okay."

Sasuke had his left hand on his left hip, looking at Karin. "What should be okay?" he asked.

Karin took her right hand off of the entrance and took her glasses with her right hand, smiling and blushing lightly. "Sasuke, if you really want me to, I'll wash your back..." she said, walking over to Sasuke.

Sasuke closed his eyes, leaning his head down. "Not right now." he said.

Karin stopped in front of Sasuke, placing her left hand on his right shoulder as their chests were together. "Oh, come on! We can spend some time together!" she said.

Karin gasped in shock and removed her left hand from Sasuke's right shoulder as she sensed Suigetsu coming out of the hot spring. She placed her glasses back on her face with her right hand and looked over Sasuke's right shoulder.

Suigetsu, who was naked in the hot sprihad his eyes closed. "Whew! Now this is heaven." he said, smiling.

When Sasuke heard a girl screech, he opened his eyes and stop smiling to see Sasuke and Karin.

Karin put left hand on her glasses, annoyed. "Suigetsu, what the hell are you doing?!" she asked, yelling.

"What are you doing?" Suigetsu asked, smiling.

Karin took her left off of her glasses, nervous. "Well I... You know, I mean... It's none of your business!" she said then walked away and grabbed a small basket that had supplies in it with both hands.

Suigetsu stopped smiling and looked up to see that Karin threw basket at him, making him surprised as it hit him in the face and made him fall into the water.

Karin walked over to her robe and shirt and picked them up before put them on and walked out of the men's side. As she was walking back towards the women's side, she became annoyed.

"Tch. And to think me and Sasuke could've had some alone time again!" Karin said to herself then closed her eyes, sighing. "Still..." then her head around and opened her eyes, a little sad. "Sasuke didn't want to spend time last time..."

...

Afternoon.

Forest.

Karin, in her usual outfit, was training in the forest for awhile as Team Taka were going to be leaving tomorrow and she wanted to be in fighting shape. As Karin lifted her left fist up from the ground after she did her Cherry Blossom Impact, she suddenly sensed a very familiar chakra, which was Sasuke coming towards her. She started to remember what happened hours ago.

...

Flashback.

Karin took her right hand off of the entrance and took her glasses with her right hand, smiling and blushing lightly. "Sasuke, if you really want me to, I'll wash your back..." she said, walking over to Sasuke.

Sasuke closed his eyes, leaning his head down. "Not right now." he said.

Karin stopped in front of Sasuke, placing her left hand on his right shoulder as their chests were together. "Oh, come on! We can spend some time together!" she said.

Flashback Ends.

...

Karin became annoyed. "What does he want?" she thought, turning around.

After a little while, Karin saw Sasuke, in his usual outfit, was a few feet away from her now.

"What do you want?" Karin asked, taking her left hand off of the shoji door.

"I see your sensory skills have improved." Sasuke said. "And I came to talk to you."

"It can wait. You said you were busy." Karin said, placing her right hand on her right hip tried to turn around and walk away only for Sasuke to walk up to her and grab her left hand with his right hand.

"Karin, please listen." Sasuke said.

Karin looked at Sasuke for a moment, seeing the concern in his eyes. She sighed. "Fine, what is it?" she said facing him as she took her right hand off of her right hip.

Sasuke released Karin's left hand.

"I wanted to say that I'm sorry for ignoring you." Sasuke said.

Karin didn't say anything for a moment as she started to stare as she continued to stare at Sasuke. "You've been ignoring me and you never spend time with me anymore." she said.

"I'm sorry, I just had to think for awhile." Sasuke said, grabbing Karin and pulling her into a hug. "I didn't mean to hurt you."

Karin slowly returned Sasuke's embrace, resting her head on left shoulder and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Where are we going tomorrow?" she asked.

"Somewhere close." Sasuke said.

Karin stopped resting her head as she looked up at Sasuke, confused. "Close?" she questioned.

"To Konoha." Sasuke said.

---

6 days later.

Day Time.

Tower.

The tower room they were in had a small room, a single door, window, and it was dark despite the sealed candles on the walls.

Sasuke was sleeping in a large light brown bean bag chair by the window, Jugo was sitting on the floor next to a pipe with his eyes closed, and Karin, now wearing her brown narrow glasses again and in her temporary outfit, a black sleeveless dress that had the Uzumaki clan crest on the back of it and black sandals, was reading a small black book in her right hand and wassitting on the floor a few feet away from Jugo. Suigetsu 3 days ago to search for something.

Sasuke slowly started to wake up and closed his eyes again breathing opened his again before he looked around. "Where has Suigetsu gone?" he asked sitting up, looking over at Karin.

Karin looked at Sasuke. "Suigetsu? Dunno? He went out about 2, 3 days ago and hasn't bothered to come back yet." she said then looked down at her book again. "To tell you the truth, I don't care if he ever comes back."

"I heard that, ya know!" Suigetsu said smirking, kicking the door open with his left leg.

Karin watched as Suigetsu, in his usual outfit, walked in and was carrying his Executioner's Blade in his right hand. Sasuke looked down at the floor.

"The Executioner's Blade? You went all the way back to get that old thing?" Karin asked.

Suigetsu stopped and faced Karin as he placed his Executioner's Blade over his shoulders. "Well you left it behind. It was a real pain to get it back." he said.

Karin became annoyed as she looked back down at her book. "I had better things to do than worry about your stuff when we fought the 8 Tails okay." she said.

"Well I carried the 2 of you out of there when you were dying." Jugo said, opening his eyes. "So quit fighting."

"Oh patronize why don't cha." Karin said.

"Tch whatever. I'm just glad I have this baby back where it belongs." Suigetsu said holding up his Executioner's Blade with his right hand before he swung it around.

Karin stopped reading her book and looked up at Suigetsu.

Suigetsu placed the lower part of his sword on the ground as he leaned on it with his right arm. "I'm incomplete without it." he said.

Sasuke stopped looking down as he stood up from the chair. "Now that all of us are here, it's time to get ready to leave." he said, turning around towards the window.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin looked at Sasuke.

"Huh? You're all healed up?" Suigetsu asked.

"Yeah." Sasuke said then turned towards them. "We're heading for Konoha."

Karin looked down. "I hope I don't have to face them in battle." she thought, thinking about her family her clan, and others that are important to her.

...

2 hours later.

Forest.

Jugo, Suigetsu, Sasuke, and Karin, in her usual outfit, were wearing black hooded cloaks as they were hopping from tree to tree. Sasuke was in the front, Karin was on the left side of Sasuke, Jugo was on the right side of Sasuke, and Suigetsu was behind Sasuke. Karin suddenly sensed a familiar chakra appearing ahead of them.

"How did he get here?" Karin thought.

Team Taka looked to see Tobi standing on one of the tree branches up ahead.

"Hey, Sasuke." Tobi said.

Team Taka stopped a few feet away from Tobi on some of the tree branches.

"I hadn't sensed his chakra until now. How is that possible?" Karin thought.

"Talk about bad timing." Suigetsu said annoyed, putting his left hand on the left side of his face then removed it.

"How the hell did you know where I was anyway?" Sasuke asked.

"Do not take me lightly. I have powers beyond your comprehension." Tobi said.

"So what do want from me? Team Taka left the Akatsuki a long time ago. We have no further business with you anymore." Sasuke said.

"I warned you that you would die if you betrayed the Akatsuki." Tobi said.

"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked.

"The hunt for the Tailed Beast." Tobi said.

"But we already captured the 8 Tails for you and handed him over like you asked." Karin said.

"That was a substitution. In short, you blundered." Tobi said.

Team Taka became shocked and confused.

"It seems the 8 Tails pulled a fast one on you." Tobi said.

Karin remembered Sasuke slicing off one of the tentacles before she was knocked unconscious. "So that must've happened then." she thought.

"I was watching it with my Sharingan the whole time. He had no opportunity to make a clone... It must've been when I sliced off that tentacle." Sasuke thought.

"To be honest, I'm quite disappointed in you." Tobi said. "What are you going to do about it?"

"We've got nothing to do with you anymore." Suigetsu said.

"No, I think will have you complete the task Akatsuki assigned you. Don't worry about the 8 Tails though. I have something else for you to do." Tobi said.

"And if we refuse?" Sasuke questioned.

"Then there would be quite the battle here." Tobi said. "I won't let you proceed to Konoha."

"We'll push through!" Sasuke said, raising his left hand as he activated his Chidori and activated his Sharingan.

Tobi gasped a little as Sasuke jumped forward and tried to attack him with his Chidori but he went right through him.

"It's a little too late to go to the Hidden Leaf anyway." Tobi said.

When Sasuke landed on a nearby tree branch, he unactivated his Sharingan and stopped using his Chidori as he looked at Tobi surprised.

"I passed right through him just like before. Is this one of his powers?" Sasuke thought.

"Your objective seems so futile now. It's sad really." Tobi said.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke questioned.

Tobi looked at Sasuke a little bit. "The Village hidden in the Leaves.. is no more." he said.

Team Taka became surprised.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Karin asked. "Are the villagers okay if the village is destroyed?" she thought.

Karin suddenly sensed another familiar chakra appearing on the left side of Tobi.

Black and White Zetsu, in their usual outfits, poked out of the tree branch as they were cocooned in the plant.

"I can explain everything that happened in Konoha." Black Zetsu said.

"It's him again." Karin said.

"Relax. He's an associate of mine." Tobi said then turned to Black and White Zetsu. "So, what happened to the Hokage?"

"He disappeared and is temporarily being replaced by Danzo." White Zetsu said.

"Just as I anticipated." Tobi said, turning forward.

"Uncle Minato disappeared. And now he's being replaced by the man told Itachi to kill the Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan." Karin thought.

Danzo? He's Hokage now?" Sasuke asked.

"Correct. He's one of Konoha's top brass that drove your brother into a corner. That's the man who's become the new Hokage." Tobi said.

"Just what the hell happened in the Hidden Leaf Village?" Sasuke asked.

Tobi raised his left hand. "My subordinate, Pain, destroyed it. And thanks to both you and Pain showing off, it seems the 5 Kage are going to take action." he said.

"The 5 Kage?" Sasuke questioned.

"They called for a 5 Kage Summit." Tobi said.

"I'll explain it all." White Zetsu said.

...

20 minutes later.

Black and White Zetsu explained how the Village was destroyed, the 4th Hokage disappearing, most of the villagers dying and being revived, Naruto defeating Pain, and others things.

"Naruto? This Naruto guy really defeated Pain all by himself?" Suigetsu questioned.

"That's Oniisan for you." Karin thought.

"That's right. He's become extremely strong. In fact, I think he's stronger than Sasuke right now." White Zetsu said.

Sasuke closed his eyes and smirked for a moment before he opened his eyes then made a serious face again. "I don't care about that. What is a problem is this 5 Kage Summit." he said.

Suigetsu raised his hands up. "So what do we do? If Konoha is gone now. And if our target this guy, Danzo, is going to this meeting of the 5 Kage then shouldn't we head over there too?" he asked.

Karin looked at Suigetsu, annoyed.

"W-what? You think I'm wrong about that?" Suigetsu asked, lowering his hands.

Karin looked at Sasuke again.

"Alright, we're modifying the plan. Taka's new goal is to head for the 5 Kage Summit and take the Hokage's head." Sasuke said.

"Sounds like a plan." Tobi said.

"So, how do we find out where this 5 Kage Summit taking place?" Karin said. "Uh, this situation's becoming annoying." she thought.

Tobi looked down at Black and White Zetsu. "Zetsu." he said.

"My clone will serve as your guide." White Zetsu said.

Black and White Zetsu opened up as they placed their hands on the tree as they started to split apart.

Team Taka and Tobi watched as Black and White Zetsu started to split apart. Karin weirded out when they were done.

"Okay, follow me." White said before he jumped forward.

Team Taka followed after White Zetsu as Tobi and Black Zetsu watched them hop from tree to tree.

Jugo looked at Sasuke. "Is it alright to trust these guys?" he asked.

"We'll keep an eye on them for now. If anything seems suspicious then I'll get rid of them with my Amaterasu. Besides, there's something I've been meaning to test out anyway." Sasuke said.

...

2 hours later.

Land of Iron.

Team Taka and White Zetsu were hoping from tree to tree through the icy, snow covered country. The sky was cloudy and grey.

"Man, it's really gettin' cold out." Suigetsu said.

"The Land of Iron is just a stone's throw away from here." White Zetsu said.

Karin suddenly sensed many chakras other than themselves. "Hold on! There's something just up ahead." she said.

"What?" Sasuke questioned, looking backwards at Karin.

...

24 minutes later.

White Zetsu, Jugo, Sasuke, and Karin were standing in front of a frozen lake as they were hiding from the Samurais, who were dressed in white heavy segmented plate armour that covers the shoulders, chest, stomach, lower back, upper back, lower sides, and thighs, light grey shin guards, gauntlets, and helmet (some of them were wearing horns), swords, black body suit gloves, grey face masks that have built in radios and respirators to combat poison, who were looking around and standing over a cliff above them.

They were looking down at the cracked ice as Suigetsu's head popped out of it.

"Well? How is it?" Karin asked.

"Looks like security has tightened quite a bit due to the 5 Kage Summit." Suigetsu said.

Sasuke looked down at Jugo. "Jugo, listen. You have to use the animals and scout out the least defended route you can find to the Summit site." he said.

"Right, I'm on it." Jugo said, looking up at Sasuke.

...

10 minutes later.

Team Taka and White Zetsu were standing a few feet away from the lake now as a medium sized brown owl was flying down towards them until Jugo held out his right arm and it landed on it.

After a few seconds, Sasuke started to say something.

"Well then." Sasuke said.

Jugo looked at Sasuke. "There's a route to the west we can take. There are fewer guards as well." he said.

Sasuke and Karin looked at each other.

"Karin, keep a close eye on the chakra positions of the guards. We're going to begin our infiltration." Sasuke said.

Karin held up both of her hands. "What? I'm coming too." she asked then lowered her arms.

White Zetsu, Jugo, and Suigetsu looked at Karin.

"Yep, it's finally time for you to let those skills of yours shine." Suigetsu said, smiling.

Sasuke looked at White Zetsu. "Your name's Zetsu, right?" he asked.

"That's right." White Zetsu said.

Team Taka looked at White Zetsu.

"You're going to point out which one is Danzo for me. You're coming too." Sasuke said.

...

30 minutes later.

White Zetsu and Team Taka were walking towards 3 Mountains called the '3 wolves' because they looked like 3 wolves mouths. From forward to backwards, White Zetsu, Jugo, Sasuke, Karin, and Suigetsu were walking forward.

Team Taka were following white Zetsu up a trail of snow to avoid being noticed by the samurais. As they were walking Suigetsu started to say something.

"Wouldn't it be better to set up an ambush and kill him before the Summit?" Suigetsu asked, whining. "I'm tired already."

"What are you stupid? If the Hokage's arrival is delayed, they'll know something happened to him on the way there." Karin said, looking back at him and raised her left hand up. "Then they'll send in a swarm of samurai reinforcements. And what if the other Kage come to, huh? We don't the enemies abilities you idiot so it's best to bide our time and just attack him on his way home. Right, Sasuke?" then turned her to look in the front of her, lowering her left hand.

Sasuke groaned as he turned his slightly to the back, he stopped walking along with Jugo, turning around to look at her. Karin and Suigetsu stopped walking as well.

"Just focus on the chakra of our enemies, Karin." Sasuke said, rudely.

Karin was a little hurt that Sasuke was suddenly being rude to her now, but didn't show it.

Suigetsu laughed and pointed his right index finger at her. "Haha! You got told!" he said.

Karin turned to Suigetsu. "Shut your trap!" she yelled.

White Zetsu stopped walking. "Wow Sasuke, it seems you have your hands full." he said, smiling.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin turned their head back to see Sasuke now looking at White Zetsu now.

"All that matters is that you will identify Danzo to me before the Summit starts." Sasuke said. "You better not lie."

"That's right, I can feel the flow of chakra. And a person's chakra always becomes muddied when they lie." Karin then smirked and pointed her finger at White Zetsu. "So just remember, I'll be keeping an eye on your chakra, got it."

"There's no reason to lie to you. After all Danzo is a hindrance to the Akatsuki, too." White Zetsu said, looking at them.

Karin sensed his chakra. "He's not lying." she thought.

Karin looked up at the location they were heading to, it looked like 3 wolves mouths. "What will happen when we go inside?" she thought.

...

35 minutes later.

Inside the 3 Wolves Mountains.

Inside the Mountains was a building, it was halfway dark, blue pillars with red markings on it were lined up, beige bricks, doorways far from each other on the walls. Samurais were near the middle entrance. From left to right, Jugo, Suigetsu, White Zetsu, Sasuke, and Karin, were hiding in the balcony as their hoods were up.

From left to right, White Zetsu and Team Taka looked down to see a fair skinned man that looked to be 19 years old, had short dull black spiky hair, lean built, fairly tall, black eyes, in his usual outfit, a black mask that had the Konohagakure metal plate on top of it and covered his head except his nose, mouth, and some lower parts of his face, glasses were built into the mask as it obscured his eyes, a high collared short black jacket that had 1 red scrap on each of the shoulders, long sleeved black shirt, long black pants, black gloves, red sash wrapped around his waist, black apron over his pants, 2 medium sized light grey pouches on his sides, a black sword that was bandaged up in white tape scrapped to his back, and black sandals, Danzo, in his usual outfit, had the Hokage headpiece attached behind him, and his cane in his left hand, and a fair skinned man that looked to be 19 years old, had shoulder-length auburn hair that some of the back was tied up in a short high ponytail, amber eyes, in his usual outfit, a short black jacket that 1 red scrap on each shoulder, a short sleeved dark brown kimono-like shirt, black sash, black gloves, long black pants, black sword that was wrapped up in white tape was scrapped to his back, black Konohagakure Forehead Protector wrapped around his forehead, and black sandals, were walking towards the Samurais.

Karin's eyes widened when she noticed Danzo months earlier. "He's the man I've walked passed in hallway...!" she thought.

"Sir. We've been expecting you." the head Samurai said to Danzo.

"That's him. The geezer in the middle." White Zetsu said.

Danzo and his 2 subordinates walked towards the middle doorway.

Sasuke activated his Sharingan as glared at Danzo. "So, that's Danzo?!" he questioned, silently.

"Sasuke." Karin said, whispering.

Sasuke looked at Karin. "What is it?" he asked.

"I recognize him. A few months ago, I walked passed him when he exited the Uncle Minato's office." Karin said.

Sasuke looked back at Danzo, who disappeared with his 2 subordinates, before he unactivated his Sharingan.

...

1 hour later.

As White Zetsu and Team Taka continued to look at the Samurais, they silently walked away and hopped through the pillars before they quietly walked on the ceiling. From left to right, Karin, Suigetsu, Jugo, and Sasuke hid behind one of the pillars to avoid being seen by the Samurais.

Karin looked around for White Zetsu as she no longer sensed his chakra. "Hey, wait. Where'd he go?" she asked before she turned to look at Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at Karin before he turned his head and placed his right hand in his hair. "Hmph." he said, lowering his right hand.

...

10 minutes later.

Karin's head perked up a little as she sensed that the Samurais were now scattering. "This is...!" she said.

Jugo and Sasuke looked at Karin.

"Karin, what's the matter?" Sasuke asked.

"The samurais have started to move more frantically. I think they're looking for us." Karin said.

Suigetsu looked at Karin. "Huh? But why? We haven't done anything that would make them suspect us." he questioned.

Jugo looked up at Sasuke. "I bet it was Zetsu." he said.

Sasuke looked to the left side.

"We better hide." Karin said before she saw that Sasuke was taking off his cloak with both hands.

Sasuke held up his cloak with his left hand and pulled out a kunai from his pouch with his right hand. "You guys go on ahead, I have to do something." he said then stabbed his cloak into one of the pillars with the kunai.

"Sure." Karin said.

Team Taka disappeared as Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin jumped up on a nearby balcony and sat down as they hid while Sasuke was standing on the ceiling.

As the samurais scattered everywhere, one of them stopped spotted Sasuke's cloak before he pulled one of his swords with his left hand and ran over towards, only to the cloak was pinned with a kunai.

The samurai turned around. "So they've run away already, huh?" he questioned.

Sasuke jumped off the ceiling and knocked the samurai out, who grunted in pain and fell to the ground, before he landed on the ground as he looked down at him.

...

3 minutes later.

From left to right, Karin, who had her hands together, Jugo, who had his left arm resting on his left knee, and Suigetsu, who had his hands on the balcony and was staring down at the samurais, were quietly hiding on the balcony.

"It's no use, there's too many of them. We'll probably be found and captured in no time." Karin said.

"So that Zetsu guy told them off, huh?" Suigetsu questioned. "I'll get him for this!"

Karin stopped sitting down as she turned around and stood up on her knees then placed her hands on the balcony watching silently at the samurais.

Suigetsu and Karin saw the Samurais took out their swords before they channeled their chakra through them.

"I see. So that's how they use their chakra." Suigetsu said.

Karin gasped when she saw Sasuke walking out of one of pillars.

The Samurais turned to Sasuke, who continued walking.

"I'm very irritated right now." Sasuke said then stopped at one of the pillars as he faced the samurais. "Attack and I doubt I can hold back."

"We could say the same to you!" the head Samurai said before he sent channels of chakra to Sasuke thought both of his swords in his hands.

As the waves of chakra were coming towards him, Sasuke activated his Sharingan and pulled out his sword with his right hand before he channelled his Lightning Style into it, deflecting the waves of chakra as dust and pieces of rock started falling down.

The Samurais became shocked.

"He repelled them?!" the head Samurai asked.

"His blade work is similar to ours!" one of the Samurais said.

Jugo looked at Karin. "Karin, stop monitoring those guys. Find out where Danzo is." he said.

"But what do we do about the samurais? I have to fight them too." Karin asked, looking at Jugo.

"Don't worry about that, I'll deal with them. Locate Danzo." Jugo said before he turned around and stood a little bit as he looked down at the scene.

The samurais ran towards Sasuke, who stood there.

Karin gasped in shock as she suddenly sensed that Sasuke's chakra has become dark and thicker. "Sasuke's chakra... is different." she thought.

When one of the samurais made towards him, Sasuke immediately killed him by striking him with his sword with his right hand before he jumped forward and landed on the ground. Sasuke started killing the samurais one by one with his sword as they came at him.

Karin turned around and sat down as she wrapped her arms around herself, scared.

Suigetsu raised his left fist. "Look at him. And this is guy who warned me not to kill anyone." he said then lowered his fist.

"This is..." Jugo said.

"He's the same Sasuke he was before, his chakra's thicker than when he's in the Curse Mark second state and... it's colder.

"He's the same Sasuke he was before. His chakra's thicker than when he's in the Curse Mark second state and..." she thought then stopped sitting down again as she turned around and stood on her knees and placed her hands on the balcony, looking down at Sasuke, who now had a little blood on his face as he continued killing the Samurais. "It's colder." then she and Suigetsu saw that Jugo suddenly stood up and jumped off the balcony.

3 of the samurais jumped into the air and swung their channeled chakra from their swords at Sasuke, but before the chakra could reach him, Jugo stepped in front of Sasuke and raised his right transformed axe hand and blocked the attack as the right side of his face transformed.

The 3 samurais landed on the ground to see Jugo, who lowered his right hand, was standing in front of Sasuke.

"He's not alone." one of the samurai said.

Karin looked up at the ceiling as she suddenly sensed 3 powerful chakras were coming towards them. "Something big is coming our way. It's huge." she thought.

When there was loud shaking, Team Taka looked up at the ceiling.

"What's that?!" Jugo questioned.

Suigetsu and Karin gasped as they saw the ceiling suddenly cracked as dust and large pieces of the ceiling fall to the ground. Jugo and Sasuke jumped backwards to avoid being crushed as they landed on the ground.

Moments of silence happened until the dust started to clear up to reveal 3 men from left to right, the 1st man looked to be 26 years old, had fair skin, short spiky blonde hair, black eyes, in his usual outfit, the Kumogakure flak jacket uniform, a sleeveless black shirt, white Kumogakure flak jacket, long black pants, white and red Kumogakure shin guards, black sandals, black Kumogakure Forehead Protector wrapped around his forehead, black elbow length arm guards, the 2nd one looked to be 47 years old, shoulder length blonde hair that was combed back, a small blonde mustache, blonde goatee, pronounced cheekbones, tear troughs, green Fūma Shurikens on both of his shoulders, muscles, abs, brown skin, prominent creases on his forehead, sharp canines, dark green eyes, in his usual outfit, a white haori, no shirt, 3 large golden vambraces on each of his wrists, long black pants with torn ends, gold belt wrapped around his waist that had the face of a board engraved on it, green clothed wrapped around his waist that was mainly on the left side, Kumo shin guards, and black sandals, and the 3rd man looked to be 26 years old, dark brown skin, slight bulbous nose, short white hair that covered his left eye, black eyes, kanji tattoo water (水) on his left shoulder and lightning(雷) tattooed on his left shoulders in blue ink, a black high collared sleeveless shirt, loose long black pants, white bandages wrapped around his wrists, Kumogakure flak jacket, black sandals, and a grey broad foldable cleaver sword that has a white and red handle scrapped to his back, were standing and facing them.

"Hey, kid!" the man in the middle yelled, taking his hoari off and threw it to the ground with his right hand then activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode around himself. "I am going to teach you the fear of true fury!"

Sasuke started to run towards the 3 unknown chakras with his lightning channelled sword in his right hand.

Jugo looked at Sasuke, shocked. "Sasuke! Don't engage him by yourself!" he yelled at Sasuke, who ignored him as he kept running. "He's lost his cool!" he thought.

Sasuke jumped up and prepared to attack the man in the middle.

The man on the right side made the hand signs of Tiger Snake Rat Snake Tiger with both hands. "Water Style: Water Wall!" he said, holding up his right hand as water came out of his mouth.

The water wall deflected Sasuke's attack as it kept him in place.

Sasuke looked at the man on the right side. "So he's the one?!" he thought.

The man on the right side made the Rabbit Dog Boar Ram Rat hand signs with both hands as continued to use the water wall. "Lightning Style: Emotion Wave!" he said, his 2 Jutsus together.

Sasuke was wet and shocked before he jumped backwards, crouching down on the floor on the right side of Jugo.

The man on the right side put his hands down as he stopped using his 2 Jutsus. "Boss, it looks like he has lightning nature, just as the Intel reported." he said.

"He also has a nature in fire, so I'm sure he'll end up using a Fire Style then." The man on the left side said then looked at the man on the right side. "Darui, be ready to use your Water Style to counter him."

Darui looked at the man on the left side. "Got it." he said.

Sasuke continued crouching down on the from the ground as he rested his left arm on his left knee and looked at the 3 chakras, feeling the lightning style Rin through his body before it stopped.

"Danzo must've given them information about Sasuke." Karin said. "I wonder if he has information on me as well." she thought.

"Hey. There.. the one in the middle... I recognize him..." Suigetsu said.

"These guys are Jonins from Kumogakure. The guy in the middle is their Raikage." Jugo said. "They won't let us pass easily."

The one remaining samurai that wasn't killed by Sasuke hid behind one of the pillars watching as he placed his left hand on his mask to his radio. "Requesting reinforcements, Sasuke defeated us." he said.

The man on the left side made the hand signs of Ram Horse Snake Tiger with both hands. "I'll gonna stop your movements!" he said.

"He's going to attack!" Jugo said.

Sasuke lowered his head a little bit.

The man on the left side placed his hands together. "Lightning Illusion: Flash Pillar!" he yelled, a bright white light emanating from his body.

Jugo and Sasuke covered their faces with their left hands.

"He's trying to blind us!" Jugo said then uncovered his face with his left hand to see the Raikage was in front of Sasuke. "Sasuke!"

The Raikage punched Sasuke, uncovered his face with his left hand and stopped channelling his lightning style through his sword, with his right arm as he made a crater below them. Jugo covered his face.

Jugo uncovered his face with his hands as he watched Sasuke fall backwards. "No way!" he said.

"Jugo! Relax, it's just a Genjutsu." Sasuke said, dispelling the Genjutsu.

Jugo looked to see no crater and that he was standing in the same place as Sasuke was still kneeling down on the floor as his left hand was on his left knee, he gasped. Karin watched as Suigetsu stood up and jumped off the balcony.

The man on the left side smirked, lowering his hands. "Should have figured Sharingan.. still..." he thought.

The Raikage and Darui, who now had his Cleaver Sword in both of his hands, appeared next to them.

"Even though you've looked through the Genjutsu, you're too late!" The Raikage yelled, raising his right arm.

The Raikage started to attack Sasuke with his right arm and Darui started to attack Sasuke with his Cleaver Sword with both hands.

"Sasuke!" Karin yelled, worried.

Suigetsu appeared in front of Sasuke and took out his Executioner's Blade with both hands as he blocked Raikage's right arm. Jugo used his right arm to block Darui's Cleaver Sword. A started to appear below them.

Suigetsu closed his right eye and grunted as he couldn't take the strength of the Raikage. The Executioner's Blade broke in half as the long upper half was spinning in the air. Jugo and Darui stopped clashing as the Raikage made a crater.

From left to right, Jugo, Sasuke, was still kneeling down on the ground and his left arm on his left knee, and Suigetsu, who had the sleeves of his cloak torn and holding the lower part of his Executioner's Blade with his left hand as his arms were in liquid form, slid against the wall behind them.

Suigetsu looked down with both eyes at his broken Executioner's Blade, annoyed. "Ah, damn it. That's just great. My Executioner's Blade's broken." he said.

Jugo stood up as he looked at Suigetsu. "Well it cracked when we fought the 8 Tails. There's nothing you can do about it now." he said.

The Raikage looked at Jugo, Suigetsu, and Sasuke annoyed, lowering his right arm.

"He's safe. Nice Suigetsu." Karin thought, relieved.

Sasuke stood up from the ground. "I thought I told you not to interfere!" he said.

Jugo and Suigetsu looked at Sasuke.

Suigetsu placed his right hand on his right hip. "Are you kidding me? What's with the attitude, Sasuke?" he asked. "Not that I don't expect it, but we came to help." closing his eyes.

"Shinobi sure fight rough. Unbelievable." the samurai said.

Darui looked at the man on the left side, holding his Cleaver Sword with his right hand. "C. Check and see if they got any other allies hiding around here. I'd weak to have to worry about more popping in." he said.

C looked at Darui. "I'm pretty sure that there was 1 more, but if I focused on that I'll be harder for me to fight with you in the battle." he said.

"We don't need you to fight." Darui said then turned forward. "Boss and I are enough to handle these guys." he said.

C placed his hands together.

Karin sighed in annoyance as she used her Chakra Suppression Technique. "Even though I can those guys, I have to find Danzo. I'll let them handle it." she thought.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Sasuke looked at the Raikage, Darui, and C.

Suigetsu took his right hand off of his right hip. "Karin will probably extinguish her chakra and just lie low. She can do things like that." he said.

Jugo looked at C before he started to walk to the left side. "Seems like the guy in the back is a sensor type ninja." he said, stopping in front of Suigetsu and Sasuke, raising his right arm. "We have no choice but to defeat him." before he started transforming his whole body.

Darui and C became surprised.

Jugo fully transformed, having claw-like finger nails, 6 jet-like boosters on his back, happuri-like skin on his face, spikes on his arms, and a black line on his forehead and his nose. "I'll do it." he said before he took off his cloak with his right hand to reveal the back of his shirt was ripped as chakra fired out of the holes. He smirked as he laughed wickedly. "I'm gonna rip you apart!"

"His change in personality is more surprising than his appearance, y'know." Darui said, sweating a little.

"Focus! He's got unbelievable chakra!" C yelled.

Jugo laughed wickedly again.

Suigetsu smiled. "I can't believe Jugo actually gave into his killer impulses voluntarily this." he said then looked at Sasuke. "What do you think the odds are that he still remembers that we're both on his side." he said then looked forward.

Sasuke didn't say anything.

Jugo raised his arms, smirking. "Now, who's first!" he yelled, blasting chakra out of his back.

Suigetsu closed his eyes as he covered his face with his right arm as Sasuke closed his eyes and turned away from the chakra Jugo was blasting before he stopped blasting. Suigetsu and Sasuke opened their eyes as Suigetsu uncovered his face with his right arm as Sasuke turned forward.

The Raikage cracked his neck before he jumped forward, speeding. "You need to learn your place!" he yelled.

Jugo stopped smirking as the Raikage punched him into the wall with his left fist as he followed him, creating a large hole in the wall and a large cloud of dust came. Suigetsu and Sasuke disappeared.

Karin gasped at the scene.

Darui and C watched as Jugo, who turned the back of his arms into a shield, was struggling against the Raikage, who was making a large hole in his shield and a hole in his upper chest with his left fist. Jugo was grunting in pain.

C sensed that someone was behind him. He turned around to see Suigetsu in the air with his broken Executioner's Blade in his hands as he was going to kill him.

"Gotcha." Suigetsu said, who swung his sword but was stopped when Darui suddenly appeared and blocked his attack with his Cleaver Sword as he was holding it with both hands.

When Suigetsu and Darui landed on the ground C jumped as they started clashing.

"Nice blade ya got there." Suigetsu said.

"Well I'm not giving you mine just because yours is broken." Darui said.

C landed on the ground as he watched the scene of the Raikage and Jugo.

Jugo gasped in in pain as the Raikage finished making the holes on his shields and upper chest. Jugo closed his eyes as blood slid from his mouth.

The Raikage looked up at Sasuke, who standing a few meters away from him on the ceiling as he held up his right index and middle fingers near his face. "Well, that's one down." he said.

Sasuke didn't say anything as he continued to stare at the Raikage.

"I'm no weakling. Mere Sharingan can't take me down." the Raikage said.

"Raikage-sama's nerve transmission and reaction speed's are on par with Konoha's Yellow Flash. It's impressive those guys are even doing this well. But Raikage-sama used Lightning Style Chakra to augment his reflexes, not even the Sharingan can keep up. Plus.. there's still." he thought.

Jugo created cannons from his back pointed all of them directly at the Raikage.

Raikage looked at Jugo confused.

Jugo opened his eyes. "Die!" he yelled, making yellow spears.

Darui and C looked at the Raikage shocked.

"Boss no!" Darui said.

"At point blank range!" C said.

When the spears were complete, Jugo launched them at the Raikage directly, causing rocks to fly, violent winds, and bright light to appear.

Suigetsu covered his face with his right arm and Darui covered his face with his left arm. Karin closed her eyes at the violent winds.

"Did Jugo get him?!" Suigetsu questioned.

C covered his face with both of his hands. "What?! Raikage-sama hit him and he still survived?!" he questioned then he opened his eyes uncovered his face and gasped as he suddenly saw a shadowed man with the Sharingan. The he was suddenly facing a large purple man in fright before it grabbed him with his right hand. "This... has to be a Genjutsu... These guys are using each other's attacks to distract us. I can't believe I fell for it. Damn it!" he thought as his eyes widened at being engulfed in darkness before he fell down on the ground forward. "I... I can't.. move."

The Raikage was gone as well as the explosion, wind, and bright light.

As Darui and Suigetsu were battling, Darui turned to see C laying down on the ground.

"C!" Darui yelled before he turned around forward to see Suigetsu, who had his broken Executioner's Blade in his hands, was landing near him as he swung his sword. Darui dodged Suigetsu's attacks.

Sasuke kneeled down on a nearby balcony as he clutched his left eye with his left hand, grunting a little bit.

Darui dodged Suigetsu's attacks, who was attacking with his Executioner's Blade in his right hand then with both hands, by jumping backwards.

"C! Don't go to sleep on the job! Get up!" Darui yelled.

Jugo came out of the wall, smiling wickedly with his hands out. "Hahahaha! I killed him! I just killed the big guy!" he yelled.

Karin turned and sat down on the ground as she stopped using the Chakra Suppression Technique on herself. "I guess Jugo can be useful after all." she thought then moved her head to the left side a little. "Alright, they can't detect me now. This is my chance to find Danzo." turning her head forward as she closed her eyes, held up her right index, thumb, and middle fingers up, and wrapped her left arm around her legs. She suddenly opened her eyes and gasped as she sensed that the Raikage was alive. She stopped sitting down as she turned around and looked down at the scene, her hands on the balcony.

"Now who's next?! Aha!" Jugo yelled.

The Raikage suddenly appeared on the left side of Jugo and elbowed him with his right elbow before Jugo was flying and crashed into the upper wall. Jugo was defeated as he was stuck in the wall exhausted.

The Raikage lowered his arms and looked up at Jugo before he turned around to see Sasuke, who was holding his Lightning channeled sword with his right hand and looking at him with his Sharingan, standing a few feet away from him.

Sasuke ran over to the Raikage and disappeared before he reappeared behind him and tried to strike him with his sword in his right hand but his came out of his right hand and into the air. Sasuke landed a few meters away from the Raikage, who was facing him, before he made the hand signs of the Chidori with both hands before it activated in his left hand. Sasuke quickly ran over to the Raikage before his sword landed on the ground as the Raikage ran over to him as well.

Sasuke made it to the Raikage. "Chidori!" he yelled.

"Elbow!" the Raikage yelled.

The Raikage yelled as he tried to attack Sasuke with his right arm but Sasuke dodged it. Sasuke attacked the Raikage by ducking and tried to pierce the Raikage's chest with his Chidori by, groaning in annoyance.

The Raikage grabbed Sasuke's waist with both hands, looking at the Chidori. "A thrust attack amplified by lightning to increase it's power and piercing ability..." he said then looked down at Sasuke. "That's just like Kakashi Hatake's Jutsu. I'm impressed that you were actually able to touch me through my Lightning Style Armour. That's some Jutsu you've got there."

Suigetsu and Darui continued clashing their swords together.

"Damn, it didn't work!" Suigetsu said.

"That's right and now Sasuke's a dead man." Darui said.

Karin's eyes widened a little bit. "No way, so much chakra...!" she thought.

When the Raikage picked up Sasuke yelling, Sasuke stopped using his Chidori.

"Liger Bomb!" the Raikage yelled, slamming Sasuke to the ground with both hands, creating a creater and lightning destroying some of the ground as wind blew around them.

"It's over." Darui said.

Suigetsu looked at Sasuke and the Raikage before he looked forward to see Darui, who was running towards him with his lightning channeled Cleaver Sword with both hands, before he gritted his teeth.

Moments later, the wind and lightning stopped blowing around them.

The Samurai looked at the Raikage and Sasuke. "So that's the Raikage's shinobi taijutsu. There's no way Sasuke could've survived that. Guess we didn't need reinforcements after all." he said.

Karin started to sense more darkness coming out of Sasuke as she continued to watch the scene.

The Raikage became shocked as Sasuke wasn't dead and a glowing purple ribcage appeared around him.

Sasuke grunted a little bit as a left hand bone grew out of the ribcage.

The Raikage became annoyed as he punched Sasuke with his left fist but the ribcage protected Sasuke as he landed on his feet a few meters away from him.

Sasuke opened his eyes to reveal that he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"So that's the Mangekyo Sharingan, huh?" the Raikage thought.

Moments later, the wind and lightning stopped blowing around them.

The Samurai looked at the Raikage and Sasuke. "So that's the Raikage's shinobi taijutsu. There's no way Sasuke could've survived that. Guess we didn't need reinforcements after all." he said.

Karin started to sense more darkness coming out of Sasuke as she continued to watch the scene.

The Raikage became shocked as Sasuke wasn't dead and a glowing purple ribcage appeared around him.

Sasuke grunted a little bit as a left hand bone grew out of the ribcage.

The Raikage became annoyed as he punched Sasuke with his left fist but the ribcage protected Sasuke as he landed on his feet a few meters away from him.

Sasuke opened his eyes to reveal that he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"So that's the Mangekyo Sharingan, huh?" the Raikage thought.

The Raikage groaned as he started to increase his chakra, his hair rising up.

Karin turned around and sat down before she hugged her legs, shocked.

Darui landed on the right side of C. "C, are you alright?" he asked.

"Darui. Is your fight finished?" C asked.

"Maybe." Darui said before he helped C up and placed C's right arm over his shoulders. "No one has ever survived the Liger Bomb before, not until right now. And take a look at those bones, what is he?"

"I fell for his genjutsu and lost." C said then looked down at his quivering left hand. "I still don't have full control of my body." then looked back at Darui. "Geniuses like him are extremely rare."

"Sasuke Uchiha. He's a stubborn one." the Samurai said then suddenly noticed 6 other Samurais through a door way. "Reinforcements?"

The 6 Samurais circled around the Raikage and Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at one of the Samurais before he looked back at the Raikage, red veins started to appear on his left eye.

"Hey C. What's with Sasuke's eyes? Don't they look different now?" Darui questioned.

C became surprised. "Is that the Mangekyo Sharingan?!" he asked. "I get it. That's why Raikage ramped himself up even more. He's going to fight the Mangekyo Sharingan with his Body Flicker Technique." he thought.

The Raikage groaned as he increased his chakra again.

Suigetsu was pinned to one of the pillars with Darui's Cleaver Sword to his stomach, no longer having his Executioner's Blade as he slowly started liquifying. "Ya know. Maybe I'm too vulnerable to lightning style. My body is too numb now to liquify properly." he said.

"The Raikage's chakra has grown enormously. He's at Tailed Beasts levels." Karin thought before she stopped sitting down on the ground again and turned around to see the scene.

"Bring it boy!" the Raikage yelled.

Sasuke's left eye started to bleed before some of it went down his left cheek and landed on the ground.

Everyone watched the Raikage and Sasuke.

"Amaterasu!" Sasuke said.

Sasuke used his left eye to activate his Amaterasu on the Raikage but the Raikage used his Teleportation Jutsu to move to the right side so he wouldn't get caught by the Amaterasu. The black flames appeared on one of the samurais.

One of the samurais fell backwards on the ground as he screamed and moved in agony.

Sasuke moved his head to the left side to look for the Raikage.

Another one of the samurais ran over to fallen samurai. "Put out the flames!" he yelled.

Another samurai moved towards the fallen samurai. "They're not ordinary flames! Don't go near it!" he yelled.

2 of the samurais stopped near the fallen samurai, who continued to scream in agony.

"The Amaterasu, the flames that extinguish one's line of sight. It must be it." C thought.

The Raikage appeared on the right side of Sasuke. "Lateral Bolt of Pain!" he yelled, using his left arm.

Sasuke placed his black flames on the ribcage to defend himself.

The Raikage held back his left arm.

Karin smiled as she held up her right fist. "Nice, a shield of black flames. Nothing can match the Raikage's Body Flicker Technique speed if you can't keep up then use a shield that can't be touched. Now he can't just recklessly attack Sasuke." she thought.

C became surprised. "He manipulated the black flames. Changed their chakra form, too. Does this mean that he's even better than Itachi was at controlling the black flames?" he thought.

Sasuke turned his head to the right side to look at the Raikage.

"Don't underestimate the Raikage!" the Raikage yelled, using his Lateral Bolt of Pain on Sasuke's ribcage as some of the black flames got on his left arm.

Karin stopped smiling and became shocked when the Raikage hit Sasuke. She suddenly sensed 3 familiar chakras coming towards them.

"Raikage-sama! Don't tell me...!" C yelled.

"Damn. Looks like he's sacrificing his left arm." Darui said.

Sasuke fell a few feet backwards as he coughed up some blood before he covered his left eye with his left hand.

The Raikage jumped up into the air. "You're finished now!" he yelled.

Sasuke activated his right eye.

"Guillotine Drop!" the Raikage yelled, raising his right foot.

The black flames became a barrier around Sasuke's ribcage.

"Inferno Style: Flame Control!" Sasuke said.

Darui and C became shocked.

"He's still moving!" C thought.

Karin closed her eyes tightly and held up her right index, middle, and thumb to her face. "Sasuke!" she thought.

When the Raikage was about to use his Guillotine Drop on Sasuke, sand suddenly blocked him.

Karin opened her eyes as everyone became surprised.

"Sand!" the Raikage thought.

"This is...!" Sasuke thought.

Everyone turned to one of the doorways to see from left to right, Kankuro, now 18 years old in his new usual outfit, a new purple color face paint design that covered a horizontal line through his eyes and mouth and vertical line on his chin, a long sleeved black shirt, long black pants, white tape wrapped around his forearms, red sash wrapped around his waist, black fingerless gloves, a black hood that had the Sunagakure metal plate on the front, white tape wrapped around his lower legs, and black sandals, Gaara, now 16 years old, his hair slightly longer, and in his new usual outfit, a short sleeved black shirt, long beige pants, long dark red coat, 2 grey belts over his coat, a grey vest that had one scrap on his left shoulder that was scrapped to his gourd, and black sandals, and Temari, now 19 years, and in her new usual outfit, a sleeveless black dress that has no collar, mesh armour underneath, a lavender blouse, black fingerless gloves, black arm warmers, black leg guards, black sandals, 2 small brown pouches on her sides, a purple sash wrapped around her waist, a black Sunagakure Forehead Protector wrapped around her forehead, and a medium sized brown scroll on her waist that she uses to carry her large black fan.

Gaara had his arms folded as he was controlling his sand outside of his guord.

The Raikage, who now had some black flames on his left arm, jumped backwards and landed on the left side of Darui and C.

Sasuke, who no longer had his left hand on his left eye but was still closed, sat up on the ground and both hands on the ground and looked at Gaara. "Gaara of the Sand." she said.

Gaara put his arms down as he summoned his sand back to his guord.

Temari took out her fan and opened it with both hands as she looked at the fallen samurai, who was barely standing up. "Wind Scythe Jutsu!" she yelled, waving it at him as she summoned wind.

The wind sliced through the fallen samurai's armour and Kankuro used his chakra strings from his right hand and pulled it off, placing it on the right side of the ground.

Kankuro looked down at the black flamed covered armour. "So these are the Eternal Flames of the Amaterasu huh?" he questioned as he stopped making chakra strings with his right hand before he looked at Sasuke.

Temari placed her fan down and looked at Sasuke.

Karin turned around and sat down. "I'd better start looking for Danzo while Sasuke battles them." she thought, closing her eyes and placed her hands together as she started to sense.

Gaara walked forward. "All you samurai stay back. This is a problem for the shinobi world. There's no need for you samurai to become casualties." he said.

Another samurai came up to the fallen samurai, who had his eyes closed, tradition black hair cut, and in a black robe with light grey linings, brown wooden sandals and was still had the mask on, and held him with both hands. "T-Thank you, Kazekage-dono." he said.

The fallen samurai groaned in pain.

Suigetsu looked at the scene. "What's going on?" he asked.

The Raikage looked at Gaara. "Why'd you interfere Kazekage?!" he asked. "Depending on your answer, I might not let you get away with this!"

Gaara looked at the The Raikage. "If you had continued with your attack like that, more of your body would be burned by the black flames. Besides, I would like to speak to Sasuke Uchiha." he said.

The Raikage grunted before he looked down at his left hand and turned his right hand into a chakra blade then sliced off half of his left, watching it fall to the ground before he stopped using his chakra blade on his right hand.

Darui and C walked over to the Raikage, looking down at the Raikage's now bleeding left arm.

"Boss, your arm!" Darui said.

The Raikage looked at, holding out his left arm. "C, hurry and stop the bleeding! Once you're done, I'm going after Sasuke again." he said.

"Yes, sir." C said before Darui leg him go and he started to use the Mystical Palm Technique on the Raikage's left arm with both hands. "Sasuke managed to get through Raikage-sama's light style armour and he survived too seriously of the attack." he thought before he started to remember the battle between the Raikage and Sasuke. "His left eye ignites the Amaterasu and his right eye and change the chakra form of the black flames, I'm sure of it." then looked at Sasuke. "Perhaps this Sasuke truly did capture B... Which means that shinobi are still growing and advancing."

Gaara folded his arms as he looked at Sasuke. "Your eyes are still as they were in the past." he said.

Sasuke started to remember what Gaara said to him years ago.

...

Flashback.

3 years ago.

Cliff.

Gaara, 12 years old and in his old usual outfit, was facing Sasuke, who was 12 years old and in his usual outfit.

"As I told you, both of us possess the exact same eyes, eyes that always hunger for power and full hatred as well. Eyes that seek revenge against all those who made you so lonely, eyes that burn to see all of them dead." Gaara said.

Flashback Ends.

...

Sasuke continued to stare at Gaara.

"I have come to realize that making vengeance one's bread of life does not resolve anything. It's not too late for you. Don't withdraw into your own world obsessed with hatred.. or you won't be able to return." Gaara said.

"So? If I were to return, what would be there for me?" Sasuke questioned.

"Your family and clan." Gaara said.

Kankuro looked at Gaara. "Forget it, Gaara. Naruto already failed to convince him." he said then looked forward. "He's just a petty criminal. Fallen down to the level of the Akatsuki.. He's not like you."

Temari looked at Gaara. "Plus the Raikage and others harmed by the Akatsuki won't stay silent. After attacking the 5 Kage Summit, he's wanted internationally." she said then looked to the left side. "Just face it this guy has no future."

Gaara stayed silent for a moment. "Sasuke. You and I are quite alike. We both walk through the darkness of this world. So your eyes should pick up even the faintest glimmer of light. In the past or even at this moment." he said.

Sasuke smirked. "I shut my eyes a long time ago. The things I seek now lie only in the darkness." he said.

Gaara became silent as he closed his eyes.

Kankuro looked at Gaara again. "You're the Kazekage. Don't let your feelings interfere." he said.

Gaara continued to stay silent.

Temari looked at her youngest brother. "Gaara..." she thought.

Sand started to come out of Gaara's guord.

Gaara opened his eyes as a tear came out of his left eye. "Hai. I know." he said running down his face behind before he folded his arms as lots of sand came out of his guord.

Kankuro summoned a puppet that had short mousy red, greyish brown eyes, and had a black hooded cloak on him, while Temari opened her fan again with both hands.

Sasuke summoned the purple ribcage before closed his right eye and both eyes then stood up from the ground as he still had his Mangekyo Sharingan.

...

5 minutes later.

Sasuke used his left eye to summoned the black flames at Gaara but Gaara used his sand to protect him. Sasuke jumped a few feet away.

Sasuke smirked again. "You blocked my Inferno Style well, I'm impressed. Your ultimate defense is in good shape." he said.

A fair skinned woman who looked to be 18 years old had short black hair with bangs, black eyes, and in her usual outfit, a red Iwagakure Forehead Protector wrapped around her forehead, a red shirt that had a long sleeve on the left side and no sleeve on the right side, a brown Iwagakure flak jacket, fishnet stockings, a red skirt, black gloves, and black sandals. She was smirking.

"Wow, amazing." the unknown woman said.

Karin gasped when she suddenly sensed Danzo. "Found them. Danzo's there, too." she thought then opened her eyes as she placed her hands down. "I've gotta let Sasuke know right away! Except there are very powerful chakras all around us."

Karin stopped sitting down and placed her hands on the balcony as she looked down at the scene. "Sasuke has to hurry or we'll never reach Danzo." she thought.

Darui ran over to Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara while the Raikage, who was now sitting down, was still being healed by C, who was crouching down on the ground.

"You done yet C?" the Raikage asked.

"Little longer, sir." C said.

Darui made the hand signs of Rat - Tiger - Dog - Snake - Dragon with both hands then stopped on the right side of Kankuro as he held his hands together. "I'll join you Sand guys. The first strikes mine and then you can follow me." he said.

"Got it." Kankuro said.

"Good now Storm Release: Laser Circus!" Darui said, a bright white light coming from his hands.

Kankuro raised both of his hands as he had chakra strings. "Secret Red Technique: Puppet Triad!" he said.

"Cyclone Scythe Jutsu!" Temari said, holding up her fan with both hands.

"Sand Shower Barrage!" Gaara said.

Darui, Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara launched their jutsus at Sasuke who did nothing but watch. The large explosion happened as wind blew in the room.

"Sasuke!" Karin thought then she suddenly sensed that Sasuke's chakra was darker now. "What is this?!" the wind stopped.

The smoke disappeared reveal that Sasuke was inside of a large upper skeleton with horns and glowing yellow eyes. Everyone stared at him in shock.

"Gaara. I've got an ultimate defense even greater than yours." Sasuke said.

"Is that thing the shield he used to guard against my attacks?" the Raikage asked.

"His chakra is the same as when he used that Genjutsu." C thought.

Suigetsu smiled. "Uh oh. This doesn't look good." he said.

Jugo slowly opened his right eye, grunting in pain. "What this what he wanted to test?" he thought.

Karin became worried. "Sasuke's chakra.. it's so different now. He's no longer the Sasuke I once knew. It's too cold." she thought.

The samurais were hiding behind some of the pillars.

"What on earth is that?" one of the samurais said.

"The power of darkness." Gaara said.

"A power that only those who've awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan in both eyes can achieve. This is the third power, the Susano'o." Sasuke said.

Sasuke's Susano'o made noises.

C stopped healing the Raikage, who now held his left arm with his right hand.

Sasuke picked up his sword from off of the ground with his right hand.

"Susano'o. Unreal." Gaara said.

"So that's the Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan..." Temari said.

"Sasuke. He always has something else hidden up his sleeve. Everytime." Kankuro said.

Sasuke smirked even more.

C became cautious when he saw Sasuke smirked again, he looked at Darui, Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara quickly. "Darui! You Sand folk! Fall back for a moment!" he yelled.

Darui, Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara became cautious as well.

Sasuke cracked his neck before he used his Susano'o's left hand sword to swing and break the pillars, creating wind.

Gaara covered them with his sand as they put their hands to their faces.

The pillars were now collapsing. Karin turned around and sat down and closed her eyes then placed her hands over her head.

Temari looked up at the ceiling as she uncovered her face with her left hand. "He's aiming for the pillars!" she thought.

As the pillars were collapsing, the ceiling was starting too.

Many of looked up at the ceiling.

"The pillars are...!" one of the samurais yelled.

"The ceiling's gonna collapse!" another one of the samurais said.

The ceiling and pillars started to collapse together. The samurais started to die in pain as the ceilings and pillars were crushing them.

Suigetsu looked up. "Woah! What the hell he's doing?" he asked yelling.

Jugo slowly fell off the wall and fell to the ground.

Most of the ground was now covered in rubble.

Sasuke was being protected by his Susano'o.

Karin uncovered her head with her hands as and opened her eyes gasping as the balcony collapsed, she was now falling to the ground.

Sasuke waved his sword before his Susano'o's right hand caught Karin and tossed her to the left side of a doorway. Sasuke put his sword back in his holster with his right hand.

Karin slowly sat up and grunted in pain before her eyes widened and she gasped at Sasuke who had his back turned.

"Have you pinpointed Danzo's location?" Sasuke asked, his Susano'o disappeared.

Karin put her left hand on her glasses and fixed them. "Y-yeah but.." she said.

Sasuke turned his head to the right side to look at Karin. "Then take me there." he said.

Karin took her left hand off of her glasses before she looked at the left side sadly. "But what about Jugo and Suigetsu?" she asked. "Both of their chakras are still-"

Sasuke turned around to face Karin. "Forget them! Danzo comes first." he said, walking over to Karin.

Karin watched as Sasuke walked towards her before he stopped on the right side of her.

Sasuke looked down at Karin. "Hurry up and take me to him." he said.

"Yeah, alright..." Karin said. "What's happened to you, Sasuke?" she thought.

Sasuke turned his eyes into the Sharingan before he held out his right hand to Karin.

Karin grabbed his right hand with her right hand before stood up from the ground and released Sasuke's right hand. Karin turned around and ran into the hallway as Sasuke followed her from behind.

...

2 minutes later.

Sasuke and Karin continued to run through many hallways to find Danzo. Karin sensed that their getting closer to Danzo by the second.

"We're almost there! Just a few more hallways." Karin said.

"What are the directions?" Sasuke asked.

"Up ahead we need to make a left and 2 rights then another left." Karin said.

Sasuke almost immediately ran past Karin after the information she gave him.

"Or better yet, you go on ahead.." Karin thought, sighing.

...

Moments later.

One of the Rooms.

A large room that had brown wooden walls that had seats and desks on them, purple floors. A brown U shaped table that from left to right, had large light beige banners that had the kanji for Lighting, Water, Wind, Fire, and Earth in the middle. And a brown desk in the middle.

From right to left, a boy who looked to be 19 years old, had fair skin, short tufty blue hair, black eyes, spiky teeth, in his usual outfit, black square rimmed glasses connected to black and grey ear protectors, light blue long sleeved pin-striped shirt, black and white rolled camouflage pants, a black holster wrapped around his upper chest that had the Kirigakure metal plate in the front, long black socks, 2 black shuriken holsters with white tape wrapped around both of his legs, and black sandals, holding Hiramekarei, a black wide flat curved indentations curved around the blade with 2 yellow handles that had straps, was holding it with both hands as he was kneeling on a desk, a fair skinned woman that was 31 years old but looked to be in her 20's, had green eyes, thigh length auburn hair that was styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and with four bangs at the front, two bangs are short, with one covering her right eye, and two are long, crossing each other on her bust, just below her chin, in her usual outfit, a long-sleeved, dark blue dress that falls just below the knees that was closed at the front with a zipper and is kept open on the front-right side from the waist down as it only covered up the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts, a mesh armour that covers slightly more of her upper body than her dress underneath, a dark blue skirt, mesh leggings reaching down over her knees, a white belt wrapped around her waist with a grey pouch attached to the back on the left along with grey high-heeled sandals, grey shin-guards reaching up over her knees, dark blue nail polish on her fingers and toes, and fuchsia lipstick on her lips, sitting down on a brown chair, and a man looked to be 46 years old had light brown skin, short light blue hair was styled in a moused-up manner, his left eye was blue and his right eye was covered with a black eye-patch, under which he concealed the Byakugan that he obtained from a Hyūga clan member he defeated, 2 brown talisman in each ear with the kanji for a humble form of "to hear" (承, shō) written on them twice on each side, in his usual outfit the standard striped, grey suit, with a green haori that had white trimmings that stop halfway down, over them, long beige pants, dark brown belt wrapped around his waist, 2 medium sized pouches, and dark blue sandals.

From left to right, the auburn haired man, was standing up, Danzo was sitting down, and the short black haired man was standing up.

Left to right, a light brown man was 79 years old, very short, a white triangular beard and a moustache that has angular corners, a big red nose and thick eyebrows, the top of his head is completely bald, although, he has long white hair on the lower-half of his head which is styled in a traditional chonmage hair cut, the back of which is tied with a yellow ribbon into a topknot, a green and yellow coat with a red collar, underneath the traditional Iwagakure outfit consistent of a light green version of Iwagakure's flak jacket, mesh armour both his sleeves of his shirt, but kept the single lapel on his right side, and brown sandals, was sitting down on a chair, and a fair skin obese man that was 20 years old, had shoulder length brown hair that was spiked at the back, black eyes, plump nose, a small brown beard on his chin, in his usual outfit, a red bandanna wrapped around his head that had a Iwagakure metal plate on it, long sleeved red shirt, yellow scarf wrapped around his neck, long red pants, red lapel on his right side, mesh armour on his lower legs, brown Iwagakure flak jacket, and black sandals, was standing up.

And from left to right, in the middle of the table, a man that looked to be 46 years old, fair skin, bald, pupiless violet eyes but his right eye was permanently closed, cross shaped scar that extends across his forehead and his lower right eye, a blue dragon tattoo on the left side of his head, in his usual outfit, a long sleeved purple kimono-like outfit that had grey trimmings, a yellow and beige sash wrapped around his waist, and brown sandals, a man that looked to be 65 years old, had light brown skin, black eyes, long grey hair that almost reached his waist, wrinkles on his cheeks, grey goatee, a grey mustache, in his usual outfit, a long purple kimono-like outfit with cream colored trimmings, green sash wrapped around his waist, a bandaged sword behind him, and purple sandals, and a man that looked to be 41 years old, had brown skin, black hair that was in a traditional chonmage hairstyle, thick black eyebrows, a prominent scar above his right eye, black eyes, in his usual outfit, a long sleeved dark grey kimono-like outfit with light grey trimmings, a beige sash wrapped around his waist, a purple scarf wrapped around his neck, and brown sandals, were standing up.

The one with the eye patch activated his Byakugan, sensing Sasuke. "He's here!" he said then unactivated his Byakugan.

Suddenly the banners were cut one by one before they all fell to the ground.

The young auburn haired man sensed around for Sasuke until he looked up at the ceiling. "Above us!" he said.

Everyone looked up to see Sasuke was standing upside down on the ceiling and was holding his sword with his right hand. Sasuke was looking down at Danzo, who opened his eyes and looked up at him. But Sasuke stopped looking at Danzo when the old samurai jumped up and took out his sword with both hands and tried to attack Sasuke, who channeled lightning style into his blade and deflected it.

"I shall fight him." the old samurai said.

Karin came into one of the doorways and saw Danzo and his 2 subordinates escaped from the room, she pointed her left index finger and raised her right fist. "Sasuke! Danzo ran away!" she said before she lowered her hands and ran towards the door Danzo and his 2 subordinates escaped from then stopped.

The guy with the eye patch hopped over the desk and ran towards the hole in the wall then stopped and turned around.

Sasuke and the old samurai pulled away as the samurai landed on the ground.

The man with the eye patch raised his left hand. "Mizukage-sama! Chojuro! Stay here! I'm gonna go after Danzo! The 5 Kage Summit hasn't come to an end yet." he said.

"Very well but don't go overboard." Lady Mizukage said.

"Ma'am, I'll leave the Akatsuki criminals to you!" the man with the eye patch said before he turned around and left the room.

"My back can't take this. Feel free to rampage as you please." the very short old man said.

"Sounds like a plan." the obese man said.

Sasuke stopped channelling his blade and landed on the ground next to the hole in the wall. "Karin! Come!" he said.

Sasuke and Karin started to run out of the room until they sensed something coming at them. They moved out of the way and lava started to cover the hole. Karin backed away a little before she and Sasuke looked behind them. Sasuke put his sword back in his holster with his right hand.

Chojuro fixed his glasses with his left hand, smiling. "There it is! Lady Mizukage's Kekkei Genkai! The Lava Style Jutsu." he thought, taking his left hand off of his glasses as he stopped smiling.

The Lady Mizukage placed her left hand on her lips. "You Akatsuki have traveled all over the Hidden Mist and manipulated the Fourth Mizukage..." she said, wiping the lava from her mouth before she placed her left hand down, closing her eyes. "And yet, I can tell the Uchiha clan has handsome men , now that I have a good look at you."

Sasuke closed his eyes and turned around before he opened his eyes again to reveal his Mangekyo Sharingan. "Stay out of my way!" he said.

The Lady Mizukage smiled as she began to stand up. "To bad, such a fine man. What a waste..." she said then opened her eyes. "But at least, I get to give you a kiss that will melt you away."

Karin became annoyed and angry that the Mizukage was flirting with her boyfriend. "What a k-k-kiss?!" she asked yelling, pointing her right index finger at the Mizukage. "Who and what are you-you witch?! And quit making eyes at him you old hag!" then put her right hand down.

The Lady Mizukage became annoyed.

Chojuro looked at Lady Mizukage. "Lady Mizukage's getting fired up...! But no matter what happens I must protect her!" he thought looked at Sasuke. "However, this is the man who defeated Zabuza-san! Do I really have a chance at against someone like that...?" then held his Hiramekarei with both hands. "No I can do this! I'm going to try my best..! Or at least, I hope I can..."

Lady Mizukage made the hand signs of Dog - Boar - Tiger - Ox - Rat - Bird with both hands. "Tsuchikage-sama, if you're not going to participate then please just keep your head down." she said.

Lord Tsuchikage smirked before he and his subordinate jumped on the ceiling.

Lady Mizukage spit lots of lava out of her mouth as it hovering over Sasuke and Karin.

Karin's eyes widened. "Not that move again?!" she thought.

Sasuke activated his Susano'o ribcage to protect himself while Karin jumped forward to avoid the lava. The lava floor and chairs, which started melt. Karin closed her eyes as she landed on the ground of the U shaped table.

"Just keep my head down the nerve of her." the Tsuchikage said.

The Mizukage jumped forward. "Chojuro!" she said then landed on the ground.

Chojuro jumped up. "Hai, ma'am!" he said, unbandaging his Hiramekarei. "Hiramekarei, release!" he yelled, making a hammer out of chakra before attacked Sasuke, who held his hands to his chest.

The Hiramekarei Hammer hit Sasuke, who went through the wall and hit the other wall before he landed on the ground. More lava covered the wall again.

Chojuro landed back on the table with his Hiramekarei in his left hand while the Mizukage ran out of the room.

...

In the Hallway, Sasuke had his eyes closed and he was crouching down on the floor with his hands on the ground, panting.

"Every cell in my body hurts. So this is the Susano'o's side effect... If you use it for a long period of time, this is what happens... It's not even in it's complete form, there's so much pain. How bad was it for Itachi?" Sasuke thought then raised his head and opened his eyes when he noticed that the Mizukage was standing a few meters away from him as a wall of lava was behind her.

Lady Mizukage held up her right arm. "And now it's just the 2 of us." she said, lowering her right arm.

Karin rolled on her stomach and started to crouched down and backed away gasped as she saw the White Zetsu lying lifeless, not sensing anymore chakra. "Is he really dead...? I thought it was weird that his chakra flowed stopped, but.. you never can tell with these Akatsuki guys." she thought.

Lady Mizukage smiled. "That wall next to you." she said.

Sasuke looked at the left side to see the lava covered hole.

"I sealed up that doorway when I launched my first attack against earlier." Lady Mizukage said.

Sasuke remembered what happened before he looked forward at the Mizukage.

"This room is now completely sealed off. There's nowhere to run." Lady Mizukage said then put her hands together. "I can use 3 Chakra Natures: Fire, Water, and Earth. So I actually possess 2 Kekkei Genkai." then opened her mouth. "Evapor Style: Solid Fog Jutsu." she thought.

Karin started looking for Sasuke. "Where's Sasuke?!" she thought, placing her hands on the desk as she looked at the lava covered wall. "He's on the other side of that wall."

Mist came out of Lady Mizukage's mouth, covering the entire room.

Sasuke noticed that his Susano'o ribcage was starting to melt. "It's melting?!" he thought, before he yelled as he activated more of his Susano'o, standing up. But Sasuke suddenly had this pain, crouching down on the ground and his right hand on the ground as he started coughing up blood as his left hand covered his face.

Karin suddenly sensed that Sasuke's chakra was decreasing. "This is bad! Sasuke's chakra is getting weaker! He always pushes himself too far!" she thought.

"It seems you got roughed up pretty badly by Raikage-sama and his guards earlier." Lady Mizukage said.

Sasuke removed his left hand from his mouth and placed his right hand on the ground as he looked up at Lady Mizukage with his right eye closed, panting.

"I'm sorry, but I have no intention of saving you. I'll admit to you that it does leave quite a pain in my heart to see such a handsome man melt away." Lady Mizukage said then raised her right index finger. "But you must die."

Sasuke not only noticed his Susano'o ribcage was melting again but his left hand burning as he raised it. "So now it's Corrosive Acid Mist." he thought then lowered his left arm, opening his right eye.

Lady Mizukage looked down at her right arm to see that white spongy things started to appear. "What's this?" she asked as the white spongy things grew even more.

Sasuke closed his left eye and he continued panting as he noticed the white spongy things growing on the Mizukage.

Chojuro and others became shocked when white spongy things started growing around their upper bodies.

"What?!" Chojuro asked surprised.

"What is it?" the obese man asked.

Karin noticed this before she looked down at White Zetsu. "This chakra...!" she thought.

Lady Mizukage held up her arms. "Wait, t-this is the Akatsuki from before." she said as White Zetsu heads started growing.

"This is that man's..." Sasuke thought.

"He's..." Lady Mizukage thought, blowing at one of the White Zetsu clones head, which burst apart. "Stealing my chakra..." as the White Zetsu clone head grew back.

"He's absorbing our chakra to grow?!" the purple scarf samurai questioned.

"But when did he do this?" the old samurai asked.

The white spongy things completely covered their bodies as they couldn't move.

"It's the Time Lapse Jutsu you set before the Raikage took you down isn't it?" the Tsuchikage asked, looking at one of the White Zetsu clone head.

"Damn you!" Lady Mizukage said, looking at the White Zetsu while she used her mist to melt him.

The White Zetsu clone head started to move towards Sasuke and when he made it towards Sasuke he wrapped himself around him.

"Damn it! What now?!" Sasuke thought closing his eyes for a moment before he opened them again and raised his right hand to notice that his chakra was increasing. "My chakra.. it's regenerating!" he said.

...

Moments later.

Karin sensed that Sasuke's chakra was increasing a little bit.

"Come on, get off!" Chojuro said, trying to remove the White Zetsu clone off of him with his right hand but fell down when Sasuke's Susano'o's left hand broke the lava covered wall.

Everyone looked to see smoke and Sasuke, who was exhaustedly and slowly walking back in and grunting in pain.

"Sasuke! Are you alright?!" Karin asked, yelling.

The White Zetsu clone on Lady Mizukage was completely off of her as it was melted on the ground around her.

Lady Mizukage started to pant. "This mist will spread to where the others are... I have to change the pH." she said before she started to breathe in the mist.

"Seems like she's having trouble with him..." Lord Tsuchikage said then looked up at the obese man. "Akatsuchi, let's say we join in the fun?"

Akatsuchi looked down at Lord Tsuchikage. "Sure!" he said before he summoned a brown rock Golem from his mouth as it started to eat the White Zetsu clone with both hands.

"Earth Style: Waited Boulder Jutsu!" Lord Tsuchikage thought before the White Zetsu clone started to turn into brown rock.

When the Golem was done eating and the White Zetsu clone completely, the rocks started to slip off of their bodies.

Karin stood up from the floor and jumped on to the table to get to the other side and landed on the ground a few feet away from Sasuke, crouching down.

The rocks fell to the ground with a loud thud as Akatsuchi landed on the ground and Lord Tsuchikage started to fly.

Sasuke, who was crouching down, had his left hand on his left eye as he turned to Lord Tsuchikage.

Lord Tsuchikage laughed for a moment. "So you're the brat that took down Deidara huh...?" he questioned before he put his hands together. "Well I have no grudge against you, but many shinobi want you dead! So goodbye." pulling his hands away to reveal a small clear cube with a bright white cylinder inside.

Sasuke started to feel even more pain.

Karin looked up at Sasuke, worried. "Oh no!" she thought.

Lord Tsuchikage made the cube bigger and placed it around Sasuke, who took his left hand off of his left eye and was standing up. "Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!" he said as the cube turned bright white for a moment as an explosion happened.

The bright light disappeared as it was replaced by grey smoke for a moment before it became clear again.

Karin became sad when she didn't see Sasuke in the cube. "Sasuke!" she yelled.

Lord Tsuchikage put his hands down as the cube and cylinder disappeared as some of the wall and floor was gone. Some of the rumble landed on the ground.

Karin was shocked as she didn't sense Sasuke anymore. "Sasuke's chakra is... gone! All gone... No.. it can't be... no..." she said as she started to cry at the loss of Sasuke.

"Hai, that's right. It's gone because I dissembled his body to a near mulicular level." he said then looked at Karin. "And you'll be next girl."

Karin multiple chakras coming to the room but she didn't care anymore because her Sasuke died right before her eyes.

"You!" Chojuro said, trying to get the White Zetsu clone off of him but stopped when he heard something outside.

Moments later, the Raikage, Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, C, and Darui ran into the room and stopped.

Raikage, who now had a dark green scarf wrapped around his half cut off left arm, looked around the room before looked at Tsuchikage. "Where is Sasuke? Where the hell is he?!" he asked, yelling.

Gaara looked at Kankuro.

"Right." Kankuro said before he walked forward a little and held up his hands as he made chakra strings and connected them to all of the people who had White Zetsu clones on them and tore them off and placed them on the ground.

Lady Mizukage came back in the room.

Chojuro, who was crouching down on the ground, looked up at Kankuro. "Thanks, I really appreciate it." he said before he stood up.

"We're all in your debt." the old samurai said.

Everyone, except Tsuchikage and Karin, were standing up.

"Tsuchikage, where is Sasuke?!" Raikage asked.

Tsuchikage smirked. "I turned that brat into dust." he said.

The Raikage became angry. "How dare you! I wanted to take him down! You had no right to do that!" he yelled.

"And you'll still get to have a go at it." an unknown man said. "So stop your whining, Raikage."

Everyone turned to the upper desks to see Tobi appear and stood up on the desk facing them as he was holding an unconscious Sasuke on his right shoulder.

"My name is Madara Uchiha." Tobi said.

Karin looked at Sasuke, sensing that he was real, before she smiled, relieved. "Sasuke!" she said.

"I am here to explain something to you all, and once you understand it, I'll ask you a question." Tobi said.

"What is it?" Raikage asked.

"It's about my plan, Project Tsuki No Me." Tobi said.

The old samurai took out his sword with his right hand and stabbed White Zetsu with it before he looked back at Tobi.

"It seems that C was right, the Hokage has indeed fled." Raikage said.

"Yep and all thanks to Sasuke." Tsuchikage said.

Tobi gasped when Raikage used his Lightning Release Chakra Mode on himself before he jumped up and ran at them with his right fist but he went right through Tobi.

"What?" Raikage questioned before he crashed into the wall. He got out of the wall and looked at Tobi as he raised his right arm to his face.

Tobi started to used his Transportation Technique on Sasuke with his right eye as he released him.

"I couldn't care less for Akatsuki's plans! I'll never agree to it!" Raikage said.

Karin stopped smiling as she became shocked. "Sasuke is...!" she thought.

Tobi stopped using his Transportation Technique when Sasuke was completely gone.

"Return Sasuke right now!" Raikage yelled.

Tobi looked at the Raikage. "Then listen to what I have to say. Depending on your answer, I might." he said.

Tsuchikage flew over to the Raikage. "Just calm down Raikage. Let's hear him out and take it from there." he said.

The Raikage gritted his teeth.

Tobi jumped and landed behind Karin.

Karin gasped.

"Go. Heal Sasuke." Tobi said before he used his Transportation Technique on Karin, who screamed."

Karin was crouching down and gasped to see that Sasuke was lying down on his back and the place they were in was dark and endless void with different light grey rectangular prisms, which they were on a large one.

Karin looked around. "Where am I?" she thought then looked down at Sasuke. "I... almost lost you." then unzipped Sasuke's shirt with her left hand before she placed both of her hands on Sasuke's chest and used her Mystical Palm Technique on him. "How are we going to get out of here?"

...

1 hour later.

Karin continued to use her Mystical Palm Technique on Sasuke, who was still unconscious. She sensed that Sasuke's chakra was restored. Earlier, Karin wiped the blood off of Sasuke's face with her right hand.

"Here I am all alone in the dark with Sasuke, taking care of him while resisting every urge in my body to not kiss him." Karin thought. "Just hurry up and get well already!" she said before she wiped her forehead and fixed her glasses with her left hand then placed it down.

Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at Karin.

Karin stopped using her Mystical Palm Technique on Sasuke and she gasped in surprise as Sasuke's upper half stood up.

Karin hugged Sasuke with both arms. "You scared me half to death. A-Are you alright Sasuke?" she asked then pulled away a little to look at Sasuke, who was zipping his shirt up half way with his right hand as he ignored her. "And he's still being cold to me. He'll probably never change..." she thought.

Sasuke made his right hand into a fist a few times before he looked at Karin.

Karin smiled at Sasuke. "But, in spite of it..." she thought before she released him.

Karin stopped smiling as she and Sasuke looked forward to see Tobi, who lost his right arm, standing a few feet away from them.

"Let us out of here!" Sasuke said.

"Alright don't threat. That's just what I'm about to do. I even have a present waiting for you outside."

Karin became confused as Tobi walked over to her and Sasuke. Sasuke stood up before Tobi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and used his Transportation Technique on them to leave the unknown place.

...

Land of Iron.

Samurai Bridge.

Day Time.

A light brown rocky area that had a bridge on an abyss. A bridge that was built out of grey stones and features a large gate at one end, somewhat resembling a torii, emblazoned with the kanji for samurai (侍). On top of the gate is a large stone statue of a sheathed sword with weights hanging on both ends.

A hole suddenly appeared as from right to left, Sasuke, who was standing, Karin, who was crouching down, and Tobi came out from it. Tobi unactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan as he stopped using his Transportation Technique. The 3 of them looked to see Danzo, who was taking large gold bands off of his right arm with his left hand.

Sasuke closed his eyes and opened them again as he activated his Sharingan.

"So you're here, Sasuke Uchiha." Danzo said, looking at Sasuke.

Karin stood up from the ground as she wanted to fight too.

"You should step back a bit." Tobi said, looking at Karin.

Karin looked at Tobi.

"If you get in the way, you'll die." Tobi said.

Karin became annoyed at Tobi but obeyed because she didn't know what kind of Jutsus Danzo would use before she ran over to the left side and stopped by a pillar.

Tobi jumped back until he landed on the large rock sword and sat down as he watched the scene below.

Danzo looked down at his right arm. "This is just perfect." he said, taking the last golden band off as it fell to the ground before he started to unbandage his right arm with his left hand.

Sasuke waited patiently as Danzo took the bandages off of his right arm with his left hand.

Karin placed her right hand on the pillar. "Danzo... I wonder what kind of jutsus he uses." she thought.

"Listen Sasuke and Madara, I'm going to take both your Sharingan and add them to my collection!" Danzo said, finished unbandaging his grey prosthetic right arm as 10 Sharingans were moving around.

Sasuke's eyes widened when he saw the 10 Sharingans on Danzo's right arm.

Karin became surprised as she fixed her glasses with her right hand. "Woah! What's up with his right arm? He's got multiple Sharingan embedded in it! How gross!" she thought before putting her right arm down.

Danzo threw his bandages on the ground with his left hand.

Sasuke's eyes stopped widenering. "How did you get those eyes in your right arm?" he asked.

Danzo closed his eyes. "Well I picked them up here and there in various ways. It's a long story." he said.

"Any explanation will probably make me angrier me anyway..." Sasuke said before closed his eyes and leaned his head down a little bit. "Forget it then, I've already decided to kill you. Before that, though, I have one thing that I'd like to ask you."

Danzo opened his eyes and looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke opened his eyes and stopped leaning his head down as he looked at Danzo. "Is it true that Itachi slaughtered half Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan because he was following orders you and the other upper echelons of Konoha gave him?" he asked.

Danzo made 3 hand signs with both hands before he ran at Sasuke, who wasn't moving, and tried to punch him in the stomach with his right fist but became surprised when Sasuke activated his Susano'o ribcage to protect himself.

"This is..." Danzo questioned before he looked up at Sasuke, who activated his Mangekyo Sharingan. He backed away from Sasuke but he was immediately caught in the right fist of Sasuke's Susano'o's right hand.

"Oh, so that's Sasuke's..." Tobi said.

"I see. So this is the power they call Susano'o..." Danzo questioned.

Sasuke didn't say anything as Danzo grunted in pain before he became quiet.

Sasuke looked up at Danzo. "I'll ask one more time! Is it true that Itachi eliminated half the Uchiha clan and also half the Uzumaki clan following orders that were given to him by you and the Hidden Leaf elders?" he asked.

Danzo remained quiet.

Sasuke became angry. "I asked you if it's true?!" he asked, yelling.

Danzo grunted in pain again as Sasuke's Susano'o's right fist gripped him even more, blood coming out of his mouth and closed his eyes.

Sasuke raised both of his fists. "Answer me now!" he said.

"I... I never thought he would turn out... to be that kind of man..." Danzo said.

Sasuke lowered his arms.

Danzo opened his eyes. "Curse him! It seems as though Itachi told you everything before he died didn't he?!" he asked.

Sasuke and Karin's eyes widened.

"It seems, he wasn't fully able to go through with it." Danzo said.

Sasuke started to remember what Tobi and Itachi said to him over the years before he started to say something. "You answer me!" he yelled angrily.

"I didn't think... Itachi... was the kind of man who would reveal the secrets that had been entrusted to him..." Danzo said.

"That means... that it's true then...!" Sasuke said.

Sasuke's Susano'o started to have an upper body and flesh on his right hand and right arm.

Karin watched as Sasuke's Susano'o started to grow more spine as she closed her eyes and covered her head with both hands from the darkness before she uncovered her head and opened her eyes.

Tobi grinned for a moment.

"Self-sacrifice, that's what impitizes a shinobi, never seeing the light of day! Toiling in the shadows, that's the way of a true shinobi! And not just Itachi, countless shinobi have died the same way! This world cannot function on ideal and pleasantries! No, it's entirely thanks to people like him that peace has been maintained! People like you who've misconstrued Itachi's will wouldn't understand! Still Itachi revealing such a secret to you makes him a traitor to the Leaf!" Danzo said.

Sasuke became angry again and made his right hand into a fist, making his Susano'o's right fist crush Danzo.

Blood dripped from Sasuke's Susano'o's right fist as Danzo was dead.

Sasuke made his right fist into a hand again. "Don't speak any further about Itachi." he said.

Karin suddenly saw Danzo behind Sasuke and sensed that it was the real him. "What?!" she thought.

"Very well, then..." Danzo said.

Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise.

"Next, let's battle with our eyes instead." Danzo said before he took out a kunai from his left sleeve with his left hand and went to attack Sasuke.

Sasuke turned around to look at Danzo. Sasuke's Susano'o ungripped his right fist as the clone Danzo disappeared.

Danzo's kunai broke when it hit Sasuke's Susano'o.

"What's going on? He should be dead by now! I only sensed one chakra with Danzo's signature. That's definitely not a clone!" Karin thought.

"Just as I thought, Susano'o. That splendid armour to protect yourself with." Danzo said.

Sasuke's Susano'o crushed Danzo with his right fist and Sasuke covered his face with both hands as his Susano'o made a crater.

Karin gasped and looked up at the far right to see Danzo was unharmed and standing on another pillar.

"And the power in it's attack is incredible..." Danzo said.

Sasuke uncovered his face with his hands as he looked up at Danzo.

"He escaped again. But that wasn't a clone either then is it.. genjutsu.." Karin thought before she looked at Sasuke and sensed his chakra. "I don't sense any disturbance in Sasuke's chakra... and my chakras stable too. If neither of us is trapped in a genjutsu..." then looked up at Danzo. "Then, what sort of jutsu is this?"

Sasuke's Susano'o risen up to the pillar tried to punch Danzo with his right fist but Danzo dodged it and started hopping from broken piece of rock from broken piece of rock as Sasuke's Susano'o attacked him with his right fist again. Danzo landed on the bridge as Sasuke walked closer and his Susano'o tried to attack Danzo again with his right fist but Danzo jumped up into the air.

Karin gasped and moved a little bit as Sasuke's Susano'o made a crater again before she crouched down on the ground.

Sasuke jumped up as he went to his Susano'o's head and closed his left eye. "Amaterasu!" he said, opening his left eye as it started to bleed.

Danzo grunted in pain and closed his eyes as black flames covered his body and he fell to the ground dead.

Sasuke crouched down on the ground and his Susano'o disappeared as he started panting in exhaustion a little bit.

Karin closed her eyes as she started rubbing her forehead with her right hand in relief.

"First Susano'o and now Amaterasu... That's overdoing it if he's trying to test Danzo's power. He's going to tire himself out." Tobi said.

Karin quickly opened her eyes and placed her right arm down and saw Danzo was a few feet behind Sasuke.

Danzo made the hand signs of Rat - Rabbit - Dog signs with both hands before he started to breath in air.

"Behind you, Sasuke! Look out!" Karin yelled at Sasuke.

Sasuke turned to the right side to look at Danzo.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Bullets!" Danzo thought, shooting air bullets at Sasuke. Some of the bullets hit the broken rocks.

Sasuke jumped up into the air and noticed that one of the air bullets hit his upper right arm as he started to bleed before he grabbed his right arm with his left hand as he started to fall off of the bridge and into the abyss.

"Sasuke!" Karin yelled.

Sasuke used the blood from his wound and made Summoning hand sign with both hands. "Summoning Jutsu!" he said, a puff of white smoke appearing.

Garuda, a large brown hawk that had some dark brown feathers on his tail and wings, yellow beak that was a little red, orange eyes, yellow legs, and black on it's eyes, was flying in the air as Sasuke was crouching down on his back.

Karin sighed in relief as she stopped crouching down on the ground.

"Hmm, a new summoning technique. When did you get that?" Tobi asked.

Sasuke opened his left eye a little bit, panting.

"The Amaterasu. Haven't seen that in awhile. You're Itachi's younger brother that's for sure." Danzo said.

Karin looked carefully at Danzo's right arm until she noticed one of the 10 eyes has closed.

"You've taken over Itachi's Jutsu." Danzo said.

"I told you not to say another word about him!" Sasuke yelled.

"2 brothers, with the same eyes and powers, and yet the way you see world could not differ anymore." Danzo said.

Sasuke became annoyed.

"Just admit it. The truth about Itachi isn't important to you at all. Instead you just want to hurt people in some misguided attempt to rid yourself of your hatred." Danzo said then placed his right hand over his face. "All you're doing is making the sacrifice of the Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan meaningless."

Sasuke became angry. "You have no right to even talk about them!" he yelled as Garuda flew over to Danzo, grabbing his sword with his right hand.

Danzo made hand signs with both hands before he breathed in more air. "Wind Style: Vacuum Blast!" he thought, a wind blade coming from his mouth as he tried to hit Sasuke.

Sasuke jumped off of Garuda's back and headed towards Danzo.

Danzo blew on to the ground and created dust so he could hide from Sasuke.

Sasuke went into the dust a sliced it and landed on the ground and looked around to find Danzo. Sasuke suddenly saw a wind powered shuriken coming towards him and he quickly dodged it by dodging backflips and stopped as he held up his sword.

Danzo had a wind powered shuriken in his left hand and pulled out another kunai with his right hand and blew on on it as it turned into a wind powered shuriken before he threw both of them at Sasuke, who grabbed one of them with his sword and used the shuriken to block the other shuriken as it went into the sky. Garuda made a screech as he went after the wind powered shuriken.

Sasuke swung one of the wind powered shuriken with his sword with both hands.

Danzo made another wind powered shuriken with his right hand and used it to block the shuriken Sasuke threw at him. One of the shurikens sliced off a piece of one of the pillars, making Danzo dodge and run until he made it towards Sasuke, who jumped up into the air and tried to slice him but Danzo grabbed Sasuke's neck with his right hand, making Sasuke choke.

"Sasuke!" Karin yelled.

Tobi gasped.

Garuda came back and threw the shuriken at Danzo as it sliced his right arm freeing Sasuke, who immediately cut off Danzo's upper body.

Karin watched as Danzo's right arm fell to the ground and fixed her glasses with her right hand and noticed another eye close. "What's going on?" she thought, noticing the right arm disappear. She turned around and held her right hand near her chest to see Danzo standing on pillar. "No way!"

"Just give up." Danzo said.

Sasuke glared at Danzo for a moment as the wind blew in his face before his eyes widened.

Danzo noticed this as crows came from Sasuke's body and noticed someone behind him to see Itachi, in his usual outfit and had his Mangekyo Sharingan. "What? But how?" he asked. "Itachi."

Danzo stepped back a little as Itachi stepped forward.

Itachi's left eye started to bleed. "Die... Amaterasu!" he said.

The black flames were now on Danzo's body.

Sasuke ran towards Danzo as he finished casting the Genjutsu on him.

Danzo closed his eyes as most of the Sharingans on his right arm were examining the black flames. "I have to give you credit for placing me under a genjutsu." he said.

Sasuke was about to stab Danzo with his sword in both hands as he was a few feet behind him but suddenly he couldn't move.

The black flames, crows, and Itachi disappeared as the Genjutsu was over.

"But..." Danzo said.

Sasuke became surprised as he tried to move but couldn't.

Karin continued to watch the scene above. "Sasuke! Now's your chance! Why did you stop?!" she asked, yelling.

Red markings appeared all over Sasuke's body before they turned black.

"But yours is still a far cry from Itachi's, with his masterful Tsukuyomi, he was able to freely manipulate time within the dream scape." Danzo said.

Sasuke continued to struggle.

"A curse mark that paralyzes the body. He must've placed it on Sasuke back then." Tobi said, remembering.

Karin immediately knew what was going on as the black markings appeared. "Sasuke? You can't move?" she thought before she looked down at the ground for a moment then looked up and ran towards Danzo and Sasuke.

Karin jumped on to the pillar and ran towards Danzo.

Danzo tried to kick Karin with his left foot but Karin moved to the right and raised her right fist.

"Take this!" Karin said before she used her Chakra Enhanced Strength on Danzo, who grunted in pain as he fell off the pillar and landed on the ground. She lowered her right fist before she turned around and ran towards Sasuke. "Sasuke!" then stopped next to him as she examined the markings and held up her hands. "Don't worry, I can release you from this curse." moving her hands towards his right arm but stopped when she suddenly sensed Danzo next to her. She turned to see Danzo before he kicked her with his left foot.

Karin gasped in pain as she was send flying into lower part of the other pillar. The rocks were everywhere as dust covered the air. "What? I attacked and he recovered quickly?" she thought, her eyes closed.

"That one is very strong considering that she's Minato's niece and Tsunade's student. I'll deal with her later." Danzo thought.

"Sticking with Taijutsu, eh? Looks like he wants to preserve chakra." Tobi questioned.

Danzo put his hands together. "Release!" he thought.

Karin crouched down as she opened her eyes and looked up. "The flow of Danzo's chakra has changed! What's he up to?" she thought.

Danzo lowered his hands as he pulled them apart and opened his eyes as he looked over at Tobi. "If Sasuke knows the truth about Itachi then the Akatsuki must know as well. I guess it's impossible to conceal what really happened any longer." he thought then turned around to look at Sasuke.

Danzo took Sasuke's sword from him with his left hand and held it with his right hand. "But why...? Why did you ever believe that it was necessary to save the life of such trash, Itachi?" he asked himself.

Sasuke continued to struggle.

"No Sasuke!" Karin yelled, trying to stand up but couldn't and grunted in pain.

Tobi was now crouching down.

Danzo held the sword up. "Take a good look, Itachi. Look at the pathetic state he's in." he said, moving the sword a little so Sasuke can see his reflection before he raised it. "This boy... is one of your ultimate mistakes without a doubt." then moved the sword to cut Sasuke's head.

"Sasuke!" Karin yelled.

Tobi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and started to use his Transportation Technique.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he started to remember what Tobi said to him about Itachi.

...

Flashback.

"He couldn't kill.. all of his clan members and Uzumaki clan, especially his little brother. He nearly killed every shred of feeling in his heart in order to slaughter half of those 2 clans for the sake of his Village... But he especially just couldn't bring himself to kill you. Do you understand what that means? To him your life was even more precious than the Village." Tobi said.

Flashback Ends.

...

Danzo suddenly stopped when he saw that a purple aura surrounded Sasuke before he was blown away by Sasuke, who summoned the top half of his Susano'o, as he dropped his sword.

Tobi unactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan and placed it to the Sharingan again as he stopped using his Transportation Technique.

Karin looked at Sasuke in worry.

Sasuke's Susano'o upgraded as it now had skin, a purple bow in his left hand and a purple arrow in his right hand. Sasuke raised his fists before he yelled as the markings from his body disappeared and he stopped yelling as he lowered his arms. Sasuke opened his eyes to reveal his Mangekyo Sharingan before he turned around to look up at Danzo, who was in the air.

"He broke free of the curse mark. Is that the Susano'o? It's almost completely different from before." Danzo thought before he breathed in some air and started blowing himself away.

Karin was now crouching down on the bridge, sensing Sasuke's chakra. "This is Sasuke... His chakra.. he's no longer my Sasuke from before." she thought, looking up at Sasuke.

Tobi sat back down. "Good. His rage has matured and gained in power, and his body is naturally responding to it. This is really going quite well indeed. Looks like he doesn't need my help after all." he said.

Sasuke's Susano'o aimed his arrow at Danzo, who crouched down on the end of the bridge where Tobi was at, before he shot it at him.

Danzo put his hands together. "So he was aiming for my landing... I can't weave the signs in time! I have no choice." he said, pulling his hands apart as the upper part of his right arm turned into a tree.

The arrow hit the tree as it missed Danzo.

Danzo looked at the arrow. "Looks like I was able to knock it off course." he thought.

Karin became shocked at watching Danzo. "That technique just decreased Danzo's chakra in a heartbeat! But why dodged Susano'o's attack especially at such a cost? I thought the jutsu he's been using was supposed to make him immortal..." she thought then remembered what Danzo was doing early. "The jutsu he released earlier must've been protecting him."

"That was Wood Style. Now it all makes sense... with that many Sharingan, I knew there had to be some kind of secret to allow someone who wasn't an Uchiha to be able to use them. Damn you, Orochimaru. You seem to have been keeping in close contact with Danzo." Tobi said.

Sasuke started panting again.

Danzo removed his right arm from the tree he made.

"He had the cells of the First Hokage, Hashirama implanted in him to enhance his physical energy. No wonder he was able to control so many Sharingans." Tobi said.

Sasuke watched as Danzo looked down at the Sharingans on his right arm, still panting.

Karin realized something. "No, he can die! If he hadn't dodged that attack he would've died! That's why he's consumed so much so far!" she thought then looked up at Sasuke and raised her left hand to her face. "Sasuke, listen! That's the real Danzo but the jutsu that makes him invincible is undone right now and that means he's vulnerable!" she said.

"So that woman's a sensor type ninja? Looks like she's caught on to me but it's too late!" Danzo thought before he made 3 hand signs.

Sasuke noticed this before he used his Susano'o to shot another arrow at Danzo.

Danzo put his hands together as he started another Genjutsu, which Karin immediately sensed. Danzo was hit by the arrow.

Sasuke panted more in exhaustion.

Karin held up both of her fists as she smiled. "Yes, got him!" she said before she stopped smiling and lowered her hands as she looked down. "Wait... No. I was wrong. As soon as that bastard Danzo weaved those signs, the feel of his chakra shifted just slightly! He launched that other Jutsu! I'm probably the only one whose able to pick that up. That means Susano'o's attack just then probably wasn't in time. Damn it!" she thought before she looked up at the scene.

Danzo disappeared from the arrow and reappeared a few feet forward unharmed before looked down at his right arm to see the remaining Sharingans, which Sasuke saw again.

Karin put her left hand on her glasses as she looked at Danzo's right arm. "He's healed again thanks to that technique, but 3 of the eyes are still closed." she thought.

"As far as I can tell, there are 10 Sharingans on that arm. In addition to the First Hokage's cells. Uchiha's power and Hashirama's power, it looks like he's planning to try to control the Nine-Tails. So he's after Naruto too." Tobi said.

Karin took her left hand off of her glasses as she watched another Sharingan closed on Danzo's right arm. "Danzo's chakra dropped again just now! As I thought, this technique has many risks to it. That must be why he needed to undo it before..." she thought, remembering what Danzo did earlier. "In order to preserve his chakra! And another thing... It's certain that those Sharingans on his right arm are definitely linked to his Jutsu. I just know it. There's some secret to those eyes that keeps closing."

"There's no mistake. This is the Visual Jutsu forbidden even among the Uchiha, the Izunagi. I certainly didn't explain to see it here of all places." Tobi said.

Sasuke suddenly closed his eyes as he coughed up.

Karin looked up at Sasuke, worried. "Sasuke!" she said before she looked down and clutched her lower cloak with her left hand. "Don't panic! I have to figure out Danzo's jutsu. The only thing that I can do right now is analyze Danzo's technique!" she thought then looked at Danzo.

Danzo ran straight towards Sasuke.

Sasuke watched Danzo for a moment with his left eye closed before he used his Susano'o to shoot another arrow, which hit Danzo.

"The Izunagi... where for a few seconds span of time anything disavantageous to the wielder, like damage or death can be rewritten as a dream..." Tobi said.

Danzo disappeared before reappearing unharmed a few feet backwards and ran after Sasuke again.

Sasuke panted again.

Danzo made hand signs with both hands before he stopped and breathed in some air and exhaled as he created a giant ball of air and hit Sasuke's Susano'o with it as it disappeared.

Sasuke covered his face with both arms as he panted more.

"And anything at vantageous such as the Wilder's attacks are kept as part of reality... an ultimate genjutsu cast upon ones self.. the blurres the boarder between fantasy and reality... And the eye that uses Izunagi loses it's light, never to open again." Tobi said.

Danzo looked down at his right arm again to see that another Sharingan has closed.

"But with that many eyes... the duration of the Izunagi varies with each user. He wanted to extend that power no matter what it took so he became Orochimaru's lab rat." Tobi said.

Karin looked at Danzo very closely.

Danzo looked up at Tobi. "That's Madara, it doesn't appear that he's going to participate, but... I can't be taken off guard. I must keep enough power reserved to fight him. It'll be some time before my right eye recovers from using it during the Summit... However, fighting the Susano'o won't be easy either.. that arrow attack is very difficult to dodge. I can't undo the Izunagi yet." he thought then looked down at his right arm before he placed his right index finger in his wound on his upper left arm. "I have to finish things this minute." then placed his right index finger on his left hand. "Summoning Jutsu." a puff of smoke came before a large dark orange elephantine chimera that had white bandages wrapped around his head and grey metal plates at the end of it's trunk, was on the other end of the bridge.

The elephantine chimera roared as the bridge moved a little. Karin carefully stood up.

Danzo jumped on to the left side of the bridge before he ran forward before the elephantine chimera opened it's mouth as it powerfully started sucking things into it.

Sasuke's Susano'o held himself in place so Sasuke wouldn't be sucked in. Sasuke held his arms up.

"That summoning it's the Baku, the monster that devours nightmares it's a lot larger than I imagined." Tobi said.

Karin moved to avoid being sucked in as her back was against the pillar. "I can't let Danzo out of my sight! No matter what happens!" she thought.

Sasuke looked at the left side as he knew Danzo was a few meters away from him.

Danzo jumped up on to the pillar. "Now Susano'o won't be able to move and I'll ogmint the Baku's already impressive sucksion power with even more force." he thought weaving the Rat - Snake - Horse - Dog signs with both hands as he held his breathe. "Wind Style: Vacuum Blast Barrage!" he yelled, wind coming out of his mouth as it hit the back of Sasuke's Susano'o was ripped open to reveal the spine.

Danzo started running towards Sasuke. "The weak spot in the Susano'o is right there!" he thought.

Sasuke looked forward before he made hand signs for the Fireball Jutsu with both hands. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" he said, letting the Baku absorb the fireball.

The Baku immediately closed his mouth in pain as it's mouth was on fire.

Sasuke turned around to face Danzo, who stopped running and jumped into the air. Danzo looked to the left side to see Sasuke's Susano'o right fist was coming towards him. Sasuke's Susano'o punched Danzo with his right fist as Danzo crashed into the other pillar and fell to the ground on his back.

The Baku roared in pain.

"Using a fire style technique, huh? You made good use of the wind being inhaled, Sasuke." Tobi questioned.

The Baku disappeared.

Sasuke panted in exhaustion and coughed up blood as he was now crouching down on the pillar on his hands. Sasuke's Susano'o's skin disappeared as it was barely appearing.

Karin continued to look at Danzo's right arm. "53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.." she thought as she watch another Sharingan on Danzo's right arm closed. "Those eyes... one shuts every 60 seconds and Danzo's chakra keeps dropping rapidly all the wild. Which means that right arm of his can be used to measure the duration of action of his weird jutsu." watching Danzo stand up on the ground again. "Just 4 left, about 240 seconds or 4 minutes if the time limit of that jutsu. From what I can tell, while his jutsu's active it allows his attacks to be successful but makes Sasuke's attacks ineffective. If that's the way this jutsu works, Danzo's gotta be desperate to take Sasuke down while the jutsu is still up and running. Even a mutual strike would be a win to Danzo." then stepped forward from the pillar as she looked up at Sasuke. "Sasuke! I think I'm starting to get his jutsu! Are you listening to me?!" she asked, yelling.

"When all 10 of the eyes you have on your right arm have closed, your jutsu will be undone isn't that right?" Sasuke questioned panting, looking down at Danzo.

"You knew...? You knew about the Izunagi?" Danzo asked, looking up at Sasuke.

"As I suspected!" Sasuke said before he jumped off the pillar.

"You tricked it out of me! Why you drafty brat!" Danzo said.

"No! You fool! Don't engage him!" Karin yelled.

Danzo blasted wind at Sasuke, who landed on the ground, with his right arm.

Karin crouched down on the ground as her hands were on the ground as well.

Sasuke's Susano'o punched Danzo with his right fist.

Another Sharingan closed as Danzo disappeared.

"Stop Sasuke! You should just retreat for now! You need to draw out the fight!" Karin yelled.

Sasuke ignored Karin.

"But that would be pointless. For an in that case, Danzo will just undo the Izunagi, if that happens Sasuke would be an overwhelming disadvantage since he's already used up so much of his strength." Tobi said.

Sasuke crouched down on the ground as he took his left wrist warmer off with his right hand. He made his Susano'o disappear. Sasuke placed his right hand on his summoning scroll on his left arm.

Danzo landed a few feet behind Sasuke with a kunai in his right hand and jumped up into the air and was about to throw his kunai at Sasuke but Sasuke turned around and threw 3 shurikens at Danzo with his right hand.

When the 3 shurikens hit Danzo, he disappeared as another Sharingan closed and reappeared a few feet backwards in the air.

"Sasuke is pressing him with the super fast, super strong Susano'o to force Danzo to continue using the Izunagi and thus use it up. Sasuke has long known that this battle will be won by whoever lasts the other..." Tobi said.

Danzo appeared behind Sasuke, who turned to the left side and jumped away from Danzo. Danzo looked at his last remaining Sharingan on his right arm before he looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke activated his Chidori with his left hand as Danzo blew on his kunai to make a Wind Style: Vacuum Blade.

"He's putting his remaining strength into a chakra blade. This is the deciding moment." Tobi said.

Sasuke landed on the ground. "How many Uchihas did you have to kill to get that right arm of yours?!" he asked, running at Danzo.

Danzo landed on the ground. "It was all thanks to Itachi!" he said, running towards Sasuke.

"You made him do it!" Sasuke yelled.

When Danzo and Sasuke made it towards each other, they stabbed one another.

Tobi and Karin watched for a moment in silence as Danzo and Sasuke panted. Birds started fly away.

Karin started sensing the real Danzo near Sasuke.

Danzo smirked.

"Well, it seems that this is the extent of Sasuke's power." Tobi said.

Karin's eyes widened slightly.

Sasuke looked at Danzo.

"You where too hasty. My last eye is still open. Go to Itachi, you need a lecture for all the good it'll do you." Danzo said as he started to pull back. "I win, Sasuke."

Karin stopped widenering her eyes as she became serious. "What's going on? I feel... wait that's..." she thought.

"You may think that you've seen right through my Izunagi but-" Danzo said but stopped smirking as he felt a large amount of pain, his eyes widened. "What?! What's the meaning of this...?!" he thought before coughed up some blood. "Why won't the Izunagi activate?"

Sasuke looked at Danzo with his right Mangekyo Sharingan, panting.

"Danzo, you were right. Sasuke's genjutsu is nowhere near as refined as Itachi's." Tobi said.

The genjutsu disappeared as Danzo's last Sharingan was closed.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he smirked, still panting.

Danzo looked at Sasuke, annoyed. "Why you insolent boy..." he said before he moved away from Sasuke.

"You're the one who's going to see Itachi." Sasuke said, inactivating his Chidori and put his arms down as he stopped smirking.

Danzo fell to the ground on his stomach as he tried to get up a few times.

Sasuke opened his right eye again and raised his left hand, panting more.

"Ah hah! Just as I thought, this one's the real Danzo!" Karin thought.

Danzo yelled as he tried to charge at Sasuke but fell back on the ground and dropped his kunai.

"It's a far cry from Itachi's Tsukuyomi, in which he could freely manipulate time within a genjutsu. Although, as short and weak as it may be in comparison, it's still a matter of how he utilizes it." Tobi said.

Danzo tried to get up again but couldn't.

"With Izunagi a Sharingan is cast away once the jutsu's been exhausted. One eye can activate and maintain the jutsu for roughly 60 seconds. However... Sasuke's relentless attacks might've appeared to be suicidal but they were intended to completely shut down all of Danzo's Sharingans one by one.. Sasuke knew exactly what he was doing... Before Danzo and Sasuke exchanged blows just then every Sharingan on Danzo's right arm had already shut. Sasuke's an Uchiha, and a shinobi who possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan.. his power of observation is still greater than yours, Danzo. Faster than you could realize, Sasuke has placed a genjutsu on you.. making it look like the last eye on your right arm was still open. You were concerned about the in exactly nature of how long the Izunagi would last, so you kept checking the Sharingans on your right arm. Sasuke noticed that... he wanted to make you felt that the Izunagi would last longer and it only took a sutle change. He'd already confirmed that he could place you under a genjutsu, even for just an instant. Sasuke seeved this opportunity.. because you possess the Sharingan, you underestimated how he'd use it in battle. Your arrogance has lead to your defeat." Tobi said.

Danzo held his right arm with his left hand, groaning in pain.

Sasuke lowered his left arm and looked down at Danzo, panting. "Now that's battling with your eyes... Never mock the Uchiha!" he said.

"Even if Danzo was unable to use Shisui's eye, you did well to push him this far, Sasuke... Looks like I'll be able to take Shisui's eye soon. The foundation should've stayed hidden underground." Tobi said.

Danzo's right arm started to twitch as he groaned.

Sasuke groaned in pain before he sat down, exhausted and placed his left hand on the ground.

Karin stood up as she ran towards Sasuke, worried. "I'm coming, Sasuke!" she said.

Sasuke unzipped his shirt a little with his left hand.

Karin crouched down on the ground on the right side of Sasuke, holding out her left arm to Sasuke. "Are you alright? Here, hurry up and bite me!" she said worried, sliding her left sleeve up with her right hand.

Sasuke grabbed Karin's left arm with his left hand before he closed his eyes and bit down on Karin's left arm.

Karin moaned a little, blushing as she started transferring some of her chakra to Sasuke.

Tobi stood up. "It was the right choice bringing that woman along. She has strength and power. I see now why Sasuke chose her to be apart of his team." he said.

Danzo panted even more.

Sasuke stopped panting and became quiet as he started healing.

Danzo groaned in pain as his right arm was growing, opening his eyes. "I can't believe it. How could I lose to such a brat?! I cannot go down here or die yet!" he thought before his right arm started turning into a large tree.

Sasuke and Karin looked up at the scene.

"No! At this rate, I'll be taken over by the First Hokage's cells!" Danzo thought before teared away from the tree as he longer had a right arm.

"Seems he's having a difficult time controlling his chakra now that he's close to death... Hashirama's power is certainly not easy to manage." Tobi said.

Sasuke released Karin's left arm before he and Karin stood up from the ground and faced Danzo.

Danzo stood up straight, panting.

"Unbelievable! This guy just won't give up!" Karin said.

Danzo took the bandages off of his head with his left hand, revealing a Sharingan in his right eye socket. "No, not yet. Now we'll have a real battle of the eyes!" he said.

"The Visual Prowess in his right eye has returned. I see, so that was his plan. He was covering with the Izunagi until Shisui's eye recuperated." Tobi said.

Sasuke activated his Chidori with his left hand before he ran towards Danzo.

Danzo quickly ran towards Karin, who knew Danzo's intentions stood still as she made herself bait.

Sasuke stopped and turned around to see Danzo stood behind Karin and held her neck with his left arm. Karin closed her eyes.

"Shisui's Visual Prowess... I see. Danzo's debating whether to use it for genjutsu or sacrifice it for the Izunagi." Tobi said.

Sasuke unactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan and turned them back into charcoal black.

"You use your visual prowess too much." Danzo said.

"This guy is really pathetic..." Karin thought, annoyed.

"I can't use Sasuke anymore. Madara's the one I need to place under my genjutsu and manipulate, I can't waste time my wound is too deep." Danzo thought.

"Now Sasuke, what will you do?" Tobi questioned.

"I'm surprised you preach self-sacrifice, yet end up taking a hostage." Sasuke said.

"It's not but I consider my life too precious, but for the Leaf and the whole Shinobi world I simply cannot afford to die here today! No matter what the means, I must survive for I will be the one who changed the Shinobi world and this woman's just the sacrifice to that cause!" Danzo said.

Sasuke's left eye started to bleed again as some of it dripped from the left side of his face.

Karin opened her eyes. "Do you even shut up?" she asked.

Danzo became confused.

Karin quickly elbowed Danzo in his stomach, who released his left arm on her neck in pain, before she turned around and grabbed Danzo's left arm with both hands to hold him in place. She looked at Sasuke seriously. "Sasuke, now!" she said.

Sasuke turned his Chidori into a long blade and stabbed Danzo in the chest.

Danzo grunted in pain. "He pierced my vital organs...!" he thought.

Tobi laughed a little. "That's what I like to see." he said.

Sasuke smirked.

Karin released her hands from Danzo's left arm before she placed them down. "I knew you would do that when you ran towards me and I faked it you bastard." she said.

Danzo started bleeding from his mouth. "You.. bitch..." he said, panting.

"One down... soon the rest, Niisan." Sasuke said.

"You didn't have enough time for the Izunagi did you, Danzo?" Tobi questioned.

Sasuke unactivated his Chidori with his left hand before he lowered it, having the Mangekyo Sharingan on his left eye.

After a few moments, Danzo turned around and started to slowly run away from them on the bridge.

Karin was about to go after him until Sasuke said something.

"Karin." Sasuke said.

Karin looked to see Sasuke, who was walking forward after Danzo.

"Stay here. I'll take care of Danzo." Sasuke said.

Karin wanted to but she couldn't disobey Sasuke. "H-hai..." she said.

Karin watched as Sasuke walked past her and after Danzo.

Danzo panted as he continued to slowly run away but Sasuke was a few meters away from him.

When Danzo almost made it to the other end of the bridge, Tobi suddenly appeared in front of Danzo, almost immediately stopped along with Sasuke.

"Danzo... I'll be taking Shisui's eye now." Tobi said.

Sasuke stopped smirking as he suddenly remembered something years ago, he became serious. "He was the one who took Shisui's eye?!" he thought.

Danzo remembered something from his past for a moment. "For the sake of the shinobi world and for the sake of Konoha, I cannot allow you 2 to continue to live!" he yelled before he grabbed his shirt with his left hand and pulled it off to reveal he had rectangular and square black markings all over his chest.

Tobi gasped in shock. "It's a reverse tetra gram ssealing jutsu! Sasuke, get away from Danzo!" he said, disappearing into ground.

Sasuke backed away and disappeared into the air.

Black liquid poured from Danzo's body as the black markings appeared in the air around him.

Karin backed away a little when she saw what Danzo was doing.

A small black circular spear appeared before it became huge and destroyed mostly the half of the other bridge.

Karin covered her face with both hands when a burst of wind came and uncovered her face when it stopped, lowering her hands as she looked at the damage done to the bridge.

Karin became surprised. "What kind of jutsu did he use...?" she thought.

...

10 minutes later.

Karin was standing under the large tree under the bridge as she watched from left to right to see Sasuke and Tobi, who were standing on the other part of the broken bridge as they were looking down at the now dead Danzo as he laid down on his back on the lower part of the broken bridge.

A few minutes ago, Karin sensed that Danzo had died.

"What are they talking about?" Karin thought.

"That was a narrow escape." Tobi said, remembering what Danzo did before he died. "It was collateral damage sealing jutsu, it drags you into his corpse sealing you inside. He probably had it set to activate at the moment of his death."

Sasuke suddenly heard a screech, he looked up to see a brown hawk flying away in the sky.

"That was close." Tobi said.

"Now that's done. It's on to the Hidden Leaf." Sasuke said.

"The Hidden Leaf huh?" Tobi questioned before he jumped over to where Danzo was. "I'm going to take his eye now." then turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke, don't be so hasty. Go back to the hideout and rest."

Sasuke looked down at Tobi.

"You over used your visual prowess.. eventually you won't be able to keep it up. Your eyes are losing their light. What can you do by yourself in the Hidden Leaf anyway?" Tobi asked. "Remember, in order to achieve your goals, patience is also important."

Sasuke didn't say anything as he continued to look at Tobi.

Tobi looked down at Danzo before he crouched down on the left side and placed his left hand on Danzo's left arm and he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan before he used his Transportation Technique on Danzo until he was gone. He turned his right eye back into the Sharingan and stood up on the ground.

Tobi looked up at Sasuke. "Sasuke, I'm going to give you one piece of advice..." he said then cracked his neck a little. "That woman... she's strong and powerful but there's a chance she'll try to stop you or tell the Konoha ninjas... If you don't need her anymore, make sure you finish her off. She knows too much about us."

"What do you mean us? Since when do you assume that I've joined up with you?" Sasuke asked.

"Hm. Well nevermind. We'll meet again." Tobi said then turned around before he used his Transportation Technique on himself to disappear.

Karin sensed that Danzo was gone, she sighed. "At least the mission is complete." she said then turned around. She suddenly saw Sasuke's sword laying on the ground a few feet away from her before she walked over to it.

Sasuke looked up into the air as he thought about what Tobi said.

Karin picked up Sasuke's sword with both hands as she stared down at it. "He's really going to destroy the Village.. our home." she thought.

Sasuke stopped looking up at the sky and jumped to the other side of the bridge then walked towards Karin as he didn't know what he was going to do to her when he was near her.

"Sasuke's not the Sasuke I knew when I was a kid... back then he was kind..." Karin thought as she started to remember something years ago.

...

Flashback.

3 years ago.

Day Time.

Chunin Exams.

Karin, 12 years old and in her old usual outfit, suddenly heard a loud thud and turned around to see a large brown bear in front of her, growling at her. She started panting as she was scared of the large bear then closed her eyes as she stopped. "Hey! Where is everyone?!" she asked yelling, opening her eyes and her mouth a little.

The large bear came closer to Karin as it continued to growl at her, drooling a little. When the bear tried to bite Karin, she quickly moved to the left and ran away from it only to trip on a small tree root and fell to the ground with a this. Karin grunted in pain as she closed her eyes and her glasses fell a few feet away from her, still holding on to the scroll with her left hand and her right hand was now covering her head.

As the bear was about to go after Karin and eat her, it suddenly stopped when Sasuke came out of nowhere and hit it in the head with his right leg before he did his Lions Barrage on its head.

"Lions Barrage!" Sasuke yelled.

Karin heard the loud before she opened her right eye and gasped a little then she opened her left eye to see a blurry figure on the unconcious large bear.

"Karin, are you alright?!" Sasuke asked worried.

Karin blinked a few times as she recognized the voice, she stopped using the Chakra Suppression Technique. She gasped softly as she completely knew who it was.

"S-sasuke.." Karin said softly.

Karin couldn't see Sasuke clearly because she didn't have her glasses on her. She looked down at the ground before she released the scroll from her left hand and got off of the ground a little so searched the ground with both hands for her glasses.

"My glasses." Karin said as she continued to look for it.

Sasuke jumped off of the large bear's head and walked over to where Karin's glasses landed and picked them up with both of his hands. He walked over to her and crouched down in front of her, who stopped looking for her glasses and looked up at him, seeing his blurry face.

"Here they are, hold still." Sasuke said as carefully put the glasses back on Karin's face.

Karin fixed her glasses with her left hand and started to see Sasuke, 12 years old and in his usual outfit, clearly, she saw him smile warmly at her.

"That's better." Sasuke said.

Karin back a little as she blushed softly at him, but Sasuke moved towards her and hugged her protectively, his head on the right side of her shoulder.

"That was a close, if I haven't heard your voice that bear would have eaten you." Sasuke said worried.

Karin's eyes widened as she blushed even more. "Th-thank you, S-sasuke..." she said shyly.

Flashback Ends.

...

Karin sighed again. "What am I going to do?" she thought before she suddenly looked up as she suddenly sensed a familiar chakra coming towards them. "What?! Why is she here...?! How did she found us?!" she thought.

Karin suddenly turned around to see that Sasuke was standing a few feet away from her. "Sasuke..." she said, walking towards Sasuke.

Sasuke stayed silent.

Karin stopped in front of Sasuke. "Here's your sword... I'll put it back for you." she said before she placed Sasuke's sword back in it's holster with her left hand.

Karin looked up at Sasuke, seeing the blood on the left side of his face. She reached into her right cloak pocket with her right hand and pulled out a napkin and tried to wipe the blood off of his face but Sasuke grabbed her right hand with his left hand, making Karin a little surprised as she dropped the napkin.

Sasuke decided not to kill Karin as she was very important to him and couldn't even if he wanted to. He leaned towards her.

"Sasuke I sen-" Karin said but was cut off when Sasuke suddenly kissed her on the lips. She felt that Sasuke had his left hand on her waist as he pulled her closer to him

Karin wanted to close her like Sasuke did but couldn't because she sensed a familiar chakra coming towards them. As the chakra was almost hear, Karin pulled away to look at Sasuke, who opened his eyes and stared at her.

"Sasuke! She's here." Karin said.

"Who?" Sasuke questioned.

A few moments later, Sakura, in her usual outfit and a cream colored cloak with red stripes at the bottom, appeared on the other side of the broken bridge.

"No, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled.

Sasuke and Karin looked to see Sakura.

Sasuke took his left hand off of Karin's waist. "What a surprise." he said.

"He's completely different from before... Is this really Sasuke-kun? And Karin's with him too." Sakura thought, worried.

"For what purpose did you come before us, Sakura?" Sasuke questioned.

"What's Sakura up to?" Karin thought, suspicious.

"Look Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said.

Sasuke and Karin stayed silent.

"I'm here because I've deserted the Hidden Leaf! I'm coming with you!" Sakura said.

Karin's eyes widened a little bit because she sensed that Sakura was lying, she started to realize why Sakura was here. "She's here to kill Sasuke...!" she thought then she suddenly sensed another familiar chakra coming towards them. "And him as well..."

Sakura jumped on the other side of the broken bridge and crouched a few meters away from Sasuke and Karin before she stood up.

"What's in it for you to join us?" Sasuke questioned. "Just what are you plotting?"

"I'm not plotting anything at all. Ever since you left the Hidden Leaf Village, I-I just keep finding myself regretting not going with you!" Sakura said.

Karin sensed that Sakura was lying again but she knew that Sakura still had feelings for Sasuke. "Even after me and Sasuke became a couple, Sakura still loves him..." she thought.

Sakura held her right fist to her chest. "Look I'll do anything that you want me to. I'm tired of regrets!" she said.

"Do you know what I really want?" Sasuke asked.

"Don't you understand! I don't care what it is! I'll do whatever you say!" Sakura said.

"To destroy the Leaf!" Sasuke said.

Sakura became shocked when she heard what Sasuke said.

"That is what I want." Sasuke said.

"Would you really really betray Konoha for my sake?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura looked at Karin for a moment before she looked back at Sasuke. "Hai. If that's what you want from me." she said, putting her right arm down.

Even though she knows that Sakura is no match for Sasuke, Karin couldn't let Sakura try to do to anything to Sasuke.

Karin stepped forward a little bit and leaned to whisper into Sasuke's left ear. "Sasuke no. Sakura's lying to you. She has no intention of joining us. And by the way she's lying, I think she's here to kill you." she said.

Karin backed away from Sasuke a little bit when she saw him nodded his head once.

"Alright. Then don't you prove it to me. I want you to show Karin all of your supplies right now." Sasuke said, stepping aside on the right side to show more of Karin. "Do that and I'll accept that you're serious."

Sakura looked at Karin again. "Have you guys ran out?" she asked.

"Not yet, but you can never be too careful." Karin said, lying.

"How can Karin stand up him after what Sasuke-kun's planning...?" Sakura thought before she walked over to Sasuke and Karin.

Karin sensed that the other familiar chakra was coming closer.

Sakura stopped in front of Karin before she looked down at the ground.

"What's the matter, Sakura? You can't show her?" Sasuke asked.

"Karin will immediately know about my poison laced kunai. But... If I just.. I just stab Sasuke quickly right now then it will all be over." Sakura thought.

Sasuke walked behind Sakura as he raised his left hand.

"Sasuke. Do you really have to do that to her?" Karin asked Sasuke.

Sasuke activated his Chidori with his left hand as Sakura's eyes widened in shock. Karin sensed the familiar chakra was near them.

Sakura turned around to see Sasuke was about to kill with his Chidori, gasping.

Kakashi, in his usual outfit and cream colored cloak that had 2 red stripes at the bottom, suddenly appeared and grabbed Sasuke's left arm with his right hand as he stopped him from killing Sakura.

Sasuke and Sakura became surprised at Kakashi's appearance.

"He really tried to kill her!" Kakashi thought. "How far you've fallen, Sasuke!" he said.

Sasuke tried to kick Kakashi with his left leg but Kakashi dodged by jumping up before kicked Sasuke with his left leg.

Sasuke backed away from Kakashi and Sakura and faced them. Karin jumped forward to Sasuke and landed on his right side before she turned around and faced Kakashi and Sakura as well.

Kakashi crouched down as he pulled out some wire with his left hand and threw it at Sasuke as he wrapped it around him.

Sasuke closed his eyes and grunted in pain before a puff of smoke appeared and disappeared to reveal a log before Sasuke from the sky and landed on the ground.

Kakashi dropped the wire as Sakura stood behind him.

Sasuke smirked. "Hm. It's just one after another." he said.

"Sakura... you planned to kill Sasuke on your own, didn't you?" Kakashi questioned.

Sakura looked at the ground sadly.

"There's no need to for you to carry such a heavy burden on your own. After all, it was my cowardice that drove you all apart. When I was the leader of Team 7." Kakashi said then stood up from the ground. "Sakura, I once tried to put you at ease by telling you something irresponsible."

Sakura remembered what Kakashi told her 3 years ago at the Hospital roof.

"I must have been trying to convince myself of that as well. I'm sorry for having been such a lousy sensei." Kakashi said.

Sakura looked at Kakashi. "But you're not..." she said.

"Karin, you should return with us." Kakashi said.

"I'm not going anywhere with you 2." Karin said.

Kakashi sighed before he looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke... I've told you this before and I don't like to repeat myself, but I'll say this once more. Believe me, I've met a lot of guys who feel that way you do. But for those who follow the path of revenge it never ends well. Let it go. You've gotta forget about revenge!" he said.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he started laughing wickedly.

Kakashi and Sakura looked at Sasuke confused.

Karin looked at Sasuke for a moment before she looked back at Kakashi and Sakura.

Sasuke stopped laughing as he made a serious face. "Itachi, half of the Uchiha clan, and half of the Uzumaki clan... bring them all here to us!" he yelled. "Do that and I'll quit right now!"

"I don't want to kill you." Kakashi said. "And also you as well, Karin."

"Do you really think you can kill me and Karin at any moment you wish." Sasuke said then smiled wickedly. "Don't act as if you're still my sensei! Go ahead and try something if you like. I'm just itching to kill you, Kakashi!"

"He's been completely brainwashed by Madara. And she's not leaving him no matter what I tell her." Kakashi thought.

"Sakura, you take care of Karin. If we take her back to the village, we can convince her to tell us about are enemies." Kakashi said.

Sakura looked at Kakashi. "What about you?" she asked.

"Just take care of Karin and battle her far away from here." Kakashi said.

"But, Kakashi-sensei..." Sakura thought, worried.

Kakashi smiled at Sakura. "I will shoulder your burden from here on... well it is my role after all." he said.

Sakura looked down at the ground.

Kakashi stopped smiling. "Now..." he said.

Sakura nodded her head.

"Try to battle her, Sakura!" Kakashi said before he took off his cloak with his right hand tossed it aside on the right. "As the leader of Team 7, I will settle this once and for all!"

Sasuke made a serious face. "You know I really don't like repeating myself either. Don't act as if you're still my sensei. Got it." he said.

Kakashi lifted his Forehead Protector from his left eye to reveal the Sharingan. "He continued to feel affections for Orochimaru, no matter how far he fell. Third Hokage, even though you nurtured many others fine pupils... your cherished student abandoned the village. And then the agony of having to face him in battle. No one can begin to imagine the resolve it took." he thought then stepped forward a little.

Sasuke looked at Kakashi suspiciously.

"Now I finally understand what the Third Hokage must've gone through." Kakashi said, lowering his left hand.

Sasuke cracked his right fists knuckles with his left hand a few times before he lowered his left arm. "You'll be able to tell him that yourself once I'm done with you, Kakashi." he said.

"Alright." Kakashi said.

"The Sharingan is proof that one is an Uchiha." Sasuke said then ran towards Kakashi. "You're just an outsider, so don't you dare haunt that eye before me, you piece of trash!" then touched the paper seal on his left arm with his right hand and puffed out 6 shuriken before he through them at Kakashi and Sakura with right hand.

Sakura backed away a little.

Kakashi looked at Sakura. "On the edge of the shuriken... Sasuke's used to real combat and won't pull any punches! In that case..." he said then crouched down on the ground and placed his hands on the ground. "Earth Style: Mud Wall!" a grey wall that had 4 bulldogs from left to right appeared behind them.

Sakura jumped into the trees before the shuriken could even hit her as they hit the mud wall.

Sasuke activated his Chidori with his left hand again as he jumped up and tried to attack Kakashi, yelling.

Kakashi moved out of the way as Sasuke hit the ground Kakashi was at before a few rocks flew. Kakashi jumped off of the bridge on the left side and landed on the water as he stood on it and turned around as he backed away a little as Sasuke jumped off the bridge and stood up on the water as he faced Kakashi, unactivated his Chidori.

"For a borrowed Sharingan." Sasuke said then smirked. "You really are quite skilled in it's use. However, no matter what your Sharingan can do my Sharingan is in a completely different league than yours!" activating his Sharingan then closed his eyes. "Watch." then opened his eyes as he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Kakashi became surprised as Sasuke activated his upper half Susano'o as it grew skin on itself with the bow in his left hand and arrow in it's right hand.

"Is that..." Kakashi said, shocked.

Sasuke's Susano'o aimed his arrow at Kakashi then shot one at him.

Kakashi quickly activated his Mangekyo Sharingan as he redirected the arrow's path.

Sasuke panted a little.

Some of the water was raining down on them before it stopped.

"So fast... If I hadn't blown it away with the Mangekyo, I'd be done for." Kakashi thought.

Sasuke panted even more.

"Is that the Susano'o?" Kakashi asked.

Sasuke smirked. "Impressive. Who would have thought someone who's not of the Uchiha could awaken the Mangekyo? It seems to me that you were saved by the abilities of that eye. You should be grateful for the power of the Uchiha." he questioned.

Karin looked at Sakura, who jumped out of the tree and faced her.

"I knew that you were lying to us." Karin said.

"You were going to let Sasuke-kun kill me?!" Sakura questioned.

"Oh so it was okay for you to kill him?" Karin asked.

"He's a very bad person after all the things he's done." Sakura said.

"Sasuke's not a bad person, he has his reasons." Karin said.

"That's what you think and he needs to be destroyed." Sakura said.

"You're not going anywhere near him!" Karin said, pulling a kunai from her left sleeve with her left hand and threw it at Sakura.

Sakura dodged before she ran at Karin with her right fist raised. "Shannaro!" she yelled.

"Sasuke, listen to me! More than just half your clan and the Uzumaki clan is in you. More than just hatred! Look deep down within your heart, one more time!" Kakashi said.

"Are you really still going on about that?" Sasuke asked.

"I think deep down you know the truth." Kakashi said.

Sasuke started to picture the whole village except the Uchiha clan and Uzumaki clan smiling. "All the laughter." he said as he frowned. "Everyone one of you is laughing! Itachi sacrificed his life but your still laughing! Cackling together like fools! Your just ignorant of everything!" becoming angry as his Susano'o upgraded by having armour around itself.

Kakashi became surprised again.

"I can hear nothing but contempt and cheering in your voices! I wanna change those laughs into screams and wails of misery!" Sasuke yelled angrily as his Susano'o roared.

"Sasuke!" Kakashi said.

As Karin and Sakura continued, Karin stopped battling as she sensed Sasuke's chakra was colder.

"Sasuke!" Karin said before she turned around and ran towards the bridge.

"Hey, wait!" Sakura said, running after Karin.

Karin stopped at the left side of the bridge and placed her hands on the balcony as she looked down at Sasuke, her eyes widened when she saw the newly transformed Susano'o. "Sasuke's chakra has gotten colder." she thought.

Sakura stopped at the left side of Karin and looked down at the scene of Kakashi and Sasuke, her eyes widened. "What is that thing around Sasuke-kun?!" she asked.

"Susano'o." Karin said.

Sakura looked at Karin. "Susano'o?" she asked.

"Hai." Karin said.

Sakura looked down at the scene again.

The Susano'o roared again.

"This is bad." Kakashi said.

Sasuke laughed wickedly again then stopped. "Well, how about it, Kakashi?! Can your borrowed Sharingan extinguish power like this?!" he yelled angrily. "Now I'm going to show you the difference between your borrowed Sharingan and the real one!"

Sasuke's Susano'o's armour and skin disappeared.

Sasuke groaned in pain as he closed his eyes.

Kakashi looked up at the Susano'o as it had no skin and armour anymore.

Sasuke placed his hands over his face. "Damn it!" he said, his Susano'o disappearing.

Sasuke opened his eyes as his sight was blurry, lowering his hands.

"Sasuke's chakra is decreasing and something must be wrong with his vision." Karin thought.

Sasuke looked at Kakashi to see he was blurry. "No! M-my sight!" he thought as he placed his hands over his face again.

Sakura saw this before she quickly turned around and ran to the right side of the bridge.

Karin looked at Sakura as she hopped over the right side of bridge. "Oh no!" she thought before she looked back down at the scene. She sensed a very familiar chakra coming towards them. "Oh not you too, Oniisan."

Sakura run on the bridge and under it.

Kakashi looked up to see Sakura climbing upside down on the as she was heading towards Sasuke. "Sakura! Why did you come back?!" he asked, running slowly. "Don't!"

"I won't let Kakashi-sensei bare this burden!" Sakura thought as she stopped, remembering the conversation with her friends, her past in her academy days and Team 7 meeting before she pulled out a poison laced kunai with right hand and jumped down quietly. She was behind Sakura as she pointed the kunai to his back, closing her eyes as she cried. "I thought I'd made up my mind..."

"Sasuke! Sakura's behind you!" Karin yelled before she jumped over over.

Sasuke uncovered his face and saw Sakura before he turned around and grabbed Sakura's neck with his right hand.

"Damn it! I'm always like this after using the Mangekyo!" Kakashi said to himself.

Sakura gasped in pain as Sasuke took the kunai with his left hand and tried to stab Sakura with it.

Karin made it to the end of the bridge and stopped.

"Don't do it, Sasuke!" Kakashi said.

Sasuke strucked Naruto, in his usual outfit excluding his Forehead Protector, as he grabbed Sakura bridal style from Sasuke's right arm and jumped a few feet away.

Kakashi stopped running shocked. "Naruto?!" he asked.

Sakura opened her eyes. "Naruto!" she said.

Naruto now had a scratch on the right side of his cheek as he looked at Sasuke. Karin jumped off the bridge and landed a few meters away before turning around to face them.

Kakashi ran up to Sasuke and tried to punch him with his right fist but Sasuke disappeared and reappeared on the bridge, Kakashi followed after him. Sasuke threw the kunai at Kakashi before they fought on the bridge.

Naruto and Sakura looked at Karin.

"Karin, why are you here?" Naruto asked.

"I've joined Sasuke and we made Team Taka." Karin said. "We've defected from Konoha."

"Return to the Leaf with us." Naruto said. "You're not like this, dattebayo."

"I'm sorry, Oniisan. But I'm not returning." Karin said.

Sasuke landed close to Karin on the left side while Kakashi landed a few feet in front of Naruto and Sakura and stood up.

"You got even better timing than I do, Naruto. I never imagined you'd come here, but it's a good thing you did." Kakashi said. "You're a life saver."

Naruto placed Sakura on the water.

Sakura looked at Naruto. "Yeah, thank you, Naruto." she said then looked at Sasuke sadly. "Sasuke-kun... really tried to kill me just then. If Naruto hadn't come, I-I'd be dead now. By Sasuke-kun's hands..." she thought.

Naruto stood up as he faced Sasuke. "Sasuke, come on. Sakura-chan is a member of the same Team 7, remember?!" he questioned.

Sasuke smirked. "You mean former member?! I'm no longer in it." he asked.

"And besides Oniisan, Sakura tried to kill Sasuke too." Karin said.

Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura stayed silent for a moment.

"Now do you understand, Naruto, Sakura? What dwells within him now is a true intent to kill! Sasuke is no longer the person we once knew. And Karin is now our enemy as well." Kakashi asked.

Naruto started to remember Team 7 and Karin smiling 3 years ago then stopped and walked forward until he was on the left side of Kakashi. "Listen, Sasuke." he said.

"What do you want?" Sasuke questioned.

"I know the truth about Itachi. That guy Tobi told me everything." he said.

Sasuke and Karin became shocked.

Sakura looked up at Naruto. "The truth about Itachi?" she thought then looked back at Sasuke.

Kakashi looked down at Naruto.

"Then again, maybe he was lying I guess I can't really know for sure. But doesn't matter what you been doing... I get it, Sasuke!" Naruto said.

Kakashi and Sakura looked at Naruto surprised.

Karin gave Naruto an annoyed look.

Sasuke made an angry look as he made his hands into fists. "Naruto. Just like I said told you before, you never had a sibling who murdered half of 2 clans. You couldn't possibly get it." he said. "So all you outsiders can just shut up!"

Sakura stood up on the water as she looked at Sasuke seriously. "Do you know what Naruto has gone through for you?! No matter what bad rumors he heard about you, Naruto always considered you a friend!" she asked then looked down. "And also everyone wanted to turn on you, Naruto, your parents, and your clan stood up for you and wanted to rescue you even now!" then looked at Sasuke again.

"Rescue me... from what?" Sasuke questioned.

Sakura looked down sadly. "Oh from..." she said.

"From revenge, Sasuke, dattebayo." Naruto said.

Sasuke and Karin were shocked.

"I'm definitely going to save you from the dark abyss of revenge!" Naruto said. "From revenge and from all the chao that it causes."

Karin looked down at the water.

Sasuke smirked. "Hmph. But we don't want you to do that. The stage has already been made set for my vengeance." he said.

Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura looked at Sasuke surprised.

"Not long ago with the help from Karin, I finally got my revenge on the one behind Itachi's betrayal." Sasuke said, remembering how he defeated Danzo and how he died. He moved his fingers around. "I took down a high ranking Hidden Leaf elder right here, the one called Danzo."

Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura became shocked at what Sasuke just said.

Naruto looked at Karin. "Is that really true, Karin?" he asked.

Karin looked at Naruto, serious. "Hai, it's true." she said.

Naruto looked back Sasuke.

"Sasuke was able to defeat Danzo, all by myself?!" Kakashi thought.

Karin looked at Sasuke, worried.

Sasuke raised his arms midway, smirking. "It's a sensation I've never felt before! I can feel the tainted Uchiha and Uzumaki names becoming cleansed! I feel half of the Uchiha and Uzumaki at last being free from this rotting shinobi world. You couldn't even begin to understand it. And besides, is it what I'm doing exactly what you Leaf shinobi have wanted all along. You've always snubbed and put down the Uchiha and Uzumaki clan, so I'll simply help erase the 2 clans from your memories. By killing all of you. And destroying the Hidden Leaf Village!"

Kakashi, Naruto, Karin, and Sakura continued to look at Sasuke.

"Severing all bonds with the Hidden Leaf will be the Ultimate purification and that shall lead to the Uchihas and Uzumakis true restoration!" Sasuke said.

Sakura sweated a little. "My gosh, Sasuke-kun..." she said.

"Hatred... and how it's been accumulated over the course of history... That's what created the Sasuke before us. Maybe they don't understand it perfectly, but Sakura and Naruto are now seeing with their own eyes that Sasuke is a victim of the times we live in." Kakashi thought, looking at Naruto and Sakura then looked at Karin. "And whether she likes it or not, Karin." then looked at Sasuke. "Which is especially why..." remembering some memories of Sasuke as he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

As Naruto had his hands together to make a shadow clone, Kakashi placed his left hand in front of him.

Sasuke lowered his arms as he made a serious face.

2 clones of Naruto appeared on the right side as they and Naruto looked up at Kakashi.

"This is my responsibility! Naruto, Sakura, go on. Get out of here!" Kakashi said.

Sakura looked at Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei, no..." she said.

"If you stay, you'll see things you wish you hadn't. Now go." Kakashi said.

"Sensei I..." Sakura said.

Kakashi lowered his left hand as he walked forward a little bit. "Sakura, you won't be able to kill Sasuke with the poisoned kunai you learned from Shizune. He's been made resistant to poison by Orochimaru. Also, you've come to terms with your feelings, right?" he asked.

Sakura became surprised before she sadly closed her eyes.

"They still don't know that Sasuke lost his curse mark a long time ago." Karin thought then she suddenly heard birds and looked to the left side to see Sasuke grabbed his upper left arm with his right hand as he activated his Chidori with his left hand. "No, Sasuke! I healed you, but your body won't be able to take another fight! You can't withstand another battle yet. Please Sasuke..." she said, worried.

"Don't worry, Karin. This won't take long." Sasuke said then stepped forward and stopped.

Kakashi grabbed his right wrist with his left hand as he activated his Chidori with his right hand.

"Kakashi-sensei. This something you don't want us to see... Are you going to kill Sasuke?!" Naruto asked.

Sakura opened her eyes as she looked at Kakashi.

"Go, both of you!" Kakashi said.

A moment later, one of the Naruto clones grabbed Kakashi from behind to hold him while the other Naruto clone helped Naruto make a Rasengan with his right hand. When the clone was done, Naruto towards Sasuke.

Sasuke ran towards Naruto smirking. "Now's my chance and I'm not going to hold back!" he said.

Kakashi unactivated his Chidori as he tried to get released. "Wait, Naruto!" he yelled.

Kakashi, Karin, and Sakura watched Sasuke and Naruto ran at each other.

"Sasuke! Oniisan!" Karin yelled.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled.

When they made it to each other, Sasuke and Naruto attacked each other with their jutsus.

"Chidori!" Sasuke yelled.

"Rasengan!" Naruto yelled.

A bright white giant spear appeared around Sasuke and Naruto as the water violently shook. Karin closed her eyes as she placed her arms over her face.

Suddenly Sasuke and Naruto's minds were combined as it had brought white background that had shining dots of light. Sasuke was standing on the left side and Naruto was standing on the right side, facing each other as they were a few feet away.

"Sasuke, you know too, don't you?" Naruto asked before he placed his right hand on his stomach as he looked down at it. "Back in the day, the entire village secretly used to hate me... because of the Nine-Tails that's inside of me. And I secretly hated them right back." then looked at Sasuke. "I thought about getting revenge on everyone too. If my parents, Karin, and my clans hadn't loved me and I could've been like you and devised some terrible plan." taking his right hand off of his stomach.

Sasuke didn't say anything.

Naruto looked down. "I used to think that I didn't have any bonds outside my family with anyone either... till I met you and Iruka-sensei as well..." he said then started to smile. "However... I almost gave into my despair, but you and Iruka-sensei you saved me." then closed eyes and lifted his head up and placed his right hand on the back of his neck. "Back then, besides I always knew that you didn't have a bond outside of your family clan. I felt better knowing there was someone like me out there. We were just brats but dealing with no other kid had too and always being compared." putting his right arm down and opened his eyes as he stopped smiling. "Me the Nine-Tails and son of the Fourth Hokage, you the fate of the Uchiha and son of the Police Force leader. We had such similar burdens, pretty ironic huh? To be honest, nearly every time I saw you all I really wanted to do was to come up to you and start talking. I get sort of nervous, because I felt like maybe you of all people can understand me. But I never did because I was jealous." then smiled. "You were so good at everything, but your father decided we should be rivals." then looked at Sasuke. "And Sasuke, from that day on... you've been my goal."

Sasuke still didn't say anything.

"At the beginning I had no friends and I built more bonds. It's all because I was a part of Team 7, together with you and Sakura-chan." Naruto said, remembering Team 7's C rank mission, Forest of Death, and Sunagakure Invasion, he closed his eyes. "I wanted to be strong like you, cool like you. I guess that's why I kept chasing after you." then opened his eyes again for a moment before he closed them again. "No matter what happens, I'm really glad that I got to know you."

"Naruto. No matter what you say to me now, I'm not changing." Sasuke said.

Naruto opened his eyes, continuing to smile.

"I'm still going to kill each and every person in the Hidden Leaf including you!" Sasuke said, remembering said the night Itachi left the village. "I'll get revenge of half the Uchiha and Uzumaki clan!"

Naruto closed his eyes, sadly smiling. "But... Is that really the only way, Sasuke?"

"There isn't. You now have 2 choices. One is to become the hero of the village who killed me. The other is to be killed by me and forever remain a loser." Sasuke said.

"Sasuke... I just don't believe that." Naruto said as he opened his eyes and stopped smiling. "I'm not going to be a loser, and I'm not going to be the hero who kills you! Neither one's gonna happen."

Sasuke and Naruto's minds separated from each other as continued their on the outside.

Sakura stood behind one of the Naruto clones as the water shook violently.

When their attacks stopped, Naruto flew backwards into the air. Kakashi broke away from one of the Naruto clones and jumped after him until he caught him from behind and landed where they were standing previously

As Sasuke was flying backwards in the air, a white Zetsu came from Sasuke's back and took the impacted of the rock wall behind them. The white Zetsu clone held Sasuke with his left hand as he stood up on the water as the violent water stopped.

Karin uncovered her face with her arms before she turned around and looked worriedly at Sasuke. "Oh no! Sasuke!" she said as she started running towards Sasuke and the white Zetsu clone.

Sasuke panted as he looked up at the white Zetsu clone. "You're here? Since when?" he questioned.

The white Zetsu placed Sasuke down on the water.

Sasuke crouched down on the water as he looked down. "When did you?" he asked, panting even more.

"Oh, I've been tagging along for quite awhile now. Tobi told me to observe you and to make sure you didn't see me." the white Zetsu clone said.

"Sasuke!" Karin said, crouching down on the right side of Sasuke as she placed her left hand on his right shoulder. "Are you alright?!"

"Yeah... I'm fine..." Sasuke said, panting.

The white Zetsu clone looked at Kakashi, Naruto and his clones, and Sakura. "It seems like you were in a crisis and you needed some help." he said.

Sasuke looked over at Naruto.

The white Zetsu clone looked down at Sasuke. "I guess I should call on him soon. It doesn't seem like Sasuke's going to retreat." he thought.

Kakashi looked down at Naruto. "Naruto. I told you to go back to the village!" he said, letting of Naruto.

"It's..." Naruto said then looked at Sasuke. "All clear to me now."

Kakashi and Naruto stood up on the water again.

"It's all clear? What'd you mean by that, Naruto?!" Kakashi asked.

Sakura looked at Naruto sadly.

Naruto continued to watch Sasuke, who was still panting.

"Sasuke, you need to rest. You can't battle anymore." Karin said then she looked up as she suddenly sensed Tobi's chakra.

A black swirling hole appeared.

Kakashi gasped when the swirling stopped as it revealed Tobi, standing on the right side of the white Zetsu clone, Sasuke, and Karin.

"What's the meaning of this, Sasuke? I told you to retreat and get some rest." Tobi said.

Kakashi's Mangekyo Sharingan turned back into the Sharingan. "Madara!" he said.

Sasuke continued to pant.

Tobi looked at Naruto. "The Nine-Tails huh...?" he questioned, raising his hands midway. "It seems that when you 2 see each other you just can't suppress the urge to fight." then lowered his arms. "I'll arrange the proper time and place for to fight and capture the Nine-Tails... but for now we retreat."

Karin rubbed Sasuke' back with her left hand as Sasuke squinted his eyes a little bit.

"And I'll stay and fight for you." the white Zetsu clone said, raising his left hand. "After all, we need to capture the Nine-Tails jinjuriki anyway."

Karin stopped rubbing Sasuke's back as she looked to see 5 white Zetsu clones appear from the water.

Kakashi, Naruto and his clones, and Sakura looked serious at the white Zetsu clones.

"Both Madara and Zetsu, huh? They sure stick close to Sasuke. But this is gonna be a bit too much for me to handle alone. What should I do?" Kakashi thought.

Tobi looked looked at the white Zetsu clone. "No Zetsu, you won't be able to capture Naruto. You're not a combat type. The Nine-Tails will be too much for you to handle. We'll let Sasuke get the Nine-Tails. It'll also be for my entertainment." he said.

"Oh, is that so?" the white Zetsu asked, his clones disappearing back into the water.

"Our bigger concerns now is Kisame. Go check on him and rendezvous with Black Zetsu." Tobi said.

"Yes, alright. I understand." the white Zetsu clone said.

Naruto walked forward.

"Naruto!" Kakashi said.

"I know, dattebayo. But don't worry I'm alright. There's just one thing I wanna make sure I say to Sasuke and Karin before they leave." Naruto said.

Tobi and Karin looked at Sasuke.

Tobi crouched down. "Let's go, Sasuke." he said.

Sasuke stopped panting. "Not yet." he said.

Tobi looked at Naruto, who stopped walking.

Sasuke and Karin stood up as they looked at Naruto. Karin took her left hand off of Sasuke's right shoulder.

"Karin, please come home soon. We're family and Mom and the others miss you." Naruto said.

Karin suddenly started to feel sad.

"Sasuke! Do you remember? Do you remember what you said to long ago at the Hospital...?! The thing about 2 first-class shinobi!" Naruto asked, remembering. "Trading blows just now, I learned a lot about you and what you're thinking. It means that we've become first-class shinobi. Both you and me. So Sasuke... how about it." closing his eyes. "Can you tell me what it is I'm thinking right now?" placing his right hand on his chest. "Can you read my mind?" opening his eyes. "And can you understand?" lowering his right arm. "That if you and I fight each other... we'll both die."

Everyone stood in silence for a moment.

"Sasuke... If you attack Konoha, then I will be forced to fight, don't doubt that. Until that day, save your hatred. Then you can throw all of it right at me! The only one who can handle all of your hatred is me! Do you understand? I'm the only who can fulfill that duty." Naruto asked.

Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger.

"Then, I will carry the burden of all your hatred. And I'll die with you!" Naruto said.

Tobi stood up from the water.

Sakura looked at Naruto sadly.

"What is it with you?! Huh? Just what in the hell do you want from me?! Why are you so fixated on me?!" Sasuke asked, yelling.

Naruto smiled. "Because you're my friend." he said.

Sasuke didn't say anything.

"Sasuke... From the moment we met, I knew it would take a lot of work. If I was ever gonna understand you." Naruto said then held up his right fist. "Exchanging punches is the way we understand each other, I know that. Like I said just now, it means that both of us have become high level shinobi."

Sasuke smirked.

"Once we really understand each other, your hatred will go away. Just like mine when I met Iruka-sensei." Naruto said. "I haven't given up on you, not yet! I will take you and Karin back to the Hidden Leaf Village. I'll never change my mind, dattebayo!"

"Naruto... y-you..." Sakura thought.

Naruto closed his eyes as he lowered his right arm. "Alright, I-I guess that I'm done nagging you for now, Sasuke. Damn it, this is ridiculous! I'm not any good with words I shouldn't try to lecture you, dattebayo." he said. "Well I guess if the worst does happen and both of us end up dying you won't be an Uchiha and I won't be the Nine-Tails jinjuriki anymore. We'll be free of our burdens and we'll understand each other in the afterlife." opening his eyes.

Sakura closed her eyes as she cried.

Karin looked down at the water, unsure of something.

Sakura opened her eyes as she stopped crying.

Everyone stood in a moment of silence again.

Sasuke made a serious face. "I'm not going to change. Not do I feel like understanding you. Nor do I feel like dying. You're the one who's going to die." he said.

Karin lifted her head up.

Naruto continued to smile at Sasuke. "If I die, you'll die with me, Sasuke." he said.

Sasuke smirked as he closed his eyes for a moment then opened them again. "Fine by me but at I'll take you down first!" he said.

"No problem, since it's clear that you still don't respect me at all." Naruto said.

"Enough, Naruto. I'll handle Sasuke. You still have to pursue precious your dream of becoming Hokage. I don't want you to be dragged down with him." Kakashi said.

"Could someone who can't even save one of his friends really become Hokage? Fine Sasuke, I'll fight you!" the Naruto clones said.

Kakashi and Sakura looked at one of Naruyo clones before they turned forward.

"Naruto's stands here with clear resolve..." Sakura thought, remembering what Naruto said earlier before she closed her eyes. "While my courage and determination do nothing but continued to waiver. Even though I'm a shinobi too but I'm always crying and relying too much on Naruto." wiping her eyes with both hands before opening her eyes again. "I came here thinking that I was past all that but still I hesitate. I haven't really prepared myself at all. I can't do anything, I can't say anything. All I can do is... Believe in both of them!"

Kakashi stepped forward. "Alright, I'll leave Sasuke to you, Naruto." he said then stopped. "However, watch over my body, Sakura. I'm going to take care of Madara right here and now." then activated his Mangekyo Sharingan. "Kamui!"

Tobi held up his left arm. "Hold it right there, Kakashi. That jutsu won't work on me." he said.

Kakashi started to sweat as he inactivated his Mangekyo Sharingan to a Sharingan.

Tobi looked at Sasuke. "Let's go, Sasuke." he said, placing his right hand on Sasuke's left shoulder.

Sasuke held out his right hand for Karin, who looked up at him before holding it with her left hand.

"Madara... I wanna talk you later." Sasuke said.

Tobi activated his Transportation Technique on himself, White Zetsu, Sasuke, and Karin as they disappeared.

...

Mountains Graveyard.

Outside.

2 minutes later.

From left to right, Karin, Sasuke, and Tobi were walking into one of the Akatsuki's Hideout entrances. White Zetsu left as soon as possible.

"What did you want to talk about?" Tobi asked.

"I want Itachi's eyes." Sasuke said.

Tobi looked at Sasuke. "So, you've finally decided. You've used the Susano'o too much. I'm aware that you can barely see anything." he said.

Sasuke suddenly felt his head hurting before he placed his left hand on his head.

"It's perfect timing." Tobi said.

"Transplant them right away!" Sasuke said.

"You're in quite the hurry. What's brought this on?" Tobi asked.

"I will crush Naruto with all my strength, and then I will exterminate everything there is about him. That's all." Sasuke said.

Karin looked down.

"Karin." Sasuke said.

"Yes." Karin said.

"I want you to help with the surgery." Sasuke said.

"H-hai." Karin said but wasn't completely sure on working with Madara.

...

10 minutes later.

One of the Rooms.

The room had lots of in a box full of liquid.

Sasuke, who had his shirt and cloth off, was laying on a brown table while Tobi standing on the left side of Sasuke and holding a scalpel in his right hand as Karin, who had her hair wrapped up in a mid-ponytail, was standing on the right side of Sasuke.

Tobi and Karin looked down at Sasuke.

"I'm doing it. Ready?" Tobi asked.

"Just do it." Sasuke said as started thinking about Itachi. "Niisan... I'm going to crush Konoha!" he thought.

"I just hope Sasuke gets his sight back completely." Karin thought.

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End of Chapter 16.

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