Sasuke vs. Itachi
Sasuke and his team were heading to the hide out when Karin sense something.
"Oh my god, there's an incredible chakra coming our way fast!" Karin told them.
Kisame jumped out of nowhere as they stopped.
"You're…" Suigetsu responded.
"Sasuke, if you would, please continue on by yourself," Kisame told Sasuke, "The rest of your are to wait here."
"No problem, I only formed this team to make sure no one would interfere when I finally find him," Sasuke responded.
"That's crazy Sasuke! We should kick this guy's butt and fight Itachi together!" Karin responded.
"I'm really not in the mood for another fight…but if you insist on passing together, I won't go easy on any of you," Kisame explained.
"Wait here with Suigetsu and Juugo Karin, this is my revenge," Sasuke ordered.
Sasuke jumped off past Kisame.
"Kisame Hoshigaki and his great sword the Samehada," Suigetsu greeted.
"Huh?" Kisame responded.
"Do you remember me? I'm Mangetsu Houzuki's brother, Suigetsu Houzuki," Suigetsu explained.
"Are you now? I didn't even recognize you," Kisame responded, "You've really grown, Suigetsu."
"Since we're stuck here waiting for Sasuke, what say we kill some time and have some fun?" Suigetsu asked grabbing his Zampacto.
"Is see you haven't lost your mischievous streak," Kisame responded, "All right, I'll gladly shave a few layers off you!" Kisame responded.
"Suigetsu, are you sure about this?" Juugo asked, "You're ignoring Sasuke's orders."
"Show some backbone, you lazy bum," Karin thought in response to Jugo's question.
…Naruto's POV…
My group was heading to find Sasuke when a mask man wearing the Akatsuki cloak jump onto a branch above us, causing us to stop.
"Wow, I didn't think I'd find a bunch of leaf ninja way out here," the man said, "And it's 8-on-1, that's so not fair!"
"That cloak…he's an Akatsuki," Yamato responded.
"He's not in the list that Kabuto left us," Kakashi responded.
"Oh, that's because I'm new to the company," the man responded, "My name is Tobi, nice to meet you!"
"Don't start acting cocky yet, we haven't even started!" Kiba shouted with Akamaru barking.
"Don't make any sudden moves…just observe him for now…he's severly outnumbered, we've got the advantage," Kakashi told us.
"You're not taking me seriously?" Tobi asked, "Not cool!"
Suddenly I came behind Tobi with the Rasengan as the one he was watching was one of my shadow clones.
Tobi turned around and saw me just as I jabbed my Rasengan at him.
However I faze right through Tobi and fell into a lake as my shadow clone disappeared.
"What just happened?" Kiba asked.
"He saw through Naruto's attack somehow," Yamato responded.
"Hmm…maybe now's a good time," Tobi said.
I climb back on top of the water and walk back on land.
"What kind of game should we play now?" Tobi asked.
"We don't have time to play around, so you better back down or else," I threaten.
"That's right," Sakura responded.
"We need to stay on Sasuke's trail," Shino responded.
"Oh yeah," Kiba agreed.
…Normal POV…
Sasuke arrived at the base where Itachi was waiting, sitting on a seat in the hideout.
"Hello little brother," Itachi greeted.
"I been waiting for this moment," Sasuke responded, "I'm going top kill you once and for all."
"Is that so," Itachi responded and walk pass Sasuke, "Let's see how good you are then."
Sasuke moved around to attack but Itachi blocked him with his hand holding a kunai.
Itachi moved in with his Kunai to attack but Sasuke pulled out his Katana and blocked it.
Itachi jumped above the Katana to kick but Sasuke dodge him.
Itachi grabbed Sasuke's cloak, landed behind him, and threw Sasuke over his head into the ground.
Sasuke got back up and jumped back to create distance as he made the hand signs and formed the chidori.
"Chidori Current!" Sasuke shouted slamming the Chidori into the ground.
Current of electricity came at Itachi.
Itachi jumped above the attack but Sasuke use the moment to stab him and force him into the ground.
"You've gotten stronger," Itachi responded.
"Before I kill you, I have one last question," Sasuke told Itachi.
Itachi moved his hand and pointed somewhere.
Sasuke look to see Itachi was on the seat unharmed, as the one Sasuke hit split up into many birds.
"I'm willing to listen to what you want to know?" Itachi responded.
"Have you gone deaf?" Sasuke responded.
Suddenly a blade went through Itachi from his chair.
Sasuke appeared behind the chair with his katana through it.
The Sasuke Itachi was looking at turned into snakes.
"Genjutsu," Itachi responded.
"I missed your vitals so you can answer my question," Sasuke responded remembering what Itachi told him about the secret scrolls, "You told me there was a third person with the Mangekyou Sharingan. That means there's a third Uchiha Survivor."
"Why do you want to know about him?" Itachi asked.
"Because he's next on my list to kill after you," Sasuke explained.
"You kill him?" Itachi responded.
"On that night, when you said there was a third person…I realized that it could only be someone you didn't kill…which meant that he must've helped you wipe out the rest of our clan," Sasuke explained, "After all, even you couldn't have killed the leaf's entire military police force on your own."
Itachi smirked in response and said, "So you figured it out."
"Who is it?" Sasuke asked.
"One of the leaf's founding fathers and the first person ever to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan," Itachi responded, "Madara Uchiha!"
"Impossible! If he's one of the founding fathers then he should be dead!" Sasuke responded, "Don't mess with me!"
"Madara is very much alive, but I can't force you to believe me, that's your choice," Itachi responded.
"I had enough of your lies," Sasuke responded.
"People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define 'reality'," Itachi said, "But what does it mean to be 'Correct' or 'True' merely vague concepts…their 'reality' may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?"
"What are you getting at?" Sasuke asked.
"Like the way you simply decided that Madara must be dead, like the way you believed I was a kind caring brother," Itachi explained.
Sasuke remembered when he thought that way about Itachi up till seeing his parents dead.
"I was so young…my only explanation was that was all a horrible nightmare. I wanted to believe it wasn't real, that I was just trapped in someone's cruel Genjutsu," Sasuke responded, "But it did happen! That was reality!"
Sasuke turned around and send a chidori.
Itachi was behind him, sitting, as the chidori missed.
"My eyes are wide open now. My Sharingan sees right through your Genjutsu," Sasuke responded.
Itachi started chuckling.
"How familiar, you getting angry and shouting threats at me," Itachi finally said, "Still, I suppose they're not just words this time…"
The Itachi and the chair Sasuke hit disappeared revealing to be another Genjutsu.
"However, I can't help noticing you still don't have the same eyes as me, Sasuke," Itachi said.
Sasuke called off his chidori.
"I don't need the Mangekyou Sharingan to take you down," Sasuke responded.
"Confident aren't you?" Itachi responded.
…
On the ceiling Zetsu seem fuse to it, watching the ordeal.
"They haven't even moved an inch. They're fighting durely with Genjutsu for now," Zetsu thought.
…
Sasuke and Itachi look at each other with their Sharingan active.
"The Mangekyou Sharingan, has a very unique characteristics," Itachi said.
"…" Sasuke responded.
"From the day you awaken it, your eyes begin a slow descent into darkness. The more you use them, the quicker the process moves," Itachi responded.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sasuke asked.
"The kaleidoscope will eventually lose its light," Itachi responded.
"Blindness…so that's the price you pay for gaining control of the Nine-Tail Fox's Power?" Sasuke asked.
"You actually listened to me and read the tablets in the secret meeting room," Itachi responded activating his Mangekyou Sharingan.
Sasuke remembered the tablets.
"Who is Madara?" Sasuke asked.
"A man whose eyes said to tamed the fist Nine-Tail Fox, Naruto's father. My accomplice and my teacher," Itachi answered, "The only person in history to learn the Sharingan's final secrets. An invincible immortal. That's who Madara Uchiha is."
"Madara Uchiha, learned the final secret of the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Sasuke asked, "There's more than being able to control Naruto?"
"Yes…the last and most important piece of the puzzle," Itachi responded.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked.
"It's the story of our clan history, long before our time," Itachi answered, "A story of Madara and his younger brother."
Sasuke found himself suddenly in a compound.
He look and found two brothers fighting.
"The two of them were equals in every possible way and were constantly competing to become the stronger one. They both awaken their Sharingan, and refine their abilities until finally they both awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan. Something that no one in their clan been able to do. Soon the older brother became the leader of the clan," Itachi explained, "Soon Madara found out the trouble of the Mangekyou Sharingan that I warned you about. He did everything in his path to try and avoid the darkness. Then one day he finally took his brother's Mangekyou Sharingan from both eyes and fuse it with his own. After that the darkness never came again, and Madara saw the light, and unleashed new power. Soon he allied with other shinobi and the Senju clan and formed the Hidden Leaf Village. This last until the fight between Madara and the first Hokage."
"What does this have to do with Naruto's father?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, after he survived thanks to his eyes, he formed the Akatsuki and went into hiding. He also was behind the Nine-tail's attack on Mt. Oinari, and was planning to use it to attack the leaf until the 9 villagers of the village stopped him," Itachi responded.
Things went back to normal to Sasuke's eyes.
"Today, Madara is a pathetic shell of his former self. He's no longer worthy of being considered the greatest Uchiha. I'm now the only one who would surpass him," Itachi responded, "And now! The time to take my prize and gain the greater power than him has finally arrived. You Sasuke! You will become my new life!"
Sasuke was surprise by Itachi's response.
A creature formed and use hair to trap Sasuke.
"You were my spare! For decades the Uchiha killed their friends to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan and killed their siblings to make its power permanent!" Itachi shouted, "Our clan was forever tainted because they couldn't stop flaunting their power! Your fate has been drenched in blood since the day you were born."
A hand came at Sasuke's eyes.
However things ended as Sasuke was back to normal.
Sasuke removed the bandages from his forehead and took off his cloak.
"I take it you saw my true self clearly," Itachi responded.
"It was for this moment huh?" Sasuke asked, "Finally, it all ends here!"
"You can't win against me, because I have the Mangekyou Sharingan and you don't," Itachi responded.
Sasuke removed his wrist bandages revealing a seal on his wrist.
"You can use your eyes as much as you want, but I will make my goal reality," Sasuke responded.
Sasuke move his hand over both seals and summoned a couple of Shurikans.
Sasuke threw them at Itachi.
Itachi blocked them but the shurikans with his own.
Sasuke and Itachi came at each other and grabbed each other's wrist.
Then Itachi appeared behind the one Sasuke was holding, as one was a clone, and threw some kunai.
The curse seal on Sasuke budge out and a snake formed and block the Kunais.
The two Itachis jumped back to avoid the snake.
The snake move back as Sasuke was spinning a Demon Wind Shurikan and threw it.
One of the Itachis blocked the Shurikan with a kunai.
However the shurikan was charge with Chidori, broke through the kunai and hit one of the Itachis.
The Itachi Sasuke hit scattered as birds.
Itachi moved in and kicked Sasuke.
Sasuke hit the wall hard.
Sasuke formed the chidori but Itachi grabbed his hand and block his feet.
Itachi move his hand toward Sasuke.
"Forgive me Sasuke," Itachi told Sasuke opening his eye wide and took Sasuke's eye, "I warned you, without the Mangekyou Sharingan you don't stand a chance."
Sasuke overed the area where his eye was as it bleed.
"Now for the other one," Itachi responded
Sasuke's curse mark spread through Sasuke's body as a winged hand formed on his back.
Itachi jumped back to avoid the wing.
Itachi took out a jar and put Sasuke's eye in it.
"This is the gap between our Power," Itachi told Sasuke.
Suddenly an Itachi clone appeared behind Sasuke.
"And the gap between our eyes," he finished.
Itachi grabbed Sasuke from behind and immobilize him.
Itachi moved in to take Sasuke's other eye.
Sasuke's curse mark move to his other eye as he transformed.
Itachi was caught off guard as Sasuke broke what seem to be an illusion.
…Reality…
Sasuke opened his eyes revealing to have both.
Itachi was covering his one eye.
"My tsukuyomi…you…" Itachi responded as Sasuke got up.
"I told you, you can use your eyes on me over and over again, but it won't work," Sasuke responded.
"Fine then," Itachi responded getting up, "I'll make the illusion I showed you a reality as well."
Itachi closed one eye and made the hand sign.
Sasuke touch his seal, summoned another Demon Wind Shurikan and threw it.
Itachi duck to see one in the shadow of the first one.
Itachi jumped between the gap of the two and dodge it.
However Sasuke use wires to pull back one of the Shurikans.
The shurikan hit Itachi.
Itachi collapsed to the ground.
Itachi grabbed the Shurikan and removed it.
"You're getting slower Itachi," Sasuke said and made the hand signs, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
Sasuke took a deep breath and blew out a fireball.
Itachi jumped above the flames but Sasuke was ready.
Sasuke formed the Chidori and came at Itachi.
Itachi dodge it and blew out ash.
However Sasuke use the curse mark and partially transform to use his winged-hand as a shield.
Sasuke and Itachi made the hand signs and took a deep breath shouting, "Fireball Jutsu!"
They both blew a fireball at each other and the flames hit each other.
However Sasuke's fireball started pushing back Itachi's.
Itachi closed one eye as it started to bleed.
"Amaterasu!" Itachi thought opening his eye.
Black flames formed around Sasuke's fireball overpowering it.
However the black flames broke apart after destroying Sasuke's jutsu.
Itachi closed his eye and Sasuke moved in to attack again.
Itachi opened his eyes and Amaterasu came at Sasuke again.
Sasuke countered it with his wing-hand.
However the flames consume Sasuke.
Itachi got up and walk toward Sasuke's body.
However when the flames retreated it revealed a hole where Sasuke was at.
…
Sasuke was in the room bellow looking at the hole.
He dodge using one of Orochimaru's replacement techniques (the one Orochimaru use to dodge Naruto's attacks).
Sasuke fully transformed and made the hand signs.
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted taking a deep breath and blew out flames that formed a dragon.
The dragon hit the hole and went through hitting Itachi.
Sasuke send more fireballs.
Itachi dodge each attack.
The attacks ended as both Itachi and Sasuke were exhausted.
Itachi look down the hole seeing Sasuke out of breath.
"You're out of chakra, that replacement technique took a lot of chakra," Itachi said.
However lighting clouds gathered above Itachi.
"I maybe out of chakra but this technique I'm using is hard to avoid," Sasuke responded.
The ceiling was destroyed from the attacks as rain fell into the rooms.
Suddenly lightnings fired down and formed a beast and hit Itachi.
Itachi collapsed from the hit.
"It's over, I did it," Sasuke responded.
"Is that so!" someone said.
They turned to see Itachi standing up as a skeleton like creature had appeared around him.
Sasuke transformed with his curse mark.
"If I haven't use this, I would've been obliterated," Itachi said, "Behold Susano!"
"Susano?" Sasuke responded.
"The third and final technique of the Mangekyou Sharingan," Itachi explained, "If I were you, I would use any other technique you're saving."
The sky cleared up as the clouds broke.
Susano started gaining muscles over it's skeleton.
Suddenly Sasuke's curse mark started hurting.
"I can give you what you want…Shall I lend you my power...?" a voice asked, "Admit it Sasuke,, you need me. You do want your revenge on Itachi don't you?"
Sasuke collapsed in pain.
"Come unleash me…and your wish will be granted…" A voice told Sasuke.
Snakes formed from Sasuke's back and came at Itachi.
"I know this feeling…Orochimaru's hydra technique…" Itachi responded.
The snakes attack Itachi head on.
However Itachi's Susano cut through each head.
Suddenly Orochimaru formed from one of the snakes.
A sword came out of Orochimaru's mouth.
"Thank to you, I been reborn, and I will take over Sasuke," Orochimaru said.
Susano took a blade and stab Orochimaru.
The sword suck Orochimaru into it killing him for good.
Sasuke turned to normal as the snake was pulled into Susano's jar.
"End of the line Sasuke," Itachi said heading toward Sasuke, "I'll take your eyes now."
Suddenly Itachi felt pain in his chest as he puked out blood and Susano disappeared.
Sasuke use the time to throw a kunai with paper bombs.
It hit and exploded.
The smoke cleared as Itachi was still standing.
Sasuke use a scroll to summon a kunai with wire holding paper bombs.
Sasuke threw the Kunai at Itachi.
It hit and the paper bombs exploded.
However Susano was still protecting Itachi.
Sasuke took out his Katana and went to attack.
However Susano hit Sasuke into the ground.
Itachi came up and move his hands at Sasuke.
However instead of taking Sasuke's eyes, Itachi flick Sasuke in the forehead.
Susano disappeared as Itachi collapsed dead.
…
Zetsu, who had been moving from one part of the building to another, was shocked at what just happened.
"Itachi…lost," Zetsu responded.
…
Clouds gathered as it started raining.
Sasuke look at his brother and smiled before collapsing.
…Naruto's POV…
Our group was trying our best to immobilize Tobi but he seem to faze through all our attacks.
Shino tried his insects but somehow Tobi teleported out of there.
Kiba tried one more attack, but Tobi side step avoided him.
Suddenly a plant like man form next to Tobi.
"Well?" Tobi asked.
"It's all over," the man said, "Itachi is dead, Sasuke won!"
Sakura and I were shocked hearing it.
"Whooooa! Didn't see that coming," Tobi responded, "Not! Just as I predicted."
"S-Sasuke killed Itachi," Sakura responded.
"Where's Sasuke?" I asked.
Kakashi look into the eye whole of Tobi's mask and saw the Sharingan.
"I'll play with you children some other time," Tobi said as space bend around him until he disappeared.
"Let's go! We have to get to Sasuke before them!" Kakashi ordered.
Next Time: We weren't able to find Sasuke and return with a failed mission. Meanwhile Sasuke meets Madara Uchiha and learn the truth about his brother. What kind of secret does Itachi hold, and what kind of choice does Sasuke make? Read to Find Out...