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"Who are you?!" the teen demanded. "Are you Orochimaru?!"The man laughed once again, angering Sasuke in the process.
"It's not him Sasuke, it's Kabuto." Sayuri explained. His skin was chalky white, his eyes framed by the same snake like markings Orochimaru had, and their color had changed to a golden yellow as well. "What the hell happened to you?" Sayuri made a face as Kabuto smirked at her.
"Sayuri…!" Itachi scolded the brunette.
"What?!" she shrugged. Itachi sighed and shook his head. The girl was never really one for manners unless absolutely necessary.
The named person turned to face the three shinobi with a wicked smile. His luck really was changing. Kabuto's eyes shifted from Itachi to Sayuri to Sasuke. He was being rewarded by having three of the strongest ninja before him.
First was Itachi, whom he could put under his control once again once he figured out how. Then there was Sasuke, who was promised to him by the masked Madara once the war had ended in their victory. Finally there was Sayuri, who, from what he had figured out, Madara had wanted something from at a very young age. Kabuto smirked, he would definitely find out just what the masked man had wanted from the young brunette, and depending on what it was he would decide whether to use it against the man or to use it for himself.
Kabuto laughed as the three ninja took a defensive stance. Yes, his luck was definitely changing.
Forgiveness
The snake behind Kabuto hissed and moved in the air as if getting ready to strike. The movement put Sayuri on edge. All she really wanted to do at the moment was, get rid of the damn thing. The silver haired man turned his eyes to the younger of the Uchiha and began.
"Sasuke…" Kabuto spoke with a smile. The young Uchiha looked at the man with slight disgust. "Itachi is currently a nuisance to us both." His eyes shifted over to Sayuri who stood between the two brothers. "He murdered your clan, and now has Sayuri with him. He's stopping you from reaching your goals, Sasuke. Let's join forces and end him once and for all. We have the same power of our former master after all."
"I'm not calling him my master." Answered the boy. "You also don't get the point. I followed them here because I want to talk to Itachi, as for her…" Sharingan eyes shifted to the brunette as his side. "I simply want to know where the original is."
"All right, Sasuke…" Kabuto began. "Whose side are you on?"
The younger Uchiha merely narrowed his eyes and threw three shuriken at the silver haired snake only to have them deflected by his older brothers. Kabuto seemed to not care as he continued to stare at his board.
"Why?!" Sasuke demanded, turning to his brother not understanding why Itachi had protected Kabuto in the first place. "He's the same as Orochimaru, so he's my enemy as well as yours!"
"It's because we can't kill him." Sayuri explained. "We kill him and the jutsu will keep going. The dead will never rest. They'll be reborn again and again without end. He's the only one that can stop the Edo Tensei…" She looked at him, eyes narrowed. "That's why."
"All right." Itachi sighed. "I'll talk to you later…In exchange for that…Help us defeat him first, without killing him." The older of the two Uchiha brothers turned to the younger brunette. "Sayuri, you'll have to stay back."
"What?! Why?!" she demanded.
"I'll be using my Tsukuyomi to understand the jutsu, and then I will control him and stop it. I don't want you to get caught in the illusion. It's for precaution, on top of that…" His eyes watched the clone's chakra. "You seem to be running out of chakra."
Sayuri looked down at the ground and began to tug on the sleeve of her turtle neck. "Fine, fine."
Kabuto chuckled. "Your plan seems to be perfect, in theory. But as I said earlier, this jutsu has no weakness."
"Every jutsu has a weakness. This jutsu's weakness is me."
Sayuri scoffed and crossed her arms. "I guess it really is true. All Uchiha are just as arrogant and self centered as the next." Both men turned to the girl who looked at them with amusement.
Sasuke smirked while Itachi smiled. "Thanks." the two said in unison.
"It wasn't a compliment." She sighed and stepped back as the two stepped forward, closing the gap between them.
"Itachi, you better keep your promise this time." The taller of the two turned to his little brother in confusion. "When we were younger, you'd always tell me 'later' and it was always a lie. At least this one time try to actually keep it."
Itachi smiled and nodded. "All right, I'll keep my promise."
Kabuto stood and let his tongue hang out. "The two Uchiha brothers and the last Marihasha." He smiled. "This will be interesting." He pulled his cloak over his head. "Forgive me I'm quite shy and hate being stared at by other people."
"Shy my ass. He's doing that to keep you from using a genjutsu on him." Sayuri exclaimed from her spot behind the two.
Itachi shook his head. "Will she ever learn?"
"She was never really all that polite to begin with." Sasuke shrugged. "If I remember correctly, you used to spoil her."
"Quit talking about me like I'm not here and focus on Kabuto. Those snakes of his seem to know exactly where you are." Sayuri exclaimed, her green eyes watching the white reptiles move around their cloaked master.
"Snakes can sense things through temperature and they can also do it with their sense of smell by passing the smell in their mouth."
"It seems like you've learned a lot…Dr. Snakes." Itachi praised as he leant forward.
"I had to do a lot of research if I wanted to defeat Orochimaru."
"But you won't defeat me by becoming a snake expert." Kabuto exclaimed forming a single hand seal. "This is my field. Nature will be on my side.
"The snakes got bigger!" Sayuri exclaimed from behind them.
"Be careful, it might be a trap." Itachi warned his brother who kept his eyes on Kabuto's every move.
"A trap?" the man asked. "I don't think so!"
Suddenly the snakes hissed and launched themselves at the three ninja. Just before the snakes could reach them the ceiling above them collapsed. Sayuri winced and covered her head waiting for something to hit her but when nothing came she slowly looked around her only to find Itachi's Susanoo holding two snakes back, while Sasuke's Susanoo held one hand over her head to keep the rubble from crushing her as the other hand cut through one off the snakes easily.
"Don't be to rough Sasuke! Remember we need him alive!"
"He has Orochimaru's power! He won't die that easily." The younger exclaimed.
"Sasuke!" Itachi called out for him but the teen impatient as ever rushed forward.
"He's in the hood right?!" Sasuke's Susanoo reached for the hooded figure, pulling the cloak back only to reveal three more snakes connected to the ones his brother was holding back.
"Sasuke!" Sayuri called out just as the white reptiles hissed and headed his way.
They never reached the dark haired Uchiha as they moved around him, slithering up the spiked rocks that hanged from the roof of the cave in an attempt to go into hiding. Noticing this, Sasuke took out his sword and threw it at one only to have it pull away splitting its tail in half.
"Are you trying to escape by shedding off your skin?" Sasuke asked his eyes darting from one end of the cave to the other. "Looks like you're no more than a piece of trash that was left behind by Orochimaru."
"Don't underestimate me, Sasuke." Kabuto's voice echoed throughout the cavern. "Although the bounty on your head is higher than mine I think you'll be surprised by what I can actually do."
"There's a lot of chakra in the area." Sayuri informed the two Uchiha. "I can't tell from where it's coming from but I can feel it."
Itachi focused his eyes deeper into the cave and scowled. "It's the snakes…I can't figure out which one is Kabuto and which are fake."
"What I just did was a result from years of researching the transformation ability of the Houzuki clan." Itachi and Sasuke took a defensive stance and looked around the cave for any signs that would give the man away. Sayuri on the other hand, crossed her arms and closed her eyes.
"You actually know one of them..Sasuke…His name is Suigetsu." Kabuto laughed. "He can transform into water from a human and can turn back into a human from water. It's that ability that allows my technique to look like I'm shedding my skin. I also have an impressive recovery power. Now that I got from the red headed Uzumaki woman after I studied her body."
"Red head…" Sayuri mumbled an image of the angry redhead came to mind. "Wait she's an Uzumaki?!" Sayuri asked taken by surprise.
Kabuto's chuckle echoed throughout the cave. "People from the Uzumaki clan all have red hair…they all posses the ability to live long lives. Each clan has its own special ability…like yours for example." Sayuri narrowed her eyes. "The Marihasha have the ability to control the elements, isn't that right?"
"You're repulsive." Sayuri's green eyes darted around the cave. "You did all those experiments on them just to get power!"
"Lady Sayuri…" Kabuto chuckled. "You of all people know this better than the Uchiha brothers…" Sayuri stopped her searching instead turning her full attention to the man's voice. "…In this world if you have no talent, you're useless. So why not just go and take it from others and make it yours."
"By the sounds of it, I'd say you took Juugo's power too. " Sasuke stated his eyes fixed on a point in the far back of the cave. "Did Orochimaru give you the curse mark too?"
"Ha!" Four white snakes suddenly emerged, each slithering around one spike or another. "That's just an old trick. Only that kind of ability can be gained by self-training at the Ryuchi Cave."
"What is that?" Sayuri asked Itachi who seemed surprised by the news.
"It's a legendary cave where a sacred White Snake Sage resides. A person can go train there to achieve Sage Mode." The elder Uchiha explained.
"That's right!" Kabuto exclaimed. "Under the White Snake Sage, I trained myself and gained that ability. I finally surpassed Lord Orochimaru!"
Using his Susanoo, Sasuke made it shoot an arrow at the snakes that had just come out despite his brother's warnings. Sayuri gritted her teeth and looked at the area once the rubble had cleared.
He missed! She cursed under her breath. Her green shaded eyes on the four headed snake that had simply curved its body to the right. One of the heads opened its mouth allowing a hand to slip out, pointer finger extended and wagging from left to right in a 'no' gesture.
"Like I said, nature is on my side." The man slowly was regurgitated by the snake; his pale body fell to the ground with ease.
"Ew…" The brunette stepped back clear disgust on her face.
"Don't worry." Sasuke told Sayuri with a smirk. "He's just another imperfect snake, like Orochimaru."
"Now, now, Sasuke…" Kabuto stood a sick smile on his face. "I'm no longer a snake. The Sage Mode helped me shed my snake skin…" He crouched making a single hand seal. "I'm a dragon now! Sage Art: White Rage Jutsu!" Kabuto released a white dragon like being from his mouth, holding a black orb and coiling itself around it as it approached the three ninja.
The orb began to shine until suddenly an explosion shook the entire cave. All three shut their eyes and gripped their ears in an attempt to keep the blinding light and the horrible noise out. Sayuri's fists gripped her hair tighter, feeling her body shake. The intense vibrations were making her sick. She slowly fell to one knee while the two brothers remained standing.
Kabuto rushed at them, moving easily through the bright vibrating room. Attacking Itachi sounds good…I could break the genjutsu he's under and have him under my command. Better yet…
Kabuto opened his snake like mouth to make it the size of his whole body. Itachi winced as he opened one eye trying to look after the two younger shinobi. Sayuri on the other had tensed when she sensed Kabuto's chakra rushing towards them.
No…Sayuri gritted her teeth and with much effort managed to make a three quick hand seals. Earth Style: Earth wall. Itachi didn't fall to far behind as he made his Susanoo hold his younger brother in a fist. The two jutsu activated at the same time, Sayuri's earth wall appearing right before Sasuke. Kabuto just barely managed to avoid colliding face first with the wall as he slid to the left.
"Hmmm…Sayuri, you seem to be pretty good at sensing my chakra" His mouth slowly started to seal together at his jaw. "And you, Itachi…you seem to be good a sensing chakra as well."
Itachi scoffed. "Who told you I could sense chakra?" He asked, slowly lowering his hands and straightening up. "I already know what you're thinking. A cautious man like you who cares about nothing other than having the upper hand would naturally go after Sasuke. You wouldn't go after Sayuri because she's simply a clone and she could disappear once you captured her. With Sasuke, though…you could use him as bait to make us do your bidding. What I didn't know was when exactly you'd attack, that's where Sayuri comes into play." Sayuri slowly stood trying to regain her bearings just as her jutsu crumbled into dust. "All I had to do was wait for her cue and act on it."
Kabuto frowned for a mere second before it was replaced by a smirk. "You are an incredibly insightful Uchiha. You're much different from the others in that you can read people easily…manipulate them even." He laughed. "That's why you were such a good liar. You never once told a single truth before you died. You're a complete liar."
"That's not true." Sayuri placed a small hand on Itachi's arm. "He's trying to get under your skin." The Uchiha turned to the teen about to smile when they heard Sasuke activate his Chidori. "You missed." She pointed to the roof of the cave where Kabuto hung upside down. Sasuke growled and glared daggers at the white snake like man.
"Very good, Lady Sayuri." He applauded. "But having those two together will get you nowhere. None of you can compete with my perceptual ability, and because Itachi is completely unreliable neither you nor little Sasuke over there, know much about one another."
Both brothers tensed and looked off to the side. Neither one was able to refute the idea because they felt it true. Itachi had lied one too many times, and by consequence Sasuke had no idea who his brother really was. Itachi on the other hand felt sorry for his little brother. Never had he meant for things to get so out of hand.
"Didn't both of you once go on a small mission?" Sayuri asked nervously looking from one brother to the other. "I…I remember both you coming back, bragging about how you handled some boar." Itachi smiled at the memory and Sasuke smirked.
"Yeah…" said Sasuke turning to his brother, "…I remember that." Sasuke looked at Sayuri. "I also remember you being jealous."
"As if!" she crossed her arms with a pout.
Itachi mumbled a small thank you to the girl who stepped back as the brothers once again stepped forward. "Well, little brother…let's go."
"Ok."
Both Uchiha readied their Susanoo's. Sasuke's held a bow while Itachi's held a necklace. Itachi attacked fist, sending his necklace flying toward Kabuto, exploding on impact, just then Sasuke released his arrow catching the man by his tail. Kabuto hung upside down trying to get to Sasuke's chokutō.
"Itachi!" Sayuri called when she noticed what the silver haired ninja was up to. The Uchiha rushed at him only to be stabbed in the chest by Kabuto. In a matter of second Itachi's body broke into several crows, then reappeared holding the sword and cutting one of Kabuto's horns.
"Oh right…I forgot about the horns." He said fingering the bone. "I haven't gotten used to them yet."
Sasuke approached Itachi standing beside him as they looked at Kabuto. "Now beating a giant boar is jut easy as pie to you." Itachi glanced at his brother who smirked.
"Now instead of a giant boar, we're dealing with a snake."
"Right." The elder agreed returning his gaze to the silver haired snake.
"You two sure are awfully chummy, considering you…" Kabuto pointed at Sasuke. "…Once loathed him." He turned to Itachi. "I can understand that something might have happened when you defeated Itachi, but what I can't understand is what you want from a dead person."
Sasuke's Mangekyo deactivated back into a normal Sharingan. "I want the truth."
"Oh, now I see. Is it possible that he already told you the truth?" Placing a hand on his hip he tilted his head as he regarded Sasuke. "Now I understand why you didn't go back to the leaf and joined Akatsuki instead." He tilted his head to Sayuri who stood behind them. "And what about you Lady Sayuri?"
"What about me?" she asked on the defensive.
"Don't tell me that you have no idea what really happened with the Uchiha."
"Oh, I know all right…" she looked at Itachi's back and crossed her arms. Sasuke turned to Sayuri then in shock. How could Itachi tell her and not him?
"I didn't tell her anything." Itachi explained. "She found out on her own, she just wanted me to confirm it."
"So then, Lady Sayuri, you don't plan on destroying the leaf as well?" She remained silent as Kabuto chuckled. "You don't want to help Sasuke destroy the very village that made him and his brother suffer… the same village that made you suffer?"
"My parents died believing the leaf village. Sure it has its own shady side, but what village doesn't. My ancestors all fought to protect the leaf village, and Itachi did all he did for the leaf village. They all knew that there was something more to the village than darkness. So I will follow in their footsteps and protect the leaf village at all costs. After all I'm the Konohagakure's Sayuri Marihasha."
"Well then, Sasuke, looks like you have a huge opposition."
Sasuke turned to Sayuri who in turn, turned to him. Something in him shifted when he saw the determination in her eyes. No matter what he did or said, she was never going against the village. She loved it too much to bring it any harm. Sayuri on the other hand felt a small twinge of pain. She didn't want to fight Sasuke, but if she had to she would. But she felt that if she did that she would be killing a part of herself in the process.
Kabuto's chuckle broke them out their thoughts. "Tell you what, Sasuke." He pointed at himself. "You and I have the same goal, to destroy the leaf. Why don't I make it easier for both of us by eliminating who is standing between us and that goal!" Kabuto's snakes suddenly appeared behind the brunette teen.
The two Uchiha turned around just as one of them slammed Sayuri with its tail against one of the spiked rocks hanging from the ceiling. They tried to step forward but found themselves frozen, held back by large white snakes.
"Genjutsu." Itachi noted, his Sharingan activated.
"Sayuri!" Sasuke called out tugging against the snake in his mind, and trying to break the jutsu he was in.
"Sasuke, stop."
The teen turned to his brother. "Stop!? What you mean stop?! We need to do something."
"Why should we." Sasuke froze. "She's only a clone." Sasuke could only stare at his older brother before he turned in time to see Kabuto take her by the throat and slam her down onto the ground.
"I-Itachi…" His eyes shifted from his brother to the struggling girl before them. Sayuri dodged a kick only to be punched in the stomach and sent flying in the opposite direction. "She'll die."
"Does it matter?" Itachi held his brother back firmly. "It's just a clone of the real thing. In any case you want to destroy the leaf, why not just let him take her down. It'll make your goal easier to accomplish."
Sasuke gaped at his older brother. A sharp cry coming from Sayuri caught his attention once again. He watched as from Kabuto's chest the head of Orochimaru slowly came out. He felt a cold chill come down his spine a white snake held her up, arms up and out stretched to her sides while its tail wrapped itself around the bottom half of her body.
"Susanoo will not protect them from sound." Kabuto said as from his arm the shape of a young woman holding a flute started to recede back into his body. "Her name was Tayuya. She specialized in genjutsu and did so by changing the sound waves to project images into the mind. That's what happened to those two over there." Sayuri grunted and struggled to get free as the white snake hissed at her ear. She turned her green eyes to the two Uchiha who were frozen in their spots.
"You're a monster!" She bit out but Kabuto chuckled.
"When you were Rei, I always wondered why I was so interested in your chakra. Now I know…" He reached to caress her cheek. "It was because of the Marihasha blood in you." His hand gripped her face tightly forcing her to look at him. "I have always been interested in how the Marihasha chakra works…So I'll ingest you first. I'll make you a part of me. All of you talents will become mine."
The Orochimaru like creature in his abdomen changed form to that of a snake.
"Get the hell away from her!" Sasuke yelled. "I will never…" he tried to move but to no avail, "…I will never allow anyone to hurt her!"
"Good answer." Itachi smiled. "Sasuke look at me." Their eyes met, both breaking each other's illusions. In a matter of seconds, Sasuke activated Susanoo and punched Kabuto aside while Itachi cut off the head of the snake that held Sayuri in place. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, Sasuke caught her and held her to him.
"Itachi?" Sayuri called watching the man "What…what are you doing?"
"I'm going to activate the jutsu that decides destiny, Izanami." He made a single hand seal just before Kabuto cut him in two.
"Someone who had everything from the beginning like you can never understand someone like me." Kabuto pulled back as he watched Itachi fall to the ground. "All this time, I've been creating me, by adding abilities that I wanted. I made them my own, all in the effort to find who I really am.
"From the very start I was nobody. I had no name until I was found by a nun and placed in an orphanage. Then the Root came and ruined everything. I left with them to keep my 'mother' away from them. I gathered intelligence for them, only to have them betray me by sending the very person who gave me my name try and kill me. Lord Orochimaru was the only one who understood me. He helped me create a new me, with only the parts I wanted, and I will continue to do so until I am satisfied." Tears rolled down his face as he said this all the while Sasuke and Sayuri stepped back when they felt the pale man turn to them. "No one will get in my way."
Kabuto took out a kunai with a tag on it, rushing to get to Itachi's upper half. Acting quickly, Sasuke threw his sword at Kabuto only to have one of his snakes slither up and take it. Just as Kabuto was about to reach Itachi, Sayuri quickly made a three hand seals.
"Earth Style: Earth Spikes!" a series of spikes shot up between Itachi and Kabuto. The later rebounded and landed at the top of the cave, holding Sasuke's chokutō.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Beside her Sasuke blew out a red ball of fire aimed at Kabuto who quickly countered with a jutsu of his own.
"Water Style: Great Waterfall Jutsu!" A large stream of water collided with the fireball overwhelming it and heading right at Sasuke and Sayuri. The young Uchiha quickly pulled Sayuri to him and tried to escape, but he was a second too late. The jutsu hit him, and all he could do was cover the brunette with his own body.
At that moment Itachi leapt after Kabuto who stabbed him in the chest just as Sasuke and Sayuri fell to the ground causing a dull thud. Itachi's left eye suddenly lost the Sharingan as his body turned into a flock of scarecrows. Quickly he took the sword from his opponent and slashed his horn. The two men rebounded to the ground facing each other a small droplet of water falling on Kabuto's shoulder.
"What are they doing?" Sayuri asked, taking Sasuke's offered hand as he pulled her up. Itachi stood, not too far away from them with a hand atop of Kabuto's head.
"Izanami," Sasuke began. "Kabuto is technically stuck in a never ending loop fighting Itachi."
"You...you guys can do that?" she asked a mixture of awe and fear in her voice. He turned to her then, deactivating his Sharingan and watching how her hair stuck to her face and dripped from the ends. He fought the urge to move her hair away from her face while she fought down the blush that was threatening to show on her cheeks from the way he looked down at her.
With a cough Sayuri looked away braking whatever trance they were under and turned back to Itachi. "I think we should…go see your brother."
"Hn." Sasuke turned on his heel with Sayuri following him.
"He won't be getting out of this anytime soon." Itachi murmured as the two teens approached him.
Sayuri stopped right beside the older brother to peer at Kabuto. "You got him."
"In a way…" Itachi agreed, stepping away from the man. "He'll be able to get out of it once he stops trying to be something he's not."
"What?!" Sayuri turned to Itachi completely taken aback. "Why the heck would you do that?!"
Itachi sighed and turned back to Kabuto. "Because he was like me when I was younger. He thinks that he has obtained everything and nothing is impossible to him. He has convinced himself that he cannot fail, so to him failure is not an option." Both teens looked at Itachi in confusion. "To deceive myself, I stopped trusting in other people's strengths. While in Kabuto's case, he deceived himself he made other people's strengths his own. What I want for him is to realize that even though the village betrayed him, he must not blame himself."
Sasuke's fists tightened in anger. "Why are you doing this for him!? He was nothing like you! You were perfect."
Itachi looked down sadly. "I erased Sayuri's memories thinking that would help her when in reality I caused more harm than good. I was even willing to use Shisui's eye on you to control you. I treated you two like children, manipulating both of you in what I thought would be the best outcome for you." He looked at Sasuke. "So don't say that I'm perfect."
Sayuri looked down at the ground and wrapped an arm around herself just as Itachi removed Kabuto's glasses. "It's time to stop the Edo Tensei, and with that you'll be able to return to your original." Sayuri looked up at Itachi in slight shock.
"But…" She began but stopped herself. It didn't matter if she wanted Itachi to stay, she was sent here to stop this jutsu and that was all that really mattered.
"I was able to protect Konoha one last time." Itachi smiled. "I have no regrets."
"But why?!" Sasuke demanded. "After all they did to you, why are you still protecting them?! I can forgive you, but I can't forgive them!" Sasuke glared at Itachi. "How can you say you have no regrets when I turned out like this because of you?!"
"I'm sorry Sasuke." Itachi sighed. "But you also must realize that you are not alone." Sayuri glanced up at Sasuke, both meeting each other's eyes. "Now then, Kabuto…" he opened the man's eyes. "Teach me how to deactivate the Edo Tensei." Slowly Kabuto raised his hands forming the seals one at a time.
"So no matter what I say won't stop you." Sasuke finally spoke after a small moment of silence while Kabuto chanted the seals one by one. "When I saw you two I followed you here to see if what Tobi had told me was true. Then when I was finally with the two of you I remembered how we were when we were children. How we used to get along so perfectly. And the more I remember, the more I hate the Konoha." Sasuke's coal black eyes slid to Sayuri who looked at him sadly. "It's probably because you're my big brother that you keep trying to tell me what to do, but it is because I am your little brother, that I will keep doing what I'm doing. And I know that you, more than anyone understands my reasoning, Sayuri."
The brunette nodded solemnly. Of course she did. She had the same internal battle with herself. To protect Konoha, to destroy it…In the end she decided to protect the village, not only because most of the people in it were innocent but because she knew that Itachi would have wanted it.
"Edo Tensei…Release!" Kabuto's voice broke through the silence. A bright light fell on Itachi as he turned to his brother and slowly began to approach Sasuke.
"Before I say goodbye…I will tell you what you wanted to know." Sasuke looked at his brother expectantly. "What I did that night before leaving you is exactly as Tobi said. I always lied to you. I always kept you away because I didn't want you to become involved…but now that I think about it. I think that you could have been able to change our father, mother…and the entire Uchiha." Itachi reached out a hand to Sasuke as he came closer. "If I had been honest from the start and told you what was really going on…maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. But I failed…and no matter what I say now, it will not change your mind. So I'm going to tell you exactly what I think."
Itachi pulled Sasuke's head forward, hitting his forehead against his own. "You don't have to forgive me…No matter what you decide to do…from now on. I will always love you." Itachi turned his head slightly to glance back at Sayuri and grinned down at the girl who fought to keep her tears back. "Take good care of her, little brother."
A.N.
Well I'm tired…please tell me what you think :)