DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N): Time to follow up with Itachi!
TO THE STORY!
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Chapter 91: Brothers
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Jiraiya snickered at Naruto, the blonde had his head hung and was sulking because his new training was just sitting still...AND HE SUCKED AT THAT! He hated sitting still more than anything and he let out a defeated sigh. "This is gonna suck..."
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In a dark cave in a undisclosed location in Tetsu no Kuni, explosions rock the rocky expanses of near lightly space of the cave. Only the occasional burst of flame envelopes the cave with a dull orange light as muffled voices can be heard and the sounds of scuffling feet echo throughout the cave. Once the muffled sounds cease, the sound of thousands of chirping birds echo throughout the cave as a light blue light forms.
"CHIDORI!" a dark haired youth calls as he tries to impale a man in an orange mask. The youths left hand is enveloped in a shroud of lightning and rushes the tall man in a black cloak with red clouds. The youth however, fazes right through the man and destroys the bolder behind him. The man chuckles with a deep voice and turns to the youth. "Well done Sasuke, you have gotten stronger." he said in a appraising voice. Uchiha Sasuke turned to the man and knelled to him. "I'm still not strong enough to avenge our clan yet though..." Sasuke said bitterly as he clenched his fists in rage. Tobi just waved off Sasuke's irritation. "You will be in time. Our plans still have time before we need to move. You will be strong enough in time. Don't let your rage get the better of you, it will destroy you." he said calmly to the raven haired youth. Sasuke sighed and quelled his rage and calmed himself. "Right sensei. So, what do we do next?"
"For now you rest. We continue this tomorrow, and then I will further assist you with your Sharingan." the elder Uchiha explained. Sasuke nodded to his master and made his way out of the cave. Once Sasuke had left the cave Tobi turned around and activated his sharingan. "So Itachi, how did you find me? And Kisame, what brings you here as well?" he asked in a amused voice.
Itachi and Kisame walked out into the dim light of the cave and Kisame whistled. "Heh. Tobi, I thought you were just some idiot who we let join out of pity...but now that I see you like this you ain't now push over...Samehada really wants a bite of you chakra..." Kisame mused as he hefted his massive broadsword onto his shoulder. "But my biggest question is why you're here...you're supposed to be with Raiga, not plotting on using us." he growled. "I hate traitors...but traitors who want to use us makes me sick."
Kisame lunged at Tobi and swung his blade in a wide ark that passed right through the masked Uchiha. Tobi sighed in a low voice before he blurred into motion and planted a kick into the shark mans stomach. Kisame flies back over to Itachi and deftly lands on his ass. Kisame groans as he gets up from being swatted away easily. "This is gonna be a lot harder than I thought..." he mused to himself as a feral grin spread across his face showing off his sharpened teeth.
Itachi removed his Akatsuki cloak and activated his Sharingan. "If this was going to be easy, I wouldn't have brought you here Kisame. He clams to be Uchiha Madara. My informant has given me a summary of all his techniques and weaknesses. And even knowing them...this will be a difficult battle..." he said as he readied a kunai for battle. Kisame spit out a little blood to the side and removed his cloak as well. "Heh, but that just makes this all the more fun..."
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Sasuke was sitting in his room of Madara's base, staring at the ceiling and holding his hand up in a fist. "Soon Itachi..." he muttered to himself. "Soon I will kill you and avenge everyone you have betrayed..." he clenched his fist tighter as he spoke and put his hands behind his head. He laid there for a while as he thought of what it would be like after he returned to Konoha after killing Itachi. Would they congratulate him? Would they even welcome him back after deserting? He shook his head of those thoughts.
After a while Zetsu appeared next to his bed after rising out of the ground. "You need to hurry. Itachi and Kisame have found us out and are fighting with Madara. He needs your help." Zetsu's white and black haves said in tandem. Sasuke flew off of his bed and grabbed his sword. "What!? Itachi is here!? How did he find us!?" Sasuke yelled as he rushed out of the room, Zetsu not far behind. "I don't know. He said something about an informant, whatever that means..." the Zetsu's said as they followed the younger Uchiha. Sasuke snarled as he ran through the several tunnels of the base Cave.
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"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Itachi and Tobi exclaimed at the same time. The two attacks canceled each other out and Kisame tried to catch Tobi off guard with Samehada, but was too slow and just fazed through him once again. Kisame backed off and started running though hand signs. "Kirigakure no Jutsu!" he exclaimed and the already dark cave became covered in dense mist that obscured even Tobi's sharingan. Tobi growled and readied himself for an attack as he waited. He had no wind jutsu to disperse the technique and now his fire jutsu would be hampered by the dense mist. This was going to be difficult.
Tobi jumped to his right to avoid a swing from Samehada and activated his Kamui to faze through a volley of kunai. He shot off a few fireballs in the opposite direction of the kunai, only for them to be dowsed by the mist a few yards from him. As soon as he finished his attack he was set upon Itachi. Tobi quickly ducked under a kick that he barely noticed and tried to strike back only for it to be blocked by Samehada. The swords scales shot out and tried to cut the Uchiha, but as soon as Tobi made contact with the blade he activated Kamui and went right through it. Kisame and Itachi Kawarimi away from him and replaced themselves with rocks covered in explosive seals. "Shit!" he cursed as he used a quick body flicker to dodge the blast. He decided that now that he was away from his starting position he would diminish his presence so they couldn't ind him.
Tobi began to silently maneuvered through the mist trying to find the way out only for him to notice it was following him through the cave. A light whipping sound caused his to quickly activate his Kamui and a kunai slipped right through his mask. As soon as it passed through him he grabbed it and whipped it back to its source. He heard the blade hit metal and he jumped into action.
Tobi dashed over to the source of the sound and made a powerful ax kick and crushed a boulder that Itachi Kawarimi'd with. Tobi cursed under his breath as another explosion cover the area from the seal covered rock. He reformed further away and silently waited for someone to make a slip in this little game of cat and mouse.
"ITACHI!" Sasuke roared as he charged into the mist. His Sharingan blazing with his three Tomoe spinning rapidly. Tobi whipped his head over to Sasuke's voice and was instantly worried. "Sasuke no! Don't enter the mist!" he yelled out and instantly regretted making his location known. Before he could activate his Kamui Samehada started shaving the muscle off of his back. "AARRRGGG!" Tobi yelled as he flew away from where he was struck in the back. He rolled across the ground. Tobi writhed in pain on the ground as blood pooled around his body. He growled to himself and started to stand. His back was already healing but the pain would be a major factor in this fight.
"Itachi! Where are you! You die today!" Sasuke roared again looking through the mist. "Well Sasuke-kun, it seems your rage is still with you..." Itachi mused as he appeared behind Sasuke. "But do you have enough hate to kill me?" he asked in his monotonous voice. Sasuke growled at his elder brother and formed a chidori in his left hand. Only for it to dissipate before it fully formed. Sweat poured down Sasuke's forehead and he fell to a knee panting. Itachi sighed and shook his head in pity. "It seems you are out of chakra from sparring earlier. I'm sorry brother, but I will no longer wait for you to kill me. I must out a stop to you and Madara before you do something we all regret." he droned as he raised a kunai towards his brother.
"I'm sorry..." he said as he drives the blade into Sasuke's heart, a single tear running down his face as he kills his only brother...the one person he loved most in the world. The mist disappears to reveal the two brothers standing across from each other and Tobi growls in fury. "SASUKE!" he yelled as he knocks away Itachi from to dying youth. Tobi looks at the two Akatsuki members and begins to transport himself. "You win this round Itachi...but next time you will die. And it will be Sasuke who rips away your petty life." he threatens Itachi as he fully disappears, Sasuke along with him.
Itachi finally falls to the ground on his knees as he holds his now shaking arm. "...I stabbed him...I almost killed my own brother...I have sinned far to much in this life..." he started rambling to himself as tears fell freely. Kisame walked up next to his teammate and placed a hand on his shoulder. "We'll get him next time...lets get out of here and report back to the Oracle." he said as he and Itachi started to leave the cave. "Right...he needs to know we failed..."
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(A/N): To be continued...
The next few chapters will jump between Naruto and Cole and Itachi a bunch so yeah, look forward to that.
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