9A/N: Hey guys! It's been a while but I'm back! This chapter might not fit with the rest of the story as I have gotten a new PC, therefore I do not have my old files… This point is where we leave current manga situations completely, and go into my twisted version of the Naruverse. Oh and the title from the teaser in Chapter 1 changed to a much shorter title and it might not happen the same.
Disclaimer: I take to hold over anything Naruto related.
Naruto Shippuden: Striving Toward the End
Chapter 2: Sneaky Snakes
Sasuke POV:
Even with my eyes bandaged, I could clearly define where everything was. My Susano'o raged on above me, dark blackish-purple chakra pouring from its ethereal form. I saw the chakra remains of Madara's from before he left. I saw the chakra system of the Zetsu left to 'guard' me. This must have been due to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Itachi's massive power, my brother's power. Our power…no. MY ultimate power. 'Was this what you left me, Itachi?' I thought. Naruto will stand no chance against me! I will destroy him AND the entire village of Konoha! All I have to do is unbandage these eyes, and the world is mine.
"What are you doing?" my 'guard' Zetsu asked me.
A wide grin etched itself across my face as I stated, "Leaving." I sent chakra to my eyes, making the Susano'o slam the black flames of Amaterasu into his body. I began laughing as his screams of agony filled the room.
"AHAHAHA! It works Very well in the dark! Heheh, Itachi, this power is AMAZING!" I yelled as Zetsu burned to ashes. "Should we test it outside now?" I asked myself. After a moment of thinking, I replied, "Yes. We shall."
I gripped the bandages around my head. "Prepare foolish world … for the power of I, Sasuke Uchiha!" I screamed out before laughing hysterically. 'I've waited forever for this…' I thought, before ripping the cloth from my eyes.
I slowly opened my eyes to the light, relishing the first image I'd seen in 2 weeks. Everything seemed clearer, like a veil was removed from my eyes. I saw every little crack in the floor and every little particle of dust. Itachi's power surged through my vision.
This is the Eternal Mangekyou.
'I'm free,' I thought.
Normal POV (Sasuke):
Uchiha Sasuke was finally able to see the light again! It had been so long, but Itachi made his light return. Immediately seeing the brown robes, he decided to find his clothes. After a few minutes, he was once again wearing his usual clothing: a gray, zipped up shirt, gray shinobi pants, and a cloth tied around his waist by a purple rope in a knot. His katana was sheathed along his back.
Not caring for the nuisances known as exits, Sasuke simply punched through the wall with his Susano'o's clawed fist. When the dust settled, Sasuke finally saw true sunlight for the first time since before his awakening of the Mangekyou. He deactivated Susano'o; proceeding to do the same to his new Sharingan. He left his normal three-tomoe Sharingan active, though. He needed to save all of his chakra for the time where he would permanently sever all ties with Naruto and the Leaf; the time when he would take the life of Uzumaki Naruto.
Afterwards, he would destroy the Leaf with the black flames of Amaterasu. Then he would force the old, decrepit scumbags called the Council to watch their village be destroyed, over and over again with the power of his strongest Genjutsu: Tsukiyomi.
'I will avenge you, Itachi-aniki!' was Sasuke's thought as he stepped into the sunlight.
Normal POV (Kabuto):
A Few Minutes Earlier:
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Edo Tensei!" a man yelled as he slammed his hands on the ground, the seal of Summoning appearing under him. The man was crouched over, his whole body covered in a black cloak. His hood hid his face, which was a pasty, scaly white. His golden snake-like eyes were surrounded by a purple outline. Silver hair fell over his forehead. This was Yakushi Kabuto, pupil and successor of the late Snake Sannin, Orochimaru.
His smirk grew wide when a worn, large stone box rose from the ground. It was a coffin. "Come on out…" Kabuto said. The coffin lid fell down, and a man in black clothes and red armor with long black hair stepped out. The whites of his eyes were black, signifying him to be an Edo Summon. His eyes were that of the Sharingan. This was Uchiha Madara.
"What is this," Madara started, "I shouldn't –AGH!" Kabuto's eyes widened in shock as Madara grabbed his head, screaming in pain, before the Edo Tensei failed and the image of Madara burned to ash. All that was left was the sacrificial body, an unnamed man Kabuto had kidnapped. The snake-user stood in shock; his technique failed!
'His body must not have been strong enough to host Madara's soul. Hm, this is a setback,' Kabuto thought. He then focused his attention on the other summons, pushing Madara to the back of his mind. He decided to check on Itachi and Nagato. 'How cute, they think they can escape me by using their eyes…oh, the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki…this will be good.' Kabuto plotted.
Kabuto quickly jumped into the shadows and suppressed his chakra as the wall behind his previous location was destroyed by a sinister purple fist. Once the dust and rubble cleared, a figure walked from the cavern. It was Sasuke! Kabuto liquefied his body as to not be seen. Sasuke quickly scaled the walls of the pit and began to walk off.
'He didn't see me thankfully,' Kabuto thought. Once he thought that, Sasuke turned and glared with his Eien no Mangekyou Sharingan, before vanishing.
Somewhere in the Forest (Naruto, Bee, Nagato, and Itachi)
Third Person
"Y-you…..You're Sasuke's brother….Uchiha Itachi. You're supposed to be dead!" the black and orange clothed blond exclaimed. This was Uzumaki Naruto, the jinchuuriki to the Kyuubi no Kitsune, also known as Kurama. Wind blew through the forest clearing, as the sounds of chirping birds met everyone's ears. In said clearing stood our main character, the nearly forgotten killer Bee, Itachi, and finally Nagato, who Naruto did not notice due to his shock of seeing the Uchiha Clan Assassin.
"That assumption is correct, Uzumaki. I did die at Sasuke's hands, but Kabuto has resurrected us with Edo Tensei. Nagato and I are going to end the technique. Please allow us to pass, Naruto." Itachi said.
Naruto didn't know what to say. He was still ingesting the fact that Kabuto had brought people back from the dead. He thought about all the people who would have to fight their comrades, their loved ones. Naruto, being the main character, finally decided to help them.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, Naruto come here," Nagato said.
As Naruto walked up to his Uzumaki relative, Nagato raised his palm to Naruto's chest. Nagato slowly began to remove chakra from the blond. His white hair slowly turned red as his face regained color, along with losing his malnourished appearance.
"Thank you Naruto, I can now-"Nagato stopped as his head was filled with immense pain, as was Itachi's.
"What?" Itachi asked himself as he gripped his head.
Nagato's Rinnegan turned a dark gray as Kabuto's voice echoed through the air, "Now I will take your soul! Human Path!"
Naruto watched in horror as a ghastly white substance sifted from his body toward Nagato's controlled palm. He quickly formed a sloppy Rasengan in his right hand. "I'm not dying here! I have friends to protect dattebayo! RASE-"the sphere dissipated as the humanoid essence left Naruto's body, which crumpled to the ground.
"If you hadn't the need to make a speech every time before a Rasengan, you could've escaped. Farewell Itachi, Eight Tails…" Kabuto (Nagato) cackled as formed the Ram seal and vanished in a puff of smoke.
Killer Bee walked toward Itachi, who was kneeling over Naruto's body checking for a pulse. The Cloud Nin asked the question that dominated his mind the most, "Is he dead?"
Uchiha Itachi stood slowly. "There is no pulse. Uzumaki Naruto is dead." As he said this, his right eye morphed from Sharingan to a three pointed pinwheel, his Mangekyou Sharingan. Tears of blood left his eye as he muttered a soft "Amaterasu", causing the blonde's body to be engulfed in black flames
"What you're doing?" Bee yelled, so terrified he couldn't use proper English.
With his back to him, Itachi stated, "It is Leaf custom to remove the body of a fallen comrade after battle. That is all I'm doing." With a quick bow to the burning remains, Itachi vanished into the trees.
A/N: Sorry I took half a year to post this! I was busy with school and rereading ObsidianSickle's Blind and following Death's Crusader15's Naruto: Sekai Saikyo No (Strongest in the World). Expect a new story by me next week. Yay I Killed Naruto And I Hate People Who Think He's Invincible And Write Like This…