Swoosh… Fwoosh… Stab…
A dark blade coated in Darkness chakra stabs through Danzo's heart.
Barf…
Danzo pukes out a mouthful of blood. The darkness chakra corrodes his body and eats away his organs.
Argh…
Puss leaks from Danzo's body as he winces in pain.
"What? How… how is this possible?"
Danzo stares at the blade pierced through his chest. Black fumes rise from the blade.
"That previous jutsu didn't finish you off. How… how did you survive?" Danzo questions Izuna in a frenzy.
Rubble… rubble…
Izuna pushes away the nearby rubble and walks out from the Rock dome. Danzo's eyes widen as he points at a finger at Izuna.
"If you are here, then who attacked me?"
Izuna slowly walks towards Danzo.
"Death! Huh! You miraculously defied death once. But will you be able to defy it again?"
Izuna smiles at Danzo and draws another blade and pierces it through Danzo's guts.
"Don't worry! You won't be returning this time. I will obliterate your soul for once and all."
Stab… stab…
Izuna ignores Danzo and continues to stab the darkness coated blade through various parts of Danzo's body.
'I hope this darkness infused blade will be able to keep his regeneration factor at bay. If I remember correctly, his regeneration is similar to that cloaked guy. So, it uses Light-based chakra to heal from fatal wounds.
But Darkness Chakra can interrupt this healing. I have to separate his soul from his body and to do that I have to first destroy his body.'
Aaah…
Danzo riles up his chakra.
Throb… throb…
The Fuinjutsu seal on his chest beats violently. It jumps out of Danzo's chest and targets Izuna.
"What the fuck?" Izuna jumps back in surprise.
He manages to avoid the assault of the seal. An eye opens up on the seal and flashes a yellow light on Izuna. Strange curse marks appear on his body.
"What is this? I am sure I avoided that freaking thing."
The seal extends all over his body and paralyzes him.
Clank… clank…
The 'Sin Grimoire' shakes furiously. Strange markings appear from the 'Sin Seal' and they start to neutralize the paralyzing seal.
Haah…
Danzo frees himself from the bindings of Limbo and quickly arrives in front of Izuna.
"This seal will be able to hold you for a few moments. It is enough time to end you for once and all."
Haha…
"Finally, I will have my revenge."
Danzo grabs the strange seal eye and slams it towards Izuna's chest.
'I will be a goner if that hit me. Think Izuna... think. I have to think of a solution to escape this predicament.'
Izuna churns the gears of his brain.
'Got it. I am an idiot. Why I never thought of this before?'
Izuna clicks his right molar.
'Substitution Jutsu'
Swoosh… Shoom… Slam…
Danzo slams his palm on Izuna's chest. Various sealing formula erupts from the seal and binds Izuna's body.
"Farewell, Izuna Uchiha. This is what you said to me right. I will throw them back at you."
'Haha! Now I will be the sole leader of Konoha. No! the entire shinobi world. All five nations will bow before my might. I will deal with Hiruzen after this, and I will force other clan leaders to submit to me. Haha…'
Danzo fantasizes about his sunny days.
"Darkness Release: Big Blackout Rasengan"
Slam… Bam…
A giant fuming black Rasengan smashes into Danzo.
Shoom…
The Rasengan hurls Danzo in the air and explodes. An enormous amount of Darkness chakra invades Danzo's body and corrodes it inside out.
Gwaah…
Danzo pukes out black blood and weakly stares at Izuna.
"How?"
A weak shriek comes out from Danzo's throat. Izuna slowly walks in front of Danzo. The light chakra continues to heal Danzo's body whereas the Darkness chakra erodes it.
Stuck in an endless loop of agony and torment, Danzo weakly questions Izuna.
"I have already fought with your so-called... Demon before."
Izuna slowly reaches near Danzo's body. He makes some strange hand signs and hovers his hand above Danzo's head.
'I hope it works. If not, I will haunt Fukasaku for providing me with 'Fake Scrolls.'
"Soul Art: Soul-body separation"
Izuna draws out a transparent apparition from Danzo's body. The apparition takes the form of Danzo. He surveys the apparition.
'Hmm… so this is how a soul looks like on closeup. This jutsu is similar to the Naraka Path power of Rinnegan. Naraka Path is more efficient, I have to say.
Well, I have to do it with this make-shift jutsu. If it works... it works.'
"No… Argh… no… don't kill me. No… don't."
Danzo's soul pleads hysterically.
"Did you spare the people you killed just now? You partnered with Akatsuki and slaughtered almost the entire clan, and now you expect me to spare you. Dream on!"
Izuna makes some more hand signs and claps his hands together.
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Outside the barrier,
Tsunade clenches her fist and infuses a large amount of Senjutsu chakra in her hands.
"Sage Art: Heavenly Spear Punch"
Tsunade focuses almost all of her sage chakra on tip of her fist. The concentrated takes shape of a cyan spear.
Bam…
Tsunade punches the barrier with all her strength.
Crack… crack…
Various spiderweb-like cracks appear on the Green barrier.
Snap…
The green barrier shatters into countless shards. Tsunade continues to punch through the barrier. Her fist collides with the 'Demonic Rashomon' Gate.
Bam…
A giant dent appears on the gate as it protrudes out from the back.
Swoo…
The demonic eyes shine brightly and start to repair the gate.
"Not so fast!"
Haah….
Tsunade pushes forwards as she applies more force in her attack.
Bang… fwoosh…
She successfully blows away a giant hole through the Rashomon Gate.
Swee…
The light in 'Demonic Eyes' dims down.
Poof…
The gate disappears in a giant puff of smoke, and the barrier disperses.
Tsunade senses Izuna's chakra and quickly runs in his direction. Hiruzen and other Anbu members and clan leaders follow her.
All of them arrive before Izuna. His back is turned towards them as he held Danzo's souls.
"Are you alright, Izuna? You aren't injured, right?" Tsunade quickly questions him.
Izuna turns around and faces them. It surprises him to see the entire village gathered here.
"I am fine, Tsunade. Please quickly check on my clansmen. They need your medical expertise, Tsunade."
Tsunade nods her head and claps her hand.
"Katsuyu!"
"Yes, Tsunade-sama!"
'Immense Network Healing'
Tsunade infuses a large amount of chakra and sync with Katsuyu. Katsuyu splits into multiple smaller clones and spread throughout Konoha.
Tsunade heals the injured Uchiha clan members.
Hiruzen sighs and looks at the death and destruction around him.
'Uchiha clan is almost on the brink of extinction. I never thought such a thing will happen to one of the most powerful clans of Konoha.��
Hiruzen turns towards Izuna and questions him.
"Izuna-kun, do you know the culprit behind this massacre?"
"I do!" Izuna kicks the corpse of Danzo in front of Hiruzen.
"Your old and most trusted friend Danzo is the culprit. He joined hands with Akatsuki and slaughtered my clan."
"What… what are you talking about? Don't spout such nonsense and defame one of Konoha's elders." Koharu and Homura defend Danzo.
Izuna reveals his Mangekyo Sharingan to them and replies,
"You won't believe me, even if you see it with your eyes. Your blind trust in Danzo encouraged him to commit such treacherous crimes.
You may have spared him, but I won't spare him."
'Genjutsu: Sharingan'
"Watch his filthy deeds with your own eyes. Look at how atrociously he orchestrated a genocide in my clan."
Izuna grabs the soul of Danzo and shouts,
"Soul Art: Yin-Yang Release: Death to All Creation"
A formless power grabs hold of Danzo's soul. The pressure from the technique encompasses nearby onlookers. It forces all of them to bow on the ground. The elders caught off-guard face plants on the ground. The technique slowly erases Danzo's soul from existence.
The frantic shouts of Danzo deafen their ears. Hiruzen weakly looks at this scene and sighs.
"You reap what you sow, my friend. Perhaps I am a failure as a friend too. I wasn't able to pull you from Darkness and instead I pushed you into it."
Danzo's soul vanishes from existence.
Huff… huff…
Izuna pants from exhaustion. The previous fight has taken a toll on his body, especially the Yin-Yang technique.
'I am still far from 'Six Paths Power'. Only a single 'Yin-Yang' technique is my limit for now. Yin-Yang technique requires balance in all things, and so it is fundamentally different from elemental techniques.
My affinity for Yin-Yang allowed me to push this technique. But this is how far I can go without proper training.'
Izuna slumps on the ground. Tsunade immediately catches him and hugs him tightly.
'Aah! This is a blissful end at least for now.'
Izuna passes out in Tsunade's embrace.
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Itachi silently lies on a bed as he stares at the fitful silvery crimson moonlight. Many dense, turbulent clouds will occasionally float by and block the moonlight.
Itachi stretches his bandaged arm towards the sky as he gazes out of the window.
"Life is meaningless."
Itachi clenches his fingers into a fist and contemplates.
"Every life dies... one day. There is no eternal life."
Itachi sits up and removes the IV drip from his arm and continues to stare at the starless sky.
"What am I living for? Is it for my friends…"
Happy memories of Izumi, Tenma, and Shinko flashes through his mind.
"Is it for my family…"
Happy memories of Izuna, Shisui, and Naruto flashes through his mind. Itachi further clenches his fist tightly.
"Is it for my loved ones…"
Happy memories of his time with Father, Mother, and Little brother Sasuke flashes through his mind. Itachi further clenches his fist.
Blood leaks from his fist. Itachi ignores the blood and continues to question himself,
"If I am living for them, then I want to protect them. But why?... why am I so weak? I saw my entire clan getting slaughtered in front of me and… and I was powerless to do anything."
Bang…
Itachi slams his palm on a nearby table as tears flow from his eyes.
Sob… sob…
Itachi silently sobs to himself as he continues to cry.
"Let it all out."
Itachi raises his head and notices Shisui resting against the window wall.
"Let all of your emotions, hatred, grief, sorrow out. Let out everything. You will feel much better."
Shisui walks up to Itachi. He pulls out a bandage from a nearby drawer and wraps it around Itachi's palm.
Shisui nods to Itachi and jumps out of the window.
Hah…
Itachi wipes his tears and slowly gets up. He slowly walks towards the window and looks at the night sky.
Swoosh…
Itachi jumps out from the window and flickers away.
"Mmm… the air is listless and dreary today, just like that day." Shisui takes out a pale green scarf from his pocket. There are some blood-stains on the scarf.
He silently caresses the scarf and looks at the distant horizon.
Tip-toe…
Itachi noiselessly walks up to Shisui and lies beside him. Shisui notices Itachi but ignores his presence for a while.
"Itachi!"
The sudden address from Shisui startles Itachi.
"Ye… yes, Shisui nii-san." He replies erratically.
"So, have you calmed down a little?" Shisui asks Itachi.
"Yes, I have calmed down a lot. But… but I am lost now. I can't see a path forward. What should I do now? I want to protect my family, but I feel that I am not strong enough to protect them." Itachi tells his dilemma to Shisui.
Shisui raises his eyebrow when Itachi mentions this. He sighs and replies to Itachi.
"I also went through the same phase as you."
Shisui shows the torn and tattered scarf with blood stains to Itachi.
"This is a gift from my friend. Seven years… it has been seven years since I parted with her. We were on a mission with Izuna nii-san.
The mission was a trap laid for us and we feel for it. In that mission, I lost two of my teammates, Kazuko and Mami. It was her who made this scarf for me with her clumsy hands."
Shisui tucks away the scarf and turns towards Itachi. He activates his Mangekyo Sharingan and shows them to Itachi.
"These eyes… Itachi. These eyes are a symbol of our failure. Whenever an Uchiha loses something very precious to him, his body triggers a change. The greater the feelings, the greater the change."
Shisui looks towards Itachi and notices his expression. Itachi is listening attentively to Shisui. Shisui nods his head and continues.
"These emotions release a strange chakra in our Optic nerves and change our Sharingan. It is at this moment, we awaken the greatest cursed power of the Uchiha clan, the Mangekyo Sharingan."
Itachi's eyes widen in surprise as he comes to know the truth behind Mangekyo Sharingan.
"These eyes grant their user enormous power in exchange for their vision. The more you use this power, the greater the loss of vision. So, you have to pay a price to use such great power."
Shisui sighs and turns towards the sky.
"This is what big brother Izuna told me? Sigh… I always wonder how he figured out such secrets that are unknown to most of the members of our clan."
"Itachi! Find your own Ninja way. Your family doesn't need your protection, what they need is your attention and love.
Mangekyo Sharingan is a power that relies on our emotions. If you fail to control your negative emotions, this power will consume you. I am sure Izuna nii-san will agree with me."
Shisui closes his eyes and gets back to his contemplation. Itachi stands with firm resolve.
"I think I have figured out the direction. What is a Ninja? Why do we fight?… I may not have reached the depth of these questions, but one day I will find my Ninja way?" Itachi mutter to himself.
He turns towards Shisui and bows to him.
"Thank you, Shisui nii-san."
Shisui pats Itachi's back and laughs.
"We are family, right? Why do you need to thank me? It is my duty to take care of my family."
Itachi flashes a smile at Shisui and flickers away. Shisui smiles at the retreating back of Itachi.
Sigh…
"Looks like it will be another sleepless night. I have to get stronger too. I can't allow Itachi to leave me in the dust."
Shisui stands up and looks at the vast expanse of the village.
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In Mount Myoboku,
The Great Toad Sage opens his eyes from his long meditation.
"Substantial changes are coming in the future. I can see multiple children of prophecy in my divination. Looks like one child of prophecy isn't enough for the chaotic future."
Great Toad Sage looks at the stars in his skies and spot a star shining brighter in the center of many bright stars.
"Looks like fate has gathered all children of prophecy around him."
Great Toad Sage closes his eyes again and return to his meditation.
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