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Kotori stood, frozen stiff. Shizu swung around towards her comrades. “Sasuke! Take Kotori and get Itachi! I’ll handle the fish freak!” Surprised, Sasuke turned to her. “Go!” Shizu shouted. The Uchiha immediatley grabbed his sister by the sleeve and ran. Kisame then pulled his Samehada from the cracked stone wall and swung it at the hazel-eyed Kunoichi’s skull. Straight away, she ducked and swung her right leg around at his. Stumbling, he narrowly dodged the assault as Shizu, grabbing several kunai, ran straight up the rock face. Kisame watched as she threw the knives all at once. They spread out like a fan, flying directly towards him. He instantly used his weapon to shield himself. The knives ripped open the white bandages revealing the blackish-blue shark skin within. Shizu, who had never met Itachi’s partner before, stared at the weapon curiously.
The shark-man laughed, exposing his many sharp, jagged teeth. “I see you’re interested in my unique weapon…” Startled, she looked up at him. “Shark skin…” He smiled sinisterly. “It does not slice as a regular sword. Rather…it shaves its victim into confetti.” Shizu, who was residing in the shadows of the cave wall, cringed at the gruesome thought. Kisame continued, “Wanna try it out?!” he shouted, charging at the terrified girl. Once again, he swung his Samehada at her. Unable to dodge it this time, she jumped straight from the wall, grabbing the sword, swinging around on it, and kicking the adversary in the face. Flying at few feet backwards, Kisame struggled to stand as Shizu landed safely on her feet. Her hands were bloody from chafing against the sword. Taking the opportunity, she rapidly made hand signs and slammed her hand on the rocky floor.
“FIRE ELEMENT! Kunichyose No Jutsu!” Instantly, a tiger leapt forth from an explosion of bluish-white smoke. “Shima!” right away, the beast thrust its head back, a mass of pure radiant power collecting in its mouth. “…Yuuen Kasai Tama No Jutsu!” Seconds later, the cat let its build up of magic go, as a huge beam of glowing yellow flames and chakra burst out from the tiger’s jaws, and straight toward Kisame at blinding speed.
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“Chidori!” A ball of electric-blue chakra exploded from Sasuke’s hand, lightning-like sparks were flying everywhere. An instant later, he charged at his older brother with the full intent of killing him. Kotori didn’t know what to do. Itachi on the other hand, stood in the shadows, expressionless. The Uchiha was quickly gaining momentum… faster…faster…Faster…FULL SPEED…
...…CrUnCh...…
Kotori had never been this terrified in her life. She flinched, cautiously looking with one eye open. Itachi had stopped his little brother’s assault by grabbing him by the throat. This keeping him just outside of arms length, Sasuke’s attack didn’t even touch him. The terrified Uchiha fell to the ground, coughing up blood and gasping for air.
“S-Sasuke!” Kotori tried to run to him. But he motioned her to stay away, afraid that she’d get injured or worse, killed in the wake of his older brother. Itachi then proceeded to pick him up by the collar and brutally throw him against the rock wall. This, followed by the slipping of Sasuke’s sword out of its case and holding it against his little brother’s neck threatiningly.
“You’re still not strong enough to defeat me…And I’m beginning to believe you never will be. I think we should just end this avenging business now, don’t you agree?” He pressed the polished blade harder against Sasuke’s neck, causing it to bleed. Still fighting for breath, he struggled. Lifting his hands to the sword and trying to push it back. This only resulted in him cutting his own hands on the razor-sharp edges. Kotori couldn’t stand to watch this any longer.
“Tora! TsumeKiba ChouyakuRaishuu!” An eerie growling came up from Itachi’s side, rapidly growing in volume. Seemingly out of the blue, a spirit tiger viciously heaved him to the ground. Sasuke’s sword to flew out of the adversary’s hands. Claws extended and saw-toothed mouth open it’s sharp nails dug into Itachi’s chest. Bleeding from the neck, Sasuke slumped to the floor and was slipping in and out of consciousness. With faint vision, he managed to catch a glimpse of a violet-haired Kunoichi guarding him before he passed out. By now, Itachi had destroyed Kotori’s summon and slowly stood up.
“Hmmmm...very impressive. It’s pretty hard to surprise me you know…But you really shouldn’t be protecting an Uchiha.” He pointed to Sasuke, Kotori looking extremely confused. “The Uchiha’s were the ones who killed your family…” Sweating, The Kunoichi was still defending the boy. She picked up Sasuke’s sword, shaking.
“S-stay away from him…I have no idea what your talking about, but Genjutsu won’t work on me…” Itachi just laughed.
“Haven’t you ever wondered why even though your Sasuke’s “Sister”, you don’t posses the Sharingan, but have a completely different Jutsu? And what about your birthdays? You guys aren’t twins, but in order to be truly brother and Sister and be the same age, you’d need to be born at least 9 months apart…you two are only 5 months apart.” Kotori’s eyes widened, she glanced at Sasuke who was slowly regaining consciousness. She had never really thought about this. Itachi continued, “It’s because you’re not an Uchiha...Our clan murdered yours……The royal family of the Hidden cloud village.”
“W-WHAT?” Kotori was going crazy in her head. She didn’t know who to believe. Though she didn’t understand how he could make something up like this. She’d been with Sasuke her entire life, she grew up with him. Kotori couldn't remember a time when she wasn't with her brother. So, what it this psycho trying to say?
Expressionless, Itachi continued. “Your name…your sincere birth name…is Chiyo Aeolus. The princess, The successor to the throne, of the village hidden in the clouds.”
