uzumaki shira | naruto

Shippuden Act 27

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"No," Itachi groaned. "Eye... Shisui's..."

The younger Uchiha perked up at that name. Shisui-san..? By putting two and two together, Sasuke realized what his brother was trying to say.

From what he remembered, Shisui had committed suicide and there were people who accused Itachi of murdering him. No one ever saw the corpse but he believed that his elder brother wouldn't have done such a thing. Not after I remembered that everything he does, he does it for a reason. Grimace overtook his features as he handed Itachi to Shira.

"Take him. I... have to get something for onii-sama." How long had it been since he said those words of endearment? Too long.

Unnoticed by him, the way the elder Uchiha's cloudy eyes widened entered Shira's sight and the snort she tried to hold back came out. "Took you long enough, duckbutt." She uttered under her breath, causing Itachi to chuckle in silence.

Obsidian eyes stared at the bandages around the wailing Danzo's eye. That must be Shisui's. Sasuke pulled out a pair of kunai and threw them right at Danzo's palms, effectively stopping them from thrashing around. There was not a hint of mercy in his eyes, just an unamused gleam.

Aa he reached for the bandages, an exclamation from behind caused him to jump back in instincts.

"Get away from there!" The redhead's voice bellowed in alarm.

Luckily, Sasuke's body answered in time and dodged a barrage of shuriken. Instead, those weapons embedded themselves in the Konoha Elder and thus, finally ending his life. An annoyed grunt left him. Couldn't Danzo suffer more than that? Sasuke would have liked it if that bastard was left trapped in Tsukuyomi for a bit longer.

"Thank you for taking care of him for me, Uchiha Itachi." The masked man swirled into existence, his form appearing just beside Danzo's corps.

Sasuke drew out his katana and channelled nature chakra into it, lightning crackling along the blade. Tobi raised both arms in mock surrender, earning the trio's ire even further. "I'm not here for a fight. I'm just here to retrieve this guy's corpse." He jabbed a thumb towards the corpse lying at his feet as if it was nothing, just a mere decoration lying around.

Itachi tried to charge towards him but he ended up stumbling on uneven ground, alerting Sasuke and Shira. The pair appeared beside the former Akatsuki nin, hands holding onto his shoulders to steady him. "You can't take him, Uchiha Madara," Itachi warned the masked man. "Not until I get back what he stole from Shisui."

But his words were ignored, thrown aside as if it was nonsense. Tobi— Uchiha Madara— rolled his eye behind his mask before stepping on the corpse and bringing it into his own dimensional space. Seeing this, the Itachi bristled in anger. The only chance to get back his friend's eye... was gone.

"Oops," the masked man said in a sickeningly sweet tone. "Too bad."

Everything happened in a flash.

Anger fueling him, Sasuke charged towards the enemy, lightning dancing around his blade.

Shisui was Itachi's most important friend. He remembered how his elder brother would smile whenever he talked about their cousin. Itachi always had something to say, endless praises and complaints for Shisui. Sasuke might not remember much about the times he spent with them before the suicide incident but for someone to mock a person his elder brother treasured...

... that was unforgivable. Without much of a plan, he ended up charging towards Tobi. However, just as he was an arm's length away, a hand wrapped around his waist. That familiar feeling of his body being sucked in his stomach caused him to turn green. "What a drag. Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Shira's annoyed voice reached his ears.