Crystal In the Darkness (Sequel To The Crystal In The Light)

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"Kaa-san?" Sasuke asked as tears came out of his eyes. "Tou-san?"

"Sasuke? You have grown a lot. I see that Itachi took a great care of you." Fugaku said as he stopped fighting.

"Sasuke? Are you alright?" He heard one of the Kumo jonins asking.

Sasuke just stood there, completely conflicted on what to do. On one hand, he wanted to fight to protect his comrades. On the other hand, that would mean that he would be fighting against his own parents who raised him.

The Uchiha who survived the massacre, started breathing much harder as he held his heart, which was beating at an abnormally high rate. He kneeled down and fell to the ground, unable to take his body weight.

"SASUKE. SNAP OUT OF IT." Sasuke heard his father shouting. He could hear the worry in Fugaku's voice.

"No son of mine shall be a coward in the battlefield. Remember that Sasuke." Mikoto spoke as Fugaku felt the Susanoo's arm being forced to bring down the sword in its hand.

The last Uchiha quickly stood up and jumped to prevent himself from getting hurt.

"I realise that I am quite distanced from you, Sasuke. I don't know why I treated you like that. Maybe, its the habit of a father to compare his children." Sasuke looked up to his father, clenching his fist.

"I have always treated you as if you are lower skilled than Itachi. I should have spent more time with you, Sasuke. I should have praised you when you got the 10\10 in that test. I should have not compared you with Itachi. I should have attended that Ninja Academy Entrance Ceremony without Itachi threatening me to cancel his mission if I didn't do so. But most importantly, I should have paid more attention to you." Sasuke perked up at that. "Please forgive me Sasuke." 

Sasuke was still unresponsive. Gradually, tears flowed down his eyes as he looked up at his father and purple aura suddenly started spinning around him after he activated his Mangakeyou Sharingan.

That's my boy! Fugaku thought proudly. 

Usually, when he used that quote to praise Itachi, he would feel pain in his chest and that pain would remain for the rest of the day.

But this time, Fugaku didn't even feel the pain. Instead, he felt something feeling his chest. It was warm and calming aura. 

Another thing about Fugaku was that he rarely smiled. The last time he smiled was during the birth of Sasuke.  So it greatly surprised Mikoto when she stole a glance of Fugaku's face when she saw the Uchiha Patriarch smiling. 

Speaking of Mikoto, she was greatly worried about Sasuke. She found herself still killing the forces of Kumogakure with her blade and using her sharingan. 

At one thime, she rushed towards Sasuke to deliver a blow from her sowrd but was suddenly blocked by him. 

Mikoto quickly seized the opportunity to encourage Sasuke Uchiha. 

"Sasuke." Mikoto spoke as she delivered a second blow, only to be blocked by Sasuke again. "You have changed a lot. I remember that when you were ignored by Fugaku, you would always come to me ask 'Does Father like me or not?' and cry in my motherly arms. Now, you have changed from that boy to a courageous one. I think that I should let you know that I am truly proud of you Sochi." 

Tears were still flowing from Sasuke's eyes as the pruple aura became more and more visible and solid to finally form into a large armored humanoid, the Susanoo. 

The purple aura passed into Mikoto's body, whose soul could be seen flying away in the air. The Uchiha Matriarch was also seen smiling at Sasuke Uchiha, whose tears slowed down freely from his eyes. 

" From now on, no matter what, know this, I will always love you and Itachi." Mikoto said with a smile as Sasuke looked at the soul of Mikoto slowly becoming weaker and weaker before vanishin in thin air.

After Mikoto was gone, Sasuke faced Fugaku and felt his sharingan turning into Mangekyou Sharingan. 

"Where and how did you get that?" Fugaku asked, clearly shocked.

"Naruto.....He was killed and I got this cursed power." Sasuke said as he sighed. The tears stopped flowing and he was more composed now.

"You mean Minato's brat? What happened to him?" Fugaku asked. 

Sasuke already knew the relationship between Minato and Naruto and so he sighed and said "Dead. Killed by Silent Blond aka Eiji Namikaze." 

"You  mean the same Eiji Namikaze who was stronger than Madara?" Fugaku asked, shocked. 

"Yes. I don't know how he was revived along with Madara. I just know that we need to stop them." Sasuke said as he dodged the strike of the Susanoo of Fugaku. 

"Hn." Fugaku said as he quickly got ready to strike again. 

Sasuke Susanoo started flying in the air and took out the Indra's arrow and aimed it towards Fugaku and released it. 

[SFX: Whir] 

The Silver Susanoo quickly blocked the arrow with the rectangular shield and charged towards Sasuke, who quickly jumped over Fugaku, with the hand of the Purple Susanoo filled with crackling sound of the lightning and the time slowed down as Sasuke's Susanoo's chidori clashed on the silver Susanoo's back breaking the armor effectively, making the Uchiha Patriarch fall on the grassy ground. 

Tch. I have used too much chakra during my training. I have to cancel the Susanoo and fight against dad by myself. Sasuke thoguht as he deactivated the Susanoo and landed on the ground safely. 

"That's my boy." Fugaku said, smiling to encourage Sasuke. 

Sasuke quickly rushed to Fugaku and gave him a corkscrew punch, which was quickly blocked by Fugaku, who used one hand to do so. He quickly used his free hand to jab him, only for Sasuke to grab Fugaku's hand and throw him away. 

Fugaku regained his posture in mid air and went through handsigns. 

[Fire style: Fireball Jutsu] 

The fire went towards Sasuke, only to be neutralized by Sasuke's fire ball. 

By now, the Uchiha Patriarch landed on the hard ground and was already throwing the multiple shurikens. 

[SFX: Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang] 

All the shurikens fell down to the ground, being deflected by Sasuke's sword which had a stream of electricity going around it. 

Sasuke rushed to Fugaku and pierced him into his heart. 

"I am proud of you Sasuke. You have suppressed me. As a token of award, please accept my sharingan and use it to evolve yours into eternal mangakeyou Sharingan. You will need them to defeat Eiji Namikaze." Fugaku said as he fell down on the ground after hugging him and taking out his eyes and handed them to Sasuke, who accepted with heavy heart. 

As the Edo body fell down to the ground revealing that it was Zetsu, the soul of Fugaku could be seen rising into the air with a proud smile on his face. 

Sasuke just stood there, holding his katana in one hand and the eyes of Fugaku in other. Tears fell down from his eyes as he fell down to the ground, exhausted, but not before he quickly sealed the sharingans into a scroll. 

Meanwhile, the fight between the two legendary Hatakes was about to begin. 

Shino: The part where Fugaku says 'That's my boy!' was taken from Itachi Shinden: Midnight. 

Tenten: The picture does not belong to Shay san. He just found it on Google. 

Shino: Yes! Sasuke will gain EMS for the last fight. This is to increase the power of Sasuke when he fights Naruto. 

Tenten: As usual, thanks for reading and PEACE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!