Journey of Discovery

Chapter 6 - Lesson

Sasuke weaved the hand signs and brought them back to the dock. She was still smiling from what he had shown her.

"You like that?" He asked, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"It was nice to see you happy there. Everything else I've seen has been nothing but pain and sadness."

"It's okay Sarada. I went through what I had to. It wasn't easy but it brought me to where I am now."

She nodded, happy to be bonding with her father finally. "What are we going to see next?"

Sasuke held his chin, thinking it over. "Oh! I know!" she interjected before had a chance to even form a thought.

He raised a questioning eyebrow, "And that is?"

"Can you show me what you did after you got your Mangekyo?"

Sasuke visibly tensed from her question and crouched down to be more eye level with her. "I can but I just want you to know, what happens from that point may be hard to understand but I'll do my best to help you. Okay?"

This made her nervous. 'This can't be worse than what I've already seen, right?' She thought to herself.

"Hard to understand?"

"Things aren't always black and white Sarada, remember that."

Sasuke weaved the hand signs, thought about the moment, and they were enveloped in familiar darkness.

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They found themselves standing on a bridge, no one was in sight. The bridge was made of stone with large pillars standing up on each side. She didn't recognize this place.

"Why are we here Papa?"

"This is an important moment and a lesson of the Sharingan; both very important for you to see."

He guided her over to stand next to one of the pillars. After a few minutes of waiting a man appeared. He wore long white robes with his right arm held in a black sling, he also wore a cover over one of his eyes.

"Sarada, that is Danzo. He is the man responsible for what happened to our clan. He was the leader of the Anbu and, while your uncle was part of that, he manipulated him."

She could hear the anger in her father's voice as he spoke about him, even after all these years.

"I want you to remember that I was a different person here. You might see somethings that scare you but just know I was very angry and very lost here. Okay?"

She swallowed hard and nodded, mentally preparing herself for what was to come. Danzo was waiting patiently, like he didn't have any fear.

"So why does it look like he's expecting you?" she asked quietly.

"Because he is. Before this I attacked the 5 Kage Summit because he had been named the next Hokage. He fled and came here while I fought the other Kages."

Just as he finished his younger self and Karin appeared down the bridge, facing off with Danzo. Karin stayed back behind a pillar while Sasuke moved closer. He blinked and his dark onyx eyes were changed into the Sharingan.

"Where's Suigetsu?"

"He got held up back at the Summit" he answered simply. His eyes were fixated on the stand off in front of him. Danzo removed his right arm from the sling it was in. It was covered from fingertip to shoulder in bandages. As he slowly unwound the bandages Sarada was shocked to see Sharingan eyes implanted in multiple places on his arm.

"I'm going to add your Sharingan to my collection" he told Sasuke.

Sarada covered her mouth in shock, Sasuke pulled her closer to him and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "This is why Danzo had Itachi kill the clan."

The eyes were all looking around in different directions, scanning the area. It made Sarada sick to her stomach to see.

Sasuke leveled his eyes at Danzo, "Is it true Itachi slaughtered the clan because he was following orders that you and the other Leaf elders gave him?"

Danzo ignored his question and flash stepped him, charging head on to punch him, but he was blocked by Sasuke's Susano'o. An arm sprouted and grabbed Danzo, clutching him so tightly he began to bleed from his mouth.

Sasuke looked at him and repeated his question except this time he was angrier and yelled it.

"Itachi told you everything before he died didn't he?" Sasuke's face contorted in rage hearing what he was told to be true. His Susano'o bones sprouted fibers that wrapped around themselves to reveal flesh and muscle.

Danzo continued mocking and speaking poorly of Itachi. Sasuke decided he had heard enough and tightened his fist and, in doing so, his Susano'o did the same and squeezed Danzo into nothing except a puddle of blood.

Sarada closed her eyes and pressed herself against her father's side. "Sarada, look" he encouraged her. When she raised her eyes she was shocked to see Danzo and Sasuke in a stand off again. "But-"

"It was Genjutsu. Keep watching, this happens many times."

"This happened a lot with you and Uncle Itachi too. I didn't even realize it sometimes." Sasuke nodded and held her close, both watching the stand off in front of them.

Danzo flash stepped to Sasuke's side and attempted to stab him with a kunai. He may have been successful had it not been for the Susano'o. The kunai blade broke in half, shocking Danzo. The Susano'o slammed a giant purple fist where he was standing but he was too quick. He evaded it and fled to the top of a nearby pillar.

The Susano'o attacked again, catching him off guard. Sasuke used this opening to rush him. Danzo recovered quickly and used a Jutsu Sarada had never seen. It appeared as if he was blowing streaks of air from his mouth but it moved at incredible speeds.

As he was avoiding the blasts Sasuke was thrown from the bridge.

Sarada took off running to the edge, "Papa!"