Shadows of the Past (sequel to: I'm Kakashi's Daughter?!)

Miracles happen

Third person pov

Naruto, Bee and Ayame had run into two Edo Tensei shinobi: Nagato and Itachi. Due to a genjutsu, Itachi was able to break free from Kabuto's control.

Naruto was being attacked by one of Nagato's sumons and even Bee couldn't help him. Ayame threw kunai at Nagato from behind, having increased their speed. Itachi had thrown kunai too, and so Nagato was defeated.

"Naruto, I'll stop Edo Tensei." Itachi said.

"Itachi, I'll help you." Ayame said. "I promised Kazuki I would stop Kabuto, with or without help."

Itachi nodded, knowing Ayame wasn't going to change her mind. Once she decided to do something, nothing would stop her from doing it. "Naruto, I'll leave Sasuke to you. You handle Tobi."

Ayame and Itachi ran off in the opposite direction, while Naruto and Bee also left. "Itachi, you know where Kabuto is, don't you?" Ayame asked. "When you were under his control, you could sense his chakra, right?"

Itachi nodded. "How did you know?" he asked.

"I have been reading." Ayame replied calmly. "Remember that book that you--"

"Itachi!" they heard a familiar voice behind them. Sasuke's.

*Timeskip no jutsu*

They had found Kabuto's hiding place and confronted him. Kabuto said he didn't expect different from Itachi. "Kabuto, where did Orochimaru keep my mother's body?" Ayame asked. "Her body was never found."

"What makes you think Orochimaru-sama hid it?" Kabuto replied.

"Hikaru said so before he died." Ayame replied. "He also told me about a promise you've made."

"I never planned on keeping it." Kabuto said. "and I won't tell you where your mother's body is. You'll be dead soon anyway. You see, you--"

"I know we can't kill you until you've released the jutsu." Ayame interrupted him. Sasuke also wanted to know some things and he got answers on almost all of them.

After a long fight, in which they had to come at him with the intention of killing him because he was so strong. He even used someone else's powers, including those of Orochimaru. Itachi said he was going to need to use Izanami, a kinjutsu of the Uchiha for which you had to give up your light in your eye. He explained what it was and as soon as Kabuto was trapped in it, he explained how Izanami worked and how it was different from another kinjutsu, Izanagi.

He put Kabuto under a genjutsu to let him release the jutsu and to know where the body of Hitomi Uchiha was. "Where's the body of Hitomi Uchiha?" he asked.

"In the eastern hideout, in Orochimaru's secret room." Kabuto replied.

Itachi nodded. "What are the hand signs for releasing Edo Tensei?" he asked.

"Rat. Ox. Monkey. Tiger. Dragon. Boar." Kabuto replied.

While Itachi made Kabuto do the hand signs, Sasuke asked him a lot of questions, which Itachi ignored. When Kabuto had made al the hand signs, Itachi made him say "release". As soon as he said it, Ayame noticed Itachi's conciousness was fading away. "All this time, I've been lying to you. I shall tell you the whole truth."

He put both Sasuke and Ayame under a genjutsu, showing them his memories, from Shisui's death to hearing about his mission, to the night it actually happened. "You know it from there." Itachi said. "No matter what you do, just know..." Itachi said while walking towards Sasuke and Ayame. "I will always love you."

Ayame's eyes started tearing up. "Itachi... I might not have not been able to spend much time with you, but..." Ayame hugged him, while his soul was already fading away. "I wish you could stay with us longer."

After a while, both Ayame and Sasuke noticed that Itachi's conciousness wasn't fading away. "What's going on?" Sasuke asked.

Ayame looked up and saw a surprised, but alive Itachi. There was no sign of his blindness or disease anymore. "Itachi...?" Ayame startled. "How is this possible?"

"I don't know..." Itachi muttered.

With Kazuki

Kazuki had arrived at the place where he had fought Kazuo and where Kyioe had sacrificed her life so he would live. He saw multiple Edo Tensei bodies go back to the afterlife. 'You did it, Ayame!' he thought. 'The technique has been released!'

He decided to release the seal, hoping to be able to say goodbye to Kazuo one last time. Kazuo gave him a smile, which said he was proud of him. "Kazuo, farewell." Kazuki said with teary eyes before hugging Kazuo tight.

Kazuo hugged him back, ready to go back to the afterlife. "I'm sorry about Kyioe, Kazuki." he said.

"You couldn't control your body, so it's not your fault." Kazuki said, letting out a few sobs. "I wish you would both be alive."

After a while, Kazuo was surprised his soul still hadn't returned to the afterlife yet. Kazuki seemed surprised too, seeing all the other souls had already left their host. "Kazuki, what's going on?" Kazuo asked his brother.

Kazuki shook his head, saying he didn't know it either. Kazuki released the hug and looked into Kazuo's eyes. "Kazuo, you don't have Edo Tensei eyes anymore." he startled, not knowing what was going on.

"Does that mean I'm alive?" Kazuo thought out loud.

Kazuki nodded. "I guess." he said with a light smile. "Let's make sure Kyioe's dearh wasn't in vain!" 

"We should go to the front lines, we need to help Naruto, Bee-san, Kakashi-sensei and Gai-sensei." The two of them left to go towards the place where the masked man was fighting to back Naruto up.

Hey peoplezz!

I know it's a bit short and slightly - okay, very - unrealistic, but I love Itachi too much to let him stay dead.

-x Crartistic