Book 2: Decisions

Chapter 13: The Battle between Brothers

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Moe's POV

I ran as quick as I could towards the Uchiha Shrine. I ran past a building and noticed Kisame standing on it. "Kisame-kun!" I yelled and jumped up next to him. He looked at me, "Moe? What are you doing here?" he asked. I looked up at him, "I'm here to talk to Itacih-kun, please tell me Sasuke hasn't gotten here yet." I said and looked at him desperately. He gave me a small sad look before shaking his head, "No he hasn't but Moe... Itachi's going through with this, you won't change his mind." he told me and put his hand on my shoulder. My eyes darkened a little, a wave of depression hit me, making my heart ache.

"I know..." I whispered. "I want to at least say goodbye..." I told him, still looking away. He sighed a little and moved out of my way, "He told me not to let anyone pass but Sasuke, but I know you'd probably kick my ass so go ahead." If the situation was different I would've laughed and punched him jokingly like normal. But the situation wasn't different and I wasn't acting normal. I raced away from him and ran towards a larger building in the back. I saw a large Uchiha symbol on the top and I walked in.

As I walked in I heard a disappointed sigh, "Moe..." he started. Before he could say anything else I hugged him tightly. He stiffened at first, surprised I didn't yell at him or hit him, and hugged me back. I tried as hard as I could to hold in my tears, but to no avail. The tears fell from my eyes and soaked the front of his cloak. My body trembled a little, finally realizing that this was a final goodbye. I was never going to see Itachi after this.

"Moe... After this is over, please take care of Sasuke." he said softly. My voice wasn't working so all I could do was nod. "Go back home with him... Back to Konoha. That's where you belong." he whispered to me. 'I can't... Not yet... Not until I learn the truth...' 

Itachi pulled back from me a little and looked me in the eyes, "You're strong Moe. But I know that no matter how hard you try, you're a sweet gentle girl." he gave me a small smile. "I love you as if you were my own sister. I wish things could've been different." he kissed my forehead. He looked at the entrance of the shrine and looked down at me, "He's almost here, go with Zetsu and don't interfere. I'll be saying things that you may not like, but it's for your guy's safety." he said, Zetsu popping out of the ground at the sound of his name. I turned and looked at Itachi one last time, my tears never ceasing. I walked into Zetsu's embrace as he made us move to a different location, but somewhere close to the battle.

I watched as Sasuke entered the building and glared at the now sitting Itachi. "Foolish little brother." Itachi started. "You come before me without Mangekyou Sharingan and expect to win?" he mocked his little brother. Sasuke smirked and glared at Itachi with the darkest look, "If your Mangekyou is that powerful why don't you take care of me now? Or am I too strong to test your abilities?" Sasuke mocked his older brothers words. Sasuke started taking his bandages off, and Itachi sighed. "You sure are confident, but this time I guess it isn't just big words." he said standing up.

I just stared at the two men I love. Through out the whole fight I couldn't help but cry silently. After a while the two Uchiha siblings decided that genjutsu wouldn't work on each other. They had a silent stare off as they both reached for their kunai and shuriken. In a second they started throwing their projectiles at each other, expertly hitting each others weapons to divert them. In the middle of it they flashed to each other, holding the others sharpened blade from slicing them.

From what it looked like, they were evenly matched. But surprisingly Itachi had made a clone within the chaos of their previous battle. His clone jumped up in the air and threw some kunai at Sasuke, who was wide open. Something moved on Sasuke's neck and came off, wrapping around his head protecting him. The white figure turned into a snake and tried to clamp down on Itachi's wrist, which he dodged effortlessly.