Madara has lost, his dreams crumbled into blood-stained dust around him. As he lay dying, he takes a sole comfort in knowing that the loneliness that has followed him his whole life will at least be familiar. He denies solace in his friend, knowing that it wouldn't change a thing. He had failed, he was a defeated loser who would never walk again. It was all over. But what if it wasn't?

Itachi had done a lot of things when he was alive, but one thing clung to him more than any other. Failure. He failed to save his clan. He failed to save his village. He failed to save his brother. After dying from his deadly disease, Itachi is reborn in a different land. Will he make things right, or will he fail once more?