Tobi:
After the attack of the Nine Tailed Fox sixteen years ago, unjust grew that the Uchiha had tried to stage intellection and cease power to take over leadership of the village. As a result, the Uchiha were put under strict surveillance by the Anbu-Black Ops and they were forced to relocate to the outskirt to the village. They became completely isolated. Distrust breed hatred and eventually suspicion became reality. The Uchiha clan started plotting a Coup d'état to take over the village.

Sasuke:
Ugh?!

Tobi:
And so the Hidden Leaf’s leaders planted the spy with the Uchiha clan to watch us. That spy was your older brother. Itachi Uchiha. And that’s when Itachi’s suffering began.

Sasuke:
An Uchiha Coup d'état?! And Itachi… was he really a spy?!

Tobi:
Despite being an Uchiha, you’re know nothing. Because, you were so young. But it’s all true. Your father Hugaku was the mastermind of that planned Coup… and Itachi was spy went to the Anbu-Black Ops on your father’s orders.


Hugaku:
Itachi, you also serve as the Uchiha clan’s pipe line to the village’s nerve center. You understand that, don’t you?


Tobi:
However, it was actually the opposite. Itachi was supplying the village with the intelligent on the Uchiha. In other word, he was a double agent. You can’t even imagine what a heavy burden that was to bear.

Sasuke:
But why?! Why would Itachi betrayed the Uchiha?!

Tobi:
You may never understand his reasons. Because you’ve never live through the horrors of war. The Third Great Ninja War when Itachi was merely four years old. He saw many people die. He should’ve never had to experience war in such a young age. War is hell. That trauma turns him to pacifist who hated warfare. One who had a peaceful and stability for the village on most in his mind and actions, instead of being bound by obligation to his clan he was a Ninja that devoted to his village. And the village leader has exploited that trait. They assigned him to a top secret mission. And eye for an eye for they’ve need the Sharingan to face the Uchiha. That’s right. The mission… was the eradication of the entire Uchiha clan. What must Itachi have come to emotionally when he learned of his assignment. Itachi was faced with the terrible choice. The decision to raise his hand against his fellow brethren was probably… an unbelievable struggle. But if Ninja that caliber the Uchiha were to revolt, both the Hidden Leaf Village and the Land of Fire will would be shaken tremendously. Other nations would take advantage of the situation and invade. It could easily become the trigger for the Fourth Great Ninja War. The Uchiha clan’s self-interest would embroil innocent people who had nothing to do with the Shinobi world and countless people would die once again… If you were Itachi, what would you have done? So he made up his mind. He himself would drop the curtain on his own clan’s history. Of course he did not hate the Uchiha, he simply did what he had to. The dis crimination by the village and the object of their antagonism, he shouldered all blame himself. No one should ever question Itachi’s decision of the sacrifice has he made. To be truthful, back then, I had also had been quietly plotting war. I held grudges against the Senjyu led Leaf as well as the Uchiha. And Itachi had picked up on that. He alone knew of my existence. He sought me out and made me a proposal. In exchange for letting me carry out my vendetta against the Uchiha, I was to leave the village alone. He would aid me against the clan. The third Hokage tried to resolve the situation through other means. He intended to open negotiation to the Uchiha to re-compromise. But time run out. And his efforts failed. The night drew near… he knew his fate. To become known as a criminal who murdered his own clan, to bear the burden of disgrace and become a Rouge Ninja. All of that was part of a mission. Itachi completely fulfilled his duty, except for one single mistake… He could not bring himself… to kill his younger brother.


Truth



Tobi:
Afterwards, Itachi appealed to the third Hokage be seething him to protect you from Danzo in the councilors. He fled the village after threatening Danzo. If anything would happen to you, Itachi would leak all the intelligence he had on the Hidden Leaf to un allied nations. He worried about you of all else. And yet, he could not tell you the full truth. So he told you as much as he could.


Sasuke [Past]:
It’s a lie! This isn’t just like you big brother! It's not…

Itachi [Past]:
I had acted like the older brother you desired for one reason. Because I wanted to discover how powerful you were. I needed to find the worthy opponent to test the limits of my own abilities. You have that unique potential. Now I’ve make you hate me. Now you have the desire to defeat me. Which is exactly why I’m going to allow you live. Humph, don’t you see? It’s all for my own benefit. Foolish little brother, if you wish to kill me one day, in hate and revenge, surviving in such ugly manner as this. By all means free, claim to you retched life… and then, one day when you possess the same eyes… come back and face me!


Tobi:
He gave you a reason to seek revenge against him and hoped it would make you stronger. He wanted you to believe that the Uchiha was a proud clan from the Hidden Leaf Village. He begged the Hokage to make sure you would never learn the truth. And from the moment he left the village, he resigned himself to battling you to the death. In order to pre-store upon you new powers. That is Itachi’s truth.

Sasuke:
No… you’re lying! It’s got to be a lie… it’s just has to be! It’s all nonsense… Itachi… tried to kill me many times!

Tobi:
If Itachi really wanted to kill you, you’d most certainly be dead.

Sasuke:
He even used… the Mangekyo Sharingan against me! There’s no question he was trying to kill me! No question…

Tobi:
Even your contingency plans were factored into his calculations. He had to pressure you hard during that battle. Surely you figured out why. You understand it now, don’t you?


Itachi:
And now, it finally emerges…


Tobi:
He wanted to free you of the Curse Mark. And the death that the one who closest to you. It was a battle to awaken your Mangekyo Sharingan. Itachi carefully set up everything in that battle. Diverting your attention from the truth by pretending till the very end , that he was stealing your eyes. You’re starting to see the truth.

Sasuke:
You’re lying… I know it! You sent the Nine Tails to attack the Hidden Leaf! Itachi told me that it was all your doing!


Itachi:
Sixteen years ago, when the Nine Tails attacked the Hidden Leaf Village, it was Madara’s doing. But like Madara’s bit for power, the Forth Hokage stopped that too in short. Madara is a bitter defeated looser. He is not worthy or capable of achieving Uchiha’s true greatness. I am the one. I shall surpass Madara and become the ultimate Ninja!


Sasuke:
You laid false charge against the Uchiha! You keened up with Itachi to toy with our clan!

Tobi:
Itachi was lying when he told you that just as I explained. He was gripped feared that somehow discover the truth, he wanted to make absolutely certain there was no chance of that. He fed you lies to make sure you wouldn’t trust me. He even implanted Amaterasu in your eyes.

Sasuke:
There’s no way that I’ve ever believe you! Itachi… was pure Evil! He was a criminal who slaughtered our clan and became an Akatsuki!

Tobi:
He took the burden of all this on himself and fled his birth village, then he joined the Akatsuki to spy from inside. On the organization that threaten his village. He always have the welfare of the Hidden Leaf in his mind. Just as he always thought of yours as well, Sasuke. Itachi appeared in the Hidden Leaf Village after the death of the third Hokage was promise to be your protector. He wanted to mind Danzo and the councilors that he was still alive and still very much of threat. He wanted to make sure…

Sasuke:
Stop it! More lies! Everything you say is a lie!

Tobi:
You’re still alive, aren’t you?


Itachi:
Each of us lives, dependent, and bound by our individual knowledge and our awareness. All that, is what we call “reality”. However, both knowledge and awareness is equivocal. One’s reality might be another’s illusion. We all live inside of our own fantasies… Don’t you think that’s true, Sasuke?

Itachi:
How much can you see when you look with those Sharingan of yours?

Sasuke:
My eyes are not the same as they once were! My Sharingan can see through Genjutsu!

Itachi:
Huh… you speak with such confidence as you always do… well from now… I’m willing to take your word for it.


Tobi:
Those eyes of yours did not preceded a single truth about Itachi. You weren’t able to pierce through any of the illusion he has created. Itachi killed his friends, his superiors, his lover, his father, his mother… but he couldn’t kill his little brother. He killed every shred of feeling in his heart. In order to slaughter his own kin for the sake of his village. But he just couldn’t bring himself to kill you. Do you understand what that means? To him, your life was even more precious than the village. Until the moment to his death… No, even after he died, it was all for you to confer on you a new powers by allowing you to defeat him. He had avenged Uchiha clan, he made you a hero of the Hidden Leaf Village. Ravaged by illness, painfully aware of his impending death, he forcedly prolong his life with medication. All for the sake of his beloved little brother. Because he had to fight you and die in your presence. For the peace of the Hidden Leaf Village and most of all for you, Sasuke Uchiha. He wanted to die being known as a criminal and the traitor. He accepted disgrace and the place of honor and hatred in the place of love. And yet, Itachi still died with the smile on his face. He bequeath to you the Uchiha name. Still fooling you to the very end.


Itachi:
I’m home!

Sasuke:
Welcome home, Itachi! Hey come on! Let’s go outside and play together! So what do you think we should go play first?!

Mikoto:
Stop that, Sasuke. Your brother has academy homework to do first. You can play after he has finish doing that.

Sasuke:
But mom…

Itachi:
It’s okay. I can do my homework later. Besides, it’s easy.

Mikoto:
Oh, goodness…

Sasuke:
Hehe…

Sasuke:
I wonder where he could be hiding… Haha, I found you big brother!

Itachi:
You’re pretty sharp Sasuke. But… too bad!

Sasuke:
Hagh?! That’s so not fare!

Sasuke:
Hey dad…

Hugaku:
Hum?

Sasuke:
Itachi and I were playing hide and seek today. But then he used Clone Jutsu to trick me. And run away! And that cheating isn’t it?

Hugaku:
Oh! You’ve mastered using the Clone Jutsu?

Sasuke:
Hey wait! You can teach me the Clone Jutsu after we finish dinner, okay?

Mikoto:
Homework, boys.

Sasuke:
Hmmm… uh?

Itachi:
Sorry about that Sasuke, but we’ll do it some other time.

Itachi:
No, Sasuke! It’s time to go!

Sasuke:
What happened to the new Syuriken Jutsu you promised to teach me, huh?

Itachi:
It’ll have to wait. I have an important mission tomorrow. I must prepare.

Sasuke:
Humph! You’re such a big fat liar!

Itachi:
Sorry, Sasuke. May be some other time.

Sasuke:
Oou! Ugh… Okay! Just watch this!

Itachi:
Hey! Be careful!

Sasuke:
AGH!

Sasuke:
Itachi, that was fan. Will you train with me again sometime?

Itachi:
Sure, but I’m going to be assigned missions soon and starting tomorrow you’ll be attending the Ninja Academy. So we aren’t gonna have as much free time to ourselves anymore.

Sasuke:
That’s okay. As long as you can still spend time with me once in a while.

Itachi:
We’re fresh and blood. I’ll always be there for you. Even if it’s just as an obstacle for you to overcome…

Sasuke:
Big brother? Listen, can you please help me with my Syuriken training today?

Itachi:
I can’t. I’m too busy. Why don’t you ask father to teach you?

Sasuke:
But you’re better than he is when it comes to Syuriken Jutsu. Even kid can see that. Oou… Hey?

Itachi:
Sorry, Sasuke. Some other time, okay?

Itachi:
Even if it’s just as an obstacle for you to overcome… Sasuke, I’ll always be there for you. Even if you do hate me, that’s what big brother is for.



Itachi:

Forgive me, Sasuke… But this is it…




Sasuke:
We are no longer the “HEBI”. From this day on, our team will be the “TAKA”. And TAKA has but one goal… our mission… is to destroy the Hidden Leaf!


<Preview>

Bee:
Oh my eyes! Light too bright! Is it noon already? Damn it man! No, ho you ho? Training from morning! My berry is starving! Rap loving guy got be a hunch! That I just decided on Sukiyaki for lunch! Yeah…

Sasuke:
Humph. Sure looks like that’s the guy. Next time on Naruto Shippuden, “Battle of Unraikyo”. Eight Tails, I’m here to capture you!



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