Naruto:Shippuden 136

The Light & Dark of the Mangekyo Sharingan



[Itach’s body turned into crows]

Itachi[Illusion]:
You have gotten strong…

Sasuke:
The exact same words as before and crows as well. Starting with your favorite Genjutsu farce huh?

Itachi:
So what do you want to know? It won’t be the last thing but I’ll hear which you have to say.

Sasuke:
Let me try this again…

[Sasuke stabbed Itachi from his back]

Sasuke:
Back when you slaughtered our entire clan, you’ve mentioned the existence of another… The other Uchiha that you didn’t kill. He must have been a co-conspirator… Because even you couldn’t have taken down the Leaf Police Force alone.

Itachi:
So, you figured it out.

Sasuke:
Who is it?!

Itachi:
Madara… Uchiha…

Sasuke:
…?!

[Past]

Nine Tails:
With that vision of yours and the chakra that ominous than my own… You’re the spitting image of Madara Uchiha… from the elder age…

Sasuke:
Never heard of him. Am I supposed to care?


Sasuke:
Madara Uchiha…

Itachi:
One of the founders of the Hidden Leaf Village. The man who first awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Sasuke:
A founder?! But Madara should be long dead by now! Are you just playing me?!

Itachi:
Madara is still alive. Whether you choose to believe that, is entirely up to you.

Sasuke:
Are you out of mind?!

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?

Sasuke:
Just what are you trying to say?!

Itachi:
That thinking Madara is dead is merely an arbitrary assumption that you’ve made. In exactly the same way that you once assumed that I was your kind and gentle older brother.

[Past]

Itachi:
I had acted like the older brother you desired for one reason… Because I wanted to discover how powerful you were…


Sasuke:
What happened that night, I was so young… I thought it was merely an illusion. I desperately wanted to believe that I was only trapped in a horrible Genjutsu. But there was no mistake! I was trapped in reality!

[Sasuke throw the Chidori Blade to real Itachi]

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.

Sasuke:
I’m done playing along with your parlor tricks.

Itachi:
Confidence is fine. But Sasuke, It appeared that you still do not possess the same eyes as I do.

[Past]

Itachi:
And one day… when you possess the same eyes… come and face me.


Itachi:
So you just couldn’t do it. Couldn’t kill your best friend. And you dare to come here? To face me with such weak resolve?

Sasuke:
All right, And just hurry it up and try to kill me with your Mangekyo Sharingan. Or am I too strong now for you to dare to test your capabilities against mine?

Itachi:
Humph… Such confidence…

White Zetsu:
Neither of them met batched for the longest time…

Black Zetsu:
They’re feeling each other out with their Genjutsu…

Itachi:
The Mangekyo Sharingan are very special eyes… The moment they’re awaken, they progress toward darkness… And the more they're used, the faster they’re sealed.

Sasuke:
What is that mean?

Itachi:
The Mangekyo Sharingan eventually lose their light.

Sasuke:
Blindness… So that’s the price of obtaining the power to control the Nine Tails is it?

Itachi:
Humph… So you did instructed and read the reprography in the secret Uchiha clan meeting place.

Sasuke:
Exactly who and what is Madara?

Itachi:
The first man ever to tame the Nine Tails with his eyes. An immortal man who is both my comrade and my mentor. And the exceptional man, who is the only one to uncover the other secret of the Mangekyo Sharingan. That is Madara Uchiha…

Sasuke:
Did you say the other secret of the Mangekyo Sharingan? What other visual power does it possess? Can it just do more than tame the Nine Tails?

Itachi:
Yes… Another secret… the most important one of all.

Sasuke:
The most important one? Tell me. What is it?! Answer me!

Itachi:
Let me tell you a little about the past… Particularly, the history of Uchiha. Back then, Madara has younger sibling. A brother…

[In Itachi’s Illusion]

Itachi:
From the time they were children, the two tested and honed their skills by competing with each other. Eventually, they’ve both awaken their Sharingan. And they made names for themselves from both inside and outside the Uchiha clan. The two continue to push each other, seeking to sharpen and to advance their visual prowess. And then…

[Madara and Izuna killed their friend]

Itachi:
The brothers killed off those most precious to them and in doing so, finally awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. It had never before been seen among the Uchiha clan. The brothers their prowess to unite the clan and Madara was named its new leader. However, Madara began suffering strange physical symptoms. As I just told you, this eye is special. The more you use it, the quicker it became sealed. With the end result being total darkness. That is the fate of the Mangekyo Sharingan. In exchange for obtaining incredible visual prowess, that power shut itself down. Cutting off the light forever… In other to try to reclaim the light, Madara used all the method he could find, but nothing was effective. He became lost and despaired… and haunted by Mangekyo Sharingan. Desperately seeking the light…

Madara:
Forgive me…


Izuna:
[Screaming]

Itachi:
He stooled both eyes from his younger brother. And so, Madara obtained new light. And after that, never again light fade from his eyes. An eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. It is said by finding a new host, his younger brother’s eyes obtained eternal light… and another change emerged. A distinctively new unique visual jutsu was born from those eyes. However, this exchange can only take place between clan members, and not everyone obtains new powers from this method either. These truths were only gradually discovered over time… after countless sacrifices. That is the other secret of the Mangekyo Sharingan. Madara used his new powers to take control the one Ninja clan after another. Ultimately, he formed an alliance with the most powerful clan, the Senju clan of the forest and established a new organization. Later, he clashed with the leader of the Senju clan, the future first Hokage over the course the village will take. He may have lost the battle over leadership, but Madara still lives on with his visual prowess intact. He has been hiding himself among the shadows, creating a new organization… the Akatsuki. 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…

Itachi:
Madara is a bitter defeated looser now. He is not worthy or capable of grasping Uchiha’s true greatness. I am the one… I shall surpass Madara and achieve real greatness. And now, I can finally obtain power that exceeds Madara’s! Sasuke! You are the one who will become my new light!

Sasuke:
Uh?!

Itachi:
You have my spare eyes! Activating the Mangekyo Sharingan always required an Uchiaha to take down its friend! Parents and siblings killed each other to obtain eternal visual prowess! We’re both from attainted bloodline that advance its strength this way for the ages! And from the day you were born into our clan, you have been unavoidably in twine with this blood soaked fate! Now come, my little brother! I shall kill you to obtain my true transformation! And finally be free from our clan’s fate! I shall break roof from all the restrictions and free myself from all the constrained fate that binds me!

Itachi[Past]:
Though us is different, because you and I are fresh and blood and always going to be there for you. Even if it’s only an obstacle for you to overcome.

Itachi:
We’re each other’s spares!

Itachi[Past]:
Now I made you hate me… Now you have the desire to defeat me… Which is exactly why I am going to allow you to live. Everything I’ve done is for me… for my benefit.

Itachi:
This is the true bond between the brothers of the Uchiha!!!


Itachi:
It’s seems… You are able to see my inner self.

Sasuke:
It was all… just for this?!

Sasuke[Past]:
My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and I particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream. Because I will make it an reality. I’m going to restore my clan… And destroy a certain “someone”.

Sasuke:
I finally alived…! The moment to achieve my goals as here at last!

Itachi:
You said that you see me dead at your feet. But you cannot possibly win against me amongst my Mangekyo Sharingan. Unfortunately your goal will end as mere fantasy and vanished like a dream upon waking. Because you do not possess my visual prowess.

Itachi[Past]:
You’re still too weak… you don’t have enough hate. And you know something… you never will…

Sasuke:
No matter how much you use those eyes of yours… I’ll use my hatred… to turn fantasy into reality! And your reality… is death!

[Sasuke vs. Itachi]

Sasuke:
Even during all that, he was able to leave signs of Shadow Clone?!

[Sasuke activates the power of Curse Mark and fight back]

Itachi:
He left the Chidori through it?!

[Sasuke takes down Itachi’s shadow clone but Itachi fight back]

Sasuke:
AGH!

Itachi:
Forgive me… Sasuke… This is my reality. Give me your light.

Sasuke:
AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!


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Whith Zetsu:
That ended quicker than I expected. Itachi has won this. Sasuke completely polarized. Itachi can do whatever he wants to him now.

Black Zetsu:
Do you really think so?

White Zetsu:
Of course, there’s no way an ordinary Shringan can win against the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Sasuke:
Next time on Naruto Shippuden, “Amaterasu!

White Zetsu:
We’ve better not take our eyes off from this one…



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