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Sasuke's (P.O.V)
Over and over again… why don't you just give up and let me cut you down already?
I shouted inside my head as I pushed half of my remaining chakra into my hand and formed Chidori. That loud "thousand birds" chirping sound gathered in my palm. Lightning danced around my hand while I stared at the only person in this entire shinobi world that I truly called a friend… no, more than a friend — a brother.
I looked at my Chidori, then paused and looked at Naruto.
He had come so far for me. Even when I betrayed Konoha and ran away, he still chased me all the way to the Valley of the End. He never stopped believing in me.
And yet… I am still proud that I left that village. That place was a cage.
While thinking this, I watched Naruto. He was breathing hard, barely standing, but still trying to form a Rasengan in his hand. Even now, he wouldn't give up on me.
"Tch… Naruto is always like that. A stubborn idiot," I thought.
But I know one thing.
I can't live in this world filled with fear and darkness. People kill each other again and again. If there is to be true peace, someone must control everything — with power and kindness together.
When there is a moon, there must also be a sun to balance it.
Most of my chakra was sealed in my arm. This was the perfect time to use what was left. The Sharingan mark on my hand slowly opened. Sage chakra flooded into my eyes. My Rinnegan changed. The blue color spread through my whole body, and my Mangekyō Sharingan turned into a blue iris with a flower-like pattern.
Naruto was already in mid-air with the Rasengan.
"It's time to end this," I thought. All the pain, all the hatred… I would carry it away.
My eyes shone.
"Wood Release: Wood Binding!"
Wood burst from the ground and wrapped around Naruto, holding him tight. I looked into his eyes with my new Rinnegan. The same pattern appeared in Naruto's eyes — he was now trapped in my genjutsu.
He tried to say my name.
"Sasuke…"
But he couldn't move.
I looked at him as tear slip from eye's and said quietly,
"...Sorry, Naruto."
I shared a bit of my chakra with him. Inside the genjutsu, I already told him everything I wanted to say.
My eyes shone again. Just like Kaguya, a portal opened in front of me. I looked back one last time.
This world is in Infinite Tskuyomi… but not forever. I left Naruto with my chakra — and my message so he could .
Then I stepped into the portal.
I left this reality… to calm the hatred inside me. Maybe, in another world, I can start something new.
Naruto's (P.O.V)
I looked at Sasuke as he shouted, "Over and over again! Just let me cut you down!"
My body was shaking. I was struggling just to move forward. But I still stepped ahead.
Why would I give up Dattebayo?
He and I… we share the same loneliness. If I don't understand him, then who will?
The whole village hated me. They called me a monster. I was alone all the time. But Sasuke… his pain was even worse than mine.
I at least had the Third Hokage… old man Hiruzen, my "Jiji."
But Sasuke had everything — a family, a clan — and then he lost it all, right in front of his eyes.
Not only that… Itachi made him relive that nightmare again and again with Tsukuyomi.
Anyone would break.
Kurama was already weak inside me, giving me his last bit of chakra. He told me not to drop the Justsu Early or Sasuke might absorb it. Even then, I didn't care about myself. I just didn't want to lose Sasuke.
I watched Sasuke form Chidori. Lightning screamed in his hand.
I stood up, using whatever chakra I still had left just to stay on my feet.
Yeah, I could have gone all out.
I could have used the Wood Style that I got from the Six Paths old man.
I could have used Slug Sage Mode, my healing, and the chakra seal Tsunade-baa-chan taught me.
But this fight… wasn't about power.
It was about him to Bring my Freind back to his HOME .
I jumped toward Sasuke. At that moment I heard him shout:
"Wood Style: Wood Binding!"
Thick wood wrapped around me, holding me tight. My eyes went wide.
"What the—? Sasuke, you can use Wood Style too?!"
Before I could say anything else, his eyes changed.
At first I saw the purple Rinnegan… then it turned blue. Even his Mangekyou Sharingan changed color, like a blue flower pattern. His chakra felt different, heavy but calm.
"Sasuke…" I called out.
But the moment I said his name, everything around me twisted.
I realized it instantly.
A genjutsu.
And I knew this place.
It was the Ninja Academy in Konoha — the same place where everything started.
Where I was alone.
Where he was alone.
Where the two of us first looked at each other…
As I heard Sasuke's voice, I looked at him.
"Sa–Teme… what are you? What is this? You were holding back this whole time, dattebayo?"
My voice shook without me meaning to.
Sasuke looked at me with his usual cold eyes.
"Hn. I could say the same about you," he replied. "You saw it already, right? I can use Wood Style… and you can too. You also have Sage Mode from the Fifth Hokage."
I took a breath and calmed down a little, then nodded.
Sasuke stared at me for a moment and then spoke again.
"Let me tell you, dobe… why I really left Konoha."
I answered quietly, "Sasuke… teme… you left because you thought nobody was helping you get stronger. You felt Konoha was holding you back from avenging Uchiha's and for killing Itachi. But after the Fourth Great Ninja War… you learned the truth."
Sasuke nodded slowly.
"Yeah. But that isn't all of it."
His voice became heavier.
"That place disgusts me."
I stayed silent.
"The elders of Konoha ordered the Uchiha to be killed… even children, babies, pregnant women, old people. All of them. Just to keep control over the Uchiha."
His hands clenched.
"There were other ways. Itachi had Mangekyō Sharingan. They could have talked. They could have stopped the coup in another way."
He looked straight into my eyes.
" Shisui. Danzo killed him. Shisui had the power to stop the coup without bloodshed. But Danzo stole his eye. Because of him… the Uchiha clan fell."
His voice grew colder.
"And it didn't stop there. They were trying to take the Uchiha's jutsu too. Luckily, my father noticed and hid them."
He looked away for a moment.
"Now think about it, dobe. My brother killed innocent people… children… babies… and spared me. What kind of life do you think that leaves me with?"
He closed his eyes.
"After everything… after Itachi died… I don't feel relieved. I don't feel 'saved.' I feel like my live was forced… built on the deaths of innocent people."
He finally said:
"It disgusts me that my life was spared… while all those innocent lives were taken."
I didn't say anything as Sasuke looked straight at me.
"Not only you, dobe. Just like you, I also created another 'me' inside myself… a second personality to hold everything in," he said calmly.
"I know your cheerful face. Behind that smile… you're hiding it too. I don't even need to say what."
I clenched my fist but stayed quiet.
"Still… you manage somehow."
He paused for a moment.
"Do you remember when we first entered the Academy? Then Team 7? Little by little… I made friends with you," Sasuke said.
"Oi! Teme!" I shouted, my face lighting up. "So you do admit we're friends! Dattebayo!"
But Sasuke continued, his voice colder again.
"But when I saw the path Sakura chose… it disgusted me even more."
"What?! Dattebayo, what did Sakura-chan do?!" I yelled, shocked.
"Don't you see it?" Sasuke said. "Her mother is the head of the Shinobi Council. She pushed Sakura toward me on purpose. They were watching me. Using her. For the Uchiha."
I went quiet.
"And look at you now," he continued. "All around Konoha, teenage girls suddenly like you. After you saved them. After you became strong. To them, you became something useful. Something to take. They run after you for power."
I felt my chest tighten. I didn't know what to say.
"After I left Konoha and trained under Orochimaru… during those years, I learned a lot," Sasuke went on. "You already know about Danzo and Root. Your Fifth Hokage — the grandma you call Tsunade — told you, right?"
"Yeah," I nodded. "Tsunade-baa-chan said Danzo experimented with the First Hokage's cells."
Sasuke nodded back.
"Orochimaru also had those cells. He implanted them into me. And not only those. He collected cells from the Hyuga clan too — main branch and side branch."
My eyes widened.
"That's why my body became like a sage's body… similar to yours," Sasuke said. "But I didn't master Snake Sage Mode. I mastered something else."
He looked up slightly.
"The phoenix. My other clan — You know Garuda my Other Summon — its head Sage is a phoenix. I mastered Phoenix Sage Mode… together with Hashirama's Woodstyle power."
He looked at me seriously.
"I know you mastered Wood-Style too....just by the instruction Sage left you in Your Mind Dope.. You're a natural at this kind of thing."
I scratched my cheek and smiled a little. Yeah… ever since the Sage of Six Paths gave me power, and Tsunade-baa-chan taught me chakra storing, plus Slug Sage Mode… I had mastered a lot without noticing.
Sasuke continued talking.
"Because of all that… these new eyes awakened. Maybe it's like how the Sharingan evolves into Mangekyō. This might be the Byakugan's evolution."
He closed his eyes for a second, then opened them again, shining.
"And with these eyes… I awakened many new abilities too."