Uchiha (20)

Akihiko slowly walked back to Konoha, with no one obstructing him. He made sure to take his time as he analysed Itachi through the Byakugan!

To be honest, he had reduced the damage Itachi could have suffered by a whoping 90%!

This is only normal, because, all the other Ninja's in his path were reduced to nothingness, Jonin or Genin!!

Therefore, Itachi won't be any different!

He made sure to severely injure him though….

An injury that would rob him of all fighting spirit and strenght!

It took almost 5 minutes for Akihiko to walk back to Itachi's location.

He saw him, lying on the ground, desperately gasping for breathe!

Seemingly picking up a presence approaching him, Itachi weakly turned his head with difficulty as he spotted a Ninja walk to him with leisure steps.

Stopping a few metres away from Itachi, Akihiko removed his mask. This was the courtesy he was giving to a Kage level Ninja no matter how hateful they were! Its not easy to reach such a level, therefore he wanted to let Itachi know why he died!

Looking at the distinct White eyes of the Hyuga, Itachi blinked but did not say anything. Though he felt that this person was somewhat familiar. He couldn't remember....

Crouching down, Akihiko looked at Itachi impassively before saying. "Do you know why I want to kill you?"

Hearing such words, Itachi was stunned before his pupils contracted violently!

Even though he saw this Hyuga approaching he thought it was just a ninja who managed to see him!

Who would ever think that a Hyuga member could unleash such a terrifying attack!

Itachi had already guessed that the person who attacked him was this Hyuga.

Seeing the indifference in the other party's gaze, Itachi was in turmoil!

The Uchiha had been overly arrogant, since they thought that their Sharingan was superior to the Byakugan!

But what did he see! This Hyuga could unleash such a terrifying Jutsu! It must have been a Doujutsu technique!

The evolution of the Byakugan!

Sure enough! Since the Sharingan could evolve, nothing is stopping the Byakugan from equally evolving!

Maybe it was the inferior talents in the Hyuga that caused such things! Or maybe the conditions for evolution was not known!

Sighing inwardly, Itachi felt bitter about such an outcome!

Who would have thought that the Root member he put in the Tsukoyomi space alongside Orochimaru would kill him this quickly!

It all made sense now! How would an ordinary Root member break free from the Tsukuyomi? It was his evolved Byakugan that allowed him to do so...

Everything now made sense!

Itachi quickly pieced up the information he had, and he was filled with complex emotion.

He of course would not forget the clothing the mysterious Huyga wore! Even though the face was covered in a mask in the Tsukoyomi space, the strings of events showed that this Hyuga had sought revenge!

However, Itachi was clearly over thinking things…

"Your not the Hokage!" Akihiko wh didn't know the enemies thought but didn't bother with pleasantries or theatrics! "So why are you thinking from the Hokage's perspective?"

Itachi was suddenly dazed! What is going on? Why are you lecturing me on my death bed?

"Don't think too much, I just want you to know why you died and what you did wrong!" Akihiko, noticing Itachi's confusion, kindly clarified. "Have you ever thought of the reason behing the Uchiha's discrimination? Sure you have, however you didn't understand a thing!"

Taking a pause so Itachi could digest what he said, Akihiko continued"It was the Second Hokage that was weary of the Uchiha, but he never planned to overly marginalize them! He just didn't want them in power that's all!"

"However, the Hokage you look up to so much, together with his 3 friends, saw the Uchiha as a thorn in their clothes for they had already declared Konoha as their own! Why do you think even ordinary people hate the Uchiha?"

"Rumors!"

"There were rumors spread around by 'official personnel', spoiling the Uchiha name, but all you people did was to just look around and fume in your room! And you…" Akihiko took his time to look at Itachi up and down, before nodding in satisfaction!

"You're the most foolish of them all! You pride yourself in your advanced knowledge, but never knew that you were just being brainwashed from the beginning to the end!" Hering this, Itachi was agitated, he wanted to refute…

"Hold it!" Waving his hands, Akihiko didn't give him any chance to express himself.

"I don't want to hear what you want to say. I'm not your teacher or anything….Why didn't the Hokage consider giving the position of an Elder to the Uchiha? Surely this way the Uchiha could be satisfied! However, he wanted complete monopoly over Konoha! He's selfish, overly possessive and paranoid! He fears outside forces but will absolutely crush his own!"

"What happened to Sakumo Hatake? What happened to Uchiha Shishui? Why did the Sannin leave Konoha one by one? Why did Senju Nawaki die? Why was the Senju wiped out? Why were kids sent to the battlefield? Why is the Uchiha clan being exterminated?"

"Heh! Hiruzen and Danzo! As for those other two elders…they are just useless!"

Itachi's eye widened as he listened to Akihiko! He could have refuted and found an excuse, but he didn't have the qualifications to do that anymore!

The Hokage left him to deal with those Two Kage Level Ninja's even when he knew he was only a Jonin….It means he was already deemed useless by the Hokage!

Due to time constraints and how quickly things got out of hand, Itachi didn't have the chance to tell the Hokage about his Mangyekou, if not....

"You seem to realize that your just a disposable pawn in their hands, but its too late! You are a disgrace to your clan, you and your father are the eternal disgrace of the Uchiha clan! I pity Uchiha Madara!"

"You are going to die because I don't like you, I also feel as if you're an insult to the Uchiha clan, so I'll take care of you and send your father to you soon enough. Secondly, it won't hurt to experiment on the Mangyekou…" Seemingly thinking of something, Akihiko licked his lips in an Orochimaru style…

Itachi felt a chill assault his heavily wounded body as he gazed at that…that licking?

Seeing that his thoughts were in disaaray, Itachi quickly snapped out of it, before he thoughtfully gazed at the sky!

Has all his ideologies been mere garbage? Was he always thinking too much, that he began to think like a fool? He was not the Hokage, but he thought like the Hokage.

Wasn't that foolish? He was the Clan Heads son, so why didn't he think like a clan head?

So he was brainwashed all along to think like the Hokage!

No, he was not brainwashed! He was guided!

Akihiko nodded as he saw Itachi's expression. "Yes, just as you have imagined! You were guided meticulously by the Hokage." Speaking up to this stage, Akihiko sighed at the Hokage's brilliance. Definitely part of the Top 3 most Shrewd Ninja in the Ninja World!

Drawing his katana, Akihiko did not want to waste anymore time with this Filial Son.

Seeing his inevitable death, Itachi began: "Please protect Sasuke. He's too young and is innocent…" Before Itachi could continue, Akihiko cut him off.

"You don't expect me to care about some brat do you? After all, you didn't care about your own clan, even killing them in broad night light. And you expect me to take care of the brother of a scum like you?" Akihiko spat in fake disdain. Well he tried his best to portray such…

"I'd even kill him shortly after you die, who want's a second Filial son in this Ninja world?" Saying this, Akihiko slashed down mercilessly!

Not giving any chance to negotiate! He didn't care about what he was going to say!

As for Sasuke….

Approaching Itachi's dead body, Akihiko extracted the last Sharingan, pocketing it into a nutrient solution before gazing at the battlefield…

Shortly after, Akihiko vanished…

In a location not far from Konoha, Itachi and Sasuke were running at high speeds away from Konoha! Itachi, noticing the imminent war, sent a shadow clone to take Sasuke to safety! He knew that his brother would be killed if he stayed in Konoha so he decisively took him away!

However, he necer expected that his real body would die!

Poof!

The Shadow clone naturally dispersed as its owner died!

In this timeline, Itachi had not even grown to know anything like his previous knowledge of the Izanagi, Izanami, and Transcription Seal! Therefore he had no way of cheating death or even putting up a decent fight!

Scratch that, he didn't even have the Data Mirror ant Sword of Totsuka! He was just a freshly awakened Uchiha so....

With the clone dispersed, Sasuke came to an abrupt halt as he vigilantly scanned his surroundings, Kunai drawn! Though he felt disappointed that his brother did not run away directly with him, he still knew that after the war ended his brother will return!

He was also sad that his father and mother insisted to stay and come to him when everything had subsided.

Burying such grieviances, Sasuke wondered what could make his brothers clone disperse..

Naturally, with Sasukes yound age, he couldn't understand the intricacies of war! And that death was the only outcome in such an imbalanced Civil War!!

Swooosh

A leaf fell to floor….

Before, Sasuke could register what happened, he was already tied up and held with his hands above his head!

"Aaargh, let go of me! Who are you?" Reacting after a full second, Sasuke screamed in panic and fear! What terrible speed! He couldn't even react!

Not giving the lad a chance to continue screaming, the perpetrator chopped at Sasuke's neck, causing him to fall unconscious immediately!

Removing the Root mask, Akihiko's clone chuckled sinisterly, before dumbing the boy on his shoulder, vanishing from the sight seconds later.

With Sasuke in the bag, only Uzumaki Naruto and Hinata Hyuga remained…

Yes, Akihiko planned to take the 3 most talented children in the Ninja World Under Him!

Some might say that Hinata is not qualified, however, that is very wrong!

It was revealed that Hinata possessed Hamura's Chakra! Logically speaking Hamura's Chakra is even more powerful than Indra's and Ashura's!

The only thing hindering the growth of Hinata was the environment! Thrust her into a war and see if that personality won't change…

He already had a plan for Hyuga Hinata, but Naruto was a bit tricky to deal with!

His goals, his bonds with Konoha, his status as a Jinchuuriki, Ashura's chakra…sigh what a pain….

Anyway, for Akihiko, obtaining this three brats was very important! He could extract and conduct experiments with them whenever he wanted so he must not miss any one of them!

{A poor man who's desperately looking for money (PS) begs certain rich men that frequently visits his bar without paying a dime after enjoying themselves.😂😂 Send me Power stones please...}