Chapter 1, Part 3: Life and Death
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At the very top of a tall pine tree, a small flicker of light occurred. Minato appeared near instantaneously at it’s place, his Hiraishin Kunai gripped tightly in his chakra cloaked hand. As he scanned over the top of the forest, he could see that it was undoubtedly daytime, mid afternoon at the least. However, casted over him and a massive portion of the surrounding land was an enormous shadow. It was as if the moon had found itself in front of the sun, causing a widespread solar eclipse to devastate the area. Only, it wasn’t a moon at all, and this was not a solar eclipse. It was Itachi Uchiha’s susano’o, and this was hell. Standing at a gigantic fifty or maybe even one hundred feet, was a colossal humanoid figure. It had low opacity, allowing keen eyes to spot Itachi who stood at the center of it’s forehead inside some sort of diamond shaped protrusion. It was heavily armored, bearing an attire like that of a Samurai, with large tile-like wings retracted onto it’s back. At its left hand, it held a large shield with a design that swirled into it’s center, and at its right hand, it held an odd gourd-like handle. Minato grunted, as he was baffled and unable to respond to such a massive amount of power.
“K-kurama…” He stuttered under his breath. “Were you able to regain any chakra?”
“Not enough to assist you in this situation. You’ll have to hold out a little longer, Minato.” The voice in his head replied.
Minato nodded reluctantly, calming himself before preparing to encounter the large entity.
“This ends now, Hokage” Boomed Itachi’s heavy voice from the Susano’o.
Minato growled, raising his kunai with intent to throw it. He had to stall for as long as he could while Kurama gathered enough chakra to face the giant beast.
“Let’s do this---” Minato said, before noticing a small flicker of light in the giant handle that the Susanoo's right hand held. In a matter of seconds, a large beam of light raced quickly towards Minato, who just barely managed to shunshin out of it’s way. As he managed to gain some distance from the attack, he realized that it was not a beam of light at all. That handle had released an enormous blade of chakra that seemed to tear through the land with ease, sucking in everything in it’s path.
“This must be….” Minato remembered what he had read from the reports. When a squad of anbu had overwhelmed Itachi Uchiha with numbers, he summoned the upper body of his Susano’o and utilized a spiritual weapon known as the the ’Totsuka Blade’. From the reports, this blade had the ability to seal any form of chakra within the gourd-like handle. Only one survivor managed to escape Itachi’s wrath, noting that all his friends were pulled into the gourd. What happened to them afterwards, he did not know.
“But the Totsuka Blade should only be able to absorb chakra-based objects,...so why is it…” Minato wondered as trees and ground were sealed in, even the air seeming to be dragged towards the blades pull. “Using the complete Susano’o must allow the Totsuka Blade to seal anything from chakra-based to non chakra-based organisms.”
Minato growled under his breath. “I’ll have to engage him eventually, but I must keep away from that Totsuka Blade of his.”
“Come out, come out, wherever you are, Hokage!” Itachi shouted, tearing his Totsuka Blade through the landscape. Explosions and tremors ruptured the area as Itachi attempted to cut his way to Minato. Minato hesitated for a moment, but decided that he could not allow Itachi to destroy the village. He ran out in the open, chakra arms from his cloak shooting out and onto the ground, thrusting heavily so that he launched high into the air. He gripped his Hiraishin Kunai, tossing it towards the upper torso of the humanoid figure. Once he lost his balance in air and gravity began to pull him back down, he appeared beside his Hiraishin Kunai, running up the chest of the Susano’o like an ant climbing a tree. Itachi made efforts to smash Minato on his way up, but Minato managed to duck and dodge most of the attacks. Eventually Minato made it up to the face of the Susano’o, where the chakra arms from his cloak shot out and began pounding at the humanoid figure. Itachi tried to swat at Minato, but with both his hands occupying a weapon, he couldn’t hit accurately without damaging himself. Shockwaves and sonic booms rippled violently through the air as Minato’s chakra hands collided brutally with the Susano’o, but Itachi only laughed, as the Susano’o did not budge one bit. Finally, he managed to get a clean hit on Minato, sending the insect flying dozens of meters away. After colliding with the ground, Minato grunted and hyperventilated as he tried to get up.
“K-kurama, how are we doing?”
“You? You’re doing pretty badly. I myself am almost done, just procrastinate a little longer…” The voice in his head replied.
Minato managed a light chuckle, groaning as he finally rose to his feet. “I am trying, Kurama. This isn’t exactly easy, you know.”
“Well, you’re pretty fast. Hitting you should be like trying to cut a fly in half with a giant sword. Don’t stay in a single place, use your speed to confuse him.”
“Right” Minato replied.
After a few deep breaths, Minato was ready to go. He launched away from Itachi, causing the man to follow him.
“The least I can do is lead him away from the village, so he doesn’t cause anymore destruction.” Minato said under his breath.
“I’m tired of this cat and mouse game, Hokage.” Itachi barked, raising his blade and trailing it quickly towards Minato, who flashed away just before the area he was in was swept away and utterly destroyed. After a while, Minato slowed down.
“Itachi, it doesn’t have to be this way…Maybe we can negotiate…”
“You know that negotiation is impossible. Don’t try to talk your way out of this…”
Minato sighed, lowering his head. “Very well….”
“Minato---” Kurama spoke
“Then I will just have to…” Minato continued
“We’re ready…” Kurama announced.
“Destroy you…” Minato finished.
Itachi widened his eyes as even from his height he could sense a sudden burst of chakra erupting within Minato. The ground beneath Minato gave away, completely deteriorating under the massive amount of pressure that began to resonate from his form. A large head protruded from Minato, followed by paws and then eventually a full body. Minato stood at the head of the new form, a mound of chakra gathered together and replicating the nine tailed beast. It was half of the height of Itachi’s Susano’o, but when it brung itself up and stood on two legs it was near the same height as Itachi’s Susano’o. Itachi paused for a second before laughing.
“Do you think that you’re going to defeat me with this? What a joke…” Itachi exclaimed. "You only made yourself a bigger target for my Totsuka Blade. But if you’re so set on ‘destroying me’, then let’s see what you’ve got.”
Itachi raised his Totsuka Blade, ready to hammer it down on Minato. He swung towards the large chakra fox several times, but Minato quickly got back onto all four paws and raced around the Susano’o, evading each slash with his impressive speed. As he ran around Itachi, he released quick bursts of condensed chakra from the large fox's mouth. Itachi responded by holding up his shield, which reflected the attacks right back towards Minato. Minato managed to dodge the barrage of attacks, large explosions littering the land wherever the reflected attacks landed. Minato raced directly towards Itachi, forming a ball of chakra in his mouth as he jumped towards the Susano’o. He released the attack at the Susanoo’s face, but Itachi quickly lifted up his shield and reflected the attack into the air, swinging his sword up and catching the nine tails avatar right on the wrist of its left paw. Though it seemed like the Totsuka Blade would finally absorb Minato completely, the Totsuka Blade simply cut off connection between the paw and the rest of the avatar, absorbing the paw. Minato flickered away from sight before the Totsuka Blade could absorb the entire avatar next.
“I guess that I cannot absorb that entire entity of chakra in just one swing. The amount of chakra that that possesses must be overwhelming the Totsuka Blade!” Itachi spoke as he located Minato and went for another slash.
“We’re losing a considerable amount of chakra, Minato. It won’t be long before you lose this form.” Spoke a monotonous voice inside his head.
Minato grunted, watching as the paw slowly reformed. “Then we’ll have to finish this quickly.”
Itachi raised his Totsuka Blade for another slash, but Minato would not allow it. One of the avatar's nine tails wrapped around the wrist of the Susano’o, stopping the Susanoo's arm mid-swing. A large tug pulled the Susano’o forward.
“What!?!” Itachi yelled as he was suddenly dragged forward.
At that moment, Minato was quickly forming a ball of chakra at the fox avatar’s mouth. This ball was much more stronger, growing quickly in size as it took on a blackish purple color.
“Tailed Beast Bomb” Minato shouted, releasing the ball when Itachi’s Susano’o was in close enough range. Itachi panicked, making an attempt to raise his Yata Mirror and counter the attack.The Tailed Beast Bomb smashed mercilessly into the shield, pressing heavily against Yata Mirror.
Itachi grinned.
“Nothing can get through the Yata Mirror. It reflects all jutsu!” He shouted, and at that moment the Yata Mirror begin to crack ever so slightly, the persistent Tailed Beast Bomb too heavy and powerful to possibly be reflected. Hairline fractures spread slowly across the shield, signifying its weakening state, just before Itachi was finally able to push away the attack with a mighty jump forward. The Tailed Beast Bomb flew high into the air, where it disappeared from sight for a few seconds before the entire sky turned a wild nuclear red, clouds being pushed away like peasants fleeing from a god.
“H-he fractured Yata Mirror…” Itachi said under his breath, tiny pieces of his shield beginning to fall off and fade into the air as the two stood in silence.
“This battle was decided from the beginning. You have no chance of stopping me…” Minato announced, and Itachi almost believed him. He stood, baffled, speechless.
“I…” he muttered.
“Itachi…” Minato called out with concern.
“No!” Itachi shouted back. “I refuse to lose like this. I, no, we the Akatsuki will capture the remaining tailed beasts and create a weapon that will bring peace to the Shinobi world!”
Minato backed away, as Itachi suddenly had a spark in his chakra flow, his Susano’o growing quickly in size as his chakra became impossibly darker and more colder. His spiritual weapons were as big as his Susano’o and resonated absolute power. Both his eyes were a tidal wave of blood that flowed down his face as he transcended his Susano’o. It was massive. The nine tails avatar was only half the height of this newly transformed god. Minato was tempted to run.
“I’ll end this now. Stay still and accept death, Hokage.” Itachi muttered, his Totsuka Blade running across the land and cutting deep into earth. Minato just barely dodged the blade, but watched in horror as it extended far enough to cut a line straight through the leaf village, splitting it in half.
“Itachi, enough!” Minato warned him, but Itachi did not listen. He went for another swing, fortunately not in the direction of the leaf village. Minato managed to dodge it again, but the blade released a gigantic shock wave that blew him away.
“Minato, there is no time for mercy. We must end this!” Kurama shouted in his head, and Minato clenched his fists in anger.
“Very well, but this will consume too much of your chakra. Afterwards, we won’t be able to retain this form. This is our final shot.” Minato announced, extending both of his arms forward. A small ball of black chakra appeared at the mouth of the fox avatar, quickly growing in size. The ground beneath Minato was completely devastated under the presence of such heavy and intense chakra. The ball of chakra grew so big that it outgrew even Kurama and the previous size of Itachi’s perfect Susano’o. As Minato formed his last attack, Itachi only laughed and mocked him.
“Do you honestly think that you can stop me now. That attack isn’t getting past my enhanced defenses. Now, should I reflect your death back towards you, or seal it away with you?” Itachi wondered.
The ball of chakra became massive, reaching up to at least the size of Itachi’s newly formed perfect Susano’o. As the ball continued to grow, the tails on the fox avatar quickly receded and faded away, as Minato was consuming nearly all the chakra that Kurama had to offer.
“You were warned Itachi. This could have ended peacefully..”
“Nothing ends peacefully in this god forsaken world...Not even the Uchiha did.” Itachi replied
To that statement, Minato chuckled before his lips parted. “You’re right.”
And with those final words, the tailed beast bomb disappeared in under a second, nowhere to be found. Itachi wanted to laugh at Minato, he wanted to believe that he had failed. But such a large amount of chakra does not simply disappear like that. It couldn’t be possible. Unless…
“This can’t be….” Itachi whispered to himself, looking down as a peculiar symbol on his cloak had suddenly began to glow brightly. “When did...”
Itachi’s eyes widened as he remembered Minato’s words. “This battle was decided from the beginning”.
“The close quarter combat!” Itachi thought in a panick. “He must have marked me during the close quarter combat when the fight had first begun!”
Itachi tried to think of something to do quickly, but it was too late.
“Damn you, Hokage!” He shouted in a fit of anger “Damn you!”
“Goodbye, Itachi…” Minato said, turning and walking back towards the village. In the background, a massive explosion occurred within Itachi’s Susano’o, it’s explosive power contained by the Susanoo's immense durability. It wasn’t long before the Susano’o began to crack apart, releasing clouds of smoke and a large atmosphere of chakra. But Itachi was no where to be found. all that was left after the smoke cleared, was a massive crater that stretched for at least 5 acres of land.
Minato's nine tailed avatar quickly deformed, but he continued walking once his feet met the ground. With his Hokage jacket flickering in the wind, he finally decided. “I’ve won this fight.”
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This is the final installment of the Itachi vs Minato Chapter, and I hope you enjoy.
