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CHARACTER NAME: Uchiha Sasuke
AGE: 17
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Not interested. Ever.
IC/AU/OC: IC AU
CHRONOLOGY: Chapter 413, page 09 [Here.]
PREFERRED TAG: taka!sasuke
BACKGROUND:
At a young age, Sasuke has always come across as second best - a replacement, yet not good enough. He had always been the first of his class, but it just wasn't good enough. He has always been in Itachi's shadow, genius or not. However, the only one member of the family to accept Sasuke for his accomplishments was his brother, Itachi, who would act as the loving older brother up until the Uchiha Massacre.
Sasuke had been coming home that night from training and came across something unusual -- all the lights within the Uchiha district were off, despite it being only mid-evening. When he turned the corner toward his home, he was greeted by a horrific sight - the bodies of his kinsman strewn everywhere. Fearing for his parents and brother, the child rushed home.
Dull thuds within the house alerted Sasuke that someone was there along with him, alone in the empty house. Though he was scared by the events of the night and what he might find beyond the doors where the thuds originated, he pushed on. He was a ninja.
What met him on the other side of those doors was just as, if not more, devastating than what he had witnessed outside in the streets of his clan’s district. His parents lay in the middle of the room, dead, with their killer still standing above him. When the moonlight revealed the killer, Sasuke was faced with his own brother.
Having assumed that Itachi had killed the murderer, he advanced toward Itachi, only to be stopped in his tracks by a shuriken being thrown at him and cutting his arm. This confused Sasuke. Why would Itachi hurt him, his little brother? And all of a sudden, for that matter?
Instead of answering Sasuke’s questions right away, Itachi used his Mangekyou Sharingan on his brother and showed him a replay of him killing, brutally murdering, their entire family. Sasuke retaliated after recomposing himself, though the moment was short lived.
Now frightened by his brother and what he was capable of, Sasuke fled the house and ran. The attempt to get away was futile, however, as Itachi easily caught up to the frightened child. The two held a brief conversation before Sasuke finally passed out, leaving Itachi able to flee the village.
Sasuke was the only one who had been spared during the massacre, being "unworthy to kill" in Itachi's eyes. As he was growing up, Sasuke only had two things in mind: Kill Itachi and revive the Uchiha. He made his goals known when Team 7 had been formed and asked by Kakashi. For this, he held high expectations for himself and trained vigorously when necessary. Yet still, he did not possess the Sharingan.
It wouldn't be until Team 7's first out-of-village mission that he would awaken his clan's bloodline limit. Between protecting Naruto from Haku's attacks and finding a way out of the dome of ice mirrors, Sasuke slowly began to see the mist-nin's movements more clearly. At first, he wasn't sure what was happening to him; the awakened ability made it easier to ward off Haku's attacks and counter with his own while protecting his teammate. Though, it was doing this that he met his untimely demise (though he wasn't *really* dead, it just seemed that way.)
Due to Haku's kind nature, the mission was deemed a success and Team 7 returned to Konoha in time for the Chuunin exams. There, he tested his Sharingan against Rock Lee and lost. However, the most significant events during the exams took place during the second stage, within the Forest of Death. While fighting the disguised Orochimaru, Sasuke gains the heaven seal and passes out soon after.
He doesn't awaken again until Sakura and Team 10 are in dire need of help. Sasuke awakens with the seal already activated, power overflowing within his body. In order to drive off the Sound-nin, Sasuke breaks both of Zaku's arms. Throughout the rest of the second stage and during the third's preliminaries, the seal pulses periodically, reacting strongest when Sasuke's own chakra is used.
During his fight with Yoroi during the preliminaries, the seal reacted more strongly due to his chakra being forcefully absorbed and taken, resulting in the involuntary release of the heaven seal. However, Sasuke had to regain control over himself and the seal or risk being disqualified and unable to advance. Fortunately, he did, and using one of Rock Lee's attacks as base, Sasuke defeated his opponent. Afterward, Kakashi took him in order to place an Evil Suppressor seal on top of Orochimaru's, after which Sasuke promptly passed out once more.
There was an attempt on his life while he was unconscious by Kabuto, who had easily gotten passed the ANBU that had been guarding his room. That would be the only try by the spy. Once he regained consciousness, Sasuke left the hospital before he was released, meeting Kakashi on top of a mountain to train during the one-month span given by Sandaime. It is during this time that Sasuke learns Kakashi's original technique and honed his own abilities.
It wasn't until his match with Gaara during the second part of the third stage that he was to be seen again, arriving just in the nick of time before he was to be disqualified. To this day, Sasuke has been the only one to seriously injure Gaara, as claimed by both Temari and Kankurou.
Gaara fled from the stadium with Sasuke following at his heels. Both Temari an Kankurou had tried to stall him, but it didn't take long for Sasuke to get past Temari. Kankurou would have been his next opponent, if not for Shino's intervention and help, allowing Sasuke to move on and continue to Gaara. Of course, being threatened with Sakura's life, Sasuke tried to defeat Gaara on his own, being reminded of both his brother's last words to him and his encounter with the jinchuuriki during his training with Kakashi.
However, he was not meant to be the one to defeat him, as he attempted to attack with a third chidori - his limit being only two at the time - and as a result, the seal was released forcefully and restricted his movement. He could do nothing but watch as Naruto fought, witnessing just how much he had improved in just one month.
After the exams, Sasuke heard the unwelcome news that his brother, Uchiha Itachi, was back in the village, but not after him. Itachi was after Naruto, which angered Sasuke deeply and prompted him to chase after Naruto. After many attempts, Sasuke finally found his brother trying to kidnap his friend.
Enraged, Sasuke attacked head-on, only to receive a broken wrist and thrown into a wall. Sasuke then fought Itachi on his own with no intervention by Kisame, Jiraiya, or Naruto. Of course, he was no match for his brother, proving that the gap between them was still wide, and not smaller as he had thought. And like when he was eight, Sasuke suffered the torture of his brother's Mangekyou Sharingan and rendered unconscious.
Until Tsunade, a legendary sannin, could be found and brought back to Konoha, Sasuke lay unconscious in the hospital once more. Having seen his brother after five years, he was reminded of his original purpose for his existence: to kill Itachi. Here, Sasuke fought Naruto for the first time, although it had been cut short due to Kakashi's intervention.
Not even a day had past since the fight before Orochimaru sent the youngest Uchiha an invitation to join him. Desperate for more power, he accepted. Within the night, Sasuke fled Konoha and left for Otogakure along with the Sound Four.
Naruto and several other genin had been sent after to retrieve Sasuke from the Sound nin, and it wasn't until Sasuke had awakened from achieving Level Two of his seal that any of them would lie eyes on Sasuke. Naruto chased after him after Lee had stepped in to help, and the two wouldn't stand face-to-face until they reached the Valley of the End.
The fight was a long one, exhausting the two of them and forcing them to use all of their strength. However, in the end, Sasuke was the one left standing, and he left to Orochimaru without further incident, leaving behind an unconscious Naruto.
Two and a half years would pass before Sasuke was to be seen again. Not much, if anything, is known about Sasuke during this time, other than the plain fact that he had sufficiently gotten stronger under Orochimaru's training. His speed, stamina - everything grew. He was no longer the weak twelve-year-old that he had once been. The only people he has been seen with or known to keep contact with during these years is Orochimaru and Kabuto.
But, after an infiltration by Team Kakashi, Sasuke is seen once more. The meeting itself was brief - a quick fight between Sasuke himself and members of Team Kakashi. Though, during that time, Sasuke used his Sharingan to see into Naruto's mind, consequently confronting the Kyuubi. After a brief conversation, Sasuke suppresses the demon, his parting words not to kill Naruto or he'll regret it. Yamato, who had been pinned by Sasuke, used this time to attempt to capture the rogue nin. It was not to be. After escaping a capture attempt, Sasuke tries to use one of the new jutsus that he had learned during his training, but Orochimaru stepped in and stopped him. After a brief conversation, both he and Orochimaru, as well as Kabuto, leave to move onto one of the other hidden hideouts.
After his run-in with his former team, Sasuke would once again not been seen for several months - approximately six more months, as it was around this time that Orochimaru began to grow sicker as his body began to reject him. Though, during the time that he was not heard from or seen by others outside of Sound, it was obvious that his skills further progressed. He was now able to take out an army of shinobi - albeit it a small army - single-handedly, and without dealing a fatal blow to even one ninja. He was saving his first kill for his brother.
Orochimaru was pleased with Sasuke’s progress, but at the same time found him lacking when it came to ruthlessness. Sasuke himself was not happy to hear this. Taking matters into his own hands as well as taking advantage of Orochimaru’s temporary weakness, he attacked the sannin while he was in bed with a variant of chidori - an extended blade that acted much like a sword, yet was able to expand and contrast on his whim.
Sasuke declared, then, that if the snake sannin wanted to see ruthlessness from him, then he would demonstrate it by killing him, since Orochimaru no longer had anything of value to Sasuke. With the sannin pinned to the headboard with chidori, Sasuke moved in to deal the final blow. However, before he had the chance to, Orochimaru had spat something out behind the Uchiha, who in turned to face his real opponent - Orochimaru in his true form. The body that lay on the bed was now dead.
Sasuke seemed unphased that the amount of experiments that Orochimaru performed on himself resulted in losing his own human form. With the same resilience that he possessed before and now the resistance to injury, Sasuke was forced to use his heaven seal at level two, while at the same time taunting the sannin at how worthless he was before an Uchiha. With that, he sliced Orochimaru’s body and presumed him to be bed. However, that was not to be the case. Orochimaru, still alive, told Sasuke that a snake’s poison was vaporous before lunging at the seemingly weakened teen.
Where Sasuke found himself next was inside a different dimension - the one Orochimaru used during his transfer - amongst the lumps of flesh and tissue that had been the previous host bodies. The only indication that implied such were the remaining faces on said lumps of flesh.
Sasuke would not be one to give in that easily, though. As Orochimaru attempted to take over Sasuke’s body as snakes surrounded his body, Sasuke countered with his own genjutsu, paralyzing the sannin and driving stone stakes through his body. “The Sharingan counters every technique used against it, making the attempts a failure” was what Sasuke had told Orochimaru, and then began to turn the jutsu against Orochimaru, consuming him instead.
Kabuto, having run to Orochimaru’s room at the sound of the fight, was shown what had happened. Sasuke denied the conformation of Orochimaru’s death by stating “I’ve taken over.”
With Orochimaru now out of the way, Sasuke leaves to travel to Orochimaru’s other bases to gather those who stood out the most, in Sasuke’s eyes, and had the potential to be useful to him when it came to tracking down and killing his brother. Sasuke first freed Suigetsu from his watery prison, one who was said to be the heir to the Seven Mist Swordsmen and a second coming of Zabuza. Together, the two went at retrieved Zabuza’s sword at Suigetsu’s request before moving on find Karin, who had the ability to locate others by sensing their chakra signature.
The final member of their team, Juugo, proved to be a little more difficult than getting to both Suigetsu and Karin had been. Juugo was mentally unstable, notably the curse seal’s origin, and jumped to kill at an instant, though always regretted his actions afterward. Kimimaro, Orochimaru’s previous to-be host, had been the only one to calm Juugo. But now, with Kimimaro dead, Suigetsu argued that there was no way that it was possible. Sasuke ignored the warnings and advanced anyway, freeing Juugo from his cell. As expected, he jumped and tried to kill Sasuke, who easily blocked the attack by partially transforming to his curse seal level two state.
Suigetsu then prompted a fight from the unstable Juugo, but the two were stopped by Sasuke under the threat of being killed. Afraid, Juugo ran back into his cell and demanded to be locked up and left alone. Sasuke refused, saying that he would free Juugo and be there to keep him from going on a murder spree. Juugo, remembering Kimimaro and his last words, asked who Sasuke was. Upon hearing that the teen before him was the one that Kimimaro sacrificed his life for, Juugo agreed.
Now that Sasuke had gathered his own team of shinobi, he declared the four to be ‘Team Hebi,’ with its only purpose in finding and killing Uchiha Itachi. With Karin’s abilities, they began to track the other Uchiha down and split into groups. It was then that Sasuke had run into Deidara and Tobi from Akatsuki.
After scaring Tobi by delivering a seemingly fatal blow through the abdomen, Sasuke’s attention was forced onto Deidara as the blond toyed with him, first using his lowest level explosives. Sasuke would have none of it, however, and quickly negated the explosives or simply blocked him. Deidara didn’t expect Sasuke could be as fast as he was and upped the level of explosives.
Deidara used a large clay dragon as a distraction while Tobi maneuvered underground, setting land mines in support. Sasuke, once again, went to his curse seal level two state and took to the air with his wings. Deidara wouldn’t have it, though, and finally managed to get rid of one of the wings with his explosives, then when Tobi emerged from underground, boasted how Sasuke no longer had anywhere to go and was unable to retrieve his own weapon, which had been knocked out of his hands.
Sasuke only allowed that to happen, though, and soon used his sword as a launch pad in order to get within rage to use his blade chidori variant in order to tear off one of the dragon’s wings. He also used one of his most favored moves, Kage Shuriken no Jutsu, in order to pin both of Deidara’s arms to the dragon. He also pulled the dragon down toward the minefield, forcing Deidara to suffer his own ‘art.’
Quickly growing annoyed and angry, Deidara emerged, though wounded, and made a gigantic version of himself that soon burst into thin air. He celebrated his victory as Sasuke saw himself being slowly eaten away from the inside. However, the celebration was short, as what Deidara witness was nothing more than genjutsu. The real Sasuke had him pinned with one of chidoris, able to identify the previous attack with his Sharingan due to the chakra within.
He originally planned to interrogate the missing-nin for information on his brother, but the Deidara he was pinning was none other than a fake, as the real Deidara emerged from the bird and turn the tables on the Uchiha. Deidara then explained that, due to a previous encounter with Itachi, he trained his left eye to resist genjutsu before pulling on Sasuke by surrounding him with clay.
By this point, both fighters were quickly growing wary due to exhaustion and limited supplies of arsenal and weapons. Sasuke was still, however, able to free himself from the clay tomb, but not before Deidara made another huge explosion. Sasuke, once again, made Deidara believe that he had won the match by falling hard to the forest floor. Again, another effort thwarted on Deidara’s part, and Sasuke then explained that all of the ex-terrorists hand seals revealed all of his jutsu to be that of the Earth element and that he possessed lightning - he had the elemental advantage and was able to negate all of the bombs that Deidara had tried to use against him by using his chidori and its variants.
Frustrated beyond words, Deidara made one last-ditch effort in order to get rid of Itachi’s little brother. He revealed that, in addition to the miniature mouths on his hands, he had one on his chest as well. He removed the stitches that held it closed and shoved his last chunk of clay into that mouth. The markings around the newly-revealed mouth began to spread across his body, much like the curse seal would spread across its users’ body.
Soon, light erupted violently from Deidara’s body and explosion that seemed inescapable proceeded. Sasuke was barely able to make it out alive by summoning Manda at the last second, forcing him into submission with his Sharingan, and hid inside his body.
Having seen and heard the massive explosion, Suigetsu took out a scroll and summoned Manda. Sasuke emerged from Manda and soon after, collapsed after a brief conversation with Suigetsu. However, prior to Sasuke losing consciousness, Manda cursed Sasuke with its last breath for forcing it against its will.
Sasuke and the rest of Hebi took the time to rest at a nearby inn to allow Sasuke to recuperate. Though, that didn’t stop the other members to Hebi to continue bickering as if nothing had happened.
During the time that was used to rest and allow his injuries to heal, Sasuke began to think. Since he had counter-absorbed Orochimaru, using his own kinjutsu against him, he had gained the ability to recover quickly - the one thing that gave Orochimaru his vitality. It was during this time that Karin had sensed an oncoming threat heading in their direction, cutting Sasuke recovery time short. Though faced with the threat of meeting with a group of ninjas from Konoha, Sasuke chose to ignore them and continue with his pursuit of his brother. Juugo and Karin - two of Sasuke's teammates - meanwhile, planned a diversionary tactic used to force the Konoha nin on detour by scattering some of Sasuke's clothing.
Eventually, the search for his brother proved to be successful. Sasuke found his brother within a cave, and after a brief moment of reminiscing, the two fought. Determined to not be outed so quickly, Sasuke gained the upper hand by using a variant of chidori. However, during the brief fight, Itachi was not even real; merely an illusion. Prior to the illusion dispersing into his signature flock of crows, Itachi told Sasuke that their fight would conclude on an abandoned compound out in the middle of a forest that was once used by the Uchiha.
Sasuke left the cave immediately for that compound. They were then met by Kisame, who told the group that from that point on, only Sasuke could go any further. Sasuke left his team behind and continued to the compound where he met Itachi.
The two brothers conversed briefly upon meeting each other again. Afterwards, the two fought hand-to-hand, ranging from throwing multiple barrages of shuriken at one another later on to Sasuke actually managing to pierce Itachi with his sword. At this point Sasuke had thought he had had the upper hand, so he began to question his brother. Unfortunately for him, the Itachi in before him was, once again, a genjutsu. But, the Sasuke in front of Itachi was also a genjutsu and was met with another sword through his chest.
It was then that Sasuke took the opportunity to ask Itachi who the third Mangekyou user was, stating that after he was done with him, he would go after the remaining Uchiha. Itachi told him who it was, that the third survivor of the Uchiha was Uchiha Madara, and that he was the one who had also helped Itachi kill the clan on the night of the massacre.
Sasuke, however, was in denial about this - that it was impossible for one of the clan's founders to still be alive. But, Itachi explained that people live their lives based on their definitions of reality, just like the way Sasuke believed Itachi cared for his younger brother. Sasuke claimed that now, his eyes have finally been opened, and turned toward the real Itachi sitting behind him. He didn't need the Mangekyou, which had been Itachi's preference for him to have when the two finally fought.
Itachi then went to explain that the more Mangekyou is used, the more the user losses his eyesight. Sasuke added that blindness was the cost of being able to control the Kyuubi. It was at this point that Sasuke asked more about their ancestor, Madara. Itachi responded with saying that Madara was his teacher, and also the one to learn the Mangekyou's final secret - the Eternal Mangekyou. He went on to explain that both Madara and his brother obtained the Mangekyou, but Madara had been the first to lose his sight.
The only way that Madara regained his sight was by taking his brother's eyes from him, and in doing so awakened the Eternal Mangekyou, a version which would never result in blindness for the user. Itachi then revealed that Sasuke was his spare. Sasuke then stated that the moment of his revenge had arrived.
It was here that the brothers began to throw countless shuriken at one another. The two continued to do so until Sasuke threw a fuuma shuriken at Itachi, successfully dispersing one of his brother’s clones. Said clone prevented Sasuke from seeing the real Itachi until he was pinned against the wall. Itachi then began to proceed to take out one of Sasuke’s eyes, causing the younger Uchiha to cry out. In order to prevent Itachi from taking both of his eyes, Sasuke used a partial CS2 transformation and used his remaining wing to drive him away. Itachi advanced to take Sasuke’s remaining eye, but at that moment, reality began to break down.
Itachi has used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke for the third time. Sasuke collapsed soon after as Itachi covered his eye, revealing that Sasuke had been the one to break free from the genjutsu and, in turn, caused it to back fire on himself.
Sasuke took advantage of Itachi’s getting ready to use Amateratsu and threw another fuuma shuriken at his brother. Itachi tried to dodge, but he didn’t see that there had been another giant shuriken in the first’s shadow. Itachi dodged that as well, but Sasuke predicted this. Using a wire attached to his hand, Sasuke detached one of the shurien’s blades and used it to cut into his brother’s calf, effectively cutting his ability to move.
The two brothers then began to exchange katon jutsus and took the fight up to the roof of the building. As the fight wore on, Sasuke slowly began to gain the upper hand against his brother. It was at that moment that Itachi used his Amateratsu, black flames engulfing the two katon jutsus the brothers were using.
Sasuke had tried to dodge the attack as some of the black flames parted from the main fire, but was caught as the flame landed on his hand wing of his CS2 state. Soon after, Sasuke collapsed and Itachi moved in to take Sasuke’s eyes. However, as soon as Itachi approached Sasuke’s body, he found that what lay before him was nothing but a shell. Sasuke had used one of Orochimaru’s techniques in order to escape from Itachi’s attack.
After explaining how he had managed to get away from Itachi’s attack, Sasuke transformed fully into his CS2 state and unleashed a large katon jutsu in the shape of a dragon. It grazed Itachi and continued on into the sky. Both brothers then collapsed to their knees, exhausted. However, Sasuke was not done yet. He revealed that it was time for his final jutsu, but Itachi called a bluff - he knew that Sasuke was out of chakra. Sasuke did confirm that, indeed, he was out of chakra, but he had come prepared.
Lightning began to crack overhead and Sasuke raised a chidori-charged fist in order to attract the lightening. Sasuke claimed that this next attack was impossible to avoid and explained that his previous attack was not meant for Itachi - it was meant to warm up the atmosphere in order to conjure thunder clouds for his next attack. This would allow Sasuke to call and control the lightning without having to use anymore of his chakra.
Sasuke called down his attack - Kirin - and Itachi was hit directly with the attack, and the force of the impact caused the entire hideout to collapse. Believing that he had won, Sasuke fell to his knees once more. However, the fight was far from over. Itachi still stood, but now there was a skeletal being around him, which protected him from Sasuke’s last attack.
Almost immediately after, the skeletal form began to gain a more defined shape - began to more like a living being than just a skeleton. It was at this moment that an unwanted voice made itself known in Sasuke’s head - Orochimaru’s.
He offered to help Sasuke, that all he would need to do was release him. Sasuke refused, but collapsed as snakes began to come out from his seal, and soon a giant eight-headed snake appeared before Itachi. Orochimaru came out of the snake's heads and promptly thanked Itachi for weakening Sasuke enough so that he could escape. Orochimaru attempted to attack Itachi, however, he didn't get very far before Susano'o countered, piercing Orochimaru with it's sword - Totsuka's Sword - and due to its properties, sealed Orochimaru away forever, effectively freeing Sasuke from his cursed seal.
After this, Sasuke threw all of his remaining weapons at Itachi in a futile effort to stop Itachi, only to have every single one deflect off of Susano'o. Sasuke backed away from his brother until he found himself against a still-standing wall. Itachi advanced, finally able to take his prized. Itachi muttered inaudible words as he reached for Sasuke's eyes, but ended up poking his brother's forehead as his body finally gave out and he collapsed, dead. Sasuke stood frozen for several moments before he, too, collapsed from exhaustion.
When Sasuke awoke, he found himself bandaged and bound in a cave-like setting. Tobi approached Sasuke, only to reveal that he was Uchiha Madara. Upon seeing Madara's Sharingan, though, one of Sasuke's eyes unleashed Amateratsu on Madara, surprising them both. Madara escaped from harm and mused how Itachi most likely put a seal on Sasuke's eye, causing it to react upon seeing his own Sharingan in a last-ditch effort to kill him. Sasuke questioned this, and Madara went on to elaborate, starting with the history of Konoha.
The Uchiha were a powerhouse prior to the founding of Konoha, rivals to the Senjuu clan. Once the village was founded, however, the Uchiha became at peace with the Senjuu. Madara did not like this, stating that the election of Hashirama as the Shodaime Hokage was to keep the Uchiha in check, and that they as a clan needed to revolt. Madara was ignored and soon went into exile, after his fight with his former-friend.
The Uchiha became more suppressed as time went on, being given a minor political role as the head of Konoha's police force by Hashirama's brother.
During the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha, blame fell upon the Uchiha, being the ones able to control the beast. With Yondaime dead as a result of sealing the beast, Sandaime resumed role as Hokage and conferred with the elders and Danzou. Itachi was selected to be Konoha's spy within the Uchiha.
It didn't take long for the news of a potential revolt that would end up resulting in civil war. Itachi was then ordered to kill the entire clan. Being loyal to his village, Itachi followed orders, but was unable to kill Sasuke. After the massacre and leaving Sasuke alive, Itachi plead with the Sandaime to keep the truth from Sasuke prior to leaving the village, wanting Sasuke to focus his hatred on him and live a semi-normal life in Konoha so that one day, Sasuke would kill him while staying ignorant of the truth.
Madara was against that, however. Revealing his own newly required Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke swore revenge on Konoha.
Unofficially, Team Hawk - renamed from Team Hebi - joined with Akatsuki, both to help Akatsuki fill in their fallen ranks and help Hawk with their own goals. Hawk's first mission was to capture the Hachibi - Eight Tails. Team Hawk traveled to Lightning Country, where Sasuke used his Mangekyou Shraingan to force information of Hachibi's whereabouts from shinobi that were loyal to the Jinchuuriki.
After finding Hachibi's location - named Killer Bee, they would find out soon enough - they were caught off guard by his bizarre personality while he taunted them with his free styling rapping and hand gestures. Despite this, however, he proved to be a tough opponent, taking on Sasuke, Juugo, and Suigetsu with his unique swordsmanship.
PERSONALITY:
When he was younger, Sasuke was a bubbly child who would follow his beloved brother around at every possible moment. Though, when Itachi was accepted into ANBU and he into the academy, he would often spend all or most of his free time improving his skills as a developing shinobi in order to get a little closer to his idol, Itachi. His determination started young, wanting nothing but the approval and acknowledgment from his brother, as well as his father, for being a strong ninja at such a young age. This would only last until after he turned eight-years-old, when his brother brutally murdered his entire family in a matter of hours.
"Foolish little brother. You’re not worth killing. If you wish to kill me, then hate me, detest me, and live in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life."
Sasuke took these words, a glaring reminder of the massacre and his own weakness, to heart and served as a form of motivation for him to continue to grow stronger.
Following the massacre, Sasuke's personality made a 180. He grew quiet and became antisocial, giving off a very cold demeanor. He avoided association with others, concentrating on nothing but his training. He was also the top of his class, as expected from an Uchiha. He often would spend his days after school alone at the Uchiha Lake, and it’s there that Sasuke had decided: He would become and avenger. He would aim to kill Itachi. To make him pay for the crime that he committed.
With the guidance of Kakashi, however, that outlook gradually changed. The Uchiha began to accept his teammates and work together, more-so with Naruto than with Sakura. He used the growing rivalry between himself and Naruto as a form of motivation to get even stronger, while Sakura was a source of information for him. Still, both helped him grow stronger, whether or not he will admit their aid in doing so. As time passed, Sasuke grew softer around his team, and was even willing to sacrifice his life in order to save his fellow teammates, even if that meant that he could no longer pursue his brother.
In the midst of battle, Sasuke is excellent when it comes to thinking fast and on his feet. He always makes sure that he has some sort of plan in mind before going on the offensive, unlike Naruto. The plans might be formed quickly, but they're never executed poorly nor are poor in quality themselves, showing evidence of his intelligence. Evidence of this would be during his preliminary match in the chuunin exams. Sasuke himself was already worn by the time it started, and was unable to use his chakra due to the curse seal on his neck. In the midst of facing defeat, Sasuke used his last ounce of strength to defeat his opponent, basing the finishing blow off of one of Rock Lee's own attacks, despite having only seen it once before.
It was after the Chuunin exams that his personality made another adjustment. He was desperate for power, but he did not rely on the curse mark on his neck for that power. He trained hard with Kakashi, learning new techniques and honing his abilities. Yet still, he did not see it as enough. This was proved through a brief reunion with Itachi, by how easily he had been defeated in mere seconds. Nothing had been changed between the siblings, like Sasuke had first thought. After that encounter, his rival, Naruto, no longer stood way behind him in terms of strength. Naruto was catching up to him quicker than he would have originally thought possible, learning more powerful techniques than he had been taught himself. In the past, it had always been Sasuke that would be the one rescuing Naruto from harm, but the tide was slowly turning to the point where Naruto was the one saving Sasuke from harm.
Often times, Sasuke would use his opponents as measuring sticks for himself; to see where he had improved and which areas that he still needed to strengthen. Still, he felt that he was not growing fast enough. His pride would not allow for him to slack off, nor would the task of having to kill his brother. Watching others grow at a faster rate than he was grated against him; he was not one to be dependent upon others.
Sasuke had had enough and left Konoha for Orochimaru, cutting bonds. He saw them as points of weakness, not strength. Instead of growing stronger as he grew closer to his teammates, he grew weaker. He was heading in the opposite direction that he needed to go, and he saw that the peaceful village of Konoha no longer had anything to offer him in terms of gaining what he needed, of fulfilling his goals. Though met again with Naruto, Sasuke defeats Naruto after a long, tiring battle, walking off and declaring their friendship-rivalry bond severed. Now with Orochimaru, Sasuke is once again cold toward others, only speaking when necessary, whether it be a simple response, demand, or cut down. Sasuke keeps from associating with others, once again becoming a loner in order to grow stronger so that his goals can be fulfilled.
It can be seen in the reunion with his teammates that, fueled by nothing but his hate for Itachi, he had grown stronger. Gaining the power he sought; he didn’t care if staying with Orochimaru would mean the ultimate sacrifice by his part, as long as Itachi was to be killed, it was fine with him. He had no remorse for leaving behind his home.
After learning of the truth of his clan, however, Sasuke seemed to change. For the first time in eight years, he shed tears as he learned Itachi was not the bad guy he made himself out to be. He forgave Itachi, to an extent, and joined Akatsuki in order to shift his revenge onto his home village. They were going to pay for the hell they put himself and his brother though.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Sasuke stands at an average height of 5'6 and weights only 125 lbs. He has a slender build, making him appear thinner than he actually is. However, since joining forces with Orochimaru, he has been seen wearing often baggy clothing that hang, giving him a much bigger appearance.
The only scars that Sasuke has are very faint, and can only be found if you know where to look for them. One is on his upper left arm, where the shuriken his brother threw at him cut him. His other scars are identical, yet somewhat numerous. They serve as a reminder of the first time that Sasuke had sacrificed himself for someone during his fight with Haku.
SHINOBI INFORMATION
OFFICIAL RANK: Missing nin.
ELEMENTAL AFFINITY: Fire, Lightning
FAVOR WEAPON/FIGHTING STYLE: Uses a combo of swordsmanship, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu, and when needed, doujutsu. Sasuke uses what he deems necessary for the situation.
SPECIALIZED AREAS: Speed, Ninjutsu (including doujutsu)
CLAN: Uchiha
AFFILIATION: Akatsuki, Taka
STATISTICS
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SEALS
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COMMUNITY POST SAMPLE:
[Sasuke glances around his surroundings warily, Sharingan taking in his surroundings. Not a genjutsu. He frowns.]
What the hell--? How did I-?
[Sasuke pauses here to rub his temple, feeling a headache coming on. He's a little fatigued, too, but shows no indication of such despite his recent uses of the Mangekyou.]
Che. Figure that out later. I don't have time for this, or this...lab.
[Other matters are important right now. His team. He needs to regroup with them.]
Karin, Suigetsu, Juugo - if you're here, I need you to report so we can meet up immediately.
THIRD PERSON:
Great. Just great. His teammates weren't anywhere to be found, but the one person that he wanted absolutely no association with was. However, since there was no known way to return to their world, Naruto was the least off his concerns.
What he wanted to focus on currently was continuing to gather information on The City while learning about the technology here. He managed to get the basics down within his first day of arrival, but it caught his interest, how things ran here.
Sasuke had his doubts that he would retain his memories of being in The City whenever he did return to his teammates, but putting his time to better use by studying on what fascinated him here. He was handling his situation much better than others around him, who were constantly complaining about wanting to find away out.
Hn. Like that ever worked.
PLAYER
NAME: Hoshi
AGE: 20
JOURNAL: hoshi3
AIM: loneheirstomato
E-MAIL: laus.astrum@yahoo.com
AVAILABILITY: Not sure yet. I mod my own game, so that comes first, and school starts pretty soon and I don't know how the workload will be then. But until then, I'm pretty available.
[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: Uchiha Sasuke
AGE: 17
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Not interested. Ever.
IC/AU/OC: IC AU
CHRONOLOGY: Chapter 413, page 09 [Here.]
PREFERRED TAG: taka!sasuke
BACKGROUND:
At a young age, Sasuke has always come across as second best - a replacement, yet not good enough. He had always been the first of his class, but it just wasn't good enough. He has always been in Itachi's shadow, genius or not. However, the only one member of the family to accept Sasuke for his accomplishments was his brother, Itachi, who would act as the loving older brother up until the Uchiha Massacre.
Sasuke had been coming home that night from training and came across something unusual -- all the lights within the Uchiha district were off, despite it being only mid-evening. When he turned the corner toward his home, he was greeted by a horrific sight - the bodies of his kinsman strewn everywhere. Fearing for his parents and brother, the child rushed home.
Dull thuds within the house alerted Sasuke that someone was there along with him, alone in the empty house. Though he was scared by the events of the night and what he might find beyond the doors where the thuds originated, he pushed on. He was a ninja.
What met him on the other side of those doors was just as, if not more, devastating than what he had witnessed outside in the streets of his clan’s district. His parents lay in the middle of the room, dead, with their killer still standing above him. When the moonlight revealed the killer, Sasuke was faced with his own brother.
Having assumed that Itachi had killed the murderer, he advanced toward Itachi, only to be stopped in his tracks by a shuriken being thrown at him and cutting his arm. This confused Sasuke. Why would Itachi hurt him, his little brother? And all of a sudden, for that matter?
Instead of answering Sasuke’s questions right away, Itachi used his Mangekyou Sharingan on his brother and showed him a replay of him killing, brutally murdering, their entire family. Sasuke retaliated after recomposing himself, though the moment was short lived.
Now frightened by his brother and what he was capable of, Sasuke fled the house and ran. The attempt to get away was futile, however, as Itachi easily caught up to the frightened child. The two held a brief conversation before Sasuke finally passed out, leaving Itachi able to flee the village.
Sasuke was the only one who had been spared during the massacre, being "unworthy to kill" in Itachi's eyes. As he was growing up, Sasuke only had two things in mind: Kill Itachi and revive the Uchiha. He made his goals known when Team 7 had been formed and asked by Kakashi. For this, he held high expectations for himself and trained vigorously when necessary. Yet still, he did not possess the Sharingan.
It wouldn't be until Team 7's first out-of-village mission that he would awaken his clan's bloodline limit. Between protecting Naruto from Haku's attacks and finding a way out of the dome of ice mirrors, Sasuke slowly began to see the mist-nin's movements more clearly. At first, he wasn't sure what was happening to him; the awakened ability made it easier to ward off Haku's attacks and counter with his own while protecting his teammate. Though, it was doing this that he met his untimely demise (though he wasn't *really* dead, it just seemed that way.)
Due to Haku's kind nature, the mission was deemed a success and Team 7 returned to Konoha in time for the Chuunin exams. There, he tested his Sharingan against Rock Lee and lost. However, the most significant events during the exams took place during the second stage, within the Forest of Death. While fighting the disguised Orochimaru, Sasuke gains the heaven seal and passes out soon after.
He doesn't awaken again until Sakura and Team 10 are in dire need of help. Sasuke awakens with the seal already activated, power overflowing within his body. In order to drive off the Sound-nin, Sasuke breaks both of Zaku's arms. Throughout the rest of the second stage and during the third's preliminaries, the seal pulses periodically, reacting strongest when Sasuke's own chakra is used.
During his fight with Yoroi during the preliminaries, the seal reacted more strongly due to his chakra being forcefully absorbed and taken, resulting in the involuntary release of the heaven seal. However, Sasuke had to regain control over himself and the seal or risk being disqualified and unable to advance. Fortunately, he did, and using one of Rock Lee's attacks as base, Sasuke defeated his opponent. Afterward, Kakashi took him in order to place an Evil Suppressor seal on top of Orochimaru's, after which Sasuke promptly passed out once more.
There was an attempt on his life while he was unconscious by Kabuto, who had easily gotten passed the ANBU that had been guarding his room. That would be the only try by the spy. Once he regained consciousness, Sasuke left the hospital before he was released, meeting Kakashi on top of a mountain to train during the one-month span given by Sandaime. It is during this time that Sasuke learns Kakashi's original technique and honed his own abilities.
It wasn't until his match with Gaara during the second part of the third stage that he was to be seen again, arriving just in the nick of time before he was to be disqualified. To this day, Sasuke has been the only one to seriously injure Gaara, as claimed by both Temari and Kankurou.
Gaara fled from the stadium with Sasuke following at his heels. Both Temari an Kankurou had tried to stall him, but it didn't take long for Sasuke to get past Temari. Kankurou would have been his next opponent, if not for Shino's intervention and help, allowing Sasuke to move on and continue to Gaara. Of course, being threatened with Sakura's life, Sasuke tried to defeat Gaara on his own, being reminded of both his brother's last words to him and his encounter with the jinchuuriki during his training with Kakashi.
However, he was not meant to be the one to defeat him, as he attempted to attack with a third chidori - his limit being only two at the time - and as a result, the seal was released forcefully and restricted his movement. He could do nothing but watch as Naruto fought, witnessing just how much he had improved in just one month.
After the exams, Sasuke heard the unwelcome news that his brother, Uchiha Itachi, was back in the village, but not after him. Itachi was after Naruto, which angered Sasuke deeply and prompted him to chase after Naruto. After many attempts, Sasuke finally found his brother trying to kidnap his friend.
Enraged, Sasuke attacked head-on, only to receive a broken wrist and thrown into a wall. Sasuke then fought Itachi on his own with no intervention by Kisame, Jiraiya, or Naruto. Of course, he was no match for his brother, proving that the gap between them was still wide, and not smaller as he had thought. And like when he was eight, Sasuke suffered the torture of his brother's Mangekyou Sharingan and rendered unconscious.
Until Tsunade, a legendary sannin, could be found and brought back to Konoha, Sasuke lay unconscious in the hospital once more. Having seen his brother after five years, he was reminded of his original purpose for his existence: to kill Itachi. Here, Sasuke fought Naruto for the first time, although it had been cut short due to Kakashi's intervention.
Not even a day had past since the fight before Orochimaru sent the youngest Uchiha an invitation to join him. Desperate for more power, he accepted. Within the night, Sasuke fled Konoha and left for Otogakure along with the Sound Four.
Naruto and several other genin had been sent after to retrieve Sasuke from the Sound nin, and it wasn't until Sasuke had awakened from achieving Level Two of his seal that any of them would lie eyes on Sasuke. Naruto chased after him after Lee had stepped in to help, and the two wouldn't stand face-to-face until they reached the Valley of the End.
The fight was a long one, exhausting the two of them and forcing them to use all of their strength. However, in the end, Sasuke was the one left standing, and he left to Orochimaru without further incident, leaving behind an unconscious Naruto.
Two and a half years would pass before Sasuke was to be seen again. Not much, if anything, is known about Sasuke during this time, other than the plain fact that he had sufficiently gotten stronger under Orochimaru's training. His speed, stamina - everything grew. He was no longer the weak twelve-year-old that he had once been. The only people he has been seen with or known to keep contact with during these years is Orochimaru and Kabuto.
But, after an infiltration by Team Kakashi, Sasuke is seen once more. The meeting itself was brief - a quick fight between Sasuke himself and members of Team Kakashi. Though, during that time, Sasuke used his Sharingan to see into Naruto's mind, consequently confronting the Kyuubi. After a brief conversation, Sasuke suppresses the demon, his parting words not to kill Naruto or he'll regret it. Yamato, who had been pinned by Sasuke, used this time to attempt to capture the rogue nin. It was not to be. After escaping a capture attempt, Sasuke tries to use one of the new jutsus that he had learned during his training, but Orochimaru stepped in and stopped him. After a brief conversation, both he and Orochimaru, as well as Kabuto, leave to move onto one of the other hidden hideouts.
After his run-in with his former team, Sasuke would once again not been seen for several months - approximately six more months, as it was around this time that Orochimaru began to grow sicker as his body began to reject him. Though, during the time that he was not heard from or seen by others outside of Sound, it was obvious that his skills further progressed. He was now able to take out an army of shinobi - albeit it a small army - single-handedly, and without dealing a fatal blow to even one ninja. He was saving his first kill for his brother.
Orochimaru was pleased with Sasuke’s progress, but at the same time found him lacking when it came to ruthlessness. Sasuke himself was not happy to hear this. Taking matters into his own hands as well as taking advantage of Orochimaru’s temporary weakness, he attacked the sannin while he was in bed with a variant of chidori - an extended blade that acted much like a sword, yet was able to expand and contrast on his whim.
Sasuke declared, then, that if the snake sannin wanted to see ruthlessness from him, then he would demonstrate it by killing him, since Orochimaru no longer had anything of value to Sasuke. With the sannin pinned to the headboard with chidori, Sasuke moved in to deal the final blow. However, before he had the chance to, Orochimaru had spat something out behind the Uchiha, who in turned to face his real opponent - Orochimaru in his true form. The body that lay on the bed was now dead.
Sasuke seemed unphased that the amount of experiments that Orochimaru performed on himself resulted in losing his own human form. With the same resilience that he possessed before and now the resistance to injury, Sasuke was forced to use his heaven seal at level two, while at the same time taunting the sannin at how worthless he was before an Uchiha. With that, he sliced Orochimaru’s body and presumed him to be bed. However, that was not to be the case. Orochimaru, still alive, told Sasuke that a snake’s poison was vaporous before lunging at the seemingly weakened teen.
Where Sasuke found himself next was inside a different dimension - the one Orochimaru used during his transfer - amongst the lumps of flesh and tissue that had been the previous host bodies. The only indication that implied such were the remaining faces on said lumps of flesh.
Sasuke would not be one to give in that easily, though. As Orochimaru attempted to take over Sasuke’s body as snakes surrounded his body, Sasuke countered with his own genjutsu, paralyzing the sannin and driving stone stakes through his body. “The Sharingan counters every technique used against it, making the attempts a failure” was what Sasuke had told Orochimaru, and then began to turn the jutsu against Orochimaru, consuming him instead.
Kabuto, having run to Orochimaru’s room at the sound of the fight, was shown what had happened. Sasuke denied the conformation of Orochimaru’s death by stating “I’ve taken over.”
With Orochimaru now out of the way, Sasuke leaves to travel to Orochimaru’s other bases to gather those who stood out the most, in Sasuke’s eyes, and had the potential to be useful to him when it came to tracking down and killing his brother. Sasuke first freed Suigetsu from his watery prison, one who was said to be the heir to the Seven Mist Swordsmen and a second coming of Zabuza. Together, the two went at retrieved Zabuza’s sword at Suigetsu’s request before moving on find Karin, who had the ability to locate others by sensing their chakra signature.
The final member of their team, Juugo, proved to be a little more difficult than getting to both Suigetsu and Karin had been. Juugo was mentally unstable, notably the curse seal’s origin, and jumped to kill at an instant, though always regretted his actions afterward. Kimimaro, Orochimaru’s previous to-be host, had been the only one to calm Juugo. But now, with Kimimaro dead, Suigetsu argued that there was no way that it was possible. Sasuke ignored the warnings and advanced anyway, freeing Juugo from his cell. As expected, he jumped and tried to kill Sasuke, who easily blocked the attack by partially transforming to his curse seal level two state.
Suigetsu then prompted a fight from the unstable Juugo, but the two were stopped by Sasuke under the threat of being killed. Afraid, Juugo ran back into his cell and demanded to be locked up and left alone. Sasuke refused, saying that he would free Juugo and be there to keep him from going on a murder spree. Juugo, remembering Kimimaro and his last words, asked who Sasuke was. Upon hearing that the teen before him was the one that Kimimaro sacrificed his life for, Juugo agreed.
Now that Sasuke had gathered his own team of shinobi, he declared the four to be ‘Team Hebi,’ with its only purpose in finding and killing Uchiha Itachi. With Karin’s abilities, they began to track the other Uchiha down and split into groups. It was then that Sasuke had run into Deidara and Tobi from Akatsuki.
After scaring Tobi by delivering a seemingly fatal blow through the abdomen, Sasuke’s attention was forced onto Deidara as the blond toyed with him, first using his lowest level explosives. Sasuke would have none of it, however, and quickly negated the explosives or simply blocked him. Deidara didn’t expect Sasuke could be as fast as he was and upped the level of explosives.
Deidara used a large clay dragon as a distraction while Tobi maneuvered underground, setting land mines in support. Sasuke, once again, went to his curse seal level two state and took to the air with his wings. Deidara wouldn’t have it, though, and finally managed to get rid of one of the wings with his explosives, then when Tobi emerged from underground, boasted how Sasuke no longer had anywhere to go and was unable to retrieve his own weapon, which had been knocked out of his hands.
Sasuke only allowed that to happen, though, and soon used his sword as a launch pad in order to get within rage to use his blade chidori variant in order to tear off one of the dragon’s wings. He also used one of his most favored moves, Kage Shuriken no Jutsu, in order to pin both of Deidara’s arms to the dragon. He also pulled the dragon down toward the minefield, forcing Deidara to suffer his own ‘art.’
Quickly growing annoyed and angry, Deidara emerged, though wounded, and made a gigantic version of himself that soon burst into thin air. He celebrated his victory as Sasuke saw himself being slowly eaten away from the inside. However, the celebration was short, as what Deidara witness was nothing more than genjutsu. The real Sasuke had him pinned with one of chidoris, able to identify the previous attack with his Sharingan due to the chakra within.
He originally planned to interrogate the missing-nin for information on his brother, but the Deidara he was pinning was none other than a fake, as the real Deidara emerged from the bird and turn the tables on the Uchiha. Deidara then explained that, due to a previous encounter with Itachi, he trained his left eye to resist genjutsu before pulling on Sasuke by surrounding him with clay.
By this point, both fighters were quickly growing wary due to exhaustion and limited supplies of arsenal and weapons. Sasuke was still, however, able to free himself from the clay tomb, but not before Deidara made another huge explosion. Sasuke, once again, made Deidara believe that he had won the match by falling hard to the forest floor. Again, another effort thwarted on Deidara’s part, and Sasuke then explained that all of the ex-terrorists hand seals revealed all of his jutsu to be that of the Earth element and that he possessed lightning - he had the elemental advantage and was able to negate all of the bombs that Deidara had tried to use against him by using his chidori and its variants.
Frustrated beyond words, Deidara made one last-ditch effort in order to get rid of Itachi’s little brother. He revealed that, in addition to the miniature mouths on his hands, he had one on his chest as well. He removed the stitches that held it closed and shoved his last chunk of clay into that mouth. The markings around the newly-revealed mouth began to spread across his body, much like the curse seal would spread across its users’ body.
Soon, light erupted violently from Deidara’s body and explosion that seemed inescapable proceeded. Sasuke was barely able to make it out alive by summoning Manda at the last second, forcing him into submission with his Sharingan, and hid inside his body.
Having seen and heard the massive explosion, Suigetsu took out a scroll and summoned Manda. Sasuke emerged from Manda and soon after, collapsed after a brief conversation with Suigetsu. However, prior to Sasuke losing consciousness, Manda cursed Sasuke with its last breath for forcing it against its will.
Sasuke and the rest of Hebi took the time to rest at a nearby inn to allow Sasuke to recuperate. Though, that didn’t stop the other members to Hebi to continue bickering as if nothing had happened.
During the time that was used to rest and allow his injuries to heal, Sasuke began to think. Since he had counter-absorbed Orochimaru, using his own kinjutsu against him, he had gained the ability to recover quickly - the one thing that gave Orochimaru his vitality. It was during this time that Karin had sensed an oncoming threat heading in their direction, cutting Sasuke recovery time short. Though faced with the threat of meeting with a group of ninjas from Konoha, Sasuke chose to ignore them and continue with his pursuit of his brother. Juugo and Karin - two of Sasuke's teammates - meanwhile, planned a diversionary tactic used to force the Konoha nin on detour by scattering some of Sasuke's clothing.
Eventually, the search for his brother proved to be successful. Sasuke found his brother within a cave, and after a brief moment of reminiscing, the two fought. Determined to not be outed so quickly, Sasuke gained the upper hand by using a variant of chidori. However, during the brief fight, Itachi was not even real; merely an illusion. Prior to the illusion dispersing into his signature flock of crows, Itachi told Sasuke that their fight would conclude on an abandoned compound out in the middle of a forest that was once used by the Uchiha.
Sasuke left the cave immediately for that compound. They were then met by Kisame, who told the group that from that point on, only Sasuke could go any further. Sasuke left his team behind and continued to the compound where he met Itachi.
The two brothers conversed briefly upon meeting each other again. Afterwards, the two fought hand-to-hand, ranging from throwing multiple barrages of shuriken at one another later on to Sasuke actually managing to pierce Itachi with his sword. At this point Sasuke had thought he had had the upper hand, so he began to question his brother. Unfortunately for him, the Itachi in before him was, once again, a genjutsu. But, the Sasuke in front of Itachi was also a genjutsu and was met with another sword through his chest.
It was then that Sasuke took the opportunity to ask Itachi who the third Mangekyou user was, stating that after he was done with him, he would go after the remaining Uchiha. Itachi told him who it was, that the third survivor of the Uchiha was Uchiha Madara, and that he was the one who had also helped Itachi kill the clan on the night of the massacre.
Sasuke, however, was in denial about this - that it was impossible for one of the clan's founders to still be alive. But, Itachi explained that people live their lives based on their definitions of reality, just like the way Sasuke believed Itachi cared for his younger brother. Sasuke claimed that now, his eyes have finally been opened, and turned toward the real Itachi sitting behind him. He didn't need the Mangekyou, which had been Itachi's preference for him to have when the two finally fought.
Itachi then went to explain that the more Mangekyou is used, the more the user losses his eyesight. Sasuke added that blindness was the cost of being able to control the Kyuubi. It was at this point that Sasuke asked more about their ancestor, Madara. Itachi responded with saying that Madara was his teacher, and also the one to learn the Mangekyou's final secret - the Eternal Mangekyou. He went on to explain that both Madara and his brother obtained the Mangekyou, but Madara had been the first to lose his sight.
The only way that Madara regained his sight was by taking his brother's eyes from him, and in doing so awakened the Eternal Mangekyou, a version which would never result in blindness for the user. Itachi then revealed that Sasuke was his spare. Sasuke then stated that the moment of his revenge had arrived.
It was here that the brothers began to throw countless shuriken at one another. The two continued to do so until Sasuke threw a fuuma shuriken at Itachi, successfully dispersing one of his brother’s clones. Said clone prevented Sasuke from seeing the real Itachi until he was pinned against the wall. Itachi then began to proceed to take out one of Sasuke’s eyes, causing the younger Uchiha to cry out. In order to prevent Itachi from taking both of his eyes, Sasuke used a partial CS2 transformation and used his remaining wing to drive him away. Itachi advanced to take Sasuke’s remaining eye, but at that moment, reality began to break down.
Itachi has used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke for the third time. Sasuke collapsed soon after as Itachi covered his eye, revealing that Sasuke had been the one to break free from the genjutsu and, in turn, caused it to back fire on himself.
Sasuke took advantage of Itachi’s getting ready to use Amateratsu and threw another fuuma shuriken at his brother. Itachi tried to dodge, but he didn’t see that there had been another giant shuriken in the first’s shadow. Itachi dodged that as well, but Sasuke predicted this. Using a wire attached to his hand, Sasuke detached one of the shurien’s blades and used it to cut into his brother’s calf, effectively cutting his ability to move.
The two brothers then began to exchange katon jutsus and took the fight up to the roof of the building. As the fight wore on, Sasuke slowly began to gain the upper hand against his brother. It was at that moment that Itachi used his Amateratsu, black flames engulfing the two katon jutsus the brothers were using.
Sasuke had tried to dodge the attack as some of the black flames parted from the main fire, but was caught as the flame landed on his hand wing of his CS2 state. Soon after, Sasuke collapsed and Itachi moved in to take Sasuke’s eyes. However, as soon as Itachi approached Sasuke’s body, he found that what lay before him was nothing but a shell. Sasuke had used one of Orochimaru’s techniques in order to escape from Itachi’s attack.
After explaining how he had managed to get away from Itachi’s attack, Sasuke transformed fully into his CS2 state and unleashed a large katon jutsu in the shape of a dragon. It grazed Itachi and continued on into the sky. Both brothers then collapsed to their knees, exhausted. However, Sasuke was not done yet. He revealed that it was time for his final jutsu, but Itachi called a bluff - he knew that Sasuke was out of chakra. Sasuke did confirm that, indeed, he was out of chakra, but he had come prepared.
Lightning began to crack overhead and Sasuke raised a chidori-charged fist in order to attract the lightening. Sasuke claimed that this next attack was impossible to avoid and explained that his previous attack was not meant for Itachi - it was meant to warm up the atmosphere in order to conjure thunder clouds for his next attack. This would allow Sasuke to call and control the lightning without having to use anymore of his chakra.
Sasuke called down his attack - Kirin - and Itachi was hit directly with the attack, and the force of the impact caused the entire hideout to collapse. Believing that he had won, Sasuke fell to his knees once more. However, the fight was far from over. Itachi still stood, but now there was a skeletal being around him, which protected him from Sasuke’s last attack.
Almost immediately after, the skeletal form began to gain a more defined shape - began to more like a living being than just a skeleton. It was at this moment that an unwanted voice made itself known in Sasuke’s head - Orochimaru’s.
He offered to help Sasuke, that all he would need to do was release him. Sasuke refused, but collapsed as snakes began to come out from his seal, and soon a giant eight-headed snake appeared before Itachi. Orochimaru came out of the snake's heads and promptly thanked Itachi for weakening Sasuke enough so that he could escape. Orochimaru attempted to attack Itachi, however, he didn't get very far before Susano'o countered, piercing Orochimaru with it's sword - Totsuka's Sword - and due to its properties, sealed Orochimaru away forever, effectively freeing Sasuke from his cursed seal.
After this, Sasuke threw all of his remaining weapons at Itachi in a futile effort to stop Itachi, only to have every single one deflect off of Susano'o. Sasuke backed away from his brother until he found himself against a still-standing wall. Itachi advanced, finally able to take his prized. Itachi muttered inaudible words as he reached for Sasuke's eyes, but ended up poking his brother's forehead as his body finally gave out and he collapsed, dead. Sasuke stood frozen for several moments before he, too, collapsed from exhaustion.
When Sasuke awoke, he found himself bandaged and bound in a cave-like setting. Tobi approached Sasuke, only to reveal that he was Uchiha Madara. Upon seeing Madara's Sharingan, though, one of Sasuke's eyes unleashed Amateratsu on Madara, surprising them both. Madara escaped from harm and mused how Itachi most likely put a seal on Sasuke's eye, causing it to react upon seeing his own Sharingan in a last-ditch effort to kill him. Sasuke questioned this, and Madara went on to elaborate, starting with the history of Konoha.
The Uchiha were a powerhouse prior to the founding of Konoha, rivals to the Senjuu clan. Once the village was founded, however, the Uchiha became at peace with the Senjuu. Madara did not like this, stating that the election of Hashirama as the Shodaime Hokage was to keep the Uchiha in check, and that they as a clan needed to revolt. Madara was ignored and soon went into exile, after his fight with his former-friend.
The Uchiha became more suppressed as time went on, being given a minor political role as the head of Konoha's police force by Hashirama's brother.
During the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha, blame fell upon the Uchiha, being the ones able to control the beast. With Yondaime dead as a result of sealing the beast, Sandaime resumed role as Hokage and conferred with the elders and Danzou. Itachi was selected to be Konoha's spy within the Uchiha.
It didn't take long for the news of a potential revolt that would end up resulting in civil war. Itachi was then ordered to kill the entire clan. Being loyal to his village, Itachi followed orders, but was unable to kill Sasuke. After the massacre and leaving Sasuke alive, Itachi plead with the Sandaime to keep the truth from Sasuke prior to leaving the village, wanting Sasuke to focus his hatred on him and live a semi-normal life in Konoha so that one day, Sasuke would kill him while staying ignorant of the truth.
Madara was against that, however. Revealing his own newly required Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke swore revenge on Konoha.
Unofficially, Team Hawk - renamed from Team Hebi - joined with Akatsuki, both to help Akatsuki fill in their fallen ranks and help Hawk with their own goals. Hawk's first mission was to capture the Hachibi - Eight Tails. Team Hawk traveled to Lightning Country, where Sasuke used his Mangekyou Shraingan to force information of Hachibi's whereabouts from shinobi that were loyal to the Jinchuuriki.
After finding Hachibi's location - named Killer Bee, they would find out soon enough - they were caught off guard by his bizarre personality while he taunted them with his free styling rapping and hand gestures. Despite this, however, he proved to be a tough opponent, taking on Sasuke, Juugo, and Suigetsu with his unique swordsmanship.
PERSONALITY:
When he was younger, Sasuke was a bubbly child who would follow his beloved brother around at every possible moment. Though, when Itachi was accepted into ANBU and he into the academy, he would often spend all or most of his free time improving his skills as a developing shinobi in order to get a little closer to his idol, Itachi. His determination started young, wanting nothing but the approval and acknowledgment from his brother, as well as his father, for being a strong ninja at such a young age. This would only last until after he turned eight-years-old, when his brother brutally murdered his entire family in a matter of hours.
"Foolish little brother. You’re not worth killing. If you wish to kill me, then hate me, detest me, and live in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life."
Sasuke took these words, a glaring reminder of the massacre and his own weakness, to heart and served as a form of motivation for him to continue to grow stronger.
Following the massacre, Sasuke's personality made a 180. He grew quiet and became antisocial, giving off a very cold demeanor. He avoided association with others, concentrating on nothing but his training. He was also the top of his class, as expected from an Uchiha. He often would spend his days after school alone at the Uchiha Lake, and it’s there that Sasuke had decided: He would become and avenger. He would aim to kill Itachi. To make him pay for the crime that he committed.
With the guidance of Kakashi, however, that outlook gradually changed. The Uchiha began to accept his teammates and work together, more-so with Naruto than with Sakura. He used the growing rivalry between himself and Naruto as a form of motivation to get even stronger, while Sakura was a source of information for him. Still, both helped him grow stronger, whether or not he will admit their aid in doing so. As time passed, Sasuke grew softer around his team, and was even willing to sacrifice his life in order to save his fellow teammates, even if that meant that he could no longer pursue his brother.
In the midst of battle, Sasuke is excellent when it comes to thinking fast and on his feet. He always makes sure that he has some sort of plan in mind before going on the offensive, unlike Naruto. The plans might be formed quickly, but they're never executed poorly nor are poor in quality themselves, showing evidence of his intelligence. Evidence of this would be during his preliminary match in the chuunin exams. Sasuke himself was already worn by the time it started, and was unable to use his chakra due to the curse seal on his neck. In the midst of facing defeat, Sasuke used his last ounce of strength to defeat his opponent, basing the finishing blow off of one of Rock Lee's own attacks, despite having only seen it once before.
It was after the Chuunin exams that his personality made another adjustment. He was desperate for power, but he did not rely on the curse mark on his neck for that power. He trained hard with Kakashi, learning new techniques and honing his abilities. Yet still, he did not see it as enough. This was proved through a brief reunion with Itachi, by how easily he had been defeated in mere seconds. Nothing had been changed between the siblings, like Sasuke had first thought. After that encounter, his rival, Naruto, no longer stood way behind him in terms of strength. Naruto was catching up to him quicker than he would have originally thought possible, learning more powerful techniques than he had been taught himself. In the past, it had always been Sasuke that would be the one rescuing Naruto from harm, but the tide was slowly turning to the point where Naruto was the one saving Sasuke from harm.
Often times, Sasuke would use his opponents as measuring sticks for himself; to see where he had improved and which areas that he still needed to strengthen. Still, he felt that he was not growing fast enough. His pride would not allow for him to slack off, nor would the task of having to kill his brother. Watching others grow at a faster rate than he was grated against him; he was not one to be dependent upon others.
Sasuke had had enough and left Konoha for Orochimaru, cutting bonds. He saw them as points of weakness, not strength. Instead of growing stronger as he grew closer to his teammates, he grew weaker. He was heading in the opposite direction that he needed to go, and he saw that the peaceful village of Konoha no longer had anything to offer him in terms of gaining what he needed, of fulfilling his goals. Though met again with Naruto, Sasuke defeats Naruto after a long, tiring battle, walking off and declaring their friendship-rivalry bond severed. Now with Orochimaru, Sasuke is once again cold toward others, only speaking when necessary, whether it be a simple response, demand, or cut down. Sasuke keeps from associating with others, once again becoming a loner in order to grow stronger so that his goals can be fulfilled.
It can be seen in the reunion with his teammates that, fueled by nothing but his hate for Itachi, he had grown stronger. Gaining the power he sought; he didn’t care if staying with Orochimaru would mean the ultimate sacrifice by his part, as long as Itachi was to be killed, it was fine with him. He had no remorse for leaving behind his home.
After learning of the truth of his clan, however, Sasuke seemed to change. For the first time in eight years, he shed tears as he learned Itachi was not the bad guy he made himself out to be. He forgave Itachi, to an extent, and joined Akatsuki in order to shift his revenge onto his home village. They were going to pay for the hell they put himself and his brother though.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Sasuke stands at an average height of 5'6 and weights only 125 lbs. He has a slender build, making him appear thinner than he actually is. However, since joining forces with Orochimaru, he has been seen wearing often baggy clothing that hang, giving him a much bigger appearance.
The only scars that Sasuke has are very faint, and can only be found if you know where to look for them. One is on his upper left arm, where the shuriken his brother threw at him cut him. His other scars are identical, yet somewhat numerous. They serve as a reminder of the first time that Sasuke had sacrificed himself for someone during his fight with Haku.
SHINOBI INFORMATION
OFFICIAL RANK: Missing nin.
ELEMENTAL AFFINITY: Fire, Lightning
FAVOR WEAPON/FIGHTING STYLE: Uses a combo of swordsmanship, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu, and when needed, doujutsu. Sasuke uses what he deems necessary for the situation.
SPECIALIZED AREAS: Speed, Ninjutsu (including doujutsu)
CLAN: Uchiha
AFFILIATION: Akatsuki, Taka
STATISTICS
NINJUTSU
TAIJUTSU
GENJUTSU
INTELLIGENCE
FORCE
SPEED
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SEALS
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5.0
3.5
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3.5
3.5
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3.5
4.0
COMMUNITY POST SAMPLE:
[Sasuke glances around his surroundings warily, Sharingan taking in his surroundings. Not a genjutsu. He frowns.]
What the hell--? How did I-?
[Sasuke pauses here to rub his temple, feeling a headache coming on. He's a little fatigued, too, but shows no indication of such despite his recent uses of the Mangekyou.]
Che. Figure that out later. I don't have time for this, or this...lab.
[Other matters are important right now. His team. He needs to regroup with them.]
Karin, Suigetsu, Juugo - if you're here, I need you to report so we can meet up immediately.
THIRD PERSON:
Great. Just great. His teammates weren't anywhere to be found, but the one person that he wanted absolutely no association with was. However, since there was no known way to return to their world, Naruto was the least off his concerns.
What he wanted to focus on currently was continuing to gather information on The City while learning about the technology here. He managed to get the basics down within his first day of arrival, but it caught his interest, how things ran here.
Sasuke had his doubts that he would retain his memories of being in The City whenever he did return to his teammates, but putting his time to better use by studying on what fascinated him here. He was handling his situation much better than others around him, who were constantly complaining about wanting to find away out.
Hn. Like that ever worked.