"These were all your gifts. These eyes were what you left me." Sasuke slowly walked up to Itachi, his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan flickering faintly as he spoke in a low voice.
Itachi had given him his eyes. He had always kept that in his heart.
This was the last thing his older brother had left him!
He had held nothing back in battle because he understood perfectly well that Itachi had been controlled and forced to fight him.
That was why he had only wanted to end the battle quickly. Fighting Itachi to the death was something he never wanted to do!
Seeing that the battle was over, Kirigakure's Sealing Squad had also hurried over, ready to seal Itachi away temporarily until the Impure World Reincarnation was released.
"This is fate. Go help Kisame. The Third Raikage isn't easy to deal with. You still have things of your own to do, don't you? If you bring peace to this continent, Sasuke, I'll be proud of you."
At his words, Itachi smiled and shook his head, then looked toward Kisame Hoshigaki and the Third Raikage fighting nearby as he spoke to Sasuke with a smile.
He understood that Sasuke still had his own things to do, and he was, after all, already dead, though he too wanted very much to talk to Sasuke.
But he did not want to hold up Sasuke's important business because of that.
After all, they were still at war!
"...I won't let you down!" Sasuke pressed his lips together, his gaze deeply complicated as he looked at Itachi smiling at him. He opened his mouth, but hesitated.
He had so much he wanted to say to Itachi, but did not know what to say. All he could do was offer that promise.
In the end, Sasuke