Summary: Blood.
So much blood.
All their blood…
on my hands…
To kill or not to kill. What made Itachi do it? Or NOT do it? What would be the consequence of sparing his clan? A tale of how he arrived at his crucial decision. - Tragedy, of course, drama, action, friendship, love and a bit of humor too...
Excerpt: "It's amazing what damage can result from one man's good intentions if driven by a misguided set of principles. He was no different from my father, obsessed with control, consumed by the belief that they can decide people's lives so easily, and holding on to the delusion that they're acting for the greater good. Now we who are left behind have to struggle to avert further disaster caused by such inconsiderate minds."-Itachi
Rating: 12/12A
Category: General Fiction > Character-Centric, General Fiction > Naruto, General Fiction > Naruto Shippuuden
Characters: All, Itachi Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha
Genres: Dark, Drama
Warnings: Dark, Death
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapter: 14 Completed: Yes
Words: 49414 Read: 16916
Published: 11/12/11 Updated: 29/01/12
Story notes:
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions; where a small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state. The name of the effect is derived from the theoretical example of a hurricane's formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had flapped its wings several weeks before.-Wiki
1. Chapter 1 by Yui1 [Reviews - 5]
(4642 words)2. Chapter 2 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
(4412 words)2012.12.24 *An update for those who've read the first part before today's chapter:
I earlier wrote "six years after the kyuubi attacked" but apparently, it was eight years when Tobi appeared just before the massacre so I changed it. I had to change little Sasuke's age as well. Still a little confused about the timeline. The details are killing me.
3. Chapter 3 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
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5. Chapter 5 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
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(4397 words)7. Chapter 7 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
(4306 words)8. Chapter 6.5 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
(926 words)Inspired by feedback from a reader in DA
9. Chapter 7.5 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
(785 words). . . . . . Yesh! I'm almost done with Chapter 8. Thought I'd post this first as a mini-prelude to it.
For those who don’t pay attention to the minor characters Kotetsu and Izumo to even remember-they’re the blokes who serve as Tsunade’s gophers and are often seen minding Konoha’s gate. Izumo is the responsible one and Kotetsu is the slacker. They swore to become jounins together but are, unfortunately, still chuunins at this point. They were also in Asuma and Shikamaru’s team when they fought against Hidan and Kakuzu. Remember now?
Weird trivia: Izumo’s jutsu is Water Release Starch Syrup Capturing Field. Kotetsu likes to eat raw syrup. O.o
Of course, in this story, Izumo died during the Uchiha Coup and laid-back Kotetsu was finally driven to work harder in order to someday avenge his friend. This bonus chapter is a tribute to their friendship.
10. Chapter 8 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
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11. Chapter 9 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
(4301 words)ERRATUM: *I slipped. I earlier wrote 11 sharingan eyes but it turns out that included the one on Danzo's eye. It should be only 10 on his arm so we only have 10 ninjas.
12. Chapter 9.5 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
(1554 words)13. Chapter 10 by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
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14. Special NOT by Yui1 [Reviews - 1]
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