Sarada's POV

I still felt dizzy from being sick of that poison. I looked around and there was nothing but white. I can't remember a thing except the face of a young boy probably my age,  the extreme desire to kill him and his name ....Itachi.

How can I not even remember who I am? Why am I even inside this room? 

I shout and cried in desperation for hours. But no one heard me I guess. 

Until finally a man with snake eyes came into the room with a girl about my age. She was friendly as she smiled to me. But the snake man looked as creepy as the way he talked.

Orochimaru: Hello Sarada. Welcome back to life. You almost died. But you saved yourself and lived again.

Sarada: I am Sarada? So my name is Sarada... Who are you?

Orochimaru: I am Orochimaru. You are Sarada Uchiha. The poison made you forget everything, except what your purpose in life is.

Sarada: So my purpose is to murder Itachi. 

Orochimaru: He is the reason why you are here.  You wanted to become stronger. You wanted to erase all your emotions and attachments to anyone. You said you just wanna kill Itachi.

Sarada:  Why?

Orochimaru: That I  don't know. You never told me. By the way,  this girl is your senpai from level 4. She will assist you today.

Gaburieru: Hello Sarada, I am Gaburieru. I am told to bring you to the arena today.

Sarada: What? Am I going to fight with someone today?

Orochimaru: Not yet. You are still too weak. But Mr. Kiyotaka wants you to witness someone fight.

 Sarada: Someone? Who is?

Gaburieru: My boyfriend.. I mean ex-boyfriend and your brother.

Sarada:  My brother....? So I have a brother? I forgot I have one... I don't know his face and his name.

Gaburieru: I'll show you later when we get there. His name is Haruto Uchiha. He was adopted by Mr. Kiyotaka yesterday but he got popular with girls overnight that most of them are cheering for him. 

Orochimaru: Enough with the chitchat Gaburieru. The match has started and you're already late. Sarada is  to watch their match because she is the prize for the winner.

Sarada: What do you mean I am the prize?

Orochimaru: Your brother wants to get you out of here. If he wins you're out. But if he doesn't...

Sarada: What if he doesn't,  why are you suddenly quiet?

Gaburieru: If he doesn't win... He's dead, and you're gonna be a slave of Mr. Kiyotaka's son. 

Sarada: What?

Orochimaru: Your brother is fighting with the strongest and most cruel man here. He kills anyone like they're nothing.

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Timeskip
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(In the Arena)

Everyone were cheering wildly at the display of great skills of both lad on kenjutsu. After 10 minutes of sword fighting. Ibuki decided to finish the dragging match immediately.

Ibuki: Haruto.. I'd finish you this time!

Combining his wind and fire nature. Ibuki turn his amaterasu fire into a shuriken.

Ibuki: Firestyle, rasen-fire shuriken jutsu!

Black eternal flame flew in a shuriken shape flying at light speed towards Haruto.

Ibuki: It will follow you wherever you go Haruto. That fire will never quench until it consumes you.

Haruto, flickers away in many directions using flying raijin and dodges every time the black fire shuriken tracts his location.

Haruto: Waterstyle, water dragon jutsu!

Water dragon swallows the black fire and it vanished.

Ibuki: Uugghhh... Susanoo!

Full armored susanoo attacks Haruto's water dragon with it's sword and it dispursed away into mere water flooding the arena. While Ibuki's susanoo steps on it.

Haruto:  Shit. Woodstyle a thousand hands jutsu!

A giant wood buddha appeared with 1000 hands on its back aiming fists against Ibuki's susanoo.

He smirks and felt a bit jealous at the display of a powerful jutsu from a Senju clan. A clan which he belongs too but chose not to acknowledge. He remembered his mom and got pissed. He thought, I could have learned this if mom didn't leave me. huh.. but this is trash like my mom. I will crush it.

With his susanoo, Ibuki cuts the hands aimed at him. He had hard time cutting them as they're hard and strongly built but he was able to cut all of them.

Haruto: Damn, he is formidable. Woodstyle, wood golem jutsu!

A huge human wood appeared in front of his susanoo and attacks it. With all their strength both fought with passion.

Kemono POV

It's been twenty minutes and the match isn't over. I am disappointed with Ibuki. He had always finished a single match in less than five minutes. Haruto is a lot skillful than I thought. Seeing how he fought, makes me regret why I hadn't harnessed the Senju blood in Ibuki. I even infused an Uchiha DNA in him with the help of Orochimaru. Now he's as strong as Madara. But this Haruto also fights like Hashirama.

I felt like I am slapped in the face. I am regretting how I have trained my son in the past. I guess it wasn't good enough... seeing how they both just tied in this match. The golem and the susanoo both vanished as both of them had it hard. 

Is it a tie? I can't declare this as a draw. 

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Haruto POV

Ibuki and I are both catching our breath tired from attacking each other. I guess my secret sensei taught me well. I can't believe I'd stand a chance against Ibuki and drag this fight quite longer. I am almost out of chakra now, but Ibuki seems to have plenty in store. If he attacks me now, I could die in one blow. Too bad, I still want to go back to my sensei and thank her for everything she taught me.

But he was distracted as he saw Sarada who just entered the arena. She looks frail like she was sick. I saw she was worried as she looked at me before she sat beside Mr. Kiyotaka. She was staring like she's sending a message to me. But I cannot comprehend what she meant. My vision is a bit blurry as my left eye got damaged from the fight earlier and blood kept flowing from the cut on my forehead covering my right eye. 

Now that Sarada is here it means Taiyo and Minami failed to rescue her. Things didn't go as we planned last night. 

What could have happened? 

Deindre and Kugutsu are sending signals to me and to the others. Now it's time for plan B. 

Ume insisted I cheat on this match. I don't want to use that jutsu against Ibuki. I want to fight him fair and square with my might. But he is impossible to defeat. I remembered our meeting last night.

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(the night before the fight)

Ume: If we are forced to proceed to plan B, you got to use this poison formula I made myself Haruto. I already got a sample of Ibuki's blood since last year. This kind of poison will work on his blood.

Kugutsu: You did that Ume?

Ume: I was doing that to all students who can be my potential enemy. I even made one poison for you my twin.

Minami: We will kill Ibuki? But why? I don't see him as a bad guy at all.

Ume: That's not for killing. We use the flower poison as a drug that could make Ibuki hallucinate. He is strong because he has no emotions but that poison can draw out his deeply rooted emotions.

Taiyo: And everyone of us know that a ninja is unstable when his emotions set in. That's when you defeat him Haruto.

Ume: He doesn't need to. Most of those I fought using that, committed suicide. The poison can cause brain damage that changes the victim's ability to differentiate reality from fantasy.  Ibuki will be defeated on his own.

Kugutsu: But what if he goes beast mode?

Deindre: Then I go with bomb explosion again.

Minami: Let's hope that won't happen. Don't forget our main mission is to gather intel here. Rescuing Sarada is just a side mission to help Haruto and Itachi-sensei.

Then everyone agreed and dismissed.
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(Back to present)

I gather the minimal chakra left of me as I weave a hand sign while he was still distracted with Sarada who looked at him like she wanted to kill him. It seems like my sister is on my side.

Just wait sis. I will win this for you.

Ibuki stood there confused at how Sarada glared at her. It was my chance. I tied him with a crawling vine full of flowers and thorns. The flowers are Ume's poison , which he embed with my vines.  

With his brute strength he cut himself loose from the vines. He felt nothing even when he got few shallow wounds from the thorns. He smirked with confidence and walked toward me but he suddenly fell down the ground. I know the poison is now starting to penetrate his system. 

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Ibuki POV

Shit! I am getting dizzy. Those were poisonous vines. I looked at Haruto grinning and I am starting to see images of my mom embracing him. I see both of them laughing together like a happy mother and son. 

I got so mad and utterly envious with Haruto. If only mom didn't leave me. I would have learned all the Senju clan jutsu from her. I wouldn't have to go through the pain that dad has made me go through. 

Regrets.. 

hatred... 

I hate her..

Flashes of memories of her laughing and smiling while we play on the garden. 

Mom: I love you son. I love you son. I love you son.

Her last words kept repeating my ears as I heard them right now like she was just beside me.

Noooooooooo...!

I am just hallucinating...  I see mom everywhere I turn my head. 

I will kill you Haruto. How dare you torture me with my weakness.

But where is Haruto? All I can see is mom. One of these is Haruto. 

Mom: I love you son. I love you son. I love you son.

I wreck havoc and kill all of mom's images but all was futile. I was uselessly fighting with the air. Mom's laughter resonates louder every time I failed. It wouldn't stop. I don't know why I am going crazy.

Ibuki: UUUGGGGHHHH... IF YOU LOVED ME WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME? HUH?!

I screamed like crazy, like I was talking to mom. I felt a bit relieved that I was finally able to verbalize what I wanted to ask her for so long.

I got so conflicted from within me. Till the curse mark is starting to consume me. I tried to control myself. I never wanted to go beast mode but I am almost there. I am fighting against myself and my bitter memories ...  until I finally saw where Haruto is. 

Ibuki: I will kill you Haruto!

I gathered my chakra and made a rasengan aimed straight to his heart. But a few seconds before my rasengan could land at him. Sarada covered for him. She stood in front of me with her mangekyo sharingan.

I chose to stop my rasengan, I can't hurt her. I thought it slowly dissipated but to my surprise, someone just infused additional chakra to my rasengan and instead it grew stronger and hit Sarada's chest. She and Haruto flew away from the impact.

I  got so mad at the intruder who made me hit Sarada. I looked from behind me and I saw my white room rival, Kuro Azumi. He grinned and with sarcasm he told me.

Kuro: You're getting lame Ibuki. Enough with your foolish fight.

(This is Kuro Azumi)

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Author's note

Thanks to the owner of the OCs Ibuki and Gaburieru, my beloved  lil bro ibuki_kuroshi

and thanks also to the owner of Kuro OC, my new friend Kulit Kuro_Azumi