//------------------------------// // Canterlots End and the Power of the Sharingan // Story: Akatsuki in Equestria // by chaos2012 //------------------------------// Celestia stared up at Pain as he floated in the city, confused to what he was doing up there. She took several steps forward, glaring up to the akatsuki member hovering in place. "Pain, what are you planning right now?" Cadance looked back and forth between her aunt and Pain, her heart beginning to beat faster in uncertainty. "We should get back to the palace. I feel like something bad is about to happen." "Cadance, I want you go back inside and take the girls with you." Celestia turned back to Spike and the others huddled together. "They are already scared with what's going on and what happened with Twilight. I will deal with- "ALMIGHTY PUSH!" The entire capital of Canterlot was rocked by an enormous explosion in the center of the city. A massive shockwave far bigger than anything before erupted from a single point beneath Pain and expanded outward, ripping apart everything that stood in its path. Buildings were stripped out of the ground and reduced to piles of rubble tumbling through the air. Even the street and the ground beneath that shredded in the intense force rushing out. Rarity screamed out as the ground shook beneath her hooves, nearly toppling over before catching her balance. "What on Earth is that?" "I don't know, but it doesn't feel good!" Fluttershy cried out, latching her hooves around Applejacks neck. Spike wobbled before falling back onto his back, his eyes wide and scared from what felt like an earthquake. "Princess, what is that!?" Celestia and Cadance couldn't answer him. Their eyes were locked onto the sight which one could only describe as a horrible nightmare. --- Inside the city, Cloud Dasher and the other two trifecta members felt the entire street shake beneath them. The captain braced his legs as he looked to the others. "Careful, watch out for falling debris from the buildings!" "Screw the buildings, it feels like the ground's gonna break out beneath us!" Midnight Blossom flapped her wings to lift her body a few inches off the ground to keep from falling over. "Where did this earthquake come from?" Before he answered, Flash Shots eyes widened as he looked over to see a giant wall of shrapnel and building rushing right towards them. "That isn't an earthquake Midnight." Midnights mouth fell open in shock at the gargantuan wave barreling through the buildings as it came, breaking through them like simple piles of gravel. "Wh-what is that!?" "Flash, get behind me!" Cloud Dasher yelled as he drove his spear into the ground, wrapping his arms around it and squeezing it for all he had. Midnight and Flash Shot reached and latched onto his back as Flash cast a force field around the three of them. Looking back forward, they all felt their bodies tighten in response to the shockwave closing in on them. "Hold on!" The dirt and rocks smashed into the magic shield with the force of a train, shoving them so hard that Cloud Dashers spear was immediately ripped out of the street below. Without anything to hold on, the trio was launched along with the current of debris, bouncing and tumbling inside of the barrier. After only a few moments however, their shield shattered from the massive force, leaving them at the mercy of the wreckage they were locked inside. --- "All of you stay back!" Celestia yelled out to the ponies and drake behind her. "Cadance, with me now!" Both Celestia and Cadance charged their horns up, their magic expanding above their heads before releasing simultaneously. Their aura molded together and formed a giant force field stretching outward and covering the main castle behind them. Cadance's knees shook in fear as the incoming wall of crushed buildings rushing at them. "Celestia, I don't think we can- "We have to try! Hold it!" The debris crashed into the barrier like a wave against the beach, smashing into it and echoing through the dark night. The two alicorns nearly fell back from the massive impact, feeling the strain on the magic already as it increasingly grew stronger from holding it. Celestia dug her hooves into the ground and pushed her head forward, adding strength to the spell. "Cadance, don't give in! Stay strong!" She forced out between grunts, "Cadance, don't give in! Stay strong!" She forced out between grunts. The girls and Spike cringed and held onto each other under the loud roar of the shockwave pushing into the barrier. The crumbled buildings piled up on the outside of the shield, widening out alongside the castle perimeter. Pinkie pie looked up to the pulsating magic around them, causing a cold chill of fear up her spine. "This is not fun at all." She whimpered, holding on to her friends. Struggling to keep her footing, Cadance continued pushing her shield outward to hold back the jutsu. Then, she gasped out as a series of massive cracks began spreading out through the surface of the barrier. "Celestia, it won't hold!" "Don't give up! Just a little more and-” Celestia's words were drowned out by the loud crash of their barrier shattering, the shards scattering in the air as the wave of crushed buildings came rushing at the castle. Before she attempt to recast her magic again, Cadance quickly shoved her back and stood against the force herself. "Cadance no!" Her words went to deaf ears as Cadance’s horn exploded in a blinding light of magic rushing out forward. Both her magic and the Almighty Push collided with a deafening crash, thrusting harder and harder against each other as the loud scream of Cadance rang through the night. Then... Everything went silent. --- Pain slowly lowered himself back to the ground beneath him, his hooves gently touching the dirt. He sighed as he looked down to his leg as he attempted stomping down, seeing nothing come out from it. "Even with this push not as strong as my last one, it will take some time to use it again." Looking back through the wall of blinding dust, he saw something that truly did surprise him. "For them to be able to do that... Is quite surprising. Perhaps their power may be something I should keep in mind." Turning his back to the capital, Pain trotted out of the aftermath of his powerful jutsu, his face not even showing a sign of pleasure in the act. "After my chakra recovers, perhaps we should return back here for them." Several quiet minutes passed before Celestia moved. She coughed up chunks of dirt caught in her throat, wincing as she stood back up to her hooves. She shook her head to clear her dizziness spinning her mind before she could see clearly. When she could however, she felt her heart drop in her chest. "Wh… What..." The entire city of Canterlot wasn't even in a state of destruction that seemed recognizable to the eye. Where once sat a sprawling metropolis sat a deep crater over a hundred feet deep, not a single structure or even speck of grass left standing within the interior. Celestia fell to her stomach at the sight of her city decimated like this. "What... What kind of nightmare is this?" She whispered as she looked to the wall of shattered buildings and rubble on the perimeter of the hole in the ground. Her eyes began growing wet as she felt the pain from not only herself, but to the hundreds of ponies that lost everything they had in their lives. "Why is this happening to us?" Celestia wiped her eyes with her hoof to rid the tears, only to have new ones pour out right after. She turned her head to see the worst of her fears confirmed, but shot her eyes open to what she saw. "Can it be?" While the entire city was destroyed from the blast, the main castle of Canterlot was miraculously saved from the Almighty Push. A mountain of rubble lay skewed about to the side of it, almost like it was pushed out of the way. "I... I can't believe it. She stopped it." Despite the loss of the buildings to the city, Celestia realized the most precious part of Canterlot was saved. She remembered how she had evacuated all ponies out of their homes and into the interior of the castle, meaning that no ponies were killed in the destruction. Even with everything she had just went through, she couldn't help but smile. She turned her neck to see Cadance standing alone, staring at the crater. "Cadance, you saved us all... Thank you." Celestia stood up and trotted over behind her niece. "Don't grieve over the city. A ponie’s life cannot be replaced, but a home can be rebuilt. And what you did was save everypony here, and that is more important than anything else." When Cadance didn't respond, Celestia came to her side to comfort her. When she was close enough and saw her face however, Celestia put a hoof to her mouth and whispered. "Oh my gosh...." Cadance's mouth hung open in an almost lifeless state. Her nose was dripping with blood, trickling down her muzzle and dripping to the ground below. Even her eyes lost all white and were replaced with a deep crimson hue as she stared blankly out to the distance. Then, her legs gave out from beneath her, flopping down to her belly before rolling to her side. "Cadance!" Celestia screamed as she dropped to her knees, lifting Cadance's head up with her wings. "Cadance get up!"Celestia though knew exactly what was wrong with her. Magic exhaustion. When a unicorn or alicorn pushes their magic past the point of both physical and mental limits, it begins going against the user and actually damages them. Celestia, however, had never seen it pushed so far in just one usage. "Cadance... Why did... I have to get you inside now!" Celestia levitated the bleeding alicorn onto her back and turned back towards the palace. As she trotted along, she glance up at the moon, her eyes focused on the large glowing shape. "Luna... Where are you?" --- "Take this!" Luna grunted out as she shot off a bolt of lightning from her horn at Itachi. Racing through the air, the bolt was on Itachi just as he clapped his hooves together, striking him in the chest and launching him across the grass. Luna smiled triumphantly at her success. "I can tell that wasn't an illusion again. I won't be falling for that any- Her words were cut short as Itachi disappeared in a puff of smoke, only to be replaced by another one of his substitution logs. Turning back around she quickly created a small shield just as he brought a Kunai towards her. The steel scraped across her magic, the sparks lighting up the space between the two of them. Jumping back away from each other, both Luna and Itachi landed on the grass in another standstill. The Lunar princess took several deep breaths trying to regain her composure. Sweat dripped down her forehead in a mix of exhaustion and frustration from her battle with Itachi. To her surprise, Itachi seemed to be suffering from the battling as well, his brow also dripping sweat along with a small trickle of blood out of his mouth. "When did I do that to him?" She questioned herself. His small injury however didn't give her any hope. Never before had she come across a pony like this before. It was as if she was fighting a pony that rivaled the magical capabilities of Discord. But it was something different. Whatever kind of power he had, it wasn't normal magic. It was something different. Something not from her world. Itachi gritted his teeth as he stood back up straight. He knew now that Luna was able to break the tsukuyomi with her strange power, meaning all use of genjutsu was useless for trying to subdue her anymore. The only way he would be able to end this battle was to finish it off with his own power. Sighing, he took several steps in Luna's direction before stopping again. "You are much stronger than I had anticipated princess. The skills you possess would have easily made you a high level jounin in my world." Itachi said. "I'm not sure if that should be a good compliment coming from your world." Luna snapped back at him. "It is one. Being a leader, you could teach others the ways to master their own power, guiding them down the path they should go." "If it is such a good way of life, why didn't you take that path? Too good for it I assume?" Luna's words sat with Itachi for a moment, the power of the meaning surprising him. Closing his eyes for a few seconds, he looked back up to her, the Mangekyo spinning in his irises. "That path is not one that I was meant to take. Life for me was meant a different way to take, and the actions that I have done have set my fate in place already." "You already decide your fate before it has even come?" Luna questioned him, a small smirk spreading across her face. "You have to make it to your goal of fate if you wish to experience it." Music Lifting his eyebrow in surprise, Itachi slid his hoof into his sleeve once again. "If you honestly assume you'll defeat me, you are mistaken once again." Launching off the ground, Itachi dashed towards Luna as he whipped out a shadow shuriken and through it through the air. The large star raced towards Luna as she charged her magic, shooting off a large ball of energy big enough to strike both the top one and the shuriken hidden in the shadow of the first. Overpowering both, the magic rushed back at the Uchiha, his hooves clasping together before he slammed one into the ground. A large dirt wall rose up out from the ground and blocked the incoming magic, a large dust cloud rising up from the explosion. Itachi jumped over the cloud and came dropping down above Luna. Conjuring her dual magic swords again, Luna tried slashing up to catch him as he came down. But to her disbelief, his sharingan read her movements perfectly, giving him the time to dive in between the two swords by just the smallest margin. Itachi landed on the dirt right in front of his opponent, his front hoof rushing towards her face. Luna tried ducking out of the way, but in a split second he leapt over her and caught her neck with his other passing hoof. His strength easily allowed him to launch the princess across the grass, her body bouncing over the plain before she skidded to a stop. Luna grunted out in pain as she quickly stood back up, sore from the skipping her form over the grass. Turning back around, she readied herself for Itachi running at her. To her confusion however , he wasn't where he was just a moment ago. "Where'd he go?" "Fire style: Phoenix flower jutsu." A barrage of bright fireballs from above made Luna's eyes to wide in shock, the dozens of burning streams careening down towards her. She flapped her wings and took off through the sky, ducking and weaving her way past the first wave of flames. She shot her magic up and countered out the next few that were too close to dodge around, but there were too many to evade completely. Having nothing else to do, she cast out a shield of magic just as seven fireballs closed in on her , the bright explosions of flame lighting up the night. Itachi ceased the release of his Jutsu at the sight of the detonations, hoping he had finally ended this fight. As he was descending however, he barely had enough time to dodge the triple shadow shurikens whipping by his face, one actually catching him across the shoulder. Wincing at the pain, he brought out a Kunai as Luna barreled through the flames with her sword in tow. The two clashed blades in the air before shoving back against each other as they dropped to the grass. 'She is far stronger than I could have thought...' Itachi said to himself, 'I can't judge her fighting completely. She has so many different techniques that I can't tell what is coming next until it happens.' He knew he would need something much stronger than he had been using. Just in case, he closed his right eye in preparation. As soon as Luna touched down onto the ground, she took off ice again straight at Itachi with her swords ready. He in turn brought his Kunai in his mouth and charged as well, the two of them returning to a rapid exchange of slashes at the other. Luna then tried teleporting behind him, only to have Itachi's back legs buck backwards and strike her directly in the chest. She screamed out from the hard impact as she jumped back several steps, looking down and thankful for the small breastplate she always wore, the hard jewelry dented in but softened the impact. Baring her teeth, Luna once again ran towards him, making Itachi sigh. "You keep rushing into your battles head first, but you will never get ahead if you-" A bright flash around Luna cut his words off. As the light faded, Itachi was caught off guard as five Luna's were running straight at him. "She can create clones herself?" Bringing his hoof forward, Itachi punched the first incoming one... Only to have his hoof pass right through it. "What!?" As it passed by his body, Itachi attempted hitting the next two, but like before he just phased through them like they weren't there. "What is this? A genjutsu? No... It's something- AH!" The powerful strike to his side sent Itachi rolling across the field. He panted as he sat up to see the real Luna standing to the side, her horn glowing from her blast. At the same time the five fake Luna's disappear in small pops of sparkles. "What kind of clone technique was that? My sharingan couldn't detect them..." That next moment, his left eye pulsed in pain, forcing him to his knees. "Damn it, it was a just simple illusion, but my eyes are losing their sight and can't detect it as easy before. I have to stop this now." Seeing him down gave Luna a burst of confidence, sensing she had the chance to end this before it went on anymore. Charging her magic, she pointed her horn forward, releasing a massive beam of energy strong enough to push herself backwards a few inches. Itachi stood back up to his hooves and faced the incoming attack. Putting his hooves together, he inhaled deeply before exhaling a giant fireball jutsu. The two opposing attacks collided in an enormous flash with each other, forcing the opposite to a standstill. From across the field, the trio of lunar guards watched in complete awe at the battle taking place in front of them. Never before had they ever seen such a great display of power in their eyes. Here their princess was battling onward while they were stuck sitting on the sidelines. Whiplash could only shake his head as he watched. "This is unbelievable. I never knew Princess Luna was this powerful." He said. "She has a near unlimited amount of magic at her disposal..." Night Shine mumbled, still groggy from his hit to the head. "The princess is truly amazing with the abilities she has. you haven't seen everything she can do." "Have you?" Moon Lit asked him. "No..." Night responded to the two lunar stallions, "I have only heard some of the magic spells that she possesses. There are some which she says that would we too dangerous to use amongst others." Looking back at the duel, Whiplash smiled when he saw the fireball began to slowly get pushed back. "It seems that she won't be needing to use those spells tonight." Itachi noticed it as well, the magic beam steadily overcoming is fire jutsu. Amazed at the power she possessed, he realized he had to use the power he had been holding back. 'Its time to show her the true power of the Uchiha.' He said to himself. From his closed right eye, a stream of blood suddenly began leaking out from his eyelids. The next instant, his eye shot open as his Mangekyo sharingan spun. "Amaterasu!" A wave of roaring black suddenly engulfed the entire fireball that Itachi was releasing. Growing outwards, Luna watched in horror as the flames connected with her magic and overwhelmed it almost instantly, rushing through her attack as if it wasn't even there. Before it could reach her, she quickly stopped her blast of magic and flew up into the sky just as the flames rushed through and ate the last of her magical beam. Slowly coming back to the ground, Luna sat opened mouth in complete shock at the strange new flames flickering, barely visible in the light of the moon. The odd power was unlike anything she had seen, dancing on the spot of grass where she just stood moments before. "What was that? My power was overwhelmed in just seconds from that." Luna turned back to Itachi, taken aback by the sight she saw; his right eye was so bloodshot that the whites in his sclera was nearly gone. Several thick trails of blood trickled out from his eyelids and down the side of his face, staining his fur before dripping to the ground. His sharingan suddenly spun again, sending a cold chill down her spine from fear of it coming again. Her magic reacted in just the knick of time, the shield rising up just as the flames burst out in the blink of an eye. The black fire raged up as it struck the magic barrier, completely encircling the blue shield. Luna felt a small wave of relief of safety... But that soon turned to terror as walls of the shield began disintegrating around her, melting from the intense flames roaring on the surface. "Im-impossible! No fire can burn through a barrier this strong!" She screamed as part of her shield dripped down past her head. "What kind of dark power is this!?" After a few more seconds, Luna realized she was no longer safe inside her shield. Quickly teleporting outside of it, she looked over to see the barrier suddenly collapse, the fire dissolving the remainder of her magic. Her heart could not beat any faster from the terror rushing through her veins, terrified at this new kind of power. "No..." She whispered to herself. "These powers can't be real. Nopony can possess these things." "I told you earlier already... I am not your kind." Luna did not even have time to turn to the voice at her side as Itachi drove his hoof into her chest, completely lifting her off the ground and catapulting her twenty feet across the grass. The three guards watched in fear as their princess skidded to a stop before spitting up a small puddle of blood out of her mouth. Itachi simply lowered his hoof back to the ground and stared at the downed princess. "You just witnessed the second power that my Mangekyo sharingan grants me. The black flames of Amaterasu, hotter than any form of fire in existence." Crawling back to her hooves, Luna panted in an attempt to breath, feeling like one of her ribs was broken and rubbing against her lung. She glared up at Itachi as he sat where he was, simply watching her with those red eyes. "Do you get enjoyment of seeing me bleed? I bet from the place you come from that would be a common sight." "Blood is something that is common, whether it be from the blade or the simple use of power..." Itachi paused as he wiped away some of the blood from his cheek. "To simply wish upon seeing it is that of which comes from the soulless of the land." "And what makes you think you are better than that?" Luna snapped at him. "You're comrades killed some of my own soldiers, along with those of my sisters. You've done more than enough to show me what you are." Her body suddenly began shimmering in a bright blue light, pulsing out every few seconds. She then looked across the field to the guards watching her. "Night Shine, I would suggest that you get further away from here." The lunar captains eyes widened in realization of what she was saying. "No, she wouldn't..." "What's going on?" Whiplash questioned, "What is she talking about?" "Get out of here now!" Night Shine stood up to the ground and helped the other two to their hooves. "The princess is going to use an internal summoning spell!" "What?" Moon lit asked as he stood up, trying to hobble on is injured leg. "What are you- "Just come on!" Night Shine yelled as he helped support the two guards along. "We don't want to be close when it goes off." Watching the three guards trying to get away made Itachi grow curious to what exactly she was planning on doing. His sharingan focused in on her body, noticing the sparks beginning to jump out from her fur. 'So she is planning on using a lightning style technique. Whatever it is it feels quite strong.' He stood up and clapped his hooves together. 'Its seems I will be using your technique for this, Sasuke.' Leaning forward, Itachi's left hoof became enshrouded in a bright display of blue lighting. The bolts danced out from his body, the small bolts arching out all around him. The pulsing electricity gave off the sound of a thousand chirping birds, echoing out in the quiet night. He stared down at the jutsu he copied from his brother, noting perhaps this could be the very technique he may be killed by. He looked back towards. Luna, his eyes focused and ready. 'You will see me again, little brother.' Away from the battlefield, Nightshine and the others came to a stop on top of a hill, turning back around to the fight in front of them. Whiplash set his body on the grass as he stared at the strange power radiating out from Luna. "What is she doing? I've never seen her use that spell before." "Neither have I, but she has told me enough about it that I can tell what she is doing. That is an alicorn level magic of arch conjuration." Night Shine answered. "A what? What the heck is that?" "It's a level of spells only the princesses possess. She is summoning the power of an entire lighting cloud right now." Moon Lit turned back to the pair of ponies on the field charging their attacks, still confused to what he was talking about. "What do you mean? There are no clouds being summoned above her." Night Shine shook his head as the energy around Luna suddenly stopped glowing. "She isn't creating a cloud to hold the energy... She is using her own body as the carrier." Music Screaming out, Luna's body released dozens of lightning bolts, arching out through the air and tearing up all the nearby ground. Her now solid white eyes sparked out in streams of static, beaming across the grass at Itachi. Her legs kicked and catapulted her forward, ripping up all the dirt that laid in her path. "This is the end for you Itachi!" Itachi glared as he watched Luna charging his direction, bracing his body to counter as well. He shoved his hoof into the ground and rushed forward, tearing a scorching path in his wake as he ran forward. The two ponies shone in the night, their lightning matching the others in brightness. The princesses scream rang in his ears as they came closer, their powers making them appear to be arching towards each other. Itachi gritted his teeth as he thrust his hoof forward just as Luna's horn thrust his direction. "Chidori!" The two combatants clashed in a massive explosion of lighting, arcs of rampaging electricity erupting in every direction out from the epicenter. Craters seemed to form from the powerful chakra and magic ripping through the crust of the plain, vaporizing anything around them. An entire sphere of pulsating lightning formed around the two ponies as they tried overriding the other, their faces scrunched in focus and anger. Thrusting her wings backwards, Luna shot out two lightning bolts behind her and pushed herself forward hard enough to break through their stalemate. She then began swinging her horn at Itachi, creating a lightning sword with each slash. Ducking and weaving through the incoming attacks, Itachi tried to come in for another strike only to be stopped by her magically charged wing swiping right at his head and grazing several of his hairs. He then quickly jumped over her body and disappeared from her sight for just a moment. Spinning around, Luna shot off a blast of magic and struck Itachi right in the chest before he landed... But gasped as he vanished in a puff of smoke. "What!?" Her eyes looked up in realization to the real Itachi coming down at her. "He made a clone in that small gap of time out of my sight? Impossible." As he came down thrusting his chidori however, Itachi's eyes went wide as he suddenly convulsed, coughing up a large mouthful of blood. Seeing this as a window of chance, Luna jumped back out of the way and focused her magic to her wings. Just as he came down to her level, her wing swung out and blasted him with a giant wave of electricity. Itachi gasped out in pain as he was rocketed through the air and crashed into the ground, his body pulsing with streams of static. Before he had time to recover, Luna was already on top of his body, pinning his hooves to the dirt as she stood over his form. "It's all over Itachi..." She whispered out as her body began losing its glow, all her magic focusing into her now rapidly pulsing horn. Itachi could only stare up at her as the energy began growing out from her tip, sparking out as she raised her wings up. "Your time of threatening my home of Equestria is no more. Goodbye." She then pointed her horn straight at Itachi, her magic rushing out as his eyes widened. The entire land was suddenly lit up in a blinding light erupting out from the princess. The single lightning strike completely obliterated all land within one hundred feet of Luna, ripping out trees by their roots and catapulting them through the air. The shockwave rushed out and nearly pushing all three of the guards over from their spots. Zetsu also closed his flytrap to help shield against the bright light and flying debris from striking his face. After a few seconds, the gushing force disappeared, leaving an eerie silence over the land. Peeking through the green trap teeth, White Zetsu stared in awe to the land. A massive crater laid where Luna and Itachi were, the dust cloud still blocking out most of his sight. "This is unbelievable. She is completely in another league of power to what we thought." "Indeed. I figured she would be strong, but to this extent..." The black half paused as he looked at the slowly dissipating dust, seeing a single standing form in the center. "She is easily amongst the rank of the kages." "It seems that she won't be one to be taking with us at the moment..." The white half sighed. "To think Itachi would be killed here by this pony. It does seem this place is very troubling now." In the center of the crater, Luna fell backwards onto her rump gasping for air. Her horn lost its glow as her spell began to wear off, reaching its limit of use. "*Huff* it seems I can't use that for more than a minute or so." She said to herself between breaths. She glanced over to the dust cloud still enshrouding Itachi, his still form bringing a smile to her face. Before she got up, she felt a strange, warm sensation falling from her nose. Bringing her leg up, she wiped it up and felt her heart speed up at the blood on her hoof. Taking a deep breath, she calmed her nerves as she knew what it was. "I guess this does put more strain on my mind than I remember." Standing back up to her hooves, Luna wobbled for a few moments before she regained her balance properly. Smiling happily, she turned away towards the guards watching her in the distance and trotted their way. She felt a great sense of pride in herself at the accomplishment she done tonight, defeating not only one, but two of the ponies that threatened the safety of her home. Along with the other already in custody, she could return home to the castle and give the great news to her sister. ... ... ... "That was a very good attempt of you, Princess." Music Luna's blood ran cold at the voice behind her. "No... It can't be." She turned back around to see Itachi crawling off the ground, but the sight around him was what truly disturbed her. A dark red aura swirled around Itachi's body, dancing in the air like a whirlpool. Seemingly from the air, some of the chakra solidified into a large rib age that Surrounded him. His bleeding eyes shuttered open as he looked towards the trembling princess. "To use my condition as an opening for you was quite smart. If I hadn't used this at the last moment, I wouldn't be standing here." Luna's legs gave out from her, falling to her belly in pure shock and disbelief. She felt her body trembling as Itachi stood up from the ground. "Wh-what is that?" "What you see is the ultimate ability given to me by the Mangekyo sharingan. What you see before you... The Susanoo." The chakra around Itachi burst upward through the air, the skeletons size growing up high above his body. The entire chest cavity completed itself as the shoulders extended downward and formed the rest of the arms. The spinal column stretched up and ended with the large skull thirty feet above the ground. The empty eye sockets glowed bright yellow and stared down at the terrified princess, it's dark gaze piercing her soul. "If you thought your abilities were at my level, I assure you are wrong once again." Itachi's cold voice said as his sharingans spun in his eyes. "You shall see the true difference between our power." All good feelings that Luna had felt just moments before shriveled up inside her heart as she stared up at the monstrosity that had come before her. It's mass towered above hers, making her feel like a terrified filly in its presence. Instead of a feeling of determination like she had before, Luna only felt one thing inside her heart now. Fear.