One Necessary Lie ✧ Video

[jikogisei]

[The video feature flicks on but it's completely black and is silent for a minute. Perhaps it was done on accident. But wait, no, that's not the case. There's a man's voice, unidentifiable except to those who know him. Either way, he sounds unamused.]

A world where you collect animals and let them do the fighting for you. Seems cruel. Or perhaps you just don't see it that way. Using creatures to collect ridiculous badges. What good will it do you when you leave this place? If you leave this world.

[Itachi pauses, silence fills the moment.]

How many of you still continue your own physical training as you level up your creatures? Would you be capable of taking down your enemy without the aide of your Pokemon? Would you be satisfied if you couldn't? [Yes, Sasuke. Those last two questions were specifically aimed towards you.]

It also appears that the dead walk among us. [Does he know about the other shinobi or simply referring to himself -- hard to tell. Some might not even recognize him by voice alone. So finally he shifts it around to reveal his face. Itachi doesn't have the hitae-ai sitting upon his forehead like usual and his surroundings are hard to pinpoint. The maroon cloak he's wearing doesn't help as it covers the rest of his clothes.]

[He sighs as if this is all a big bother or an annoyance.] I suppose it's only polite to introduce myself. My name is Uchiha Itachi.

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[jikogisei]

Some still are.

[Having to work for Rocket that was a poor imitation of the Akatsuki.]

[Itachi doesn't squirm under the scrutiny of another shinobi.]

I suspected you might not have. [Not when Sasori didn't recognize him from the start.] There's a good chance I'm from your future, Sasori.

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[jikogisei]

[A determined one. Must be the hero-type.]

I wonder how many think the same as you. [Said a bit cooly. He doesn't have enough information to make judgements but Itachi is familiar with the darker side of people.]

You have no one here from your world? [What will he do? There is no "going home" for him.] Whatever I must.

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[beforethedarkness]

A few hours.

[Totally just flying straight there now especially now that mods have okay'd it.]

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[jikogisei]

No assumptions were made, inquiring questions were asked.

[He hasn't been here long enough to make any judgements on this place.]

A tactician is a good task to have.

I did not know about the first but I'm aware of the second. [Seeing as how he had his own abilities stripped.]

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[usedswift]

[Don't worry, in person she'd be a wreck, if she even got that far. With no ninjutsu and several days of distance between them? She's okay. She thinks.]

If he goes after you, we're all going with him. That's what comrades do, is stick together.

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[shinkei_dokusei]

Boo hoo. [ That was probably the most deadpan 'boo hoo' you ever heard. ]

Future, hm? [ For once, Sasori seemed vaguely interested. So Itachi did know him. ] That saves me the introduction. Under what circumstance did we meet?

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[soundmind]

I hope not too many. I have very foolish ways of thinking sometimes. But, it would be nice it everyone thought of their Pokemon as equal partners, too.

[At least she's honest.]

No, I'm on my own it seems. But that's okay, everybody has important things to do back at home, I can just take this opportunity to get stronger on my own, so I won't drag them down.

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[jikogisei]

You seem quite skilled. [Not that he knows what the Haninozuka style is exactly (though he suspects it must be a lot like Uchiha Fire-Style techniques) or how enjoying cake properly is a good thing for an animal.] Do you enjoy raising them?

Yes, he would be. [Obito was the friendly type.]

[Yeah. Not calling him "Honey".]

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[jikogisei]

[That gets a slight upward curve to his mouth.]

No, I'm not still a zombie.

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[jikogisei]

I'll be there.

[Don't get yourself killed in the process.]

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[jikogisei]

[Then the encounter will surely be an interesting one. Lucky for her, Itachi is also without his ninjutsu and genjutsu.]

There was never any doubt that he wouldn't have a few tagalongs with him.

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[believeit]

So what happened when you broke the Edo-Tensai? Did you.. y'know? [Die again.]

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[jikogisei]

[He doesn't say anything because he doesn't have any complaints on behalf of himself.]

We were both part of a group known as the Akatsuki, a criminal organization that became the most wanted in the world. It was a collection of S-Rank missing-nin.

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[jikogisei]

You are certainly not the only one I know who has a foolish way of thinking.

[She sure is. Moreso than Itachi.]

You do realize that it's very likely that any training you do here won't follow you back, don't you?

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[jikogisei]

[It doesn't take a genius to figure out what he's trying to say.]

Yes, Naruto. We all did.

The question you should be asking is what happened before that considering Sasuke spotted me on the way to face Kabuto.

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[soundmind]

Well, yeah. But doing something is better than nothing, I don't want to be a victim to somebody that feels like robbing me either.

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[usedswift]

Are you going to try to kill him? It won't work here. People can't die.

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[shinkei_dokusei]

...

[ Okay, he was expecting something more along the lines of 'we met in battle' (though that would have been embarrassing if it had been the case and Itachi had lived), but oh dear. Have a sigh. ]

I left one organization to join another? I must have been bored.

But-- a criminal organization, you say? [ There's a vague smirk just then. ] Now why would anyone want to leave Konoha~?

[ ...He isn't even bothering to lock this, sorry. ]

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[jikogisei]

Are you expecting to be robbed?

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[jikogisei]

If I wanted him dead, don't you think I had plenty of opportunities? He's not worth killing. Not yet.

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[soundmind]

Not expecting, just being cautious I guess? I know I don't really look like I can defend myself at all, and I've heard a little bit about this "team" that goes around stealing Pokemon and other things from trainers.

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[jikogisei]

[It certainly would have been embarrassing.]

Perhaps it was their goals that interested you. [Itachi wasn't all that interested in the reasons the others joined.]

If I hadn't the village would have me killed for slaughtering the entire Clan.

[Perfectly fine. This is what Itachi wanted. News of his actions public for everyone to see. It will make playing 'bad guy' so much easier.]

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[jikogisei]

Ah, I heard of them as well. [Though that's because he's one of them.] Seems a bit ridiculous if you ask me.

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[shinkei_dokusei]

[ He wouldn't be so cocky if that were the case. He's still hoping it isn't. No deets yet. ]

Perhaps. Why did you join, Itachi? [ Maybe that would help him figure out why on earth he left Suna only to go and join a band of renegade S-rank shinobi.

But hold on, wait up. This was even more interesting. ]

You murdered the entire Uchiha clan?

[ You know what, Sasori is going to laugh. Well, by laugh, he means amused throaty chuckle. ]

Ah, Konoha~ When they're not slaughtering other nations' families, they wipe out their own. [ Still holding that grudge against the murder of his parents. ]

But even so... the Uchiha clan... [ He doesn't entirely believe you, but Sasori isn't going to pry. He'll let it drop. ]

So tell me about Akatsuki. What was its goal?

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[starspangledavenger]

You're a lot of big talk, thoughtful sure, but big talk.

Cruelty depends on the person, I make no Pokemon fight who wishes not to. I train myself daily alongside my Pokemon, I could defeat my enemies. And sure, the badges are worthless back home, but I choose to live the life I have when I have it.

I'm Steve Rogers by the way. It's interesting to make your acquaintance.