This choice: Warning From a Dark Future • Go Back...Chapter #4Warning From a Dark Future by: Secptor   It was peaceful night in the village of Konoha. Almost the entire village was dreaming peacefully. One of few who weren't was Sasuke Uchiha, the last Uchiha in the village. He was alone in the Uchiha district. While it looked normal enough, nothing could change the memories of ruined buildings and the stain of blood.
Sasuke was tossing and turning in his bed, as he once again lived through the horrors of that night. He watched helplessly as his older brother Itachi, cut down their parents, then forced him to watch how he slaughtered the rest of their clan through an illusion cased by his Sharingan.
Suddenly his surrounding changes, now he was standing in the ruins of Konoha. He looked around, everything looked like the color was slightly drained away. Buildings reduced to rubble, the sky an endless dark storm. There were no living trees, only dead ones. Along with countless bleached skeletons littered throughout the ground.
"What's going on?" Sasuke questioned, as this was even worse then his normal nightmares. "What is all this?"
"Your future." Said a familiar voice.
Sasuke turned around, and his skin turned paler than normal as he gazed upon a older version of himself. He looked horrible, his body was withered and covered in numerous scars. His clothes tattered and his eyes where completely white.
Sasuke gulped before he asked "Who are you?"
"I'm you, about twenty years from now." the older Sasuke answered.
"This has to be some kind of nightmare." present Sasuke thought to himself.
"I know what you're thinking, this is just a nightmare. And you're right. But it's a nightmare you of your own making." the future Uchiha said, his blind eyes somehow able to read his younger self like an open book.
Sasuke glared at his older self. "No. I would never do any of this."
This caused the older Sasuke to laugh at his younger self, which pissed Sasuke off greatly.
"Of course you would, don't you want power? Power to destroy, to conqueror, to kill all those who wronged you?!" older Sasuke shouted with palpable vitriol, which made Sasuke step back in fright. "Don't play dumb with me. You will do anything for power. And here are the results. A throne on top of a mountain of corpses in a kingdom of ashes!"
Sasuke whimpered before his future self. He desperately wanted to believe this was just a nightmare, but something deep within his soul told him this was all very real. And it made him sick.
"Let's not waste any time." future Sasuke stated, wanting to cut to the chase. "During the Chunin Exam after you graduate, the monster Orochimaru gave you a curse seal on your neck. You loved the power it gave you, even the darkness it made you feel. Then you left the village, wanting more of it. Your friends came after you, trying to save you. Most of them almost died."
Sasuke wondered if his future self meant his classmates, as he wouldn't really call any of them his friends.
"You even tried to kill Naruto, the only other person who knows how you feels. You did it with a smile on your face."
Sasuke's eyes widened in shock at hearing this. The blonde dead last. He didn't hate Naruto. Even if he found him annoying at times.
"Orochimaru offered you power untold, of course nothing is free. He wanted to possess your body as payment. You agreed, with all intentions to murder him before that. You let him experiment on you, mold you into a killing machine. You did unspeakable things in his name before you betrayed him and killed him."
Sasuke just stood there in silence as he listened intently to his future self's tale.
"Now here's the hard part. Itachi didn't want to murder our clan. No, he forced to by the war hawk Danzo."
Sasuke growled in anger. "You mean the village..."
Older Sasuke stopped his younger self by shaking his head. "No, the truth is far more insidious. Danzo is working with Madara. Yes, he is a live. His second in commander Obito, was the one who release the Nine Tails unto the village."
Sasuke's jaw dropped. "Why?!" he shouted incredulously.
Older Sasuke grinned, "Madara offered him a world of peace. Obito just wanted an end to all the mindless killing."
Sasuke nodded in understanding
"Danzo is the one who let Obito." Said Older Sasuke.
"Danzo is the one who made it seemed like it was us who release the Nine Tails, to take over the village. He did because he was in league with Orochimaru and Madara. All three where planning on taking over the world, with plans to stab each other in the back."
Sasuke once again nodded in understanding.
"Madara is using a group of Nukenin called the Akatsuki to collect all of the tailed beast so he can recreate the Ten Tails."
Sasuke turned paler again, he knew of the legend of the Ten Tails. And if they where even a quarter true...he shivered in horror.
"Pain, their leader has the Rinnegan. It is stupidly powerful. But to get back to the point, you and Naruto in the end defeated them all. Naruto wanted peace but you wanted revenge. Revenge on all who betrayed you, used you and anyone you hated. This time you killed Naruto and took control of the world. Yet, they found back. In the end you killed and destroyed all. Leaving the world a lifeless wasteland."
"No!" Sasuke cried as he dropped to his knees, tears of despair ran down his face as the full weight of the horrible truth was spelled out for him.
He was a monster.
"Enough!"
Sasuke looked back up at his future self, who was glaring at him with disgust.
"Crying is for cowards! I have used the last of my life to give you this warning, and I will not have soil it with these pitiful tears!" The old killer's expression then soften for the first time in decades as his body started to fade. "Don't repeat my mistakes. Don't let hate and darkness control you."
Future Sasuke approached his younger self and tapped his forehead with his fingers, much like how Itachi did when he was a kid.
"I will leave you with some of my memories, hopefully they will help you save this world. And yourself."
And with that final act, the last of the Uchiha, the last man on earth faded away completely.
Sasuke shot up from bed, panting heavily and covered in sweat. He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. As he did, many new memories flooded his mind. Once the memories stopped and his mind settled, his eyes opened to reveal a fully matured Sharingan. Thanks to his future self's sacrifice, he now knew who his true enemies were. And he now knew that he must not only avenge his clan, but redeem it as well.
But first things first..
"Danzo. Madara. Orochimaru." the young avenger growled with palpable fury. "I swear..in the name of my clan, my brother, and all that is just and good in this world..you will all die."
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