Pov-3 Death

As I lay dying, my life ran through my mind. The things I've done have not been pretty or nice; I can acknowledge that now I'm finally about to die. However, knowing that my reasons for killing them is to protect my brother, I wouldn't hesitate to do it again, not that it would ever happen to begin with.

As I lay dying, the lives that I ruined, the souls that I've broken seem pointless now. My life is meaningless now that I've got nothing to do; nowhere to run. Now I repent for all the lives lost to mind. I open my eyes to haunted souls and spirits - they await my arrival to the world of the dead. I smile, allowing the darkness on the edge of my vision to grow, consuming me. However, I soon find myself in a familiar laboratory, as I slowly open my eyes as a bright light flickered above me. I sat up from the ground and noticed minor change in my attire. The red cloak I donned in my Edo tensei was basically rags as my lean and still muscular body slowly bled out.

"Sasuke, you grew way stronger. Our parents would be proud of you... As for me, I can only hope I don't meet them, because I'm sure I'm on a not so merry and short way to go to hell."

However, his speech was interrupted by the croaking of his companion crow, Yatagarasu.

"Did you want to meet me one last time before I died?" Itachi silently spoke, mustering his feeble hands to carefully caress his crow.

But the crow shook his head, before cawing out an idea.

"You are crazy. How in the name of Madara did you even think about using Kotoamatsukami and Izanami simultaneously to send me back in time?" Itachi couldn't help but freeze up as he thought of possibly going back in time to save Shisui.

"Do you think it'll work?" Itachi stared at the crow, who slowly nodded. Itachi sighed, before laying back on the bed.

"Just wait a second" Itachi slowly exhaled as he prepared himself for whatever happens, at the worst, Yatagarasu gets a nutritious meal.

"Yatagarasu, it's time." Itachi groaned out, his life passing by his eyes as his dear crow partner gouged out one of his Mangekyo's.

Immediately, a bright light shone as Itachi's body mysteriously fazed away, a turmoil of emotions passing through as he faced little 7 year-old Sasuke.

Itachi gazes at his surroundings. In the distance, he notices what appears to be a town. "Is this the afterlife?" Itachi ponders. As Itachi stands up to gain a better view of his surroundings, he notices a difference in his chakra. Itachi tries to mold chakra. "Hmm... my chakra feels different."

At the same time he stared into the eyes of a 7 year old kid next to him, hugging his leg tightly.