[log] Nothing Is Real Who: Uchiha Itachi, When: October 1st Where:A Game What: Itachi enters a game against an illusionist. It’s no fun being beaten at your own game. Warnings: Blood, violence, nastiness, death. Open or Closed: Closed Observable: Yes--it’s a broadcasted game!
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[Hey, switch the channel. Om’s fighting Aradia and Matt. I want to see that.
No way, illusionist fights are boring.
Shut up and change the channel you dick.
Fiiiine....]
Aradia decapitates Matthew, but falls to the ground moment later.
Wow, it looks like Om is really ruling the field tonight. Everyone seems to be under his spell today--let’s check up on one of the crowd favorite.
The scene switches to one Uchiha Itachi. His knuckles are bloody and raw. A close-up of his face reveals he’s missing an eye, his mouth is bloody, and his remaining eye is wide and crusted in blood. The red iris hardly stands out from the blood shot whites. The camera pans out, revealing a battered and bruised teen whose hair has been mostly ripped from its normal ponytail. He’s gasping for breath and shaking.
“I know what’s real!” Itachi whirls and shouts, voice breaking. “I can SEE IT.”
It seems even Uchiha Itachi has fallen victim to Om’s illusions again! He’s already been in a rough fight with one Matthew earlier, and it seems to be taking a toll on him. We’ve already seen two combatants fall victim to Om’s mind tactics. Will Itachi be another one?
The young boy suddenly whips out a thin needle and stabs it into his thigh. He hunches over, driving the needle deep even as his lips twist in pain. He straightens, yanking the needle out. He reaches up and rubs at the empty socket--crunching something as he drops the needle and digs in a pouch at his belt. Itachi pulls three little pills from his pocket and methodically crushes them between his back teeth before jerking his head around.
He tenses, eye flying wide, then leaps into the trees and the scene shifts.
Look at this! Verity has managed to find Om himself. Om is usually never seen by his opponents.
A large, burly man with a broadsword is seen sneaking up on a bald, emaciated man dressed in a green robe that falls from one shoulder. His eyes have dark hollows under them, and his bare shoulder is crawling with dark red tattoos. The emaciated man doesn’t move. He doesn’t even twitch. The fighter raises his sword, silent.
His eyes flicker to the side. His hands start to shake. He takes one step back. From nowhere, Itachi suddenly slams into the man, burying a knife in his gut and ripping his abdomen open. Itachi vanishes again, crashing and rolling to a stop not too far away.
Verity drops his sword, grabbing at the wound in his gut. He stares at Itachi, who struggles to rise, open mouthed and gaping. “Maria...Maria...My Maria, they have taken you too.”
Itachi jerks himself upright, eye wide before black fire blooms out of Verity’s mouth. The man falls slowly, guts sliding like oiled rope from his stomach. Ash and smoke drip from his mouth as his head hits the ground. His eyes stare at nothing. Itachi rubs at the blood on his face and struggles to stand up right.
And Verity’s down! Once again, Om turns his opponents against each other, but Itachi has found the man now. Who will win?
Itachi steps towards the corpse, shaking from head to toe. His eye narrows, mouth twisting in disgust. Blood still smears one side of his face.
“Bastard.”
Itachi freezes. His eye goes wide again, the red fading to a clouded grey. He steps back. Forward. His mouth opens slowly.
It seems Itachi is still under some illusion of Om’s! What could he be seeing?
“Do you doubt? I can make anyone look like anything,” Om speaks slowly.
“You’re lying now,” Itachi growls, reaching for a weapon. His hand fumbles and he drops the knife.
Om smiles, opening his eyes. They are not truly eyes, but twisted black space. “Oh, but the truth hurts you so much more, little one. Isn’t this your cousin? Your most beloved? Your most cherished person?”
“Shisui isn’t in this game,” Itachi returns, voice gone cold and dark as he stares at the corpse. His eye twists back to red, but he gasps and grabs at his eye, pressing his hand tight against his skull. Blood runs out from under Itachi’s hand and down his face.
It seems Om is disguising Verity as Uchiha Shisui, who is Itachi’s cousin. The rumors going around the Domus say that these two are extremely close!
“You don’t know who is in this game. How does it feel to kill him again? Are you glad he’s out of your life and he can torment you no more?” Om smiles. His mouth is empty. “Do you want to throw yourself on his corpse and sob? Apologize?”
Itachi kicks the corpse at his feet. “It isn’t Shisui.” The voice of the teenager breaks. His face isn’t certain. Slowly, everything fades from his fade. He lunges for Om.
Om whirls around, throwing his hands out towards Itachi. Itachi freezes. Rocks back on his heels.
“What is real, ‘Tachi? Even if this isn’t, would you kill me again?” Om asks. Itachi presses his hand into his crushed eye socket, crying out softly as the bone further deforms under his hand. Om laughs.
I’ve never seen Om this close to one of his opponents! What is he planning?
Itachi steps back, and Om’s hands lock around his neck. Itachi grabs Om’s wrists, hands tight but he doesn’t yank.
“Come and join me, love.” Om breathes the words as he leans closer to Itachi. Itachi suddenly kicks up, knocking Om away from him. Om crashes into the ground, and Itachi jumps on him, slamming a knife into the man’s shoulder. He twists it, but Om doesn’t make a noise. Itachi’s hands clasp around the man’s throat, then he stops.
Could this be the end for Om?
“I killed him, you know,” Om rasps. “The bastard who thought he could fool me. I’m the master of genjutsu.” Om touches Itachi’s arms, gently stroking. “It’s okay. You can’t trust that I’m me. Go ahead.” Om smiles.
“I understand. You have to do it, Itachi.”
Itachi stays frozen, his remaining eye dripping blood steadily onto Om’s face. Itachi chews on his lip. His fingers spasm. He leaned forward, putting pressure on the throat of the man under him. Om runs his hands up Itachi’s arms.
As Itachi’s hands begin to loosen, Om’s hand shoots up and buries itself in Itachi remaining eye. Itachi stumbles back with a surprised cry, falling back as he clutches at his face. Om grabs the knife Itachi drops. Om rises into a crouch and smiles.
“No one breaks my illusions, boy.” Om smiles and darts to the left, slamming the knife into Itachi’s shoulder. Itachi staggers and falls. Om stands above him, and Itachi rolls over. He turns his head, jerks it back straight, and then he begins screaming. He scrambles back from Om, body shaking. He falls again on his side and curls up, crying out and begging.
“Shisui, please, no, no, no, I’m sorry.”
Om advances slowly, taking his time as Itachi cries out again. (Shisui, Shisui NO. You asked me to!) Om picks up Verity’s sword and hefts it.
“And now we know, who is king of illusions.”
Itachi screams, and Om brings the sword down. Blood hits the screen, but an adjustment shows Itachi has half risen, the sword buried deep in his shoulder. Itachi grabs Om’s arm and yanks, burying a knife near the man’s groin. Om screams and falls back, sliding the sword from Itachi’s flesh, letting it fall. Om clutches at his wound, and blood spurts through his fingers. Itachi’s body convulses, and he crumples into a crouch, knife falling from his fingers as he struggles to stay up right.
“Even if you can beat me at illusions, you cannot beat me,” Itachi whispers, bloody lips twisted into a smile.
Om clutches at his bleeding thigh and smiles. “Think as I die, little one. Why does your love’s body still lie on the floor?” Itachi watches the man sink down, gasping for his last breaths. He turns his face to the corpse of Verity still lying near. Itachi’s chest jerks. His breathing becomes ragged. His mouth moves silently. He tries to stand and falls, landing on his broken shoulder. He twists to see the corpse, leaving a smear of blood on the ground. Itachi reaches.
“Shisui, Shisui....” Itachi’s hand drops. He doesn’t move again.
Wow folks, looks like we had a knock-out fight tonight! Don’t miss the discussion and recap. The prize money will go to Uchiha Itachi! Congratulations to all who bet for him!