Thunder rolled over the Valley of the End.
Mist clung to the cliffs as if the very world refused to witness what was about to happen. Shisui stood still, cloak rippling behind him, eyes locked on the shadowed figure across the ravine.
Danzo Shimura.
> "You shouldn't have come," Shisui said.
> "On the contrary," Danzo replied, stepping forward, "you shouldn't have hesitated."
From under his cloak, Danzo drew a kunai. His right arm was still wrapped — but Shisui could feel the chakra pulsing beneath it.
Multiple Sharingan.
> "You stole them…" Shisui's voice was low.
> "I preserved them. Uchiha strength, finally useful to the village."
> "You're the reason the clan doesn't trust the Leaf."
Danzo didn't argue. He moved.
Fast.
But Shisui was faster.
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Eyes Against Eyes
Mangekyō Sharingan flared. The world slowed. Shisui darted around Danzo's first strike and launched him backward with a burst of wind-chakra kunai. But Danzo landed easily, unharmed.
> "Izanagi," Shisui muttered.
He had seen the jutsu before — a reality-bending cheat. Danzo had made himself untouchable, so long as those eyes remained open.
Time was running out.
> "You plan to take my eyes too?" Shisui asked.
> "One's enough," Danzo said grimly.
He lunged again.
This time, he was faster. Stronger. And more ruthless.
Their blades clashed in a frenzy of strikes, fire, wind, and genjutsu. Shisui countered, weaved illusions into Danzo's sight, but the elder simply undid the reality.
Over and over.
Every strike Shisui landed…
…was undone.
> "How many eyes?" Shisui demanded, panting.
Danzo's smirk said it all.
> Too many.
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The Final Gambit
Shisui backed away, blood at the corner of his mouth.
> "I can't win like this."
But he didn't need to win.
He just needed to protect his legacy.
> "Forgive me, Shina."
With a burst of chakra, Shisui used his last jutsu — not on Danzo…
…but on himself.
Kotoamatsukami — the ultimate genjutsu — rewritten inward.
> "You will not surrender. You will not give up. You will protect them until the end."
His free eye bled from the strain. His vision blurred.
Danzo saw it too late.
> "NO—!"
Shisui leapt backward.
The river welcomed him.
He vanished into the fog.
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Shina's Fury
Hours later, Shina found the clearing.
There was no body.
Only blood.
And Danzo's torn bandages scattered in the grass.
> "He took his own eye," Shina whispered, falling to his knees.
> "He knew Danzo would never stop."
The scroll Shisui had left behind burned in his chest pocket like fire.
And something inside Shina snapped.
> "No more waiting. No more playing both sides."
He stood.
His eyes spun red.
> "We bring them justice. On our terms."
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End Scene: A Spark Ignites
Deep beneath the Hokage Tower, Danzo sat alone. One eye bandaged. Furious.
> "Shisui… you will not win."
He opened a hidden chamber.
Inside — Project Koto had begun.
But above, in the Uchiha compound, the clan mourned in silence.
And a fire began to grow.
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