（ he's fucking tired, kakashi. and there is so precious little point to secrets here. he is dead — if he cannot amend his regret, none of what he says here will ever have mattered at all. if he can, then the same holds true there as well. ）
I will always consider myself loyal to Sarutobi Hiruzen. He was as kindly as he could be, given the circumstances. He kept his word about protecting Sasuke — I believe that is partly why he died fighting Orochimaru.
（ he does believe that the sandaime hokage had wanted to protect his brother to the end. what happened following his death was not his fault — perhaps sasuke always would have left, after itachi drove him to hunger for power. he never should have gone to konoha under the guise of surveying uzumaki naruto — but there had been no other excuse he could think of then to visit danzō and remind him of that terrible deal inked in the blood of his kinsmen. ）
Shimura Danzō, however, was directly responsible for Uchiha Shisui's death, and was the one that forced the issue of the massacre. I could not have killed him then. If the opportunity arises aboard the Ximilia, or through the course of changed history, I intend to ensure he dies by my hand.
（ he is not wholly certain he could kill him now, but he cannot untangle what part of that doubt is fear of someone who has held your life in their hands and broken you badly, and what is legitimate tactical wariness. certainly — he is a more formidable opponent at twenty-one than he would have been at twelve. yet, he has difficulty acknowledging that he may have surpassed shisui's skill and knowledge, that he would pose more of a threat to danzō than his best friend had back then. it is the final acceptance of his death, and he is not prepared for that. perhaps he never will be. ）
( he only needed confirmation that uchiha itachi holds no ill will towards the third. sarutobi hiruzen isn't cleared of blame for the uchiha tragedy, but perhaps selfishly, he wants to believe that the man never intended for the events to play out the way they had.
as itachi said, shimura danzō is the one with the most responsibility for what befell the uchiha clan. with what he has recently learned of him and his play for power in konoha, whatever consequences may come danzō's way is his own to shoulder, especially since he has gone after yet another uchiha now.
he remembers hearing of uchiha shisui's death, but shimura's involvement is news to him. )
Shisui was in possession of an ability that would have altered the fate of the Uchiha. It was capable of changing one's perceptions entirely without detection, and there was no defense against it. Shisui guarded it fiercely, and did not make it widely known — nor would he have ever chosen to use it improperly. His loyalty to Konoha was absolute. Only I, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzō were even aware he had the mangekyō.
We had planned to use it on my father. It is my opinion that Danzō had no wish to avert the massacre, and moreover that he feared the existence of Shisui's ability as he could not perceive a situation where it would not be a threat to him.
He ambushed Shisui the night he was set to approach my father, took one of his eyes and poisoned him fatally. Shisui was... not a suspicious man, for a shinobi. I knew he did not like Danzō, but I do not believe he would have anticipated such an attack.
（ in a fair encounter, shisui would have won. he's absolutely certain of that. ）
( if itachi stood witness to the murder of uchiha shisui, then the most prevailing explanation for why he hadn't gone to the third would be that he couldn't do it without endangering someone he cared about. it doesn't take a genius to figure out who that someone is.
it might not be the time to give itachi more verbal highlight reels on the going-ons back home. only one of them needs to be fraught about it for now. )
are your plans to save uchiha shisui as well then?
now that we're on the same page, i expect you will continue to be as communicable as you are with me today as you will be. with the me. of tomorrow. and in the future. unequivocally. without a doubt. guaranteed.
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I hold no resentment towards Konoha.
（ which is not quite a direct answer. ）
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（ he does believe that the sandaime hokage had wanted to protect his brother to the end. what happened following his death was not his fault — perhaps sasuke always would have left, after itachi drove him to hunger for power. he never should have gone to konoha under the guise of surveying uzumaki naruto — but there had been no other excuse he could think of then to visit danzō and remind him of that terrible deal inked in the blood of his kinsmen. ）
Shimura Danzō, however, was directly responsible for Uchiha Shisui's death, and was the one that forced the issue of the massacre. I could not have killed him then. If the opportunity arises aboard the Ximilia, or through the course of changed history, I intend to ensure he dies by my hand.
（ he is not wholly certain he could kill him now, but he cannot untangle what part of that doubt is fear of someone who has held your life in their hands and broken you badly, and what is legitimate tactical wariness. certainly — he is a more formidable opponent at twenty-one than he would have been at twelve. yet, he has difficulty acknowledging that he may have surpassed shisui's skill and knowledge, that he would pose more of a threat to danzō than his best friend had back then. it is the final acceptance of his death, and he is not prepared for that. perhaps he never will be. ）
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as itachi said, shimura danzō is the one with the most responsibility for what befell the uchiha clan. with what he has recently learned of him and his play for power in konoha, whatever consequences may come danzō's way is his own to shoulder, especially since he has gone after yet another uchiha now.
he remembers hearing of uchiha shisui's death, but shimura's involvement is news to him. )
why did danzō go after uchiha shisui?
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We had planned to use it on my father. It is my opinion that Danzō had no wish to avert the massacre, and moreover that he feared the existence of Shisui's ability as he could not perceive a situation where it would not be a threat to him.
He ambushed Shisui the night he was set to approach my father, took one of his eyes and poisoned him fatally. Shisui was... not a suspicious man, for a shinobi. I knew he did not like Danzō, but I do not believe he would have anticipated such an attack.
（ in a fair encounter, shisui would have won. he's absolutely certain of that. ）
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it might not be the time to give itachi more verbal highlight reels on the going-ons back home. only one of them needs to be fraught about it for now. )
are your plans to save uchiha shisui as well then?
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（ shisui would never forgive him if he asked for his life outright. ）
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now that we're on the same page, i expect you will continue to be as communicable as you are with me today as you will be. with the me. of tomorrow. and in the future. unequivocally. without a doubt. guaranteed.
i'm going to take a nap now
bye ( ✌️ )
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