HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO everyone! I'm so sorry I have not uploaded in so long! College is a real pain in the ass! Anyways I was re-watching some awesome anime (as you can probably guess the 2 animes involved in this crossover). As I was watching them, I had a little brain child form and well I could not let my idea go unwritten: Itachi in the world of assassins! I tried to look up some fanfics with this idea in mind but there was only one and it wasn't finished so I HAD to get to work! Hope you like my story! I sadly don't own either of these anime. They belong to their respective creators who the world cannot thank enough for their work.

For reference: this is regular speaking, "this" is thought, this is flashback

Chapter 1: Another Chance at Life

It was done. Itachi Uchiha was able to get Kabuto to release the reanimation jutsu. Everything was finally going to end. All the suffering from the Fourth Great Shinobi War would finally come to an end.

Sasuke watched with shocked eyes as Itachi's Edo Tensei body began to glow, realizing he would now be seeing his brother for the final time. "I know what you want me to do, and how you want me to be… you're my big brother so I know you will disapprove. However, no matter what you say it is because you are my brother that no matter what you say, you're not going to stop me. I will seek to destroy the village! Even if you protect the village now, I will destroy it someday!"

Itachi slowly turned to Sasuke, his one eye completely white with blindness from the Izanami. He began to weakly walk towards his beloved little brother, extending his right arm. "There is… still time… I can feel myself slowly losing consciousness now"

Sasuke watched with bewildered eyes, wondering what Itachi was up to. Itachi looked up to Sasuke. "I must tell you everything, before I say goodbye… and we part for good. There is no need to hide the truth any longer. Everything that Danzo and Tobi said that I did… was the truth."

Sasuke looked in shock, hearing that Tobi was actually telling the truth. Itachi spoke up again, looking into Sasuke's eyes with his sharingan blaring. "I will show you, the entire truth." In a split second, Itachi's sharingan went into effect, showing Sasuke every memory of the events that lead to the massacre of the Uchiha clan by his hands, from Shisui's death, to the meeting with Danzo, the Third Hokage, and the other heads of the village. Sasuke saw the secret meeting where Itachi spoke to Danzo and was able to convince him to allow Itachi to spare his little brother since he really did not know anything. He watched as Itachi asked Madara for shelter in his organization, to the genjutsu he placed on Izumi before he killed her. Finally, he saw the moments of his parents passing as Itachi stood behind their parents.

"I see, so you aligned with the other side, huh." Fugako Uchiha, Itachi and Sasuke's father, spoke up, not moving from his seat adjacent to their mother, Mikito Uchiha.

"Father… mother…" Itachi spoke softly, obviously in a lot of pain. "I just..."

"We already know, Itachi." His mom spoke up.

"Itachi, just promise me this…" his father spoke again, without an ounce of fear in his voice. "Take care of Sasuke…"

Itachi's eyes began to water with emotion he never felt before. "I will…" he answered. His body began to shake violently as he grit his teeth as tear flowed from his eyes down his cheek and to the floor. The pain of the situation was a lot for a mere 13 year old boy to handle, whether he was ANBU captain or not.

"Do not fear it. This is the path you have chosen." Fugako spoke, knowing these were his last words. "Compared to yours, our pain will be over in an instant. Our philosophies may differ, but I am still proud of you my son. You are truly a kind child…"

A minute after those words were spoken, Itachi completed his mission, with his blade now stained by the blood of his parents.

Suddenly Sasuke and Itachi returned to reality, Itachi standing before him once again in his glowing Edo Tensei body. Itachi began to speak for the last time as he continued his path to his little brother. "There is… nothing more to say. You now know the whole truth, and I will not have to tell you it ever again. I… always lied to you… and asked you to forgive me for putting you at arm's length… so you would be kept out of this. Maybe, if I looked you straight in the eyes all those years ago, maybe you could have stopped mother… father… and the Uchiha clan."

Sasuke couldn't move or even speak at what was happening before him. The emotions were too much for him as well as for Itachi. "If only I had come to you sooner… looked straight into your eyes, and spoke the truth… then I wouldn't be standing here a failure." Itachi spoke, his breath drawing short. "But… I want to impart at least this truth to you…" He stopped, now standing before his brother, his right index and middle finger extended like they would be when he would flick Sasuke's head when they were kids. Before he could flick his head, Itachi reached for the back of Sasuke's head, drawing him forward a bit so that their foreheads met. Sasuke now looked his older brother in the eyes, knowing this was the last time he would see or even hear Itachi in this world. "You don't ever have to forgive me… and whatever you do from here on out know this… no matter what I will love you always."

As Itachi said those last words, a beam of light shot from his body, his soul now leaving its Edo Tensei host and rising to the sky. Itachi smiled as he looked down on his brother, trying to see him for his last time. "Sasuke, being your brother has made me happy. I am honored to say that I was your older brother. I am sorry I was not the best brother but I am glad that you at least loved me… thank you Sasuke, for making me happy." With that final thought, Itachi's vision went white.

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Itachi thought he would finally be able to rest in peace, finally saving his village and saying goodbye to his brother. However, he did not expect what was to come next.

After a few minutes of light, he felt a bit of a breeze on his cheek. He opened his eyes to see he was in a forest, the leaves blowing and dancing in the wind, his vision being one hundred percent clear. "Wait… this is not right… this is not the purgatory I was in when I was first dead…" He got up and looked around, trying to find where he was. He noticed there was no coffin nor a shinobi around, meaning he wasn't an Edo Tensei. "This isn't right… THIS ISN'T RIGHT!"

He ran towards the sound of the nearby river, falling to his knees just before it he looked down and came to a scary realization. "This, this isn't possible." He starred at his on reflection looking into his eyes. They were not black on the outside like an Edo Tensei, but white as if he was alive. He felt his vital spots and felt a pulse. He didn't even feel the terminal illness that plagued him for his last years when he was alive. Itachi looked down and saw he was in his Akatsuki cloak and normal garments. All of his ninja tools were there as well.

Itachi looked down at the water and activated his sharingan. "So I still have my jutsu and sharingan… wait…" He activated his mangekyo sharingan, however it was different. It still had the same look, however there was red in the middle of each of the wheels, and there was a black outline alone the edge of his iris. "So… I am alive. And I have the eternal mangekyo sharingan and am healthy. But how? How the hell is this possible?!"

Itachi decided instead of worrying about that now, he had to figure out where he was. He noticed to the west that there was a big city with a wall around it and made his way over to the town. There were people swarming all over the town, as expected. "I have to stay hidden. If I am recognized, it will lead to only more trouble." He thought. He jumped to a rooftop and ran across the houses, trying to get a view and a sense of where he was. Itachi noticed some things: at first the place seemed similar to the Hidden Leaf Village in terms of layout. The townspeople closer to the center were wealthier and seemed to hold some power. However, he noticed that their clothes were different from his village. In addition there were armed soldiers walking around instead of ninja. "This might be some place outside of the shinobi villages. I guess I am safe to walk around freely."

Itachi dropped down in an alleyway and began to walk amongst the people. As he ventured into the city past the market place, he noticed a few wanted posters. They each read: Wanted with a drawn photo of the person. The picture in the middle was picture of a girl with black hair, the bangs covering her eyes. Under it said "Dead or Alive. Akame. Night Raid" with her descriptions. Next to her on each side was the same kind of poster but for a woman named Najenda and a man by the name of Bulat, each describing the features of the wanted people. "Seems this world has their issues as well. I assume they are trying to overthrow the government here."

He walked around the outskirts of the town. The people looked very poor and almost depressed at their living quarters. Itachi then saw some soldiers who were tailing a man,. They cornered him and began to beat him up, taking his money as they laughed in humor at their work. He noticed that the people around them got an even sadder look on their face. "So, maybe the government is corrupt. The people are forced to live in fear if they do not have power. I will have to wait to see what else there is in store." He also noticed that the currency was far different from the Village Hidden in the Leaves, not that it mattered since he didn't even have his money on him.

Itachi walked out of the capital to the outskirts of the town, trying to find where to set up camp for the time being. He found a quiet spot on by the river near where he first woke up. He set up a camp fire and decided he had to hunt around. He hopped from tree to tree looking for anything to eat. As he was walking around he noticed something that glistened in the moonlight on the ground. "A trap huh. Proabably to catch something here to eat." Itachi thought, cutting the wire to see what it did. However, not even his kunai could cut it no matter how hard he tried. Itachi decided it was a better idea to just leave it and continue for food.

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Lubbock, a green haired boy with his teigo, ran into the main corridor of the hideout where everyone was. "GUYS. SOMEONE TRIPPED ONE OF MY WIRES."

Najenda looked to Lubbock with a serious look. "How many?"

Lubbock looked back to his boss. "Only one from what I can tell."

Najenda nodded. "Ok, all of you will go out and dispatch the intruder. It is most likely an Imperial soldier so be careful and do not die. This will be good practice for Tatsumi, our new member. Akame, Lubbock, and Leone, stay by him."

The brown haired boy nodded as the black and blonde haired women nodded, walking next to Tatsumi along with Lubbock.

"Bulat will go in and fight him hand to hand if he must. Mine you try to snipe him first before we do anything with Sheele protecting you. Now go!"

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Mine stood on the edge of the cliff with her pumpkin in hand, spotting a man running around at about 500 meters away. "What a weird get up he is wearing. A cloak with red clouds on it, and those weird sandal-like shoes?" She said. "He could still be an imperial spy, so I will take this bastard out in one shot." She said pointing her teigo gun at him with a smirk of confidence.

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Itachi stood still for a minute not being able to find anything. "It is almost as if there is nothing here… and my chakra is running low because of my lack of energy. If this continues…" As Itachi thought this he felt something in the air. "I feel like I am being watched… this is not good." He took out a kunai and looked around trying to see who was there. Suddenly, his instincts were screaming for him to run, sensing imminent danger. Without a second of hesitation, he jumped, just narrowly being missed by what he would describe as an energy blast. "What the hell was that?!" He thought, looking in the direction of where the attack came from. With his sharingan, he spotted a source of energy at the top of a cliff and began to sprint to the location, turning off his secret weapon.

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"WHA… how did he dodge it?!" Mine spoke with shock riddling her voice. She turned with her teigo in hand. "Sheele we have to g-"

As she turned around she spotted the man she was trying to shoot, now only a few inches away from her. "You almost had me girl," Itachi said, swinging his kunai down trying to strike at Mine.

At the last second Sheele appeared, blocking the kunai with her teigo: Extase. Itachi backed up and readied himself. "I see you are not alone. I give you props, most do not have the speed to stop me." "I will only resort to using my taijutsu and some genjutsu. I do not want to hurt these people. Also, if I use any more than that there might be a commotion leading to reinforcements."

Mine stood there poised for the fight but scared beyond belief. "Sheele be careful!" yelled the pink haired sniper.

Sheele noded. "I will Mine." She turned to Itachi. "You will not hurt us, you bastard. We will kill you intruder!" With that she charged in at Itachi, swinging for his mid-section. Itachi went to block with his kunai when he suddenly felt another presence behind him. He ducked out of the way of Sheele's attack, just noticing a suit of armor appear out of nowhere, swinging down on him with a huge spear. Itachi rolled out of the way and ran into an opening. "So it seems there are more of you." He called out to Sheele and the suit or armor that trailed him. The suit of armor charged at him, swing the spear violently trying to slice Itachi to ribbons. "He is fast! Especially for the armor." He thought. Just as Itachi as going to use his kunai to block, Sheele came in with her scissor blade open. Itachi dodged the armor's attack, throwing a kunai at Sheele. To his surprise, she cut it in half. Just as he was landing from his leap, he noticed the same string from before just where he was about to land. He swung his body to create more momentum to go over the string, using a ninja star to trigger the trap. The string came to life slicing the ninja star to pieces.

Itachi landed a few feet away from the assailants, looking at them with interested looks. "So, you all have interesting weapons I see."

Lubbock now came out and stood next to the other assailants. This was when Itachi noticed his gloves with the string coming from them. "You can say that again. Look at yourself using those weapons."

Itachi stood calm, not letting the four vs one situation affect him. "As interesting as these weapons are, you all looked into my eyes, and that is your mistake." Itachi activated a genjutsu that caused his enemies to be paralyzed. "Ach! We can't move!" Shouted the suit of armor. "How is that possible?"

Itachi eased up a bit. "It is from my illusion. I have it so your body thinks it is in trouble and that its reaction was to freeze up. This is over."

"NOT BY A LONG SHOT!" said a voice from Itachi's left. He turned and spotted a blond woman with animal like claws and animal ears charging at him. He jumped out of the way as her fist collided with the ground, creating a huge crater. "So she has increased strength and sp-" as he was finishing his thought Itachi noticed a shadow above him. He turned and got out a kunai just in time to block Akame's attack. Akame began to lower her blade to Itachi's hand, making Itachi's sensors scream to push her away, which he did. "There is something about her blade… I can't allow it to touch me!"

As this was happening Tatsumi ran to his trapped friends. "Are you guys ok?!"

The suit of armor turned to Tatsumi. "DO NOT COME CLOSER. This guy is dangerous! He has us four trapped. With your inexperience you will die!"

Tatsumi looked shocked at his new friends. "But… Bulat…"

"NO BUTS!" The armor now named Bulat spoke. "Let Akame and Leone handle this." He said as they turned to watch their two comrades fight.

"This guy is doing really well considering he is fighting me and Akame here." Leone thought as she swung fist after fist at Itachi, trying to hit him. Itachi used his reflexes to dodge Leone's attack while using a kunai to fend off Akame's attacks.

Itachi was now starting to worry, he was actually being pushed to his limits. "I cannot keep this up for long. I don't want to resort to the sharingan for fear of its effects in this world, and if I use my ninjutsu, more will just come. And I cannot cast another genjutsu due to the lack of chakra I have right now!" As the thoughts were running through his head Leone finally landed a shot on a distracted Itachi, sending him into a mountain wall. His body was engraved on the wall, making him stuck. "Can't… move..." he paniced.

As this happened, Bulat, Mine, Lubbock, and Sheele were freed from the genjutsu, now moving to Akame and Leone with Tatsumi behind them. They finally got to the scene and saw the intruder embedded into the wall. "Yea we got him!" Tatsumi said, drawing his sword.

Bulat still wearing his teigo (Incersio) extended a hand to block Tatsumi. "Wait." He said as he approached Itachi. "Before we kill you I have a question for you. Why did you not kill us when we were paralyzed? With the speed and strength you showed in fighting those two, you could have got us before they showed up instead of explaining what you did. Why?"

Itachi looked to Bulat but did not give him an answer. Deep down Itachi did not want to kill anyone. He was somehow alive again and put it upon himself to try to not kill ever again. The fighters that were before him looked as if they just reached adulthood. Itachi could not handle it if he did kill them in his first moments of breath. He bowed his head, realizing that the situation was hopeless, and all thanks to his morals.

Lubbock shrugged. "Well, it doesn't matter now. Now this imperial spy can die instead of him killing us."

Itachi looked to Lubbock now realizing the situation. "This was a rebel group against the capital I observed." He thought. "They I guess saw the oppression and decided to do something about it. I do not blame them however…" Itachi's eyes lit up. "Wait, they are attacking me because they think I am a spy! I know I am not but maybe if I can convince them I am not then I can get out of this!"

Akame drew her blade and pointed it to Itachi, still embedded in the rock. "Eliminate." She said coldly and charged at Itachi.

Itachi finally looked up to the assailants. "WAIT." He finally spoke up.

In a split second, Akame stopped her attack, Murasame just being stopped in time from puncturing his neck, the tip of the blade barely touching Itachi but not scratching him. "What is it?" She calmly said. "Speak your last words now."

Itachi took a breath of relief, he was still alive and didn't have to use his sharingan. "You said I was an imperial spy that was supposed to kill you. However, I am not from the capital or anywhere around here at all."

Mine glared to Itachi, Akame still holding Itachi at swordpoint. "What do you mean?! How are you not from the capital?! That is the only way you could have found us here you dumbass!"

Itachi looked to the pink hiared sniper. "It was all an accident. I assume that the string I was trying to cut belonged to the green haired boy here. I was hunting and -"

Leone growled at Itachi. "How are we supposed to believe you huh? How do we know you are not lying."

Itachi took a deep breath to calm himself and looked to Leone. "The soldiers in the town carried a badge with them. In addition they have swords as weapons and move a bit sluggishly. As you see, I move a lot faster than them, nor do I have a sword. As for the badge that all soldiers I assume have to carry, you can search my person for them. However you will not find them."

Akame nodded to Sheele who took Itachi out of the wall and took his cloak off. Itachi was kept at sword point by Akame to assure that he was not planning on escaping. However Itachi did not move and let Sheel take his cloak and pouch. They found his kunai, ninja stars, scrolls and ink, and an odd headband in his bag. Like Itachi said, there was no badge. Tatsumi saw the headband and held it up, looking at the weird logo. "Hey you," he called to Itachi.

Itachi looked to the item Tatsumi was holding. He did all he could and was barely able to hide his shock. "My headband… without the scratch?!" He snapped out of his thought and looked to Tatsumi. "That is something that is given to people of my village. It is on the outskirts of the town called the Village Hidden in the Leaves." He said. The only part he lied about was the location, for Itachi had NO IDEA where on God's green earth he was.

After being inspected by the group, they nodded. Lubbock walked behind Itachi, tying his arms up as Akame took her tie off to blindfold Itachi. "You will come with us then. We cannot let you leave. We will take you to our boss." He heard Sheele say. All Itachi could do was nod and let them take him wherever they were going.

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Itachi heard about seven voices in the new room he was in, Akame still holding Murasame to his neck as he was forced to go on his knees. He tried to get a glimpse of where he was but could not see past the blindfold.

"Get the blindfold off him, he might be our "prisoner" but he is not a threat, at least let him see." Said a woman's voice.

A few seconds later Itachi was able to see, now observing the meeting room he was in. He looked around at all the faces, recognizing them from the attack. However, his eyes wondered to the silver haired woman in the chair. "I recognize her from somewhere… but where…" He thought. Suddenly it all came together. The woman before her was the one in the poster: Najenda. Itachi looked to the girl holding the sword and realized that was Akame. He continued to look around and noticed the lack of the suit of armor. Instead he recognized the well-built man as Bulat, however with different hair. "So, this was Night Raid's hideout, and they thought I was with the empire." Itachi chuckled to himself at the realization.

Najenda walked up to Itachi and looked down at him. "So, you say you are not part of the empire as a spy but accidentally got caught up in this while hunting. After going through your stuff and your claims, it seems that you are telling the truth. However we do not trust you fully still. So you will be held here. Is that understood?"

Itachi looked her in the eyes and nodded. She smiled. "Good, there will not be any trouble."

Itachi nodded. "So, this is Night Raid. I only recognize you, the girl with the blade to my neck, and the man over there. I have a question for you. What is the purpose of this group, and why would you be wanted in the 'capital'?"

This lead to a long talk from Najenda and the other members of Night Raid (minus Tatsumi) all about their group, the revolutionary army, and the corrupt capital. Itachi being the ninja he is would normally check out this info for himself. After what he saw while in the capital though, he believed every word she spoke. "So they are like the ANBU, however they work against the government. I see." Itachi thought.

Najenda looked to Itachi, picking up a piece of paper. "So, stranger, show us where this "Village Hidden in the Leaves is?" She said as she unrolled the map.

Itachi fought every being in him from screaming in anger and confusion. As his eyes scanned the map finding no evidence of the 5 Shinobi Nations, he realized that he was in a totally different world all together. However, Itachi kept his emotions in checked and looked to Najenda. "As I said, it is a Village that is Hidden. It would not be on the map."

Najenda glared to Itachi and nodded to Lubbock who undid his string, letting Itachi free meanwhile Akame kept Murasame at his neck. "Very well. Let me explain the situation now. You are going to be stuck here at our base. You have seen and know too much now to be let free. There are three options for you. Option One is you stay here in our prison cells until we complete our mission. The Second Option is that you work in our factories supervised without your belongings until we complete our mission. The Third Option is one I will stress you take. As much as I don't fully trust you yet, you were able to fight off ALL of Night Raid, meaning you are an incredible warrior. With that being said, the Third Option is for you to accept my invitation to Night Raid and help us, using everything you have. I am not sure if you have ever killed or have the capabilities to kill, but I know you will be a great asset to the revolution. So," Najenda stuck out her left hand, keeping her robotic right one to her side. "What do you say?"

Itachi took a minute to look over the options, looking down at the gound. He wanted to help this land obtain peace. As much as he did not want to get involved in more killings, it seems that it was the only way to ever reach the state of peace. Itachi looked to Najenda and nodded, taking her hand in his. "I will join your group."

Najenda smirked while the others minus Akame and Leone looked in shock. "Welcome to Night Raid… uh…"

Itachi was about to speak when he stopped himself. "No, I will not give my last name. The Uchiha name brings pain and despair wherever it goes, thus explaining the Fourth Great Shinobi War… As much I don't want to demoralize my clan, I will not bring that pain from my world to thiers!"

Itachi looked around at the others, taking in what his new team would be. He smiled and turned to their leader. "My name is Itachi."

And there you have it! My first chapter to this story! This was much longer than I thought it would be… OH WELL! Please review and thanks for the read.