Eye of the Hawk

Orochimaru reminisces about the memories of his past, and how he became interested in reanimation and the Sharingan. Tragedies such as the loss of his student Nawaki - Tsunade’s younger brother - led him to detest the fragility of life, and how people had so much unused power. He grew to realise that if he were to stand a chance at learning every jutsu, he would need to be immortal, and would need a Sharingan. He joined the Akatsuki and attempted to attack their new recruit Itachi, who had just killed the entire Uchiha clan. However, Itachi trapped him in a genjutsu. Orochimaru also recalls how the Third Hokage and his former teammate Jiraiya, attempted to reason with him, but to no avail. Back in the present, Orochimaru begins the ritual to take over Sasuke's body, within a dimension of his own. Later on, Kabuto arrives to see Sasuke standing over Orochimaru's snake corpse, and from the Sharingan, he finds out what happened: Orochimaru had failed in possessing Sasuke's body, as Sasuke manages to reverse Orochimaru's Jutsu and absorbs Orochimaru into his body, overpowering Orochimaru’s dimension with his own willpower. Sasuke then leaves his hideout to find his own path to avenge Itachi, as a shocked Kabuto watches on. Meanwhile, Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Itachi all watch the blood orange sunset - a bad omen - from their respective locations.