Itachi quotes from Naruto: Shippūden

Itachi

How much can you see with those Sharingan of yours?

Sasuke

How much can I see with these? What I'm seeing right now Itachi, is you dead at my feet.

Itachi

You see me dead do you? Well then... [Itachi appears behind him] Go on, make it happen.

Sasuke

Madara Uchiha!

Itachi

One of the Founders of the Hidden Leaf Village, the man who first awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Sasuke

[Remembering the night the Uchiha clan was killed] I was so young. I thought it was all merely an illusion. I desperately wanted to believe I was just trapped in a horrible genjutsu. But there was no mistake! I was trapped in reality! My eyes are not the same as they once were. My Sharingan can see through genjutsu!

Itachi

You speak with such confidence as you always do. Well for now I'm going to take your word for it.

Sasuke

I'm done playing with your parlor tricks.

Itachi

Confidence is fine. But Sasuke, it appears you still do not possess the same eyes as I do. So you just couldn't do it. Couldn't kill your best friend. And you dared to come here to face me with such weak resolve?

Sasuke

All right, then just hurry it up and try to kill me with your Mangekyo Sharingan. Or am I too strong now for you to test your capabilities against mine?

Itachi

Such confidence.

Neither of them have budged for the longest time.

They're feeling each other out with their genjutsu.

Itachi

The Mangekyo Sharingan are very special eyes. The moment they awaken, they progress toward darkness. And the more they're used, the faster they're sealed.

Ah but the ordinary Sharingan is still a weapon and a weapon can be either strong or weak, depending on the ability of the person who is wielding it. Someone's shuriken might be taken down by a mere pebble if it's thrown by a master. The difference is in the power, the variation of strength. It means that Sasuke's skills far exceed Itachi's expectations.

Sasuke

Like I told you, no matter how much you use your eyes, with all of my hatred, I'll turn fantasy into reality.

Itachi

Turn fantasy into reality huh? Some strong words. And let me throw them back at you now. Just a few minutes ago you saw your eyes gouged out during the Tsukuyomi. Well allow me to make that a reality.

Sasuke

You'll be gone with the thunder clap. [uses Kirin on Itachi]

Such power.

So did Itachi die?

Sasuke

It's done.

Itachi

[alive] Is this the death you had imagined for me then?

Sasuke

Damn you! [activates his cursed seal]

Itachi

If I hadn't had this I'd be dead. [activates Susanoo]

What's that?

Itachi

You really have gotten stronger Sasuke. Now it's my turn. I'm going to reveal to you my final trump card, the Susanoo.

Sasuke

The Susanoo?

Itachi

Yes the one other jutsu. Once the Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu were awakened, it also took root in this eye of mine. Sasuke, is that it for your Jutsu then? If you have anything else up your sleeve, now's your last chance to play it. The real battle's just beginning.

Itachi

And now your eyes are mine. I'll take my time retrieving them. [coughs blood]

Whoa what the hell?

Something's wrong with him.

That Susanoo jutsu of his, it's simply repelling every single one of Sasuke's attacks.

There's no mistaking it. It's another spirit weapon. It's called the Yata mirror and it's said to deflect all things. With that and the Totsuka blade for attacking, Itachi's invincible.

Itachi

They're my eyes. They're mine.

No way. Is Itachi really dead?

Itachi

[Last words, pokes Sasuke's forehead] Forgive me Sasuke, but this is it.

Sasuke

[in the present] We are no longer the Hebi. From this day on, this team will be the Taka. And Taka has but one goal. Our mission... [Awakens his Mangekyo Sharingan] is to destroy the Hidden Leaf.

Kisame

[flashback] Most sharks are ovoviviparous, which means that the eggs hatch inside the female's body before the young are born. However with some kinds of sharks, the number of eggs that hatch will differ from the number of young that emerge out of their mother's belly. Do you know why that is? Because of cannibalism. Right from the moment they hatch, they start eating each other inside their mother's uterus. The fratricidal warfare begins as soon as they are born. To each shark, all the others are just food to be eaten. Starting today you are an Akatsuki member and my companion. So be wary of me.

Itachi

Same goes for you.

Kisame

Well let's be friends and have some fun alright? And hope that we will not end up as each other's final opponents.

Itachi

No one who dares to raise a hand against a comrade ever dies a decent death. Remember that.

Kisame

Well that means our fates are sealed. Seems you and I are depraved and worthless.

Itachi

Not true. We are both human, not fish. No matter who you are, you do not truly what kind of man you've become until you reach the very end. One realizes one's true nature at the moment of death. Don't you think that's what death is about?

Kisame

[last words, present] Itachi, did you find it at the moment of your death? Did you discover the kind of person you truly were? Well Itachi, it seems that in the end, I was not a worthless human being after all.

Sasuke

Why me?! What's different about me versus our father and mother?! Why only me?!

Itachi

Because you didn't know anything. You had no part in the Uchiha Clan's folly. You were just a child. And you think I did it just for you? I wanted you to grow up and judge me. I deserved to be dealt with only by another Uchiha. And so I took advantage of the hatred inside you. That's why I failed. Ultimately I only filled you with hatred and made you go rogue. I turned you into a criminal. Back before I died I tried to lead you down the path to righteousness, down a path without any forks or turns. I changed the signposts on it with lies and my visual prowess.

Sasuke

What, I was supposed to happily walk that one path, ignorant of everything?! I couldn't! I never could have walked that path!

Itachi

Yes, you're completely right. You ought to decide your journey for yourself.

Sasuke

No matter how you try to obscure the signposts, my eyes can strip away all of your lies! [Itachi scoffs] What's so damn funny?

Itachi

[Thinking of Naruto] Nothing. Just realizing that the signposts weren't your only guide.

Kabuto

Lord Orochimaru immediately tried to acquire that power. However, he didn't yet possess a body that could tolerate it. That's why Lord Orochimaru was not able to become the perfect Sage, not like the one I have now become!

Itachi

I see. As I thought you're using Sage Mode.

Sasuke

You're just like Orochimaru! You're just a disgusting snake!

Kabuto

You ought to know better, snake expert. I am no longer a snake. My Sage power has allowed me to shed my skin and I'm now a dragon!