Izanami's Activation

Summary
Regenerating, Itachi is able to call out to Sasuke as Kabuto moves to implant his talisman to rewrite Itachi's mind. Responding, Sasuke throws his sword at Kabuto. Kabuto's navel-snake catches the sword, however and gives Kabuto enough time to dodge the grasp of Sasuke's Susanoo. Sasuke launches a fireball at Kabuto who counters with a torrent of water which knocks Sasuke off his feet. Out of the mist created from the two clashing techniques, Kabuto notices Itachi who Kabuto stabs with the sword but disappears into a flurry of crows only to attack Kabuto with the sword he commandeered from him. Chastising him for using the same attack pattern he had used before to cut his horn off, to which Itachi rebuffs that he cannot be harmed also refuting Kabuto's claims that genjutsu cannot affect him, stating that it already had. This sequence of events repeats itself once again until Kabuto begins to notice the déjà vu, regardless of what did differently. It is ultimately revealed that the entire battle was taking place within Kabuto's head, as he was trapped within Izanami.