Board Thread:Rebirth: Applications/@comment-3121500-20141008223631/@comment-3121500-20141009153851

To prove a point. Shoryu had lived his entire life up to that point being regarded as a prodigy, having never lost at anything in his life up to that point. He truly believed nothing nor no one could or would ever be able to kill him. Thus itachi, as captain felt it his duty to show the younger Uchiha how wrong he was.