A/N: Please review the chapter and let me know if the story is falling into any plot holes or cliches. Sorry that 3/4th of this chapter is from canon. However, the rest of the part is not. Constructive criticism is accepted. Enjoy!

Naruto was expecting his master behind the door of his rented room, not two rogue ninjas who had the intention of abducting him.

When he opened the door, he saw a man with jet-black hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail, had centre-parted bangs that extended to his chin, and wore a black cloak with a high collar designed with red clouds. Under his cloak he wore a mesh armour with navy accents under an identical T-shirt with a simple white belt around his waist and dark blue pants. What caught Naruto's attention was the man's eyes, facial features and the hitai-ate (Ninja Headband) he was wearing on his forehead.

For a second, Naruto mistook the man as his best friend – Sasuke Uchiha – for the man in front of him had a strange resemblance to his friend. Just like Sasuke, he wore a Konohagakure hitai-ate (Hidden Leaf Ninja Headband) but with a horizontal slash on the metal plate, and had crimson red pupils with three tomoes. That was the Dōjutsu (Eye Techniques) of the Uchiha clan; the Sharingan.

But the man in front of him was definitely not Sasuke-teme. Naruto couldn't help but stare into the man's eyes as the latter stared back at him. If he wasn't Sasuke, then who was he?

Another man showed up next to sharingan user with a huge grin on his face. He was tall, had shark-like facial features complete with blue-greyish skin, blue hair styled in the form of a shark fin, wore identical clothing to his partner, and held a huge bandaged buster-like sword that rested on his shoulder.

The shark man chuckled. "Who would've ever thought the Kyuubi (Nine-Tailed Demon Fox) would be inside a little boy like him?" causing Naruto to widen his eyes in shock. The shark man was Kisame Hoshigaki, an S-rank missing nin from Kirigakure no Sato (Village Hidden in the Mist)

"How does he know about the Kyuubi?!" Naruto thought. As far as he knew, only those in Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village) knew about his dark secret.

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"Naruto-kun," the sharingan user said, "You're coming with us."

It didn't sound like Naruto had a choice. Dazed, he quietly obeyed the man and walked outside his room. The two men looked like as if they had some bad intentions. He doubted if he could deceive them both.

Kisame sighed, "Itachi-san, it would be annoying if he tried to escape. Perhaps we should cut off a leg or two..." as he gripped the hilt of his sword.

Naruto's eyes dilated in horror. "WHAT?! Why would they do that?! What do these guys want me for?!"

"Should I do it?" Kisame asked, his partner maintaining his stoic façade.

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Itachi said nothing.

"Then I shall!" Kisame decided, taking his partner's silence as a yes. He slowly walked towards the terrified blonde with a menacing grin. Just as he was about to raise his sword to strike, Itachi said, "It has been a while, Sasuke."

"Huh?" Kisame said, baffled.

Across the end of the corridor behind Itachi was a young boy with raven hair. He wore He was about the same age as Naruto and had his head hung down.

"Itachi Uchiha..." Sasuke said, his voice raspy. The young avenger slowly lifted his head up and revealed his Sharingan. You could easily see the animosity burning in his eyes, as he stared forward at Itachi, the man who was responsible for massacring the Uchiha clan, including his mother and father.

"Itachi Uchiha? An Uchiha like Sasuke?!" Naruto thought.

Kisame chuckled in amusement. "That boy has the Sharingan, and he even resembles you. Who is he, Itachi-san?"

"He's my little brother." Itachi said, without even bothering to turn around, as he maintained his stoic look.

"But I heard that you massacred the Uchiha clan. It's interesting to see another Uchiha alive..." said Kisame.

It finally clicked in. Itachi Uchiha was the man whom Sasuke wanted to kill. Naruto began to remember what Sasuke had told him a long time ago.

FLASHBACK

Konoha - with Team 7 and Kakashi Hatake

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and kill a certain someone."

The Great Naruto Bridge - Land of Waves - Naruto and Sasuke vs Haku

"That man...I didn't want to die until I killed my brother..." Sasuke said weakly, grabbing the collar of Naruto's orange jumpsuit. "You...better not die!" his hand fell down onto the ground as he closed his eyes and fell unconscious.

FLASHBACK END

"So this was the man Sasuke was talking about..." Naruto thought as he glanced at Itachi.

"Itachi..." Sasuke began, staring at Itachi with a murderous intent. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" as his Sharingan began to spin wildly.

Itachi turned around and stared back at his younger brother. Both had an intense stare done before Sasuke broke the silence, "Like you have said before, I've hated you...detested you...and just to kill you, I've survived!" He cupped his palm and created an orb of pure electricity that sounded like the chirping of a thousand birds. The electric orb began to slowly tear the skin of Sasuke's hand. All he had in mind was to kill his brother. He was completely consumed by Vengeance, and he didn't plan on letting his brother escape. He wanted to end it right there.

"Chidori?" Itachi mumbled, referring to the name of Sasuke's Raiton (Lightning Release) technique.

Sasuke suddenly slammed his chidori into the wall beside him, ripping a horizontal line while dashing towards his brother. "ROT IN HELL!" He yelled.

Within the blink of an eye, Sasuke was already right in front of Itachi as he thrust his Chidori towards his brother's chest. "IT ENDS HERE!"

Itachi didn't seem like he cared. He blocked the attack with ease by simply grabbing Sasuke's wrist before the Chidori could come in contact with his chest, as the wall beside him exploded from the impact of the technique. The young avenger gritted his teeth and exclaimed, "What!" The electric orb slowly began to disappear from Sasuke's palm as Naruto wondered how the fuck Itachi was able to block the attack.

"This is no good! I have to do something!" Naruto thought as he clasped his fingers, concentrating and drawing out the Kyuubi's demonic Chakra. Red Chakra began to form and curled around the blonde's feet. Said Chakra rose up and completely engulfed Naruto's body.

"I see... His Chakra is filling up the entire room. It's terrifying... So this is the Chakra of the Kyuubi!" Kisame thought.

"Damn you, Bastard!" Sasuke raised his free hand and balled it into a fist.

"Don't get in the way." Itachi calmly said, quickly snapping the Young Avenger's wrist as Sasuke screamed in pain, "AHHHHH!" as he fell down on one knee.

"Sasuke!" Naruto cried. He had to quickly make use of the Kyuubi's Chakra. Wasting no time, he bit his thumb and drew blood, made a series of hand seals before exclaiming, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning Jutsu!)"

"Too late!" Kisame exclaimed as he drew his sword and sliced the red aura of Chakra, causing it to abruptly dissipate. Naruto could no longer feel the Kyuubi's Chakra. "Why the hell can't I feel the Kyuubi's Chakra?!" The blonde tried to draw out Chakra by force but to no avail. "Why the hell is this not working?!"

Kisame chuckled as he pointed at his sword. "My Samehada shaves and devours Chakra... In other words, it eats it up!" causing Naruto to widen his eyes in shock as the sword began to wiggle on its own almost as if it had a life of its own. Kisame paused for a moment before continuing, "Now that your jutsu is gone, you shouldn't be of any more trouble."

The Shark Man smirked. "Perhaps we should cut off his arms first so that he won't be able to use hand seal?" as he pointed his sword at the petrified Blonde. Out of desperation Naruto still tried to draw out Chakra only to amuse the Kisame.

"Futile!" Kisame said as he raised his sword up with an evil grin on his face. Sasuke wasn't able to help his friend due to his broken arm. Itachi quietly watched his partner go for the kill. Finally, Kisame slashed Naruto with his blade.

Or so he thought.

Only to get intercepted by a cloud of smoke which suddenly appeared in front of Naruto, causing Kisame to raise an eyebrow in confusion. "What?"

The cloud of dust disappeared and revealed an abnormally large toad with metal plates equipped on each arm as well as on its back who had blocked the attack.

"You two don't know me very well..." a voice said.

Out from the cloud of smoke behind Naruto appeared a man in his fifties with waist-length spiky white hair that was tied back in a ponytail, along with two shoulder length bangs framing his face. He had red lines running from his eyes down the sides of his face till they hit the jaw line, as well as a noticeable wart on the left side of his nose. He wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armour that showed out the sleeves and legs of his outfit and had a large scroll on his back. He also wore hand guards, a black belt, wooden sandals, a red haori with two yellow circles on each side, and a horned forehead protector. At the moment, he was carrying an unconscious woman on his shoulder. The man was none other than...

"Jiraiya the man...is better at winning a girl than at being seduced by one. I wouldn't let a woman seduce me with her beauty. When you go become great like me... women will go crazy over your own beauty!" Jiraiya said as he made a dramatic pose for added affect.

"Bullshit! That girl winked at you and you ran after her like there's no tomorrow. And you talk about not getting seduced and all that crap, Ero-sennin!" Naruto complained.

"Hey! For Kami's sake can you please stop calling me "Ero-sennin" in front of other people?!" Jiraiya yelled.

"Doesn't fucking matter! Right now it's those guys we should be worried about, Ero-sennin!" Naruto yelled back, pointing over to Itachi and Kisame.

"Stop calling me Ero-sennin!" And their bickering kept going on for about a few more seconds, causing Itachi and Kisame to sweat drop. They didn't expect the Legendary Sannin to be this much of an idiot. There was a mismatch between his real world image and behaviour. Nevertheless, Itachi knew that the Sannin should still never be underestimated. After all, there's a reason why he got that title in the first place, and that was something Itachi couldn't take lightly.

As the bickering came to an end, Naruto noticed Jiraiya carrying a woman on his shoulders. It was the same woman who tried to seduce Jiraiya back when they were in the town. Because the woman suddenly appeared and winked at him, Jiraiya tossed his room keys over to Naruto, instructed him to mould his Chakra and ditched him just for the woman. Naruto was pretty pissed at that time and since he was left alone, he decided to go to his room and start training.

The blond ninja wondered why Jiraiya was carrying her. Did something happen to her? Kisame chuckled, "Hehe… So it's one of the Legendary Three Ninjas, The Great Jiraiya, eh? You like beautiful woman…We used that woman on your shoulders as a decoy, but we weren't expecting that such a simple method would be enough to stall you anyway."

"WHAT?!" Naruto exclaimed. "You guys know Ero-sennin's true identity?!

Jiraiya sweat dropped. "Er… Not really. I wouldn't call that a real identity…"

Kisame continued, "In any case, it seems that you have already undone the Genjutsu binding the woman," as he gestured towards the woman Jiraiya was carrying.

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at Kisame. He wasn't happy with what Kisame had done with the woman. The toad sage slowly kept her on the floor, her back leaning towards the wall. "You used the Sharingan to cast a Genjutsu to control her only because you wanted to distract me. Not a very manly way of doing things, huh?"

"Why did they distract Ero-sennin away from me? What are their plans?" Naruto thought.

"So you really ARE after Naruto…" Jiraiya said with a serious tone. The statement shocked Naruto and Sasuke. The latter tried to comprehend the aforementioned. He wondered why the hell Itachi and Kisame were after Naruto.

"No wonder Kakashi knew about this… You were the source of information." Itachi concluded. He paused for a moment before revealing, "To abduct Naruto, those were the orders given to us by the higher echelons of our organisation "Akatsuki"." The statement shocked Naruto even more than he was now.

The Large Toad that blocked Kisame's attack disappeared in a poof of smoke as Jiraiya declared, "I cannot hand over Naruto to you."

"We'll see about that…" Itachi said.

Jiraiya sighed. "Very well, I will get rid of you two here."

"Don't interfere!" a voice said.

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice and saw Sasuke struggling back to his feet with his head down. "The one who's going to kill Itachi…" after managing to stand up Sasuke lifted his head and declared, "…IS ME!" He was still not ready to give up on vengeance.

"I have no interest in you right now." Itachi said nonchalantly.

Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger and exclaimed, "SHUT UP!" as he dashed towards his brother in hopes of landing a punch. Itachi however countered it easily with a kick to the avenger's stomach, sending him flying towards the end of the corridor as Sasuke hit the wall hard and collapsed like a ton of bricks.

"Sasuke!" Naruto cried. "You bastards!" he quickly ran towards Itachi in an attempt to save his friend.

"Naruto! I told you not to interfere!" Sasuke yelled, stopping Naruto in his tracks. The avenger forced himself up his feet and said, "Like I've said before, I've survived all this time just to kill Itachi! This is my fight!"

Itachi sighed. "Very well."

Jiraiya quickly tried to make an attempt to save Sasuke. However, Kisame intervened, "You heard the boy… It's only a battle between those two. Let's not interfere. But if you still insist then you'll have to go through me first!" as he blocked Jiraiya's path with his Samehada with a smirk on his face. Jiraiya contemplated for a moment before deciding to let Sasuke have his revenge.

"BRING IT ON!" Sasuke shouted and charged towards his brother once again. The avenger tried to land another punch, only to get punched in the gut by Itachi as he coughed up blood, followed by an elbow smash on his back and a knee smash to his face that sent him once again crashing towards the end of the corridor. Even with his current strength, Sasuke realized that he was not strong enough to beat Itachi yet. But he still couldn't give up. He wanted to achieve his vengeance and restore his clan, so he staggered back to his feet and leaned against the wall.

"Guh!" Sasuke coughed up blood as he was punched in the gut once again by Itachi. Even now, there was still such a huge gap between the two brothers. Sasuke wondered why there was still such a big difference.

Naruto growled at Itachi as he watched his friend get beat up. Jiraiya could only watch the fight since Sasuke demanded to fight on his own. Kisame grinned evilly and chuckled. "Hehe… No mercy at all!"

Itachi finally ended his combo of punches and kicks with a knee smash onto Sasuke's face as the latter collapsed on the ground. "What the hell have I been doing all this time…? I should've focused more on getting stronger…" he thought. Itachi quietly watched his younger brother on the ground. After a moment he leaned down over to Sasuke, grabbed his neck, picked him up and slammed his back towards the wall.

Itachi leaned towards Sasuke's ear and whispered, "You are weak…because you lack hatred." He then moved back and stared into the avenger's onyx coloured eyes. Closing both eyes, he began to gather Chakra to his eyes by concentrating. Once he accumulated enough Chakra, he opened his eyes and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

All of the sudden in place of Itachi and Sasuke a kamui portal appeared, shocking Naruto, Jiraiya and Kisame. "What the hell?" the latter said with a surprised look on his face.

As if it was a human magnet, the kamui portal suddenly began to suck Naruto, Jiraiya and Kisame.

"What's going on? How did that portal form?" Jiraiya thought. He suddenly widened his eyes. "Was it because of Itachi's Sharingan? Or did someone else open up the portal?"

"Shit!" Kisame cursed, quickly accumulating Chakra to his feet to stick to the ground and prevent himself from getting sucked by the portal. Naruto was the first one to get sucked in the portal. "Naruto!" Jiraiya had no choice but to follow Naruto in the portal. After all, the Blond ninja was his Godson – something which the brat didn't know about. Despite using Chakra to stick to the ground, Kisame was still sucked in the portal due to its force as it disappeared in a swirl, leaving the corridor empty.

OUTSIDE THE GREAT ELEMENTAL CONTINENT – MOUNT PAOZU – FOREST CLEARING

The situation was too confusing for Naruto. One moment, two Akatsuki members tried to kidnap him and then the next, he found himself in a complete different location. The place was however quite vibrant with life. To his left was a beautiful forest with all sorts animals living there. Ahead of him was a very beautiful lake, and to his far right was a standalone mountain. Naruto had never seen anything this gorgeous before. He desired to jump from tree to tree in this forest, rather than the ones from Konoha.

The blond ninja turned left and widened his eyes in shock. What he saw ahead was Sasuke's unconscious body with Itachi standing next to him. Naruto had no time to ponder, given the current situation. "Damn you!" he growled. Before he could charge, he saw Jiraiya in another direction.

"Watch out behind you, Naruto!" Jiraiya cried.

Baffled, Naruto quickly turned around and saw Kisame sprinting towards him with an evil grin on his face. The shark man couldn't let Naruto escape given that they got into a mess and were transported to a complete new place due to some miscalculation in Itachi's Sharingan. So he decided to chop of Naruto's limbs off so that he wouldn't be able to escape.

After Kisame was right in front of Naruto, he raised his sword up high and struck at the petrified Jinchūriki. "You're won't be escaping any longer!" he exclaimed.

Jiraiya sprinted as fast as he could towards his Godson. However, he was too far away to save him. "D-Damn it!"

This time, Naruto knew he was one for. He was moments away from gettings his arm chopped off as he gritted his teeth and growled. "Damn it! I can't dodge in time!"

Suddenly, in a blur, a man with spiky black hair suddenly appeared in front of the blond ninja and blocked the sword with his bare forearm! "What the fuck?!" Kisame said, shocked. The man then pushed his forearm forward and sent Kisame skidding backwards with great force! Kisame had no choice but to stop himself from skidding by using Chakra on his feet.

"Now what?" the shark man said, baffled.

The man who blocked Kisame's attack was young and looked like he was in his early twenties. He had pure black eyes and wore an orange gi over a dark blue undershirt. On the left side of Goku's chest was a Kanji that said "Turtle" as well as on the back. He also wore dark blue wristbands, along with dark blue boots with a red border that were outfitted with yellow/beige laces, along with a small brown bag tied to his waist.

Naruto looked up towards the man who just saved him and asked, "W-Who are you?"

The man glanced behind his shoulders at Naruto, displayed a huge grin and introduced, "Hi! My name is Son Goku! You alright?"

Goku was a young man filled with joy. He was pretty nonchalant despite the current situation. Naruto answered, "Y-Yeah, I'm fine."

Jiraiya's eyes were widened in shock, "How did he manage to do that? Whoever he is, he seems to be our ally."

Kisame chuckled. "No one has ever blocked my Samehada with their bear arms up until now! You're the first!" as Itachi appeared next to his partner using the Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique).

Goku looked back at Itachi with a serious look on his face and said, "I'd leave now if I were you. I don't know what you two are up to, but I do know that you're up to no good!"

Itachi narrowed his eyes at Goku as analysed him with his Sharingan. "There's something strange about his Chakra… He has some kind of Chakra armour that's flowing uncontrollably in his body…"

"I'm afraid we can't do that. After all, we were ordered to bring the Kyuubi kid to our Leader." Kisame replied.

Itachi warned, "Kisame, end this fight quickly. Given the current situation, we have to get Naruto-kun as soon as possible and escape from this place."

Kisame looked at his partner and sighed. "Yare-Yare, Itachi-san… Oh well, you do have a point," he then looked back at Goku. "I'm sorry, but I'll have to end things right now. I hope you'll enjoy your last moments till then."

Naruto and Jiraiya expected Goku to be at least a little bit scared, but he wasn't. Goku smiled with excitement and said, "Alright! Let's see what you got!" as he shifted into his battle stance with confidence.

"I'll assist you then…" Jiraiya intervened. But Goku shook his head and responded, "I'll take care of them myself. I'm also excited to see how strong they are!"

"Let me take him on first!" Kisame declared with that huge shark grin of his. "Let's see how strong you are!"

Goku vs Kisame and Itachi

Goku vs Kisame. Naruto had already moved out of the way as he was about to the watch the event unfold. Before Jiraiya could interrupt, Kisame quickly began to make a series of hand seals and shouted, "Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu! (Water Style: Water Shark Bullet Jutsu!)"

"Huh?" Goku said as he raised an eyebrow.

From the lake that was nearby, a few water-shaped sharks shot up from the water and charged towards Goku at high speed. Goku was surprised when he saw the water sharks charge towards him. He wondered what kind of weird technique that was. As soon as the sharks were moments away from hitting Goku, he snapped out of his thoughts. "Yikes!" as he dodged the shark the first shark bomb barely. Once he dodged the first one, he easily evaded the rest of the attacks at an incredible speed! Each time he dodged the sharks, they would crash the ground. By the time Goku dodged the last shark bullet, Kisame was already in front of Goku with his Samehada. "Got you!"

Kisame attacked Goku with a series of sword slashes, but every time he did, Goku would just dodge the attacks with ease. However, little did Goku know, his Chakra was being shaved off even though Kisame's Samehada didn't even land a scratch. That was one of the specialities of the blade. It can shave Chakra even if it misses the opponent by inches.

Kisame then made an attempt to slice Goku in half. However, the latter managed to sidestep, jumped on the edge of the sword and landed a roundhouse kick onto the shark man's hips, sending him flying and crashing through a very thick three that was nearby.

"Such speed! I couldn't track his movements even with my Sharingan!" Itachi thought.

And Jiraiya was literally thinking Goku used a teleportation technique, while Naruto watched the fight in awe. He was astonished after seeing Goku taking out Kisame with just one hit! "Alright! Kick both their asses, Goku! Dattebayo!"

"Y-You bastard…Now you've done it!" Kisame said weakly as he held his hip. He was in a sitting position leaning towards the broken Tree trunk. "I'll admit…your taijutsu is even far greater than a certain wild beast I'd fought earlier…" as he remembered the fight he had with Gai. Suddenly, Samehada began to wiggle like crazy. Kisame chuckled. "Apparently Samehada loves your Chakra! It's literally going crazy!"

Goku stared at Kisame for a moment in confusion before realizing something. It was almost as if the name "Chakra" was familiar to him. He began to contemplate for a moment as Kisame stared at him in amusement. Only for Goku to say, "Nope, never heard of that food before. What kind of food is that?"

Naruto and Jiraiya fell down on the ground with their limbs sticking up while Kisame and Itachi sweat dropped. "Have you been living under a rock or what?" Kisame asked.

"Uh…no." Goku responded.

"This guy may be an ignorant idiot, but his taijutsu is definitely something I've never seen before." Kisame thought.

Suddenly, a giant fireball hurtled towards Goku's right side. The fireball came from Itachi's direction, who just used a fire jutsu. Goku dodged the fire jutsu by jumping into the air – only to sense Itachi behind him. Itachi quickly slashed Goku with his kunai. However, the latter managed to dodge the attack in mid-air and landed a chop onto Itachi's neck.

Instead of collapsing onto the ground, Itachi suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke. "H-Huh?" Goku said, confused.

It was just Itachi's kage bunshin.

The moment Goku landed on the ground next to a lake, Kisame immediately appeared behind him with a smirk on his face. Itachi's attack was only a distraction for Goku so that Kisame would be able to activate his Suirō no Jutsu. There was no way Goku could escape his Suirō no Jutsu and Kisame knew it very well.

Or so he thought.

Before Kisame could trap him in his water prison, Goku sharply turned around, smashed his elbow onto Kisame's stomach and sent him flying away to the distance with a face kick.

"Aaarrrg!" Kisame groaned as he crashed hard towards a huge boulder which soon broke into splinters of rocks.

Jiraiya couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that Goku was able to easily take on two Akatsuki members on his own. Itachi and Kisame were S-ranked rogue ninjas and were known to be very powerful. Yet, this Son Goku was able to easily fight with them without breaking a sweat. So far Goku had only shown his taijutsu skills. His taijutsu skills was something he had never seen before. It could mean either two things: Either Goku is using a space-time teleportation ninjutsu or his taijutsu was just that good. Jiraiya thought it was the first part. But as he continued to watch the fight, he came to a conclusion that it was just taijutsu. Meanwhile Naruto was cheering on for Goku.

All of the sudden, a group of shuriken and kunais targeted Goku. The black haired man easily evaded it by a couple of backflips along with a series of acrobatics. Once Goku dodged all of them, he executed one last backflip and landed on his feet nimbly, only to see Itachi who was already right in front of him. Both, fighter and ninja, met eye to eye. Goku stared into Itachi's Sharingan quizzically and wondered was up with his eyes. But he had no time to think about that. Right now, his main focus was defeating the man in front of him.

All of the sudden, Goku's world changed. A red full moon was visible in the sky that cast a red light with a cloudy atmosphere, giving the background a blood-red appearance, while Goku's body changed to an inverted greyscale-like colour. The black haired man found this confusing and looked around his surroundings. "Where am I?"

"You're in the world of "Tsukuyomi"," a voice said.

Goku looked ahead of him and saw Itachi who also had the same body colour. "Tsuku-what? What did you do? How did we get here?"

Itachi paused briefly for a moment before continuing, "You're in a world where all of space, time, and matter are under my control."

Goku raised an eyebrow in confusion. "I have no idea what's that supposed to mean," as he rubbed his back head.

"To simply put it, you're trapped in my illusion technique." Itachi explained.

"Oh, so it's a technique that attacks you – not physically, but mentally." Goku thought, a grim expression evident on his face.

Itachi noticed the change of expression on Goku's face but still maintained stoic expression. "Now, for 72 hours, you'll be tortured mentally."

Goku smiled. "I have to admit, you and Kisame are pretty strong! And you even have all sorts of weird techniques, but they are all unique… especially your tsuku…tsuku…"

"Tsukuyomi." Itachi helped. He felt a bit exasperated. He couldn't help but help Goku say the word properly. Despite Goku's situation, he was still smiling. Maybe he knows how to repel the genjutsu?

Goku smirked with confidence, bent his knees a bit down and declared, "Alright, it's my turn now! Time to show my power as well."

Itachi narrowed his eyes at Goku and thought, "What is he planning to do?"

Goku grunted for a second, followed by a yell. The more he yelled, the more he powered up. A blue aura began to form around him. The sky was soon turning back to blue, while the clouds were going back to normal as well. Itachi widened his eyes in shock. "He's…repelling my Tsukuyomi?"

BACK TO THE REAL WORLD

Itachi quickly shunshined away from Goku and appeared next to his partner.

"What just happened? Ero-sennin?" Naruto asked.

"Don't tell me he…" Jiraiya thought with a serious expression.

Kisame struggle back to his feet and asked, "Itachi-san… Don't tell me he repelled your Tsukuyomi."

Itachi sighed. "I'm afraid he did."

Kisame scoffed. "Heh! Looks like we stand no chance against him."

"I agree. Given that we got transported to a complete different location, we cannot proceed with the mission. Plus, We're not strong enough to take on both: The legendary Sannin and Goku-san. We'll have to retreat for now…" Itachi chimed in.

"That's fine by me. But if you do return someday, I'll fight you both." Goku said with a serious expression on his face.

"Alright then… I'll be looking forward it." Itachi said.

"No, Goku! Don't let them escape!" Naruto cried.

"They're going to escape using Shunshin no Jutsu!" Jiraiya realized as he made a series of hand seals before slamming his hands onto the ground. "Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari! (Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind!)" but for some reason, the jutsu did not work. "What?! Why didn't it work?"

The jutsu Jiraiya was about to use was a summoning jutsu in which the user summons a Toad's oesophagus. This technique was supposed to be used to prevent Itachi and Kisame from escaping. However, for some reason, the summoning jutsu didn't work. Jiraiya was sure he had used the right amount of Chakra to summon toad's oesophagus. Yet, it didn't work.

Jiraiya was too late as Itachi and Kisame managed to Shunshin away in order to escape.

The rogue ninjas were about to shunshin away when Itachi smiled at Goku. He was saying something. Goku listened, confused.

And so, the two Akatsuki members were gone – leaving only Goku, Naruto, Sasuke, and Jiraiya.

To be continued…

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