"The Two Jinchuuriki" —- By: Kiba Inubake

Chapter 3: "The Power of Pure Hatred"

Chapter 3 has got the best fighting scenes I've ever written before...at least I think it is... Anyway, I thought it was good. Plus, Itachi's officially gone mental...sorta...not really...yeah...
"Jinchuuriki" meaning "the power of human sacrifice", are those individuals possessing tailed demons within their bodies. The demons themselves are known by the number of tails their body possesses, and each has different characteristics. This is the story of how Gaara, who carried the Ichibi, met Naruto Uzumaki, who carries the Kyuubi.

Chapter 3: "The Power of Pure Hatred"

"Katon: Goukakyou no jutsu!!" Itachi yelled, releasing a big ball of fire from is mouth. (Wouldn't that burn his mouth?...) Gaara, ahem, Shukaku, had a scared look on, and raised sand to block the impending doom. And sure enough, his sand managed to protect him. Naruto wasn't sure what to do at the time, so he did nothing, just like Sakura does before the Shippuuden. Heh-heh, she's such a useless bitch...

Arrgh, that damned sand again…Itachi thought. I'll have to find a way to get past it…Oh, right, my sword… Hah-hah, stupid me… The enraged teen drew his blade and made a cool-looking stance with it like Kakashi does with his in his ANBU outfit. "This is my ultimate weapon without using ninjutsu or dojutsu," He stated. "I'll knock you out in less than a minute!"

Shukaku feigned being afraid while he rose the sand from the ground behind his opponent. He made it head for the younger kids, but Itachi had noticed before the attack was made, and grabbed them just in the nick of time. Heh-heh, nick of time... Sounds like a guy named Nick traveled back in time… Anyway, the bloodthirsty Ichibi tanuki had not given up. He sent the sand flying faster after Itachi. However, the Sharingan wielder picked up his pace, which was now 180 mph, if that's even possible, anyway. Well, he is Itachi... So, getting back on topic, he disappeared, and dropped the kids off in a safe hiding area.

"Mess with my brother, will you? You'll pay for that!" Itachi yelled at Gaara. He knocked Shukaku to the ground about 15 meters away, and then activated his mangekyou Sharingan eyes. When Shukaku looked up, he walked right into Itachi's trap by looking into his eyes. "Tsukuyomi…" Suddenly, he felt like he was being drawn into another world, a world where everything was in negatives and the moon, for some reason, was red. Blood red.

"What's going on?" A confused bijuu demanded after checking his surroundings. Itachi was not to be found. "Where'd you go?! Show yourself, you coward!!"

Itachi, upon hearing this taunt, appeared directly in front of him. "You were saying?" He asked. "Time to pay, you bastard..." The caster of the genjutsu stared hard at him, and then drew his blade. Shukaku remembered he had put his sand armor around Gaara before he woke up. So, he did not fear when Itachi attempted to stab him. Also, he raised a wall of sand to have his opponent's sword get stuck in it. However, when it poked through the sand shield and the sand armor, he began to fear.

Shukaku felt blood drip from the ends of the sword. "H…how is this possible?! How can you manage to get past the sand?!" He shouted in agony. The pain he felt was unbearable.

"It's because this special ANBU blade cuts through even the strongest chakra," Itachi explained. "When you blocked my fire, which was infused with my chakra, I noticed that your sand was, as well. But you possess a higher amount of energy… Just what the fuck are you?"

Shukaku received the worst glare he had ever witnessed. "I am Shukaku, the Ichibi tanuki. And I will kill you!!" An arm, which was the Ichibi's, extended from the gourd. Itachi jumped up and avoided the attack, then countered with a stab from above. Shukaku screamed in pain as the sword was pulled out of his upper back. He had fainted; the blow had been too much for him.

"Now to finish this before it happens again." Itachi was about to use his black fire technique, Great Shining Heaven, but he was interrupted by a high, loud voice to his left side.

"Hold it right there!!" Itachi turned his head to see who had spoken, and to his surprise, it had been Naruto who yelled. "This isn't Gaara; it's some demon inside of him! Gaara would never do that...I think…" Naruto's voice shrank while saying that last part. "But the demon inside of him is what made him leave his home in the first place! Please, he didn't mean to cause all of this. Give him another chance, please…" Naruto entreated the older boy.

Itachi thought about it for a minute. "…No. He must be killed now," He replied, about to use his fire element technique. Naruto saw him make the hand signs for the jutsu, and instantly, almost like instinct, he rushed at Itachi. Itachi looked over, but gasped when he saw a few slight changes on Naruto's face: demonic red eyes, red chakra spiraling around him, an evil presence, and the marks on his face were standing out more.

"It's the Kyuubi's power..." Itachi was intimidated by the look of pure anger on the young boy's face. This is bad… I can't risk it… But I have to kill the jinchuuriki before this gets out of hand…again…

"I'm gonna clobber you!!" Naruto yelled. The power of the kitsune had multiplied his strength by several times. After getting in close enough range, he lunged at Itachi, fangs bared, claws ready to slash. "I won't let you hurt him!!" He screamed as he was ready to come in contact with Itachi.

This is just what I wanted to avoid… "Look, he's a threat to the village. We can't just let him—" Naruto snarled like a fox, as if being controlled by the kitsune inside of him, and caught Itachi from the rear with a slash of his claws in an uppercut style. The now-bleeding Uchiha teenager was sent soaring into the sky, with blood falling to the ground. "Aaaaghh!! He screamed in pain, like the others had many times. How could I have possibly gotten myself into this mess?!

Naruto stood in front of Itachi after he had fallen back to the ground. He started to calm down and revert to his normal self. You could tell by the color of his eyes; they had slowly turned less red & bluer by the second. After a few moans from Itachi, who was still shocked how he of all people could've been attacked by a 6-year-old boy who wasn't even in the ninja academy yet, Naruto said, "This is the power someone receives when they fight for someone or something precious to them. Remember that well."

End of Chapter

The next chapter will be a tribute to King...sorta...because he'll be gone for a few days. Like always, review and give me that nice feeling you get when someone compliments you!