"What are you doing here Naruto Uzumaki?"

"I'm not going to answer a murder" I say

I stare at the assassin of the Uchiha clan, and I wonder how a man can cause such destruction. I rush at him, with kunai in hand, while keeping my eyes squarely aimed at his feet in order to avoid being caught in genjustu.

"Your judgments cannot hurt me Naruto, I know who I am"

I strike him with my blade but the body disappears; substitution jutsu. I hesitate for just a moment too long and throwing stars pierce my back. I can hear Itachi slowly walking toward me as a fall to my knees in pain.

"Tell me why you are here" says itachi.

His words remind me of my mission, I must banish the fox, if I can do that I can see my father again… I push myself to my feet, pain gone from my body.

"Kage no bunshin", I say.

I have created 3 clones, the first hangs back with me as I form a rasengan, the second rushes at uchiha the third runs in the opposite direction.

"Go quickly", I say "you must find the scroll!"

Itachi takes the bait and quickly dispatches the clone rushing towards him, he then chases after the clone that is running away from him completely ignoring me. He easily outruns the third clone, but just short of catching him the clone stops completely, smiling as he does it. Itachi suspicious of this still manages to grab the clone.

"Why did you stop", he says.

"Boom" says the clone.

The letter bomb in this clones hand goes off, stunning Itachi in pain just long enough for my Rasengan to finish forming. I release the first clone, and attack Itachi Uchiha. The rasengan hits and this time I have him, Itachi is thrown off his feet and crumples to the ground. Something is wrong though, he gets up as if nothing has happened to him.

"are you surprised Naruto?" he says, "It's very simple, you are already under the influence of my eyes"

I look directly at him this time, almost unbelieving of his words, and then his eyes release the sharingan as Itachi says, "I lied"

His genjutsu catches me now I am frozen. I try to remember Jirayia sensei's instructions for breaking free of genjutsu. Itachis voice booms throwing off my concentration.

"Would you like to know how I survived your attack?"

I try again to concentrate on disrupting my chakra flow, but my mind keeps faltering, and Itachi's voice is deafening.

"I simply created a layer of air between your attack and my stomach by using chakra manipulation" Itachi's voice booms.

I'm becoming frustrated now, and I can tell that in the real world Itachi is moving ever closer. Then another voice comes to me, a voice inside myself.

"I can free you boy", says the fox, "let me lend you my power"

Itachi is getting closer, I can feel it.

"Yes", I whisper, "give me your power"