The Uchiha Jinchuuriki Chapter 3
Chapter 3
"Congratulations, you lot were the top of the class." Iruka clapped for them to which everyone soon joined in as well. The nine all looked at each other with a certain feeling rising in all of them… Rivalry. "Ok, I will also announce the Rookie of the Year. The Top Rookie for this Year is…"
"Hinata Hyuuga! Congratulations Hinata here is your headband! You 9 come down to receive your headbands! Give them a round of applause everybody!" said Iruka happily clapping for them. "The 9 of you report here tomorrow at 11am. You will be assigned to your teams and Sensei! Everyone else! I'll see you all soon to repeat the year and maybe the system will change meaning a lot of you will become ninja's! Have a good night everyone!"
When everyone had gone only 9 students remained in the class. Silence reigned the room "Congratulations Hinata!" shouted Naruto loudly, breaking the silence and the tension.
"Thank You Naruto-kun," replied Hinata in a small whisper but enough for everyone to hear.
"Yeah Congratulations Hinata!" everyone soon said. Apart from Sasuke. Sasuke looked at her and had one thing running through his mind "How the fuck did she become Rookie of the Year?! That should have been me or Naruto not the shitty Hyuuga. Am I really that weak? Damn I'm gonna have to ask Itachi to step up our training." Then it dawned on him... Itachi was a jonin about to become a Sensei. "Cya later guys," Sasuke said running out of the class in a hurry. Everyone looked at each other with a questioning look.
-With Minato-
"So the top 25 per cent have been decided huh?" said Minato looking up from his paperwork to see Iruka standing there.
"Hai Hokage-sama," replied Iruka, "it really isn't surprising who passed. But most importantly I think Hinata being Rookie of the Year was the best choice. She scored well in practically everything so did Sasuke and Naruto. But they were let down in the Jutsu portion by being unable to control their Jutsu. Hinata however has excellent chakra control due to her use from the Gentle Fist, which allowed her to achieve the highest marks in the Jutsu portion," explained Iruka.
"I see, well the teams have been decided and they will be placed with their sensei's tomorrow," smiled Minato glad to hear that Naruto had passed with flying colours. "You are dismissed Iruka,"
"Hai Hokage-sama," and just like that Iruka disappeared.
"Well time to go home and see Naruto!" said Minato, talking to no one in particular. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! I want the work done by midnight the latest." Ordered Minato, his clone saluted him and sat at the Hokage Desk doing the never-ending work.
-Namikaze House-
~Flash~ A yellow flash appeared on the doorstep. Naruto knew it was his father, and came running out to him. "Tou-San! Look, look I became a ninja just like you!"
"Hahaha I know Iruka-Sensei told me."
"What? That's not fair I wanted to be the first to tell you," said Naruto puffing his cheeks out in frustration.
"Well I'll teach you the Shunshin Jutsu some time then. That way if you ever wanna see me or having something to tell me just shunshin to the office." said Minato with a big smile on his face.
"Really?" said Naruto with excitement in his eyes.
"Yep and then when you're older or good enough I'll teach you the jutsu's I'm most famous for," winked Minato.
"From this day forward, I will train and train so not only am I worthy enough to learn Tou-san's Jutsu's but also..." Naruto looked down and his blonde spikes covered his face. "SO I CAN BECOME THE SIXTH HOKAGE!" Naruto looked up with determination burning in his eyes. Minato smiled at his son's new found determination. They both walked into the kitchen only to hear Kushina coming down the stairs telling them to get ready for a night out. Both looked at each other before shrugging and walking upstairs obeying the orders, neither knew why of course.
They came down 15 minutes later after a shower and getting changed for a night out as told.
"Ok you're probably wondering what's going to happen, but the women and I decided we should celebrate tonight as a whole. Basically we're gonna have a night out the Yamanaka's, the Nara's, Aburame's, the Uchiha's, the Haruno's, the Akimichi's, the Hyuuga's, and the Inuzuka's. As suggested by the Akimichi's they said they would cater for the party tonight and we all love the Akimichi's food so we're meeting at their compound soon. All your friends will be there tonight too Naruto-kun," said Kushina with a smile.
"Ok then dear, let me go downstairs to the wine cabinet and get them something as a present," said Minato, leaving in a yellow flash, and returning instantly with a bottle of red wine.
-Later that night at the Akimichi Compound-
The celebration was in full swing, with a roaring fire lighting the area of enjoyment and the glowing light of the garden lantern. The atmosphere was peaceful but it was also busy. There were several tables placed around the garden. One table had all the men from each family and some more.
"It's not every day you get the Hokage to grace your house," shouted Chouza happily, raising his glass to make a toast, "A toast, to the future generation of Shinobi!"
"The future generation!" everyone replied.
"Please Chouza-san call me Minato for tonight," said Minato with a smile on his face.
"Hahaha you're too kind Minato," responded Chouza loudly.
"Oi Chouza quieten down a little will ya?" requested Shikaku with a look of annoyance on his face, everyone laughed knowing the lazy strategists just wanted to go home to his bed, apparently his wife had dragged him to the party.
"Oh Shikaku wanna go home do ya?" said Inoichi teasingly.
"We all have work to do we shouldn't even be here tonight," replied Shikaku in a bored tone.
"How about I let you all have the day off tomorrow then?" said Minato with a raised eyebrow.
Shikaku sat there for a minute, thinking over the Hokage's proposal. "Alright I'll take it!" replied Shikaku with a smile now plastering his face,
"How about everyone else?" asked Minato looking around the table.
"That is very kind of you Minato-san," said Shibi in a stoic voice.
"Gladly Minato!" shouted Chouza.
"I'm up for it!" replied Kizashi, with a smile.
"Thank you very much Minato," replied Inoichi.
"Heheh you sure know how to party Minato!" replied Jiraiya.
Hiashi merely gave a nod with a smile.
"Alright then let's enjoy this night to the fullest!" shouted Minato raising his glass
"Kanpai!" Hearing a loud cheer from the men's table.
-Meanwhile with the women-
"Sounds like something good happened over there eh?" said Mikoto
"Yeah," nodded Kushina, "Minato probably offered them all a day off tomorrow so they could enjoy tonight fully."
"Well that's awfully kind of him," said Tsume in a pissed tone,
"Don't worry Tsume, I'll put in a word for us girls," winked Kushina,
"That's more like it Kushina!" said Tsume a lot happier now.
"You realise things will only get worse, but I'm not complaining about a day off," smiled Yoshino, Shikamaru's mother.
Kushina smiled at them, glad to have made them happy.
"How is the food every one?" asked Kamiko, Choji's mother.
"It's good Kamiko," replied Izumi, Ino's mother.
"It's good to know you enjoy the food," said Kamiko with a smile on her face.
"You've outdone yourself this time Kamiko," said Mebuki, Sakura's mother.
"Is that so Mebuki?"
"Yeah you've always made good food but this time it's really nice," complimented Mebuki with a smile.
"Hey Tsunade where's Shizune?" asked Tsume.
"She's at home looking after Yuki for me," laughed Tsunade, "She's training her in the basics of Medical Ninjutsu. Hopefully she'll become as great as her mother." Tsunade smirked at the thought of her daughter growing up to be like her.
"How about your gambling and drinking habits?" asked Mikoto with a grin.
A tic mark formed on Tsunade's forehead. "Care to repeat that, Mikoto?" said a pissed Tsunade.
"I said, what about your gambling and drinking habits, not to mention your short temper too." Replied Mikoto, pumping chakra into her shoes, she was ready to run if needed to.
Good thing she got a head start. The two were like kids running around, Tsunade had restricted her strength so she wouldn't completely destroy the Akimichi compound. Whilst running, Mikoto had continued to verbally jab at Tsunade poking fun at her every opportunity she had.
-Back at the women's table-
"So Mikoto when do you think she'll realise?" asked Kushina drinking her drink as normal, as if nothing had happened. The other women looked at Kushina wondering if she was crazy.
"It'll take her a while I reckon," giggled Mikoto.
"When did you get there?" asked Mebuki, Izumi, and Kamiko turning around to see Mikoto walking up to them. Whilst also seeing Tsunade chase what must have been a clone of Mikoto.
"I've been here from the beginning, I've had this planned since I came here. I figured I would anger Tsunade a little knowing full well it would break out into a chase. Let her release some stress a little I guess," said Mikoto, "Oh shit!" turning around she saw Tsunade charging at her full speed with her fist loaded with chakra.
"MIKOTO!" screamed Tsunade.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! Everyone scatter!" said Mikoto, ten Mikoto's were then seen running around the compound along with the original mixed in.
"Two can play that game Mikoto," smirked Tsunade, suddenly 7 clones appeared in a puff of smoke. "Chase after her!" ordered Tsunade. Playing enough of cat and mouse, Tsunade sat down next to Kushina picking up her bowl about to continue eating, when, out of nowhere, Mikoto suddenly appeared in a puff of smoke next to Tsunade beaming with a bright smile on her face.
"What?! But how?!" shouted Tsunade angrily.
"Please I'm the Uchiha Matriarch Tsunade," beamed Mikoto.
Tsume just burst out laughing easing the tension a little. Tsunade gave out a large sigh, "I give up, hey Kamiko, bring out some sake!"
"Hahaha will do Tsunade," replied Kamiko.
-With the new Genins-
"Yeah let's party everyone!" shouted an excited Kiba.
"Haha let's go!" screamed Naruto happy to be with his friends on such an eventful night.
"Oi, quieten down a little will ya." Said a tired Shikamaru.
"Why are you even here then?" asked Kiba annoyed at the brainiest Genin among them,
"Kaa-san dragged me and Tou-san here, women are such a drag," yawned Shikamaru rubbing his head.
"What did you say about women?" asked Sakura in her banshee state, with her hair rising up and her eyes going white.
"Um..n..n..nothing," sweatdropped Shikamaru. Many of the Genin's laughed at Shikamaru's face of terror, but the boys couldn't blame him even Sasuke felt Sakura's killer intent rolling off her.
"Woah Sakura, you're gonna make Sasuke scared of you ya know," said Naruto smirking. Sakura turned around to see that Sasuke had wet his pants… "Hey I was only joking Sasuke," said Naruto, "didn't think the Uchiha would ever piss his pants," laughed Naruto no longer able to contain his laughter. Kiba, Choji and Shikamaru joined in with the laughter as well. Sakura looked down depressed thinking she no longer had a chance with her Sasuke-kun. Shino was… Shino. Hinata and Ino stifled a giggle.
"Well Naruto, if you had looked properly you would have seen that, that was a genjutsu and as you can see my pants are dry," smirked Sasuke. "Hey Hinata, one day I wanna fight you so be prepared."
"Hai Sasuke-san," replied Hinata nervously.
"Well guys I say we enjoy this night as best as we can, we may never get a chance to be together like this again. Next time we meet we might even be enemies. SO let's enjoy to tonight as a team," smiled Naruto striking a pose with his hand in the middle.
"Hmph never thought you would do something like this, I'm with you Naruto," grinned Sasuke placing his hand on top of Naruto's.
"Well I guess Naruto has a point, this is gonna be such a drag," said Shikamaru putting his hand on top of Sasuke's.
"Heheh you know we're gonna become best friends and enemies at the same time, it's gonna be one hell of a journey." Smiled Kiba, showing his fangs, and joining his hand on top of Shikamaru's.
"Kiba's right, but I know we'll always be there for each other." Said Ino with a smile, setting her hand on top of Kiba's.
"Ino-pig is right. Friends forever." Said Sakura piling her hand onto the top of the pile.
"Let's do the best we can," said Shino planting his hand on top of Sakura's.
"If everyone else is there for me I'll be there for you!" said Choji happily, joining his hand to the pile.
"I think we as long as we try our best, I'm sure we'll do well," said Hinata in a confident voice which shocked them but they were happy for her, being the Top Genin and all. She too placed her hand onto the heap of hands.
"All for one and one for all?" grinned Naruto.
"A bit cheesy but it works I guess," said Ino with a smile.
"Let's do it then!" said Naruto.
"ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL!" shouted the Genins gaining the attention of many of the adults. The adults just looked at each other with a smile on their face, happy to know they would stick by each other, regardless of the situation.
Minato then thought it all over. "They complement each other so well. The new generation is something to look forward to Fugaku. You'd be proud of Sasuke and Itachi."
-With Itachi-
Itachi was sitting in the middle of a training ground in a meditating position. Around him were Nawaki, Dan, Kakashi, Rin, and Yugao. They were having their own get together. "Well tomorrow Nawaki and I are officially jonin sensei."
Kakashi nodded with Rin resting her head on his shoulder, staring at her one-eyed lover. "What have you called us here for Itachi?" asked Dan.
"Well I wanted to call you here to have a little celebration," said Itachi looking up at the moon. This shocked some of them as Itachi, normally didn't celebrate anything not even his own birthday.
"What for Itachi-taichou?" asked Yugao.
"I myself am interested in this now Itachi." Said Dan.
"Yeah yeah me too Itachi-san," said Nawaki.
"Well I figured it will be a while before we have a get together again like this in a while." Replied Itachi, answering their question.
"Well who would have thought the Uchiha Prodigy would have a little party in the woods." Said Jiraiya jumping out from a tree.
"Jiraiya-sama what are you doing here?" asked Rin.
"Well I just came back into the village half an hour ago and sensed your chakra's here, thought I'd dropped by for a bit." Smiled Jiraiya.
"Well then would you care to join my party Jiraiya-sama?" asked Itachi.
"Don't mind if I do kid, don't mind if I do," responded Jiraiya.
"Very well then, I was gonna see how far we've all gotten, so I figured we could have a little fight right here in the forest under the shine of the moonlight."
"Well I don't mind that, what conditions are we setting?" asked Dan
"What do you mean?" asked Itachi with a questioning look on his face,
"Well it's hardly fair that both you and Kakashi have the Sharingan." Stated Dan.
"Dan has a point. Ok then how about we just use our normal form of the Sharingan?" asked Kakashi eye-smiling.
"That's still unfair ya know," whined Nawaki.
"How about no Sharingan at all and we do this in teams of 2?" asked Jiraiya.
"But there's 7 of us Jiraiya-sama," said Yugao.
"I know, I'll be by myself, so how about it?" said Jiraiya fixing the problem.
"Ok then I guess, what shall the teams be?" asked Itachi looking around for any suggestions.
"Well I'm with Kakashi," said Rin holding on to Kakashi, copying his eye smile.
"And I'm with Nawaki," said Dan bringing his arm round Nawaki's back.
"Well that leaves me and you then Itachi-taichou," said Yugao walking over to the Uchiha Prodigy.
"OK then let's begin this fight!" said Jiraiya pumping himself up preparing for a good fight.
"Begin!" shouted Itachi. And everyone scattered off into the forest.
-With Jiraiya-
"Ok then, so we have 4 ANBU members and 2 Jonin's, but Dan more or less counts as ANBU with his abilities. I guess I'll let them find me, no point of trying to take out Itachi and Yugao." Thought Jiraiya as he walked aimlessly through the forest.
-With Itachi and Yugao-
"Yugao let's stop and find a place to consider our plan of attack." Said Itachi, Yugao nodded as her reply.
"Taichou, what about that place over there?" asked Yugao pointed to a clearing in the forest.
"Yeah that seems alright, well spotted," complimented Itachi. Landing in the clearing of the forest Itachi and Yugao went over the situation of the fight. "Ok we have a Sannin, 2 ANBU…"
"3 technically, Dan is considered to be ANBU rank despite his Jonin rank," interrupted Yugao.
"Ok 3 ANBU and a Jonin," said Itachi, "well firstly we need to get rid of the strongest ones here. Personally, I think Kakashi and Rin are more of a threat than Jiraiya right now, what do you think?" asked Itachi.
"I agree, 2 ANBU especially Rin and Kakashi will be prove to be more of a challenge then Jiraiya-sama," replied Yugao.
Itachi sighed, "well let's find out where they are give me a minute would you please?" asked Itachi.
"Sure I'll keep lookout," said Yugao wandering around the area.
-Itachi's Mindscape-
"Oi wake up," called Itachi in a harsh tone.
"What do you want kid?" replied a feminine voice in an equally harsh tone.
"Locate Kakashi and Rin for me," demanded Itachi.
"Of course Itachi-sama," said the woman sarcastically.
"Now Kyuubi," said Itachi bored of Kyuubi's act.
"Only if you say my name," said Kyuubi changing her tone from a harsh one to one full of sultry.
"Fine," said Itachi in his plain old voice, "Yokana-chan please could you find Kakashi and Rin for me?"
"Anything for you Itachi-kun!" squealed Yokana.
Itachi merely sighed at the sight of his prisoner and thought back to the first time they had met each other.
Flashback
Itachi, 17 years old, was on a mission with Minato and Kakashi travelling to the Hidden Mist Village to sign a peace treaty. On their way they had encountered several missing-nins all wanting to get a piece of The Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, Copy-Ninja Kakashi and the Uchiha Prodigy, Uchiha Itachi. And why shouldn't they? They were all S-Ranked with a LARGE sum of money on their head. The missing-nins just had one problem. They were MASSIVELY outclassed by the three.
But one missing-nin appeared with his army which proved to be a problem. For the leader was Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin. He was wearing a long, dark cloak with red clouds and a chin-high collar. The person stood next to him was wearing the same thing as Orochimaru, except his face was blue in colour.
"Kisame Hoshigaki, an S-Ranked missing-nin from Kiri, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. And Orochimaru, an S-Ranked missing-nin from Konoha, one of the Legendary Sannin." Stated Itachi looking at them with his onyx eyes.
"Not to mention a bunch of goons," said Kakashi chipping in.
"Ohh Orochimaru seems like you're still memorable back home," chuckled Kisame.
"It would seem so Kisame," replied Orochimaru.
"Kakashi, Itachi you guys take Kisame. I'll handle Orochimaru." Ordered Minato.
"What about the goons?" asked Kakashi getting into his fighting stance.
"They shouldn't be too hard, actually change of plan. Itachi you hold off Kisame until Kakashi finishes with the goons." Said Minato reassessing the situation.
Both ANBU guards nodded.
"Well are we ready to start, Samehada is getting hungry for your chakra Itachi," said a bloodthirsty Kisame swinging Samehada from behind his back.
"Kukuku remember Kisame, the Leader wants Itachi alive. And don't underestimate him he isn't the Uchiha Prodigy for nothing," said Orochimaru.
"Alright and what you going to do about the Yellow Flash?" asked Kisame.
"I'll think of a way," replied Orochimaru and with that the Godaime Hokage and Orochimaru disappeared to another area.
"Well let's start the fun Itachi, how about we move somewhere else so no can interfere with us?" asked Kisame hoping he would say yes.
Itachi looked at Kakashi and Kakashi gave him nod signalling him he would catch up.
"Ok follow me," said Itachi impassively.
"Well I guess that leaves me with some goons." Said Kakashi looking at the enemy.
"We're not just any kind of goons you know. Don't underestimate us, after all there are about 150 of us and only one of you." Said a ninja confident, that they were going to win.
"Well we'll see about that." Said Kakashi taking off his ANBU mask also opening his left eye revealing the Sharingan, which he had received from his team-mate, Obito. Just seeing the Sharingan scared a few of the ninja's having heard about the infamous dojutsu.
-With Itachi-
"Is this area ok with you Kisame?" asked Itachi. Kisame merely nodded letting the raven-haired Uchiha know he was ready.
Both of them stood still, staring at each other.
Kisame made the first move going through a short set of handseals at a fast pace, "Suiton: Bakusui Shoha! (Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave)" a large amount of water came rushing out of Kisame's mouth. The large wave of water was charging at Itachi. Later Itachi noticed Kisame was riding the waves of water. Itachi had to move fast this guy was dangerous and also had another name.
The Tailed Beast without a Tail, this guys chakra reserves were so large they rivalled that of a tailed beast. Thinking of the name, Itachi figured how ironic it was that a Jinchuuriki of the strongest tailed beast was running from the Tailed Beast without a Tail. Then it hit him.
He had larger chakra reserves than this guy so why didn't he do something about it. Itachi burst forward pumping more chakra to his feet to get significantly further ahead of the wave.
When he thought he had put enough distance between him and Kisame. Itachi turned around and did a set of handseals at a rapid pace adding more than the usual amount of chakra to make his plan work. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" in a puff of smoke 20 Itachi's could be seen going through a set of familiar handseals. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" and a large fireball with an intense amount of heat came forth from all the clones.
The fireball's all combined to form a larger fireball which was continuously growing but Itachi didn't stop there no, he began going through another set of handseals at an even faster pace than before. "Fuuton: Daitoppa no Jutsu!" and a strong gust of wind came enhancing the fireball technique greatly, increasing its size and strength. The wind blew back the waves a little too which relieved Itachi a little. His clones dispelled themselves and Itachi was left to watch what was going to happen.
"This kid ain't bad his chakra reserves are massive to pull off those three jutsu's in a row, he's clever too, this battle should be interesting," thought Kisame jumping off the large wave of water.
Both Itachi and Kisame watched the two jutsu's collide against each other. Itachi was breathing heavily from adding excessive amounts of chakra into the jutsu to make it stronger.
Kakashi had finished as well and had come rushing over to help Itachi, but when he came he had seen Itachi pull of the Shadow Clone jutsu and decided to watch his Captain do his work.
The sheer intensity of the fireball broke through the wave turning it into steam and it continued to go through the forest burning down anything in its path of destruction.
"You're not bad for a kid, I can see why you're in the ANBU unit." Complimented Kisame, "Good thing I wasn't on the wave when they collided, that jutsu would have fried me." he thought.
"How can he still be standing after maintaining that jutsu of his?" thought Itachi frustrated at how his plan had partially succeeded. What Itachi didn't realise however, was that, due to his frustration he began to become enveloped in a cloak of red chakra. Itachi felt something tugging in his mind. Itachi blacked out.
-Itachi's Mindscape-
"Hey kid," boomed an evil voice. "You wanna beat this guy or not? He's called a Tailed Beast without a Tail? Pathetic. Here you are, with the STRONGEST Tailed Beast and you're already out of breath from using three jutsu's."
"Who are you?" asked Itachi
"What, you can't tell who I am?" asked the voice.
Itachi remained silent and continued to stare at the direction of the source of the voice. He could see a cage with a paper which had the Kanji for Seal on it, other than that everything looked like a sewer without the putrid smell.
"Hahah as if you don't even know who I am," laughed the voice, it sounded feminine. "Well I'll let you in on something, I am the GREAT KYUUBI NO YOKO! Demon Empress of the Fox Realm!" it shouted.
"Empress?" thought Itachi. "Wait, the great Kyuubi No Yoko is a woman?" asked Itachi.
"That's right and it looks like my container is a pretty boy too," teased Kyuubi.
Itachi was impassive to the comment and waited for it to continue.
"How about we beat this guy first before we talk any further, I'll lend you some of my chakra" said the beast. Itachi just nodded and when he opened his eyes again he was outside in the forest again. He looked around and noticed he was covered in a cloak of red chakra. He could feel himself stronger and faster, but he could also feel the effects it had on his body.
"Now remember Kid, I can only keep you in this state for a short while, so try and finish this fight quick."Said the Kyuubi in Itachi's mind. Itachi just nodded obeying the great monster. Launching forward at an incredible speed Itachi was in front of Kisame in no time and landed a punch on his face. This sent Kisame back a few feet until he came to a stop with a smile on his face.
"I'm gonna enjoy this kid," said Kisame taking off his cloak, cracking his neck and his knuckles.
The two entered into a taijutsu fight landing several punches and kicks on each other's body.
"This guy is really good," thought Itachi.
"This kid is good with that chakra cloak of his," thought Kisame.
Both were charging at each other again until Minato and Orochimaru appeared in the middle of the fight. Itachi and Kisame stopped and landed to the ground. Itachi's chakra cloak began to recede back into his body, he was about to collapse until Kakashi appeared and rested his arm around his shoulder. Kisame walked back to put his cloak back on as they were about to leave.
"Looks like Itachi is having some trouble, perhaps we should hold this off for another time," suggested Orochimaru with his paedophilic chuckle.
"Let's, however, know next time our battle won't end like this. Next time, only one of us will walk away Orochimaru." Said Minato, looking at the traitorous snake, with a deadly gaze.
"Let's go Kisame," said Orochimaru knowing his henchmen had been defeated by Kakashi.
"You had to interrupt just when it was getting good too," laughed Kisame.
The two walked off into the forest.
"Kakashi hand Itachi over to me we need to get to the Hidden Mist fast," said Minato. Kakashi handed Itachi over to Minato and Minato carried Itachi all the way to the Hidden Mist, bridal style.
Flashback End
Itachi smiled thinking back until he heard Yokana had located Kakashi and Rin. "Yugao, I've located Kakashi and Rin." Yugao nodded to reply. And both set off heading in the direction Kyuubi had told Itachi.
"They're about a mile southwest from here Itachi-kun," said Yokana.
"Thanks Yokana-chan, you can go back to sleep now," thought Itachi. Now heading southwest, they would get there in 5 minutes at their current pace.
"Yugao let's both aim for Kakashi first before we take out Rin." Said Itachi, knowing the grey haired cyclops would be a bother.
"Hai Itachi-taichou," said Yugao.
Reaching Kakashi and Rin's location, Itachi and Yugao hid in the bush planning their move of attack, what they didn't realise however was that Kakashi had already felt their chakra signatures. He sighed and walked up to Rin signalling to her that the enemy was here. They too had decided to get rid of Itachi and Yugao first as they were strongest duo in the forest.
Itachi realised they had already been found out and had dragged Yugao out into the open to avoid the kunai that Kakashi had thrown at them.
"So you found us huh?" asked Kakashi.
Itachi and Yugao simply nodded and got into their battle stances. Kakashi and Rin also assumed their battle stances and both locked eyes with each other (eye for Kakashi). Kakashi was about to lift his headband off to reveal his Sharingan but Rin but a hand on his hand and shook her head. Kakashi realised what she meant. No Sharingan was to be used. Kakashi sighed and relaxed standing up right. Itachi and Yugao remained in their battle positions on guard more than ever.
Then Kakashi and Rin suddenly disappeared leaving a puff of smoke to cover their tracks.
"Damn it, they were just clones to distract us." Said Yugao angrily.
"It's alright they weren't clones they shunshinned somewhere not too far from here. Let's go Yugao we can still catch them up." Said Itachi.
-With Dan and Nawaki-
"I'm bored Dan nii-san," whined Nawaki, "we've been wandering around for ages now and we haven't found anyone yet."
"We're not trying to look for anyone right now. I know where they all are anyways, I'm a Sensory-Type Ninja remember?" said Dan
"Oh yeah, wait if you've found them all why don't we go to them then?" asked Nawaki.
"Because all three teams are out of your league. If we were to attack even Jiraiya who is by himself we would still be beaten. We are just two Jonin everyone else here is ANBU and above." Said Dan explaining the situation to his younger brother-in-law.
"Yeh but you're considered to be ANBU ranked anyway." Said Nawaki in a carefree attitude.
"True but it still wouldn't work. My ability only works with people who are strong enough to ensure my safety 100 per cent. And let's be honest do you really think you can handle two ANBU while I prepare it." Asked Dan with a smile on his face knowing he had cornered Nawaki.
"Ok fine but what are we gonna do then, I want some action ya know."
"Simple we wait it out until there are only 2 teams left. Then when the enemy is weak we finish them and we end up victorious."
Nawaki smiled at the plan. He was Jonin ranked and was one of the best ninja's in the village but he was still young and lacking in experience compared to Dan.
"Let's go Nawaki Jiraiya-sama is near us, we better keep moving."
Nawaki nodded and the two ran off.
-With Itachi-
Itachi and Yugao had now caught up to Kakashi and Rin. Again the two teams were facing each other off, like a Mexican Showdown. All of them were waiting for the slightest of movement to set them off.
Things were tense.
Suddenly Itachi and Kakashi were found in the middle clashing katana with each other. Yugao and Rin were surprised at the speed they displayed, they were travelling at speeds way above their normal level.
Breaking out of her trance like state Yugao drew her own sword and charged forward for Rin. Rin took out one of her kodachi's ready to take on Yugao. Yugao was a better Kenjutsu user than Rin, but Rin knew the human anatomy better than Yugao and she had her chakra scalpel in her other hand. Yugao knew how much damage Rin could do if she got within range and immediately went on the defensive only parrying her attacks.
Itachi and Kakashi were still clashing their katana, sparks were flying everywhere. Itachi had more skill than Kakashi, which Kakashi knew. However, Kakashi had years more experience than Itachi and he was trained by Minato along with Rin and their deceased team mate Obito. Obito had died in a mission to rescue Rin from the hands of Iwa, during the third shinobi war. This was a memorable time for Kakashi as it was how he got his Sharingan, which has made him infamous to this day.
Both jumped back a few metres and prepared to strike each other again.
Yugao and Rin were in close combat, which gave Rin an advantage. Despite the length of Yugao sword's Rin was still able to get close, putting her chakra scalpel technique to good use. Yugao had a few of her muscles ripped which made it painful to even lift her arm, rendering her katana useless. Itachi came over and knocked Rin away from Yugao with a sidekick which landed on Rin's stomach sending her back a good few meters. Kakashi appeared behind Rin before she could collide with the tree.
"Are you alright Rin?" asked Kakashi in a worrying tone.
"I'm fine in a better condition than Yugao anyways," she smiled.
"That's good to hear," replied Kakashi eye smiling.
"Hey Yugao you alright?" asked Itachi.
"I'm fine Taichou," replied Yugao standing up only to fall back down and be caught by Itachi. "Looks like some of my leg muscles were torn."
"It's alright, you sit there and relax, join in again whenever you feel like it." Said Itachi resting her on a tree. Yugao simply nodded obeying her Captain's orders.
"It's time to get serious Kakashi," said Itachi closing his eyes.
"Yes, it is time," said Kakashi also closing his eyes.
Rin looked at the two of them wondering what would happen.
"Rin prepare yourself, Itachi will come for you too," said Kakashi with his eye still closed. Rin nodded, which Kakashi had sensed.
The air around the three became dense and was filled with killer intent. Rin found it hard to breathe under their intensity. "This amount is Kage-level, just how strong are these two?" Thought Rin.
"KAI!" Kakashi and Itachi shouted. A bright light was released from the two, Rin and Yugao had to close their eyes to shield the light.
"It's been a while since I've fought like this," said Kakashi stretching his body.
"Indeed," relied Itachi, also stretching his body.
"Let's settle this between you and me Itachi." Said Kakashi.
"It's about time, if I remember right the score is 39-39," said Itachi letting out a rare chuckle.
"It is, the final match perhaps we should go all out, Sharingan included," chuckled Kakashi raising an eye brow.
"Perhaps but then I would be breaking my own rules," said Itachi.
"True but rules were made to be broken," said Kakashi raising his hitai-ate from his left eye. A scar ran down his face, but the most entrancing thing was the red eye containing three tomoes.
"Perhaps, but they were also there so that we would obey them," Itachi blinked and the Sharingan also appeared but in both eyes.
"Well well, what do we have here? Cheaters?" entered Jiraiya clapping his hands. "You two are disqualified."
"My party, my rules Jiraiya-sama." Said Itachi dryly, pissed that the Old Hermit had interrupted the battle about to begin.
"So all you have to do kid is remove your own rules." said Jiraiya sarcastically.
"Fine, all rules made for this party are removed." said Itachi.
"Heheh it's been a while since I've seen you go all out Itachi, Kakashi," said Jiraiya looking at both of them. Both nodded at Jiraiya and returned their gaze to each other.
"Jiraiya-sama could you count us in please?" asked Itachi.
"Why of course Itachi." Replied Jiraiya.
"1"
Itachi and Kakashi drew their katana's.
"2"
They went into their battle stances.
"3!"
Dashing at each other at blinding speeds, Itachi and Kakashi began their attacks, for now it was kept at Kenjutsu. They would exchange slash for slash it seemed even for a while, until Kakashi grew tired. They had been doing this through the night. Kakashi decided to put away his katana and resheathed it. Itachi also did the same. Leading to a taijutsu fight. For every punch Kakashi landed Itachi would return it equally as hard. Even then they were at a stalemate. Jiraiya watched on in awe at the pace of the battle. Even he had trouble keeping up with it. Yugao and Rin couldn't see them move but when they came together to fight they could be seen for a short few seconds before returning again in a different place.
-With Dan and Nawaki-
"It would seem that they have all gathered together. Itachi and Kakashi are fighting each other, their chakra levels are outstanding."
"Let's join them! I wanna watch Kakashi and Itachi fight. It sounds good, I've always wondered who was better, but I figured it would be Itachi cos he's the captain and all but Kakashi ain't bad either."
"Come on they're not far from here. I think this little fight party is coming to an end."
Nawaki nodded and both of them left in a shunshin.
-Back to Kakashi and Itachi-
Their taijutsu fight was coming close to an end. Kakashi was now sweating and panting heavily. Itachi was in the same position but he had access to more energy if he needed it.
"Ok let's finish this up, I'll show you what I've been training on for a few months now." said Kakashi seriously.
"Don't hold back Kakashi, this is our last fight."
Kakashi nodded and began to focus his chakra. Itachi, decided to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan, but thought otherwise as he knew of the consequences that came with the dojutsu. After all it was only a little fight, not a life and death situation. So Itachi just began to wait for Kakashi to finish.
Dan and Nawaki had arrived and stood next to Jiraiya. Jiraiya filled them in on what happened and they were both amazed at what they had heard, from the sounds of it these two were close to Kage Rank, both of them were already S-Rank and both had an exceptionally high bounty in the Bingo Book.
The wind began to blow, rustling the trees shining against the moon. Kakashi suddenly opened his eye which had been closed, no longer was there 3 tomoes, instead they had shifted into three scythe-like patterns.
"KAM…" said Kakashi stopping halfway through his technique after hearing Itachi to yell at him to stop.
"Kakashi," said Itachi, "are you aware of the risks of that Sharingan?" he asked.
Kakashi looked at him dumbfounded, shaking his head, Itachi told him to deactivate his technique immediately and began to explain the defects of such a powerful dojutsu.
"Over time, the use of the Mangekyo Sharingan technique's deteriorates the user's eyesight to blindness. Only by taking and transplanting the Mangekyo of another Uchiha, can the vision be restored which can also result in the Eien no Mangekyo Sharingan (Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan). Only one person has ever done this in history, Uchiha Madara, co-founder of Konoha. Therefore I request of you to never use Mangekyo Sharingan again unless you are in a dire situation. But I'm curious, how did you obtain your Mangekyo Sharingan?" asked Itachi, raising an eyebrow knowing the conditions needed to acquire it.
To obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan one has to experience the trauma from the death of a person very close to the Sharingan user. With the user normally having to witness or experience this first hand, Uchiha throughout history have killed a person very close to them in order to expedite this process, or one must feel the emotion of losing a friend or family, as merely killing them or watching them die will not activate it.
"Perhaps he achieved it when Obito died, and has only recently became aware of it, it's the only logical explanation I can think of at this time," thought Itachi.
"I just focus chakra into my eyes and it changes, isn't that how it normally works?" asked Kakashi.
"No, to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan you must have experienced a trauma from the death of a person close to you. As of now, the only explanation I can think of is you achieved it when Obito had died but it seems you have only become aware of it recently as you seem to have never done it before." Stated Itachi surprising everyone around them, even Jiraiya.
"Obito died years ago though Itachi how is it possible that I never realised it?" asked Kakashi now wondering how he had obtained such a dojutsu.
"It is possible that you achieved it after transplanting it from Obito, however, because you are not of Uchiha Blood the Mangekyo Sharingan would not respond unless you poured a sufficient amount of chakra." Said Itachi.
"That would seem reasonable," said Jiraiya now joining on the conversation. Itachi decided to deactivate his Sharingan no longer seeing the use of it, turning his eyes back to their normal colour. Kakashi returned his Mangekyo Sharingan back into its three tomoes state and closed his eye and placed his hitai-ate over it.
"It would, however that still doesn't explain how Itachi knows all of this." Interrupted Dan.
Everyone nodded at this. Itachi gave out sigh knowing this would come up.
"My mother told me everything when she discovered I achieved the Mangekyo stage. My father left behind a letter for if I did ever achieve the Mangekyo. He told me everything including the history about the Uchiha." Said Itachi reminiscing about his father who had sealed the Kyuubi within him. He was grateful for it as the Kyuubi had changed everything including his personality but only Kyuubi would ever see that side of him.
Flashback
When they had returned from their mission in Kiri, Minato called an emergency meeting calling together those who knew about Itachi and the Kyuubi. Itachi explained to them how he could now converse with Kyuubi telepathically whilst Kyuubi had access to his senses. Itachi told them about his fight with Kisame, and how he had entered his mindscape and saw the great beast.
"That's mean Itachi-kuun!I'm no beast," Yokana said with a growl.
"Be quiet Yokana, I'll talk to you later, we've been talking all day anyway." Replied Itachi in his monotone voice.
"Meany," she replied.
The group saw Itachi stood there silently, wondering if he was waiting for the information to sink in or if he was currently talking to Kyuubi. Hiruzen decided to break the silence first, "What about its chakra are you able to control it?" he asked.
Itachi gave a nod, "Yokana and I have come upon an agreement that I can have access to three tails of chakra. Anymore will depend on my own mental strength."
"Yokana?" asked Jiraiya, "Wait, Kyuubi's a woman?" he asked with blood flowing profusely from his nose. Tsunade sent him flying out of Konoha with a few of her vicious chakra punches. Everyone just sighed at the old man.
Hiruzen and Minato were worried that the seal was beginning to weaken and were even more worried that Kyuubi would break free and wreak havoc again. Kushina however, assured them that the seal was fine. Being the best seal master in Konoha she had more knowledge on seals than Minato, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen put together. This assured the two Hokages as they knew of Kushina's talent with seals.
"Itachi lift up your shirt please I want to see the seal." Ordered Kushina. Itachi obeying the Hokage's Wife lifted up his shirt and concentrated a small amount of chakra on his stomach so the seal would become visible. Kushina, Hiruzen and Minato examined the seal with a curious eye. Kushina poured chakra into her fingertips and slammed them onto Itachi's seal.
-Itachi's Mindscape-
Suddenly Itachi and Kushina were dragged into a sewer. "So you're the great Kyuubi no Yoko," said Kushina staring at the monster behind the cage.
"I am indeed, and what brings you here human?" it asked.
"I just wanted to meet you, after all I created the seal." Said Kushina with a smile on her face.
"Kushina-san what are you doing here?" asked Itachi confusedly.
"Well I just poured some of my chakra into the seal so my conscience is here until my chakra disperses or I stop the flow of chakra."
Itachi nodded. "Ne Itachi-kun why is she here?" whined Kyuubi.
"She's just checking the seal Yokana." Replied Itachi.
"So Itachi-kun huh?" stressing the –kun part teasing Yokana and Itachi.
"Don't get any ideas, I'm Itachi-kun's woman no one else." Roaring defiantly smashing its tails at the bars.
"Oi Yokana calm down!" shouted Itachi. Yokana stopped and Kushina just walked around the sewers ignoring them both. Itachi and Yokana began talking through the bars. Yokana tried to persuade Itachi to come through the bars but Kushina interrupted them and warned him not to. Kyuubi growled at this and Itachi had to calm her down again.
-Back at Hokage's Office-
Leaving Itachi's mindscape, Kushina stood straight again and said, "Well as far as I could see nothing was wrong with the Kyuubi or the seal. Itachi's mentally stable and everything else seems in order apart from Kyuubi's crush on him," which caused her to giggle. Mikoto looked at her in astonishment and then looked back to Itachi.
"So Kyuubi has a crush on him," thought Mikoto with a grin on her face.
"So everything's alright?" asked Minato hugging Kushina.
"Umm everything's alright," replied Kushina leaning into Minato's body enjoying the comfort between the two.
Itachi left the Hokage Office relieved to hear that everything was fine.
Flashback End
Jiraiya looked at Itachi worryingly, wondering just how much he knew. "I'll have to talk to Minato and Hiruzen," Jiraiya thought and bid the group goodnight. This was a cue for everyone else to leave as well.
However Itachi remained at the forest, staring intently at the moon as if…. It was calling out to him. The wind blew again bringing a soft breeze with it. Itachi's hair flew with the wind, enjoying the breeze Itachi closed his eyes and let the moment take him.
Ok and that is chapter 3 done, yes I'm a Brit I'm well aware of the different variations of spellings in meters/metres and color/colours. Exams are looming upon me byt I've just started next chapter so either next chapter sometime early next week or this weekend unsure right now. My exams don't finish until 19th June so yeah it is a long time. But hey after that every day is story day ^^ So bear with me. Name of Tsunade's child suggested by Master Kalla thanks goes out to him. Review, favourite, and follow. Thanks very much!