CHAPTER 7- OF THE SHARINGAN

THE HOKAGE'S OFFICE, KONOHA

The clone gulped, he knew that the ones who came were none other than the other two sannins, Jiraiya and Tsunade, and that he should escape really fast, as he could not fool these three easily. He was about to release the jutsu when he heard something important.

"So, Orochimaru is attacking, will the akatsuki be here" Tsunade asked.

"No, as far as I know Orochimaru left Akatsuki when he was unable to steal Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan, after all, the Akatsuki seek tailed beasts, not the sharingan"

Jiraiya replied, The Clone got some good information, but released the jutsu so Naruto could know, plus he didn't want to be discovered.

Suddenly, the news flooded in Naruto's mind, he was in his apartment, preparing the extraction seal. He went in his mindscape.

NARUTO'S MINDSCAPE

"Any good information" Kurama asked

"Yup" Naruto replied" I learned that Itachi is an organization known as Akatsuki and that they capture tailed beasts, furthermore, his partner is the owner of Samehada.

"That is indeed good information"

"Yes it is"

"How is the Seal going"

"Great, all is left to hide it from the others"

"You have only one month left"

"I know"

Naruto started to train, he sent some of his clones to sneak out of the village and went to find Itachi, he knew that Itachi was in the fire country, but that was all the information about his whereabouts, the clones spent two weeks looking for Itachi, they thought that he would not find Itachi before the start of the exams. But finally one of them did find Itachi and Kisame, near the border of the country.

"Itachi Uchiha" The clone shouted

"Who is there" Itachi looked backwards and found the clone.

"I am here to talk to you" The clone said

"You know him, Itachi" Kisame asked, because the clone was staring at his sword

Itachi recognized the forehead protector.

"You are one of Konoha's ninjas" Itachi said

"Just think what you want" the clone replied

"What do you want"

"Orochimaru is after Sasuke"

Itachi was shocked, but didn't show his emotions. "How did you know" he asked

"I am just here to inform you, if you want your brother safe, then enter the village in two weeks and save him during Chuunin exams, stop him or Orochimaru might take him"

The clone said this as after the prelims, they were given slips from which they would decide who will fight who, Naruto had to fight against Neji, but Gaara was fighting against Sasuke, he didn't want that Gaara seek others attention during the fight or escape, so he planned to stop Sasuke.

"I don't care" itachi replied, the clone frowned and was about release the jutsu when he remembered something. "Oh yeah by the way, I am the Nine Tails Vessel" the clone said

Itachi and Kisame looked at him, it was a plan Naruto made, that if Itachi doesn't come to the village, the clones should tell him about being Kurama's vessel. He finally released the Jutsu.

The Information flooded in the mind of the real Naruto

"Great" he grinned" all that is left is to prevent Sasuke from coming during the exams"

Naruto continued with his training, unknown to others, he also was creating the extraction seal. He thought that he could copy lee's style and hide the seal at his palm and attack Gaara at that time. The seal will then slowly extract Shukaku and send it to the mindscape by chakra sphere.

The sole problem was Sasuke, Naruto knew Sasuke was off training with Kakashi, but Itachi didn't arrive so far.

I will have to stop him myself if Itachi doesn't come, he thought

He continued his training, thinking about the possibilities of delaying Sasuke's coming. He thought that his plan will be ruined if Gaara unleashes his powers against the uchiha as the third will stop him.

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FINAL EXAM

Naruto was hiding, the uchiha was training with Kakashi, he had mastered Chidori, even though Naruto knew lightning type, too. He thought of using Ice Release, which he learned recently to trap Kakashi and Sasuke. But something happened that changed everything, from the distance, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki came.

"What" Sasuke said, angered, but also surprised. "Itachi Uchiha" he said, anger in his voice, the curse seal began to take over" I will kill you"

"Oh no" Kakashi said, he didn't want to know how ugly this 'meeting' could get. He tried to knock Sasuke out, but his chakra was sucked by Samehada, when he looked back, the Kisame was standing behind him, grinning. "Kakashi Hatake of the Sharingan" Kisame said" I heard you defeated Zabuza, I would like to test you". The swordsman slashed his sword towards Kakashi, Kakashi ducked in time, he knew that ninjutsu won't work on Kisame as long as the sword was there, so he relied on simple taijutsu.

Meanwhile, Curse Seal Powered Sasuke fought his brother, Itachi, who was using the mangekyou sharingan. It was a tough battle, since Sasuke didn't have a mangekyou sharingan, he fought with all his might, dodging the amaterasu by an inch, if the black fire had gotten him, he did be toast by now, or maybe worse.

The red haired grinned, incredible, Itachi, you walked straight into my trap.

None of them knew that the Nine Tailed Vessel was nearby, as they were absorbed in their battles. Naruto knew that if Itachi came, Sasuke would use the curse seal. He made sure that Kisame and Kakashi were absorbed in their battles, too. He was happy that both of them were on the other side.

His plan was to go in front of Itachi, the uchiha, being a member of akatsuki, wouldn't waste time and try to catch Naruto when he knew that his partner is busy, Sasuke would follow Itachi, and he would drag them both into a cave, which his clones had been filling with explosive tags, he planned to trap the uchihas inside the cave.

He sent a clone to work, just as planned, Itachi saw him, and began to follow him when he ran, Sasuke followed too. He knew that when they were digged out, if they were, Itachi won't inform anything and Sasuke wouldn't remember about his sudden appearance. He took them to the cave, he grinned at Itachi. "You walked into the trap, best of luck surviving" with those words, the clone threw a kunai at an explosive tag, and released the jutsu.

The cave was filled with smoke, the explosive tags weren't that powerful to destroy the cave immediately, the entrance was sealed. The rocks were crumbling down, Itachi knew that it wouldn't be long before this cave collapsed, probably another three days.

The uchihas were now trapped in a cave, somewhere in the jungle, and nobody except the red haired boy knew they were trapped here.

"What the hell" Sasuke groaned, he had a chance to kill his brother, but he was bothered by the cave falling. "I see, I don't have time for the fight, sasuke" Itachi said "I have to escape, so the next time we meet, be a little skilled". Sasuke attacked his brother, but Itachi knocked him out cold. He used Amaterasu on the boulders.

Suddenly, another explosion occurred, the rubble dashed towards the uchiha. He realized that there are still some explosive tags on the boulders.

"I will have to use it carefully" He murmured and began to destroy the rocks carefully without triggering the explosive tags and removing them.

THE CHUUNIN EXAMS FINALS,

The finals had approached, the ninjas were standing, facing the hokage, who was giving a speech.

Sasuke didn't arrive, neither did Kakashi, Naruto knew that he was looking for the uchiha. The first match was Naruto vs Neji. Using the earth style technique, Naruto defeated Neji. The second match was postponed as Sasuke wasn't there. Kankuro ended up giving up. Shikamaru fought against Temari, but quit when he thought it was too bothersome. Sasuke still wasn't there, so by default Gaara won. The second round began, Naruto defeated Shino by using Fire Style. Temari gave up and Naruto faced Gaara in the finals.

The fight started, Naruto was trying to use the seal on Gaara , but couldn't get a chance. He was dodging Gaara's sand attacks using the wind style.

Just as he was about to place the seal, a voice roared from behind" NARUTOOOOOOOOO"

Naruto gazed behind, and saw Sasuke, and Kakashi. Kakashi was using his Sharingan, anger in his eyes.

"What are you plotting" Kakashi said," I know everything now, Naruto, you and the demon fox will go down:

Hey everyone, So, starting from the next chapter, the series will start the alternate arc and wouldn't follow the events of the real series. Stay tuned for it.