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"talking"

'thinking'

The Uchiha Secret

by chairomori

Chapter 7

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"Kakashi-san!!" Chii ran out as he came back with Sasuke and Sakura. "Jiraiya-san and Naruto-san's belongings have all disappeared! Are they leaving?"

"Oh, they probably went off to train. They'll be back in a while." 'It's a good thing Jiraiya decided to take Naruto. Now their absence will be less suspicious.'

"Kakashi-sensei, when will you teach me a new jutsu?" Sasuke asked. 'I can't let dead-last surpass me!'

"Patience, Sasuke. We're on a mission right now."

"But-"

"Besides, I'm taking this as a bit of a vacation," Kakashi walked to his room. 'Vacation? I wish.'

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"Chii-chan!" Chii ran into the kitchen. "Hai, Kaa-san?"

"Will you take this tea to Ko-kun? He wasn't been feeling well. And don't try to sneak a sip."

"Okay." She carefully balanced the cup and walked up to Ko's room. A voice called to her as she neared this room. "Huh?"

"I said, what are you doing?" Her father spoke.

"Oh, mother wanted me to give this to Ko."

"What is it?"

"Tea."

"Let me see it." Jime held out his hand. Chii handed him the cup. He inspected it. "Chii, it is late, you should go to your room. I will give this to Ko."

"Huh? But mother–"

"That's an order."

"Okay." Chii stalked off to her room. Moments later, a loud band was heard as she slammed her door.

Jime sighed and walked towards the bathroom. He dumped the tea into the sink and turned on the facet.

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"Hey, Ero-sennin, what's this new jutsu anyway?"

"Well, you know how the Akatsuki is after you and the kyuubi. Therefore, you are bound to face Itachi sooner or later. That means facing Sharingan. This jutsu I'm going to teach you will allow you to look at his eyes without falling into genjustsu."

"But that's boring! Don't you have any powerful ninjutsu? Why don't you teach me something interesting. Maybe a lightning jutsu like chidori!"

Jiraiya sighed. He knew this would happen. "Ungrateful brat," he mumbled. "Look kid, no matter how many great ninjutsu you know, it's going to be useless if you fall into a genjutsu. You have to know how to counter genjutsu first. Now shut up and listen while I explain or I won't ever teach you a jutsu again." He took a breath. "Annoying kid."

"Tch. Baka-sennin," Naruto muttered under his breath.

"What was that?"

"Er, nothing."

"CAW!!"

"Yeah, I know you're there Kuro. You remind me every five minutes!" Naruto yelled at the raven perched on his shoulder.

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Once again, Naruto found himself in front of the gates with the word 'seal' placed in front. "Aw, kuso. Now what?" he glared up. "Hey, Kyuubi, you baka! What do you want?"

You want to learn jutsu don't you?

"What's it to you?"

You can skip that idiot's jutsu to see through genjutsu.

"Eh? How? And why should I trust you? Whatever you're planning,–"

So you will refuse the shortcut?

"Depends, what is it?"

I already told you what it is.

"Huh? You did?"

Pathetic humans and your weak, puny minds! Didn't I offer you the ability to use my eyes?

"Oh yeah! What's the catch?"

Catch? There is no catch. I just tire of being sealed in a weak body. If I am to be stuck here, I might as well strengthen you up.

"Oh. Well then, how do I use these eyes?"

It is quite simple. When you want to us them, just summon my chakra towards your eyes. However, I would not overuse it if I were you. You might experience some...side effects if you do.

"Eh? What kind of side effects?"

None you should be concerned with–besides the temporary blindness. Now go away. I'm going to sleep.

"Demons sleep?"

Naruto awoke. 'Huh? Demons sleep? Wow, I thought they never got tired. Hm, non, the demon eye...I'll test it in the morning.' Naruto rolled over. 'Need more sleep.'

'NARUTO!"

"Wagh!" Naruto jolted up. "What? I need more sleep! Go away! The sun isn't even up yet!"

"The early bird gets the worm!"

"Caaaaaw!" Kuro yelled in agreement.

"And I want to get to Konoha as fast as possible. Now get up!!"

"Five more minutes!" Naruto drifted off to sleep.

"Wake up before I throw a bucket of ice on you!" Snore. "NARUTO!!"

"Crraaaaw!!"

"Okay. Okay. I'm up. Yeesh." Naruto was annoyed at being double-teamed.

"Alright now, I'll be teaching you the jutsu as we get to Konoha."

"Heh, there's no need now Ero-sennin. I can now use the kyuubi's eyes to see–"

"What?"

"I said I can now use the kyuubi's eyes to see through genjutsu. Why don't you teach me something new?"

"We'll test your theory first. Now, I want you to use this new ability of yours to break my genjutsu!" Jiraiya performed a few handseals.

Naruto started to see hundreds of Jiraiyas running around him. He began to pull chakra to his eyes as the kyuubi told him. Soon, they became sharper, and all the Jiraiyas disappeared except for one in front of him.

"Not bad." Jiraiya looked at Naruto's eyes. 'They look just like kyuubi's.' "Oh well, I guess that's your new technique."

"Wait, aren't you going to teach me a new jutsu?"

"You already learned something. I guess I should thank the kyuubi. Now I don't have to teach you anything."

"But that's not fair!"

"Life's not fair. Now, let's hurry to Konoha! The sooner we get there, the sooner I finish my business. Then I can finally work on the next volume of Icha Icha Paradise. Kakashi's waiting for the next issue."

"Hmpf. Perverts."

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A few days later.

Itachi and Kisame entered the forest around the village through the west side.

"Why don't we just destroy the whole village? That'll save a lot of trouble."

"Hn. Fool. The scroll might be destroyed as well."

"Oh."

They had been wandering the last few days wondering how to get a hold of the scroll. "I still say we should just take a hostage and demand they give us the scroll."

"Kakashi-san is there. He will just use Kawarimi."

"Oh." Kisame thought a bit more. "We could just wait for everyone to leave and then search the place."

"Only there's always someone there."

"We could kill them."

"The birds placed around will warn everyone we're there."

"We could kill them too."

"They can fly."

"I can swim."

Itachi looked at Kisame.

"Oh wait, that doesn't help. Heh."

After wandering around aimlessly, they arrived near the house of the man that tricked them.

"Why are you afraid of Kakashi?"

"I'm not. But if the one with the scroll panics, he might unleash the demon or even destroy the scroll."

"Oh."

"Anyway, we should take advantage of Jiraiya's absence and act now."

They looked at the house. They saw Kakashi and two of his cell walk out, followed by the man who tricked them, what seemed to be his family and – Itachi? Kisame's eyes shifted back and forth in surprise. "Itachi, why didn't you tell me you were sneaking in? Itachi?"

'How could he still be alive? Why is he here? He'll ruin everything!' Itachi could not hear Kisame as his anger built. It had been so long. He couldn't allow anything to ruin his plans. He drew out a kunai, unaware of the massive killer intent he was letting off. With perfect precision, he threw it at his look-a-like.

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A/N: Man, this is the shortest chapter so far I think, but I wanted to cut it here because the next chapter's going to have a major fight scene. Rejoice patient readers! This story is on the verge of completion. Only two chapters left, I think. Please review! There are a lot of people who put this fic on alert and favs but don't review, so I have no idea what you think about it!!