Took me almost a month to write this chapter lmao (mostly because of procrastinating), but it's finally here! Enjoy!
If you're reading this message, then this chapter has been updated in 29th June 2018
Chapter 9 : Itachi Uchiha
-in the middle of a forest-
The squad, Naruto, and granny Chiyo are now seen walking through a forest, while a pair of eyes are watching them from afar. Tayuya, who's now walking beside granny Chiyo, already noticed this but she keeps quiet and think if it was just a wild animal. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura are now chatting with each other with Sasuke following and listening to their conversation from behind them. And last but not least, Kakashi just reading his beloved book as he sometimes look up to see the roads.
After awhile, the staring starting to make Tayuya feel uncomfortable, that she decided to stop on her track and alert the others about it.
"Guys... Do you sense that?" asked Tayuya, as she observe her surrounding, even though she already know where the staring come from.
"What? I don't sense anything. You're basically the only sensor ninja in our squad" said Sasuke.
"Really? I thought Kakashi is a sensor ninja too?" asked Tayuya. In that regard, Kakashi looked back at Tayuya and stare at her with his visible eye.
"I'm actually not a sensor ninja. It's just that sometimes I have a feeling and usually that feeling is true. You know, like... sometimes I'm a sensor ninja and some other times I'm not a sensor ninja" answered Kakashi. The others (excluding Chiyo) just stare at him with their half opened eyes.
"That's lame" said Sasuke.
"I know right?" added Tayuya.
"Oh c'mon, don't be like that toward your sensei~" plead Kakashi. The others started to look horrified after hearing that from Kakashi.
"Ew, that's gay" said Tayuya.
"I can't believe he's our teacher" said Sasuke.
"Seriously... stop it..." plead Kakashi, this time without making his voice sounds cute.
"You're right, we have to prepare ourselves for an upcoming ambush" said Tayuya. After hearing that, everyone the prepare themselves for battle. Not so far from there, a bunch of crows are gathering on one spot, and they all slowly merging into one big figure. After awhile, the figure slowly turning to look like human and... you guys know what happen next...
"Itachi!" exclaimed Sasuke.
"What the hell is he doing here?" asked Tayuya.
"I'm here for the Nine Tails, now hand... uh... one of them over" said Itachi.
"I don't think I can let you have Naruto and Tayuya that easily" Kakashi then stand Infront of Tayuya with his Kunai ready on his hand.
"Fine, if that's the case then I shall take them by force" Itachi the started to run toward Kakashi, while Kakashi stand his ground. Sakura and Chiyo are getting into safety while Tayuya is jumping backward and get close to Sasuke, and Naruto. The 3 of them are staying so they can assist Kakashi on his battle, or just watch from the sideline...
"Wait, aren't you two going to hide since his target are you?" asked Sasuke.
"If we hide, he can just easily find us and take us away. I mean I don't think I can beat Itachi alone, so that's why I'm staying" said Naruto.
"But you can just hide in group right?" asked Sasuke.
"If we hide in group, we can be found faster" answered Tayuya.
"Oh... Make sense..." said Sasuke. Not so far from them, Kakashi and Itachi are battling with each other. They both are clashing using their Kunai at first, then their weakest jutsus, and then it evovle into a Michael Bay directed scene where explosions are happening every where, every seconds.
"Glad we haven't jump into the battle yet, or we're going to be toast" said Tayuya, as the other two are nodding in agreement.
"When do you think we can jump in and help cyclops sensei?" asked Tayuya.
"After their explosive battle are over, basically when Kakashi managed to tire Itachi down" said Sasuke.
"Hmm, that's a good idea. But what if Itachi didn't get tired, but instead mister cyclops get tired?" asked Tayuya again.
"Then we jump into the battle and help him out. You guys are going to carry Kakashi away, and I'll be the one to distract Itachi" answered Sasuke.
"Well thought Sasuke" commented Tayuya.
"Of course, my intelligence is soo high that I can plan out a strategy in a matter of seconds" said Sasuke, praising himself.
"Was that supposed to be a strategy?" asked Tayuya.
"Sort of... just don't question me anymore, we have to prepare ourselves for an upcoming battle" said Sasuke as he point at Kakashi who's now getting pinned down on the ground by Itachi.
"That was quick..." commented Tayuya.
"Let's go!" Naruto then quickly rush toward Itachi as fast as he can, followed by Sasuke and Tayuya behind him.
Naruto then perform the shadow clone jutsu and create 5 clones to distract Itachi, while Tayuya take a Kunai from her pocket and Sasuke draws his sword out. Itachi quickly cast a massive fire ball jutsu toward them, but they all easily dodge it by jumping to the side. Tayuya throw her Kunai toward Itachi, but he foresaw it and duck down to avoid the Kunai. She then teleport right toward the Kunai location and use the Kunai to threaten Itachi.
"You move, and this Kunai is going straight into your head" threaten Tayuya. Itachi ignores her threat and sweep Tayuya's feet, making her fall into the ground. He then throw Kakashi away and pin Tayuya down by choking her throat.
"You're not... taking me... that... easy...!" said Tayuya as she struggle to breathe. Itachi stay quiet and stare at her with his cold eyes, scaring Tayuya in the process. Fortunately, Sasuke quickly use his Chidori Sharp Spear and hit Itachi right on his chest, catching Itachi off guard. Tayuya then take this opportunity to break out of Itachi's grab and get away from him.
"Thanks emo ve-" before she can finish her sentence, she see Sasuke, Naruto, and Kakashi laying down on the ground.
"Wait... how the fu..." Tayuya was shocked, that she rubbed her eyes two times just to make sure if what she's seeing is real. She then look back to Itachi, and see him standing with no wound visible on his body.
"You're now trapped in my genjutsu, and you will experience your worst nightmare for 72 hours straight" said Itachi calmly.
"Nightmare? You think I have a nightmare!? Hah! I don't have any! And your stupid tricks won't work on me!" said Tayuya as she's casting the "Release" technique on herself.
"Wait... what?" asked Tayuya to herself.
"This is the "Tsukoyomi", you cannot break through this genjutsu easily. Now, enjoy your worst nightmare" Itachi then dissolve into a bunch of crows and flies away from the scenery.
"What kind of nightmare am I having?" asked Tayuya. Just as she finish her sentence, the ground suddenly shaking violently, making her fall into the ground. Then, a face resembling Orochimaru suddenly formed on the ground. Tayuya was greatly surprised by this.
"Oh for God's sake... REALLY!?" cursed Tayuya on herself.
"Tayuya... how dare you betray your master like that... and for that, I will punish you by turning you into one of my experiment!" the Orochimaru face slowly moving toward Tayuya. The closer it gets, the more faster it become.
'OI LIGHT! You might wanna get me out of this real quick or else I'm gonna have some mental breakdown!' said Tayuya internally.
'Don't worry kid, I'm on it' replied Light Kurama from inside of her head.
Suddenly, everything around Tayuya become really bright. Tayuya closes her eyes to cover it from the blinding light. All of sudden, she's back to reality, with both Sasuke and Sakura sitting down beside her. Sasuke is now looking at the conscious Tayuya with an awed look, while Sakura is performing a handsign, but she stopped to see Tayuya that suddenly went conscious.
"Uh... wow Sakura, didn't know you can release a genjutsu without touching her" praise Sasuke.
"No, I didn't do anything yet..." said Sakura as she releases her handsign.
"Really? How did she get released from the genjutsu then?" asked Sasuke, now looking at Sakura.
"I... don't know..." replied Sakura.
"I asked Light Kurama to release me from it, It's not that big of a deal anyway" said Tayuya, as she's now trying to sit up. She can feel a pain on her head as she sit up, which later being supressed by holding her head in order to lessen the pain.
"Anyway... what happened while I was unconscious?" asked Tayuya.
"You were fallen into Itachi's genjutsu and lost consciousness. Naruto suddenly get angered after witnessing what happened and charged toward Itachi. I took the opportunity to take your body away and meet up with Sakura so she can release you from the genjutsu" explained Sasuke.
Suddenly, a loud explosion noise heard from the other side. Tayuya, Sasuke, and Sakura quickly get up and take a peek from the tree that hides them to see what's going on. There they see Naruto and one of his clone, being covered with red crimson aura around their body, performing a big rasengan and slamming it toward Itachi. Infront of Itachi, stood Kakashi, holding him still as he's also taking a hit from Naruto's rasengan. Shortly after that, Naruto then pushes the big rasengan, making Itachi and Kakashi get thrown away with it, and after it get far enough, the big rasengan explodes, releasing a very strong shockwave around it.
"Holy... what a power..." commented Sakura as she's witnessing the explosion from far away. Tayuya and Sasuke was left speechless after witnessing that.
"That's for hurting my sister, you bastard!" shouted Naruto. Tayuya can just smile at that remark. Suddenly, Naruto turn around to check at his teammates, and he get delighted after seeing Tayuya being fine and all. He then quickly rushes toward Tayuya and pull her into a warm embrace. Tayuya was left speechless at that. After embracing his sister for awhile, he then releases her and quickly do a quick analysis at her, just to make sure if she has any visible injuries.
"You okay Tayuya!? Did he put you into a world where he slaughter a certain clan for 72 hours straight!? That choke-slam didn't left a mark on your throat right?" asked Naruto with a barrage of questions, like a worried parent to their kids. While Sasuke just stare at Naruto at the remark of a certain clan being slaughtered.
"I'm fine brother! No need to worry about me, I can handle myself..." assured Tayuya, as she releases Naruto's arm from her shoulders.
"Oh... that's good to know I guess..." said Naruto.
"Guys! I think we've been deceived by Itachi's genjutsu again!" suddenly, Kakashi shouted as he's standing near the big crater left by Naruto's giant rasengan. The squad got intrigued by that and decided to get near Kakashi's in order to find out what he meant by that. They get really surprised after seeing what's inside of the giant crater. Instead of Itachi, a sand ninja body is laying there lifelessly.
"Lady Chiyo, you might know who this is..." called Kakashi, but he doesn't need to since Chiyo is already standing beside him while she's observing the body in the giant crater.
"This is... Yura!? But how can he...?" wondered Chiyo.
"Is he one of Akatsuki's spy?" asked Kakashi.
"No... I didn't think he is... all these time he's been acting loyal to us... but now..." Chiyo then look down in shame after saying that sentence.
"A double agent then... these damn Akatsuki sure know how to act well. We better move now or else, Gaara's Tailed Beast will get extracted from him" said Kakashi.
End of Chapter 9