Bonjour mes amis! And welcome to chapitre 10! Sorry...been speaking a lot of French lately, being in paris and all. But things are definitely slowing down here and I have a lot more time to write. Anyway...I am kind of so so and this chapter. I had two angles of was thinking of going with and I seem to be leaning more towards one than the other. But maybe I'll combine them and make one super cool awesome ending. So only a few more chapters to go!

Chapter 10

"Sharingan?" Yori asked, looking up at Kakashi.

"Hai, Sharingan. It's a kekkei genkai exclusive to the Uchiha clan. Although there are few who possess it today." Kakashi explained.

"Kekkei genkai? But why in the world would Itachi have something like that?" Yori questioned further.

Kakashi looked down at her for a moment, reading the expression on her face. "Because Itachi is from an elite clan of Ninja. If anything he was one of the strongest ninja to ever come out of that clan."

Yori wasn't sure what to say. She knew there was something different about Itachi, something strange. But she never imagined he would actually be a shinobi.

"Then he is…the missing nin they're looking for." Yori finally said rather disappointedly.

Kakashi nodded, closing his eyes equally as disappointed. "Yes, he is."

"And you've come to take him, haven't you?" She asked with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Yes."

There was nothing left to be said. It was so much to take in all at once. She wanted to ask more. She wanted to know why he became a missing nin. She wondered just what he had done.

Yet then again she didn't want to know anymore. She loved him and knowing would only make things harder. She knew the man he was now. Although he was confused at times, she knew deep down he cared for the people around him. She couldn't picture him ever doing anything to become a wanted criminal.

"He tried to kill…the sands kazekage?" She continued.

"Essentially yes. In fact tried isn't even the word. He did kill the sands kazekage, but fortunately there were means of brining him back, although it did call for a sacrifice. But you have to understand the entire story before you point the finger directly at him. Itachi didn't work alone, in fact in that incident he played a very small part. The organization he was with was the cause of the kazekage's death."

Yori listened to the man's words, trying to block them out but unable to. She didn't want to know this. She wanted to continue to see him as the man she had gotten to know over the last two weeks. She didn't question anymore. She simply turned her attention to the fight that was taking place in front of her, and hoped for the outcome to be the one she wanted.

Itachi stood in front of the sand ninja, his face completely void of emotion. He could feel the chakra flowing evenly through him, and it felt good. He had gone without this power for so long now that he had it back it was like an amazing high.

"Oh, so you're going to get serious now?" The sand ninja asked.

"I don't have to get serious with you. You're just a grunt who his underestimating his opponent." Itachi replied.

The sand ninja glared down at him. He took one step forward, standing right in front of Itachi. He was nearly a foot taller and at least twice as wide. It was like a bug fighting a bird. But somehow Itachi was not even phased by the man's presence.

"You think I'm just a weak little grunt huh? That's pretty big talk for someone who was just getting thrown around." The sand ninja spat into Itachi's face.

Itachi didn't even flinch, this man's intimidation tactics meant nothing to him.

"Yes, you're right. And I have to thank you for that. You helped me out when you did that." Itachi said concisely.

"You trying to be funny?"

"No."

"Well you won't be cracking jokes after I beat your face in!"

With those words the sand ninja swung once again with his huge fists. He was obviously primarily a taijutsu user, which was completely useless against Itachi.

The fist seemed to swing down in slow motion as Itachi watched it come near him. He wasn't afraid at all. It was an easy move to dodge. Without missing a beat Itachi jumped up, dodging the attack, and formed several hand seals.

The sand ninja looked up to see where his opponent had gone, and was met by a horrifying sight.

"Gaton goukakyu no jutsu!" Itachi said followed by a large fire ball hurling towards his enemy.

The sand ninja's eyes grew wide as he jumped out of the way, barely avoiding the grand fireball that was barreling towards him.

"Not too bad!" The sand ninja said. He then landed back onto the ground and slammed his fist into the dirt, cracking it towards Itachi, chakra flying up from the cracks.

The moment the man had formed the handseals Itachi knew exactly what to do. Without even trying he quickly copied it and sent the jutsu back towards his enemy.

"What the!" The Sand ninja said as he braced for the impact of the chakra.

"He's remembered then." Kakashi said as he watched the battle ensue.

"He's…remembered." Yori repeated sadly.

"Maybe not everything…but at least the fact that he is an elite ninja. He knows he can fight and he knows how to use his techniques." Kakashi explained further.

After sending the jutsu flying back towards the sand ninja, Itachi quickly formed a few more hand seals then faded into the wind.

The sand ninja looked around frantically, trying to find the missing nin.

"Are you hiding now? Afraid?" The sand ninja said mockingly.

"I'm not the one who should be afraid." Itachi's voice echoed through the air.

"Come on, I think you can stop this ridiculous charade!"

At that moment six Itachis appeared, surrounding the sand ninja, circling him.

"You think some silly genjutsu is going to get me? You're kidding right?"

"I have no doubts in my jutsu. But if you can break it, by all means do." One of the Itachis egged him on.

"Fine!" The sand ninja yelled out then slapped his hands together. With a rush the chakra began to rapidly flow out of his body.

Itachi watched impatiently. Even if the man did manage to escape his genjutsu he was still going to lose. There was no doubt about that.

"Kai!" The man yelled out, and just as he had promised the jutsu released, bringing them back to the real world.

"Not bad." Itachi said flatly. He wasn't impressed though, just annoyed. Of course, he knew he could have stopped the man, but why bother?

"Don't talk down to me! You're worth twice as much alive, but I'll kill you if I have to!" The sand ninja yelled then once again went after Itachi.

Itachi cocked one eyebrow, mulling over the words the man had just said. Once more the attacks were generally useless, but he was tired of playing around and wanted this to end now.

As the ninja swung Itachi easily grasped onto his arm, dragging him down to his level, then stared him right in the eyes.

"Mangekyou Sharingan."

Just like in everyone one of his dreams his eyes changed and the two of them sunk into a world of red. This was Itachi's world. This was the world he had complete control over. This was the end of that man.

Yori watched, not knowing what to think. They were just staring at each other and then the sand ninja suddenly let out a blood curdling scream. She didn't understand why. Itachi had only grabbed him. And now he was practically dieing.

"Tsukuyomi." Kakashi said under his breath. "Then there's no doubt about it. That just doesn't happen on instinct. Itachi knows who he is."

With one last cry the enemy ninja fell down to the ground, completely limp and unmoving. It was if he had taken a sever beating in a matter of seconds.

For just a moment Itachi continued to stare down at the large unconscious man on the floor, then he sharply turned his attention to Kakashi, an angry intent in his eyes.

Seeing the flaming red eyes staring at him, Kakashi immediately took a fighting stance and placed one hand on his forehead protector.

Itachi took a few slow steps forward, always keeping his eyes focused on Kakashi.

"You know you won't win if you fight me now Itachi. You can't do much after using Tsukuyomi. It drains too much out of you." Kakashi reminded him.

But Kakashi's threats were no use. Itachi continued his slow but powerful approach and he showed absolutely no signs of stopping.

"Fine then!" With those words Kakashi pulled up his forehead protector, revealing the left eye that had been hidden from sight this whole time.

Yori looked on in shock as she saw the same red eye as Itachi's. Last night she had thought she had imagined it, and now there were two people that had it.

With one careful shift of his weight Itachi strengthened his stance, seemingly ready to take out this ninja who had come and ruined everything he had.

"Itachi-san! Stop!" Yori yelled out jumping to her feet.

Itachi flinched and took his gaze off of Kakashi. Almost instantly his eyes faded back to normal as he looked toward Yori, then out of no where he fell down to his knees.