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Chapter 10: Secret of the Uchiha Clan
"Desert Coffin!", Gaara yelled again.
"Did you get him?", Naruto asked as he locked kuni with Itachi.
"No, another water clone.", Gaara answered back, jumping a few feet in the air to scan the area.
"Here!", Kisame yelled as he leaped out of the water at Gaara.
Gaara's shield of sand flew up, but Kisame was too fast, he appeared behind Gaara in mid air and sent him flying under the water. Gaara bust from the water looking upset from getting so wet.
"You sure you got it?", Naruto said dodging another barrage of fire balls.
"Yeah, I got him, just give me a sec.", Gaara said, now very frustrated.
"You got me, huh?", Kisame said, taking another charge at Gaara.
"Yeah, I got you.", Gaara said, giving his hand a turn he grabbed Kisame's leg with sand and stopped him in his tracks.
"Pft, you'll have to do better than that kid.", Kisame said wraping Gaara leg with water in the same fashion as Gaara's sand grabbed Kisame. "Looks like we're pretty evenly matched kid, what are you gonna do now?"
Gaara stood there, the both of them trapped in eachother's jutsu, thinking, then without notice Naruto went flying by, after finaly being hit by one of Itachi's fire balls and went slaming into Kisame, sending him flying into the mountain wall behind one of the waterfalls.
"Ouch...", Naruto mumbled while dusting himself off.
"Hey, thanks!", Gaara yelled over to Naruto, who turned around to see Kisame imbedded in the stone.
"No problem!", Naruto yelled back.
---elsewhere---
"Holy crap! How many of these guys do they have?", Sakura yelled, as she sent another waterfall nin flying.
The Konoha ninjas were out in the streets of the waterfall village, still fighting off shinobi, after causing the government building to collapse they drew quite a lot of attention to themselves.
"I've beaten thirty-five so far.", Kakashi yelled back.
"Why are you counting?", Sakura asked as she flipped over another ninja and sent him flying into a fruit stand.
"Old habbit", Kakashi replied. "I usualy get into this kind of situation with Gai."
"Yeah, I could see that.", Sakura said smacking her fist into a ninja that tried to attack her from behind.
"I don't see why we didn't just do this before", Shikamaru said, from atop one of the village buildings.
"Well, they took us right to that government place", Hinata replied. "we were being watched."
"Yeah, but this was kind of a waste of time, don't you think?", Shikamaru replied.
"Whatever, just watch my back", Hinata said. "Byakugan!"
Hinata scaned the village for any signs of their allies.
"I still don't see Sai or Ino anywhere", Hinata said, discoraged.
"They might have them sealed off in a place hard for the Byakugan to detect.", Shikmaru said.
"I do see Gaara-sama and Naruto-kun.", Hinata said, with a slight hint of exitment in her voice.
"Really?", Shikamaru said. "Where are they?"
"Kinda on the outskirts of the village.", Hinata replied. "It looks like they're completely surounded by waterfalls."
"So how do we get to them?", Shikamaru asked.
"Wait, there's a path", Hinata replied. "Hold on, let me get a better look."
"Hurry it up.", Shikamaru said kicking another waterfall nin off the roof of the building.
"Oh no!", Hinata suddenly screamed.
"What now", Sikamaru said. "This can't get much worse Hinata."
"Akatsuki", Hinata replied.
"Wha?", Shikamaru let out. "Thats not good."
Shikamaru looked around and spotted Sakura running down an ally fighting off waterfall nins.
"Sakura!", Shikamaru yelled as loud as he could to get her attention.
"Huh?", Sakura looked up. "Hey, what'd you guys find?", Sakura yelled back.
"We've got Akatsuki problems!", Shikamaru yelled back.
"Where at?", Sakura asked, now leaping to the rooftop Hinata and Shikamaru were located at.
"From how Hinata describes it", Shikamaru said, pulling out pencil and paper. "they should be here.", he said drawing a surprisingly detailed map for the little amount of information he had on the area.
"Shikamaru, that head of yours never ceases to amaze me.", Sakura said.
"Naruto and Gaara are already there.", Shikamaru said. "You and Kakashi go help them, me and Hinata will take care of the flunkies, we were always better at crowds than you guys anyway."
"Where's Kak...", Sakura started to ask, but was cut off by Hinata.
"There", Hinata pointed to Kakashi, who was fighting off about six shinobi in the village square.
"Ok, I'm on it.", Sakura said with a wave as she leaped off to Kakashi with Shikamaru's map in hand.
"Ready Hinata?", Shikamaru asked.
"Ready", Hinata relpied.
"Shadowbind jutsu!", Shikamaru yelled as imprisoned every surounding shinobi in the area. "Your turn"
At this Hinata leaped off the building to take out the motionless ninja.
---elsewhere---
"Ino? Wake up. Come on.", Sai shook Ino a little bit and she started to stir.
"Where are we now?", Ino asked.
"They put us in some kind of chakra cage that stops us from being view by any special means.", Sai said.
"Special means?", Ino asked, confused.
"I think it was meant for the Byakugan", Sai said.
"The Byakugan!", Ino said with exitement. "That means they're onto us!"
"My thoughts exactly.", Sai said.
"Don't get your hopes up."
Suddenly a figure emerged from the shadows.
"Itachi!", Sai said with disguest.
"Your allies are a little busy fighting off Kisame and I to be rescuing anyone.", Itachi said.
"Fighting...you?", Ino asked.
"Its a simple jutstu our leader performs.", Itachi explained. "we just kill off a couple of nins from the village, and poor a little of our chakra into them, and there you have it, almost exact replicas, able to produce incredible amounts of strength."
"You really think some poorly created clones will stop the Hokage?", Sai asked.
"No", Itashi answered. "In fact, I'd be dissapointed in him if he hadn't realized them to be clones by now. However, I do expect him to weaken from the battle, and I also expect it to stall him."
"Naruto and the others will be here in no time!", Ino screamed at Itachi. "You'll see."
"And who knows?", Itachi continued as if not hearing Ino. "Mabye those clones will even have enough punch in them to take out a few of your Hokage's minions."
Ino and Sai just glared at him.
---meanwhile---
"Damn water prison.", Gaara muttered trying to free himself.
"Rasengan!", Naruto yelled as he sent Itachi flying. "I got it Gaara, just hold on a sec."
"Chidori!", Kakashi yelled as he pierced Kisame through the chest, freeing Gaara.
"Thanks for that", Gaara said.
"That was too easy.", Kakashi said.
"It was a clone.", Gaara replied. "Like the ones we found at the old Akatsuki base."
"Then what was your problem?", Kakashi asked, making Gaara anoyed.
"Your one to talk.", Gaara said, and with that embarasing memory Kakashi was silenced.
"Take this!", Sakura yelled as she aimed a punch right for Itachi's face.
Itachi jumped out of the way only to run right into another one of Naruto's rasengans, this one made a direct hit.
"Got em.", Naruto said. "Thanks Sakura, when did you get here?"
"Hinata spotted you guys.", Sakura replied.
"Good old Hinata.", Naruto said to himself.
"Hey you two!", Naruto yelled over at Gaara and Kakashi. "We need to find the real Itachi and Kisame, they should be guarding Ino and Sai. Hinata didn't happen to see anything that'd help did she?"
"I'm not sure.", Kakashi said, making his way over to Naruto.
"Sakura?", Naruto asked.
"Sorry.", Sakura said. "The only thing the others told me about was this place."
At this Sakura pulled out the map Sikamaru had drawn her.
"Wait a second.", Gaara said, looking at the map. "Can I see that?"
"Sure.", Sakura said, handing the map to him.
"Look at this.", Gaara said, pointing at a shaded area on the map.
"I didn't notice.", Sakura said. "Ha, Shikamaru you never cease..."
---not too long ago---
"I still don't see Sai and Ino anywhere", Hinata said, discoraged.
"They might have them sealed off in a place hard for the Byakugan to detect.", Shikmaru said. "Why don't you look for the most unclear spot in the village."
"What do you mean?", Hinata asked.
"Like a blur", Shikamaru replied. "anything you can't see at onehundred percent, something you might normaly overlook."
"There is a dark spot under the center of the village.", Hinata said. "but, I really don't think its anything."
"Under the village center, huh?", Shikamaru muttered to himself."
"I do see Gaara-sama and Naruto-kun.", Hinata said, with a slight hint of exitment in her voice.
"Really?", Shikamaru said. "Where are they?"
---present time---
"Wait, so how do we...", Kakashi started to ask, but he was cut off by Sakura who completely destroyed the monument in the center of the village with a punch.
"Ah, that works.", Kakashi said.
"Hells yeah it works!", Sakura said, energized about the prospect of finding Sai and Ino.
"Shikamaru was right", Naruto said. "There's a big hole here where the monument was."
"So, do we just jump?", Kakashi asked.
"Come on we're waisting time!", Naruto said, plunging into the darkness.
Following his lead Gaara clamly lept in, then Sakura.
"I guess thats a yes.", Kakashi said, jumping in.
The four shinobi didn't fall very long, the drop wasn't nearly as bad as it looked, it would seem the jutsu that was used to block the Byakugan had effected its apearence. After a few seconds everyone touched the ground, it was pitch black.
"No chance any of you can see in this, is there?", Gaara asked, almost sarcasticaly.
"I got it.", Naruto said, snapping his finger and making a little flame apear, just enough to walk by.
With the cavern iluminated it was clear there was only one path, so the four shinobi started down it.
"We need Hinata", Naruto said.
"Not really", Gaara said. "If what Sakura said is right, then she probably couldn't see a thing down here."
"Oh yeah, didn't think about that.", Naruto replied.
"Ouch.", Kakashi let out as he ran into Sakura. "Why'd you stop walking."
"I have a feeling.", Sakura said to herself. "Ino..."
At that Sakura turned to her left and punched a huge hole in the cave wall revealing a passage, and without so much as a word she started down it.
---elsewhere---
"I grow bored of this.", Itachi said as he pased around the cage Ino and Sai were in. "But, soon it will all pay off."
At this Itachi stopped walking and looked right at Ino and Sai.
"He's coming for you.", Itachi said. "and then I'll get my answers."
"Tell me.", Sai said. "What kind of answers are you looking for. For all of the time we have been in your custody, you have only mentioned some scroll, that is apparently of some importance to you."
"The scroll is the key to destroying an Uchiha.", Itachi said in a dazed voice. "I found it in our clans most secret meeting place. It was old, and forgoten by all those alive at that time. The scroll had been writen by the first of our clan to ever obtain the mangekyo sharingan. He saw the power he had obtained and feared others that could obtain it, so he invented a way to stop the sharingan completely. I asume you know my story and of the fall of my clan."
"Yes", Sai replied. "everyone in Konoha from that time knows."
"Don't you think it strange, that even with the mangekyo sharingan I could perform such a feat as to kill that many saringan users. My chakra is limited and even with my strongest jutsu, I couldn't have done it. But, the scroll taught a way to, so I learned from it. After I destroyed my clan I took the scroll and hid it. For you see, that scroll is teaches the greatest downfall of my bloodline, our greatest, long forgoten secret."
"For what are you without your eyes?", Sai said, almost in a moking tone.
"Your about to find out.", Itachi said, throwing a kuni to his left.
"Huh?", Sai said, confused, but then he heard the kuni cling with something else metalic.
"Sakura!", Ino yelled.
"Ino!", Sakura ran over to the cage and punched it with her monsterous strength.
"Impressive.", Itachi said, as the bars of the cage hit the ground, I forgot that the 5ths legacy still lived.
"Well she lives!", Sakura yelled, geared up for battle.
"Foolish little girl, where are your friends?", Itachi said, in a low tone.
"They're on their way, don't worry.", Sakura said. "I just got a little ahead, but I'd be worring about me if I were you."
"Sakura no!", Ino yelled, but it was too late.
As she charged at Itachi her eyes met his and she hit the floor in pain.
"I have no interest in you.", Itachi said.
"Let her go!", Sai said, trying to move, but his body was still weak from Itachi's captivity jutsu.
"Oh, and as for your allies.", Itachi said, walking over to Sakura. "You shouldn't have gone ahead of them, they could have used your help with Kisame. I'm sure he's dealing with them now."
"Nar-", but Sakura couldn't finish her sentence.
"Now die.", Itachi said, but as he went to pull out his sword he stoped. "Hm, what is this."
"Its called the shadowbind jutsu", Shikamaru said. "and I'd expect you to know it."
"Ah yes, the Nara clan's technique.", Itachi said, as if caught up in a dream.
Hinata ran over to Sai and Ino and got them up.
"Well", Itachi said. "What do you intend to do to me."
"Hurt you."
"Hu-", Itachi started, but he was hit directly in the chest with Naruto's most powerful wind jutsu and sent flying into a cave wall.
"Shikamaru, re-bind him.", Naruto said.
"Got it.", Shikamaru said, and Itachi was forced still again.
"Now.", Naruto said. "You will return to the village hidden in the leafs for questioning."
"Is that so?", Itachi said.
"Yes", Naruto said, with a look of utter superiority is his eyes. "Yes it is."
"What happened to Kisame?", Itachi asked.
"Kakashi got him", Naruto replied. "he seemed pretty happy about it too"
"So where are they then?", Itachi asked.
"They're helping the inoccents of the waterfall travel to the next village over.", Naruto said.
"Looks like in the end you were one step ahead", Itachi said. "But you overlooked one thing."
"And whats that?", Naruto asked.
"The clones you fought on the water weren't lying.", Itachi said. "for choosing this battle you have lost everything."
"What do you...", but Naruto remembered.
"Whats he talking about?", Sai asked.
"We don't have any time.", Naruto said. "I'll tell you on the way. Hinata is Sakura alright."
"Yeah, I already treated her, she's just alseep", Hinata replied.
"Good", Naruto said. "Lets go find Gaara, we gotta get home."
Just then Naruto turned back around and slamed his fist into Itachi's face.
"You better pray to God that your lying.", Naruto said in anger, but Itachi just laughed.
---afterward---
And so Ino and Sai were rescued. The eight shinobi gathered in the village square and set off with Gaara's help. Kisame's body was brought along for the Konoha medical ninjas to study, though at this Itachi commented that there would be no medical nins left to examine him, and at this Naruto gave the still bound Itachi another punch. The ninja of the Leaf sped off in the direction of Konoha, not knowing what was instore for them.
This ends Chapter 10 of The Last Shinobi War, please read and review.