CHAPTER 19- CHALLENGE PART_8- BROTHERS

Sasuke gritted his teeth, Itachi was mocking him by ordering his sidekick to attack Sasuke.

"Fight me, you fool" Sasuke said "I don't want to fight your sidekick"

"SIDEKICK" Kisame growled "I will teach you some manners, kid"

He raised Samehada and attacked Sasuke, who dodged in the nick of time. Kakashi interrupted by using Chidori on Kisame, whose sword simply absorbed the chakra, Kisame grinned and punched Kakashi.

DAMN IT, Sasuke thought, WHAT DO I DO.

Just as Neji and the others were ready to attack the two, they heard a voice, they turned and saw another guy entering from a passage, he saw Sai's body and cursed.

"Damn" Suigetsu said "I got lost and returned here"

He then saw Kisame and smiled

"MY LUCKY DAY" He yelled and charged towards Kisame, ignoring the others.

"What was that" Choji said

Suigetsu grabbed Kubikiribocho and attacked Kisame

"What, who are you, and why do you have that sword" Kisame said

"I am Naruto's buddy, and I want your sword" Suigetsu said, grinning

"Naruto's buddy" Neji said "So he knows where Naruto is, then"

Just as they hurried, Itachi appeared in front of them and activated his sharingan, they all collapsed on the ground.

"That will stop them from interfering" Itachi said and attacked Sasuke.

NARUTO'S PALACE, JUUGO VS HINATA, KIBA AND SHINO

Juugo attacked the three, again. His curse seal took control.

Juugo grabbed Shino by the head and punched him, knocking the ninja. Kiba and Akamaru used 'Fang over Fang', but Juugo got hold of Akamaru(Transformed as Kiba) and punched him. This caused Kiba to be distracted and he too, got another punch from Juugo today.

Juugo looked at Hinata and smiled- "So it's me versus you again, huh, I will hurt you, though I don't know why Naruto wants you alive"

"WHAT" Karin yelled "Na-Naruto K-Kun asked you not to ki-kill her" she said, stammering.

Juugo frowned "You have a crush on him, don't you, I think you should forget, technically you both are related"

Karin fixed her spectacles "No, No you idiot, it's not like that" She said, embarrassed.

"Whatever" Juugo muttered and attacked Hinata, she jumped, but he grabbed her foot and threw her towards the other wall. She hit the wall and fell on the marble floor. She got on her feet and attacked Juugo with the 8 trigrams, 64 palms attack. Juugo backed away, but roared and kicked Hinata on the head, causing her to fall again.

Juugo advanced towards her, his bloodlust taking over.

"Kill you, I will kill you" he growled "No matter what Naruto said, I will kill you"

He grabbed her by the head and dragged her towards the wall, he then picked her and smashed her against it, she spat blood, but Juugo punched her on the face.

"JUUGO" Naruto's voice echoed through the long corridor, Juugo turned and saw an angry Naruto standing a few feet away and dropped Hinata. Kurama's chakra tails were coming out of Naruto's back

"What- did- I- tell- you" Naruto said, furious.

"But. Naruto, she is an enemy, why would you want to spare her" Juugo said, but was hit by one of the tails, followed by a punch from Naruto himself.

"WHY ARE YOU HELPING THEM" Juugo roared "YOU SAID THEY MADE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE"

"Not her" Naruto said "She didn't make my life miserable"

Juugo was speechless, Naruto advanced and used the nine-tails chakra to heal Hinata.

"But, but Naruto Kun" Karin said

Hinata opened her eyes, and looked at Naruto

"Naruto Kun" Hinata muttered

Naruto didn't reply, he simply walked towards Karin.

"Take her out" Naruto said "She will not be in this death game any longer"

"But, Naruto" Karin said

"DO WHAT I SAID" Naruto yelled, Karin stopped in her tracks and stared at him.

"Sorry" he said "Just, please, take her to the village gates" he then looked at Shino and Kiba "And do whatever you want with them"

"Naruto kun" Hinata said, getting up "Come back to the village"

"No" Naruto replied

Hinata sighed and said "Then I will not go"

"What" Naruto said

"I will not leave this village" Hinata said "Until you come back to the village"

Naruto turned and faced her "Hinata Hyuga, you have nothing to do with me and my life"

"Then why did you save me" Hinata said quickly.

"Why were you nice to me" Naruto asked

At this, Hinata blushed, but didn't reply.

"Leave" Naruto said

"No" Hinata replied

Naruto turned to Karin and Juugo "I have some business to deal with"

"What" Juugo asked

"Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki have entered the maze" Naruto said

"B-But, Naruto Kun" Karin said, alarmed "What if they are after the nine-tails"

"Not, what Karin, they are after the nine-tails" Naruto said "That is Akatsuki's job, to collect tailed beasts, plus I have caught some tailed beasts of my own"

Sure enough, he had managed to collect two more tailed beasts after the one-tailed beast. Last year, he had fought the mizukage, Yagura and extracted the three-tailed beast, but no one, no one knows it was him. Months ago, He had also captured the five tailed beast. Both were currently in the chakra sphere.

"I will come too" Juugo said

"No" Naruto said, bitterness in his voice, he was still angry at him for hurting Hinata.

"Naruto, understand the situation" Juugo said

"SHUT UP" Naruto yelled "Do what I am telling you"

Juugo froze in his place, Naruto ignored Karin's pleads, turned to Hinata and said- "Don't follow me" and walked away.

THE MAZE, SUIGETSU VS KISAME

Suigetsu had never been to worn out in a fight, he was fighting Kisame by using all his swords. The swords switched and he slashed him with Kubikiribocho, stabbed with Nuibari, Electrode with Kiba, Smacked with Kabutowari and blasted with Shibuki, but the guy kept coming back.

"What a pity, you are not that strong" Kisame said, sounding disappointed.

Suigetsu groaned, this guy was mocking him.

"I am going easy on you, fish face" Suigetsu said

"Oh, really" Kisame said "Me too"

And he fused with Samehada, now he looked like more of a shark.

"Darn it, Fish Face" Suigetsu cursed as Kisame lunged towards him

THE MAZE, SASUKE VS ITACHI

Sasuke had activated his shairngan.

"Tsk,tsk" Itachi said "Still on that level"

Sasuke gritted his teeth and attacked Itachi, who dodged the attack and kicked Sasuke in the back.

Sasuke stumbled and fell, Itachi walked towards him

"You don't have enough hatred" Itachi said to him.

Sasuke felt his face boiling with anger, he wanted to kill his big brother, now. Without thinking, he attacked again

"Fire Style: Fireball Technique"

Itachi dodged the flaming ball, when Sasuke appeared behind him.

"CHIDORI" Sasuke yelled and attacked Itachi, who, in surprise, couldn't dodge. The chidori destroyed his right arm.

"Darn it" Sasuke cursed "I was aiming for the heart"

Itachi was gasping, holding his broken arm. He looked at Sasuke, and activated the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"You" He said, as he activated Susanoo "Cannot win"

Sasuke stared at Itachi and his Susanoo, speechless. Sasuke didn't get time to dodge Itachi's attack. The giant Susanoo smacked him in the wall, Sasuke tried to attack, but the Susanoo kept on punching him.

"No" Sasuke said "This should not be like this" and he lost consciousness.

"Tsk, I have to wait for Kisame to finish of the other guy" Itachi said, then looked at his broken arm "And I have to ask Kakuzu to sew this back"
"I don't think it would be necessary" Naruto announced, cloaked in the nine-tails chakra, the tails visible behind him, a cruel smile on his face "You are going to lose everything"

HEY READERS,

SO, THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE THE LAST IN THE CHALLENGE ARC, AFTER THAT THE NEXT ARC WILL START, WHOSE TITLE WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NEXT CHAPTER. ALSO THE SERIES WILL GO ON A SMALL HIATUS AFTER THE NEXT CHAPTER