Chapter 28

A small ninja dog, Pakkun, stood behind a pillar. He looked and saw that Neji, TenTen and Lee were all caught in Kisame's water prison jutsu.

"This is really bad." Pakkun muttered to himself.

"I got to admit, these kids are better than I thought." Kisame said as he turned back around to face Guy. Kisame's three water clones still held Neji, Lee and TenTen trapped inside the water prison jutsu. "Now we can fight without any interference." Kisame said with a smirk. Guy was growing more frustrated. He had to try to get pass Kisame and destroy the water clones before his students ran out of air.

"I'd like to help…but if I were to act now I'd only get in the way. Hang in there team." Pakkun said as he dug his claws into the dirt. Kikuhana started to become concerned for Neji, Lee and TenTen's health.

I know they're no longer my allies…but I don't want them to die…" Kikuhana though to herself. A thought crossed her mind. No, no I can't do that. I can't help them. I haven't seen them in three years… For all they know, they could think I'm dead. Kiku bit her lower lip. Kisame's sword came back to him.

"This is the mighty blade known as Shark Skin. And it only allows me to wield it." Kisame said as he took his sword in his hands.

"I guess so. I should've known not to mess with an unfamiliar weapon. I'll just stick to my own then." Guy said as he pulled out a pair of num-chucks.

"Well, this is going to be interesting." Kisame grinned with amusement.


Naruto kept his eyes on all three figures. He knew it was obvious that two were shadow clones and one was the real Itachi, but he didn't know which one it was. Naruto carefully reached into his weapons pouch. He then threw three kunai, hitting each of the figures in the chest. They stumbled back, but never hit the ground. In fact, they were hovering above ground. As Naruto looked at Itachi's first shadow clone, he saw it started forming into a flock of crows. The other two clones did the same. Naruto then realized that they were all shadow clones. The crows flew in the sky, circling above and around Naruto. Naruto looked up, his blue eyes were wide. Some of the crows, while still in the air, flocked together and started morphing into Itachi.

"But I never looked him in the eye." Naruto muttered, finally realizing that he was caught in a genjutsu. "How did I get drawn in?" Naruto growled.

"These eyes aren't the only way I can wield genjutsu. All I need is a single finger." Itachi explained. Naruto realized that he must have been first caught in the genjutsu when Itachi pointed at him. "You don't need to worry; I won't use the Mangekyo Sharingan. Or I suppose I should say, to be more precise, I can't use it right now." Itachi said to Naruto.

"What exactly is that supposed to mean?" Naruto questioned.

"That's hardly your concern." Itachi said as he did a hand sign. "More importantly, it's time I put you to sleep." He added.

Darn it! I was so careful not to get caught in his genjutsu! Naruto thought. Naruto clapped his hands together and started concentrating what seemed like a large amount of chakra.


Guy leaped at Kisame and tried swinging his weapon at him; however Kisame used his sword to block it. Guy swung a powerful kick and Kisame ducked. Guy sent several more attacks, but Kisame kept avoiding them. Kisame formed a water clone behind Guy; but Guy destroyed it with one hit. The two kept blocking, and sending attacks to one another and it seemed like they were getting no where. Kisame threw his sword high in the air and performed several hand signs.

"Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu!" Kisame shouted and he slapped the surface of the water. A shark made of chakra came rising up and headed straight for Guy. Guy punched the shark as it came down and it exploded into water. Kisame saw this as an opportunity to attack. He grabbed his sword and swung it down at Guy. Guy used all his strength to keep the sword, which was only inches away from his face, away.

"Hold on! I remember you!" Guy shouted as he held the sword back.

"So you've finally remembered, huh? Well too little too late!" Kisame said as he punched Guy in the gut. Guy shot far down under water to the bottom of the lake. "I'm not done settling the score yet, not by a long shot." Kisame said as he prepared to do another jutsu. "Water Style: Five Hungry Sharks!" The chakra sharks Kisame summoned were much like the one he summoned before, only this time there were five of them. And to make matters worse, Guy was at the bottom of the lake and the sharks were coming after him.

Guy managed to doge the first two sharks. The third shark came and wrapped its powerful jaws around him, but Guy was able to hold its mouth open, preventing it from biting him. He punched the shark's upper jaw, causing it to release him. The fourth shark came and whacked him hard, causing blood to shed. The fifth shark chased Guy down to the bottom of the lake, and the other four followed. Guy kept attacking the sharks, which he should have defeated by now. However, because the sharks were made of chakra, they kept regenerating. A small breeze came by. Pakkun sniffed the air and caught another person's scent.

"There's someone else here." He said to himself as he started following the scent. "It smells, strangely familiar. Whoever it is, they're close."

Kikuhana was watching the battle intensely; unaware if Guy was alive or not. She started to feel two eyes staring at her. She looked down to her side and saw a little ninja pug. Her eyes widened when she realized who the pug was.

"So you're the other person." Pakkun said in his rough voice as he sat. Kikuhana remained frozen. "You smell familiar, have we met somewhere before?" Pakkun asked her while taking another sniff of her scent.

"N-no, I've never seen you in my life." Kiku lied. Pakkun was unsure if she was telling the truth. He sat there staring at her for a few more seconds until his eyes shot open.

"Kikuhana!" He shouted in surprise.

"Shhhh!" She hissed, putting her finger in front of his muzzle. Kikuhana and Pakkun's attention switched back to the battle field when the water in the lake began to rumble. Water began to shoot up high into the air. Kikuhana stared in shocked confusion, unsure of what was going on, while Pakkun knew exactly what was happening. You can't be serious Guy! You're really resorting to that? Pakkun said in his head. Neji was able to find a weak point in Kisame's water clone. He attacked it, and the water ball around him dropped. Neji attacked the other two water clones, freeing his comrades. Both Kisame and Guy leaped high into the air.

"What's going on!" Kikuhana yelled as she clutched onto the pillar.