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Chapter 26: A Vision of Uncertainty (part 2)

With a kunai in hand, pony-tail held high while wearing a red tank top and black ninja capris, she pushed more chakra into her feet to make her run faster. She was close to her destination, but she felt a familiar chakra presence behind her. Turning around, she saw Itachi's shadow come down on her. In order to get out of the way, she rolled her body to the right and continued running, finally making it to the tower where Team 7, including their sensei, were waiting for her. Uchiha Katara stood proudly next to them as Uchiha Itachi saw that they had planned this for awhile.

"It must've taken a lot of guts to show your face around here after what you've done." Said the silver-haired Jounin.

"Hn…..We're not here for a fight; we're just here for her." The Uchiha said calmly glaring daggers at the heiress.

"What do you mean by 'we'?" questioned Koji.

All of a sudden, the Uchiha's partner, Hoshigaki Kisame came out from nowhere with a few bags with him, containing Katara's things. "Wait, wh-what are you doing with my stuff?"

"As Itachi explained before, we're taking you with us, princess." Replied the shark-like being.

"You're Hoshigaki Kisame, a missing nin from the Hidden Village of the Mist." Said Kakashi.

"Well I'm honored for a renowned ninja like you to know of my existence." The missing nin replied with a grin showing his razor-sharp teeth. "But I'm more interested in knowing how you knew we were coming."

"That's none of your concern, now what are you two doing here? There has to be something more than just wanting to take the only heiress of the Uchiha clan." Said the copy-ninja taking out a kunai knife, showing them that he was ready to fight them both.

"As we've said before, we're only here for the girl." Uchiha Itachi said as he closed his eyes as he was losing his patience.

"What if we don't hand her over?" asked the Hyuuga as she walked forward.

"Then, the village suffers." Kisame answered back. At that moment, Katara's Sharingan eyes widened in worry. "No way, there are only two of you; you're bluffing." Said Koji.

Koji's statement was interrupted by his female teammate, Katara: "No, he's not; I can feel the intensity of other chakra signatures surrounding the village. They're not bluffing; they're dead serious." The Uchiha heiress replied back as she closed her orbs, returning them back to their navy blue color.

"Heh, well, then, are you going to hand yourself over, or are we going to have to fight." Stated Kisame.

"Hmph, we'd rather fight than hand over our friend." Exclaimed Keiko as she turned on her Byakugan.

"Well then, let's get started." The shark said as he quickly grabbed his Samehada from his back and began to unwrap it. Katara's eyes soon widened in shock as a strange vision came to her full of bloodshed and fear. But her vision was quickly interrupted as her sensei exclaimed, "Katara! Get out of here!"

Without a second thought, the Uchiha heiress quickly flickered her body away from the area; the only thing that had shown that she had just stood there was her own two footprints.

"Kisame, you stay here; I'll go after her." Stated Itachi as he too quickly disappeared from the area.

"I guess I get to have all this fun on my own." Said the shark as he smirked at them.


Heaving several breaths out as she continued to run throughout the village, Katara took a quick turn around a corner as she continued with her sprint. Not even trying to look back, the Uchiha only focused on getting farther and farther away from the two rogue shinobi.

Seeing that she had run into a dead end, Katara quickly turned around to make her way towards the other side of the corner. As she was about to take another step, her body was roughly slammed onto the wooden fence, as she came face to face with Itachi.

Crimson clashed with crimson and as both Uchihas glared at each other, Katara felt his grip tighten around her throat as he pushed her harder into the fence. Leaning closely, Itachi whispered, "You will go willingly with us or face the consequences."

Still glaring at him, the heiress was trying to pry his hands off her throat as she responded with, "No, I won't go."

Quickly letting her go, Katara dropped to the ground, gasping for air as she looked up to see the Uchiha tower over her with his crimson eyes. As she looked at him, visions of that night kept running through her mind, and as Katara shook those thoughts away from her head, she came face to face with the Uchiha.

Seeing his Sharingan eyes still staring down at her, Katara was quick to get back on her feet as she too stared at him with her blood crimson orbs. Noticing that he had taken out a kunai knife already, Katara was quick to take out a kunai knife as well; stepping forward, the heiress was quick to get into a defensive position as she waited for the other Uchiha to make the first advance.

Quickly disappearing from her sight, Katara felt Itachi's presence behind her as she tried to avoid a kick by protecting her body with her hands. As she felt her body slightly move backwards from the force of his kick, the heiress blocked a punch with her own arm and was ready to make a counterattack.

Seeing a quick opening, Katara took that as her cue as she moved on in with her own attack; leading with a own chakra-filled fist forward, she came close to hitting the other Uchiha. Nearly missing his body by a few centimeters, Katara quickly disappeared from the area and came from behind.

His own crimson orbs widened in shock and as he felt her presence behind him, she managed to land an axe kick onto his own gut, causing him to slightly move back as he was unable to hold his own ground from the force of the kick.

Slightly hunched back, Itachi straightened himself out and looked back at his opponent. As Katara observed him as well, both Uchihas seemed to be at a standstill. As crimson clashed with crimson, they both knew that there would be a long fight ahead of them.


"Let's have some fun now, shall we." Stated the missing Mist nin as he held his Samehada forward.

"Keiko, Koji, you two be my back up; Kisame's not someone to take on too lightly." Warned Kakashi as he took out a kunai knife.

"Hai!" agreed both leaf nin as they too took out kunai knives of their own.

As all three leaf nin stood before the large blue shark, they all decided to attack him from three different directions. With Kakashi taking the lead, he was quick to give the first strike; with a kunai in his hand, he was quick to slash at the Mist nin as he came closer and closer.

Kisame, seeing the leaf Jounin come at him with a fast pace, he was quick to defend himself with his Samehada. Meeting each kunai slash with his sword, clash between metal and metal could be heard.

Sensing two more presences behind him, the blue shark was quick to turn around and see the two other leaf nin advancing towards him with their own tactics. As the Hyuuga was ready to strike the rogue nin with her jyuuken, the Takahashi had his own kunai knife in his hand; both shinobi were ready to strike from behind.

Just as both attacks were about to hit their target, the blue shark quickly disappeared from their sight. Both Koji and Keiko had their bloodlines on and as they scanned the entire area, they failed to realize that the rogue Mist nin was behind them. Just as both anbu turned around to try to block an attack, their sensei was quick to cover them.

The copy cat nin came at a fast rate as he saw his old students in trouble; as he finally complete his renown chidori, he was quick to make his way from behind Kisame and thrust the attack through the shark's chest.


"KEIKO MOVE!" exclaimed Koji as he pushed Keiko out of the way and moved his body to cover hers.

As both the Takahashi and the Hyuuga moved out of the way, they both laid face down on the ground. Keiko was quick to turn around face to face with her teammate and as both sat up on the ground, they both turned around just in time to see their sensei give the final attack.

Widening their eyes in shock as they watched the attack go through the shark's chest, they quickly saw his body disappear into droplets of water.

"Keiko, can you try to spot him with your Byakugan?" asked Kakashi as he turned and looked at his student with his Sharingan eye.

"Yeah…I'll try." The Hyuuga said as she activated her bloodline.

Looking around the area, Keiko tried her best to spot their enemy. Not sensing any chakra signatures around them, the Hyuuga was about to tell them her results until she was interrupted by her male teammate.

"Kakashi-sensei! Keiko! Watch out!" exclaimed Koji as he and the other two leaf shinobi jumped in the air to avoid a attack from underground.

As Kisame came up from the earth below them, he was quick to make a swipe at the Takahashi. Koji narrowly avoided the attack, but as he landed on the ground, he was quick to clutch onto his arm as he saw that the sword had hit its target.

The blood from his wound was quickly pouring out and as Keiko rushed to Koji's side, she was quick to rip the bottom of her shirt to wrap it around his wound.

"Here, Koji." Keiko said as she offered the fabric to his hands.

Nodding his head as a reply, Koji quickly lifted his arm and allowed the Hyuuga to bandage the wound.

"How does that feel?" asked the Hyuuga as she stepped away from him to check her hand-work.

"It's fine, Keiko. Arigatou." Koji replied as he slowly got back onto his feet.

Both shinobi focused on the fight between their sensei and the shark; as both shinobi were a match for each other, the Hyuuga and Takahashi were mesmerized by their fast movements.

"KOJI! KEIKO! Watch out!" the Copy cat nin exclaimed.

Just as both Anbu were broken from their daze, both managed to jump out of the way as a long metal-like tail came out of nowhere.

Widening her white eyes in shock, Keiko was surprise to see another man in the same cloak as the shark. Turning her gaze to her teammate, Keiko saw the small hint of shock in Koji's eyes as well. But unlike her, he was able to hide it better. And as both leaf shinobi stood on the sidelines, behind the copy cat nin, their sensei was now facing two opponents.


"Kisame…what's taking so long?" asked the puppeteer as his own tone showed his anger.

"We're having a little bit of trouble getting the Uchiha." Answered the shark as he gave the sand nin a smirk.

Looking lazily at the Mist nin, the red head was quick to reply with, "You know I don't like to wait, Kisame. Let's finish this already." The rogue Sand nin said as he looked at the three leaf shinobi.

"Kisame, you couldn't handle these three.." stated Sasori as he looked at the shark again.

"They're tougher than they look, Sasori." Replied the Mist nin as he prepared for another battle.

"Hn." Responded Sasori.


"Koji, Keiko, watch out for this one. He's a puppeteer and by the looks of it, it seems as though that tail of his is full of a deadly poison." Stated Kakashi as he gave a glance to his old students.

"Hai." Both shinobi replied.

Both Koji and Keiko took out kunai knives faster than the eye could see and as they stood alongside their sensei, facing their two opponents, their bodies remained relax. Not letting fear overtake them, both the Hyuuga and the Takahashi followed their sensei's lead as they saw him jump into action. Without any hesitation, they jumped in beside him as well.


After several minutes of fighting, all five shinobi were heaving out deep breaths of air. Feeling her heartbeat rapidly in her chest, Keiko knew that she was nearing her limit.

Turning his gaze back to his teammate, Koji quickly looked her over and saw that she was tiring down; slowly approaching her form, the Takahashi was quick to spin her around to face him. Looking directly at her tired, white orbs, Koji's own gaze showed his concern.

"You all right, Keiko?" asked the Takahashi, despite already knowing the answer.

"I'm fine, Koji. Don't worry about me. Let's just finish this already." Answered Keiko. Despite knowing that she was exhausted, Keiko was trying to keep up with Koji's amazing stamina. And just as the Hyuuga was looking at Koji as he looked ahead, determination began to move throughout her system. Seeing her own teammate still ready to fight on, Keiko put her own body's limit aside and as she straightened herself out, she managed to hide her own exhaustion.

Still continuing to look at his female teammate with some concern as she stood up straight, Koji slowly tried to ignore it and was ready to fight again.

Their sensei was still fighting and as both leaf nin jumped in to help him again, Koji couldn't help but feel hesitant as he watched his female comrade continue to fight.

Seeing her narrowly avoiding several poisonous senbon headed her way, the Takahashi realized that her movements were slowing down. 'She can't keep up with his pace forever.' Thought Koji as he avoided more senbon.

Turning his gaze back to the Hyuuga, Koji's own orbs widened in terror as he saw Sasori's tail that was about to hit his friend from behind. Quickly avoiding another round of senbon headed his way, the Takahashi was quick to warn his teammate as he headed towards her way. "Keiko! Watch out behind you!" 'She's not going to make it in time.' Koji thought as he quickly formed hand signs as he headed his way towards her.

As the Hyuuga heard Koji's voice loudly yell at her, her own orbs also showed the same terror that was evident in his eyes. Getting ready for the impact that would surely severely injure her, the Hyuuga was ready to face the attack.


A scream was heard as it broke through the night sky; it echoed through the silent streets of Konoha and as Kakashi and Kisame were both still fighting on as strong as ever, both shinobi stopped once they heard that horrible sound.

Smirking at his opponent, the shark was quick to say, "Doesn't look like your students are faring well against Sasori, Kakashi."

"Hn." Replied the silver-haired Jounin as he disappeared from the area, heading towards the sound.


Watching the scene in between her hands, Hyuuga Keiko couldn't help but let out a shriek as she watched the enemy's metal tail slash through her teammate's stomach.

"KOJI!" the Hyuuga yelled again as she move quickly to catch his body before he hit the ground.

Looking at the wound with her own bloodline, Keiko was quick to assess that the poison was quickly spreading. Trying to stop the blood that was quickly rushing out from his body, the Hyuuga scanned the area for any type of cloth to soak up the blood.

Sasori was watching from the sidelines as he watched the Hyuuga try to help her teammate; looking boredly at her, he just stood before her as she ripped a large part of the bottom of her shirt to help clean up the mess.

"There's no point in helping him. He's going to die anyway." Stated the puppeteer.

Not daring to look up at her opponent, Keiko continued to focus on her teammate as she tried to stop the bleeding. "That doesn't mean I shouldn't try." Stated the Hyuuga.

Keiko knew that things were becoming more drastic and as she was still failing to stop the blood from coming out, she was afraid that her teammate would bleed to death. As the fear finally hit her, the Hyuuga was unwilling to allow the tears to fall from her eyes. Quickly wiping them away before Koji could see, Keiko quickly turned her gaze back to the Takahashi and saw that he was barely awake.

"Koji…how are you feeling?" asked the Hyuuga as she sat beside him, rubbed, and held onto his hand to take his mind off the pain.

Coughing up some blood before responding, the Hyuuga shushed him as she quickly cleaned up the blood and then allowed him to continue. "It hurts…Keiko. But I'll pull through, don't worry about me."

As the Hyuuga looked back at Koji's face, she couldn't help but feel responsible for his current state; she saw that he was still smiling and as she brushed a strand of his hair away from his face Keiko couldn't help but return the smile back. As she continued to stay by his side and hope for the best, she was thankful as she saw that her sensei had appeared right beside her.

Looking up from where she sat, Keiko saw that her sensei knelt down beside her to check Koji's condition.

"This doesn't look good; he needs to go to the hospital." Stated Kakashi as he examined the damage.

"B-but what about Katara? She still needs our help." Responded Keiko as she looked at her teammate in concern.

"She can handle herself. But right now, Koji's condition will get worse. If we don't take him to the hospital soon, it will be all over." Explained the silver-haired Jounin as he turned towards the Hyuuga.

"But Kakashi-sensei…" began Keiko as she was interrupted by the Jounin, "But what, Keiko?"

"We still have Kisame and Sasori to deal with." Stated the kunoichi as she looked ahead.

Following her gaze, Kakashi also saw that now they were both faced with the two missing nin and as all four shinobi stood in their place, Kisame was the first one to speak out. "Looks like you did a good job here, Sasori; well then, we can strike a trade with you, that is if you want to save your teamamte's life." The blue shark said as he saw the Hyuuga continue to keep her teammate's mind off the pain by still holding onto his hand.

"What do you mean?" asked Kakashi.


After several minutes of fighting, both Uchihas were still going strong at it. Just standing a few feet apart from her opponent, Katara saw that both she and Itachi were breathing heavily.

Both Uchihas only retained some scratches on their bodies, but other than that, it seemed as though it was only merely a warm-up for the both of them.

As both were getting at it again, Katara was ready to end this battle quickly; aiming for his head, her kick nearly made its target until the other Uchiha ducked just in time. Squatting down and dodging her attack, Itachi was quick to attack her while she was vulnerable. With a kick of his own, he managed to hit her in her gut and as Katara felt the force of his kick, it caused her to hit the opposing fence.

While still on the ground, Katara watched the other Uchiha carefully to see if he was planning to advance anytime soon. Seeing that he graciously was waiting for her to get back up on her two feet, the Uchiha heiress quickly propped herself up with her elbows and just as she was about to get up, she gave him a small smirk; quickly disappearing from the area by using her body flicker jutsu, Katara saw Itachi's eyes widen in shock again.

As quickly as she had disappeared, Katara than reappeared beside him and managed to elbow him in the chest; as he swiftly moved back to avoid another blow, he was quick to absorb the next kick by using his arms to block it.

Deciding to take the battle into his own hands, Itachi was quick to come forward with a kick; as he stretched is leg forward, ready to strike, the Uchiha heiress concentrated enough chakra in her feet, allowing her to dodge his attack as she jumped up into the air.

As she carefully watched her opponent down below her, Katara was quickly to form some hand signs; once performing the correct seals for the body flicker jutu, the heiress quickly reappeared behind Itachi and swiftly created the hand signs for a fireball jutsu. As male Uchiha widened his crimson orbs, he turned around just as Katara had unleashed the ember from her mouth.

Looking at the fast speeding fire headed his way, Itachi was ready to take the hit full on seeing that his reaction was a bit too slow; just as the flame was about to make contact with his skin, a foreign water jutsu quickly distinguished the flames.

As fire met water, both clashed and caused hot steam to disperse throughout the air; both Uchihas had to shield their eyes as they felt the intensity of both elements. As the gaseous vapor slowly disappeared, Katara was quick to turn towards her opponent and notice an additional shinobi in the area.

Looking at the blue shark with a harsh, crimson glare, the Uchiha heiress once again got into a battle stance as she switched her gaze from one opponent to another.

Smirking at his partner, the Mist nin was quick to say, "Don't worry, I got your back Itachi."

As Itachi carefully watched Kisame from the corner of his eye, he responded back with, "Hn…Kisame, we have to hurry; we don't want to draw anymore attention."

"Like I said before, Itachi, don't worry about it. I'm sure both of us will be able to take her down." Kisame said as he gave the Uchiha another smirk.

"Do not underestimate her, Kisame." Warned Itachi as he turned his attention back to Katara.

Just as both Uchihas were about to go at it again, Katara's movements were stopped as she heard a voice calling for her. Turning her attention back to the familiar voice, she was surprised to see the Hyuuga rushing towards her.

As Keiko stopped before Katara, the Uchiha could already sense that something was wrong; she saw that the Hyuuga was worn out and as she saw the look of fear and concern in the kunoichi's eyes, the Uchiha heiress was quick to stop her fight and face her teammate.

"Keiko, what's wrong?" Katara asked as she steadied the Hyuuga by grabbing her by her shoulders.

Seeing the tears slowly fall down from the Hyuuga's eyes, the Uchiha heiress waited patiently for her response.

"I-it's Koji; he's been badly poisoned. He's already been taken to the hospital, but they can't find any cure…"began Keiko as she tried to stop herself from shaking. "H-he's going to die, Katara. There's nothing they can do; his condition's getting worse."

Trying to hide her own shock and fear for the sake of her teammate, Katara was just about to reply back, until a voice interrupted her.

"There's way to save him." Stated the male Uchiha.

Turning her attention to both males standing before her, Katara was quick to say, "What are you talking about?"

"What he's talking about is that we have the antidote; all you have to do little Uchiha is come with us and we'll give you it." Explained the Mist nin as he gave her a toothy grin.

Looking back at the Hyuuga, Katara could see how all this was affecting her and as the Uchiha was going to reply back, Keiko interrupted her with, "Katara, don't do it; you can't trust them and I know that you could probably find the cure. Just go to the hospital and help him; I can't stand losing two important people at one time. Just go." The Hyuuga pleaded.

Not able to get the Hyuuga's sad expression out of her mind, the Uchiha heiress didn't even reply back as she and Keiko quickly flickered away from the area.

"What now, Itachi?" asked Kisame as he turned towards his partner.

"She'll come to us, Kisame; just wait." Stated the Uchiha as he picked up some kunai and quickly walked away from the area.

Looking at his partner's retreating form, Kisame also retreated as well.


"Can anyone tell me what his condition is?" the Uchiha calmly asked as she entered the emergency room.

As a medic stepped forward, he handed her a clipboard, and was quick to say "Takahashi Koji is in a life-threatening situation. He's slipped out of consciousness several times, his fever has continued to rise, and his body is in pain everywhere. We weren't able to find any poison that causes these types of symptoms, so we couldn't find a cure."

"So what have you done so far?" asked Katara as she looked over the information on the clipboard.

"We can't do any more for him. I'm sorry." Replied the medic as he took the clipboard back.

"Let me try to do something for him." Replied the Uchiha heiress as she approached her teamamte's bedside.

'Don't worry Koji, I'll do whatever it takes to save you.' Thought Katara as she began to think of a plan.


You'll have to stay tuned to find out what happens to Koji! I don't want to give anything away, so just stay tuned and I hope i can update soon!

Ja Ne!

-katara