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A/N: Yo, how's everyone doing? Thanks for all the support.

Naruto X

Chapter 16: The one I care for most, Part 3

By Suiiren

"Damn, damn it!" shouted Yuri angrily as she stooped down and started to cradle Uzumi's dying body. "I didn't expect them to be this desperate, for them to move this openly . . . I should have expected it."

"It's okay Yuri," said Uzumi as he tried to comfort Yuri coughing blood out slightly as he did so. "Besides it could not be helped. We should have expected something like this to happen. It's no one's fault, all we have to do now is . . . save Naruto before it's too late."

"Uzumi-san . . .." mumbled Yuri affectionately as she lifted him up. "Sorry I couldn't get here faster. I'll make sure that you'll live through this. You two -!" yelled Yuri at the two ANBU that were present but before she could finish she was stopped by Uzumi.

"No . . . go save him, it's already too late for me. I'm too old as it is anyways." said Uzumi as he reached for something in his chest. "Here, give this locket to Naruto-kun and tell him that I would of loved to have seen him be friends with my grandson. Also tell my grandson that I'm sorry I couldn't be there when he needed me most."

"Yeah, sure thing." replied Yuri, sounding to be her most cheerful at the moment, as she took the small locket from Uzumi's hands. "I'll make sure to save Naruto-kun and give this to him."

"Beware of Itachi and his ally . . . the one known as the angel with no wings." gasped Uzumi slowly now barely able to speak.

"Listen carefully," said Uzumi as he coughed out some more blood mixed in with his mucus. "An angel that has lost its wings will revert to the beast it once was before it became an angel."

"Uzumi-san . . .." mourned Yuri slowly because as soon as Uzumi had said that he had died, with a look of peace and concern in his face.

"May you rest in peace Saiionji Uzumi and may you meet your family in the afterlife." prayed Yuri quietly as she closed the eyelids of Uzumi and stood up, tears streaking down her cheeks. "Itachi, you will not get away with this! This is unforgivable!" yelled Yuri as she pulled off her brown hair revealing that it was a wig. In its place came down long strands of beautiful silver hair that went down her back.

"Hiko-san, I am going to go stop those two Akatsuki members and save Naruto. Will you be accompanying me?" asked Yuri angrily as she stood up with Uzumi's blood all over her. Uzumi's blood was all over her now, it covered almost all of her white medical overcoat and making her smell of blood.

Hiko having stood there the whole time listening to what the two were saying was surprised at the statement because Uzumi never mentioned this Akatsuki. 'Who is this girl really?' thought Hiko as she gave a nod towards Yuri.

"Good then follow me, I know a short cut to the Hokage Tower and we can retrieve your weapon at the same time." said Yuri briskly as both left the room leaving the two ANBU behind to clear up the hospital mess.

After having left the room and being a good distance from the hospital room Hiko decided to ask Yuri about this Akatsuki. "Yuri, what is this Akatsuki? I heard all that the two of you were talking about and not once was this Akatsuki mentioned. Tell me, who are you really?"

"Sharp as ever, Hiko-san" replied Yuri as she gave a relieved smile. "I will try to explain it to you as we go on but you must understand what you hear was only known to me, Uzumi-san, and my father. So you must keep it a secret."

"Sure thing." replied Hiko coolly.

"Well, it all started when my father and I were chasing after this person known as Orochimaru . . ." said Yuri as she started to explain the details to Hiko.

Somewhere in Konoha:

"Ora, ora, ora! Come on Green Beast of Konoha is that all you have! If this is all you have then I'm quite disappointed!" yelled Kisame maliciously as he swung Samahade around him blocking all of Gai's kicks and at the same time doing one handed seals. "Teh, where's all your big talk now! Suiton: Diabafuku no Jutsu – Water type: Great Waterfall Technique!"

"What the-!" yelled Gai surprised as he was all of a suddenly hit with a cyclone of water smashing him to the ground and ripping apart his bandages and Jounin vest. "How, how is that possible?" asked Gai as he got up. 'It's almost impossible to do one handed techniques . . . this guy, he's something else. He may look big and slow but the truth is that he is almost as fast as me and he can use ninja techniques flawlessly. Is he some sort of inhuman beast?' thought Gai as he looked at Kisame with more determination than ever in his eyes.

"Heh, there's the determination that I saw earlier." snorted Kisame as he gave a cocky smile towards Gai. "What are you going to do now green beast? Or should I call you the green pest instead?"

"Smile all you like, now I'm going to end this! First Gate Open – Initial Lotus!" yelled Gai as he felt chakra consume his entire body but before it could make its way through his body he felt it all leave him.

"Hahaha! You really are a fool!" laughed out Kisame as he lifted up Samahade and pointed it towards Gai. "This sword, my Samahade, eats chakra you fool! Thanks for feeding him! Hahaha!"

'Damn it! This type of guy is the exact type of person I am weakest against! Not only does he match me in speed and strength but his techniques are flawless. Plus, I can't risk getting cut by that blade of his. This is the type of person that Kakashi is best at handling. What bad luck.' thought Gai desperately as he dodged Kisame's charge at him. "It doesn't matter! If I can't use Lotus then I guess I'll just have to beat you down with my fists!" screamed Gai as he prepared to counter attack.

"Teh, more useless chatter from someone about to die!" snickered Kisame as he smashed the hilt of Samahade into Gai's rib cage sending him away. 'What a fool,' thought Kisame as he looked at Gai, 'fell for that so easily. Is this what a Konoha ninja is capable of? I'm disappointed.'

"Must of at least broken three ribs there. Sorry but this is the end." said Kisame as he smiled one last time towards Gai.

"Damn . . . so this is the end. Thought I'd go down more heroically than this." said Gai mootly as he stood up against a wall cradling his broken chest.

"Guess so, well it was fun, bye." stated Kisame as he casually walked towards Gai enjoying the thought of ending Gai's life. "Teh, pathetic, just what I expected from trash. This is the END!" screamed Kisame as he lifted Samahade but as soon as he did a blur appeared in front of him. 'What the? Oh no, the other one! I forgot about him since I was distracted by this green idiot. Damn!'

"Yo." said Asuma coolly as he blocked Samahade with his right and with his left smashed his cestus (similar to a brass knuckle) into Kisame's chest sending him back several yards, followed by a large explosion. "Heh, that must of at least broken six or seven ribs and burn you up pretty badly. Now what was that about Konoha trash and this being the end? Hm? No response?" taunted Asuma as he took a whiff of his cigarette and blew out a few smoke circles. Turning towards Gai Asuma let out a giant sigh and said, "Geese Gai, that's what you get for rushing in like an idiot and not thinking about what to do. If you keep doing things like that you will not live to reach your ninja way. Here, take this." said Asuma brusquely as he threw a small bag at Gai. "Those are from the Akamichi Clan, heal up a bit and help me later. Oh, and from what I saw earlier in your fight, his sword can only seem to drain chakra as it is being gathered up only and when it is in close proximity to its opponent. So if your planning on Lotus use it where he can't get you."

"Sure thing." said Gai slowly as he opened up the bag and took out a few pills which he popped into his mouth. "And thanks."

"Heh that was dirty." snickered Kisame as looked at Asuma with murderous rage. "But this makes things a bit more interesting. You think a few broken ribs and burns will stop me? Well, you're WRONG!" yelled Kisame as he gathered up a monstrous amount of chakra that enveloped him. The color of the chakra that had enveloped him turned purple rather than the usual blue.

'What the HELL! His ribs are healing back up! How is that possible . . . I know that that's not a medical technique that he's using. What the hell kind of person is this to have a purple chakra? Is he some sort of monster?' thought Asuma as he saw that all the recently broken ribs were going back into place and all of Kisame's wounds were healing.

"Looks like things have finally got interesting." spat out Kisame as he walked out all healed.

Meanwhile with Kakashi:

"Kurenai, be careful now, Genjutsus won't work on him. He may not look it but he made ANBU at age 11 and Captain at 13. He is classified as an S-class criminal and master of the Sharingan. So at all costs try to avoid eye contact with him." said Kakashi coldly as he looked at Itachi. They had been standing there for several minutes now as the fight between Kisame and Gai had already started and it had been going for a while now. "Someone like him, only I can handle."

"What do you expect me to do, stand!" replied Kurenai angrily as she looked at Kakashi.

"No, I expect you to . . . not get in the way!" yelled Kakashi as he disappeared only to reappear behind Itachi and tried to slash Itachi's back with the kunai in his hand. Itachi had disappeared the moment that the kunai almost touched.

"Such elementary tactics Kakashi-san." said Itachi emotionlessly as he looked at Kakashi. "This is how you do it." finished Itachi as he instantly appeared behind Kakashi and held a kunai to his back.

"Itachi, why have you returned." stated Kakashi with deadly intent as he stood there with Itachi's kunai to his back.

"Teh, still asking questions . . . you are in no position to be demanding answers." said Itachi coolly as he killed the Shadow Clone. "As I said, such elementary techniques will not work on me or should I kill Kurenai-san before you start to get serious." said Itachi with a bit of emotion apparent as he eyed Kurenai.

'Itachi you bastard.' thought Kakashi as he had several shadow clones appear around Itachi, each poised to attack at a moments notice.

"I see now . . . you're still a bit touchy feely when it comes to your partners." said Itachi and just as soon several Shadow Kakashis had attacked. But they were easily stopped as Itachi calmly defeated one after another with a quick slash from his kunai.

"Too easy, but I do not have time to waste with you Hatake Kakashi." finished Itachi slowly as withdrew his kunai from the last shadow clone. "Time to end this once and for all."

Itachi was tired of just fighting shadow clones and knew that every moment he wasted on Hatake Kakashi was another moment that Konoha was using to organize their defense. He had expected more from Hatake Kakashi, him being the son of the infamous White Fang, but it seemed that the son was nothing compared to the father. Itachi was disappointed to say the least, sorely disappointed.

"I had expected more from you Kakashi. It seems you can not live up to the legacy of your father. You are nothing but trash . . .." said Itachi emotionlessly as he turned his heads towards Kurenai. "And now it seems you will be worse than scum." finished Itachi as his normal Sharingan eyes quickly turned into spirals, otherwise known as Mangekyou Sharingan.

'Oh, no . . . Kurenai!' thought Kakashi frantically as he charged out of hiding towards Itachi, while also forming seals with his hand.

"Too late." mumbled Itachi with a smile as he saw Kakashi jump out, rushing like a madman towards him. It had already been too late as Kurenai had already locked eyes with Itachi unwittingly, unbeknownst to her; it was just the beginning of her nightmare.

Kurenai:

'Such dark eyes,' thought Kurenai as she stared into the eyes of the man who massacred the whole Uchiha clan in one night. 'What cold, emotionless eyes . . . peering at me.'

But before Kurenai had realized it everything had changed from a world of color into one of black and red. That was when she heard his voice, Itachi.

'Welcome to the world of Tsukuyomi – God of the Moon, Kurenai-san. I hope you enjoy your stay.' said Itachi sadistically as he caressed Kurenai's chin with his hand and slowly slid his head towards her ears, 'because I know I will.'

"NO! NO! STOP THIS!" yelled Kurenai frantically as she struggled with all her might but it was no use as Itachi slowly slid down her ear to her cheek. It didn't stop and all Kurenai could do was scream as she stood there helplessly.

Real world, seconds later:

Kurenai's scream was heard all over Konoha as she collapsed on the rooftop, cradling herself and shivering. It was a chilling piercing scream that sent chills down Kakashi's back as he heard it; he had failed another one of his friends again. It made Kakashi go berserk as thoughts of Obito re-entered his mind and his own thoughts of how he had failed everyone he ever cared about.

"Itachi! I'll kill you for this!" screamed Kakashi with such animosity in his voice that it almost became incoherent. 'Damn it! Why am I so weak! How could I have made such a big mistake! Why am I so weak!' thought Kakashi as he mindlessly charged towards Itachi, with his Chidori fully charged.

Itachi could only smile as he saw the raving mad Kakashi rush at him uselessly with a technique in which he copied instantly with his Sharingan. 'Interesting technique,' thought Itachi as he looked down upon Kakashi.

As Kakashi approached closer he thrusted his arm out at full length towards Itachi but to his amazement Itachi had simply swiped his arm and averted the Chidori altogether.

"Teh, pathetic." said Itachi coldly as his other arm had grasped Kakashi by the neck, stopping him in his track. "I guess you fail again, just like you failed Obito. At least your father was able to save his friends before he killed himself. What a worthless son you are, letting your friends die in front of you before you are willing to act. You must hate me don't you?" asked Itachi tauntingly as he peered into Kakashi's eyes.

As he brought Kakashi nearer to his face their faces met face to face and as they saw each other Itachi again used his Tsukuyomi – God of the Moon technique on Kakashi. Moments later another scream was heard throughout Konoha as the legendary Copy Ninja Kakashi fell prey to his own mind.

Kakashi's Mind:

"Where, where am I?" asked Kakashi aloud as he walked around. The place he was at was a world that had turned red and black.

"You're in the world that you created." came Itachi's voice as if it were the voice of a god. "This is the other world of your heart Kakashi, a place where all your fears, all your regrets, and all your failures live. This is who you are, the part of you that you have been running away from and trying to hide from yourself and others."

'The other world inside my heart?' thought Kakashi to himself as he was contemplating what Itachi had just told him. 'What does Itachi plan to do me here.'

"It's not what I'm going to do to you Kakashi, it's what your going to do to yourself." came Itachi's voice slyly as an exact mirror image of Kakashi appeared in front of him.

"What the! What are you planning Itachi! Do you think that-!"

"Kakashi, you failed again just like you failed me. Even after I gave you my left eye . . . how disappointing." interrupted the mirror Kakashi as he threw a kunai past Kakashi.

"What? It can't be . . . you can't be . . . Obito!" yelled Kakashi in surprise as he carefully looked at the mirror copy. Kakashi saw that that this mirror copy looked exactly like him but there was one major difference. The mirror copy had the Sharingan on the right eye instead of the left like his.

"So, you finally realized." smiled Obito evilly as he took out a small knife. "Trash like you don't deserve to live, you should die or at least kill yourself like your father did." finished Obito as he rushed towards Kakashi.

"What . . . what are you doing Obito!" screamed Kakashi as he jumped out of the way. "Why are you doing that?"

"Teh, isn't it simple. I'm trying to kill you." replied Obito as he posed arrogantly in front of Kakashi.

"Why? Why are you doing this?" asked Kakashi as both of them stood there in the void of his mind. 'Even if you are an illusion created by Itachi I still don't want to fight you' thought Kakashi as he stood there facing the Obito that looked exactly just like him.

"Itachi left a long time ago idiot." interrupted Obito as Kakashi was surprised by what Obito had said. "What? How did I know?" said Obito slowly as he pointed towards Kakashi, "That's because I'm psychic!"

Kakashi almost face vaulted as he heard Obito say that he was psychic. The Obito Kakashi had known was nothing near psychic, he was much more like an idiot in Kakashi's mind. But he quickly recovered and took out a kunai, getting ready for any attack that Obito was going to throw at him.

"What do you mean that Itachi left a long time ago?" asked Kakashi as he eyed Obito seriously.

"You really are a fool . . . Itachi may be powerful but he still is human. He probably ran out of strength when he was trying to finish his technique on you. What an idiot really, he can't even properly gauge his own strength. You'd think for a so-called genius he would know his limits but hey that's what you get when you're as arrogant as him." replied Obito as he gave a simple waving gesture with his right hand towards Kakashi as if shooing Itachi away.

"Then why are you still here?" asked Kakashi in a deadly tone as he prepared to do some hand seals.

"Now that's more like it," said Obito slyly as he got into a fighting stance. "I'm no doll of Itachi's. I'm you, you idiot."

"I sure would like to stick around and chat but I'm a little bit short on time here. So if you can slowly go back to that little corner in my mind and let me get out of here, I'd really appreciate it." said Kakashi as he gave a slight smile towards Obito.

"Fool." replied Obito as he saw Kakashi rushing towards him with his Chidori at full strength. "Always trying to run away from your problems. This time I won't let it happen." said Obito slowly as he let the Chidori hit him on his right shoulder causing blood and flesh to explode out. But as it happened to Obito the same thing also happened to a surprised Kakashi.

"What? How did that happen?" asked a stupefied Kakashi as he stared on in horror and surprise as both he and Obito were suffering from the same wound that he had just inflicted.

"You really are an idiot." said Obito slowly as he charged up a Chidori of his own with his left hand. "What are you going to do now Kakashi? Run or die?" finished Obito as he charged towards a surprised Kakashi.

Real world, Itachi:

Ten minutes had already passed as Itachi finally woke up. He had used the Mangekyou Sharingan for too long and had passed out. Luckily no one was there to finish him off. He had been too careless and he now had a horrible head ache and his vision was bit blurred but he could still manage.

'That was too close, I must have used up too much strength in dealing with this piece of trash.' thought Itachi as he saw the unconscious body of Kakashi but what surprised him most was the gaping wound in Kakashi's right shoulder. It looked like something made it implode and Itachi knew it wasn't him who did it. 'I only finished my technique halfway with this fool but it seems to be enough, better finish him off.' thought Itachi a bit tiredly as he was readying his kunai but before he could even start he suddenly felt an enormous chakra approaching him and jumped out of the way. Seconds later all that could be seen was a pile of rubble as there in front of him stood a woman with shining silver hair standing on top of a giant salamander. The salamander itself was standing on its hind feet and stood up as it held a huge naginata – sword staff, it was also chewing on a large piece of grass as it gave Itachi a very arrogant look.

"Well, well, if it isn't Yuri-san, daughter of the great toad and slug users, I had heard that you ran away a long time ago and had abandoned the village. I see that you're as healthy as ever and I see you're just as well endowed as your mother." finished Itachi mockingly as he stood there like an ant against the very large salamander that Yuri was on.

"Itachi what you have done is unforgivable! You have thrown away everything you have known and betrayed everyone that has trusted you for power. I never thought that you would go this far for revenge."

"You know nothing of what you speak of, a coward like you has no right to judge me and my intentions. At least I didn't run away when I was needed most, I stayed and got stronger and when that power wasn't enough I had to go and obtain more. Even if it meant that certain sacrifices had to made." replied Itachi coldly as stood unfazed against Yuri.

"Oosanshouuo – Great Salamander, please take Kakashi-san back to the Hokage Tower and try to help out Hiko-chan as she deals with the other one. From what I feel it may be coming out soon. I'll deal with Itachi." said Yuri slowly as she placed Kakashi slowly in the outstretched hands of Oosanshouuo. As soon as she had done that Oosanshuuo had left towards the Hokage Tower leaving Yuri on a rooftop facing Itachi.

"Now it's just me and you Itachi." said Yuri angrily as they both glared at each other, each ready to kill the other if necessary.

"It's time to settle this grudge once and for all, Yuri-san." said Itachi coldly as black fire started to radiate from him. "I'll show you the fires of hatred that burns inside of me."

Author's Notes: A little character explanation on Yuri and Oosanshuuo

Oosanshuuo – His name means Great Salamander, I know VERY creative huh? He is the Salamander summon for Yuri, I think I'm just going to make him the boss summon cause I'm a bit lazy to think up more at the moment, LoL. Well, he really has no skin color, it alternates from color to color like a chameleon or octopus. His specialty is based on poison (Tayuya) and fire/oil (Gamabunta). He's not as big as Gamabunta but he's getting there, he just needs a few more centuries worth of growing. He can regenerate lost limbs like fingers, toes, and his tail. His weapon of choice is the Naginata or sword staff, it's basically a spear with a sword head. He can fight on all four or stand erect, whichever Yuri commands him too. He's basically a combination of slug and toad and pulls his strength from both. He neither exceeds Tayuya or Gamabunta in their specialties but can hold his own against them. Let's just say he wears whatever your imagination wants him too. So he can be nude or clothed whatever suits you most.

Yuri – She is a medical nin original character, I think you already know who her parents are and if not you'll find out later. She gets her color from her dad (that's basically all she inherits from him) and everything else in the looks department is from mom. Well, she stands 5'7", is about the same age as Itachi, 18-ish or around there. She usually wears no ninja gear or outfit because she's usually in her doctor attire. Which is usually a white doctor's coat, high heels, mini skirt, and sweater. Even though she may be young she is a high maintenance type of girl, so she has all those nail polish, lipstick, and whatever women use to make themselves look beautiful. She has an easy going and sweet personality that radiates gentleness but can be a BITCH to fight when you dare challenge her or threaten the weak/innocent. But due to her nice nature and incredible body she usually steals the envy of men and women, jealousy included. She even gets a few perverted looks from Jiraiya, who in the process has made millions writing stories based upon her with his perverted mind.

A/N: Also I'm sorry for the long update. It's just that there's been a few personal responsibilities that has been keeping me away from the comp and you guys. Well, what did you guys think? Was this chapter good enough? Leave a review if you please, any comments, opinions, and so on is gladly appreciated.