"Hey, I'm not afraid of you! I'm going to be the next Hokage, you hear me? The next HOKAGE OF KONOHA!" Yagami was already focused into terminating Naruto that he could care less for his useless tauntings. Naruto, feeling insulted that Yagami had no reaction, began his hand seal. "Kage Bushin No Jutsu!" Every clone appeared from every corner, surrounding the two duelist.
"Alright guys, show him that Uzumaki Naruto is not an opponent to be trifled with, everybody, Naruto Ninpocho: Shihou Hapou Shuriken no Maki!" The clones all throw shurikens towards Yagami but he already anticipated his moves and clamly performed his one-hand seal. "Too slow Naruto, Doton: Doryuuheki!" All of a sudden a huge wall appeared from the ground, stopping all shurikens from injuring him. Naruto, shocked at what he was seeing, prepared to end it fast with the Rasengan attack, but Yagami appeared in front of him catching him offguard and delivering a series of kicks that sent the clones disappearing and Naruto groaning in pain. Before Naruto could attack back, Yagami performed a genjutsu. "I'll make sure I'll enjoy torturing you. Kokuangyou no Jutsu!" The surroundings began to darken until Naruto could not see where his opponent was. Yagami than wasted no time and unleashed his water clones everywhere and threw kunais at the 'blind' Naruto. Grazed at his sleeves, Naruto was beginning to get irritated by Yagami's cheap way of fighting. He shouted to his opponent, "I can still beat you, even if I can't see you!"
"Oh really? You're only saying that because you're afraid of losing, I sense that great amount of fear in you, surely you are since you are facing an Uchiha member from Akatsuki, and what's more learning every technique there is to know..." The last few words really caught Naruto's attention. How could a guy like Yagami be able to learn every skill there is to know, including the forbidden ones? Nevertheless he focused on his battle against an opponent who not only knew his every move, but also the ability to unleash every nin, gen and taijutsu there is to know. Naruto slowly concentrated, at the same time he could hear footsteps running around him, all he had to do was to hear accurately and there it was, Naruto than did his Kage Bushin no jutsu again along with another taijutsu.
"Uzumaki Naruto Nisen Rendan!" All the clones began to attack on every other clone of Yagami's until there left only the original. Yagami than dispel his bringer of darkness genjutsu. "Impressive, but you've yet to see the rest of my other moves. Kanashibari no Jutsu!" Naruto saw a flash of light before realizing his whole body could not move a muscle. Yagami than approached nearer to him and with his hand engulfed with the Amaterasu flame, he performed hand seals, consuming a high amount of chakra before putting his hand on Naruto's forehead.
"This will ensure my victory. Chakra Kyuuin no Jutsu!" Naruto was slowly drained of all his chakra away. Feeling weak he fell to his knees. Yagami than unsheathed his kantana, knowing Naruto had no chance of evading it, he did another ninjutsu. "Mikazuki no mai!" Two clones appeared beside Yagami and began to slash their opponent. As Naruto fell to the ground, he transformed into a log. Hiding in the trees, Naruto waited for the right time to ambush him. And than it came, Naruto jumped out from the leaves and threw three kunais as Yagami parried them away but Naruto had his rasengan ready. Yagami, knowing it was too late to evade, had to react fast but Naruto planted the energy blast right at his body, sending him flying and knocking onto the trunk. Naruto knew he had won this round but soon was shocked to see a log. Yagami, already standing behind, unleashed a series of earth element jutsus towards Naruto.
"Doton: Doryuu Taiga!" a mud land slide appeared underneath Naruto's feet which then pushes Naruto back and then stops him from moving with the pressure of the out going mud direction. Unable to get back up quickly, Yagami began his second attack. "Doton: Doryuudan!" In an instance a shape of a Dragon is pulled out of the mud in which the dragon opens it's mouth and then spits missiles made out of mud to hit the opponent. Yagami wanted to make sure Naruto was at his wit's end and did his final chain attack. "This won't hurt a bit Naruto, I promise you that...Karyuudan!" Yagami then spits out a flame of fire to engulf the earth Dragon's missiles to turn them into fire missiles and bombard the opponent. Having suffered three serious chain attacks from the Akatsuki boss, Naruto would still not stand down. Instead he felt the Kyuubi's chakra enhancing him to be stronger. Yagami, looking at the disastrous state his opponent is in, tried to comfort him, "What's the matter? Don't have enough chakra to fight? Than the only way to settle this is through your death..."
Back at the other battle, Itachi was starting to worry for the first time in his entire life. Never had he seen Sasuke so determined to get rid of him after 2 years of hard training and with that cursed seal unleashed, who knows when Sasuke might pull another life-threatening move. Itachi tried slowing him down by throwing shurikens but Sasuke evaded them with amazingly rapid speed until he was behind Itachi; a sign that Sasuke had improved his skills. Taunting him, "Itachi, get ready for my series of moves! Kage Buyou!" Sasukefirst sends his opponent airborne while he attaches to Itachi's shadow, leaving him vulnerable to stronger attacks. From there Sasuke delievered his lion combo, a series of powerful punches and kicks, finished by knocking the opponent into the ground. Itachi, too shocked to see his younger brother on the brink of victory, had to come up with a solution fast. Sasuke than threw his pack of shurikens towards Itachi.
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Sasuke blows multiple fireballs from his mouth, which also combines with his shurikens, which creates weapons engulfed in flames. Itachi was hit by every one of the fire shurikens than sent his body burning in flames but later transformed into a log with the shurikens on it. Itachi appeared behind Sasuke and kicked him airborne. Seeing him falling down, Itachi delievered his Amaterasu flame before fleeing the battle scene. Sasuke, sensing the Amaterasu flame was burning on the forest floor, turned around and performed hand seals.
"Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!" Engulfing himself with flames, he landed on his feet into the black flames, unaffected by the Amaterasu as his flames were protecting his entire body. Knowing Itachi would come back again, he rushed back to aid Naruto, never did he knew he was about to join in the biggest duel of his life.