Shiatsu laughed at Kakashi's remark.

"Kakashi, Kakashi, Kakashi…Don't you know that you can't beat me? I'm not going to be leaving this body any time soon, you know? If you knew how much power this girl has…"

Kakashi slammed his free hand on the ground. "Shut-up!"

He tried to tug his other hand from Shiatsu's grasp, but she only squeezed tighter. Snapping sounds could be heard as she crushed his arm.

"Arrrgh!" He grunted in pain as his arm was being broken. He kept struggling with no success.

"Shiatsu" smiled and said, "Resistance is futile, eh, Kakashi?" She chuckled softly.

Sweating horribly, Kakashi drew back his free arm and punched her in the face. Shiatsu was so shocked that he used such a simple move unexpectedly so her hold loosened enough for Kakashi to draw back his arm. He did a few long back flips and landed clear across the field.

He watched as Shiatsu slowly got up and dusted herself off. She glared at him without a word. Her hands rose to her face and her fingers slightly crossed.

Now what's up Itachi's sleeve?...another jutsu perhaps? thought Kakashi.

"Poor Kakashi…It seems as though you are no longer able to perform jutsus with your arm like that…" she appeared to be laughing at him. "Do you think you can stand against more of me?"

As soon as she finished, twenty possessed Shiatsu's popped out of the brush. Each of them smiled malevolently at Kakashi and leapt on him.

"Crap!" Kakashi tried to fight the shadow clones and keep an eye on Itachi, but lost track of him as he was being ambushed by even more of them.

Itachi had disappeared into a nearby tree, having to fight his own war on the inside.

You amaze me, Shiatsu. You harbor all this power, yet you have done almost nothing with it…

I can do whatever I want with it! Now leave Kakashi ALONE

Inside Shiatsu's mind, a vast moor of darkness, were Itachi and Shiatsu battling for control. Imprisoned within her own mind, Shiatsu pleaded for Kakashi's safety. Itachi only chuckled and prolonged the torture.

Please! she cried. Please…Let him go…You can hurt anyone else, but not him…please…

Itachi turned towards her and held her chin in his hand. He sneered and replied, No…

Back to the Outside World

Kakashi was being pummeled by Shiatsu's wielding knives and shuriken, he attacked back, but no matter how many he destroyed, more came into place.

He battled his way through the crowd thinking, Blast! They just keep coming! With his right arm the way it was, jutsu wasn't an option. It was…useless…just adding more unneeded weight.

If Itachi hadn't broken my arm, I'd be able to rid myself of these shams. Rrrg!

His kunai knife, soaked in poisoned blood, flew through the doppelgangers. He continued slashing and hacking away until no more shadow clones remained.

Once the last one was disposed of, he wiped away all the blood from his face, his expression killing. He cracked his knuckles and twisted his neck, releasing a loud snap as if taunting Itachi.

"Come out, come out wherever you are…", he whispered. His sharingan searched the vast field for the young Uchiha. "You can't hide from me forever…"

His eye scoped out every shape and form in distinct colors. He saw the chakra that every object gave off. But what he was looking for was an unimaginable amount of chakra, such an amount that it wasn't possible, and then he found it. The same tree where Itachi had been found.

Kakashi sneered and took off.

Shiatsu's Mind

Chained up in her imagination, Shiatsu could only cry and shout insults at Itachi. He tried to ignore her harsh words, but when she spat on him, he became furious. He turned to her and grabbed her throat tightly. His look was stern and killing.

"Stop it."

"Y-you…gahk…kak…" She tried to choke out an insult, but failed. Itachi clenched harder. "You know that if it wasn't for your demonic powers you'd be dead by now. So shut-up and obey me, or your precious Kakashi will die a slow and painful death…with you watching."

A shocked look appeared on her face and she stopped struggling. Itachi let go of her and asked, "So, what will you choose to do?"

With tears dripping down her face she replied, "Fine. Do whatever you want with my powers, just don't hurt him anymore…Not Kakashi…"

A sly smile crawled across Itachi's slender lips and he added, "Don't worry…I'm not interested in lowlifes like him…I'm after something much bigger…"

Back Outside

As Kakashi approached the tree, Itachi had increased his power even more. Sensing this sent shivers down Kakashi's spine. But he had to kill Itachi.

Itachi chuckled to himself as Kakashi came closer. …Stubborn fool… With a poof, he appeared less than an inch away from Kakashi.

Kakashi was trembling in anger at the Uchiha. "You…Let her go, you piece of crap!"

Itachi sneered and said, "You can't make me…"

Kakashi snickered at "Shiatsu". "I already have."

As she looked down, she saw that Kakashi had cleverly lodged a kunai blade into her stomach.

Shiatsu looked back at Kakashi and grinned as she disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Kakashi stared in shock at where Shiatsu had been. He thought in fury, Where did that darned Itachi go! I'm tired of his tricks!

"Behind you."

Just as Kakashi turned his head, "Shiatsu" had blown a strange powder in his face. A tingling sensation tickled the nerves in his body.

Getting…dizzy…gonna…ohhh…

Kakashi fell to his knees, struggling to stay conscious. He glanced up at Shiatsu who was grinning and blacked out.

Shiatsu chuckled silently and nudged Kakashi's head with her foot. He didn't' stir. "Good," she said. "Now I won't have any distractions to keep me from my main prize…"

She quickly flung him over her shoulder with ease and took off for Konohagakure…