Red Eye 6

Begin Author's Note

Sweetness. The long awaited fight will team 7 will begin now, and I'm contemplating killing Naruto's replacement off. By the time when the decision comes, I will probably be towards the chapter end. Oh, and by the way, whoever it was who pleaded with me to not kill off Tazuna, Team Akagan won't. This isn't really a primary mission. Nobody likes Gatoh anyway. Has anyone ever seen a Wave mission where Gatoh doesn't die? I'm not about to start a trend. Plus, I hate Gatoh. I shall now move to business! Pairing votage! The winner is... (drumroll) Naruto + Haku + Kurenai +Kyuubi (who hasn't even shown up yet...hmmmm) Ah! I just read a review by unrelenting-torment247 who noticed my little plot hole about Naruto's age. He also called my brilliant. I know, my friend. Magnificent me is just too awesome. My rambling has now finished and we go to your featured entertainment. (Read: konoha getting their collective ass handed to them.)

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It could not be. Sauske's mind was working furiously. There was only one explanation his strained brain (Ha! I made a rhyme.) could gather. It was his usual one.

"ITACHI!" Sauske roared. He tossed eight shuriken at the Sharingan-nin. The nin whipped out a kunai and blocked each shuriken with lightning-quick movements. The thinner shuriken were repelled easily by the kunai, and landed in the dirt. Sauske crouched down, then sped towards the nin. He moved at incredible speeds, and was behind the man in a second.

"Too bad..." Sauske swung a roundhouse kick with all his might. The cloaked nin was gone, though Sauske hadn't expected the kick to connect. He turned to see the cloak-freak (which is Naruto's name for now...) had already moved three yards away. Sauske barely parried the shuriken the cloak-freak had sent at him with his own kunai.

After getting all of them, Sauske relaxed slightly. Big mistake. Another four shuriken, from seemingly nowhere, grazed his arms. Sauske gritted his teeth as he stared at the cuts. Why hadn't he been able to block that? He winced as a loud metallic ping echoed as the last four embedded themselves in Sakura's kunai pouch and thus leg.

Sauske swore, and used a trump card. His fingers flashed through now easily remembered seals, and he called a technique.

"Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!" The kage-nin (that's better..) Made his own seals and slammed his hands into the ground.

"Doton: Doroku Gaeshi!"(Earth element: Upside-down mud wall.) chakra rippled through his hands to the ground, and the earth reared up in a large wall that block the fireball.

The ground suddenly heaved, and a giant dragon, made entirely of rock and dirt, reared out of the soil. It fixed yellowed eyes on the Uchiha, and the kage-nin laughed from his vantage atop the beast's head.

"Doton: Doryuudan no jutsu." (Earth element: Earth dragon blast.)

Kakashi announced his presence with an attack of his own.

"Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu!" (Water element: water dragon blast.) A dragon, identical to the kage-nin's except it was water and not earth, slammed into the kage-nin and his attack. The effect was similar to throwing a water balloon at a tank. Water splashed off the pair, and all Kakashi could accomplish was soaking the kage-nin. The kage-nin taunted again.

"Fool. What a weak attempt." Sauske clenched his fists in rage and hate. Kakashi tried something else. If the last didn't take it out, the this would.

"Suiton: Daibakufu no jutsu!" (Water element: grand waterfall.) The water that lashed up slowly took chunks off of the serpentine structure until it finally gave out and crumbled into the churning waters, taking the kage-nin with it.

Puddles had formed everywhere as it had looked as if it rained when the dragon and water met. Everyone watched as the kage-nin leapt out of the water, seemingly unaffected. The dragon had not fared so well and became a huge pile of earth. Sauske smirked as he met him halfway. He threw a right punch, and grinned and the kage-nin, still thought to be Itachi, twisted out of the way. His left hand accelerated forward, a hook into the path of the shinobi. Everyone was spellbound, the kage-nin's teammates watching just like the rest of the Konoha teams.

Direct hit.

Sauske preformed a flying somersault as his face twisted from happiness to confusion. His head met the mud in spectacular fashion. The kage-nin stood frozen, leg extended where he had kicked the Uchiha aside. He rotated it back and stood, waiting for the genin to get up and return to the fight.

Sauske coughed as he regained the air in his lungs. He shakily pushed himself up. He sent a gkare that should have melted the kage-nin where he stood. Sakura turned toward her sensei.

"Umm, Sauske-kun will win, right Kakashi-sensei?" Kakashi said nothing. Whoever this was, he seemed easily capable of annihilating the Uchiha prodigy. Kakashi's sharingan hadn't even seen the kick coming. That meant the kage-nin must be on an insane speed level, or had practice hiding his movements. Sakura bit her lip in nervousness as her teacher did not respond.

Sauske charged the nin, throwing an assortment of punches and kicks that were blocked, dodged, or parried. Frustration grew slowly, and he decided to play dirty. Sauske suddenly stopped mid-kick, and stomped on a puddle. Dirty water splashed into the kage-nin's eyes. Sauske then used the opportunity to deliver a powerful uppercut the tossed the nin several yards. He landed hard, and Sauske panted. That was his best in Taijutsu he'd given. He let loose a taunt of his own.

"Hn. Hit you too hard?"

Splash!

The entire audience's mouths dropped open as the nin popped into water and splashed into a puddle. Sauske turned, dread gripping him as he saw the nin rise out of the mud pile. Kakashi was confused. His Sharingan should have seen that it was a clone! The Kage-nin fulfilled the tradition of battle banter.

"Mizu Bunshin. (Water clone) Quite useful."

Sauske's anger had reached biblical levels.

"Die, onii-san!" (Older brother)

"Huh? His brother?" Sakura asked.

Sauske flashed through seals. He was using his ace.

"Katon: Ryuuka no jutsu!" (Fire element: Dragon flame.)

The raging flames enveloped the kage-nin. Sauske kept up the attack, pressing it until he collapsed, nearly chakra-less. The kage-nin was burning merrily, lit like a match tossed into gasoline. He dropped to the ground, ash swirling in the breeze.

Then the spectators heard a sound. An annoying sound. An all too familiar sound.

Poof!

"Impossible!" Sauske was livid. The supposedly dead-nin had been replaced by a burning log. The kage-nin appeared behind Sauske. He looked very, very angry. Sauske turned around and met Sharingan eyes. But not normal Sharingan. The nin's tomoe had merged, forming a different Sharingan that Sauske recognized.

"Mangekyou Sharingan: Tsuyomiki!" Nothing happened for exactly three seconds. Then Sauske screamed. The kage-nin let him drop, and watched with interest as he curled into a fetal position, still screaming with barely any pause. He turned towards the remaining Konoha shinobi. His eyes challenged them. (I couldn't resist..)

Kakashi could only think of one thing to do. He had prepared for bad situations. He readied a scroll that he had slipped from his vest. He could only hope this worked.

"Doton: Doton Tsuiga no jutsu!" (Earth tracking fang) Dogs rushed out of the ground and bit the kage-nin, holding him in place. Kakashi had already finished his second set of seals. Electric blue chakra began to collect in his hand. His roared out the name of the technique.

"Raikiri!" Unknown to him, the Kage-nin was watching him very carefully, copying the technique. He seemed oblivious to the fact this could kill him. He was too calm. Kakashi knew this, but he also knew that he could not just hold on to a Raikiri in use. He had to use it, or risk loss of his hand.

Several things happened at once. First, the female Kage-nin, one Kakashi had completely forgotten, casually tossed several senbon at the summoning scroll. The dogs disappeared. The Sharingan-nin formed a single seal, using Shunshin no jutsu to move out of Kakashi's visual range. Finally, the third shinobi kicked the Copy-nin, causing him to overbalance and fall. The Raikiri plowed into the dirt. It slowly died.

"Your opponent is me, Copy-nin Hatake Kakashi." The Akagan no Kimmimaro said serenely.

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Ha! I catered to everybody's wishes! Sauske got Tsuyomiki-pwned, Kakashi fought Naruto for a bare minimum, and nobody said anything about not using Mangekyou. Still, Naruto doesn't know how to use it yet. I've always imagined the Sharingan to be instinctual. Itachi's incredible and no one gave him any special training with it, because he killed everybody in the Uchiha who even slightly mattered.

Now, for one of my all-powerful rants. I feel like ranting today. On a side note (worst possible place to put this), My updates may become irregular, because I try to write every day or so, but sometimes I get home from work and I feel half-dead... you know the deal. Anyway, I shall now address the issue that seems to be overly prevalent on every site. Well, among myself and like-minded readers, anyways.

Naruto/Hinata fics. Now I'm not saying all of them are bad, and I'm also not saying that this coupling is canon-impossible. I have read one or two that were pretty decent, actually, but a vast majority are, in lieu of a better word, shit. There are a few things that most people really need to take into consideration when they write these things. Firstly, Hinata has no spine. None. I have seen a raped woman with more confidence. Before she can pair up with Naruto, she needs a bit of spine. Otherwise, Naruto's domineering personality will run her right over. Secondly, Naruto is very dense. Very dense. His IQ is probably a little over room temperature. He has no chance of noticing her. This ties in with problem one. Thirdly, and this is a big one, the Hyuuga family. They have to hate the fox. They also seem rather dogmatic. Hinata would have to be disowned or run away. Now with this in mind, let me write the typical Naruto-Hinata.

--------Naruto loves Hinata-------(Look at this fangirl's creative page break.)------------------------

One day, Naruto woke up and thought about the fuzzy felling (Look at the wonderful mispelling) he gots (and what good grammar! An Engrish speaker.) Around Hinata. Suddenly, Kyuubi spoke up in the back of his head. He said it was love and Naruto, knowing that this was a destructive evil demon who just happens to know all about human love, agrees. (Wait...I have to pair up Naruto with Kyuubi... Hmmm.)

(Idiot author makes lots of spaces in an effort to trick us into thinking this is longer.)

(We aren't buying it.)

Naruto walked up to Hinata and shamelessly declared her undying love for her, even though he's never shown her more than polite kindness. She miraculously grows into a beuatiful (more misspelling) woman right before his eyes, loses her host of psychological problems, stuttering, and god knows what else right in the passage of two seconds. The Hyuuga family, who have every indication of being heartless, cannot help but allow this true love to thrive. Then they get married and live happily ever after, even though Orochimaru and Sauske and Akatsuki and every new villain of the week is after Naruto.

----------------The perfect end------(How cute... SHUT THE FUCK UP!)--------------------------

That, my friends, was satisfying.