Surprises
Kuroda was now extremely confused. Itachi had taken her out through the city gates and into a nearby forest. "If I may ask where are you…" Kuroda began. Itachi turned round and put a finger on his lips, as if asking for silence.
There was a rustling noise in one of the nearby trees. It startled Kuroda and she looked to where the noise had come from…there was nothing. She looked back to Itachi but he was gone. How can they move so silently?
There was the sound of a brief scuffle in the trees and someone fell to the ground. Itachi jumped down after it. He came back over to Kuroda carrying the body. "A friend of yours?" Itachi asked, sarcastically.
Kuroda looked down at the body's face. She did not recognise it. It was wearing a forehead protector of some country Kuroda was not familiar with. "No," Kuroda said.
Itachi looked down. "She is from the Country of Sound, most likely one of Orochimaru's minions."
The sound ninja stirred. She started to blink in the strong sunlight pushing through the branches. She saw Itachi and jumped to her feet. "You!" she yelled. Drawing a dagger she raised it to an attacking stance.
"I don't want to hurt you!" Itachi said. "If you want this I may have to kill you!" Itachi drew a katana that Kuroda knew all too well. Kuroda saw that blade and bit back tears. Nakashima…Are you ok? Where are you? Are you even still alive?
Kisame ran into the city, knocking over a man in a black cloak with red clouds.
"Oh, sorry Itachi, I didn't see you there." Itachi got up and dusted down his robes; he had a large bruise on his forehead. "What happened?" Kisame asked, momentarily forgetting why he had come.
Itachi looked cold and just walked past him. Kisame suddenly remembered why he had come. "Itachi, Nakashima has escaped!"
Itachi stopped and turned. "I know."
Kisame looked taken aback. "Does the leader?"
Itachi nodded. "You are to come with me." He began walking again. "We believe he is using the transformation technique."
Kisame could not believe what he was hearing. "He learnt so many techniques in such a short time and with no practice." Kisame wondered aloud. "By the way, what is his transformation form?"
Itachi stopped and turned round. "He has transformed into me."
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Itachi was locked in a sword fight that raged through the trees. He jumped high and clashed with the sound ninja. "What do you want?" Nakashima yelled.
"I want the ninja from the rain!" The sound ninja replied. "I want revenge for what they did to my family all those years ago." Itachi hesitated; the sound ninja thought this was odd for an Akatsuki member. "You are not an Akatsuki member are you?" The sound ninja asked.
Itachi paused. "Looks like you got me."
Suddenly the man the sound ninja was staring appeared as the rain ninja she had been hunting. She swore, reaching into her pouch and grabbed some needles. They moved so fast Nakashima could not move in time. Suddenly Kuroda was in front of him; her body shook as the needles made contact. She didn't even scream. She just collapsed; her body tumbled out of the tree and plummeted.
Nakashima jumped down in time to catch her. The sound ninja just disappeared. Nakashima looked down at Kuroda. "What a pity!" Itachi smirked and came in from roof of trees, Kisame close behind.
"Now you know what it feels like to lose someone close to you. It's your fault she is dead!"
Itachi came down in front of Nakashima and punched him in the face; blood began to trickle from Nakashima's nose and mouth. "Mangekyo Sharingan," Itachi whispered under his breath.
Nakashima fell back.
He saw her die.
Again.
And again.
And again.
And all he could think was…
This was all my fault.