Ok, so here's the latest chapter. I hope everybody likes it, I was very anxious witing it and hope it all makes sense. Please review and let me know what you all think. OMG, I don't know why but I feel so anxious. (maybe it was the rice I ate earlier)

I don't ownNaruto in any way shape or form, but if I did this is how it would go.

ITACHI IN NARUTO'S MIND

Itachi walked closer to Naruto. He could see the hate in Naruto's eyes and saw his answer. "You would save us much effort and yourself much grief if you came willingly." Itachi said. He knew it was probably futile to try to convince Naruto, but one could never know. The look in Naruto's eyes did not change however and Itachi stepped back. He looked towards Kakashi. "Don't worry Kakashi, I've already accomplished my goal. I just want to gather some information about Naruto right now." Itachi didn't know what Kakashi was thinking, but he hoped he would not have to deal with unnecessary obstacles. Some things just didn't go the way one wanted to though. Itachi glanced at Naruto and saw that Naruto was about to break free of the shadow bind. Naruto's hand was closing into a fist. Itachi could not have that now, he decided to nip the problem in the bud. He took a step towards Naruto and place his hand open palmed on Naruto. Naruto stopped moving again. Itachi had used his sharingan on Naruto he used the same technique he had applied to Chiyo and Sakura, but this one was more concentrated. . Once he had accomplished this he looked back towards Kakashi and saw he was also about to break free of the binding technique. However in his current form Itachi could not use the Mangekyu sharingan. He had to take care of Kakashi before he became more trouble than he was worth though. Not letting go of Naruto Itachi stepped towards Kakashi with a quick step and delivered and open palm blow right below Kakashi's sternum. Kakashi felt the wind get knocked out of him and then a huge impact knocked his jaws together. That was the last conscious sensation Kakashi had. Itachi had delivered a strong uppercut right after the blow to the sternum. With no air reaching his brain it was easier for Itachi to knock Kakashi unconscious. Kakashi had successfully broken the bind technique, but now lay crumpled on the ground. Itachi reached down and tapped him a few times to make sure he was no longer conscious. He then looked over at Sakura and Chiyo to make sure they were also taken care of. Now that that was out of the way he could focus on Naruto's mind.

Naruto found himself in the familiar setting in front of the kyubi's cage. He sat there wondering how he had gotten there and stood up. He felt no desire to speak to the fox however and apparently the nine-tails was not interested in him either. Naruto could feel the hum of power coming from behind the bars which held a seal in front of them. Coming here always made Naruto feel somewhat uncomfortable. He turned around and was about to search for a way out when something happened that sent chills down his spine. A freezing gust of wind blew out from behind the bars, Naruto could feel the cold down to the marrow of his bone. The wind was accompanied by a deep insane laughter. The laugh was deafening and Naruto shuddered. Thinking to himself 'He's lost it. That damn fox is gone insane.' Naruto turned to look at the bars and could see nothing behind them. He decided it didn't matter. He had to find a way to get out of here and help his friends. Urgency gripped him as he remembered the situation Itachi had them in. He took of running knowing that somehow he had to get out of there.

Itachi found himself in the same room as Naruto. He didn't know where he was, but he could see Naruto not more than twenty yards away from him. Itachi was confused by Naruto's actions however. He seemed not to be affected by his jutsu. Itachi wondered if Naruto had gotten so strong as to not be affected at all. Naruto now stood up and turned away from him. Itachi's confusion grew he began walking towards Naruto. He had not taken more than two steps towards Naruto when a giant circular steel bar fell directly in front of him. It slammed to the ground with a loud clang. Itachi could no longer see Naruto. He looked up to see where the bar had come from, but there was no ceiling the bar kept going up and up vanishing into the distance. Suddenly a strong wind blew past him and a maniacal laughter exploded into his ears. He turned quickly to find the source, but it seemed to be coming from everywhere. The laughter continued for a few seconds then as quickly as it had started it stopped. Itachi turned once again to search out Naruto once the laughter stopped, but Naruto was nowhere in sight. The bar had also disappeared. Itachi began to assess the situation when a deep rumbling voice spoke out. "I...SEE...YOU." There was a pregnant pause Itachi looked around again. The question beginning to form in his mind when the voice spoke again. "I...TA...CHI." The laughter erupted in his ears once again. This time it was much shorter though. Itachi had a feeling that he had made a miscalculation somewhere. From behind him Naruto's voice spoke. "Itachi...I see you." Itachi spun around quickly standing there before him was Naruto. Naruto was calmly looking at his nails. When he felt Itachi's gaze on him he looked up. "Hello Itachi. Welcome." Itachi looked at Naruto suspiciously.

"Are you Naruto?" Itachi asked staying composed as ever. He did not know what to expect here, he had never had the sharingan fail him like this.

Naruto grinned a mischievous grin. "What do you think. You don't see the demon fox's chakra do you? Your eyes should give you that answer." Itachi saw that Naruto was right. He just couldn't shake the feeling he had though. "I won't loose to you, Itachi. I will save my friends." With that Naruto launched himself at Itachi. Itachi saw the attack coming. He was impressed by Naruto's speed, but now he was confident that it was the real Naruto, nobody else would act so recklessly. He sidestepped Naruto's punch with ease. Suddenly a pain exploded in his stomach, he had been punched. He did not see where it had come from, he had dodged Naruto's punch however he was being launched back by this punch. That thought quickly left his mind as he immediately slammed into the steel bar behind him. As he regained his feet he looked up again and saw the bar. 'Where did this come from, I thought it had disappeared'. He unconsciously reached for his stomach. He noticed Naruto looking at him and quickly straightened out. As soon as he looked at Naruto, Naruto threw back his head and laughed first it was Naruto's laughter that came from his throat, but as he kept laughing the laughing morphed back to the loud maniacal laughter Itachi had heard earlier. When he finished laughing and looked at Itachi again his appearance had changed. His incisors had grown sharper and longer, his ears were elongated and pointed back. His eyes usually blue were now crimson red and had thick lines around them (Like Gaara's) the pupils were not round, they were vertical slits, like cat eyes. Itachi now knew he had been tricked he was in the Kyubi's domain. He had no idea how he had gotten there, but now he had to get out. "You're making me blush boy." Kyubi said to Itachi. Itachi had been unaware of how hard he was looking at Naruto. The change was hard not to notice though. "I know what you want boy, but you're not leaving yet." Kyubi took a step towards Itachi and continued talking. "I know your desires Uchiha. So why are you so eager to leave don't you want to sample that which you want." Kyubi mocked. "See if you can handle it?" Kyubi/Naruto was now less than two feet in front of Itachi. He came to a stop there and stared into Itachi's sharingan eyes. "I hate your eyes. It makes me sick to look at something so unpure." as if to prove his point Kyubi/Naruto looked away from Itachi.

Itachi had never been in a situation like this before and was unsure of how to proceed. He grew tired of the demons mocking though. The fox was right though. Itachi did want to see it's power. When the boy/fox looked away from him, Itachi did not hesitate. He slammed his hand into the fox and used amaterasu. (The black flames.) The flames erupted from his hands and immediately consumed Naruto/Kyubi. Naruto began to scream in agony and began writhing in pain. He did not go down though. Itachi soon realized that the demon fox was once again mocking him. Almost as soon as the thought crossed Itachi's mind the fire on Naruto went out and Naruto stood before him unharmed. "You messed up my hair, you bastard." Naruto said casually. Itachi only caught a glimpse of what happened next and instantly knew he had to leave this place. Naruto's hands shot out and tapped Itachi with his fingers five times in five different spots on his body. Itachi saw this, but the speed at which it happened was inhuman. Itachi saw the five touches and the hands begin to withdraw when the first explosion of pain wracked his body. Five craters suddenly appeared on Itachis body and he flew back with equally blinding speed. Once again he slammed into the bar. This time the pain of the impact made Itachi scream. Itachi continued to scream as both of his shoulders were pierced through and pinned against the bar. Blood began flowing profusely down his robe. Itachi was in severe pain, however he stopped screaming and looked at what had happened to him. He saw to red spikes going through his shoulders and when he followed the path of the spikes he saw they were not spikes at all, but two of the Kyubis tails. The Kyubi saw Itachi looking at him and as if to mock him brought out a third tail and began stroking it. "They're pretty don't you think?...You don't have to answer." Naruto said. He saw Itachi was in great pain and was not going to answer. "So you want to know why you couldn't affect Naruto? Baka, you think that if the seal doesn't let me do anything to him that you with your weak jutsu's would be able to touch him?" Kyubi walked to another bar that had appeared and looked at it with hate in his eyes. "That detestable seal." A thin smile formed on his face. "The conditions are improving little by little though." The demon fox turned to look at Itachi once again and started walking towards him. No longer was a smile on his face. "You know what really pisses me off though?" Itachi had no idea, he no longer cared. For the last few moments he had been waiting for the clone on the outside to break contact between him and Naruto. However nothing was happening. Pain shot across his face as his lower jaw was dislocated. Kyubi/Naruto unleashed a powerful backhand. The demon fox gave up using Naruto's voice and spoke to Itachi in his normal voice. "YOU PISS ME OFF!." The Kyubi's voice boomed. "Waiting to be saved, nobody can save you here. YOUR LIFE IS NOW IN MY HANDS, FOOL. I ALREADY DESTROYED YOUR LITTLE CLONE!" Itachi's eyes widened at that, could the Kyubi do that? He asked himself, he was not aware of this. How could that be? Itachi's dislocated jaw was forgotten as he tried to find an answer. The demon fox reverted to speaking in Naruto's voice once again. "It is interesting isn't it. I just recently made the discovery myself. Whenever the boy's mind lapses I can influence his actions...I almost made him kill somebody today." He said almost as an afterthought. "The boy is opening doors for me without knowing it as he accesses more of my chakra. It's not much, but its a start." Naruto looked at Itachi with an evil gleam in his eyes. "Do you know what this means?" He asked Itachi. The implications of what the Kyubi was saying were far reaching and he would have to digest the information later, but Itachi's eyes widened once again as he realized the immediate implications of what the demon fox said.

Itachi's anger grew even more at the humiliation the fox was putting him through. He had dislocated his jaw and asked a question. Itachi had to struggle not to let his frustration show. He had to clear his mind and see the situation immediately. The fox had access to Naruto's mind and could influence him when Naruto wasn't aware. He wondered how the fox could do that, but that was an issue for later. Itachi now saw or thought he saw what it was the fox wanted him to know. Itachi had sent Naruto into his own mind so Naruto was not aware of anything outside of his body right now. Itachi was in pain and even though he was sure the fox knew what he was thinking he sensed that the fox was now waiting for an answer. Itachi did not want to waste time as long as he was in here he could not see what was going on with his body and if what the fox said was true than Itachi was in more danger than he thought. Itachi could not speak loudly so he whispered as clearly as he could. His head was bowed and he didn't make eye contact with Naruto/Kyubi. "You are...in control." Itachi whispered. It seemed that this was indeed what the fox wanted. He was in front of Itachi with a disturbing smile on his face.

"Did you say something. I couldn't hear you. Oh I see your jaw must hurt, here let me fix that." Itachi was expecting further humiliation and closed his eyes in preparation. What he did not expect was the fox to actually heal him. Not after he was the one that caused the damage in the first place. Yet a warmth spread through Itachi's jaw and the pain seemed to melt away as the Kyubi's hands lay on his jaw. Itachi opened his eyes and saw the fox still standing there still smiling. "Now, what was it that you had said?" The Kyubi asked.

Itachi slowly flexed his jaws to make sure this wasn't some sort of trick by the fox. He saw that his jaw was really healed. He did not know what to make of this. To what extent could the fox use it's healing powers? Itachi was impressed, yet he was beginning to loathe this creature in front of him. He answered again this time in a louder voice and made eye contact with the fox. "So you are now currently in control of Naruto's body. Have I inadvertently released you?" Itachi asked. Not knowing what to expect if he had.

The fox did not laugh this time and he looked at Itachi with renewed interest. "You really don't know do you? Only the brat can undo the seal now. His chakra is a component of the seal. Oh that is classic. Do you really think that if you freed me we would still be in this cell, or that you would still be alive? No, even in this state I can only push the amount of Chakra Naruto can channel through." A wide smile spread on Naruto's face revealing fox's teeth. "That will be enough to destroy you though. You didn't think I would let this information get to the real you did you?" The demon fox noted the minute widening of Itachi's eyes and interpreted them correctly. "You of all people should know that time works differently in the mind. I've put a block around the prison so that you...hmmm. I don't need to explain anything to a dead man. Do you want to see how I destroyed your clone?" The Kyubi asked. Itachi did not respond he knew he was about to die now. He only hoped that this demon said was not true and that he could not reach the real him. The fox did not remove the two tails that were pinning him to the bar. Instead he maneuvered them around himself so that he could turn around. When his back was turned to Itachi the demon fox spoke to Itachi one last time. "This is gonna be fun, as soon as I destroy you I get to race the brat and see how long I can control his body before he's aware. To bad he'll know the situation's changed. I bet I can pull off a jutsu before he wakes up." The tails piercing Itachi burned for a second as the Kyubi exploded back to it's original form. Itachi stared at the huge monster in front of him and for a moment felt insignificant in it's presence. The Kyubi's voice spoke to him though. Breaking through all his thoughts. "Lest I forget my manners... boy. Thank you for breaking my monotony." Four tails shot out at Itachi, before he could form a thought the tails pierced him and tore him apart. His limbs began to fall and disintegrated as the fox began to move with blinding speed.

Kakashi was coming around. Slowly he opened his eyes slightly. He gathered his thoughts and re-assessed the situation. He remembered how they had so easily been caught and his failed attempts to break the bind technique. He felt the last attempt had been successful though. He knew it was because otherwise he wouldn't be on the ground. He had to find a way to get them out of this mess. His slowly looked around and saw Itachi's feet. He followed Itachi's figure and saw that he still had his hand on Naruto's face. Dammit he thought. What could Itachi be doing to Naruto. As much as he wanted to just jump up and fight Itachi he had to make sure everyone would come out of this alive. He noted Itachi's eyes were closed as he was focusing on Naruto. Kakashi now had to find the clone that had placed the shadow bind on them. He grabbed a handful of sand slowly and remembered where everyone was positioned. He quickly got up and threw the sand where the clone should have been, but there was nothing there. He looked around quickly and then looked at Itachi. As he had looked around he saw Sakura and Chiyo on the ground. He had hoped they were still alive. He saw no sign of the clone and hoped against hope that he was not around somewhere. He slowly began to take a step towards Itachi hoping not to attract his attention. He was somewhat surprised that Itachi hadn't notice him yet. "Hang in there Naruto." Kakashi whispered. What happened next was extremely unexpected. As Kakashi looked at them he saw a smile come onto Naruto's face underneath Kakashi's hand. Next Itachi's eyes flew open and seemed to try to regain their focus. Suddenly Itachi's body folded his back bending back unnaturally and the next second the rest of his body caught up with his back as Itachi's body was launched into the air. Where Itachi's body had been was Naruto's fist. Kakashi was stunned, he looked at Naruto's eyes and saw they were blood red. Red chakra beginning to leak out of his pores. Kakashi didn't know what to do he called out to Naruto. "Naruto!" For a second Naruto paid no attention to Kakashi. He only looked at Itachi's flying body and whispered something Kakashi could not hear.

Kakashi followed Naruto's gaze and saw Itachi. Kakashi's eyes were glued to Itachi's face. It was beginning to change. Just as Kakashi was observing this a low rumbling came from inside of Itachi. Suddenly Itachi imploded. His body seemed to be crushed into a ball. When it looked like Itachi would begin folding onto himself, he suddenly exploded. It looked like a small sun burst where Itachi had just been breaking Itachi to pieces and the energy of the sun seemed to be burning the pieces of what was left of Itachi and making them disintegrate. Kakashi had no idea what he had just witnessed, but nonetheless it was extremely unsettling. Kakashi looked back at Naruto. He saw Naruto looking at him with a look of utter confusion on his face. His eyes were once again his blue eyes and in and anguished voice Naruto asked Kakashi. "W-what happened?" Kakashi felt extremely inadequate at that moment. He had no idea what had happened.

PREVIEW

How will everybody deal with the events that have happened recently.

RSO'S

dragonman180- Is she? Is she really? Muahhahahahaha...So what if she is. Shino has to have someone who's safe from him. Even old people mess up sometimes. She was too arrogant though. Hmm. Damn you, once again pointing things out that would have helped me before I wrote the chapter. I forgot that the shadow imitation could be broken like that. Phew, hopefully I covered my tracks well in this chapter. Considering we don't know how much total chakra Itachi really possesses I think he could handle it. Oh,... I hope I did a good job in this chapter.

narashikamaru- Yeah it does, poor...everybody. I hope I didn't disappoint. (Itachi did get his ass handed to him though.)

causeiambetta- Thank you! I think so too. I won't be able to explore that right off the bat, because of the mission in all, but once things settle down I think everybody will have things that they will have to re-assess and think about.

narutofan101- Well, he is, in my story anyways. Kinda... I know he sounds like a perv. but like I said give him time. He is multi-facetet. (hope I spelled that right)

reikage-sama-lordspirit- Yeah... sort of. It was all in her mind so I don't know all the technical implications yet. Ummm...but it wasn't like what really happened to them if that's what you meant.

danny- Yeah, right now she probably won't deal with it because of everything thats going on, but you never really know how she will deal with what happened. Oh the dead body was basically a host body that Kisame was using. Poor guy. Hopefully I can explain it well in the next few chapters. Done!

acrazygirlofmanynames- Oh, wow. I wish I had know that before I wrote this chapter. Then I could have made him suffer even more. J/K.