Chapter 8: Akatsuki

"Hey Itachi how much longer till we get there"

"Not much longer Kisame, be patient" Said Itachi as him and his partner Kisame where walking through the Hidden Leaf forest.

Several months after Itachi murdered his whole clan he left the village and joined a criminal organization known as the Akatsuki. The Akatsuki are after the tailed beasts like the nine tailed fox, which now lives inside Naruto. People who have a beast inside of them are known as Jinchuriki, For the Akatsuki to obtain the beasts the now to extract, by doing this the host is killed. Each member of the Akatsuki is given a certain beast to capture, for Itachi it's the Nine Tails.

"So Itachi how long has it been now since you have stepped into the village"

"It's been awhile but I'm not looking forward to going back"

"Hmm why's that?"

"Let's just say that there is certain people who I don't want to see again" Said Itachi remembering Sasuke and Ishiku.

The next day in the Leaf village Ishiku was walking through street wondering what to do, as Team 7 where on a two week break from missions, walking through the streets watching people buy stuff, little kids running around playing there games of ninja, it was early in the afternoon and he decided to stop at Ichiraku Ramen. When he walked in he saw one of his teammates sitting there slurping down his ramen.

"Do you ever slow down and eat Naruto, you could choke you know" Said Ishiku who grabbed a seat and ordered some beef pork ramen.

"Nah, if I slowed down then the ramen just goes all cold and then it will taste horrible" Naruto mumbled as he was still eating.

"What are you the Ramen expert or something" Ishiku said laughing.

"He may as well be, he comes here every day after all' Said the owner of the shop Teuchi, as he placed Ishiku's bowl down.

After both Ishiku and Naruto finished their ramen or ramen's for Naruto's case, they Naruto challenged Ishiku to quick sparing match, Ishiku didn't mind as he had nothing better to do, so they both headed for the training grounds, but as they were walking along a riverside of the village two mysteries figures stood in front of them.

"Who are these guys" Naruto asked Ishiku as they both took a step back.

"Naruto your coming with us" One of the men said as both of the mysterious men took of their hates that were covering the face, as they did Ishiku immediately realised who one of them where.

"Itachi what are you doing here" Ishiku yelled while gesturing Naruto to get back.

"Ishiku it's been awhile how are you and Sasuke been doing" Itachi replied keeping is focus on both of them.

"Hey Ishiku you know that guy" Naruto asked wondering what's going on.

"Yeh I know, his Sasuke's older brother and the one to murder the whole Uchiha Clan"

"Sasuke's brother no way what's he doing here then"

"We have come here to collect you Naruto so we can take the nine tails" Itachi said starring at both.

"I don't think so' Naruto yelled as he charged at Itachi.

"Wait Naruto he's too powerful to fight on our own" Ishiku warned but Naruto wasn't listening as he was charging at him with the Rasengan that he learnt from Jiraiya spinning in his hand.

"Take this Rasengan!" Naruto yelled only to be stopped by Kisame's blade that absorbed the attack.

"Sorry kid but jutsu's like those won't work against my sharkskin" laughed Kisame, swinging the blade at Naruto leaving a wound on the side of his arm.

"Naruto are you alright" Ishiku said as he quickly got Kisame away from Naruto by throwing several kunai at him.

"You should be watching you own back Ishiku" Came Itachi's voice who was standing behind Ishiku

Quickly reacting Ishiku tried to move away from Itachi but failed as Itachi grabbed him by the arm and stared right into his eyes.

"You're finished, Tsukiyomi" Itachi said as he cast Ishiku into the realm of Tsukiyomi.

"Where am I, What is this place"

"This is my Genjutsu; in the realm of Tsukiyomi I control everything"

Ishiku then found himself pinned and tied against a cross, he tried to free himself but the effects of the Genjutsu where weakening him.

"For the next 72 Hours you will be stabbed rapidity"

Then out of nowhere appeared four Itachi's all wielding the same sword, they then begun stabbing Ishiku, the pain that Ishiku was feeling was painful as for every stab would be another scream of pain. After 72 hours passed Ishiku was laying on the floor unconscious. In Naruto's time it was only 3 minutes.

"What did you do to him" Screamed Naruto who was trying to fend off his attackers.

"He was caught in my Genjutsu and has luckily survived, he is indeed strong" Itachi Said as he stared at Ishiku.

But he was then suddenly caught off guard by Sasuke as he landed a kick on Itachi, who quickly backed off.

"Itachi iv found you at last, Naruto how's Ishiku doing" Sasuke said worried about Ishiku's condition.

"He's fine but he needs medical attention"

"Alright then, take him to the hospital and leave Itachi to me"

"Kisame let's retreat, we seem to have attract too much attention, plus using the Tsukiyomi has drained most of my chakra" Itachi Said as both of them quickly took their leave.

"Dammit he got away, Naruto lets quickly take Ishiku to the Hospital" Said Sasuke as he helped Naruto take Ishiku to the Hospital.

When they got there Ishiku was quickly taken in, as medical staff started treating his wounds and preparing medicine for his recovery, after 2 hours of waiting the nurse told them the Ishiku was going to be fine, earning a sign of relief from two and from Kakashi who had come to talk to Sasuke and Naruto about Itachi's appearance in the village while waiting on Ishiku.