Chapter 19: Itachi Vs Kimimaro
"Let's skip the warm up, I don't have time to play around with you" Itachi closed his eyes and reopened them, activating his Mangekyō Sharingan.
"You're not the only one with a kekkie-genkai" Kimimaro's body then began to transform, due to activating his curse seal, His skin colour changing to brown and the bones grew out of his body even more, until he transformed into a beast like creature.
"I see so you're able to control the bones in your body. That is quite a technique you got there"
"I can do more than just control them; I can turn them into weapons" Kimimaro then reached behind his back and pulled out his spine turning it into a whip.
"The average person has 206 bones, for me that number can be changed" Kimimaro then charged at Itachi lashing his whip towards his direction. Itachi being one step ahead of him dodged his attack and landed punch to Kimimaro's face, but he then realised that his attack had no effect on him and that Kimimaro had not moved from the impact of the attack.
"Taijutsu has no effect on me, I'm able to grow more layers of none around my current ones making my body tough enough to withstand lethal attacks" Kimimaro then lashed his whip at Itachi which made contact to his left arm leaving a deep but not fatal wound on his arm. Itachi quickly moved out of his range. But Kimimaro kept up with Itachi's speed and quickly turned around and dashed towards him.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu" A giant flame then burst from Itachi's mouth in flew straight towards Kimimaro. Not able to see anyway of dodging Kimimaro went head on with the fireball, only to come out of the other end.
"Dance of the clematis: Flower" Kimimaro's hand suddenly became in cased with bones transforming into a giant drill like spear which he drilled into Itachi. Itachi was able to shift his body to avoid contact with his heart; instead it pierced his right shoulder. Itachi then closed his right, which then began to bleed.
"Amaterasu" Itachi then opening his right eye and engulfed Kimimaro in black flames making him retreat from his position.
"How, how is this burning my bones"
"This Jutsu is the ultimate in fire release techniques, it is able to burn through anything and it cannot be put out until it consumes everything"
"Well done you're the first person to ever defeat me. It looks like I won't be able to fulfil you desire Lord Orochimaru" Kimimaro then collapsed onto the floor while the flames of Amaterasu burned up the rest of his body. Itachi then felt a sudden pain to his eye after using the technique, he looked up and realised his vision had gotten worse; this was Mangekyō Sharingan's side effect. If someone's uses it for too long or uses one of its eye abilities their vision will begin to fade until they become fully blind. Itachi quickly deactivated his Sharingan and continues down the halls of the lair hoping he wasn't too late.