Sakura's eyes widened at the information. So this was Sasuke's older brother...
"Itachi..." Chiyo spoke. "So, this is... The child who killed his entire family...?"
"It has been a while..." Itachi said calmly. "Kakashi-san... Naruto-kun," his eyes flickered towards Mayumi but he said nothing.
The group glared, except for Mayumi who stared past him, "Hey Itachi-san... Where's Kisame-kun?"
Kakashi looked down at her and shook his head; she'd already forgotten that they'd have to fight the Uchiha.
"You bastard!" Naruto shouted at him, causing the Arakaki female to jump, "Not just me, but even Gaara? I'll beat you all down!"
The Hatake put his arm up to warn his students, "Everyone, don't look directly at his eyes! It's dangerous!"
"Well, what should we do?" Sakura asked him.
"Judge his movements from the movements of his body and feet. Itachi's Genjutsu is an eye Jutsu... In other words, it's a vision-type. You'll be fine if you avoid eye contact."
Sakura dropped her eyes then focused on Itachi's body, "That's really difficult..."
"Hmmm..." Chiyo muttered. "The Uchiha clan... It's been a long time since I've fought a sharingan."
Mayumi made a face, "We have to fight him!"
"…Well there's no need to be overwhelmed. There are many tactics for fighting this eye jutsu…" Chiyo continued.
"What should we do?" Naruto asked her.
"If it's one on one, surely flee. If it's two on one, take the rear.
The blonde stared at her with a face that said, I'm not that smart.
Mayumi sighed, "If it's two on one… Even if one is caught in the Genjutsu, there's one more to go behind the opponent. If they hit the real body, then the Genjutsu is unraveled. Even if that's impossible, they can help their partner by cancelling the Genjutsu themselves. That is, if there are multiple opponents, one person can divert… And the other can move behind to the Sharingan's blind spot, and attack."
Everyone looked at her. She tossed her hands up and laughed nervously, "The Arakaki aren't big fans of the Uchiha clan. They teach you this stuff just in case you run into one, not that I understand any of it."
Sakura smiled at her, "I get it!"
"So the stupid one is useful!" Chiyo muttered.
Kakashi smiled softly, he felt proud that she'd learned something like that but he couldn't let her show him up either, "Well… That's alright for a normal Genjutsu level, but in this case… It will be a little more trouble."
Her lavender eyes flashed towards him with a small sneer, "What do you mean?"
"He uses an eye jutsu that surpasses the original Sharingan, the 'Mangekyou Sharingan'. If you are struck by that eye jutsu, his Genjutsu can affect you in an instant. There is no cancelling the effects of it."
"A troublesome person…" Chiyo glared towards the Uchiha. "What in the world is he…?"
Mayumi looked from the Hatake and towards Itachi. She bit down on her lip, wishing it wasn't him that they'd have to fight.
"That's Kakashi-san for you," the Uchiha said. "That, after having been affected by my Tsukuyomi just once."
"That's not all…" The silvered haired man told him. "After you used that eye jutsu… You became weary and you immediately left the fight. Besides the fact that it requires a considerable amount of chakra, it also presents a great risk to your eyes as well doesn't it? Itachi?"
"Well analyzed… Given that you have only fought me once."
Kakashi grabbed his forehead protector and pulled it from over his eye, "Itachi, how far has your eyesight deteriorated?"
Mayumi's mouth dropped and she looked towards the Uchiha who had closed his eyes and dropped his head. His eyesight was deteriorating? Itachi was going blind? She wanted to ask him how but refrained, knowing that he wasn't the same young man that she had known with Sasuke.
Itachi looked back up and glared at the Hatake, "Kakashi-san… Impossible, you…"
"Well! Last time I was unprepared, but I'm not like that this time. This won't go the same way as it did last time…"
Naruto smiled than smirked towards the Uchiha, "If you think I'll be the same as before as well, you're making a huge mistake!"
"Naruto, I'll handle him."
The blonde made a face at his former teacher, "If I don't get to fight again, where's the teamwork!"
"No, this time I want you to cover me. Really, I want to say 'hurry ahead' brashly, but… Even with me as his opponent, I can't handle him by myself."
Itachi stared at the group who eyes were either looking past him or locked on his body. Itachi raised his hand and pointed at the Uzumaki. Naruto's and Mayumi's breath caught in their throat.
"We'll kindly ask you to come with us now… Naruto-kun."
"You'll have to face me first."
Without warning his team Kakashi sprang forward towards the man. He threw a punch at the Uchiha but his balled hand was caught and used to hold him in place while the real Itachi ran forward.
"A Kage Bunshin!"
Naruto growled angrily and hit the Uchiha with a rasengan. His eyes widened as the Uchiha disappeared in a puff of smoke. He looked behind himself to see that Chiyo, Sakura, and Mayumi laid on the ground passed out and in front of him so did Kakashi.
"Uuhhh…" Sakura moaned and started to push herself up.
"Sa…Sakura…chan…"
Naruto's relieved looked changed to a glare as she turned into Itachi. Chiyo, Mayumi, and Kakashi also stood and turned into the red eyed man. Naruto growled and reached into his tool pouch. Quickly and accurately he threw kunai at all of the clones. Each one hit their target causing the man to fall back. However he never hit the ground as he turned into crows. Naruto stared in disbelief as the birds flew around him. One of the animals slowly started to form the Uchiha.
"Damnit…" Naruto cursed, staring up at him. "Even though I wasn't looking at his eyes… Shit! This Genjutsu, how?"
Itachi stared down at him with no emotion passing his over his face, "It's not just these eyes that I can use to cast Genjutsu. If I have one finger, that is enough.
Naruto glared up at him as he remembered the man pointing at him.
"Don't worry… I won't use the Mangekyou Sharingan… Or it would be more correct to say that I can't use it at the moment…" He started to form hand sighs and stared down at him. "Alright… Now just drop off to sleep for me."
Naruto clapped his hands in front of himself and started to radiate chakra, "Haaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Itachi stared down at him and took note that he had grown in strength, "But still weak," he commented.
Suddenly the crows flew that the blonde. On their way down they transformed into shuriken and punctured the Uzumaki's clothes and skin. Naruto growled as he focused. Blood rolled down his cheek as his skin began to peel off on one side of his head. Naruto shouted but only half of his head did so. The other half was no longer in his control. It changed its form so that it was now Sasuke. One of his hands came up to his neck and wrapped his fingers around it. Naruto quickly tried to stop himself from choking…well…himself.
"Since I missed killing you that time…" the Sasuke half spoke, referring to when he had sent his hand threw Naruto at Final Valley.
Suddenly something started to force its way through Naruto's jacket. He stared down at it and his eyes widened when he seen Sakura's green eyes.
The Haruno glared up at him, "…Why… Didn't you stop Sasuke-kun? Even though I trusted you!"
Naruto gasped as Kakashi formed on his shoulder, "You couldn't protect your comrades could you?" He spoke. "Even though I had faith in you… You let me down…"
The hand that had been trying to stop his other hand in Sasuke's control pulled away and revealed one of Gaara's eyes and his symbol that read love.
"It's always you who profits…" It said. "You're always the only one getting the good luck…"
The blonde's eyes teared up. He couldn't handle this!
Suddenly his blue eyes flashed open and he found Chiyo and Sakura holding onto him. Him, without his friends growing or forming on his body.
He stared forward and watched as Kakashi and Itachi fought.
"Are you alright, Naruto?" The older man asked.
"I…"
"It was Genjutsu…" Sakura told him. "It's alright now."
"It seems he doesn't just use eye jutsu…" Chiyo mumbled.
"Right, it's finally time for the last battle. Put your all into it, Naruto!"
Sakura placed her hand on his cheek, trying to calm him, "Hey! Get a hold of yourself!"
"Naruto, I'll show you how to do it."
The Uzumaki looked around quickly and took note that the blue-haired female was nowhere in sight.
Itachi stared to form hand signs, pulled back, then blew a fireball towards the group. The fire destroyed everything in its path; thankfully the team had jumped out its way. Naruto smirked as he noticed a hole in the ground knowing that that's where his teacher had escaped into.
Kakashi came up from under the earth in front of the Uchiha who moved back before it hit him. He reached his arm up and took the Hatake's sleeve in his hand. Pulling his arm down the silver haired man lost his balance allowing Itachi to throw a punch at him. Kakashi ducked out of the way but the Uchiha recovered quickly and grabbed the back of his neck, pulling his head towards his own; Kakashi forced to stare into the eyes that held the Sharingan.
"No wonder…" Itachi spoke. "I wouldn't expect you to be affected by the Genjutsu… This is a Kage Bunshin…"
Kakashi pulled himself from the hole that he had taken refuge in, "Handle him and my Kage Bunshin Naruto!"
"Got it!" The blonde shouted as he and a clone ran towards the Uchiha. Itachi's eyes widened as he was hit with the rasengan. Chiyo stared in surprise at Naruto.
Sakura eyes widened, "A…Amazing…"
Blood ran from the corners of Itachi's mouth as he gave Naruto a smirk before he hit the ground hard, causing dirt to rise up in the air.
Mayumi stood behind one of the trees, her knees trembling. Her lavender eyes were wide and she gripped the tree to keep herself up. She couldn't go back to her teammates, not like this. He was dead… Really dead… Her eyes teared slightly and she slid to the ground. She'd cared about him too much when she was younger, and this was what that had caused. Her chest heaved as her eyes closed and she passed out.
*Flashback*
Mayumi giggled loudly as Sasuke chased her towards his elder brother. A grin warmed Itachi's face as he picked them both up and swung them around in a circle.
"Faster Itachi-san!" The young Hatake cheered while she pulled her hair from her face.
"Yeah!" Sasuke agreed, hoping his brother would listen.
Itachi laughed at the pair and picked up his speed. The two children stuck their arms out in front of them as they flung around.
"Stop I'm gonna get sick!" The young boy suddenly complained.
The eldest Uchiha came to a stop and gently placed the children on the ground; checking to make sure his brother was going to be okay. Sure enough as soon as his little feet hit the ground Sasuke grabbed Mayumi's smaller hand and pulled her away. The bluenette gasped. Her not being prepared for the pull, she stumbled forward and fell on her face. The boy looked back at her with a worried look but didn't move forward, he was simply to afraid to see if he'd hurt his friend.
Itachi stepped towards her as she turned over. Her lavender eyes were wide with tears. A large scratch had found it's way to her bare knee and was crying tears of red. With a deep, shaky breath the girl began to cry. The older Uchiha pulled her close and rocked her back and forth, knowing that it would calm her down, just as it did Sasuke. She wiped her eyes with her small hands, her cries stopped but she still gave soft whimpers.
Itachi whispered to her about the ice cream he'd get her if she could be a big girl and stop crying so he could take her home to clean the cut. He muttered about candies and told funny stories about Sasuke when he was a baby, that got her to give soft giggles between her tears. Finally she calmed down enough that he could take her and Sasuke back home, but the small girl and cuddled herself so tightly into his arms he wasn't sure he wanted to move her. Sasuke walked over and stuck his hand out for her. Mayumi hesitated for a moment but put her hand in his. The boy pulled her up with a smile and offered her his balance seeing as her legs wobbled slightly from her tears.
The older brother smiled softly at the two of them. Perhaps she had cuddled herself into more than just his arms...
*End Flashback*
"This… This is…" Chiyo spoke.
Naruto glared down at body.
"Was it… Their jutsu…or what?" Sakura asked.
"I had a bad feeling about it in the middle…" Kakashi said, staring down at the black and red clock.
"What could it be?" Naruto questioned.
The old woman stared down sadly at the body, "…He…"
"Do you know this person?" The Hatake asked her.
"Yeah… Yuura… He's a jounin from my village."
"From the sand? What does that mean?"
"Even I don't know…"
"Possibly he could have been an Akatsuki spy…" Sakura suggested.
"No way… He's been working hard as a leader for four years…" Chiyo told her.
"Was he impersonating Itachi with the henge?" Naruto wondered aloud.
"No…" Kakashi told him. "This isn't that level of jutsu… The Goukakyuu is a jutsu that the Uchiha clan worked out and used well. And that jutsu was the real thing…"
Naruto looked over at him as he remembered their missing teammate, "Kakashi-sensei… Where's Mayumi-chan at?"
The silver haired man's eyes flashed to where he could feel her chakra; it was weak. He rushed over towards her and found on her ground, her back against the tree. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he picked her up and rejoined the group…
*With Itachi and Kisame*
"It seems that one's finished too," Kisame told his partner.
"Yeah…" Itachi confirmed. "The chakra's cut off; but delaying them was enough."
"Well the chakra we gave to the sacrifice was about thirty percent, wasn't it?" Kisame spoke again. "Even though it's a convenient jutsu that produces the same bodies as our own, the amount of chakra taken and passed over isn't that significant. So in proportion our strength and jutsu we can use are limited."
The shark like man's eyes flickered towards his teammate, "How's our little friend grown?"
Itachi looked away, "…She hid."
Heck ya! Got it done! You should be proud of me! I wasn't going to update for a very very very very very very long time! Hehe! Anyways I hope it was good! Sasuke's in the lead with like… Twenty-five I think… And Itachi's in second with something like seventeen… Somewhere in there… Anyways I hope it was good, I'd like to thank all of you who have reviewed so far and ask you to please do so again, if you haven't voted yet, I'd love it if you did so! But I left out a lot of the humor because I felt this chapter should be more serious. Anyways thanks and bye for now!