Yo!! This chapter is one that will leave you dazed, confused, and begging for more! So, without further ado, here is the next chapter, starring everyone's favorite Akatsuki nin!!

Chapter 33: Showdown!! Part 5: Akatsuki vs. Association!

Itachi stood across from T.K, as they prepared for their battle. (This isn't going to be easy.) They both thought to themselves. "Good luck." T.K said. "It won't be necessary." Itachi said, sliding his left hand back into his cloak.

They both stood, before Itachi's hand shot out holding 4 kunai, causing T.K to jump back. T.K's eyes then widened, and he jumped into the air as a small tornado shot from the ground.

(I didn't see the handseals at all.) T.K thought to himself. Itachi took one step forward, and shot into the sky after T.K. T.K's eyes widened in surprise, but he manged to match Itachi's speed. Both zipped across the rooftops, glints of steel clashing as they ran into each other. At some point, they ran right by Zaku, who looked confused.

(Back with the other Akatsuki)

"You think Itachi will be okay?" Kanzaki asked, as Deidara ruffled her silver hair. "Don't worry. I would expect you to worry about Itachi since you are new and all, but your worry is unfounded." Kisame said.

"Salmon-chan is right! Itachi is the strongest of us, besides the leader, yeah!" Deidara said. "Was that why he was the only one needed to get me to join?" Kanzaki said. "I guess." Deidara said. (The truth is Itachi is the only one who can handle you when you switch personalities.) Kisame thought to himself.

(With Itachi)

Itachi back flipped using his hand as T.K sped right to him. Itachi grunted, and began to block the fast attacks of T.K. This kid was amazingly fast. His Sharingan was having some kind of time trying to track his movements. This boy was really fast.

"I'm curious. How are you moving so fast?" Itachi said, as they held a conversation while battling. "Natural speed." T.K replied. Itachi cursed a little under his breath. He was using a miniscule amount of chakra to move like this, and here this person was, using no chakra at all, and moving so fast. Itachi hopped away as T.K fished out some kunai.

T.K was about to toss it, but an Earth Dragon appeared from a house, busting it to pieces. (An Earth Dragon!? When did he do seals?) T.K, luckily, was near a roof, so he smashed his fist into the roof, and broke off a huge piece of cement.

(Eh!?) Itachi gaped in his mind. He flipped it, and kicked it into the dragon, creating a giant dust storm. (Oh son of a bitch!!) Before I continue the story, I will begin to explain why this isn't considered out of context for Itachi.

Since it was in his mind, as long as his face is schooled, he can look blank while we see into his mind. I mean come on. Even kick-ass ninjas like Itachi have mental thoughts that no one would know about. Back to the story.

Itachi winced his eyes to keep from getting blind, (For those keeping with the manga, that statement is ironic, I know) and the dust was all T.K needed to smash his fist into Itachi's gut, and send him flying. Itachi flew, until he smashed through something made of ice.

He managed to land on his feet, before he took a look around. "Akatsuki!?" Itachi turned to the voice, and saw a boy with brown spikey hair, and glasses. "Why is the great Itachi Uchiha here?" He asked, and T.K appeared.

"And you brought a friend." He said in a smart tone. "Hn." Itachi replied. Across from T.K, on the other side of the Ice Dome, another member of Association 15 appeared. "T.K!? You are here!?" He asked. "Akatsuki." T.K replied. "You are fighting them as well?" Itachi asked, sort of. "Hn." The boy replied.

"Great to see you. Now, let's kill both of them!" The other member said, his dark blue hair playing with the wind. "Oi, Itachi-san. I'm not questioning your power or anything, but I'm not sure you can take both of them." The brown haired youth said. "I can't." Itachi said.

"Then, how are you about teaming up? I may not be anywhere in your league, but I can at least help." He asked. "Just stay out of my way." Itachi said. "And you stay out of mone." Sadly, that is as close to okay as either side is going to get.

(Outside Ice Dome)

Deidara and the rest were running along the rooftops, in the direction of Itachi and his opponent. They then stopped when they felt three different chakras, and hid their own.

"Okay, nee-chan! I'm ready to defend the Village!!" Kisame had a feeling he heard that voice, before Kanzaki put a small hole in the roof, and peeked inside. "Hey guys! Look inside." Kanzaki said, and they peeked in.

"Alright!! Full power!!" The tanned looking boy said. "Ah. That's that boy." Kisame said. "He's the one that Shiro Masamune trains?" Deidara asked. "He could be a problem according to Leader-sama." Kanzaki muttered. "I got him." Deidara said, as he slipped into his bag of magic clay.

He pulled quite a bit out, let his hands do their thing, and created about 10 spiders with C2 explosive power. "This should be enough." Deidara said, as he dropped them into the toy store.

"Hey, Amazon, nee-chan! Look at these cool spider toys." "Those look familiar." "Weird. It seems to be made of clay." "CLAY!?" "What's wrong, Sakura?" Before any reply was made, there was a big explosion, and the toy store was leveled.

Deidara, Kisame, and Kanzaki were able to hop away, and watch from another roof. "Ooh!! Pretty Fireworks!!" Kanzaki said. "Baka." Both Deidara and Kisame said. "That was too easy though, yeah." Deidara said. "You're right." All three turned around, and saw the one they were trying to kill.

"I'm not dead."

The nin said, smirking. "Who is he?" Kanzaki asked. "His name is Koji Hyosuke." Kisame said, walking in front of the other two. "You know me?" Koji asked. "We have met before." Kisame said. "Right. You were with that short dude, the one with the red eyes." Koji said. "Funny. I wouldn't comment on his lack of height around him." Kisame said. "Why? He'll hop up, just to pop me in my chest?" Koji replied, and Kisame actually chuckled.

Both then donned serious looks. "You know you owe me your head for that stunt back in Konoha a few months back." Kisame said. "I know. But I'm stronger than last time. You won't get my head without a fight." Koji said, as he aimed his right pointer at Kisame. "You saying you can win?" Kisame asked.

"Nope. Saying I have a slim chance is good enough for me." Koji said. Before the battle of the giants could commence, there was a huge explosion, and both warriors were engulfed in it.

Itachi ran along the ground. It was luck that his fire attack combined with an Exploding Tag blasted the weird Ice Dome that he was stuck in, but he wondered if he got those two Association Nin. When he looked back, T.K was charging. (Guess not.) Itachi mused, as he slid, and kicked T.K, blasting him away.

He sighed, and felt someone watching him. He turned to look on the roofs, and spotted Orochimaru, smirking. (He is here as well?) Itachi thought, as Orochimaru's yellow eyes turned black with 3 red commas in them.

Crimson Mangekyo Sharingan clashed with Onyx Shadow Sharingan, and both held their gazes. (Funny. Neither one noticed they activated their eye powers.) Orochimaru smirked, and then disappeared, while Itachi deactivated his Mangekyo, and scratched his eyes.

That one moment was all T.K needed. He reappeared, catching Itachi off guard, and kicking him dead in the gut. Itachi floated in the air, before T.K kicked him again, and he flew into a house. Itachi felt some blood come up, and spit up some blood.

(Shit. My insides have been messed up.) Itachi mused. "You lose." T.K said, as he slowly walked to Itachi. Before he could take anymore steps, he stopped, as Kanzaki appeared in front of him, protecting Itachi from him.

"Between us." T.K said. "Kanzaki, get out of the way." Itachi said coldly. "…No." Kanzaki said, just as coldly. Deidara and Kisame's eyes narrowed. They could feel the air become really intense. "You are the one who saved me, Itachi-kun. I won't allow you to die." Kanzaki said sadly, before she closed her eyes.

"You WILL leave now. If not, you will DIE!!" Kanzaki screamed, incredibly cold, as her eyes shot open, and her Tarogan was activated.

T.K was a little caught off guard. Her brown eyes had turned pure white, with a vertical black slit dead in the middle. She was glaring, with her hands at her side, in a stance similar to Itachi's aloof stance, but she looked different.

Instead of the beautiful woman that T.K caught a glance at, she looked like a warrior, ready to fight.

T.K held a wary look, before he nodded. "Are you ready?" T.K asked. Kanzaki held a smirk, before she slid into the Tiger Fist Stance. "Question is, are YOU ready?" Kanzaki asked, before T.K smirked. In the blink of an eye he was gone.

Kanzaki slid back, and blocked the attack form behind. She then grabbed his wrist, and slammed her shoulder into his chest, blasting him back. He slid along the ground, before he launched into the air, and laned on the side of a roof, and blasted after her.

She ducked under his kick, and tried to sweep kick him. He jumped over it, and she continued spinning, and rammed her elbow into his gut. He flew back, but the moment his feet toched the ground, he disappeared in a show of intense speed.

(Itachi never moved that fast!) Kanzaki thought in her mind, before a heel to the jaw sent her into the air. He flipped to his feet, and hopped after her. Her eyes widened, before he appeared above her, and smashed his fist into her. She flew to the ground, and hit it really hard.

T.K landed, and shrugged. He wanted her out of the way. Itachi was the one who he needed to kill. The rest he could handle one at a time. Itachi, if he was at full strength, would be impossible to kill. One slip in his defense, and he had struck him hard enough to mess with his innards.

This was a chance he wasn't going to blow.

He towered over the Uchiha, and sighed. "Sorry." T.K muttered, before Itachi's eyes shot open. T.K was trapped in his gaze, and the world soon took to the colors of black and red.

"You are now in my world. The world of the Tsukuyomi. In this world, I control time and space." T.K regained his senses, and realized he was tied to a chair. "In this world, I am god." Itachi reappeared in front of T.K, wielding a Katana.

"For the next 72 hours, you will be hacked and slashed by this katana." And so, Itachi began his torture, cutting away at T.K, as he groaned in pain. Then, T.K regained himself, and saw that he was getting slashed.

(How!? If that's me, then what am I?) T.K thought to himself. "Don't fret. You will feel the pain of both of your selves." Itachi said, as the cutting continued. (Ng. This is bad. I have no choice but to use that jutsu.) T.K closed his eyes, as the world was covered in a blinding darkness.

"What is this?" Itachi asked. "This is the one thing that all Association 15 members have in common. The use of the Shadow Realm." T.K actually used a sentence, as the world then looked to be a purple. T.K smirked, and his bindings just fazed away.

"Seems like my jutsu cancels your Tsukuyomi, but that's the good news. The bad news, is that both of our chakra will drop to bare minimal. For you, that's really bad. For me, just means I will tire a little easier."

When they both returned to the real world, Itachi's eyes had turned from Sharingan Red to Onyx. To make things worse, his vision was blurry.

"You lose, Itachi Uchiha." T.K said, before a fist nearly took his head off. He ducked under Kanzaki's fist, and hopped away. "Hey, orange kid, yeah!" T.K looked up, to see the blond guy in the Akatsuki robes looking down at him.

"Deidara of the Exploding Clay." T.K said. "That's me! I would enjoy watching this fight, but we have all been summoned for something. So, unless you really think you can take three of us at once, I suggest you leave." Deidara said, and T.K weighed his options.

(He has a point. One-on-one is easier than an all out battle.) T.K merely shrugged submissively, knowing he was beat. He turned to walk away, before he felt Kanzaki's chakra flare up.

"Don't think we are finished, you bastard!" T.K turned, his hands in his pockets, and regarded Kanzaki lazily. "It's done." T.K said, and Kanzaki glared. "Kanzaki!" She stopped in her tracks, as Itachi stood to his feet shakily.

"We have been summoned by Leader-sama." Itachi said. She turned to him, and her Tarogan eyes de-activated. "Itachi-kun." Kanzaki said, as she walked slowly towards him. "I am fine." "Liar!!" Itachi didn't say anything.

"Why?" Kanzaki asked. "What?" Itachi replied, though no emotion showed on his face. "Why didn't you mention that you were going blind?" This time, Itachi's eyes widened a slight bit, and surprise showed on his face for maybe half a second.

"Whatever is wrong with me is none of your concern." Itachi said coldly, before the unthinkable happened. She raised her hand, and her palm ran straight into Itachi's cheek, leaving a red mark.

(She slapped him!?) Deidara screamed in his mind, knowing Itachi. She was asking to die. Itachi growled dangerously, and if he had any chakra, would have releashed a dangerous amount of killing intent.

"If you wish to continue living, you wil-" Itachi was cut off when she embraced him, cutting his sentence short from the surprise he had on his face. "Itachi-kun. You aren't alone. I wish to help you. Is that so hard to ask?" Kanzaki said, as her body began to glow blue. Her healing chakra flowed through her body, into Itachi's eyes, as he felt her chakra flow into him.

He visibly relaxed, and sighed. "Foolish girl. Emotions will get you killed one day." Itachi muttered, but did nothing to move from her. "I know." Kanzaki replied.

Deidara and Kisame smirked. "It's amazing how one girl can change someone like that Mary-Sue-like prick, yeah." Deidara said. "I will agree on one part, but Itachi isn't a Mary-Sue." Kisame said, and Deidara gave him a confused look.

"How so? The guy is over-powered compared to us. He can't kill us outright, but he is stronger than most of us." Deidara said. "He has one fatal flaw, and that's his eyes. Remember, he goes blind when he uses his Mangekyo Sharingan." Kisame said, and Deidara thought about it, and shrugged.

"Touche. Point for you, Salmon-chan." Deidara said, and Kisame smirked. "Oi! Stop breaking the fourth wall!!" An omniscient voice screamed from the heavens, causing Kisame and Deidara to look a little confused, before they shrugged as thought nothing happened.

"All right. Leader has waited long enough." Kisame said, as he and Deidara disappeared. Itachi waited till Kanzaki was done, before he opened his eyes, and was content that his vision had been restored. "I gave you enough chakra for you to Body Flick back to where Leader-sama is." Kanzaki said, and Itachi nodded. "Let's go." Itachi said, and both of them disappeared in poofs of smoke.

ShadowRonin: Well damn. This girl has some super powerful healing chakra, and she has warmed up to our dear Itachi. But how will this play out in the long run? Well, that's for you to find out.

Next Chapter: His life is unknown. His existence a mystery. His past is one of bloodshed. He survived the purge in the Bloody Mist. Shinji Hikari. Can he defeat his opponent, Blade? Find out on;

Chapter 34: Showdown!! Part 6: Shinji's Duel with Destiny!!