4th of July, grandfather staying a few nights, and a writers block halfway through. Well, sorry for the wait everyone, but I stayed up till one in the morning to finish this, so you can just guess that there may be mistakes.
Itachi: And I'll be leaving soon.
...Really? THANK YOU GOD!!
Itachi: So I hired a replacement for my vacation.
What? Replacement? You also mean that you "going away" isn't permanent?
Itachi: Nope.
...I hate you. Any ways, I don't own Naruto, and I never will. One finial note, I have a page forum that I don't know how to use but feel free to use it to tell me what I'm doing wrong, pairings, ideas, ect. Thank you for for the cooperation and enjoy.
Ch.6
Next day…
"Take this! Shadow Clone Technique!"A few shadow clones surrounded Itachi whose eyes where wide in surprise of the speed as 2 clones formed a triangle with the original and used the shadow possession jutsu on their opponent and froze him in seconds. "I got you now, Water Prison Technique!" The original trapped Itachi in an orb of water. The two clones poofed out of existence as Naruto yelled the final command of his own: "Water prison: Implosion!" The water shot inward with amazing strength as Itachi yelped in pain.
Naruto stood there breathing heavily. 'I didn't know the techniques used in secession would be so tiring.' His nii-san lay in the mud for a moment before getting up and leaned against a tree. "Naruto…That was fast and cleaver." The two been training since morning and Naruto perfected his technique and a created few made up combos that worked perfectly with each other, with the only problem that they consumed a lot of charka.
"I know. Weird." They both laughed at the fact that the older of the two was caught off guard, but was cut short as Kisame approached them. "As much as I hate to ruin your fun, I remember that we have a job in this group. A S-rank mission effective immediately." "What are the details?" "Assassination of a rouge ninja of the village hidden in the stars." "Crap." "It gets worse. He is accompanied with 2 other nin from the village hidden in the rain." "This mission is more or less a suicide task. Guess life really hates me."
Naruto, on the other hand asked, "Hey, can I join?" Kisame gave a growl as he heard that suggestion. "Is it not enough that I have to play baby-sitter to you brat, when I am here?" "Oh, shut up." Replied Naruto, "I never asked you to (and you never do), and I can hold my own against Itachi now ("Only because I was caught off guard!" he said in his defense), and I can always leave if things get to bad and alert another member."
"Naruto, this will be dangerous and your still too young. Others your age can barely handle B-ranked missions." Reasoned Itachi. Naruto wasn't going to have it. "First off, I know it's dangerous! It's the whole point of me asking. I want to prove my worth as a member of the Akatsuki and to show you that all my training wasn't a waste. And of course othersmy age can't handle b-ranked tasks because they haven't been trained by missing ninja of a deadly group since age 7 till now. And if I can't fight, at least let me watch from a distance to see how you do it."
"Hmm…No." Itachi finished simply. "Lets go Kisame." The 2 left (Kisame even gave a small laugh at Narutos disappointment) the demon container, to his disbelief. 'That's not fair! Itachi, you know damn well that I can hold my own in a fight. Well, he can tell me to stay here, but I don't have to follow his orders. After all, I'm not a official member of the Akatsuki yet, so I can still do what I want without him harping on me otherwise. True, I might be punished for doing so, but its better to do something than be useless.' So it was decided. Naruto quickly got some stuff, his scroll, and left.
It took a while for him to find Itachi and Kisame through the forest, but when he did, he made sure he kept quiet, until Itachi stopped.
Naruto straining himself heard Itachi say "Their close by. Be aware Kisame."
"Please, this wont be as hard as you think."
The two continued to a small camp, fire smoldering. "They were just here…"
And a kunai flew out of nowhere and lodged itself in Itachi's neck. "There's one down." A voice came from the surrounding forest. 2 ninjas walked out and where recognized as from the rain village. "Well this will be fun." Said Kisame, unfazed by his partner's death. The enemy caught it too, right as the body poofed (LOGGED) and fire came to engulf them. That was the plan, until a light purple…light came and protected them. "You two simpletons can't even protect yourselves. Your lucky that I still need you alive." "Sorry boss." Said the 2 ninja as their boss came from the shadows.
He wore a black gas mask and a standard battle outfit like the Anbu. Itachi appeared next to Kisame, sharingan active. "Kisame, I'll go after the target. You take care of the other nuisances." "Damn it Itachi, you always take the good ones. Fine…" And everyone was off.
Kisame and the 2 rain nin dashed off to one side as they begun their battle. "Hidden Mist jutsu!" They said simultaneously. As the heavy fog rolled in, Kisame just laughed at the pathetic opening move. "Stupid retards… What do you think about using this move against another water nin would accomplish?" "Ice rain technique!" The water of the fog solidified to icicles which where all directed and forced using charka strings. 'Damn, how did these morons come up with such a move? Still, a second rate technique from a second rate water village.'
"Water Release: Water Dragon Projectile Technique!" Taking all the water vapor in the air, Kisame quickly found the other ninjas and fired his jutsu, hitting both in one shot. "Now to finish you asses off. Now open wide and suck on my Samehada sword." And then he shoved the shark skin into both of their heads while dragging their body's along the ground before using the sword and momentum to discard the corpses into the wood. Relishing a small easy victory, the moment was short lived as he turned to see a surprise.
20 minutes earlier--
Itachi faced off against the target. "I will end this battle quickly. Tsukuyomi." The masked nin laughed at Itachi's strongest move. "That genjutsu won't work against me. My masks eyes are mirrored to negate such pathetic illusions. Now get ready. Beast-." He formed the seals, and his charka ruptured out of his back, which formed into a weasel, wolf, fox thing to rush at Itachi, but in turn used his sharingan to predict and doge the attack. "Shadow Clone Technique, Shadow Clone Explosion!"
A Itachi clone rushed to the star nins unguarded front and exploded. But the man managed to see this and blocked it with his charka, while at the same time controlling the energy beast. Itachi continued dodging as the creature came closer and closer until it hit its target. Upon doing so, it turned into a spear and impaled Itachi. "Argh!! DAMNIT!" He was pinned to a tree with that charka spear in his stomach as his adversary laughed. "I'm surprised you lasted this long, even with your bloodline limit. Yet in the end, you are just too weak."
"Itachi! Don't worry, your partners coming to save you. Star bastard, take this: Water Release: Water Shark Projectile Technique!" A water shark appeared and soared to the ninja, who only summoned another tentacle to swat the attack away as if it was a fly, and continued to Kisame to grab his neck, to choke out all his life. "NO! STOP!" Itachi heard that voice in the distance before falling closer to unconscious due to the loss of blood. "N…Naruto…?"
…
The star ninja withdrew his charka when he saw a kid run out of the forest to his nii-san. "Itachi! Don't die! Please!" "What are you doing here? How long…?" Itachi managed to mumble. "The whole time." "Naruto…run…" He finished before he blacked out. "No…No…You can't die on me…Nii-san!"
"Nii-san? You're his brother?" Questioned the ninja. "Well, best to kill you to so you won't try and get revenge." But Naruto wasn't listening. "You killed Itachi…My nii-san! And for that I will kill you!"
A red charka creped forth as the boy stood up over his fallen brothers body, scaring the star ninja. Naruto's whiskers grew more feline as his nails also became long and sharp. Then in a blur, he was gone. "Wha…?" Naruto appeared behind him and punched the man's back. Flying 30 feet, Naruto quickly dashed to the man's feet and swung him into some trees which shattered on impact.
Naruto walked up to the killer that laid in the ruins of wood. The boy teared off the guys mask off to see a horribly scarred man, truly scared. "You…You…WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?" "Your executioner." Naruto said simply, before crushing the mans skull in.
…
Naruto dashed back to Itachi and Kisame after telling the few remaining Akatsuki members about what happened. Kakuzu looked over Itachis body and sighed. "Hes…Well…Er…Sorry Naruto." "What?" "He lost too much blood so…" "He's…Dead?" With a sigh, Kakuzu said, "Hes stomach has been torn, spine shattered, and the like."
"No…no…this can't be…" "Aw shut up. Hes fine. Hes only unconscious. I only said that so you realise what a dangerous game your in." "Wha?" As Itachis and Kisames unconscious body's where taken back to the base, Kakuzu told Naruto a truth. "As luckey as they, and you for the matter, was to survive, it was just as likely for you to be killed. That's part of life. Especially that of a ninja. Remember as soon as you place on your head band, you sign your own death warrant. To kill or be killed is part of the ninja way. And to developed relationships with others only makes things harder for yourself. Now stop your friggen crying, 'cause if he was to die, at least it was for a reason. Whatever he fights for is fueled by a belief, and to die by protecting it is the greatest honor you can achieve."
Nauto looked down. As much as Kakuzu was right, he didn't want to believe it. Then naruto saw the gas mask of his slain enemy. 'Did this guy also have his beliefs? Why were we to kill him if what we were doing was right?' Picking it up, Naruto found a note stuck in a flap near the forehead.
Unfolding it, it read 'Journal update:
Although I have been cast from my village to live life as a outsider, I regret nothing. My village became too unstable as debate over our treasure continues, and many cannot see that our youth is in peril. And so, my friend, his wife and I had to protect it. After 'hiding it' until future use, our kage ordered us to leave the village for our own protection. I trust that the star is in good hands, as I left for a new life. After a while of journeying, I have found 2 rain ninjas who also defected from their village after what I guess was result of a small civil war of beliefs. I plan for us to be ninjas for hire or to live peaceful lives as I have came to enjoy their company. Well, I also always wanted to see the world. Now I got a chance.'
'This guy only wanted to live peacefully? Then why did he attack us?' Then it dawned on him. 'Kill or be killed. To see other ninja look for you only leaves the assumption that…they were to kill you. Damn. The more I think about it, the more messed up this life is.'
Pocketing the mask, Naruto followed the group thinking up all his reasons to fight and live as a ninja.
