Like the chapter title says, ick, pedophile. The last part of this chapter may offend some, don't worry, it's just a reference. Nothing actually happens. I thought I'd better warn you. It is Orochimaru after all...

"We had better move from such an enclosed space, Itachi san. It's dangerous to stay here." Kisame said, turning back towards the stairway. I nodded in agreement, staying close to my brother which, Kisame was still holding.

"We'd better get away from the house or Kakuzu will have a fit about the expenses for repairs."

"Does it really matter?" I asked frowning.

Kisame just smiled as he reached the top of the stairs. "Kakuzu would be frothing at the mouth if he heard you say that."

I glanced over Kisame's shoulder; my sharingan allowed me to see Orochimaru before he appeared there. "We've been found." I muttered.

Orochimaru seemed to be pretty relaxed considering he was fighting almost the entire Akatsuki.

Sasuke reached around Kisame's broad shoulders and put a hand on mine. There was worry in his eyes.

"It's fine." I murmured, before slipping past Kisame and over the fence of the onsen area.

I ran along the roof of the dojo, hoping to draw Orochimaru away, more for my brother's sake than Kakuzu's.

I created a few bunshin, an action that couldn't have been seen by Orochimaru. They appeared on the ground around the dojo. One appeared behind Orochimaru himself, but he must've been expecting this because it was soon taken care of.

The ideal outcome of this battle would be if I could surround this area with copies of myself. Then I could hide out somewhere in town until Orochimaru left the area, in search of me elsewhere.

But it was very unlikely that this would happen, I doubted Orochimaru would allow it.

As I was midway through the jump from the roof to a nearby tree branch, I saw a long pinkish thing whip around in front of me.

To avoid it, I had to contort my body and shift my weight until I was upside down, facing the way from which I'd just come.

From this position I could see Kisame protecting Sasuke and fending off the giant snake from earlier. Obviously Orochimaru had summoned it there specifically to keep Kisame busy. I also saw that Orochimaru had followed my steps onto the dojo's roof.

But more disturbingly, I found that the pink thing was Orochimaru's tongue. To tell the truth, I was utterly repulsed.

I saw his tongue contort, so the tip was facing me. I would have been safe at the speed I was travelling, but a snake burst from the tip, forcing me to shift my weight again to avoid it. I managed to land on the tree branch, but I soon had to dart away again as a sword came out of the snake's mouth.

Surely this was as far as he could extend his attack? The main thing that was on my mind was leverage. A small tug in the right direction could send him sprawling.

I drew my katana and lopped the snake's head off, the snake and sword falling away.

As disgusting as it was, I wrapped his tongue around my hand and leapt into the air. I brought my foot crashing down into his tongue.

But I had seriously underestimated the strength of a tongue. Relatively, it was the strongest muscle in the body. Now imagine the size of his tongue and the strength it possessed.

I paid dearly for my mistake as I was slammed back first into the ground. The breath was knocked out of me on impact. Not to mention the searing pain, something could have been broken for all I knew.

Orochimaru retracted his tongue and leapt closer. He actually looked quite startled. I rolled onto my knees, katana still drawn. It was just as well I hadn't stabbed myself with it. I felt a warm liquid trickle from the corner of my mouth.

Blood.

"I thought you were a bunshin for sure, Itachi san." Orochimaru simpered.

"I guess… you got lucky…" I wheezed, hacking up more blood.

"Yes, I will have to get Kabuto to see to you right away." He said, shaking his head.

The two other clones I'd created earlier both attacked Orochimaru from behind. I tried to crawl away in the small distraction they'd created.

Unfortunately I didn't get very far.

Orochimaru stomped into the back of my neck and I got a face full of dirt.

This was a very uncomfortable position. First of all I couldn't even hope to reach the phial Zetsu had supplied me with.

Secondly, my backside was still in the air and Orochimaru was behind me. I felt my eyes widen as he chuckled sadistically. "I suppose the first thing Kisame told you was to 'watch your arse', hm?"

"Don't you dare." I growled. I would have to use that technique, even if it would probably destroy me as well.

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What are you going to do now?"

"AMATERASU!"

Now that Itachi has been scarred for life (and probably you as well lol) you can guarantee the revenge buttons are being pressed! Don't worry, the next chapter will be coming up soon.