"Kurenai!" Asuma shouted as he saw the raven haired beauty get sent flying. However, he ended up having other things to think about when he was forced to dodge a sword wing from Kisame.
"You don't have time to be worrying about others," Kisame said with a grin, before he started swinging his sword again.
Kurenai coughed up some water as she breached the surface. She was about to stand up when the voice of Itachi sounding behind her made her freeze, "Your genjutsu is most impressive Kurenai-san. However…"
"This is the end for you…Itachi," A new voice spoke up.
Asuma grunted as he dodged another slash from Kisame, sidestepping the attack. It was then that he saw an opening. Moving in, Asuma aimed one of his trench knives at Kisame's head. Seeing this, Kisame smirked and moved his head just a little to the side, letting the blade pass mere inches from him. However, he became surprised when he felt a cut appear on his cheek.
"What?" He looked at Asuma's trench knives and saw that they were glowing a bright green, allowing the blade to be extended by several inches. Growling he jumped back and went through a set of hand seals.
"Suiton: Suikoudan (Water Release: Water Shark Projectile Jutsu)!" Came a twin cry. Water shot out from the river in two different places, both of them were launched and ended up taking on the likeness of a shark. The first one came at Asuma, only to be intercepted by the other one. The second shark shaped water missile drilled into the first one, cancelling them both out.
"Hatake Kakashi," Itachi looked behind him to see Kakashi standing next to Kurenai. He looked over to see the real one near Kisame, his hand still in the hand seal he had done when copying the shark man's jutsu.
"Well, Hatake Kakashi," Kisame grinned. "I hear you and Zabuza-chan got into a little tussle a while ago. I've been wanting to fight you ever since I heard about it."
However, before Kisame could actually start fighting, Itachi cut him off, "No, I'll handle this. Your fights tend to take too long, and you have already given us a lot of unwanted attention. Remember our mission."
Kakashi looked at Itachi with his Sharingan eye. "Your mission? And what's that?"
"Nothing you need to be concerned with," Itachi said, right before he flung several shuriken at Kakashi.
Said copy ninja went through several hand seals, "Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)!"
Water from the river shot up around Kakashi, blocking the shuriken as well as a Suiton: Suigadan that Itachi had managed to launch without Kakashi even seeing it.
When the water wall fell back down, A Kage Bunshin of Itachi appeared behind Kakashi and stabbed him with a kunai. However, Kakashi merely turned into water, revealing him to be a Mizu Bunshin.
"Mizu Bunshin eh?" Kisame smirked, "He seems to be quite skilled with Kiri's jutsu."
"You are most impressive in the use of that eye of yours," Itachi complimented. "Despite it only being an implant, you wield it like a true Uchiha."
Kakashi's eyes widened as he pushed Kurenai down, "Get down!"
BOOM!
The Itachi who had appeared behind the pair exploded, causing Asuma to shout out as he rushed onto the water to make sure the two were alright. Luckily, Kakashi had managed to Kawarimi him and Kurenai away, however it had been a close call and the silver-haired Jonin was breathing rather heavily.
"It is truly remarkable, how you are able to use that eye of yours so well; however even if you can wield it like an Uchiha, you are not of Uchiha blood and some things will forever be out of your reach." Itachi looked at Kakashi with his impassive eyes. "And now I will show you just why we are known as the strongest clan…I will show you the true power of the Sharingan."
"Kurenai! Asuma! Close your eyes and don't open them until I say so!" Kakashi shouted frantically, "Only those with a Sharingan can defeat another Sharingan!"
"You are correct," Itachi said as the two other Jonin closed their eyes. "Only a Sharingan user can defeat another Sharingan user when it comes to genjutsu. However, that is only in the context of a full blooded Uchiha…and you are not an Uchiha. Now allow me to show you the power of Tsukuyomi."
The tomoe in Itachi's left eye transformed into a pinwheel shape before everything went black.
Kakashi found himself hanging on a cross in what looked like an inverted realm. The sky was red with black clouds and the Konoha Jonin could see that his skin was an odd bluish pigment.
"Welcome, Kakashi." Kakashi turned his head to see Itachi standing in front of him with a katana, "Welcome to the world of Tsukuyomi. Within this world, I am Kami. Here I control everything, space, time, everything. And for the next seventy-two hours you will be subject to feel the pain of this katana stabbing you."
Without further speaking Itachi stabbed the Katana into Kakashi's abdomen, with said man letting out a pained grunt. A second later it was over, and now there were two Itachi's, both of whom stabbed their katanas into the silver-haired Jonin.
This continued on and each time Kakashi was stabbed, the number of Itachi's stabbing him increased. And when Itachi ran out of room to stand, another Kakashi appeared and began doubling the amount of punishment the silver-haired Jonin took. When it was over Kakashi could scarcely breathe due to the pain he was in.
"I see you are still conscious," Itachi commented. "That is good. After all, we still have seventy-one hours, fifty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds to go."
Three seconds later within the real world Kakashi had dropped to his knees, panting hard as he tried to stay conscious. It fortunate that Itachi also seemed to be having a small problem, a trickle of blood was running down his left eye.
"Ho, you're still alive eh? That's quite impressive," Kisame commented at seeing Kakashi still conscious. "That jutsu is quite devastating I hear, capable of breaking people's spirits very easily. I'm surprised you used it though Itachi. You know it's not very good for you to use too much."
"Are you…after Sasuke?" asked Kakashi as he tried to catch his breath.
"No," Itachi closed his eyes and let his left one reverted to its normal Sharingan state. "We are after the legacy of the Yondaime."
Asuma and Kurenai felt their eyes widen, wondering what they meant. Meanwhile Kakashi was also surprised, but it was because he knew what Itachi was talking about, as well as the truth about Naruto's parents, "I see…so you're after Naruto. Or perhaps I should say you're after what's locked inside of him."
"That is correct," Came Itachi's emotionless response.
"So it's true then. You along with nine other S-rank criminals are collecting the Bijuu for some sort of purpose," Kakashi said.
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