Naruto looked over towards where Itachi was looking and saw Uchiha Sasuke standing there, "Oh this is just great…" The blond groaned. "Not only do I have to deal with two S-ranked criminals, but now I've got a revenge-driven emo maniac on my hands."
"Itachi!" Sasuke snarled, glaring daggers at his brother and ignoring everything else, "You have told me to live a life of hatred in order to get strong enough to kill you. I have hated you, despised you, cursed you! I have waited for this day to come, the day I kill you!"
The raven-haired Genin went through three hand seals and activated the Chidori, placing the lightning near the ground as he used his other hand to stabilize the attack. He then ran at his older brother, letting the lightning jutsu trail across the ground, ripping it up like paper. As he got closer to Itachi, Sasuke thrust out his hand, hoping to impale his brother and finally get his vengeance.
It was not to be. With naught but a simple movement of his hand, Itachi caught Sasuke's wrist and threw his arm to the left, letting the Chidori hit the ground and dissipate.
Itachi looked at his little brother with cold disinterested eyes, "You don't interest me right now." With those words the older Raven haired ninja snapped the younger one's wrist, making Sasuke scream out in agony. Itachi then kicked his little brother away, letting him hit a wall across the street and causing the crowd that had gathered to run away.
"Now that he is out of the way I will ask again, come with us," Itachi said as he turned to Naruto.
However before the blond could respond, another voice shouted out, "NO!"
The three ninja turned to see Sasuke glaring at his Itachi as he held his now broken wrist, "I'm not…I'm not done yet!"
Naruto growled at his teammate's stupidity, he was just about to move in when Kisame seemed to sense his intentions.
"Uh uh uh." The man gave Naruto his shark like grin, "Let's let them settle this little family matter."
Naruto glared at the man, "There's no way I'm letting one of my teammates get himself killed, even if he is a prick!"
Decision made, Naruto charged at Kisame. He lashed out with one of the kunai he had in his hand, moving in a diagonal slash. Not that it did much, as Kisame was able to block the attack rather easily with his sword. This however, did little to deter Naruto, who sent his other kunai at Kisame in a thrusting motion aimed for the Swordsman's face. Once again Kisame raised his blade and blocked the attack. However it was in that moment that Kisame had made one error.
Naruto had been continuously making his attacks at a higher altitude each time he struck, forcing Kisame to do the same to compensate. It did not make the man raise his arm much, given the difference in height between the two. It was more than enough for Naruto to have reached under Kisame's arm. On Naruto's last strike he had brought his other hand up and slipped an explosive tag onto the man's skin.
Now one has to remember that in normal circumstances something like this would never work against a ninja of Kisame's caliber.
However, because A) Kisame was fighting a Genin, the man was prone to underestimate his opponent giving Naruto a small advantage.
B) Said opponent despite being a Genin was a lot better than most people ever gave him credit for, especially due to his dead last title.
And finally C) Naruto was a well-known prankster that had, in many cases, been able to outsmart entire legions of ANBU in his youth when playing a prank.
All of these factors combined gave Naruto that singular advantage which allowed this attack to work.
Naruto jumped back and made a hand sign, "Katsu!"
BOOM!
Itachi watched as Sasuke charged him again, even though he was no longer able to make hand signs of any kind. It was sort of pitiful that the younger teen was so blinded by rage that he was attacking an opponent of with strength so superior to his own it was laughable. Not that it meant Itachi was going to show his younger brother any mercy. It was quite obvious the boy needed to be taught a lesson.
As soon as Sasuke came in range, Itachi lashed out, smashing his fist into the younger man's chin. As Sasuke flew into the air, Itachi grabbed Sasuke by an arm and pulled him into a knee. Not even giving his younger brother a chance to spit out blood, the Uchiha clan slayer spun around, launching a kick into Sasuke's face, breaking the nose and sending him crashing into a wall.
Sasuke hit the wall hard, coughing up blood he began to fall to the ground. However, before he could get close to the ground, Itachi appeared beside him, smashing him back into the wall and leaning in close.
"You are still too weak Sasuke," Itachi whispered, causing the younger teen to freeze. "You are too weak to avenge the clan, and do you know why?"
The older Uchiha paused for a moment, "It's because you lack hatred. You still don't have enough. Perhaps I should help your hatred grow, by showing just why you should hate me in the first place."
Itachi looked at Sasuke as his left eye became a pinwheel, "Tsukuyomi."
"You damned gaki!" Kisame screamed as the smoke from the explosion cleared, revealing the man to be mostly unharmed with the exception of his arm; said arm being covered in light burns, "That really fucking stings!"
"You should just consider yourself lucky that sushi is supposed to be served raw," Naruto shot back. "Otherwise I would have made your arm extra crispy."
Before Kisame could even consider attacking the insolent little blond, a scream from the other side of the street tore their attention away from their own battle. Both Naruto and Kisame watched as Itachi moved back from Sasuke, who slumped to the ground with a dead look in his eyes.
"Man that's harsh Itachi, using that jutsu on family," Kisame said with a grin. He turned his attention back to Naruto. "Now that Itachi's gaki of a brother has been taken care of, it's time I dealt with you!"
Naruto got into a ready stance as Kisame appeared in front of him, swinging his blade overhead. Before it could actually come down and hit him, a puff of smoke erupted in front of the pair. There was a clang as Kisame's sword hit something that was obviously not Naruto. It was soon revealed to be an armored toad, who was currently holding two swords out and blocking Kisame's weapon.
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