For a brief moment, he wondered what two S-rank criminals were doing here.
"Come with us Naruto-kun," Itachi said in an emotionless voice.
I guess that answers that question, Naruto grumbled in his head. He was under no delusions, there was no way he could fend off one, let alone two S-ranked ninja. That meant he had to stall for time and find some way to get a message to Jiraiya.
"Yeah ok." Naruto said, "Let me just pack my bags and I'll be right out."
He did not give Itachi a chance to answer as he slammed the door in the man's face. Naruto moved over to the window and opened it up. He jumped out and, before he even landed on the ground he bit his thumb and began hand sealing.
"Kuchiyose No Jutsu!" He whispered as he landed on the ground and slammed his hands onto the dirt road.
There was a puff of smoke as Naruto summoned Gamakichi. The blond did not give the little toad any time to speak as he started, "Listen Kichi, I need you to get Jiraiya's ass here now! Tell him there are two S-ranked criminals after me! Hurry!"
Realizing the situation Gamakichi nodded and hopped away.
Naruto sighed, he really hoped Ero-sennin was sober enough to get here quick. In the meantime…"Alright…you can come out now, I know you're watching…Itachi."
Two cloaked figures jumped down from the window Naruto himself had come out of, "So to what do I owe the honor of two such esteemed S-ranked criminals coming after little ol' me?"
"What we want is irrelevant," Itachi said in his monotone voice as his Sharingan eyes began to spin. "Please come with us Naruto-kun."
Naruto put his hands up in a ram sign when he felt foreign chakra invading his system, "Kai! You know I would have expected better, even i can dispel genjutsu of that caliber. Try not to underestimate me Itachi..." The blond paused before speaking, "actually, you what? Go ahead and underestimate me, it will make kicking your ass so much easier."
"Who knew this gaki would have such a mouth on him," Kisame stepped forward as he grabbed the handle of his sword. "You know, I never figured the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki would be such a runt. Perhaps I should cut his legs off so he doesn't run away."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, both at the runt comment, and because this man knew his status. Which means they're not actually after me are they…no of course not, no S-rank criminal would attempt to capture a Genin, and definitely not two.
"You can try to get me fish paste, but I'm going to warn you now, I'm not that easy to beat." Naruto got into a relaxed stance as he flicked his hands and summoned a pair of kunai.
I only have two advantages here, and that's that they seem to need me alive, not very comforting given that their S ranked criminals and I have no idea what their gonna do if they capture me. And they are likely to underestimate me due to the fact that I'm only a Genin.
"What did you call me?" Kisame growled, he had never liked people making fish jokes about him of any kind, it was actually one of the few ways to set him off, "I'm gonna squash you like a bug gaki!"
"That's if I don't end up turning your fishy ass into a giant sushi roll before then," Naruto taunted. He knew this wasn't likely the best idea, but he would rather deal with an enraged S-rank ninja who couldn't think clearly, than one who could.
Kisame charged at him almost too fast for Naruto to follow, much faster than the blond would have expected from someone so big. As it was Naruto was just barely able to dodge out of the way, jumping back and to the left so he could keep out of Kisame's range. Not that it did much good, as the shark man was already coming after him. Naruto ducked under a horizontal swing, rolled backwards when the giant bandaged sword smashed into the ground, and then sidestepped the next attack.
It took a bit, but Naruto was able to get used to at least some of the man's speed. Yeah he was fast, faster than Naruto was, but he was not as fast as Ero-sennin, or Lee had been when opening the gates. That gave Naruto a small one time window advantage, and when Kisame made his next swing. Naruto jumped over the sword, using it as a small springboard for him to launch a kick at Kisame's head.
It worked as the man's head snapped back like he had received some kind of whiplash. Unfortunately for Naruto, that only seemed to enrage Kisame, and the next swing that came the blonde's way was too fast for him to dodge.
Naruto got smacked right in the chest, letting out a short yelp when he felt several ribs break as he was sent flying back. The blond crashed into a wall, leaving a nice sized indent. Naruto slowly fell out of the indent, landing on the ground in a small heap. He wheezed a bit as he felt his ribs mending, despite the number of times he had broken them recently they always hurt like a bitch to heal.
"Fuck that hurt," Naruto stood up on wobbly legs as he rubbed his bruised ribcage.
"Well, I have to at least admit that I'm impressed you were able to land a hit on me gaki and to withstand a smack from Samehada, you must have impressive pain tolerance." Kisame said before he turned look at his silent partner, "Oi, Itachi! Weren't we told this kid was the dead last of his class or something?"
"Dead last?" Naruto asked with a laugh, despite the small wince of pain it earned him from his still sore ribs, "Your intel agent obviously sucks balls if that's what he got. His information is about six months out of date."
"You do seem to be more skilled now. However even with your recent increase in skill it will not…" Itachi trailed off before turning his head, "Hello Sasuke."
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