198. If You're a Megalodon, Then I'm Poseidon

Itachi and Kisame widened their eyes. Kisame immediately spoke while putting on his scary expression.

"How come you are here?"

"Hmmm, guess what?" Izumi replied.

All of a sudden. Izumi sensed a dreadful energy being cast. Left with no choice, he used his space magic in an instant. And the spot where Izumi was before was burning with black flames.

It was naturally Amaterasu. An immortal fire created by Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan. If Izumi didn't avoid it, he would be burned to ashes.

Itachi immediately covered his eyes while holding his pain. He felt Izumi was too dangerous, so he had to take care of him first. However, he didn't know that Izumi baited him to release one of the three abilities of his Mangekyō Sharingan.

If Itachi was smart, he wouldn't dare to do it again after Izumi skillfully avoided his Amaterasu while closing his eyes. Previously when he was still in Konohagakure, he didn't dare to do it due to facing so many people. Even if he killed one, there were still others who could deal with him. After all, he didn't want to fight conspicuously since in Konohagakure, there was still Danzo who was arguably the strongest after the third Hokage was gone.

Itachi was stunned that Izumi could dodge with his eyes closed. In a split second, he saw Izumi appear in a different position while performing a hand seal… or not. Izumi brought his fists together in front of his mouth.

"Suiryū no Hōkō!"

Izumi expelled a torrent of water from his mouth.

And Itachi immediately performed hand seals, then a giant fireball expelled from his mouth.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu."

A torrent of water and a giant fireball create hot steam due to the collision of the two elements. And the explosion occurred at the same time.

Izumi stepped back and whispered something to Rori. Carrying her halberd, she headed toward Kisame.

Izumi asked Itachi without looking at him.

"So now, do you want to continue? Or do you really want to continue that project, the Mugen Tsukuyomi?"

"Who are you? How come you seem to know everything?" Itachi asked warily.

But, Izumi chuckled instead.

"Hehehe. If you want to know about me so badly, why don't you want to know about the "one-eyed Sharingan" as well? He claimed himself to be Uchiha Madara. Hahaha. How ridiculous. He's just a forgotten Uchiha kid whose name is already carved on Konohagakure's stone tablet. That's so funny."

"How did you..."

From the beginning Itachi joined Akatsuki, he was very wary and suspicious of the one-eyed Sharingan until now. But he still did what that person was told so that that person would not try to approach Sasuke. Itachi also didn't believe that person was Uchiha Madara. But, Itachi never found out that person's identity.

Izumi carried on.

"Let me tell you one thing! I know that you deliberately made your brother hate you, it's so that his Sharingan can grow quickly, right? After all, the way to increase the power of the Sharingan really depends on negative emotions most of the time. You really care about your little brother, huh? However, your actions will result in the opposite." Izumi put both of his hands into his pockets and calmly talked with Itachi.

Itachi pondered. Izumi seemed to know the identity of the one-eyed Sharingan. And that was something Itachi wanted to know as well. If Izumi did know about that person, surely Izumi also quite understood what he was planning.

"You mean what I did was a mistake?"

"Exactly. That's what I'm trying to straighten out his character."

*Swoosh*

*Clank*

Izumi's sword suddenly appeared in his hand and parried Itachi's sudden attack.

"Don't meddle in other people's family matters!" Even though Itachi said that. He was still surprised by the sword that suddenly blocked his attack.

"Woah, that's scary, dude." Izumi sneered while tightening his grip. He shifted his step and changed his sword grip in reverse, then swung it horizontally while infusing his spiritual energy into the sword. Too bad, what he did couldn't bear what he imagined. Although, what he did was indeed increased his attack power.

*Clank*

Itachi pushed backward. At the same time, Izumi jumped backward to keep his distance.

Izumi let out a chuckle.

"Hahaha. That's so funny. Your vitality is drained. It's due to your disease, right? If this is according to the plan of the one-eyed Sharingan, then after you die, that person will approach Sasuke and reveal the truth about your deal with Danzo. As soon as Sasuke learned the truth, to avenge what people from Konohagakure did to the Uchiha clan and his beloved brother, guess what he will do if his hatred runs deep after increasing the power of his Sharingan with the hatred you caused!"

Feeling that Itachi still shut his mouth, Izumi said further.

"Besides, once Sasuke awakens his Mangekyō Sharingan, do you think Danzo will keep quiet forever? If it weren't for Danzo and the one-eyed Sharingan, I wouldn't have taken Sasuke with me since it would be dangerous for him to still be in Konohagakure."

Itachi couldn't respond at all. What Izumi said made sense. Hearing all Izumi's reasoning, Itachi understood what he did was a mistake. What he thought was Sasuke's growth. But he didn't think that far about the consequences after he died.

Itachi looked at Izumi.

"So, that's the reason. But, it seems you know the person called Uchiha Madara as well as his plan. To be honest, I want to hear that."

"Uh, do you trust me that much?"

"At the very least, you are more trustworthy than the person who claimed to be Uchiha Madara."

Izumi grinned at that reply. Then, he said,

"Alright, there's Jiraiya behind us. He watched our fight. If you believe me, accept my next attack! We can talk later."

From a distance, a large build white-haired person was seen standing on a pole while watching their fight. It was clear that he was Jiraiya.

Itachi frowned. But then, he saw Izumi's sword was covered with a whirlwind. The wind even fluttered Itachi's cloak.

The whirlwind on Izumi's sword grew stronger, forming a cyclone. And slowly, Izumi's sword formed a hurricane that seemed to emerge from the sword he was holding.

Izumi said,

"If you believe me, don't try to fight back! If not, our deal is over."

Itachi twitched. If he didn't try to fight back, he didn't know whether he could survive the hurricane or not. Itachi wanted to gamble. Izumi was strong. Izumi also knew how to upgrade the Sharingan. With Izumi's strength, he could have forced Itachi to use his Mangekyō Sharingan continuously until his vision blurred. But Izumi actually said something important and didn't try to bait Itachi to use his ability.

After the hurricane was released, Itachi was pulled into the hurricane as it rushed forward destroying everything in its path.

"Itachi-san!"

Kisame rushed toward Itachi with his tattered cloak after fighting against Rori.

Izumi put his sword in his storage space. Then, he withdrew his spiritual energy from his body and poured it into his hands.

Izumi shifted his feet, then dashed in front of Kisame, and threw a punch at him.

Kisame noticed Izumi rushing at him. So, he swung his sword, Samehada, at Izumi.

*Clank*

The collision between Samehada and Izumi's punch created a clunking sound that reverberated in everyone's ears.

"The fuck!" Kisame exclaimed.

Both Kisame and Izumi pushed a few steps backward after the collision. Izumi grinned at Kisame while muttering.

"Hehe. As expected, it would be easy as long as someone understood how to manipulate spiritual energy."

Izumi used his Busoshoku Haki just now. However, even though he used it, his physical power still couldn't overwhelm Kisame at all.

Kisame felt cornered, especially after he saw Izumi blast Itachi away with his hurricane earlier. He couldn't believe Itachi couldn't do anything against the kid in front of him. And then, he glanced at Rori. Although those two had young appearances, he felt those two were monsters. Their strengths were too absurd.

Left with no choice, Kisame formed a hand seal.

"Suiton: Dai Bakusui Shōha."

With that, Kisame spit out a large amount of water, covering the entire area with a fierce tsunami. Kisame immediately fused with the Samehada. Kisame healed the wound and replenished his chakra by temporarily fusing with the Samehada. At the same time after fully fusing, his strength increased and became a shark-like appearance. And after that, he formed the water into a gigantic prison. Kisame acted as the center of the water dome, and the dome could change its position to reflect the direction of his movement.

In the water dome, not only Izumi, Rori and Jiraiya were also trapped in it. Even though Izumi didn't have a problem because he could breathe underwater thanks to his Water Dragon Slayer magic, Rori and Jiraiya didn't.

Izumi made a current of water which then pushed Rori and Jiraiya out of the water dome. This time he confronted Kisame head to head who had the appearance of a shark with limbs.

Kisame looked surprised to see Izumi calmly approach Kisame and even swam like a fish.

Kisame formed hand seals and created sharks made of water to attack Izumi. Kisame also did not stay silent and attacked Izumi as well.

Izumi suddenly dived smoothly from his spot. His speed even exceeded Kisame who had fused with Samehada. With just a touch, a shark made of water dispersed. After Izumi eliminated those sharks, he threw punches, elbows, knees, and kicks at Kisame repeatedly, Kisame couldn't even dodge as those attacks also contained Water Dragon Slayer magic. By using Water Dragon Slayer magic, Izumi's speed while underwater could exceed his speed on land, except when Izumi used his IS.

If Kisame was at the top of the food chain in the ocean as a ferocious Megalodon, then Izumi was Poseidon who controlled the entire ocean.

There was absolutely no chance for Kisame if he fought Izumi in the water.

By fusing with Samehada, Kisame's wounds could be healed. However, it also had its limits. If Samehada didn't have sufficient chakra supply, the healing would stop.

Kisame tried to absorb the chakra from Izumi, and surprisingly he couldn't. And the reason was, Samehada was repelled by Busoshoku Haki.

Suddenly Izumi opened his mouth and absorbed the water around him which made the water dome smaller and smaller.

Seeing what Izumi did, Kisame said to himself that the kid in front of him was indeed his nemesis. Any attack related to water did not affect Izumi, in addition, he could also breathe underwater.

Izumi opened both of his palms. And then, he amassed the water to his palms and compressed them, then manifested in the form of shuriken that spun on the top of his palms.

"Suiryū no Shuriken!"

Izumi launched the two shurikens on top of his palms, then manifested them again, and launched them again. It repeated 10 times and all of them landed precisely at Kisame's body.

Kisame couldn't hold his injuries and was forced to separate from Samehada.

The water dome was destroyed and flooded the town after Kisame lost control of it.

Izumi stood in front of Kisame.

*Cough*

Kisame spat a mouthful of blood while grinning at Izumi.

"I lost. Kill me!"

"Eh, that would be a waste if I kill you." Izumi responded.

"Hehe. Do you want to know about Akatsuki? Dream on! I won't sell my friends to you."

Izumi shook his head.

"No, no, no! You're mistaken. I already know everything about Akatsuki. Including the mastermind and the real objective of why they needed the tailed beasts' chakra."

Kisame widened his eyes.

"You…"

"We can talk later, let's get out of here and talk somewhere else! Jiraiya is around after all."

Izumi still sensed Itachi's position. And he was still within the range of Izumi's spatial magic.

He immediately grabbed Rori and Kisame, then disappeared.