Chapter 029

"To identify your bodies at the morgue," Naruto yelled as he pulled two kunais from his backpack and thrust them at the two missing-nins in front of him. The two criminals dashed out of the way of the kunais in time as the kunais traveled into a tree and created a massive explosion, causing a dust and smoke screen to result momentarily blinding everyone. Naruto hurriedly ran and freed the two girls, cutting the ropes off of them.

"Quickly," Naruto told Hinata and Ino after freeing them, "Hurry back to Konoha and tell my mother what's happening!"

"W-What about you," Hinata asked worriedly.

"I'll do whatever I can to handle Itachi and Kisame," Naruto replied.

"That's downright suicide," Ino exclaimed, "You can't possibly expect to-"

"Do as I say," Naruto interjected with a whole new character neither Hinata nor Ino have ever seen before, "Go back to Konoha and inform my mother or jiisan Sandaime about what's happening here! Now go!"

The look in Naruto's eyes was a look they never seen before. The eyes he had at that moment were the eyes of a man who's fought many battles and seen many deaths. Even his voice sounded a bit different than his normal voice; it sounded like a man with authority, seemingly like a Hokage even, they thought. Having no other choice, Ino and Hinata nodded their heads and speedily ran back to the village. After they were out of sight, Naruto turned his attention back to Itachi and Kisame.

"You little brat," Kisame said sourly, "I'll make you suffer for that!"

"…," Itachi simply dusted himself off remaining calm and indifferent in spite of his annoyance.

"Sorry," Naruto replied, "But I had to get the girls to leave here. With them out of the way, I don't have to worry about holding back."

"You sound rather confident in your abilities, gaki," Kisame retorted toothily and his draw his large sword out, "Perhaps it'll be best if I cut off your legs and drag you back with us!"

"Kisame," Itachi stated, "We're under orders that Naruto is to be brought back with us in one piece."

"True," Kisame sound, "But that doesn't mean that I can't have a little fun roughing him up a bit. Besides, our leader never said we had to bring that brat back with us conscious."

"Why is your organization so interested in Kyuubi," Naruto asked, "As for as it goes Kyuubi is dead."

"You do possess the fox summoning contract so it's only logical to believe that you're somehow connected with the nine-tailed fox," Kisame retorted, "You providing information about your connections with Kyuubi and his possible whereabouts will be of great use to us."

"Even if I did have information there's no way I'd hand them over to either of you or your other Akatsuki friends," Naruto stated before standing his ground as he going into a fighting stance with his other kunai in his hand.

"This is highly unnecessary," Itachi said, "We didn't come here for a fight with you Naruto, just to bring you back with us."

"For an Uchiha prodigy you're surprisingly insane or incredibly stupid to believe that I'd go along with you without incident as you so nicely put it," Naruto retorted defiantly.

"You're small fries brat," Kisame said as he swung his large sword, "I'll enjoy putting you in your place."

Both opponents stared at each other waiting for the other to throw the first strike.

"You must be a fool to believe that you'll escape us," Kisame stated. Naruto gave no reply as he dashed forward at the sharkman. Welcoming the challenge, Kisame charged forward ready to cripple Naruto. Upon reaching each other, Kisame brought his sword down upon the eleven-year-old expecting a quick victory. He was surprised though that his sword was stopped from touching Naruto himself as Naruto blocked and started pushing against the bandaged sword with his kunai.

"What," Kisame exclaimed as he struggled to push the blade against Naruto. It was a tug of war between the two fighters as they struggled for supremacy.

There's no way this kid could be this strong, Kisame mentally debated with himself before jumping back away from the boy, who in turn jumped back away from him as well. Reaching in to his pocket, Naruto threw a shuriken before doing a series of hand seals and saying, "Shuriken Kage Bushin No Jutsu!"

The single shuriken multiplied to a hundred shurikens heading straight to Itachi and Kisame. The two S-class missing-nins easily evaded the attack as they speedily dashed from being hit. The shurikens struck multiple trees, none of them hitting the two intended targets.

The kid knows how to create shuriken kage bushins, Itachi thought in surprise although he didn't facially show it. Kisame landed down by one of the trees to seeing Naruto coming at him. Reaching the Akatsuki nin, Naruto attempted to land a punch on him. However the punch was thoroughly blocked, and Kisame smacked Naruto hard away from. Naruto skidded a few times across the ground before coming to a full stop. The boy barely had time to retaliate when Kisame came and delivered a swift kick to his side, sending him flying into a nearby tree.

"Hn," Kisame snorted, "You're all talk but no show!"

Kisame was surprised however when in place of Naruto was a wooden log.

Kawarimi? How the…, Kisame's train of thoughts was severely derailed by a fist slamming into his chin, knocking him upwards into the air. He next felt a hard kick to the side of his head, sending him crashing down to the ground with a thud. Itachi stood his ground as the observer, not bothering to get involved in the fight taking place between Naruto and Kisame.

Kisame got up from the ground and shouted, "Now where are you, baka-gaki? Trying to hide?"

Kisame then felt a strong fist crash into his jaw, sending him flying again. However, Kisame this time, managed to maneuver himself to somersault backwards and touchdown on the ground on his feet. He tasted the bit of blood that was in his mouth as he rubbed his jaw. He turned to see Naruto standing there.

"What are you," Kisame said, but then something connected with his guts, sending Kisame flying again. What Kisame hadn't noticed was the jutsu marker Naruto had placed on him when Kisame had hit him earlier when Naruto's punch was blocked. Also, with Minato giving and helping his son form the chakra, Naruto could do the Shunshin No Jutsu effectively, complemented with the Godaime-like strength to add to the injuries.

(All The While)

Hinata and Ino had reached Konoha and without a second to lose. They ran as fast as they could to reach the Hokage tower in spite of the fact that they were out of breath. They stopped and took a moment to catch their breaths, feelings their lungs ready to explode. Moments later, Kakashi appeared next to the two girls, after putting his favorite hentai novel away.

"Hinata, Ino," Kakashi greeted, "Where's the fire?"

Looking up at the ANBU captain, Hinata spoke, "Na…Naruto-kun…He's…"

"In trouble for pulling another prank again," Kakashi guessed lazily.

"I wish," Ino interjected, "He's out on the training ground fighting Itachi and-"

Ino didn't get the opportunity to finish her statement when a now serious and fully alert Kakashi cut her off, "Report this to Tsunade-sama immediately while I go and help Naruto!"

Without wasting another moment, Kakashi sprinted off toward where Naruto and the Akatsuki nins were. The girls soon pulled themselves together and hurriedly made their way to the Hokage tower, although Itachi's words from earlier were still on their minds. As Kakashi was making his way to Naruto as fast as he could, he was hoping that Naruto would be able to hold his ground long enough until he arrives.

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