Chapter 033

"Copy Ninja Kakashi," Kisame said, "I've heard many things about your exploits. But that won't stop me from go all out on you."

That was when the missing-nin felt a cold steel held to the back of his neck. Kisame turned around and saw Kakashi with a kunai to his throat.

"What the hell," Kisame said upon realizing that the real Kakashi was using kage bunshin to protect Naruto the entire time.

Kakashi was always known for being very resourceful…, Itachi thought, Maybe even too resourceful.

'Kage Bushin,' Yondaime told Naruto, 'A most resourceful B-ranked ninjutsu. However such a jutsu is regarded as a Jounin level kinjutsu because of the amount of chakra it consumes from the user.'

If I were to learn and master that jutsu, Naruto retorted, I'm sure that I could put it into some good use.

'I've been contemplating on that actually,' Yondaime agreed, 'But I'll tell you about it later.'

Kisame swiftly turned and tried to shave Kakashi but he dodged it. Kisame quickly lifted his sword and tried to hit him again but Kakashi quickly pulled out his spare kunai and held a kunai in each hand to block Kisame's Samehada. Kakashi was being overpowered by the sword.

"I can't believe I'm being overpowered by just the tip of a sword…This guy is strong."

The sword was now near Kakashi's shoulder.

"My big blade, Samehada…," said Kisame as he neared Kakashi's shoulder, "Does not slice. It shaves! You're friend Naruto knows this from experience already!"

Kakashi dropped to the ground, narrowly escaping from being shaved by the Samehada. He rolled and got up quickly before Kisame could advance on him. After performing some hand seals, Kisame shouted, "Suiton: Bakusui Shōha!" (Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave).

A massive amount of water burst forth from Kisame's mouth. Kakashi dashed out of the way from the hydrokinetic assault. Itachi and Naruto, with the Kakashi clone aiding him, jumped from off the ground as the flood waters continued from Kisame's mouth. This jutsu covered a significant portion of the forest area Naruto, Itachi, Kisame and Kakashi were at with water. However this did close to nothing to hinder them since they all already knew how to stand, walk and fight on top of water. In Naruto's class though, none of his friends his age nor his teachers at the academy are aware of this.

This jutsu is similar to what Kaa-chan told me about my great granduncle Nidaime, Naruto thought, From what Kaa-chan told me, Nidaime was very proud of his superior combat ability, and was especially skillful at water jutsus to the point that he didn't require a source of water to perform the jutsus.

'This is true Naruto,' Yondaime said, 'Even though Kisame managed to perform the jutsu you've just witnessed however, many to this day believe that Nidaime's amazing water jutsus remains unrivaled.'

Naruto simply nodded his head as he and Itachi watched the fight from separate directions at a distance from each other. While this was going on, Itachi used the "provided" water to wash off the blood that ran down his face that resulted from his surprise defeat to Naruto. His head though was still hurting and throbbing painfully from the encounter with Naruto. Itachi still found his defeat hard to believe.

Meanwhile, the young eleven-year-old blonde on the other hand took the opportunity to heal his injuries as quickly as possible, although he was still affected by Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan.

'Narurto,' Yondaime spoke, 'I know you're still influenced in some ways by Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan. But remember, you had nightmares of Kyuubi that were far worst than what Itachi had showed you, and you've endured them for over seven months with the physical pain it gave you when you were eight years old. In spite of the terrible nightmare experiences, you came out victorious against those horrid dreams and suppressed Kyuubi's influence with the aid of Tsunade, Shizune, Jiraiya-sensei, Sandaime, Kakashi and me. Remember, you have your family and friends to support and give you vigor when needed. Never forget that my son. Use this as your power Naruto to counter the affects of the Mangekyou Sharingan.'

Naruto soon took steps in heeding his father's advice after he was done healing his injuries. He made a mental note to thank his mother and Shizune later for the intensive medic-nin training they gave him. Seeing that Naruto regaining his strength, the Kakashi clone whispered something into Naruto's ears. When that was done, he burst into a puff of smoke and evaporated, leaving Naruto on his own but not defenseless although Naruto was confused about what the clone told him.

(Meanwhile)

Kisame rushed at Kakashi with his large sword in the attempt to shave off half his body. Kakashi jumped and flipped backwards away from him. The sharkman missing-nin was coming at Kakashi with amazing speed and stamina while Kakashi evaded and blocked the large sword as many times as he could with his kunai. The gray-haired ANBU was already injured and shaved in a few places. However Kakashi managed to land some injuries of his own against Kisame while using his Sharingan eye to keep up with Kisame as best as his Sharingan eye could get him.

"Suikōdan No Jutsu!," Kisame and Kakashi yelled simultaneously after performing the same hand seals. (Water Release: Water Shark Missile Technique). This jutsu caused a massive amount of the water they were standing on top of to attack the enemy with a powerful water burst in the form of a shark; in this case, Kakashi, using the Sharingan's Copy Wheel Eye, copied and mimicked the attack against Kisame's, thus cancelling out Kisame's assault. Kakashi was stand on the same side as Naruto but only some distance away from him. Itachi was now facing Kakashi and Naruto.

"I'm impressed that you can use your Sharingan so well even though you are not part of the Uchiha Clan," Itachi told Kakashi, "But your body is not an Uchiha body, which the eye needs to work best."

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