Chapter 4 Itachi and Kisame vs Team 7

In the middle of the Kazekage rescue mission.

Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi are trying to follow the trails that the two Akatsuki leave behind to get Garra back. They were also accompanied by an elderly ninja from a hidden sand village called Chiyo. They were getting close bit by bit but two familiar faces seemed to be awaiting them on their way to their destination.

"You are," Naruto said as he saw the faces of two people.

Itachi and Kisame.

They have seen the two people before as they have gotten into a small confrontation a few years ago. While Sasuke was still with them.

"Itachi Uchiha," Sakura said as she looked at the Black hair man named Itachi. Unlike Kakashi and Naruto, she has never seen him before but she can tell who he is just by looking at his red eyes.

So he is the one that harms Naruto and Sasuke in the past. Sakura thought.

"You bastards. You are not only after me but also after Garra." Naruto said as he cursed at Itachi.

"Everyone, don't look directly into his eyes," Kakashi warned.

"What should we do," Sakura asked.

"Itachi's genjutsu is vision type if we just don't look into his eyes we will be fine," Kakashi said.

"But they still have another one with them. If we aren't able to look at him we won't be able to fight against them." Chiyo said to Kakashi.

"Then we are," Naruto said angrily.

"But there is a way. If two of us can take care of the other one we might be able to pressure him into one on two situations. According to my experience genjutsu can be easily cancelled if another experienced ninja is with you." Chiyo explained.

"You are a useful old lady," Naruto said to Chiyo.

"That's only for normal genjutsu level. But this is different." Kakashi said.

"What do you mean?" Chiyo asked.

"He uses Mangekyou Sharingan that surpassed the normal Sharingan. If he locks you in Genjutsu then it's over. There is no way to cancel the effect." Kakashi said as he pulled down his mask to reveal his Sharingan.

"Itachi can we just beat them up. They are talking about us and how they could beat us. That is starting to piss me off." Kisame said to Itachi.

"Kisame remembers our mission," Itachi warned Kisame.

They were just there to stall them and not try to take them down completely. They are not even accessible to their full power because they are using other people's bodies as a substitute instead of their main bodies.

"Fine," Kisame said as he jumped towards Naruto and Swung his sword.

"Shanaroo" Sakura yelled out as she used her fist to deflect the attack.

"You are strong." Kisame complemented sakura before overpowering her and launching her into a nearby tree.

Kakashi appears from below the ground where Itachi was sanding and gave him an uppercut. However, as he landed his fist on Itachi's face he turned into a crowd of crows.

"Rasengan," Naruto yelled out as he lands a hit on Kisame who was distracted for a split second by Sakura.

Chiyo throws a small Kunai at one of the crows and lands on a crow.

"Fire style great fireball Jutsu." Itachi who appeared out of nowhere launched a fireball at Chiyo.

"Earth-style mud wall." Kakashi was able to put a wall between the fireball and Chiyo stopping Itachi's attack completely.

"You are naive. Kakashi." Itachi said as Kakashi's body started to burn. Of course, it was just his Genjutsu that he was able to cast on Kakashi a few seconds when he looked at Kakashi who created the earth wall.

"So that's a shadow clone. As expected of Kakashi." Itachi said as Kakashi's body turned into smoke.

"Water style water prison Jutsu," Kisame said as a large amount of water started to gather around naruto as he became trapped in a large water bubble.

"Naruto," Sakura yelled out as she looked at Naruto who becomes trapped.

"Now time to take care of you," Kisame said as he looked at Sakura.

Then.

Naruto started to create a Rasengan in water with only one and he forcefully busted the bubble.

Sakura and Kisame clash as naruto just like before came charging at Kisame.

But upon impact, Kisame turned into water as he appeared Behind Naruto and smashed him with his sword.

"Naruto."Sakura Yelled out As she was able to land a punch on Kisame.

"Nice. Sakura-chan." Naruto said as he emerged from the ground with an even bigger Rasengan.

"Let's go. Great Ball Rasengan." Naruto was able to land a devastating blow on Kisame as he was swallowed by a huge chakra explosion.

"Amazing," Sakura said as she watched the Rasengan create a small explosion.

"...." Itachi was also surprised but at that time.

"As a former Anbu, you should have known that you probably should not take your eyes off your opponent in the middle of battle," Kakashi said as he appeared in front of him with a lighting blade in his hand.

"This is the end." He said as he Pierced Itachi but just like last time he transformed into a group of crows. But then Chiyo throw numerous small paper balls in the direction of the crows as they crated a large purple smoke screen.

And then a ninja fell from the sky as the smoke clears.

"We won," Sakura said with joy.

"No. It can not be." Chiyo said as she examined the two bodies.

They are not the Akatsuki members but instead ninjas from her village and Jonin-level ninjas non the less.

"Wait you mean," Naruto said in shock.

"We are not fighting against the real Akatsuki in the first place it was merely a distraction," Kakashi said as he wipes away the sweat that was on his face.

"If they are just substitutes that means," Sakura said in shock.

"Yeah. The Akatsuki might be more dangerous than we thought. We can not do this alone we probably need backup." Kakashi said.

"No way. If we just stand around and wait for others then we will be too late." Naruto said angrily. Red auras started gathering around him.

"Naruto calm down. I am sure that Garra is going to be alright and you see how powerful the Akatsuki are. Barging into their territory would be dangerous and pointless." Kakashi said to Naruto.

"But garra is." Naruto tried to persuade Kakashi but.

"Then what about Sakura and Chiyo then. Are you going to lead them into enemy territory without any backups?" Kakashi said.

"Don't worry about us. We are fine. right, Granny." Sakura said to Chiyo.

"Speak for yourself," Chiyo replied as she smiled.