Chapter 3 - Obito

"I'm starting to get a hang of my powers," Itachi said as he hung down from a tree branch without any support. He was standing upside down just based on his chakra control.

He knew that sending Obito back could be problematic so he decided to use the remaining 20 minutes to get used to his powers.

Despite not being the real Itachi, he quickly reached Itachi's Anbu Captain level strength mostly due to muscle memory and Itachi's battle experience.

The only thing he lacked training in was his Mangekyo Sharingan, which he didn't want to use unnecessarily.

'I can't just spam my Mangekyo abilities and go blind. I think my Mangekyo usage could cause the cancer to evolve, so I need to use it very carefully,' Itachi thought as he jumped down from the tree.

'At worst, I would have to fight Obito. In that case, I might have to use Kotoamatsukami on him,' Itachi thought as he called for his crow that had Shisui's Mangekyo implanted in it.

*Caw*

The crow came from heavens knows where and sat on Itachi's shoulder as it showed a Sharingan with a shuriken-like pattern.

"I didn't know you had a name, Tokoyami; you are cute," He said as he petted the crow since he found it cute.

He couldn't help but realize that the original Itachi was such a heartless person for killing this precious bird. His action could be understandable if he did it to a random bird but doing that to his own pet is diabolical.

While Itachi was playing with his crow pet, he saw the space twirling around in circles so he instinctively activated his base 3-tomoe Sharingan.

'Here he comes,' Itachi thought as he saw a man with long black hair who was covering his face with a mask appear out of nowhere. He knew very well that the man in front of him was Obito who was cosplaying Madara Uchiha for a while.

"I'm on time," Obito said as he walked a couple of steps towards Itachi but stopped all of a sudden when he saw a Mangekyo on Itachi's crow. He was a calm and calculated person so he was a bit vary of Itachi.

"I had a change of mind," Itachi said as he saw Obito's eye activating and showing his Mangekyo pattern.

"What do you mean?" Obito asked in his deep voice as he activated Kamui just in case he got attacked.

"I don't wish to kill my family. Instead, I will stand beside them till my last breath," Itachi said with a serious face.

"So you have chosen to betray your village? Interesting" Obito said as he stared at Itachi menacingly.

"Yeah, I don't want your help anymore. Please go back," Itachi said politely and tried not to offend someone he knew he couldn't defeat.

"You talk a bit weirdly and why does that crow have a Mangekyo Sharingan? Is that your friend's?" Obito said as he calmly observed Shisui's Mangekyo since that was the only thing he was vary of.

He knew the fame of the famous Uchiha prodigy who died some time ago, but he didn't have quite the idea of what his Mangekyo abilities exactly were.

"Yes, it's Shisui's Mangekyo. I have it for safety reasons. If someone tries anything funny, I can use it on him to make him my permanent slave," Itachi said with a smile that showed no hostility towards Obito, but his words were saying otherwise. Even Obito knew that Itachi was threatening him and giving him a warning.

"I see, very well then," Obito said in his deep voice as he turned around and walked off towards the forest. Seeing this chance, Itachi decided to use the Observe feature of the system behind Obito's back to see information about him. He didn't dare to use it in front of Obito because he was afraid of it being detected by Obito, who could think of it as some sort of attack that would result in an unwanted fight.

[Name: Obito Uchiha

Status: About to attack

Dojutsu: Mangekyo Sharingan, Sharingan

Known Jutsu: Kamui]

'About to attack? Is my system trolling me?' Itachi wondered as he got ready for an attack either way even though he saw Obito walking off in a different direction.

'Better be safe than sorry,' Itachi thought as he saw Obito disappearing in the woods, but he still kept using Observe, which heightened his sight by a lot.

He waited for some seconds, and just when he thought that Obito had left him for good, he happened to see a faint trace of chakra coming from beneath the ground.

'Below me?!!' Itachi thought as he jumped up and landed on a tree. After that, he quickly made some space between him and the ground.

"You are quite fast," Obito said as he came out from the ground. He was a bit pissed that he couldn't steal the crow from Itachi. He was also surprised that Itachi could react to his speed which was something he speculated wrong. He was only sensed by Itachi because he was using Observe.

"Hmph, I guess I have no choice but to fight you," Itachi said as he acted tough despite knowing that he was severely weaker than the guy in front of him. He was following the quote of a famous person; 'Act strong when you are weak and act weak when you are strong'.

'I'm not sure how that eye works. I should leave right now' Obito said as he decided to retreat but got a little greedy. He wanted to have Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan since the one he was using in his left eye was a normal Sharingan that he stole from a Uchiha ninja.

'He is purposely not looking at me or the crow. I need to attract his attention' Itachi said as he saw Obito sheathing his sword.

"If you want to play, let's play," Obito said as he went back to the ground.

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