Chapter 19

"Interesting, I was sure your friends would be the first to wake, they put up a much better fight after all." Shisui blinked his eyes open painfully, trying to see anything in the dark that surrounded them in the forest. The words reached him, just, as he turned his head in the direction of the voice to come face to face with the man who had attacked him. His eyes widened and he trying to punch the man but his hands were tied behind him, as well as his feet.

"What are you talking about?" The man just laughed evilly as his eyes flickered to the left and right of his captive. Following his gaze Shisui saw that Naruto and Itachi were tied up next to him in similar positions, both unconscious. "What do you want with us?" The man just laughed again as he pulled a kunai out of his pouch, idly picking his nails with it. Shisui blinked in surprise before his eyes hardened angrily.

"What else? I'm from Iwa, you're from Konoha. I want you to pay for everything you did to us in the third Shinobi war." Shisui's eyes opened wider again as he struggled in his bindings.

"What are you talking about, Iwa started the war!" The man just snarled angrily as he swiftly kicked Shisui in the stomach, eliciting a small grunt of pain from the Genin.

"Filthy Konoha propaganda, it was your Hokage who declared he war in the first place, our Tsuchikage was merely defending out territories." He smirked evilly before he crouched down in front of the boy, their eyes coming together. "And now you will die for it." He quickly raised the kunai, the weak sun glinting off the well polished metal before he began to bring it down, almost lazily.

"Coward." The kunai halted in mid-air as the Chuunin stared at Shisui in annoyance.

"What did you call me?" Shisui just chuckled, not really seeing much else to do now that he could practically feel his own death coming.

"I called you a coward, killing your enemy when he's defenceless; tied up and unable to fight back." The man just smiled as he twirled the kunai once into a reverse grip.

"We're Shinobi, kid. Lying, stealing and cheating is what we do, just a fact of the gruesome world we live in." He quickly brought down the kunai again in one motion, no hesitance this time and Shisui clenched his eyes shut awaiting the pain that would come. When he didn't feel it he cracked a single eye open, only to feel the breeze on his now un-bound and slightly sore wrists. He quickly jumped to his feet, staring at the man who was happily twirling his kunai around.

"Fine kid, I was gonna make your death quick, but if you want to go down swinging I'm all for it." He grinned evilly again as he settled back into a strangely familiar stance with his kunai forward in a reverse grip. Shisui knew he should probably focus on finding away to get away with his teammates or at least wake them up but he felt a burning anger towards this Shinobi who had insulted his home and hurt his friends.

He raced forwards only to be tripped up as the Iwa-nin sidestepped his attack; the Uchiha wasn't fazed though, turning his stumble into an attack as he brought his arms around, trying to strike the man Once again he was dodged, this time the other Shinobi managed to twirl and neatly slice Shisui down his back, making it look like a dance. The Uchiha refused to cry out as he once again attacked, this time ducking low in order to get under the man's guard.

Once again it was in vain, he was simply backhanded in the face with a fair bit of force. Right now he just felt like the man was playing with him. he waved around Shisui's attacks with grace and speed, sometimes just making it back in time but dodging all the same. Eventually the man seemed to get bored and viciously kicked the Uchiha in the gut, launching him through the forest of a short collision with a large tree.

He groaned before looking up as the Iwa ninja walked closer, once again spinning his kunai in that irritating and cocky manner. Shisui only looked up in anger, unable to properly move his body to dodge or even get up. He could only watch as the Shinobi smirked once before raising his kunai up into the air. As he brought it down Shisui realised a simple fact, he was going to die. The exciting fear of agony pulsed through his veins, making his numb body come alive. He didn't want to leave his family or his friends; there was still so much he wanted to do with his life like learn the Shunshin and beat Naruto in a spar.

As he watched in horror he could have sworn the kunai slowed down as it arced through the air; like the air had turned to runny treacle. However he was still unable to move, unable to react in time to stop it's downwards descent. He scrunched his eyes shut and simply waited for the finishing blow, hoping it would be painless and quick. However when that didn't happen for another few moments he became confused.

"Did it work?" Shisui's eyes opened a crack and instead of seeing the Iwa-nin like he thought he would he instead saw a mop of red hair next to a more controlled mass of jet black hair.

"I don't know, he has his eyes closed." Shisui opened his eyes fully, looking up at Naruto and Itachi as they looked down at him with curiosity. After a moment of staring two smiles crept over their faces while Shisui just looked around for any sign of the Iwa ninja.

"Naruto? Itachi? What happened? Where's the Iwa ninja?" The two boys just shared a look a mutual amusement passed between them causing Shisui to get concerned. Itachi just shrugged as he leant against a tree and Naruto adopted the pose that everybody who knew him recognised from when he was embarrassed.

"Uhh, there never was an Iwa ninja." Shisui just looked up in confusion, finally getting to his feet despite his slightly aching muscles.

"What do you mean, I was fighting him and he had you two knocked out!" Naruto just chuckled nervously as Itachi smirked; obviously finding it funny Shisui believed he and Naruto would be knocked out by a single Chuunin.

"Uhh yeah, that was a Genjutsu; the person you were fighting was me." Shisui just paused for a moment as his gaze flickered between his two teammates, his eyes showing his obvious anger.

"What the hell?!" Naruto just chuckled nervously as he began to undo his headband as Shisui blinked in surprise, the conversation getting increasingly weird. Naruto handed him the band and Shisui looked at him oddly, however when his gaze travelled lower he looked down in amazement at the polished metal. Staring right back at him from his own reflection were a pair of two-tomoe Sharingan, glowing slightly in the darkening light.

"Woh, I have Sharingan!" Naruto just smiled; even Itachi managed to crack a small smile as he saw his cousin continue to look at his new eyes in amazement. Quickly though his head shot up and he lashed out at Naruto, the quick boy only just jumping back in time. Shisui watched again in amazement, marvelling at how much slower Naruto seemed to travel. It was still much too fast for him to effectively counter but it was still much better. His eyes gleamed slightly at the prospect of finally being able to fight with his teammates on equal terms.

"Congratulations." Shisui turned to Itachi, noting the small smile the normally more stoic Uchiha wore as he gently clasped his kin on the shoulder. Naruto did the same on his other shoulder, however a little more hesitantly after the boy's last outburst.

"You guys did this just so I could unlock my Sharingan?" His teammates nodded and Shisui smiled before wincing as he felt his side burn suddenly, one of his ribs probably broken.

"Yeah, we figured it was about time you caught up." They all laughed and bean to make their way back through the forest in the direction of the hotel. Shisui limped a little but they made it in good time, quickly emerging from the tree line into the dwindling sunlight that still managed to barely reach over the horizon.

"So that was a Genjutsu, it felt so real." Itachi just nodded, he was also feeling slightly winded from maintaining the powerful Genjutsu over Naruto for so long.

"I can tell you more about it when I start training you in your Sharingan." Shisui looked around, slightly surprised at his friend for a moment before Itachi clarified. "At least until you can have your own family train you." The other Uchiha nodded, wincing again as he held his side painfully.

"Did you have to go so hard Naruto?" The redhead merely chuckled as he slung an arm under his teammates shoulder, supporting him as they made their way through the hotel.

"Itachi told me I had to make it as real as possible so you really believed it was a life-threatening situation." Shisui just nodded with a sigh but not before he sent a glare Itachi's way. With his Sharingan activated it actually managed to look quite intimidating, not that it affected Itachi much. The rest of the way back to the room Shisui played about with his new Doujutsu, practising turning it on and off while smiling every time the world would slow around him slightly. Finally they made it back to the room where Ensui was lazily looking through a scroll; their entrance made him look up and notice Shisui's eyes.

"Oh, so it worked then, how bothersome." Shisui's eyes twitched violently as he sent an accusatory finger his sensei's way.

"You knew too?!" Ensui just sighed as he nodded, returning to his scroll languidly.

"Of course, I was the one who suggested it." Shisui's eye twitched again and he would have launched himself at his sensei if his side didn't suddenly flare out in pain. Ensui just looked up again with a sigh, the rings around his eyes making him look even more tired than his attitude would have you believe.

The jonin drawled, "So bothersome... Did you have to hurt him so badly? Now I'll have to get on my old, aching knees and heal him."

Naruto just shrugged sheepishly before carefully setting his teammate down on a chair and flopping down on his own bed. Ensui quickly got up, his hand already lighting up in green chakra as he began to heal the worst of Shisui's injury. He wasn't an expert in medical Ninjutsu but as a Jonin he was forced to know enough to heal fairly minor injuries like this.

Shisui watched the man go about his work, fascinated by the technique that was slowly resetting his ribs into their proper place. Unconsciously he activated his Sharingan and was amazed as he saw the chakra from the technique flow into his body. Intrinsically he began to understand how the whole process worked, how the medical Chakra vibrated at just the right frequency to encourage his own body's healing. He smiled brightly as the pain was leeched from his body, 'So this is what I've been missing out on? Well not anymore!'

AN: suprise, tis was a trick!!!!