𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐗 𝐅𝐞𝐦!𝐔𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐚!𝐎𝐜 ── ❝ 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 ❞
── Misaki could never have anticipated what awaited her in the years to come-her tumultuous feelings, her fractured famil...
Sakura's eyes widened in disbelief, flicking back and forth between Itachi and me, trying to fit the image of this calm, composed figure before us with the infamous reputation he carried.
"Itachi. yes. he's the boy who murdered his entire clan," hummed Chiyo, her voice carrying a weight of grim remembrance. "Seems like he missed one."
"Long time no see, Naruto, Kakashi," Itachi greeted, his voice still as calm as ever, his eyes finally resting on me with an intensity in them that sent shivers down my spine. "And my foolish little sister."
How am I foolish? I haven't done anything to give him that idea, haven't I?
His words angered me, but I bit into my lip to calm myself down so that I wouldn't appear weak in front of him. "Who do you think you are?! You come for me, kidnap Gaara. I'm gonna take you out!" Naruto's voice rang out, his finger pointed accusingly at Itachi.
Slowly, Itachi raised his hand. "Nobody look directly into his eyes, it's dangerous!" Kakashi announced, urgent.
My comrades averted their faces instantly at the warning from Kakashi not to fall into the trap of Itachi's Genjutsu; but me, with Sharingan on and at the ready, never again to be caught by his illusions.
"What are we supposed to do?!" Sakura's voice was shaking, our situation finally hitting her.
"Read his movements from body and footwork. Itachi is ocular jutsu. He holds his target by the eyes. So if you don't meet his." Kakashi's voice faltered there, his gaze dropping on me with a mix of worry and expectation.
"I know that," I said coolly, matching my gaze with Kakashi's, staring at him unwaveringly. "I have known since the beginning."
"This won't go easy," Sakura mumbled, words of their collective unease hanging in the air.
"Several strategies deal with ocular Jutsu," Chiyo declared, her voice steady and authoritative, dangling a thin thread of hope in a wired atmosphere.
"Well? What do we do?!" Naruto finally burst out, frustration finally surfacing.
"You could always leave it to me," I said, my voice level but assured. "But I would not wish to harm him too badly."
Chiyo nodded in agreement before launching into a strategy. "If it's one-on-one, you run. Two-on-one, get on his back. Even if one falls under the genjutsu, they can be released if the other gets behind the enemy and lands an attack. And if that doesn't work, you can free your comrade by giving them a whack too. In other words, when you're two or more, one acts as a decoy while the others attack continuously from the Sharingan's blind spot."
