𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

Itachi Uchiha

After a long, stressful flight, Hanara had finally caught sight of Naruto. Itachi and a shark-like man that reminded her of a picture of one of the Seven Swordsmen were not too far behind, but she wasn't going to tell Sasuke that.

Pho disappeared once Sasuke and Hanara jumped off her and in front of the door to Naruto's hotel after bowing to them. Once she was gone, Sasuke hurriedly knocked on Naruto's door.

"Aw, what do you want now?" Naruto yelled from behind the door, "She dumped you already?"

Sasuke groaned and kept knocking, "Idiot."

"I heard you the first time!" Naruto sighed. They heard the lock click.

Naruto threw the door open and stared at Hanara and Sasuke, confused, "Sasuke? Hanara? What are you doing here?"

"Someone's coming after you." Hanara said hurriedly scanning the area behind her with her Byakugan, "They want to-"

"Heh. We've been found out, Itachi," a voice behind them drawled.

The three children stiffened. Sasuke and Hanara turned around and saw a blue-skinned man with a purple, scaly, sword on his back along with a man who was no doubt Itachi Uchiha a few feet behind them.

"Hey! What's going on!" Naruto exclaimed, noticing the negative energy radiating from Sasuke.

"Hard to believe that a child like this is holding the Nine-Tailed Fox, isn't it?" the shark-looking dude smirked.

'Wait... they're wearing black cloaks with red clouds. Are they the Aka something or the other that wants all the tailed beasts? And that sword with scales... I can only think of one sword that matches that description. Samehada. He must be Kisame Hoshigaki, the Tailless Tailed Beast.'

Itachi ignored Kisame and addressed Naruto, "You're coming with us, Naruto."

"Like hell he is," Sasuke growled, "I'm not letting you take another person from me, Itachi!"

'Gah, he's an idiot. Honestly, what sane Genin challenges an S-ranked shinobi, let alone two?' Hanara sighed and started getting ready for battle, silently activating her Byakugan. She had some blood on her thumb still, so she started to form hand-signs for the summoning jutsu slowly behind her back. If Naruto noticed, he didn't say anything.

"That kid's a feisty one," Kisame commented, "Come to think of it, he looks a lot like you. Do you know him?"

"He is my little brother," Itachi replied, gazing at Sasuke with indifferent eyes.

"That's weird," Kisame said, smirking again, "Because the way I heard it, your whole clan was slaughtered. By you."

Sasuke started shaking and his hands balled into fists.

'Welp, he sure knows how to rile someone up.'

"Itachi Uchiha, I hope you're ready to die!" Sasuke snarled as his hand got covered in lightning, "It's just as you said. I've fostered my hatred for you all these years. I've lived my life to see you die! It ends here!"

Hanara's eyes widened, 'No way. He's challenging them right now and using Chidori, which is a frontal attack. Anyone knows that frontal attacks are not the way to go when you're up against someone stronger than you. Is he insane?'

Sasuke started running towards Itachi at full speed. Hanara formed chakra strings and attached them to Sasuke with one hand and slammed the other one on the floor, stopping Sasuke and summoning Pho in one fluid motion. The phoenix stared at the scene confusedly but didn't make a sound.

Naruto's eyes widened, "Wow, Hanara! I didn't know you were that fast!"

'You sorta have to be, if you're learning the Gentle Fist.'