Desert Flower

Itachi to Cave

  "Everyone, stop!" Kakashi threw out his hands, and we had to slide to a halt. A black-haired man in Akatsuki robes stood in our way.

  "Who is that?" Sakura muttered.

  "All of a sudden, eh...."

  "You're....Uchiha, Itachi." Naruto gritted his teeth, recognizing the man before us.

  "It's been a long time, Kakashi, Naruto. ....Girl who bit Kisame."

  "Glad that's what I'm remembered for."

  "You bit someone?" Sakura hissed at me, and I shrugged.

  "I told you, I eat chakra."

  "You bastard!" Naruto glared at the man. "Not just me, but Gaara as well?! I'm going to crush you guys!"

  "Everyone! Don't look directly at his eyes! It's dangerous!" Kakashi warned as Itachi raised his hand. "Itachi's genjutsu is a doujutsu. In other words....the type that activates through vision. It's okay as long as your eyes don't meet."

  "Yeah, I understand."

  "But, in that case, how do we fight him?"

  "About that. You have to judge his actions based on just the movement of his body and feet."

  "That won't be easy...."

  "The Uchiha Clan, eh? It's been a long time since I've fought against the Sharingan. It's not all that wonderous either." Chiyo sighed. "There are only a few tactics when fighting against this doujutsu."

  "What should we do?"

  "If it's one-on-one, run away without fail. If it's two against one, take his back."

  "What's with that?"

  "You understand what 'if it's one-on-one, run away without fail' means, right? It means from the start you don't stand a chance. But if it's two against one.... If one becomes affected by genjutsu, the other one can strike the genjutsu user in the back. If you strike the user, the genjutsu is broken. In case that's not possible, the genjutsu will also break if you strike at your comrade. In other words, if we are many, then one will become a diversion, while the rest of us attack the blind spot of the Sharingan: the back."

  "Seems like old age pays off in the end." Naruto smirked. "Then I'll take the-"

  "Wait!" Kakashi grabbed Naruto.

  "What do you mean by 'wait'?"

  "Are you trying to tell me that my tactics for fighting against the Sharingan are wrong?"

  "Well, that would work if it was only an ordinary genjutsu, but in this case, it's a bit more troublesome."

  "How so?"

  "It's called the Mangekyou Sharingan. It uses an even stronger doujutsu than the original Sharingan. You've already fallen under his spell the moment he catches you in his doujutsu. In that way, while it may be just an instant for those around you, you might experience the Jutsu for what seems like several hours....or even several days. I was caught by his doujutsu once, which led to him holding my mind for what seemed like three days. Because of that, I lost consciousness for over a week. Merely attempting to break it is out of the question."

  "Then what are we supposed to do?" I questioned while balling my hands into fists. "The longer we wait, the longer they have Gaara."

  "Well, after using his genjutsu, it exhausts a lot of his chakra. It also seems it carries a huge risk to his eyes. Itachi....how bad has your eyesight gotten?" Kakashi asked while raising his headband to expose the eye with a scar over it. Itachi quickly shut his eyes as Kakashi revealed his own Sharingan. "I'll fight him....but I need you guys to back me."