"Amateratsu!" Black flames exploded from his eyesockets streaking down the hallway. The wood withered and burst into flames as the black fire passed over it, incinerating the snakes and instantly turning them into ash.
Naruto released the jutsu on his snakes, and grabbed the two swords stabbed into the ground at either side of him. Picking them up he focused both wind and fire chakra into each one of the blades. "Katon: Daibakuha no Tate." (Fire release, great exploding wall)
Flames came from his blades, the heat making the papers in the office behind him combust. Due to the compressed space, the wall of flames extended down the hallway, forming a virtual pillar of fire that headed for the Amateratsu.
The two attacks met with an explosion that seemed to rock the whole tower. Naruto's flames offered resistance for a few moments before they gave way to the power of Amateratsu.
Itachi covered his yes as the explosion momentarily blinded him, when the explosion finally died down he looked and saw the entire hallway was in ruins.
He was about to step forward when the ceiling behind him exploded in a shower of splinters. He spun around just as a clawed gauntlet caught him by the throat bringing him down and pinning him against the floor. Itachi leaned his head to the side, barely avoiding the sword that stabbed itself where his forehead once was.
He lifted his leg and kicked Naruto in the back making him roll forward. Itachi got to his feet and turned, his sword already swinging.
Naruto caught the blade with his metal gauntlet and pushed it down with his left hand, with the sword in his right he took a quick stabbing motion to Itachi's face making the Uchiha prodigy lean to the side, he pulled back and stabbed again, making Itachi lean to the other side.
They continued this for a few moments, before Naruto swung horizontally, Itachi ducked under the swing, still keeping a firm grip on his Wakizashi before he delivered a powerful punch to Naruto's gut, making him hunch over slightly. The Uchiha then stood up, and delivered a strong knee to the boys face sending the blond Jinchuriki reeling from the blow. Itachi then grabbed him by the throat and forced him to look at him dead in the eye. "Tsukiyomi"
Itachi was the prodigy of the Uchiha clan, often being hailed as the one stronger than the legendary sannin and was the first person to wield the power of a mangekyo sharingan in well over a century, also knowing more ninjutsu that even Hatake Kakashi.
So it was no real surprise when the Uchiha knew for a fact that the second he entered the world of the Tsukiyomi that something was not right.
He didn't know what gave it away, perhaps because the world was not responding to his commands, perhaps because he couldn't feel the mental link he possessed which allowed him to control the illusion, or perhaps it was the fact that instead of facing he 'normal' Naruto he was facing a much more sinister version of the blond.
'Naruto's' grin widened to almost insane proportions as he raised his claws. "So this is the entertainment my container has provided me with." The Naruto chuckled to himself, his red eyes glinting in the shadows of the Tsukiyomi.
Itachi suddenly knew who he was facing. "The Kyuubi."
The legendary demon chuckled as its grin widened. It flexed its razor sharp claws and spoke calmly. "Come boy, if you can provide me some good entertainment then I will let you leave."
Itachi narrowed his eyes, he knew the chances of him beating the great demon in anything, even in the world of his Tsukiyomi, were very very slim.
So he had no choice other than to play along, since dispelling the technique didn't seem to be working.
He rushed forward to the Kitsune at incredible speeds, his Wakizashi glinting eerily in the red lights of the Tsukiyomi
He swung with a downwards, diagonal swipe, but the Kitsune, fluidly moved out of the way, Itachi looked behind him to see the grinning fox floating back. Itachi spun on his heel and rushed forward.
However, instead of attacking with the Wakizashi directly, he threw the weapon at his red eyed opponent.
Kyuubi swerved to the side, his smile still firmly in place, Itachi appeared in front of the Kitsune and plunged a kunai in his right collar bone and twisted it savagely.
Kyuubi kept on smiling even as blood escaped the corner of his mouth. He grabbed the Uchi's forearm, holding him in place and digging his sharp claws deep into the flesh.
A bright red fireball formed on the Kitsune's free hand and he slammed it into Itachi's chest, sending the Uchiha prodigy flying back.
Itachi coughed up blood and clutched his chest in pain, but quickly ignored it and righted himself in mid air, rushing back at the Kitsune with almost desperate fervor as he took out two kunai and engaged in Taijutsu.
Claws and metal met in furious and bloody slashes. Itachi did the best he could, but still received terrible lacerations along his forearms, his left hip, right shoulder clear across his stomach and down from the left side of his chest down to his lower right ribs.
With the use of the Sharingan he managed to catch a view of an opening and seized it shoving the Kitsune away with a harsh kick that connected to the red eyed devils face. The Kitsune's back hit a 'tree' within the ilusion world.
Itachi rushed forward and with blinding speed he plunged two kunai into the Kitsune's palms, running them straight through and stabbing them deep into the bark of the tree, effectively nailing him there.
Itachi pulled back and scowled as he saw the Kitsune's infuriating smile was still there annoying the fuck out of him.
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