Naruto: Uchiha's Harem

"Hoshigaki Kisame? I've heard that the guy who assassinated the Daimyo of the Land of Water and killed his Mist Village comrades was called that," Kurenai Yuhi recalled seeing information about him in the ninja registry.

One of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

'That massive sword—isn't it one of the Seven Ninja Swords unique to the Mist Village?'

'No wonder it emanated an ominous chakra.'

'And just like Uchiha Itachi, this guy is also an S-rank rogue ninja.'

"Ninjas like you appearing at the borders of the Land of Fire—what exactly is your purpose?", Since it seemed like they could communicate, Kurenai decided to extract some information first.

As for whether she could leave this place alive later, she hadn't thought that far ahead. She just used the opportunity of conversation to keep signaling her students to escape.

But neither Uchiha Kage, Hinata, nor Shino chose to run away.

This made her feel both moved and frustrated inside.

"Our target isn't you, but Konoha," As a double agent, Uchiha Itachi naturally had no intention of keeping secrets for the Akatsuki organization.

"However, to avoid alerting them, we'll have to kill all of you here."

"Konoha is the target?", Kurenai was shocked by that answer, but what surprised her even more was Uchiha Itachi's lightning-fast hand seals.

'Damn it, I can't even see his seals clearly…'

'What kind of jutsu is it going to be?'

"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!"

Even without the Sharingan, Uchiha Kage could perceive Itachi's chakra movements with his Byakugan.

'So much chakra—it must be a large-scale jutsu!'

'Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!'

Itachi seemed to recognize that the firelight he had encountered on the road the other day had come from Uchiha Kage, so he used the same jutsu again.

In an instant, the entire wide street was engulfed in orange flames.

"This scale is even larger than the one Kage used that day," Watching the blazing fire turn the street into a pitch-black ruin, Kurenai, who had leaped onto a rooftop with her three students, couldn't help but feel alarmed.

"It's not over yet—watch out from behind!"

'Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!'

'Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!'

Uchiha Itachi's incredible hand seal speed allowed him to unleash two more jutsu after using Great Fire Annihilation.

And they were wind and fire techniques that amplified each other's power.

BOOM!

The Dragon Flame shattered the rooftop they stood on, and the following wind jutsu sent tiles flying like scattered feathers.

"Hinata!"

With nowhere to land, Hinata was quickly swept away by the raging wind.

"Where are you looking?"

Just as Shino was about to rush to help Hinata, he noticed a massive bandaged sword looming over his head.

He swiftly dodged to the side, but—

The blade's spiked tip emerged from the bandages and slashed his chest, also stripping away the chakra he had been storing for breeding his insects.

"W-what's happening?"

Shino, who had been preparing to counterattack with his insects, was utterly shocked that his chakra had been drained in an instant.

THUD!

Then, Kisame delivered a swift kick, sending Shino flying off the rooftop.

He crashed heavily into a thick wall.

"Even though he's just a genin, those bugs were still pretty annoying," Kisame disdainfully flicked the remnants of black insects—drained of their chakra—off his Samehada sword.

"Shino…", Watching her student collapse, unsure if he was alive or dead, Kurenai clenched her teeth and lunged forward.

No matter what, she had to die before her students did.

However, she specialized in genjutsu, and now she had to engage Kisame in close combat—within moments, she was at a disadvantage.

Not to mention, there was still the menacing presence of Uchiha Itachi nearby.

"Looks like this will be over soon."

Kisame didn't even need to unleash Samehada fully—he still sent Kurenai flying off the rooftop.

He had expected a Konoha Jonin to put up a fight, but they were disappointingly weak…

Honestly, he was starting to get bored.

"Over? That's not certain."

'Rasengan!'

Bursting out from a ruined house, Uchiha Kage suddenly appeared beneath Kisame—his hand glowing with a spiraling blue sphere.

After saving Hinata from being blown away, he had been lurking nearby.

Now he had finally found an opening.

"This jutsu?"

Standing on another rooftop, Itachi, who had been observing the battle, recognized the jutsu in Kage's hand.

'This kid who mysteriously appeared in the Uchiha district years ago… is definitely no ordinary person.'

"Surprising. I thought you ran away," Kisame instinctively raised Samehada to block Kage's Rasengan.

"But a jutsu like this—huh?"

"…"

From a distance, Itachi instinctively wanted to warn Kisame but ultimately held back.

BOOM!

The blue Rasengan slammed onto the blade of Samehada. The intense, rapidly rotating force instantly pierced through the sword and struck Kisame's body directly.

"Ugh!"

The spiraling impact sent Kisame flying as he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"This sword really is troublesome," Watching Kisame, who had gripped Samehada's handle and recovered within moments, Kage frowned slightly.

Not only could it absorb chakra, but it could also use the absorbed chakra to heal its wielder.

"You were careless, Kisame," Itachi cast a cold glance at his recovering comrade, his Sharingan locked onto Kage with growing curiosity.

It was Itachi's principle to remember the faces of those he killed, but neither Kage's name nor his appearance existed in any Uchiha clan records.

Even when he later learned from Danzo that he had overlooked a child, he remained perplexed.

Could it be that the masked man from that night had deliberately left him behind as a pawn for Konoha?

With this thought, Itachi became even more determined to eliminate Kage here.

"That last jutsu was something else."

Even though Samehada had absorbed some of the impact, the remaining force still gave Kisame a rough time.

"The Uchiha Clan really produces geniuses one after another."

"Yeah, but the most remarkable genius is the one standing next to you—the guy who slaughtered his entire clan."

Whether the Uchiha Clan perished or not was irrelevant to Kage, but thinking about Itachi's actions, it was hard for him to feel anything but disdain for this traitorous murderer.

"Uchiha Itachi."

Kage fearlessly met Itachi's Sharingan gaze.

———

"Shino, are you okay?"

Hinata found the bloodied Aburame Shino amid the rubble.

"I-I'm fine… just surface wounds."

Forcing himself up with Hinata's support, Shino used bandages to stop his bleeding wounds.

But looking at the devastated street, he felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

Against ordinary bandits, he could take them down effortlessly even with just taijutsu.

But in the face of true elite ninjas, he could barely withstand the aftershocks of their jutsu.

Sometimes, the gap between ninjas was even greater than the gap between ninjas and ordinary people.

"You two, stay here and don't move. I'll figure out a way to defeat them," Seeing her two students still safe, Kurenai emerged from another pile of debris, feeling relieved.

Though she looked a bit disheveled, she was still in fighting condition.

Previously, she struggled because she couldn't find an opening to use her genjutsu against two S-rank rogue ninjas.

But now that Kage was taking the lead, she saw a chance to win.

'Hmph, that shark-faced guy dared to look down on me?'

"Sensei, I can still—"

Since Kage was protecting her, Hinata was the least injured of them all.

"Hinata! We'd only hold them back. Let's follow Sensei's orders," Shino stopped Hinata from stepping forward.

They had no place in such a battle.

It was better to wait until the fight was over before making their move.

"Mm…"

Hinata hesitated but kept her eyes fixed on the battlefield.

'If Kage-kun is in danger, I won't hesitate to step in.'

'Shino is not wrong—right now, I will only be a burden to Kage...'

———

The world works in mysterious ways.

To avoid the Konoha ninja suspected to be on a mission in the Land of Fire, Uchiha Itachi deliberately led Kisame toward Konoha, thinking this would prevent any encounters.

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