Naruto: Uchiha's Harem

At the same time, to avoid a ninja battle, Kurenai's group chose to abandon their mission and return to the village.

Both parties had intended to avoid trouble, yet they ended up on the same path.

Neither Uchiha Kage nor Uchiha Itachi wanted this situation to happen.

But now that things had come to this, the most important thing for Itachi was to quickly deal with these Konoha ninjas.

And that boy...

Something about him felt strange.

It was best to eliminate all threats around Sasuke as soon as possible.

"A failure without even the Sharingan is not qualified to judge me," Itachi opened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and the killing intent around him grew heavier, "Today, I'll correct the mistake I left behind that night."

"The mistake is you, you traitor. Since we ran into each other today, I'll clean up the Uchiha clan for them."

'A mere pair of Mangekyō Sharingan—did he think no one else has one?'

Uchiha Kage quietly picked up a broken ninja tool from where he had just sent Kisame flying.

The odds of winning one-on-two were low, but if he could knock off and absorb some of their ninja tools during the battle, he might not lose.

"Wait a moment, Itachi-san, let me take care of this brat," Kisame unraveled all the bandages on Samehada, and his round, beady eyes locked onto Uchiha Kage.

SSSS~

Samehada, like a living creature, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, as if baring its fangs at the nearby boy.

"Sorry, Uchiha survivor, please become Samehada's food. You hit it just now, and now it's very angry," Holding the writhing Samehada, Kisame showed a cruel smile.

"Don't you dare hurt my disciple!"

'Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!'

With all her chakra gathered, Kurenai's long black hair moved despite the lack of wind.

As her hand seals completed, her body turned into an illusion, gradually fading away.

"Genjutsu?", Sensing the chakra, both Kisame and Itachi became alert.

But despite their precautions, Kisame found his legs and body suddenly entangled by tree branches emerging from the ground.

"Interesting. Even knowing it's genjutsu and being on guard, I still got caught. Impressive technique," Kisame struggled to move his legs, but soon, the thickening tree trunks buried him completely.

On the other side, Itachi suffered the same fate.

However—

"As expected of Kurenai-senpai, but using genjutsu against the Sharingan is unwise."

'Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change!'

Just as Kurenai thought she had succeeded, Itachi suddenly reversed the genjutsu, reflecting everything onto her instead.

"What?"

Realizing that she was now trapped by her own Tree Binding Death, Kurenai was shaken to her core.

In reality, Itachi had already used this opportunity to thrust a kunai at the immobilized kunoichi's throat.

"This is the end, Kurenai-senpai."

PFFT!

The kunai sliced through flesh, drawing a streak of red blood.

"Kage?", Breaking the illusion by biting her lip, Kurenai's first sight upon regaining consciousness was the boy standing in front of her, gripping Itachi's kunai with his bare hand.

"Incredible reaction speed, but..."

Even though his kunai was firmly held by the intruding boy, there was no panic in Itachi's eyes.

Because neither Kurenai, a genjutsu specialist, nor this boy, who hadn't even awakened the Sharingan, could possibly escape his Mangekyō's unique genjutsu—

'Demonic Illusion: Tsukuyomi!"

"Close your eyes! Kage!", The moment Kurenai awoke, she realized Itachi was about to activate his eye technique and shouted a warning.

"Don't look into his Sharingan!"

"It's too late. Without a Sharingan like mine, no one can break my Tsukuyomi... huh?"

Itachi instinctively tried to pull back his kunai but found that the boy's hand remained locked onto it—and in that brief moment of surprise, the boy seized the chance to grab Itachi's wrist as well.

"How is this possible? You're completely unaffected?", Itachi was shocked to realize that the boy did not appear in his Tsukuyomi world at all.

"Sorry, but it looks like your precious Sharingan doesn't work on me," With one hand gripping Itachi's wrist, Kage's other hand was already gathering Rasengan chakra.

"That technique again..."

'And at such close range!'

Itachi desperately tried to withdraw his kunai and hand, but it was already too late.

'Rasengan!'

Without hesitation, Kage drove the Rasengan into Itachi's chest.

But there was no sensation of hitting flesh—only the feeling of striking empty air.

CAW~ CAW~

With a fluttering sound, Itachi's body dissolved into a flock of crows and vanished.

"You had a substitution jutsu ready in advance?", Kage frowned.

In that instant of attack, Itachi had not only used the Crow Clone Jutsu but also immediately widened the distance between them.

"You actually dodged Itachi-san's genjutsu... You're no ordinary brat," The exchange between Kage, Itachi, and Kurenai happened in an instant, but from the sidelines, Kisame felt as if time had stretched.

"Your hand..."

Seeing Itachi being forced back, Kurenai quickly turned her concern to Kage, whose left hand was still dripping blood.

"That was reckless. Using such a dangerous method to save your teacher."

The blood was on Kage, but Kurenai was the one feeling heartache.

"Don't get the wrong idea, sensei. I wasn't saving you just now—I was just trying to catch him off guard and restrict his movement."

Even though it seemed to have failed.

But Kage had successfully made Itachi hesitate to use his genjutsu recklessly again.

"You—"

If not for the enemy before them, Kurenai would have kicked her stubborn disciple.

Did he think she was blind?

He clearly saved her but refused to admit it. What a tsundere student.

"But sensei, neither of these two can be dealt with using genjutsu, so don't use that trick again."

Kage had wanted to warn her earlier, but before he could speak, Kurenai had already cast her illusion.

"Neither of them?"

It was obvious that Itachi was immune, but the shark-faced guy...

"That sword of his, Samehada, is alive. It can always wake up its wielder from genjutsu," Seeing her lingering doubts, Kage explained at the right moment.

"No wonder he broke free so quickly," Kurenai nodded, accepting his reasoning.

"But that means I'll be nearly useless here. What's your plan against these two?"

Facing two ninjas immune to illusions, Kurenai was feeling a headache.

Were they really going to die today?

Damn it—she had promised her father to raise the next generation before dying...

"It's simple. Taijutsu."

'Byakugan, activate!'

He had trained a lot in the Gentle Fist technique recently. Maybe it was time to see if it worked on Kisame.

"Taijutsu? Wait, that stance—?"

Seeing Kage take the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist stance, Kurenai could hardly believe her eyes.

———

"I don't know where you got all this intel, kid, but there's no way you're leaving here alive."

'Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave...'

Not daring to underestimate them anymore, Kisame decided to reshape the battlefield into his element.

As long as he was underwater, his ability to breathe and Samehada's chakra absorption would make him unbeatable.

"I can't let him flood the area!"

But Kage had already predicted his prediction.

'Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!'

Fortunately, Kisame was an honest ninja who properly performed hand seals, and Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave had a long sequence.

Thus, Kage's Gentle Fist successfully interrupted Kisame's hand seals.

And since Kisame had to put down Samehada to weave signs, he was now forced to take Kage's furious Eight Trigrams strikes head-on.

"This is the Hyuga clan's secret technique—how does he know it?"

Not only Kurenai but even Itachi was momentarily stunned.

A Uchiha using the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist? Unbelievable.

However...

He originally wanted to eliminate these Konoha ninjas, but now he saw that might not be easy.

If even Kisame struggled, then perhaps he had a reason to retreat.

After all, it was best not to kill Konoha ninjas if avoidable.

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