Chronicles of My Shinobi's Way

4. The Triangular Alliance

"What! Weren't they supposed to come after one month during the third exams", said a surprised Hana while the others were shocked too.

"Hai, but I called an emergency meeting due to the Akatsuki", said Sarutobi as he turned to his secretary.

"Send them in Akane-san"

"Hai Hokage-sama!", bowed the secretary before leaving.

"Alright you four, I wished we could see more of the events concerning Naruto-kun, but you have to leave now", said Hiruzen while all of them groaned as they really wanted to see the results of Naruto's training.

"Oh and Kurenai, I want you to enter the Forest of Death and keep following team 7. I'm sure Orochimaru came for a reason and I want you to report any abnormalities. Also, don't interfere in the exams or try to help your team, is that understood?", said the professor with a serious demeanour.

"Hai Hokage-sama", said a happy Kurenai.

"Hey, why does Nai-chan get this mission", yelled Anko while Hana & Yugao were glaring at the Hokage.

"Because Anko, Kurenai is a genjutsu expert and she can easily blend in with the surroundings and hide her presence", replied Sarutobi calmly.

"Tough luck Anko-chan, Yugao-chan, Hana-chan", said a grinning Kurenai before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Damn her!", all three of them muttered simultaneously before shunshining out of the office. Sarutobi sighed at their antics, even if they were matured as a shinobi, they were like kids or sometimes even acted like fangirls when it came to Naruto, but one thing that he was sure about was that they loved him deeply. He had seen their eyes whenever they talked about Naruto or watched him, they were filled with love, compassion, affection, care and today, a new feeling took birth in those eyes: lust. After seeing Naruto's transformation, their eyes still had the loving gaze for him but with a hint of lust.

He sighed as he came out of his musings, 'Now to face the Raikage & the Mizukage, hope this goes well too', he thought as he went over to his desk waiting for them to arrive.

Meanwhile in the Forest of Death- The clearing- Twenty Seconds after the beginning of Tsukiyomi

Kisame was panting, but not much due to the loss of so much chakra. He began to feel tired at about ten seconds after he started giving Itachi his chakra. If you think rationally, it would look absurd that such high amount of chakra could be depleted in just twenty seconds, which Kisame was currently wondering about.

After a few seconds, Naruto and Itachi slowly opened their eyes. Itachi, to reveal his Mangekyou Sharingan while he too was panting heavily and Naruto, to reveal his Rinnegan with 'one' black ring. No one noticed when his eyes glowed silver for a bit before turning into the same Rinnegan(level 1), not even Naruto noticed it as his vision was blurry due to the effects of Tsukiyomi but after a few seconds, it cleared for him to see Itachi on his knees panting heavily while blood oozed out of his eyes.

"Itachi-sensei! Are you alright?", asked a concerned Naruto while Kisame released him from his hold as he regained his breadth.

"Itachi, you 'pant' okay?", asked Kisame while Naruto took out a food pill and gave it to Itachi.

"Yeah…'pant' 'pant' 'pant' I'm 'pant' gonna be alright", said a tired Itachi before eating the food pill. After a few seconds, he began to feel his chakra getting restored as he stood up.

"Sensei, are you alright now? And why did blood came out of your eyes?", asked a worried Naruto.

"That is a side-effect of using Mangekyou Sharingan's techniques for a long time", said Itachi as Naruto nodded in understanding while he turned to Kisame.