Kisame Hoshigaki may actually be Stronger than Itachi Uchih

[Negative Knight]

Itachi Uchiha vs Kisame Hoshigaki​

Kisame Hoshigaki's Abilities ​

Large Scale Water Techniques
Kisame was almost unparalled in magnitude when it came to Water Release techniques except by a select few including Tobirama. He was shown at many instances to summon large bodies of water using his chakra alone because of his massive chakra reserves. This allowed him to excute Water Release techniques that would overwhelm the opponent due to the sheer magnitude of his techniques and alter the entire battlefield, warping the very terrain in his favour as his Samehada Fusion Mode has been shown to move extremely fast whilst submerged in water.

Ability to suck Chakra out of the opponent
Kisame also showed a unique trait of sucking out chakra out of his opponents using his sword Samehada. He shared a symbiotic relationship with his sword, giving it chakra in exchange for sucking out chakra out his opponent on contact and giving it to him allowing him to become theoretically infinitely strong and match his strength to his opponent even if they have higher chakra reserves.

Highly Skilled in Kenjutsu
Kisame before defecting from his village became known as one of the seven Ninja Swords men. This was an elite group of swordsmen who were argubably the most gifted users of Kenjutsu in the entire Narutoverse. Kisame was highly skilled in Kenjutsu able to defeat opponents without the use of ninjutsu giving him the ability to conserve his chakra levels whlist simultaneously exhausting the opponent with the use of Samehada's special trait.

Extremely High Chakra Reserves
Kisame has also shown to have chakra levels so high it can only be paralleled by that of a Tailed Beast giving rise to his nickname of "The Tailless Tailed Beast". Combined with Samehada's ability to absorb chakra, Kisame is not prone to fatigue and rarely gets tired as demonstrated when he fought the Four Tails Jinchuuriki but only complaining to be a "bit tired".

Samehada Fusion Mode
Kisame is also able to expand on his shark like appearance by fusing with his sword Samehada to become half-man, half-shark. He completely merges with Samehada which doing so causes him to grow fins and webbed hands that allow him to move through water with considerable ease. Kisame also receives some of Samehada's abilities while in this form, such as being able to extend spikes from his body for offense, and absorbing chakra when others come into direct contact with him, as well as the ability to track chakra.

Itachi Uchiha's Abilities​

-Amaretsu
Amaretsu is Itachi’s trump card, due to the destructive nature of one hit landing. These controllable black flames would trump any and all elemental affinities and one successful hit would almost confirm the victory or severely disadvantage the enemy e.g. Minato or Deidara losing a limb. It can also be used as a counter to Deidara’s C2 Dragon and he can be brought into range using the Third Kazekage’s Iron sand.

-Genjutsu Capabilities
Itachi has been shown to be one of the greatest genjutsu users in the entire Naruto series. He was shown to be so proficient in Genjutsu that he could cast one just by pointing one finger at the opponent. Tsukuyomi was Itachi's most powerful genjutsu, it allowed the user to trap the opponent in a illusionary world which stretched out time to the point where mere seconds felt like days of torture.

However in this fight due to Minato’s insane speed, Deidara’s range, his volleys of clay bombs and having two opponents it may prove to be useless or only have a use on a small scale. Unless the Third Kazekage is able to fight on par with Minato’s speed then Itachi won’t have any time to perform a genjutsu.

Crow/Clone Related Techniques
Itachi's main style of fighting was shown to be through the use of clone whether for the intended purpose of ninjutsu or genjutsu. His ninjutsu involving crows mainly involved clones of himself which would often dissolve into crows and the use of genjutsu when flocks of crows would attack the opponent and when hit he himself dissolved into crows.

-Large Scale Fire Release Techniques
Itachi's Fire Release Techniques were on a whole another level being of such a magnitude able to make samehada cringe due to the intensity of the heat and able to even take out most water Release techniques. Itachi's signature Fire Release move was the Giant Fireball technique which was enough to overwhelm and consume most other fire techniques.

This can be used in conjunction with the Third Kazekage’s Iron sand because of metals conducting heat but may simultaneously demagnetize his iron sand due to the intense heat rendering him momentarily useless and vulnerable to Minato’s one hit kill style of fighting as well as Deidara’s shower of clay bombs.

-Susanno' Techs
This is a spectral being which was cast over the user of the Jutsu. Itachi was able to use Susanno in the appearance of a spectral knight made out of fire. With Itachi's two signature weapons he could do devastating damage, the Totsuka sword and the Yata Mirror.

With the Totsuka sword if he is able to hit either Deidara or Minato then they can very well take the victory due to the odds becoming stacked against the opponent.

However most likely this won’t be a option for Itachi due to Deidara naturally being out of range (C2 Dragon) and Minato being far too fast due to his Flying Thunder God Technique.

-High Prowess Taijutsu
Itachi was also extremely proficient in the art of Taijutsu, completing the three main styles of combat (Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu). This would act as his close range counter to Minato style of fighting, though he most likely won’t be able to beat Minato in this field he can hold out long enough to allow the Third Kazekage to restrain Minato while he’s preoccupied in a heated battle of Taijutsu with Itachi.

 

[Negative Knight]

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