"Rise and take flight, Tatsukiba."

Once the words left Asher's mouth, Tatsukiba's blade erupted in flames. Then it grew in both length and width. By the end of the transformation, the blade stretched five feet in length and was one foot at its widest. The guard had changed too. It was now in the shape of a dragon's head. It covered up to a foot of the blade. The flames around the sword receded into the blade. The heat from its core, turning it orange.

A look of complete shock spread across Kisame's face. He could sense the power emanating from the sword. He knew that if Samaheda took a direct strike from it, then it would be cleaved in two. He got into a stance that would allow him to block without Samaheda taking the full **** of the attack.

"Now you're gonna die," growled Asher, "You shark-faced bastard."

Asher leaped towards Kisame, keeping the new Tatsukiba hanging behind him. Kisame raised his sword to defend himself, but Asher vanished in the blink of an eye during the strike, reappearing behind him. He just barely turns around in time to deflect Asher's attack. Even though the brunt of the attack was deflected away from Samaheda, the sword was cracked and was thrown from Kisame's grasp and through the wall beside him.

Asher vanished again and struck at him for a second time. Kisame dodged the attack, barely, and was sent to the ground. Half of his body was burnt. He lay on his back as Asher walked towards him. Asher stood over Kisame and attempted to impale him with Tatsukiba, but he rolled out of the way. Asher smiled at this, which confused Kisame.

Suddenly the ground began to shake. Cracks spread from under his body. Asher pulled up Dragon's Fang and Kisame saw the flames stretching from the blade and under the floor. Kisame jumped, but it was too late. The floor erupted in flames. An orange dragon burst up and grabbed him in its mouth. The dragon slammed him into the ground and then into the wall, before flinging him through a nearby wall and outside the building.

Asher turned to check on Jiraiya. He and Itachi were beaten up. Jiraiya was down on one knee, panting hard, and Itachi was about to strike. Asher threw Tatsukiba, distracting Itachi from his attack. During this time, Jiraiya shot up, giving Itachi an uppercut sending him into the air. Asher jumped up and slammed him back down to the ground.

Jiraiya bent over, trying to catch his breath. He noticed movement from behind him. Looking back, he saw Kisame running towards him. Jiraiya held out his hand and chakra began to build up, forming a spinning sphere.

"RASENGAN!!!" he yelled, before slamming the sphere into Kisame's gut, sending him spiralling back outside.

Asher picked up Itachi and bit him in the shoulder. He allowed some of his blood to flow into his mouth and released him. Asher then lifted Tatsukiba and got ready to strike, when he notices Jiraiya hitting Kisame with a technique he didn't know. He turns back to Itachi, but he's gone. Asher looks to his left and sees crows flying out of a window. He smirks and reaches into his bag and pulls out a flask. Asher spits the blood into it and fully extends his fangs, allowing his venom to flow into the flask. He puts a lid onto it and shakes the flask, mixing the liquids. Asher then pours the concoction into his mouth before cutting open a vein with a claw. He presses his lips tight against the wound and allows the blood to flow into him. He felt it flow up his arm and into his heart. When Itachi's blood reaches it, a sharp pain hits his chest for a few seconds. Asher closes his eyes as he feels something.

As Jiraiya comes up behind Asher and grabs him by the shoulder, his eyes snap open and he says, "Sharingan!"

His eyes have turned red with a thin black circle in the middle of his iris and three black toumoe in the formation of a triangle.