The whole sequence was incredibly creepy. Itachi has a very telegenic fighting style--the birds, and the morphing--I really like his non-mangekyou attacks. ::speculates:: I think it must have been a fuck-with-your-unconcious genjutsu, rather than a constructed illusion--unless Itachi has seen Sasuke in his stage 2 form...

Poor Naruto. He thought he could handle the genjutsu, and Itachi can still roll right over him. ::pets Naruto:: I think Itachi is a bigger Big Bad than Orochimaru.