Chapter 14: Midst of a Battle

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HAIYAAA!" Battle screams came from the forest.

"The sexy, gorgeous, sparkling Rock Lee of Konoha has killed you, the enemy!" Lee exclaimed in enthusiasm. "...They're not dead yet, Lee." TenTen sighed, while Neji smirked. "What?! I shall do 150 pushups and run around this whole forest 10 times! Plus, if I fail to do either of them, I'll do twice the amount!" Lee's eyes lit up with total excitement and motivation.

"...Whatever, suit yourself. These losers were knocked out cold in only a matter of 5 minutes. What pathetic idiots." Neji heaved a sigh of annoyance. "Yeah...I think we better go find Kakashi-sensei now." TenTen suggested and Neji nodded in agreement. "Here I go!" Lee exclaimed as he began doing pushups. "Heh... I think we'll have to wait awhile now, ne, Neji?" TenTen turned to Neji. "Aa..."

"Neji's team should be done by now." Kakashi informed the Shikamaru, Sai, Hinata, Ino and Naruto. "Naruto, you're team and my team should split up, now." Kakashi told Naruto. "Huh? Why's that, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, bewildered. "We've unknowingly stepped into the enemy's trap. Three of you can still escape so go now!" Kakashi ordered. Naruto widened his eyes. "Enemy's trap?! Why didn't we notice?!" Naruto asked frantically. Shikamaru and Sai then pointed down towards the floor where black markings were painted on. "Genjutsu. They fooled us using the surprise element. Go now and look for Sakura! After we're done with this, we'll catch up with you!" Kakashi commanded. Naruto, Hinata and Ino nodded and sprung off the ground.

Suddenly out of the ground, mud merged together to form 3 figures. As Kakashi, Sai and Shikamaru looked closely, they were taken aback when the figures formed none other than themselves. It was a jutsu whereby the attacker clones the victims and let them fight their own clones. This jutsu cannot be dispelled until one of the fighting pair dies. Kakashi was now standing in front of a clone of himself and Shikamaru and Sai were in the same situation.

"Kakashi-sensei, how do we get rid of 'ourselves'?" Sai asked, flabbergasted. "That's right...they all have the same jutsu and attacking style as us..." Kakashi murmured. "...Let's switch clones then." Shikamaru smirked. "Huh?" Sai asked. "As in, I'll fight you're clone, Sai, Kakashi will fight my clone, and you will fight Kakashi's clone. How's that?" Shikamaru clarified. "That's quick thinking on your part, Shikamaru. Good job. Let's switch then." Kakashi smirked as Sai, Shikamaru and himself switched places. Now, it's Shikamaru against Sai's clone, Kakashi against Shikamaru's clone and Sai against Kakashi's clone. All of them stood in battle pose as an exhilarating battle against each other's clones awaited them, any second now.

"Hinata-Chan! Could you search the area for Sakura-chan?" Naruto requested. "H-Hai!" Hinata nodded as she activated her Byakugan. "Byakugan!" Hinata said as she searched the forest in every speck of detail she could receive. "S-She's really far from here right now, N-Naruto-kun! It'll take a really long time t-to r-reach there..." Hinata informed Naruto.

"What now, loser?" Ino smacked Naruto on the back. "Duh, isn't it obvious? We get there asap! Sheesh, sucks to have women like you on my team." Naruto replied as he rolled his eyes.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Ino bawled, provoked. "Exactly what you heard!" Naruto countered. "YOU, YOU IMPRUDENT IDIOT!" Ino growled.

"HAH, SPELL IMPRUDENT, I BET YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO!" Naruto mocked Ino.

"YES I DO! IT'S SPELLED AS I-M-P-R-O-O-D-A-N-T!" Ino stomped.

"WRONG! IT'S SPELLED AS E-E-M-P-R-O-O-D-U-N-T! You failed your spelling didn't you?!" Naruto laughed. Hinata scratched her head at the both of them as they both got the spelling wrong. "U-um...It's I-m-p-r-u-d-e-n-t..." Hinata spelled it out for both the blondes. It was silent for awhile until Ino spoke up.

"Hinata! How could you do this to me?! Hah! You failed your spelling didn't you?!" Ino screeched.

"We're only a few 200 meters away from Sakura and Suigetsu now! Quicken your pace!" Sasuke demanded. "Sasuke, stop now." Idate suddenly tried dominating Sasuke's words. Idate, Ami, Karin, Juugo and Sasuke all stopped dead at their tracks. "What, Morino?" Sasuke seethed. "Look, I really, really want to help you guys, but Ami and I have been delayed from our mission at Konoha for too long now." Idate started.

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