Author's Notes: I actually had this chapter half-written for a long time now. Sorry if the game seems fast-paced, but unlike 'Hide and Seek', the game isn't the main idea of the story. The real story hasn't even begun yet. However, it will next chapter! Enjoy!

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Chapter 2

He kept on a beeline towards the far end of the huge training place, silently cursing himself for choosing the biggest one in Konoha. He told himself that if push came to shove, and Minato-sensei's suspicions proved to be true, he could always bolt out of the training grounds. He mentally pictured the map of this area. Trees were all over the place, tall and strong. Clear water made up a sparkling lake at the center of the area. The gate was in the opposite direction he was going in now. At the left end of the training grounds, a couple of flowers that could pass as a small garden grew, although Kakashi didn't know how these flowers survived what with ninjas always coming to train, causing damage to the terrain around them.

Kakashi focused on getting more space away from his adversary. After all, the more distance he could get between himself and his opponent, the better. He was cautious as he tried not to leave any trail behind. He also kept an eye on his surroundings just in case one of these bandannas was around. Once he reached the end of the area, a flash of yellow caught his attention. He quickly approached the brightly colored cloth and his heart almost burst in glee. Not even ten minutes into the game and he had already found one of the items He didn't know why he was so worried. Jiraiya really didn't know how to hide anything, and with that realization, he could breathe a little easier. Just as he was about to tuck the cloth in his pouch, he sighted another yellow colored bandanna a few miles away. Confused, he got closer to the fabric and picked it up. Didn't Orochimaru say that each bandanna had a different color? His eyes widened when it finally dawned on him.

"Release!" With that simple word, both bandannas disappeared. He didn't know Jiraiya was good at making genjutsu traps. His hopes sank; there was no way he could find seven items if he can't even find one. He turned around to leave and almost cried out in joy when he found a yellow bandanna tied on a branch. He pumped chakra through his system, but when the fabric remained, he all but ran towards the tree. Then, he carefully untied his prize to find the snake symbol he was told about staring up at him. He smiled beneath his mask and tucked the bandanna in his pouch. He was sure the ten minutes were already over by now. Thus, he treaded warily towards the treetops and picked a random direction whilst trying to sense the Sannin's chakra. He found nothing. It seemed that Orochimaru was keeping a tight hold on his chakra. He also hid his chakra as much as he could, but he was pretty sure the other ninja could still sense him. A few minutes later, he stopped. There was no way he could find the other six bandannas in this large area.

He brought the yellow one from his pouch and studied it as if staring at the snake long enough would give him a hint. He turned the cloth around so that he no longer saw the snake, but there was nothing there. If you find one, finding the others will be easy. He wondered what Orochimaru meant by that. He let out a breath as he tried to rub the cloth between his fingers. He put his mask down and tried to blow at it. He poured a bit of water on it from his canteen. Still, nothing happened. He pursed his lips as he thought; Jiraiya is a master at seals. Seals need chakra to activate! Once he applied a bit of his chakra into the bandanna, weird symbols lit up on it before quickly disappearing to be replaced by letters instead.

Come find me where you drink.

There is a small lake in this area. However, it was out there in the open. He didn't want to risk capture, but he knew he'd have to go there to get the next item sooner or later. Kakashi, then, trudged on towards the center of the training grounds with apprehension and unease growing that they shook his very core. Once he reached the end of the tree-infested region, the feeling of dread had already multiplied tenfold that he was half-expecting his adversary to pop up any second. Go to the lake, find it quickly, and come back. Go to the lake, find it quickly, and come back, he repeated over and over. He scanned his surroundings, moistened his suddenly dry lips before bolting out into the open air. When seconds passed and nothing occurred, the silver-haired boy allowed a short sigh of relief. He made it to the pond. He scratched the back of his head. Couldn't the hint be any clearer? He didn't have enough time to search all the water. Nevertheless, he shoved that thought aside and started searching the edges. Then, he pulled up his pant legs to knee-length and attempted searching the lake from the inside. Still, he didn't find what he was looking for.

He returned to the edge of the pond. From the sun's position, he could tell that it was about one now. Kakashi bit his bottom lip. One hour for one item and a really vague hint. He sat on the ground with a heavy thump and tried to think of his next course of action. He tried to focus in order to make sure that his opponent wasn't close. He was surprised to note that he could sense the adult's chakra, yet he couldn't help the slight twinge of comfort that rolled up his spine when he realized that the Sannin was farther away than he thought he would be. His brows scrunched up in confusion when he heard the distinctive croaks of a frog. He didn't remember that this lake had any frogs, yet there it was, right in front of him sitting comfortably on a lily pad. Wait a second… He hastily jumped to his feet and approached the frog. When the frog didn't bound away, he was sure that he knew where the next bandanna was.

"Took you long enough," the small frog said, "I thought I would have to croak forever for you to notice me!" Kakashi chuckled nervously.

"So where is the bandanna?" he asked.

"Ahh, sorry kid… I ate it," the green creature said apologetically. Kakashi blinked incredulously at the frog, "Don't look at me like that! Jiraiya told me to!" At least, now, Kakashi was a hundred percent sure that the Toad Sage was really the one who hid the items, and that Orochimaru was actually telling the truth.

"Is there no way to get it out?" Kakashi questioned.

"Well, wait a second," With that said, the frog started making disgusting gagging noises. With every attempt at a retch, more saliva drooled down from its open mouth and onto the pad. Kakashi shuddered with every sickening sound and even more when he saw the saliva dribbling onto the pad then into the water he was standing in. He looked away and tried to stop the sounds from reaching his ears, reciting all the shinobi rules and chakra theories over and over. After what seemed like an eternity, the frog let out one final wretch.

"Finally!" it exclaimed, wiping its mouth, "Here ya go, kid!" it said, handing Kakashi something that resembled the yellow bandanna he had found earlier, but the boy could not identify the color for the life of him. Kakashi accepted the gift, making sure to hold it with his pointer finger and thumb and at arm's length. He knelt into the saliva-infested water and proceeded to wash the many liquids off of the cloth. After a few minutes, the bandanna was somewhat clean to the degree that he could finally tell that it was green.

"My job here is done," the frog said before white smoke took its place. Kakashi silently thanked the frog before checking the bandanna for the snake figure. After he made sure that this was the right item, he applied some of his chakra to it again. Identical marks to the ones before appeared on the blue cloth.

In a world filled with green with spots of pinks and yellows, two you shall find.

Kakashi pondered about it for a while. Where, in this training field, could he find the colors pink and yellow? He racked his mind for a possible answer. With a sigh, he chose to leave the open area. He had stayed there far more time than what was wise. He would think about the newest hint while he was moving.

-oOo-

Orochimaru shook his head as he crossed his arms over his chest. For the past hour and a half, he hadn't even tried to follow the six-year-old. Instead, he chose to find one of the bandannas and the Hatake was bound to come sooner or later to get it. However, if he didn't occasionally go and engage the kid, the genius would certainly become suspicious. Thus, he swiftly went through the hand signs necessary and almost immediately, two clones appeared. He made himself comfortable on one of the tree branches. If everything was going according to plan, he wouldn't have anything to worry about. He smiled. Yes, his plans were flowing just the way he planned they would.

Kakashi kicked himself mentally. The answer was so obvious. Only one place had anything pink or yellow in this whole training field. The lone grassy region that contained a few flowers that stubbornly grew despite the chaos the ninjas brought with them during their training time. He changed course, checking the area every now and then to make sure that he wasn't being trailed. He frowned when he sensed Orochimaru's chakra. It was still in the same place it was before. Strange. He might have found a bandanna and is waiting for me there, his mind helpfully supplied. Well, if that was the way Orochimaru wanted to play this game, then, he would respond in kind. He stopped and his hands flew through the signs for a lightning clone. It took a good amount of chakra, but he wasn't too worried. After all, he did have some chakra pills this time. He leaned against the tree he stopped at before grabbing a kunai from his weapon pouch and cutting his thumb. A few hand signs later had Pakuun warping in.

"Yo," the pug greeted, his wrinkled face blinking up at his short boss, "What do you need me to track?"

"Actually, your nose isn't why I summoned you this time," As strong as the pug's sense of smell was, it wouldn't do them any good here, where all ninjas' scents mixed. Besides, considering that Jiraiya helped Orochimaru with this a day or so ago, no scent would have been left by the rain. Thus, Kakashi quickly explained the situation to his favorite summon, "That's why I need you to go with the lightning clone. Once you're there, search for a bandanna like this one," he showed the pug the yellow cloth, "But it has a different color,"

"You do realize I'm colorblind, right?" Pakuun remarked.

"It should be there, just get a bandanna that has this snake on it, okay? When you find it, meet me at the flower batch," Kakashi ordered, annoyance creeping into his voice. The dog snorted before following the clone towards the Sannin's location.

"And stay out of sight!" Kakashi called after them to which the pug responded with another loud grunt. The silver-haired chuunin took a chakra pill. I can take two more pills, he kept note. After that, he continued his path towards the grassy region. He finally made it to the place without any other incidents. Kakashi looked around. The area was not that big, just about the size of a small backyard. He could probably cover it in less than an hour, if he put his mind to it. With that thought in mind, he started searching.

The lightning clone and Pakuun carefully pushed on towards the Sannin. Since the real Kakashi was moving away from him, he didn't have to keep hiding his presence. However, they were going straight for the Snake. Pakuun deviated away from the lightning clone once they were close enough and started his mission. The lightning clone headed towards the comfortable-looking legendary ninja and launched a fiery of shuriken. Expectedly, Orochimaru evaded the attack. The clone wasn't too concerned about that nor was he worried about the huge gap in power between them. His sole purpose was to buy time for Pakuun to find the cloth. And if he died in the process… well, he didn't really exist in the first place. He avoided a blow to the head which would have surely destroyed him. He cleared his mind and focused. He should be able to last at least fifteen minutes against the more experienced shinobi. He flung backwards and launched another spray of both shuriken and kunai. Orochimaru leapt out of the attack's range and responded with flinging weapons of his own. The fake ducked behind a tree and waited. It was way too silent. He watched his surroundings, trying to decipher any movement within the bushes. He could see nothing. After a while, the Snake appeared on the opposite side of the tree. The clone made sure not to make any sound. He focused on making his breaths noiseless. The pain didn't fully register in his mind until he saw the hand jutting out of his chest. Lightning cackled dangerously before engulfing his attacker. Orochimaru clicked his tongue in disappointment as he watched both his and Kakashi's clones disappear in respective puffs of smoke. The Sannin didn't expect the boy to send a clone to try to take the bandanna he was guarding. He should have known that such a move was reckless. Well, no harm was done anyways, so he returned to the nest he first found the bandanna in. He blinked a couple of times before his brain finally accepted what he was seeing. The white bandanna was gone.

When the clone engaged the Sannin head on, the pug made use of the little time it provided him with and started searching the treetops for any sign of the item his master was looking for. Kakashi didn't say where the bandanna would be, so he considered looking in the treetops partially because the Sannin was sitting on top of a branch and partially because he was too lazy to go down and then go back up. He made quick work of the treetops and paused when he saw a nest sitting innocently on one of the branches. He leaped towards it and was ever so happy when he found what he was looking for. Apparently, luck was on his side today. He grabbed the cloth with the snake symbol using his mouth and raced to the flower batch.

This was not Kakashi's day. He had searched this area through and through but he found no bandanna. He didn't find anything except flowers, dirt, grass and even more dirt. He hoped his dog and clone were doing better than him. He sighed in frustration when he finished his first round searching thoroughly around the batch. He did not know where Jiraiya might have put the thing. And unless the Lord of Mount Myoboku found some way to put the bandanna inside a rock… No, no… keep looking… After the third time of searching the area to no avail, Kakashi settled for looking underneath the underneath. However, he did not know what underneath he was trying to look under.

He let out another breath when the memories of the short fight filled his mind. The clone couldn't stand against the Sannin for more than ten minutes. But then again, he couldn't either a few days back. Despite the fact that Orochimaru had only returned from his own frontline mission the day before, the kid couldn't last that long against him. He huffed angrily and continued his quest. Ten minutes later, a brown blur suddenly appeared beside him. A white saliva-covered bandanna was spit out on the ground before the pug sat and scratched behind his ear.

"Yo," he said raising a paw to wave.

"Great, you found it!" Kakashi shook the liquid out of the cloth. He utilized a bit of his chakra and directed it at the bandanna.

Right outside the door.

"That one's easy," Kakashi commented. Not believing that he could get such a straightforward hint.

"Well, any luck here?" Pakuun prodded, poking a nearby rock with his paw. Kakashi shook his head, "I'll help you look here and then we'll go get that one," Pakuun said with finality.

"Good luck with finding anything here," Kakashi said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"What did the hint say?" Pakuun asked.

"In a world filled with green with spots of pinks and yellows, two you shall find," the boy answered, eyes flashing from place to place around the grassy area.

"I would help you, but I see no pink, green nor yellow,"Pakuun said, "I would try to put these three colors together if I were you,"

"Well, it won't hurt to try," the boy said as he picked a yellow flower and a pink orchid. He placed the two beside one another on the grass. Nothing happened… but really, the silver-haired child didn't really expect anything to occur.

"Try to do whatever you did to the cloth," Pakuun suggested while lying down. Kakashi applied a bit of his chakra on the three objects. Nothing happened for a moment. Nevertheless, after a couple seconds, a bright light engulfed the field that Kakashi and Pakuun had to shut their eyes to avoid getting blinded. When they thought it was safe to reopen them, two bandannas had replaced the three previous items. Kakashi ignored his summon's smug look. He made an inventory of the bandannas he had found thus far. He had a yellow one, green, white and the newly added purple and blue ones. The only remaining ones he needed are the black and red ones. He applied chakra to the purple and blue bandannas at the same time.

Dig under the, the blue one said.

Biggest rock in this very field, the purple one continued.

"Well, let's find the hugest rock here," Kakashi said.

"Oh, my, Kakashi-kun, I see you've found a lot of bandannas," That all too-familiar voice sounded. Kakashi motioned for Pakuun to find the rock and start digging. The pug quickly obliged, eager to get away from those cruel snake-like eyes.

"How many more do you need?" Orochimaru asked.

"Just two," Kakashi answered. There was no use concealing that insignificant piece of data anyways.

"Well, I would love to sit and chat, but I have things to do," Kakashi couldn't even get a word in before the clone disappeared leaving white smoke in its wake. Huh? Kakashi shook his questions aside and went up to his summon.

"Any luck?" he asked the dirt covered dog. Instead of answering, Pakuun spit out a red piece of cloth. Kakashi ignored the saliva covering it and applied some of his chakra on to it.

Come find me where you drink.

"I got that one before," Kakashi wondered out loud, "Maybe it all depends on the order I find them in,"

"Are we going or not?" the pug questioned as he trotted to the gate. Kakashi hastily followed after him. It was almost over. So why did he feel that this was just starting?

Orochimaru pursed his lips when the memories of his clone reached him. He didn't like what he learned. Kakashi still had to find two bandannas. There was still a bit over an hour until sunset. His perfect plan has been foiled. With a huff, he released his other clone. It was time to initiate plan B.

Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please leave a review; I would love to know how you felt about the game even though it was a somewhat short and easy game. Thanks!

A Response to the Reviews on Chapter 1:

Prescripto13: Thanks for reviewing on almost every one of my Naruto fics! I hope you enjoyed this update!

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rashene: Here's the next chapter! I'm not really happy with how fast-paced the game was… but I promise the next chapter will be a lot better! I just didn't see the point of prolonging the game when it wasn't the main idea of the whole story…

Likefireneedsair: You have no idea how glad I am that people find 'Hide and Seek' and 'Game Over' interesting and enjoyable! I hope that you won't be disappointed as this story progresses! Indeed, Minato will not be too please when he discovers that little tidbit, huh? But really Jiraiya was only trying to help his ex-teammate.

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