Hey Readers, sorry I haven't updated this in a really long time, but the amazing "Writer's Block" had come to visit me and just didn't want to leave. I hope this chapter does something for you guys. Let me know what ya think.

"Hey, Takeda, how 'bout you slow down a bit, will ya?" It was Ren Fukushima who asked this, though Seijirou Takeda ignored the earth-style user and continued on through the trees. "Damnit, there's no way I'm gonna catch up to him." Fukushima stopped on a thick, mossy branch and decided to head down to the ground.

"Hmph. I see he finally gave up on keeping up with me. Good." Seijirou spoke to himself, leaping from tree to tree.

"I wonder if Takeda was planning on ditching me from the start? Oh, well. I just have to avoid any ninja for a while, either that or just kill 'em." Fukushima chuckled to himself as he clenched his fist. Walking a bit, the earth-style nin heard voices coming from behind. Damn, have they already found me? Fukushima ground his teeth together in frustration. Crouching down on one knee, he waited for the voices to pass. Though, if they didn't, Fukushima quickly did a jutsu that hardened his right fist to the strength of stone. So, he just waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, around twenty minutes later, the voices disappeared and Fukushima decided to move.

Seijirou Takeda was moving fast through the trees, being careful to leave no trace behind him. It must have been at least a day and a half since he and Ren Fukushima escaped the prison, and yet nothing has come to surprise him.

"Is the Leaf Village really that incompetent? Or are they just trying too hard?" He chuckles. A crick in the trees below him startle the genjutsu nin, but soon sees that it was nothing but a blue bird flying from its nest. "Don't scare me like that, little bird." And so he continues on, leaping from tree to tree, listening to the sounds of the forest.

"Agh! This is so boring!" Naruto yells out. "When are we gonna get close to the prison, Kakashi-sensei?"

"It'll take the rest of the day to reach it, Naruto."

"But shouldn't we run into them if they left the prison?" Naruto asks in confusion.

"Naruto, we don't know which way the criminals went, so there's a 25% chance that we'll run into them. Though, they could always separate and go in different directions. The only way we'll know for sure, is if we go to the prison and get as many details as possible." Kakashi responds irritatingly, though Naruto just frowns and looks away.

"Naruto, quit being a baby. Maybe if you summoned some of your shadow clones we could find them faster." Sakura said.

"Ah! That's it!" Naruto puts his fingers together and shouts, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Five clones appear and take off in different directions at high speed.

"You idiot, why didn't you think of that yourself?" Sakura sighs.

"Yeah, now it'll be no time before we find those guys!"

Hours upon hours pass by, and still the two escapees travel through the forest doing what they can to avoid any people that come near. Ren Fukushima decides to hide in a nearby cave for the night, while Seijirou Takeda takes shelter in the upper trees as he watches below for any sign of movement. Meanwhile, Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi set up camp for the night. Kakashi summons his ninja hounds and orders them to search further for the criminals, while Naruto's clones disappear with no new information.

Hopefully next chapter will come soon.