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"It's time to finish this thing off!" Kiba Inuzuka growled in righteous anger. "Let's go, Shino!"
Team Kurenai was still fighting Itachi Uchiha in the Forest of Death. Hinata had bravely stood up against the might of the Uchiha, and she managed to free Shino from the genjutsu he was trapped in, by jabbing Itachi squarely on the chest with a Gentle Fist attack. A normal person would've died or fallen into unconsciousness right there, their chakra flow stopped right in the center of their heart, but Itachi performed the Uchiha heroics, managing to stay upright. He then knocked Hinata unconscious with a Goukakyu No Jutsu, and his chakra was still flowing swiftly all over his body. Uchihas were scary.
"All right, Kiba," Shino replied calmly, his hands once more stuck in his pockets. The genjutsu was something of a cross between heaven and hell; part of him wanted to break out and return to assist his teammates against their unknown foe, but the other half insisted on staying with those hot girls. Hinata had broken the genjutsu just as the girls stripped off Shino's coat and was trying to get his shades off. Shino had desperately fought like a wild caveman; an Aburame must wear their sunglasses forever, 24/7, every day of their life. If it was taken off, it'd mean they're too worthless to continue being an Aburame. However, the girls had tried every possible tactic to try persuade Shino to get his sunglasses off; they had even attempted to unclasp their bikinis. Shino had watched with horror and facisnation before Hinata broke the genjutsu; now he was trying to get his dignity back. He had his normal posture back, and even his expression had returned. It's time for some gory action; fun and games are over.
Itachi watched the two of them wearily. Genin never knew when to give up. "Now, now, kiddos, do you really want to fight me full on? You'll never live to see tomorrow, I assure you."
"Eff you," Kiba aggressively answered, baring his fanglike teeth menacingly, trying to intimidate Itachi. As usual, being an Uchiha, he was unfazed by the attempt.
"Katon: Goukakyu No Jutsu!" Itachi yelled, breathing out a fireball. It was the biggest one yet; smoke was rising out from the sides of his lips, which were slightly grazed with ashes. Not to mention it was slightly burnt. This Goukakyu was ment to KO Shino and Kiba, so it had taken Itachi's biggest efforts in order to send it out. Now his lips were smoking; however, Itachi did not care. He was too handsome, it didn't matter a bit; as long as the Uchiha blood still flows in his veins, he considered himself worthy of being god.
"Is Goukakyu No Jutsu the only jutsu you know?" Shino demanded. "Just asking, nothing personal, man."
"Shut up, gangster," Itachi sneered. "It's a freakin' fireball that's about to burn your ass into ashes."
"I don't even think you have balls," Kiba growled back, defending his teammate. He roughly pointed a clawed finger at Itachi's robe bottom, and drew two small circles in the air with his free hand, smiling while he did so. Boy did that cloaked guy look pissed off. Suddenly, Shino pointed in front of Kiba, and the two of them noticed the fireball coming at them. It was within a few meters of their bodies!
Kiba and Shino watched the immense fireball blaze by, and suddenly Kiba gave the signal by raising his middle fingers simultaneously. Itachi took it as a deep insult while Shino took it as a normal signal; he was prepared to attack. Kiba rushed towards Shino and quickly performed a series of hand signs. Shino watched as his teammate jumped into the air and landed in front of him, about to perform his ultimate jutsu. Suddenly, the Aburame had second thoughts about Kiba's plan, he tried to escape, but being as slow as a turtle, Kiba easily caught up with his retreating back.
"Inuzuka Style: Konbi Henge!" (literally meaning, Combination Transformation) Kiba bellowed loudly, and a huge cloud of smoke burst out of nowhere, engulfing both the struggling Shino and the excited Beast-nin himself. Itachi watched, slightly impressed that a Genin knew this jutsu, but was more shocked that the beast which emerged moments later easily broke his Goukakyu No Jutsu into millions of fireballs, with a single swipe. Itachi squinted his eyes as the sound of scampering feet rapidly headed towards him; the beast did not look like a normal beast at all. He had heard that Inuzuka Konbi Henge techniques consisted of them combining with a ninja dog and transforming into a gigantic two-headed wolf. However, this certainly wasn't the case here, no way. What was rapidly charging towards the Uchiha was a gigantic two-headed beast with a wolf's white body; the heads were the ones which shocked Itachi the most. The left head was a hound dog's while the right one was a sunglasses-wearing bug's head. It certainly looked horrid.
"What the fuck, Kiba," Shino snarled in frustration. "Why did you make me a disgraceful bug? Let me try experiencing being a dog for once!"
Kiba simply ignored Shino and continued forward, hurriedly increasing his pace. He was SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, perhaps even faster. Kiba's eyes directed on Itachi's stunned self, and he forcefully pulled Shino's bug half along with him brutally.
"This is bad," Itachi remarked, scratching his head. The beast looked insulted, and without warning, it lashed out a monstrous paw at him, intending to crush the life out of his body.
Itachi quickly performed a series of rapid hand seals and managed to dodge the dog-wolf-bug beast's ferocious swipe at his head. He glanced at the scattered fireballs around the area, and shouted, "Katon: Housenka No Jutsu!" The fireballs instantly all zoomed at the dog-wolf-bug beast, which easily dodged due to its otherworldly speed. Itachi couldn't see the beast at all; all he could hear was a humming sound, and all he could view with his Sharingan was a gigantic white blur. It was time to use the Mangekyo Sharingan, or else he would not have a chance at the Uchiha Heroics. As Itachi focused his chakra on his Sharingan with all his might, he couldn't help feeling disappointed and even a bit grim. I can't believe I'm about to waste my super Mangekyo Sharingan on two mothereffing Genin...ah, the shame! The disgrace of it all! Why me?
Suddenly, Itachi's tightly-shut eyelids flew open, and inside the milky-white sockets was...the MANGEKYO SHARINGAN!
"TSUKUYOMI!"
The Sunagakure ninja strode forward, drawing a kunai slowly from his pouch. The ninja stood up to his full height and glanced determindedly at his opponent's ugly face; it was truly too ugly to be human. "Give us your scroll, and we'll spare you and your comrades, all right?"
Hiruko was silent.
"Reply!"
Silence.
"Are you like, deaf, man?"
Silence, of course.
"Are you mentally retarded or something?" The Suna ninja exclaimed, throwing his hands up in disbelief at Hiruko's stupidty. Or rather, his continued silence.
"He can't talk," Sasori explained tiredly as he strode towards the three Suna ninja. "He's got a speech problem."
"Oh," the Sunagakure ninja replied. "Have you, like, thought of getting special one-on-one private lessons for that fatty over there?"
"No," Sasori grunted. He was angered that the ninja insulted his favorite human puppet, and death was the only thing coming for the three unfortunate fellas. Should he use Hiruko's AK-47s, the nuclear bomb hidden in Hiruko's inner shell, or the Peter Piper's Perfected Poison O' Instant Death smudged on the puppet's tail to finish the Suna ninja off? Sasori decided for a while as he watched the ninjas continue to taunt Hiruko, and he decided to use his trademark poison to leave his mark, instead of using his Nuclear Bomb. He quickly flicked an invisible chakra string, and Hiruko's scorpion-like tail slowly uncurled itself from where it was hidden beneath the billowing black cloak draped around the puppet's body; the Peter Piper's Perfected Poison O' Instant Death glowed brightly on the tail's tip; it was slowly dripping purple liquid onto the ground. If Sasori did not make his move soon, the green grass they were standing on could soon become yellow, decayed grass. That was the power of Peter Piper's poison.
"In fact, this "fatty" is going to make you a "skeleton" in a matter of seconds."
The Suna ninja's companions hurried up to their leader, and the leader glanced aggressively at Hiruko again, completely oblivious of what Sasori had just stated. His companions joined in the taunting, pointing at Hiruko and hurling raspberries at the puppet's unblinking eyes. Any sane ninja would've figured out something was wrong by now, simply by looking at the unblinking eyes; if it was a normal human being, he would've set the world record for longest time without blinking once. The Suna ninjas laughed heartily, slapping each other high wave, unaware of what was about to happen.
Sasori was deeply annoyed by now; he flicked the chakra string again and the tail started to move out from inside the cloak. "I said, the fatty's going to avenge himself!"
"He can't talk, he's fat, and he's ugly. What can he possibly do to a handsome guy like me?" the lead Suna ninja boasted, smiling brightly. His companions continued to laugh, taunt, sneer, snarl, and leer at Hiruko, who did not stir. Sasori flicked the string for the final time, and the tail shot out rapidly, as fast as a missile zooming towards its point-blank target. It swished through the air, curved wickedly once, and embedded itself in the lead Suna ninja's chest.
The last thing he felt was an immense, sharp-tipped tail striking deeply into his heart and pulling it out brutally; the tip stabbed clean through the still beating organ, and practically ripped it out like it was nothing but a dying twig. Blood gushed all over the place, and the Suna ninja collapsed instantly, splashing the pool made out of his own ruby-red blood. Hiruko's tail continued beating the ninja until all of his bones were shattered into millions of tiny pieces; his skin was also pulled out violently; not a single inch was missed. Sasori had really made the ninja into a "skeleton." Meanwhile, Kakuzu had strangled the two other Suna ninjas to death; the final one dropped their scroll, and Sasori hurriedly grabbed it before safely placing it inside Hiruko's ten-trapped rigged secret compartment along with their original scroll.
Kakuzu dropped the final Suna ninja onto the ground and glanced at the bodies with interest. Cash signs started to pop up inside his cash-filled mind. "How much d'you think these guys would fetch at the bounty station, Sasori?"
"If you bring them to the bounty station, your cashier's going to demand a refund," Sasori answered, uninterested now that the two of them's got two scrolls, therefore granting them automatic entry into the next phase of the Chunin Exam. He looked at Kakuzu wearily; his words had a huge effect on the bounty hunter, and Kakuzu's face was now deeply shaped in a sad frown. The cash signs which had popped up in his mind had long since vanished.
"You sure?"
"Pretty much. Let's head for the tower, I don't like waiting."
Kakuzu grimly nodded, and followed Sasori and Hiruko deeper into the forest. They had gone no further than ten steps when suddenly a blur of enraged blonde gayness leapt out from a nearby dense bush, its hands outstretched in joy. Kakuzu stopped, stunned, and shouted out a quick warning. Being extremely vigilant, Sasori managed to notice the ambusher, and he quickly attempted to dodge. The attacker-detector he had installed on Hiruko's nose started to beep loudly, sensing an inappropriate figure in the two Akatsuki members' midst.
Deidara had thrown himself at the puppet master with all his might, and Sasori valiantly ducked in time, narrowly avoiding being humped full force by the blonde-haired gaylord.
"Dude, Deidara....what the hell was that?" Kakuzu asked, amused that Deidara had tried to ambush Sasori.
"Sasori no danna, why'd you leave me?" Deidara gasped, tears streaming down his face. He walked quickly at Sasori, who rapidly backed up until he bumped hard into the bark of an oak tree. Damn it, he was cornered. Why'd the tree have to be here?
"Get over it man, it was a few hours ago!" Sasori screeched. "Leave me alone!"
"Not until you show me your balls..."
Kakuzu was surprised to learn that Deidara was gay, but now he was even more surprised to hear that Deidara was a pervert on the rise. Looks like that traitorous Orochimaru had some competition at last, eh?
The puppet master tried in vain to find a way out of the jam, but sadly it was impossible. The mouths of Deidara's palms were sticking their wet tongues out at Sasori, apparently making fun of him. How dare they!
Sasori sighed, quickly connecting a chakra string onto Hiruko. He was going to escape somehow, probably with the assistance of Hiruko. "Let me tell you now, Deidara, I ain't afraid to admit that I haven't got no mothereffing balls!"
"You don't?" Deidara asked, surprised.
"You don't?" Kakuzu demanded in horror, staring at Sasori's body in shock. His teammate was a gender bender or something; a perfect match for Deidara! Come to think of it, the Akatsuki were a bunch of weird so-called criminals: Tobi was a mask-wearing hyperactive dumbass who never took the orange mask off his ugly face; Kisame was as ugly as a fish; Hidan was a retard; Zetsu was a twin-in-one cannibal; Deidara was gay; Sasori was a self-converted puppet who had no balls, the signs of a powerful male; Pein was a friggin nose-ring wearer; Konan was weird for loving a weirdo like Pein; the only sane person was Itachi, probably. Kakuzu even considered himself in the "sane" category of the Akatsuki; compared to the others, he was definitely a normal guy. Sure, he's got four masks strapped on his back, with tentacles connecting his body parts together; but it was still pretty much normal. It wasn't his fault that he needed tentacles; he was sent on a mission once to blow up the Raikage, but the bomb mistakenly exploded earlier than planned, blowing Kakuzu into pieces. It was a scientific miracle consisted of tentacles which had brought him back to life.
Sasori sighed as he glanced at the two shocked figures in front of him. Sometimes he even thought Hiruko was smarter than most of the Akatsuki members who never used their brains to think. Can't they find some common sense? Why did God even gift them with brains if they never attempt to use them?
"Dudes, I'm a puppet, what do you expect," Sasori explained as calmly as possible, which wasn't calm at all. "I decided to get rid of my balls after it got too painful; I couldn't focus myself at all due to the waves of agony. It's all because of you, Deidara, you punched it way too many times while I was still a human!" The puppet master shot a look of pure venom at Deidara, who flinched badly. He flinched so badly that he flew backwards by accident and crashed into a tree painfully. Deidara rubbed his head with his hands, groggily shaking splintered bark from his long hair. So, it was his fault that Sasori decided to get rid of his valuable balls? Well, he was going to prove his ex-lover wrong! He quickly jumped to his feet as Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hiruko started to continue their way towards the looming tower in the forest's center.
Who cares about Itachi and Zetsu, they're capable of taking care of themselves. However, as a subordinate to his danna, Deidara must be protective of Sasori at all times. He followed the trio towards the tower, privately hoping that there was a bed or two located in the tall structure itself.....
He lashed forward his katana, but he hit nothing. Nothing but air. He couldn't believe his aim was as bad as a baby's. To be correct, he had missed more than once. In fact, he had missed thirty times; he had kept track, although he felt a painful pang whenever he missed. He had to keep track of his misses though; Kabuto had clearly stated that he must become a good mathematical ninja as well as a battler.
A punch to the stomach was painful. A kick to the head was unbearable. However, to make matters deadly, a full-force, pinked-haired headbutt to the private part was the same thing as suffering hell's million waves of agony. That was exactly what Sasuke Uchiha experienced during his fight against his ex-teammate, the beastly Sakura Haruno. Sakura had far exceeded his expectations by easily overwhelming his strength with her strength. It was unfair really; Tsunade, current Hokage of Konoha and mentor of Sakura, had somehow transferred her own monstrous strength to Haruno's lithe body. As Sasuke slammed onto a tree and slid to the ground, grimacing in pain, he finally realized something. All those days spent in Orochimaru the Snake Sannin's domain were a complete waste of time; come to think of it, Orochimaru had taught him nothing of prominent importance so far! He had sparred with Kabuto in front of Orochimaru with rules of "Chidori Illegal" set up; Orochimaru had Sasuke fight Kabuto merely to glance at the Uchiha's body and admire it! Sasuke staggered up, supporting himself weakly using his half-cracked katana, and attempted to charge at Sakura. However, Sakura used her speed to reach Sasuke's side in an instant and launch a punch worthy of matching Mohammed Ali's on Sasuke's cheek, practically sending his eyeballs popping out into the distance. He slumped onto the ground, panting tiredly as he glanced in fear up at his former teammate.
"Holy shit...how could you...do this to me?" Sasuke groaned as he rolled around on the ground like a toddler. Sakura observed the immature Uchiha, half-amused, half-satisfied; she had unleashed all ten million amounts of her anger on Sasuke's body, but making contact with her former crush still felt good. Suddenly, Sakura had a nasty idea generated in her mind, and she grinned as she walked towards the Uchiha lying on the ground.
The bystanders made no attempt to engage in the fight; Jugo and Suigetsu, who had cheered their leader on in the beginning, were now making bets on whether Sasuke could engineer a combat using the Uchiha heroics since he was in the process of being used as a punching bag; Ino was watching Sakura in pure owe and observing Sasuke's hotness at the same time. Choji Akimichi had long since awakened from being knocked out, but he was currently in the process of attempting a Shikamaru Nara, pretending to be asleep to avoid further commotion. However, even though his eyes were shut tightly, his ears were still wide open, gathering information and eavesdropping on the conversation. He grinned slightly; good thing Sakura had beaten Sasuke up for stepping on his private part!
Sasuke groaned for the sixteenth time and glanced at Sakura Haruno's approaching form weakly. "Heyyy...what's up, Sakura," Sasuke called, attempting a "friendly, pretend-to-feel-remorse-and-regret-tactic" in order to get out of this narrow jam. If he failed, he would surely get pummelled to death by a thousand punches from the sky. He'd rather die without feeling the pain...the AGONY. Sasuke, who was normally calm and emotionless in the face of ultimate danger, could not contain himself; he was defeated, simply because every punch and kick felt like he was being rolled on by three Chojis at the same time. Even though he was admitting defeat to a puny girl, it was better to save his own neck; as a Uchiha, he could live with the disgrace. His only worry was Suigetsu; that blubbering fool might inform Orochimaru or Kabuto of his defeat like a tattletale and cause him anguish among Orochimaru's ranks; there were Sound ninja who hated Sasuke's guts still. Dangerous, this was a dangerous moment.
Sakura stopped an inch from Sasuke's downed body. The boy looked so helpless, so weak, so...undesirable in front of her towering form. She could practically sense his rising feelings of fear shooting up out of his body; it was obvious. Suigetsu glanced at Jugo and grinned. "Looks like I win the bet, Sasuke-sama is doomed. Prepare to pay up, Jugo, you're gonna have to starve for a month to pay the amount you owe me."
"Not so fast," Jugo replied in his deep, slow voice. He gestured at Sasuke slightly, and Suigetsu followed the big man's gaze to rest his eyes on Sasuke's head. "Sasuke-sama is probably thinking of a plan right now. If it was Kimimaro, he'd do the same, I have no reason to believe Sasuke-sama will get killed by a woman."
Suigetsu leaned back against the tree, ignoring Jugo. "Don't spoil my fun, will ya, Juggy?"
"Let me live, girl," Sasuke pleaded. "C'mon, it won't hurt. You ain't a murderer, eh, Sakky?"
Sasuke's attempt at closeness failed miserably. Sakura had misheard a play at her name, "Sakky", into "Sucky." She was shocked that Sasuke still had the guts to call her sucky after she had beaten the living shit out of him; those Uchiha never change, so she was going to have to teach a lesson to Sasuke, one which'll hopefully set a permanent mark on Sasuke's body and mind. She slowly raised a sandaled foot, and moved it so that it was sitting directly above Sasuke's balls; it was extremely precise, not an inch away. Sakura grinned as she prepared to bring her foot down.
"Let's go, Sakura!" Ino urged her childhood rival on. She couldn't wait to see Sasuke's reaction!
Sasuke realized what Sakura was trying to do. His eyes bulged in horror.
"Now, Juggy, believe me now?" Suigetsu inquired sweetly, his hands clasped around Zabuza's weapon. The water-nin could feel the sound of cash plopping into his empty pouch; it had been years since his last paycheck from the greedy Orochimaru.
Now it was Jugo's turn to ignore Suigetsu.
"Hell yeah!" Sakura stated as she sent her foot tumbling down at full speed. She gathered all her chakra into the blow, and it neared Sasuke's body. One more second, and a scream would ring out through the entire forest.
Tick. Sure enough, it happened; quite loudly, in fact. Really loud, actually; if you were standing right next to the screamer, your eardrums would've exploded in a second. However, Sakura's stamina kept the effect at bay. She lifted her foot and stepped onto the grass softly, having done her righteous work. Naruto would've been proud if he was here and had seen her deed of justice.
The scream continued. "AAAAAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOHOOLLLLLLLYSSSHHHHHHHIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTDAMMMM
MMMMMMMMOOOOOOOKHHHHHHHHAFREEEKOOKOOKFUCKINGAHK!!"
The scream trailed on and on, seemly forever. Nearby birds flew away at the scream; random Genin teams rushed away upon hearing it, afraid to encounter the person who caused it. Suigetsu and Jugo shut their ears tightly, slamming their hands fully against their ears. At that moment, both of the Team Uchiha members were wishing Orochimaru had bought them Ipods as rewards for their previous missions, so that they could put the mp3 device to good use right now. Ino watched with fascination; she actually stretched her neck a few inches to get a clearer view. Choji was jolted out of pretending to be asleep by the sudden outburst, and now he was observing the scene with half-closed eyes, glad that the guy who stepped on his private part was suffering a punishment a hundred times worse. Good times seem to arrive at the right moments.
The person feeling the highest was impressed and pleased with her work. Sakura smiled.
"Our work is done." Itachi informed Zetsu, cracking his knuckles pleasantly. It felt good after a full-on duel.
"Tower time." Zetsu hissed. "Where's Deidara, though?"
"No matter, I expect we'll find him soon...we just need to locate Sasori."
Kiba and Shino laid on the ground, defeated. Itachi's Tsukuyomi had sent the two of them into a world of chaos; a world in which most of the aggressive inhabitants were WOMEN. After escaping hordes of naked fangirls, Kiba found himself transported into his room at home. Kiba's own sister, Hana Inuzuka, had raped Kankuro, Sabaku No Gaara's older brother, on Kiba's own, precious BED. Naturally, being an Inuzuka female, Hana was a rough, tough, girl who liked to play dirty. Kankuro, being the brother of the innocent Gaara who had no idea what sex was, had begged Kiba to rescue him, but Kiba decided to betray his former savior. The beast-nin had tried to leave the room to avoid seeing anymore of the scene, but an unstoppable force had prevented him from doing so. Meanwhile, he had watched Pakkun, Kakashi Hatake's personal ninja dog, engage in a 30-minute long sexual activity with Akamaru. It scared the hell out of Kiba's remaining courage, leaving him with nothing but a forfeit plea. Tsukuyomi's sheer power defeated him.
Shino fared no better. In his section of the illusionary world Itachi had cast upon them, he was back on the beach. His first reaction was, Oh, shit, not again..., but actually, this time it was MEN who showed up to confront him. The women who had tried to strip him of his coat and sunglasses had left already, but he was faced with an even deadlier opposing gang: perverts of the same gender. To make matters worse, he had viewed his father Shibi Aburame getting harassed by male beach lifeguards somewhere in the distance, while the men came closer at every second. The scene which followed was too gruesome to describe. After Tsukuyomi had finished its deadly work, Shino was defeated, his bugs rendered useless after they had seen their master getting raped brutally. He had one thought after being defeated by Tsukuyomi: the cloaked man who they had just fought was a 100% pervert, probably even surpassing Jiraiya the Toad Sannin and Kakashi Hatake, two of Konoha's master perverts.
Hinata Hyuga was unconscious through all this, so thankfully, she had managed to avoid being a victim of Itachi. Itachi had actually prepared a little something between her and Naruto Uzumaki in Tsukuyomi, but since she was unconscious, she did not have the chance to get involved. Now, freshly awakened, Hinata was told by her teammates of the experiences that they had suffered while she was in a blissful sleep. Hinata did not make a big fuss out of it after Kiba had finished the tale, in fact, she urged the two boys to find another scroll, since Itachi had taken theirs upon Shino's defeat.
"Lucky you," Shino complained. It was unlike Shino to complain, but you can't blame him. He was a teenager who got subjected to inappropriate actions far too early.
Kiba staggered up, aided by Hinata pulling him upright by the left arm. The beast-nin wobbled slightly, still shakened after the sudden turn of events. "She's right, Shino, we'll need to get another scroll in order to advance."
"All right, all right, but if we encounter that cloaked guy again, this is what I'm gonna do: I'm going to run away like there's no tomorrow!"
"You want bamboo to eat, panda?" Kisame rasped. "You should go to the zoo where you belong. Hurry along, now, they've got plenty of bamboo for you to eat~ouch."
Neji Hyuga slammed Kisame on the stomach with a Gentle Fist attack, sending the shark-nin tumbling onto the ground. "Don't call her that, sharkie!"
"What if I continue to do so, long haired pillock?" Kisame insulted rudely, raising Samehada from the ground in an effort to defend himself. That Gentle Fist had hurt a lot, but his chakra system had managed to deflect it narrowly.
"Hn," Neji said.
"Say something more dramatic, Neji Hyuga," TenTen advised the Hyuga prodigy. "You can't let that sharkface insult you like this."
"OK, whatever you say," Neji replied dismissively, turning to face the waiting Kisame. The two of them were quited pooped after engaging in a non-stop taijutsu duel, so they had resorted to finishing the fight in a war of words. Neji cleared his throat and began to shout in a loud, clear voice. "For the love of~"
"I'M GETTIN' outta HERE, KISAME!" Hidan screamed as he rushed into the clearing, chased by a teeth-flashing, completely naked Rock Lee. The Jashinist grabbed his scythe from the ground and ran away into the distance, screaming. Kisame glanced after Hidan for a brief second, shrugged, then ran after his comrade.
Neji used his Byakugan to observe Hidan and Kisame's movements. The two Akatsuki members were running deep into the forest, away from Team Gai's location. They had won the fight.
"Hn," Neji grunted softly. "Lee, you have saved us. Who knows what would've happened if you hadn't intercepted that naked retard. I used my Byakugan to observe that naked guy's retardness, and it clearly states that he had a retard level of nine million. I don't enjoy fighting retards, they tend to lead me "off the topic."
"Neither do I," Lee stated, flashing his teeth brightly while giving the good guy pose simultaneously. "At least I got his scroll! Let's head to the tower, my youthful comrades, for another youthful challenge will start soon!" The taijutsu expert pocketed Hidan's scroll securely, and bounded off into the distance. Neji and TenTen exchanged tired glances, then followed the over-enthusiastic Lee away towards the tower...
Author's Note: OK, I admit this chapter wasn't as good as the previous one...anyway, probably preliminaries in the next chapter!
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