Kakashi and Naruto begin to fight, with Kakashi unveiling his Sharingan and Naruto creating shadow clones to gather sage chakra.
Kakashi: Naruto, i will not hold back. aslong as you are in sage mode, the damage you receive from just taijutsu should be minimal. The moment your sage mode runs out however, i will be sure to strike hard.
Naruto: heh! and old man like you couldn't hurt me even without sage mode!
Naruto rushes at Kakashi, jumping in the air and performing a leg drop kick from above kakashi. Kakashi dodges to the side as the ground crumbles and erupts, he kicks Naruto in the head, sending him flying away in the opposite direction. Naruto creates a kage bunshin to catch himself and has it throw him towards Kakashi. Naruto throws a flurry of punches but are all dodged.
Kakashi ducks underneath and does a sweeping kick to Naruto tripping him and sending him to the ground while he backs off to a safe distance.
Kakashi: i thought you learned better taijutsu while training with Killerbee. I don't think you want me to pull out Icha Icha Tactics again for our fight do you?
Naruto smiling: you won't even have enough time to take it out...
A kage bunshin Naruto is about to punch Kakashi but is kicked away by a kage bunshin Kakashi.
Kakashi: from the rear of a enemy is much to predictable, Naruto. I know you well, Kage Bunshin is your greatest technique and i would be a fool to not be constantly aware of it.
Naruto: hmph... then i'll just beat you without Kage bunshins!
Naruto charges at Kakashi again. scene changes to Bee meeting his escorts at the front gates.
Bee: woah some clowns from soul society to escort me? i wonder if you guys are doing this for free? well im lord Killerbee the guy you must escort,
so lets head back to the Kumogakure fort!
Hisagi: Lord Killerbee, i am the vice captain of the 9th division, Hisagi Shuuhei. this is Madarame Ikkaku the 3rd seat of the 11th divsion, Yumichika Ayasegawa the 5th seat of the 11th division and Sajin Komamura, the captain of the 7th division. we will be escorting you all the way to Kumogakure.
Bee: alright lets get moving towards home! they set out.
Ikkaku: so.. your the 8 tails Jinchuuriki eh? is that thing inside you really that valuable? i mean, Aizen wants you and Naruto dead.
Bee: unless you want Uchiha Madara to take over all of the earth and moon and Sosuke Aizen to control all of soul society, then Naruto and i can't die. if you value peace, then yes the 8 tails is important for peace.
Komamura: keeping Naruto and Bee alive is of top priority, along with protecting the recaptured tailed beasts. Our mission is of utmost importance. stay alert and wary.
Hisagi: that Aizen... after the defeat of all his espada at Karakura town, he has created 3 more espada. each one just as powerful as the top 3 espada who preceded them.
i heard from the Captain Commander that they are so powerful that all 3 of them together would equal Aizen's strength.
Komamura: that Uchiha Madara... i watched him Kill Captain Soi Fon like she was nothing.. and i was powerless against him. Luckily the Captain Commander came in time to prevent any further casualties...
Bee: with the allied shinobi forces and Soul society together, there is no way they can win. it's only a matter of time until this war is over.
scene changes to Gin watching them from a distance.
Gin: it seems as if Madara's intel from Kumogakure was correct.. time to finally collect the 8 tails! fighting Komamura,Hisagi and Ikkaku shouldn't be a problem but the 8 tails... would prove to be difficult..
scene changes to Sasuke at the Konoha barracks looking up Yamato's mission list.
Sasuke thinking: hes on a mission at the land of waves.. damn... Hitsugaya's profile might be here aswell.. i might be able to find some intel on him...
Shikamaru: hey! a medical ninja like yourself shouldn't be looking up mission lists! you should be helping to heal the wounded!
Sasuke: yes... sir.
Sasuke thinking: Shikamaru... i gotta get out of here or else he'll find me out..
scene changes back to Naruto and Kakashi fighting.
Naruto aims a kick at Kakashi's shadow clone but is dodged. Kakashi grabs Naruto's leg and throws him into the air while the shadow clone jumps up behind him and begins to perform the primary lotus. Naruto's sage mode runs out during the move and takes the full brunt of the primary lotus.
Kakashi: how unlucky. had your sage mode lasted a minute longer, i would still be fighting you and not watching you grumble in pain on the ground.
Naruto goes back into sage mode and heals himself slightly.
Naruto: the sharingan is so hard to fight.. i remember the last time i fought Sasuke, he dodged all of my Taijutsu aswell.. i had to rely on my kage bunshins and Ninjutsu just to be able to hit him..
Kakashi: and that is why we are training. a little more sparring and i'll explain to you why. now come Naruto! you only have one more sage clone left and your wasting time in your current sage mode!
Kakashi appears infront of Naruto and kicks him into a tree. Naruto gets up and charges at Kakashi
Kakashi: i told you i wouldn't take it easy on you just because this is training!
Scene changes back to Killerbee and Co. now more then a days trip away from Konoha.
Bee: we are almost halfway to Kumogakure.. and no trouble so far.
Hisagi: yes, we should pick up the pace though.. somethings not righ...!
a sword suddenly shoots at Hisagi but is blocked by Komamura's shikai arm.
Gin coming out from the shadows: well well.. Captain Komamura and the 8 tails... out for a stroll? it seems boring.. lets make this a little more interesting.
End of Chapter 21