Naruto – The SERIES

Disclaimer: Weird enough, I don't think these disclaimers are ALL checked. Oh well, I don't own Naruto.

A/N: Ok, as requested I'm going to put a little bit of Hinata and her team in here. Also, the trainings will go to extreme here…

"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!!"

Kakashi snorted and vanished, evading Sasuke's Fire attack, leaving some leafs behind. But there was something about those leafs.

Sasuke's eyes widened and he immediately recognised this as Feathery Sleep. "Kai!!"

Sasuke watched the area around him through every corner of his eyes. His eyes widened slightly as he remembered one of Kakashi's attacks. 'Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu..' This time, Sasuke will not forget to keep his guard up beneath him as well.

A dozen of kunai came from his left, but another dozen came from his right and behind him. 'Three options left..' Sasuke duck, let the kunai hit each other, and then he caught a few.

Kakashi appeared a few feet ahead of Sasuke. Sasuke jumped up in the air and threw the kunai at him. After he dodged them, Sasuke planned a Sharingan-controlled Kunai Attack, which would mean he had to put his Sharingan on quickly and this would be unexpected for Kakashi. But..

"Suiton Suijinheki!!!"

Sasuke's eyes widened. 'What's that Jutsu?'

Kakashi smiled. 'Heh… never expected that, did he?' He leaned his head to the left, closed his eyes and smiled widely. "You know, you could've copied that technique I used just now. Oh well, too late." Kakashi vanished.

Sasuke grumbled for a moment. "Sharingan!!" He immediately sensed Kakashi to his… 'Left?'

Sasuke blocked Kakashi's first kick, but he needed all his power to block it, therefore, it was not possible to defend the second attack, from Kakashi's clone. A hard punch to the face made Sasuke land hard on his back.

Sasuke inhaled deeply and exhaled long as he stood up. "Bunshin, huh?" Sasuke smiled. "Same here."

Kakashi's eye widened as he was stabbed in the back.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he saw the stabbed Kakashi change to water and vanish. 'Mizu Bunshin?' Sasuke watched as Kakashi finished his clone off easily with a kunai and a jab to the stomach.

"Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu!!"

Sasuke laughed as it hit Kakashi head on.

There Where When is Now

Chapter 3

- by TokehGecko

Sasuke waited for the smoke to clear. Behind the smoke he saw the silhouette of Kakashi. And as the smoke was away, Sasuke was surprised to see Kakashi unharmed.

Kakashi chuckled shortly. "Yeah.. you did hit me, Sasuke-kun. But unfortunately…"

Sasuke smiled and shook his head. "How foolish of me… you're also a Water Clone…"

Kakashi clapped. "Indeed.. Though you should've seen it with your Sharingan, and you probably did, but you chose to ignore it. Fire doesn't work against Water, Sasuke-kun. Have any other attacks in mind?"

Sasuke smiled. "I'll think of some… I'm a genius, after all…"

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Jiraiya slapped his fist softly on his own forehead. "Jesus, is it that hard to just dodge a few apples, Naruto?!?! You really are a weak moron!!"

"Shut the Hell UP!!!" Naruto said, being drenched in apple juice and covered by apple pieces. "Man, this is not fair!!!"

Jiraiya shook his head at Naruto and watched how his clone was still trying to hit the clean Neji. 'He's good, all right.. But I don't think he can hold on any longer… He will be hit all right..'

Neji dodged one apple after the other but still remained at the same spot. Or was it spots now… Neji wasn't that sure. Jiraiya was throwing them at a real high pace and with exact precision. 'This is pretty hard… ' Neji duck, jumped, climbed the tree, somersaulted and landed on the same spot once again. 'Naruto has already been hit more than a dozen times, in this prospect, I'm better.'

Neji's eyes widened slightly. 'This apple is moving faster…'

*SHQUISHHH!!*

Neji growled inwards 'Damn…'

"Gotcha, Ya Sucker!!!!" Jiraiya screamed.

Neji narrowed his eyes at the long-haired man. 'I… dislike you.' He pulled a piece of apple from his suit and threw it on the ground.

"Hey, that's pollution!!" Jiraiya yelled and pointed at Neji.

Neji rolled his eyes. "An apple is a piece of nature, dimwit. You got them out of a tree yourself.. Are you stupid?"

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes dangerously and threw dozens of apples with very high speed at Neji.

Neji looked dumbfounded as he saw it. ''Shit…. I'm done for…' The apples, this time, were moving way too fast.

Neji was now even more drenched than Naruto.

"Try to lighten up, Hyuga-kun." Jiraiya spoke afterwards.

Neji snarled, folded his arms and turned his back at Jiraiya. 'Damn… I even forgot to use Kaiten…'

"Anyway, Warming up is over!" Jiraiya said before he made his clone disappear.

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"Where did you come from? And why do you look so tired?"

"I just… encountered Hyuga Neji." Shino said.

Hinata swallowed deeply by the mention of Neji's name.

"He asked me to fight him. I accepted. Nothing more is important." Shino observed Hinata carefully, even from behind his glasses.

Kiba frowned "You were beaten up, right?" Kiba knew how strong Neji was. 'But Shino is strong as well…'

Shino turned to look at Kiba. "He beat me."

Hinata frowned. She had once sparred with Shino and found out her own abilities had no effect on him. 'But Neji is still good, even without the Hyuga abilities.'

"Oy!!"

The three of them turned to look at the sudden admission coming from Kurunai.

Shino frowned as he sensed someone else. Kiba also smelled others.

Kurunai smiled. "Well, we've got a mission, but we have to team up with another team."

Ino, Choji and Shikamaru appeared, with before them their sensei, Asuma Sarutobi.

"Hey, didn't Shikamaru become a Chuunin?" Kiba asked Kurunai. 'I kind of hate him…'

Kurunai looked at Shikamaru and nodded at him. Shikamaru explained himself. "I received a mission as well, it was to accompany you on your mission, which is, troublesome enough, meet the new Kazekage in the Sand Village. What a boring mission…"

Kiba's eyes widened. 'The Sand Village?' Hinata and Shino were also a little afraid.

'So, I will see them again..'Shino thought.

Asuma spoke up, "We will explain it all on our way."

'we could meet up with Jiraiya and his two students, Naruto and Neji.' Kurunai glanced at Hinata. 'She might even like it.' Kurunai giggled as a little girl all of a sudden.

Asuma frowned at her, but so did the others.

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"Bunshin no Jutsu!"

"Hmm, unfortunately, only the real you can use the Sharingan… it shows the Sharingan in the clone, but they can not use it."

Sasuke smirked. "I know.."

Three Sasuke's ganged up on Kakashi, but Kakashi was still able to defend himself against the three clones. Two Sasuke's remained, one clone and the other the real one.

Another Kakashi appeared behind them, but the remaining clone already threw a few kunai over his shoulder. Too bad for Sasuke this Kakashi deflected them with his own kunai. The real Sasuke dodged the upcoming attack and jumped up. He and his clone started attacking Kakashi. Sasuke had already noticed both the Kakashi's here were Water Clones. 'Damn…. He fights in such an annoying way..'

Kakashi rammed his fist hard in one of Sasuke's clone, somersaulted and made his foot connect hard with another one of Sasuke's clone's chin. After that he put the remaining clone in a headlock and popped his neck. "Is that all, Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke's attention was pulled toward the other Kakashi, and he foolishly couldn't dodge Kakashi's attack, the one he was still fighting. He then grabbed the last of Sasuke's clones by the neck with his left hand and rammed his fist hard ten times, against Sasuke's face.

"Your clones are gone, it appears.." Kakashi smirked.

'Damn, how many Water Clones did he make?'

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'And there you have it…. I knew it would be clear sailing from here…'

Sakura had already mastered using her Chakra to gather the leafs around her.

'Moving it and activating them won't be a problem. But she has yet to overcome to biggest problem… changing them into the Sleep Powder Leafs. I was planning on training her stamina… but after waiting a bit, I noticed she wouldn't give up easily. A trait she has picked up from Naruto… Very interesting..'

"Sakura, when you try to change the leafs, don't focus on all of them, but only on one. The fact that you can already move all of them means if you try anything on one, it will happen to all of them. Easy, huh?"

Sakura gritted her teeth as he continued trying. "Yeah…. Easy…" She huffed.

Tsunade smiled at her discomfort. 'Hmmm…. I wonder… a lot of frustration makes up… for a lot of power…' Tsunade smirked from ear to ear. 'We really could be alike then…'

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"The Hyuga Clan… a very powerful clan…. But it has weaknesses… Shall we strengthen your defences, Neji-kun?" Jiraiya asked.

Neji, who was still picking pieces from his clothing, nodded absent-mindedly. "Hmmm.."

Jiraiya sighed. 'He's still pissed off because of the apple-thingy..' Jiraiya frowned. "Neji!"

Neji looked up, snarling. "What!"

'What a stuck-up..' Jiraiya thought. "Time to get stronger fast, kid."

Neji smiled a little bit. "Very well."

"Ey, ey!! What about me?!" Naruto yelled in Jiraiya's left ear.

Jiraiya rubbed his ear, pushed Naruto back and answered. "Remember your red Chakra?"

Neji's ears perked up a great deal. 'Red Chakra?'

Naruto seemed a little bored. "No, that's so lame!!"

"Listen, little brat!" Jiraiya pointed at Naruto, almost in his eyes. "If you want complete control of all your Chakra, you better let all that red Chakra come out and control it."

Jiraiya crouched and whispered in Naruto's ear: "And besides, that red Chakra is more powerful than any Chakra on this planet! If you control it, you're a legend, man! Just do it, ok?!"

Naruto swallowed slowly. 'More powerful than any chakra on this planet??' Naruto grinned with his eyes closed. 'If I control it, I will even be able to beat Orochimaru!! That's what I'm going for!!'

"Fine, I'll go train on it." Naruto said, and hopped away from Jiraiya and Neji.

They were left by themselves now. "Neji, I'm going to teach you a drain technique… it absorbs all that maintains a fighter." Jiraiya paused. 'This technique won't work on ninja's like Naruto and Gaara, though…'

"As you saw, your techniques were useless against Shino, one of the Aburame Clan." Jiraiya paused. "So far, you have survived with only Hyuga abilities, but never have you encountered one of the Aburame Clan.. That's why I'm glad you challenged Shino and he accepted." Jiraiya paused again. "But you have to be careful using this technique. Some fighters can work against it. Some have automatic poison in their body, you will die from that. Others have a higher Chakra amount; you will implode on those occasions."

Neji nodded. "I understand."

"Shino didn't have poisonous bugs on him… but he had destruction and healing bugs in one. Very convenient, but he has weaknesses galore. Many of the Aburame Clan, have poisonous bugs. Bugs in Aburame bodies can still evolve however, and Shino's bugs can still become poisonous. You will be able to see if they are poisonous with your Byakugan."

"Perfect." Neji said. "But this technique is still not very effective against the Aburame Clan."

"Indeed, and therefore, you'll have to control the absorption with your Chakra, before you let it enter your own body, let the poison flow away."

Neji frowned, but understood.

"It is very hard to do and actually never done before.." Jiraiya said smiling, scratching the back of his head. "But you are a genius ninja, you will find a way to do it.." Jiraiya winced as he sensed Naruto's Chakra further ahead. 'Damn, He has really grown… I can sense Kyuubi from here… Thank god Neji here can't..'

Jiraiya turned his attention back to Neji. "Well, Neji, I will teach you this Jutsu right now…"

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"Heh." Sasuke looked up from the short laugh Kakashi gave and widened his eyes at what he saw Kakashi perform. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Sasuke looked puzzled as he saw a few Kakashi's before him. 'Water Clones can still use skills like Kage Bunshin? Hmmm… Maybe Kakashi is an opponent I'm not ready for…' Sasuke snorted. 'Not even by a long shot..'

"Sasuke! Are you attacking or what?" All the Kakashi Shadow Clones yelled. "I guess we could all read 'Come Come Paradise' some more." The Kakashi's all grabbed the little book and began to read.

Sasuke, infuriated by this, moved in great speed as he set one step ahead, leaped towards one of the Kakashi's and punched him. He vanished with light 'Poof!' 'Damn, which one is the real Water Clone? This so stupid, Shadow Clones and Water Clones. And on top of that, another Water Clone is watching me..'

Sasuke dodged a foot coming his way, from the left, ducked, grabbed the remaining foot on the ground, picked it up, jumped and threw the Shadow Clone hard against a tree, this Kakashi vanished as well. He continued his attack against the other clones. He began a right kick, which was blocked, ducked and kicked with his left leg, which was also avoided and then an uppercut, but the clone anticipated the moves and jumped up, vanished into thin air, appeared behind Sasuke and kicked him hard in the back. Sasuke landed on his stomach. Another Kakashi planned on landing on him with his right knee, but Sasuke rolled to his left and kicked him in the face. This clone disappeared as well. 'Damn, three of them remain, one of them as the real Water Clone' Sasuke peered to his right. 'And there's the other Water Clone..'

"Sasuke-kun, you do know I'm playing with you right now, right?" The Water Clone let out. "Why don't you force me to get serious?"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes and went straight for the Water Clone. He was interrupted however, by the three other Clones. One clone kicked him hard at the side and another kicked Sasuke hard back in the stomach. The remaining clone caught the falling Sasuke with his foot hard in his back. Sasuke coughed a little blood out of his mouth. Kakashi smiled with his eye closed. "Sasuke.. your Sharingan is activated, yet you still can't sense my movements? And another thing, out of the Shadow Clones you should be able to see which one is the Water Clone. So I conclude: you're not using your Sharingan to its fullest.."

Sasuke gritted his teeth slightly as he went on the attack again, this time he ran at the Shadow Clones. Oddly enough, the Kakashi clones simply dodged his attacks, with grace even. "Sasuke-kun… you can also use your Sharingan to attack, you know. With the Sharingan you can see which part o the body you can attack most effectively and which is most certain to be able to hit, so it won't be dodged or even blocked."

Sasuke seemed to ignore Kakashi and continued attacking. Even if a Shadow Clone could block, it would still disappear just because of a simple touch, so Sasuke just went for that tactic. Sasuke suddenly was grabbed from behind by one of the clones and hit right on the face by another. Sasuke dropped to the ground. "Sasuke, I could make more Shadow Clones, just to prove to you this is not the way.." Kakashi shook his head. 'Stubborn kid..'

"Katon Housenka!!!"

The observing Kakashi smiled as Sasuke attacked two other Kakashi's. One remained standing, though. Sasuke smiled. "That makes you the real Water Clone.." Even though the Shadow Clone was a clone of a Water Clone, and so invulnerable to Fire, he was still hit cleanly.  Now, two Water Clones and a Shadow Clone remained. And the real Kakashi was still hiding. Sasuke grabbed two kunai and threw to the left and right, expecting to see both Kakashi jump. But to his surprise, this one dodged by stepping to the left and the other caught the kunai. "Thanks."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the Water Clone that caught his kunai, only to turn around with swift movement, planning to hit the Shadow Clone with a roundhouse kick. The Shadow Clone easily dodged by stepping back one step and returns a kick of his own. Sasuke blocked and grabbed the foot at the same time, and rammed his elbow hard against his face.

Now, Sasuke stood face to face with the Water Clone. The other Water Clone, who was leaning against a tree, unfolded his arms and began to walk towards Sasuke.  Sasuke began a little skirmish with the Water Clone in front of him, exchanging kicks and punches. Sasuke began to understand more and more about the Sharingan. Now he could, as Kakashi said he could, see vulnerable areas he could always attack. Now, Kakashi could only block the attacks, instead of dodging them, making the use of Shadow Clones expendable.

Sasuke's eyes widened and he duck quickly, as the other Water Clone swept right past him with a foot. Sasuke somersaulted away from the bad position he was currently in. He exhaled deeply and though about how to beat Kakashi here. He observed the two Water Clones before him. 'Damn, Kakashi is too smart to be coaxed into one of my traps. I know I can't beat him, but the least I can do is hurt him..' Sasuke suddenly smirked. "Let's go!"

Kakashi smirked deviously. "Are you sure?" Both Kakashi's looked at each other and both performed the same seal. "Nijuu Suiton, Suikoudan no Jutsu!!"

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"Jesus!!!"

Naruto had been at it for quite some time now. Bringing out the blue Chakra was easy, but bringing out his red Chakra was a whole case apart. He had succeeded a few times already now, but it was really tiring him out. And Naruto wasn't easily tired out.

He remembered how easy it was for him when he brought out the red Chakra against Neji in the Chuunin exam. His own, blue Chakra's capability now, was almost exceeding the red Chakra from then. He himself knew he was growing unbelievably fast, and he quite liked it.

But the red Chakra thing bothered him greatly. As he remembered the red Chakra was always way higher than his blue Chakra, and now that his blue Chakra had grown so much, how high would his red Chakra be?

'I can't wait to find out!!'

"Haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" Naruto screamed out loudly, powering up once again, and at the same time improving his stamina.

A hundred meters or so away from Naruto, Jiraiya and Neji stood, facing each other, and hearing Naruto's scream.

"He sure is loud, ey?" Jiraiya said, frowning.

Neji nodded shortly.

"Well, the Jutsu is called Sanmai no Jutsu." Jiraiya paused, thinking about how he would explain this. "Basically, you use your own Chakra and let it surround the enemy. Be sure that the Chakra remains close to your opponent. Then, you should let your own Chakra enter your opponent's body, and let it explore it. In your case you can modify your Chakra's research in the body, with your Byakugan" Jiraiya paused with smirk. "To take what is needed."

Neji nodded. "I understand, doesn't seem too hard, though.."

Jiraiya smiled. "The only bad thing is, when your Chakra enters your opponent's body, your own body is very vulnerable. Your Chakra is not in your body, you won't be able to use any Jutsu's, so no Heavenly Spin. Very dangerous, so do it quickly and when your enemy is completely off guard."

Neji narrowed his eyes at the revelation of the technique's weakness. "I.. see. I guess there's always a downside to things.."

Jiraiya laughed. "You haven't seen anything yet. Wait till you see what women are like."

Neji merely frowned.

"You can't practise Sanmai no Jutsu on me, and neither on Naruto, simply because our Chakra's amount is higher than yours. Sorry to say this, but yeah, Naruto has higher Chakra than you.."

"I already knew that.." Neji paused. "But this Jutsu is effective against Nins who are immune to my Clan's abilities."

'Good boy…' Jiraiya thought. 'Now this skill will be pretty hard to learn, for any other ninja than Neji Hyuga. So I'll teach him another one… An elementary..'

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"Spectacular!!" Tsunade said enthusiastically, clapping. "But as you notice, very draining.."

Sakura nodded in complete exhaustion. "Y-yes."

"Consider this making up for not training so much before, then." Tsunade said strictly. "I won't go easy on you and you need to get stronger. Therefore, I'm going to teach you how to summon.."

Sakura seemed quite puzzled. "Summon?"

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu. You'll be able to summon a great ninja animal warrior." Tsunade said proudly. "Isn't that great?!"

Sakura frowned. 'I know Kuchiyose no Jutsu.. but can I learn that… as a Genin?'

"Well, you're summoning will be a slug."

Sakura looked engrossed for a second. 'A… Slug?'

"Heh, don't like it, huh?" Tsunade responded, reading Sakura's expression. "Too bad. I like Kakashi's summoning, you know? He doesn't have the strongest, but he could sign a summoning scroll on his own, you have to be a genius for it.."

"Kakashi has a summoning?" Sakura asked, being confused.

"Yep. He has dogs. Naruto and Jiraiya have summoning too. I bet you didn't know either.." Tsunade said. 'Hmm, she doesn't pay much attention to her team mates, it seems. Hmm, wait, she doesn't pay any attention to Naruto.. But the Uchiha kid, on the other hand.' Tsunade frowned. 'The Uchiha kid, Sasuke, I haven't even shared one word with him. There's no denying that Kakashi's team is the strongest Genin Team in Leaf Village.. Heck… Naruto could even take on Jounins…'

"Sakura, before I teach you the Summoning Technique, I want to teach you another.. I want you to be able to recognise your Inner Strength.." Tsunade smiled. 'Like I have..'

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"So the Sand Village, huh? I remember the Genins from the Sand that entered the Chuunin Exam… They were pretty strong…" Ino spoke.

'Pretty strong?' Kiba thought. 'Frighteningly strong sounds more like it..'

"Yeah… but they're on our side now.. so we won't have to fight them.."

"I… have a question.." Hinata let out ever so softly.

"Go on." Kurunai said gently, knowing what Hinata was like.

"Everyone… has a mission.. ?"

Asuma answered before Kurunai. "Yeah, everyone. That bastard Kakashi is already working on his second mission. He's really fast.."

Kurunai smiled. "Want to know who's on a mission as we speak?"

Hinata nodded shyly.

"Well, Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Sasuke are planning on infiltrating the Sound Village, to kill a dangerous man who was revealed as a spy for the Sound Village. He entered the Chuunin Exam." Kurunai paused. "Hyuga Neji" Kurunai saw Hinata flinch. "Uzumaki Naruto and Jiraiya are heading for the Sand Village, as we are." Kurunai analyzed Hinata's reaction. 'Yes, Naruto, who she has such an obvious crush on is on our path, but….. so is Hyuga Neji…'

Kiba was slightly reassured. 'Jiraiya? The legendary Ninja from the Leaf? That's… good..'

Kurunai continued. "Then we have a few Genins left… Gai Maito, Ten-Ten, Rock Lee and Haruno Sakura. Those three will aid Kakashi and Sasuke on their mission to infiltrate the Sound Village."

"Lee has recovered?" Ino asked.

Asuma nodded. "Yeah, but it will take a while before he can fight again. He's a stubborn one, and though it should take a while before he can walk again, but I think he'll be able to pull it off."

'This will be so troublesome… That guy Gaara…. He'll be there.. I don't think he'll be too friendly with us…' Shikamaru thought.

"That's all I know." Kurunai finished. "Satisfied, Hinata?"

Hinata nodded quickly, not liking the attention she's getting.

Choji just continued eating from his bag of chips.

Shino tensed up suddenly, as did Kiba. "Yes, we know." Both Asuma and Kurunai said at the same time. "Weird, though, we aren't supposed to encounter enemies on this mission.."

'That's what they all say..' Shikamaru thought. 'How troublesome… at least I can now use my Kage Mane no Jutsu at a larger distance.'

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"How far ahead are they, you think?"

"Not far… I don't know why they came here… But they were here when the 3rd Hokage was killed, they were with Orochimaru.."

"Are you sure you want to take them on? Your curse seal…"

"No matter.. they are with Orochimaru, and therefore, they must be killed."

'She really hates Orochimaru, then again, I can't blame her.. '

"Well, Mitarashi, Let's go get them, then!" Morino Ibiki exclaimed with a smile. "It's been a while since I've had a good fight."

Anko put her hand on the side of her neck, before turning to Ibiki, "Yeah.. let's!"

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"Spread and Hide!!"

'Jeez… I knew something like this would happen..' Shikamaru thought as he was hiding beneath a bush. 'I hate being right sometimes..'

Two Genins, known as Akadou Yoroi and Tsurugi Misumi were walking toward Leaf Village. "Damn… Such a drag.."

Tsurugi agreed nodding his head. "Indeed… Leaf Village is such a boring Village.. And it's not like we can just kill him.."

Akadou shook his head. "He just wants to get rid of us. This way is convenient for him.."

"Orochimaru-sama… I kind of hate him.." Tsurugi said.

Kurunai's and Asuma's eyes widened at the mention of Orochimaru's name.

'They're heading for Leaf Village, which will be unguarded in a few days, because the Fifth Hokage has a mission of her own.. The only ones that are strong now and that are present in Leaf Village are… Genma, Aoba and.. Shizune.. but, the ANBU squad is present as well… But it would be better to take these two out.. They're just Genins anyway.' Asuma thought. 'Perfect for Shikamaru..'

A couple of minutes later, both Tsurugi and Akadou were surprised that they couldn't move… They couldn't budge an inch. "Wha-What's going on!?"

"I don't know!! I can't move!!" Akadou yelled. "Probably has something to do with him!!"

"Heh.." Shikamaru chuckled. "You are quite right about that, foolish Genins!" Shikamaru grinned widely. He had developed his own Jutsu so he would be able to hold more than only one person in his shadow bind. 'Heh, I kind of like this… Now, to wait for his sign to let go of them..'

Asuma appeared next to Akadou and Kurunai next to Tsurugi. Asuma winked at Shikamaru.

Shikamaru sighed and then released them from the bind he held on them.

Asuma and Kurunai knocked the duo out easily.

"Now, what should we do with them?" Asuma wondered out loud.

"Killing them seems a bit harsh.." Kurunai said. "Maybe take them back to Leaf Village? So the ANBU takes care of them?"

Asuma and Shikamaru spoke at the same time. "That's too troublesome.."

Shikamaru began to speak. "Just give a message to the Leaf Eagle… so an ANBU picks them up here or something. That way, we can continue our mission without further ado.."

Asuma patted Shikamaru on his shoulder. "Of course, we were just going for that idea.."

"Yeah…" Shikamaru reacted with a big frown.

Ino, Choji, Kiba, Shino and Hinata, who were still hiding,  watched the trio discuss after being amazed how easily they defeated the two ninja's.

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To Be Continued!!

I liked writing this Chapter…

Oh, I got a question, again, -_-': Tayuya is female, right? I read somewhere that the Four Sound were all male… but when I read the manga again, I saw Jiroubou refer to Tayuya as a female, Volume 20, Chapter 177, Page 9. So I skipped the description of Tayuya in this Chapter. Can someone help me out? I want to know if Tayuya's a girl or not, please?

Next Chapter will be a few days later in the story, by now it's probably already up on my homepage (shameless banner-like way), Lee is ready to leave Leaf Village (weird sentence), and Sakura is stronger than ever.. Jiraiya, Neji and Naruto reach the Sand Village.

A/N: Well, I hope you liked this chapter. And uh, can someone please give me a link to a site where they translate English words to Japanese?

Oh well, Farewell

TokehGecko.