A/N: Yipee! The writer's-block hangover is almost gone! Woopee!

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Being stuck in an earthly maze, the group got separated, most of them stuck in a five feet by five feet room filled with their own farts. Kakashi ended up stuck with Kurenai, Hizachi is stuck with Anko, Naruto with Ino and Yondaime… although he will soon find out that they aren't the only ones with the maze-troubles.

In the Hyuuga mansion….

"That stinks…" Hinata mentally vomited as she stared at Hiashi and Neji in their stinky situation through her Byakugan, "…I should try finding a way out too…"

Hinata stood up and walked outside, where she ended up in one of the maze's paths. She wandered around to find an exit, but after hours of walking, she found out that she was walking in circles. After the tenth time, she activated her Byakugan. She ran towards what she thought as the exit. Then, right after she deactivated her Byakugan, another Hyuuga ran into her. They both fell to the ground.

"Ouch…" Hinata rubbed her face which hit the floor.

"Ditto…" the other Hyuuga rubbed his aching rear. He looked and saw who it was, "Oh, sorry, Hinata-sama."

"Eh? W-Who are you?" Hinata stuttered, 'That's weird… I only do that around Naruto-kun…'

"Oh, sorry. I'm Hikaru, Hyuuga Hikaru." The other Hyuuga smiled at Hinata.

"Oh… H-Hikaru? D-Don't worry, i-it's fine." Hinata stuttered again, 'What's up with me? I just did it again…'

"Hinata-sama… why are you stuttering?" the seemingly ignorant Hikaru asked.

"N-No, i-it's nothing… and please don't call me Hinata-sama… just Hinata will do…"

"Alright, Hinata…" Hikaru stared back.

"Let's go, Hikaru. We have to help father. They're really in a stinky situation…" Hinata tired to stop her giggles.

"I don't get it. If we need to help him, why are you laughing?" Hikaru raised an eyebrow.

"You'll see… try using your Byakugan." Hinata giggled, this time with less control.

"Alright… Byakugan!" a chakra wave was emitted and nerves appeared on both sides of the head, "…Where are they?"

"Behind you, a little bit to your left…" Hinata pointed a finger at the direction.

"Hmmm… let's see…" Hikaru looked at the said direction, "…they're all covering their nose… that must mean…" but before he could finish, he ended up laughing on his knees.

"Stop that, Hikaru… you're mean!" Hinata pouted as she put her hands on her waist.

"Well, you have to admit… you laughed as well!" Hikaru continued laughing on the ground.

"Ummm… only a little…" Hinata played with her fingers.

"You still laughed… putting that aside, don't you think we should be saving Hiashi-sama? I don't think he'll last very long…" Hikaru kept looking at the 5x5 room.

"Right… let's go, before they choke to death." Hinata giggled a bit before running off with Hikaru to help Hiashi and the rest who were trapped in the room full of fart.

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Somewhere nearer to Konoha's Hokage Tower…

"Naruto-kun… who do you think did this? This maze is giving me the creeps…" Ino rubbed her shoulders while walking.

"Honestly, I don't know… the only person I could think of is Gaara… but he's on our side… I don't think he'll be doing this." Naruto said while keeping his hands behind his head.

"Hmmm… now that you mentioned his name, I wonder what he's doing right now…" Ino cupped her chin.

"I don't know… one thing's for certain… it's not good." Naruto shivered at the thought.

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Meanwhile, inside the Hokage Tower…

"Ah… Ah… Achoooo!" Gaara sneezed, his sudden loss of focus made the pressure of the sand increase, squeezing the council members of Konoha which were inside the cocoons of sand. Godaime Hokage, more commonly known as Tsunade, handed a box of tissue to Gaara.

"Here…" Tsunade gave the box to Gaara. Gaara took it and pulled out a few pieces to cover himself at the exact moment that another sneeze came.

"Achoooo!" Gaara sneezed as the cocoons became even tighter, "…I think someone's talking about me…"

"It's probably the Kyuubi kid…" one of the council members said arrogantly.

"Shut up!" Gaara gave a death glare before squeezing the council member to death.

"Isn't that going to spell trouble for you?" Tsunade rested her chin on her hand.

"I don't really care… I may be in probation now, but within the next five years or less, they'll have no choice but to make me Kazekage…again."

"Suit yourself… wait a sec… have you seen Shizune?" Tsunade looked around the office.

"She left a few moments ago, before that tremor occurred." Gaara said while throwing the corpse of one of the council members out of the window.

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A little further away from the Hokage Tower, Kakashi and Kurenai finally reach an opening which was located just outside the Academy. On all sides of the open space were entrances to different paths in the maze.

"Which one shall we enter?" Kurenai looked at Kakashi, hoping to get an answer.

"I don't know…" Kakashi sat down, crossed his legs and pulled out his favorite book.

"Are you even trying?" Kurenai glared at Kakashi.

"Oh well…" Kakashi sighed as he put his book in his pocket and sighed, "…let's enter that one!" Kakashi points a finger at one of the entrances.

"You're just randomly pointing…" Kurenai's eyes narrowed at Kakashi.

"I guess you're right! But then, thinking before choosing won't do any good either. By randomly choosing, we can save time."

"Whatever…" Kurenai shrugged her shoulders before walking off with Kakashi towards the said direction… wherever that is.

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Meanwhile, at the Konoha's monument, Shizune stood staring at the names and talking as if one them were still alive.

"If you were still alive… I wonder what would happen… first they exile Naruto… then this giant maze appears… Seriously, why did you have to die that day?" Shizune asked as she pounded on the monument, drops of tears made their way down her cheeks. She silently cried as she stared at a single name on the monument. Then, someone put a hand on her shoulder.

"Stop crying… You won't make it out of this maze just by crying…" the hand gave a slight squeeze on Shizune's shoulders. Shizune immediately wiped her tears and turned around to see who the person was. The person looked at the monument and noticed where Shizune was staring. It reads:

"YONDAIME HOKAGE"

"So, you've been crying about me, have you?" Yondaime tilted his head and grinned.

"Yon… Yondaime…" the Kage-struck Shizune stared at Yondaime.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Yondaime leaned forward to get his face closer to Shizune's.

"No…" Shizune managed to say while she put her hands in front of her face and kept staring at Yondaime, tears kept flowing.

"Now stop crying, Shizune…" Yondaime put his other hand on Shizune's other shoulder. Instead of stopping, Shizune's crying increased and she threw herself at Yondaime.

"Idiot! You were alive and you choose to show up now?" Shizune shouted at Yondaime while she cried herself out on his shoulder.

"What? I showed up just about after Hizachi came…" Yondaime hugged Shizune tighter, "…and besides, I visited Tsunade a couple of times, and you didn't show up."

"So, that's what Tsunade-sama meant… When she promoted Hizachi to Jounin, she said that you recommended his promotion, and that you talked to her the night before… actually, I thought it was just my imagination."

"Is that so? Anyway, the rank Jounin is nothing for Hizachi. I'm sure his skill level is way beyond that of a Jounin. I just think he's holding back."

"Well, if you say so…" Shizune put her arms around Yondaime.

"Good…" Yondaime smiled before putting his arms around Shizune's waist. A few seconds after they entered the said position, one hyperactive ninja and one loudmouth ninja entered the scene.

"Yondaime-sama… I didn't know you and Shizune were… you know… a pair…" Ino stared at the couple.

"Aaaah! My father! What are you doing? Aren't we supposed to be going to the Hokage Tower?" Naruto shouted at Yondaime as numerous nerves became visible on his head.

"Look who's talking. If I had to guess, I'd say that you and Ino were enjoying the time you had alone." Yondaime raised an eyebrow and gave Naruto an evil smile.

"What makes you think that?" Naruto instantly asked.

"For one, you two are too close to each other to be just friends. Second, you are attached to each other… quite literally."

"What?" Ino and Naruto said at the same time and looked at themselves. Ino's two arms were wrapped around Naruto's arm. This caused the both of them to blush, but not to pull away from each other.

"Good. Now, the two of you still blush, but you no longer pull away from each other. That means you're getting used to each other's company… is that right?" Yondaime teased the two Gennin, getting him an unexpected answer from Naruto.

"I guess you could say that…" Naruto's face became fully red as he looked down on the ground.

"Seriously, I was expecting you to shout at me and stuff like that…" Yondaime's eyes narrowed.

"I was going to shout at you! So does that mean that Shizune's my mother?" Naruto pointed a finger at Yondaime.

"No, she's not your mother." Yondaime shook his head.

"Then why are you so close to her? You unfaithful perverted Yondy!" Naruto yelled at Yondaime.

"I'm not unfaithful, you loudmouthed perverted blondy!" Yondaime quickly fired back.

"Then why are you with her?" Naruto shouted back even louder. Yondaime stared at Naruto, blinked twice before letting go of Shizune to walk towards Naruto. He kneeled down and put his hands on Naruto's shoulders.

"Listen, Naruto… Shizune's been my best friend since our Chuunin days, along with your mother and Kakashi."

"Ero-sensei? Does that mean he's old?" Naruto tilted his head.

"No… Actually, it's just like you and Konohamaru…" Yondaime grinned.

"Ohh… right…

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Somewhere else in the maze, it was Hizachi and Anko's turn to enter the open space near the Academy.

"Finally! We're out of the maze!" Anko shouter while she stretched her arms and sat down on the swing that was hanging from a tree.

"Not yet. We just entered an open space, but we're still inside the maze." Hizachi walked past Anko and sat down under the tree.

"Do you think we'll ever get out of this maze?" Anko sighed and looked at the sky.

"I'm getting a feeling we'll soon find out." Hizachi jumped up and stood beside Anko.

"What do you mean by that?" Anko stood up as well.

"Here comes an Uchiha…" Hizachi said as he deactivated his Geneigan.

"What? An Uchiha? If it's not Sasuke, it's Itachi."

"I think it's the weasel…"

"Wait a minute… why did you have to deactivate your Geneigan?"

"It's a good thing to surprise the enemy… I'll just use it when I really need it." Hizachi smiled at Anko.

Then, from one of the passages emerged Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, walking towards Anko and Hizachi.

"Who are you? I don't think I've seen you before…" Itachi said coldly.

"It won't make a difference who I am…" Hizachi replied.

"Grrr… Should I kill him?" Kisame held his sword and prepared to attack, but Itachi held out his arm in front of Kisame to stop him.

"No… something tells me that there's more to him that meets the eye…" Itachi's narrow eyes became narrower.

"Could you just leave already? We're still trying to figure out a way to get out of this maze!" Anko shouted and was about to attack when Hizachi grabbed her wrist.

"Don't waste your energy, Anko. I should be enough for these two." Hizachi released his grip on Anko.

"YOU? Against those two? Are you kidding?"

Instead of Hizachi answering, another voice answered instead.

"Spread the fun, will you, Hizachi?" Kakashi grinned under his mask while he and Kurenai entered the open space in the middle of the maze.

"Kakashi?" Anko raised an eyebrow, "what are you doing here?"

"The path we chose sent us here… it was one big u-turn." Kakashi grinned again.

"Anyway, Uchiha Itachi, we are not here to fight. It would be a complete waste of time." Hizachi's eyes narrowed.

"But you don't have a choice… if it remains unknown to you, I guess I'll have to tell you." Itachi turned around and closed his eyes.

"Tell us what?" Kakashi's single eye showed tiny bits of interest.

"I am responsible for this maze. Though I am not really an earth user, my Sharingan made it possible for me to do this."

"What are you doing here? I'm sure you know that your brother already left."

"I know that… I just came to take something…"

"And what is that?" Kurenai put her hands on her waist.

"It's… my underwear…"

"WHAT?" All their jaws dropped and giant sweat drops appeared on the heads of Anko, Kurenai, Hizachi and Kakashi.

"No, seriously. I came to get those…" Itachi almost blushed from the embarrassment.

"Don't forget… we also came to take Naruto." Kisame reminded Itachi.

"Right… And him too…" Itachi sighed and faced the 4 Jounins, "…Anyway, if you want to get out of this maze, you'll have to defeat me. Remember, I made this maze."

"Understood… and as Jounins of Konoha, we have to kick you out of here." Kakashi gleefully said as he prepared a kunai.

"A kunai? Against my sword? Are you kidding?" Kisame cockily mocked Kakashi.

"Who said I'll be fighting you? Sharky…" Kakashi immediately insulted.

"Go, Ero-sensei! You can beat him! Turn him into a shark fin soup for me!" Hizachi waved at Kakashi before walking towards Itachi's right side.

"You're an idiot, Hizachi! He has the Magenkyou Sharingan! Only those that bear the Sharingan can fight him." Kurenai shouted at Hizachi.

"You worry too much, Kurenai. Hizachi's trump card will help him." Anko sat down on the swing again.

"Trump card?" Kurenai raised an eyebrow.

"You'll see it…"

"Kisame…" Itachi called out, interrupting the conversation between the 2 kunoichi.

"What is it?" Kisame returned to normal stance.

"Let me take care of them. Go find Naruto."

"Understood…" With that, Kisame ran off into the maze.

"Hold it! You're not going anywhere!" Kakashi ran off to follow Kisame, but Itachi appeared in front of him, blocking his path.

"You're not going anywhere as well, Hatake Kakashi. If you really want to stop Kisame from taking Naruto, you'll have to get past me." Itachi said before throwing 4 kunais at Kakashi. Kakashi dodged the first three. He was about to dodge the fourth kunai when Itachi threw another kunai at it and redirected it, hitting Kakashi on the right arm.

"What's the matter? You're not getting weak are you?" Itachi teased Kakashi.

"My turn!" a smiling Hizachi appeared next to Itachi and gave him a punch, sending Itachi flying. Itachi immediately recovered and stood up.

"That was good. Very few people can actually touch me… you're pretty good." Itachi dusted his cloak.

"Thanks for the compliment." Hizachi smirked 'So… a Class S criminal versus a Hokage and an elite Jounin… This should be interesting…'

"Don't get too cocky, Hizachi. He has the Magenkyou Sharingan… trust me, it's scary." Kakashi formed handseals, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Five more Kakashis appeared around Itachi, each holding a kunai on both hands.

"Hmph… are you mocking me? Using Kage Bunshin to fight me is useless. I have the Sharingan.

"Heh… It's not just there as an illusion…" Kakashi grinned as he started attacking Itachi from all sides.

Itachi dodged the first Kakashi, leaning backwards and kicking the bunshin away. Then another bunshin stabbed downward with both kunais. Itachi grabbed the bunshin by the vest and threw it at the other 3, making all 4 disappear in a poof. He stood up and kicked two more bunshins in the gut, making them disappear and leaving a taken down bunshin, two undamaged and the real Kakashi.

"Ooops… I forgot… hehehe" Kakashi said as he lifted his forehead protector and opened his Sharingan.

"Now stop playing around Kakashi… These bunshins of yours are pathetic…"

"So, what can this Magenkyou of his do?" Hizachi asked Kakashi.

"It's quite hard to explain, but I'll try… it lets you experience death repeatedly for 3 days, when in fact, it was only 30 seconds."

"That explains it…" Hizachi sighed '…I should've listened to the non-Hokage topics history lessons… Especially the 'Magenkyou Sharingan' part…'

To be continued…

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A/N: Well, that was a long pause… Summer sched's more crammed than regular sems… that means less time to update… But I'll still update! Wahahaha.. cough! Anyways, I'm not sure about Yondy and Kakashi's age gap, so I made it up… Please Review! See ya next chapter!