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Warning loves…
This chapter could be a little confusing, so here's the line up…
Blah blah blah… The story itself
"Blah blah blah…" Speaking
"Blah blah blah…" Shinu speaking
Blah blah blah… Kakashi's thoughts.

I had little trouble since I wrote it, but just to give you a head's start.

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"Do not dare think you can flee me that effortlessly!"

The beast landed on a empty spot, Kakashi disappeared without a trace. A twitch in the beast's face, a pair of nerves growing and changing position. A final crack and the beast inhaled, new fragrances from everywhere around filled its nostrils. Trails of blood dripped from its eyes when it closed them only to open them a moment later. Its ears stung for a mere second, the pain dripping away with the blood it needed to spill.

The night turned as if it were day, sounds of breath and heartbeat clear and the stench of his former master visible to its sight.

"I see you child."

"I'm right behind you. So unless you have eyes in the back of your head it's a sad lie."

"Oh and I wouldn't desire to dishonest you Sharingan no Kakashi."

More pain shot through the beast's head. Shifting to the back. More veins were replaced and nerves were created. An eye op the back of the head opened, blinking a few times to adjust to the sight.

"What the hell are you?"

"I am God. I create life, where all else will die."

The thing turned around and sat down, finally able to look up into the tree Kakashi had been hiding.

Its muscular neck and thick bone structure are in the way of simple things…

Getting up from his tree branch Kakashi climbed a little higher, the distance between him and Shinu growing. It felt comfortable to be away from the beast, the Jounin being able to relax.

It seemed Shinu did an attempt at climbing the tree, now standing on its heavy back legs. A pair of claws resting against the tree bark, Shinu reaching higher then Kakashi would have liked. It already reached the first branch sticking out of the tree.

"You're not very good at climbing trees aren't you?" The silver haired male joked, also referring to previous times.

"Do not compare me to an ape child." Thick muscular arms wrapped around the tree, the wood already complaining. The ground moaned loudly, crying with the tree. A dull look widened with fear as the thing demonstrated its true strength. Even though the tree barely moved at first the Jounin could feel the change beneath him. A final moan from the tree and it released the ground.

The tree landed a few feet further on the ground. Kakashi was behind Shinu again, the eye in the back of its head opening once again. Out of instinct Kakashi stood still, but so did the monster.

"Where have you fled child?" The beast asked more to itself.

Of course one eye in the back is good, but everything needs two eyes to see dept and more color. Its vision is flat, or at least from that eye. And therefore bad, if I stay still it can't see me.

"That is exact, but I have more tricks." The eye closed again, more movement next to it. Another eye formed to its right, blinking as well to adjust. Within a second the other eye opened as well, both looking at several directions opposite from each other before focusing entirely on the Jounin.

Did it just speak to me? What did it mean? …Oh hell please no…

"I can feel your chakra, predict you next move, hear you scream to yourself, see your scent, notice you from several directions and hear the heartbeat in your veins race with anticipation. What are you waiting for? You are bold because you defeated me once, but fear me for what I already showed you in the past few moment."

A new idea popped into his head, already fearing the beast knew what he meant. The Jounin started creating multiple seals, one simple kunai in his hands.

"If you will not attack… I will!"

The beast turned and charged like a mad bull, mouth open with many rows of sharp yet perfect lined teeth.

"You don't know everything."

With a final chakra burst the beast howled only once, body splitting in two equal pieces. Shinu fell through its knees and scraped through the grass with its heavy body, resting on the ground as the two sides released each other. Guts, muscles and bones shifted in the air, resting when they could no longer move.

"Too bad. I expected a little more from you." He didn't mean that, but his confidence grew by it. The beast was dead, best to leave it here to rot.

An eerie feeling in his guts…

Hacked in two without any movement…

The CopyNinja turned around and wanted to walk away. There was no other way he desired to leave, further more there was that eerie feeling of something wrong.

"You will perish now." A pair of strong arms wrapped around his chest and waist, making sure the Jounin couldn't reach for his weapons. The following pain could not be described. The thought of a snake coiling around its prey shot by his eyes as Kakashi tried his best to move away from the beast.

Shinu seemed perfectly alright, not a trace of blood, not a line to show where it had been cut in half.

"Uhn… Get away… from me… " Every time the Jounin breathed out the beast behind him tightened its grip, making it hard to inhale air.

Think of something… think of something fast…

In the back of his head something started to scream, telling him he needed to get away from here. Shinu was going to crush him for sure if he wouldn't get away. Through his own screams another voice started to cry, creating seals in his mind. The pain in his chest increased, but this pain was nothing from the burning racing through his body. The air became lighter, the cold heating up. The flames in the Jounin's eye seemed to burn through the ground. What began as a small fire flared up, spreading itself faster the it should be. Flames licking the trees around them, the grass crisping away.

And the beast released him.

A tree collapsed under the pressure of fire, landing between Kakashi and Shinu. More fire everywhere, making the heat and smoke thick and unbearable.

Get out of here.

The smoke had little affect to the Jounin who still wore his trademark mask. Running through the flames sea with no exit insight. A loud scream behind him made the Jounin stop and turn, a giant flame jumping to catch him. In instinct Kakashi grabbed a kunai to defend himself, but when the beast landed in front of him its legs broke and it fell to the ground.

The beast still screamed and cried, trying to get away from its burning body. It kicked around with all its power. All the silver haired male could do was watch as the beast died away.

Time flew by, smoke and flames alike died out. The smell of burning wood and flesh strong in the air. Kakashi smiled to himself. All this and still he felt great. Whatever Itachi had done to him, and he could not deny it, the Uchiha had to be thanked.

"I'm not even tired!"

Allowing himself to fall backwards the silver haired male relaxed in the dead grass. The bliss overcame him for a moment as he remembered his entire battle with the beast. Every moment seemed so far away now, but the joy of victory tasted sweet.

Until it made place for loss.

Shinu killed Gai…

A hint of a powerful chakra forced him to focus again. The death of Shinu was only the beginning, and the next opponent would try to finish him.

"I have you now love. And consider this your last trip, I will never release you again."

Everything… everyone but him…

Opening his right eye Kakashi's breath hitched. Jumping up onto his feet he is surprised once more that he has so much strength left.

"You are dead…" Regaining his composure the Jounin was able to sound as bored as he wanted. Itachi had no right to think of him as weak, not after he killed something as strange as Shinu.

"You defeated Shinu… isn't that a wonderful thought?"

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