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"Erza's been kidnapped!" Kakashi exclaimed as soon as he through open the door to his office, breathing heavily as his usually cool façade was replaced with a look of panic.

The third looked at him in surprise, but kept his composure as he raised an eyebrow at the ninja, "I see. I must say, though, that you're a lot more worked up than I would have expected from you. Could it be that you've come to care for this Erza?" He asked, a slightly amused tone to his voice.

Kakashi fought the urge to grit his teeth together in frustration, and instead laced his voice with forced patience as he ignored the Hokage's words, "I request permission to lead a search and rescue mission comprised of myself and my students. I take full responsibility for anything that may happen to them on this trip, but I think it would be a good experience for the two of them. I also wish to take Kiba Inuzuka; his sense of smell will be a valuable asset to the mission."

The Hokage intertwined his fingers as he rested them against his mouth, mulling over the white-haired ninjas proposal, and it seemed like an eternity had passed for Kakashi when the older ninja finally answered, "Very well, I give you permission to pursue this. Be careful, Kakashi." He warned, guessing he would have left with, or without, the man's permission.

Kakashi nodded, and the next instant he was gone as he went to gather his teammates, praying that Erza would be ok until he was able to get to her. Whether or not she was crazy, Erza still believed she was from a totally different world where she wasn't trained to fight against some of the dirtier tricks that ninjas pulled. She was an honest fighter; that much he could tell from their battle, and he also knew that she would've been totally powerless had he used the full extent of his abilities.

Erza gritted her teeth together as she glared at the shadow in front of her, struggling against her bonds despite the threat of a knife at her throat; she knew he couldn't kill her if he wanted knowledge. "Your name first. I'm not speaking to a man whose name I do not know." She ordered, almost lashing out when she heard him laugh at her.

"Very well, my name is Mitsuko." He told her, as if expecting some kind of terrified reaction from the wizard.

She scoffed, "That name isn't very intimidating, you know." Erza pointed out, sounding smug as she allowed a smirk.

His tone seemed displeased as he spoke to her once more, "You obviously do not realize who I am. I'm a wanted criminal at the moment, on the list of every high ranking ninja in the land. That Kakashi is no exception. What am I wanted for, you ask? The torture and murder of countless ninjas for information that would be useful to me, do I'd be afraid if I was you." Mitsuko said with a grin, and she could feel him move away from her. "As we speak, I've sent out my other subordinates to intercept that copy-ninja should he figure out who took you. Now, onto the part where you talk. I'm quite willing to make your death quick if you give me the information I want." He told her, lighting a candle as it illuminated his features. He was rather handsome, if she was honest, but the evil glint in his green eyes sent a chill of fear throughout her body.

Watching as he ran a hand through his black hair and approached her, she resisted the urge to vomit as she forced herself to give him some kind of answer, "Even if you wanted to, you couldn't copy my abilities. I promise you that." She answered, sounding more courageous then she felt.

She saw the man's assistant out of the corner of her eyes, noting his orange colored hair and brown eyes. Mistuko laughed once more, "My dear, do you think you are better than me? I promise you that I can do anything that you can do, and much more. You think you had a chance because Kakashi allowed you to win? Hah! He was testing you, so if you were to turn on them he would know your weaknesses and how to take you down."

Erza grimaced, feeling the sword that was still in her hand as she tried to stall for time, judging the room for an escape route if she were to attack them. "What good will me abilities do for you if you're as powerful as you say you are?"

He grinned, seeming pleased with her question and oblivious to her ploy, "Despite my power, I'm nowhere near the 'copy-ninjas' renown. That sharingan of his grants him the ability to copy jutsus without even an effort on his part. I've had to work my whole life to copy peoples abilities, going so far as to peer into their vary anatomy to figure out its workings. I refuse to be outdone by someone who's practically had everything handed to." As he spoke, his voice rose with passion until the anger and resentment carried through the air. "I was watching you guys when you fought, and I noticed that he was unable to see your chakra paths, which was how you managed to burst out of the flames to attack him off-guard. That I don't believe was an act. Therefore, I know for a fact that he cannot copy your powers with his sharingan, giving me the chance to finally best him at his own game. That is why you are necessary to my success." He explained with a sadistic grin, gripping her chin tightly to force her to look at him.

Kakashi and the others were leaping through the trees as they followed after the brunette and his dog, following the scent that he had found in Kakashi's home. The white-haired ninja felt only an inch away from tearing out his own hair in frustration, and Naruto's constant complaining about the time was not helping him. Not to mention that Sakura was in an even worse mood towards him than usual, and had already hit him multiple times over the course of the trip. Kiba had even moved to hit him at one point, but Kakashi forced them all to shut up as he threatened to tie them to a tree if they didn't.

With only a few seconds notice, Kakashi barely managed to push Kiba out of the way as a kunai flew through the trees and imbedded itself in the trunk next to him, and Kakashi immediately whirled around as he prepared himself for battle. Ordering the others to follow him to the forest floor, he had them stand in a circle with their backs pressed together, the ninjas senses working overtime as he tried to pinpoint the attackers while preserving his chakra for Erza's rescue.

Just when he was about to cave and reveal his red iris, a group of ninjas came out of the trees and surrounded them, each with a different level of cockiness plastered on their faces. Akimaru growled at the enemy ninjas, and Kiba made practically the same motion as Naruto grinned with anticipation. "All right! Now this is what I call a mission!" The blonde cheered, and Kiba practically fell over as he heard the other ninjas excitement over this situation.

"What the hell, Naruto?! You're even more idiotic than I thought! Do you want to die?!" He asked rhetorically, resulting in a shouting match between the two 'morons' of the group.

Kakashi tried not to facepalm, "Will you two shut up?" He ordered, earning silence from the serious tone in his voice. Returning his full attention to the other ninja, he found them snickering at the unprofessionalism of their little team.

"This is what the boss warned us about? Hah! I'd be surprised if they lasted five minutes in a fight with us." One of them taunted, grinning haughtily at Kakashi.

Within a second, the white-haired ninja had sent a shuriken swirling at the guy's head, and he barely dodged it as a portion of his hair was clipped by the sharp edges of the blade. With the man's eyes wide, Kakashi shot him a happy smile, "You were saying?"

A few of the ninjas launched an attack after Kakashi's words, and he desperately tried to fend off as many as they could. He counted ten total, and struggled to think of a way to keep the students safe as they were attacked by the few he couldn't control. They weren't exactly trained enough to take on talented ninjas, and he felt himself panicking all over again as he tried to get rid of the many that surrounded him.

Naruto copies suddenly appeared out of nowhere as the blonde began to fight, and he could spot Sasuke leaping quickly throughout the attackers as he used his greater speed and small stature to his advantage. Sakura and Kiba stood back to back, each holding a kunai as they fended off their own attackers.

When more copies of Naruto appeared, he assumed he was going to use them to help out his teammates. Instead, they all transformed into nude woman versions of himself, and Kakashi sweatdropped as the enemies all turned to look around them in surprise.

With an exasperated sigh, Kakashi managed to take out a couple of the ninjas in their state of distraction, Sasuke managing to do the same. After that point, the battle only lasted a few more moments before the last one fell by Kakashi's kunai and the older ninja glanced at his apprentices, Naruto looking smug.

"Naruto…" He began, looking directly at the blonde ninja.

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?" He asked, expecting to be praised on his earlier performance.

"Next time you pull that, I will personally hit you." Kakashi threatened, and would've laughed at Naurto's pale expression if the situation weren't so serious. Walking up to the one ninja he had left alive, he grabbed him by the color to pull him closer to his face, looking him square in the eye, "Tell me who your 'boss' is, and where his base is." He ordered, an underlying hint of malice in the man's voice as he let his frustration get the better of him. Erza was probably being tortured as they spoke, and here everyone was making his life difficult.

Fear showed in the man's eyes, and it only took a second for him to crack and tell Kakashi everything. By the end, he was frozen in his anger, silently cursing himself and Mitsuko for putting Erza into this mess. Standing up, Kakashi spoke without looking at the others, "Let's go."