Heyy. I intentionally made the fights in the last chapter short so I could fit all three of the not really important fights into one chapter.

And yes. My favorite move in Naruto is the 1000 years of pain. Get over it.

This one's short too. But it's hard to come up with a chapter long battle so deal with it.

Chapter 14: Kakashi VS Kabuto

Shikamaru, Kiba, and Akamaru were walking towards their fellow Konoha ninja. Shikamaru had his usual smug look on.

"Weren't we the ones who are supposed to be saving them?" he asked.

"Eh…" Kiba said with a shrug. "You get whatcha get."

"How the hell does that apply?" Shikamaru asked angrily.

"Err…It doesn't." Kiba said after a moment.

"Ugh…"

They were almost 20 yards from their friends when someone yelled from the stands.

"GET BACK IN YOUR CAGES YOU SLIME!" Shikamaru looked at him. His frown widened.

"Hey!" He yelled. He stuck up his middle finger. "FUCK YOU TOO, HOE!"

"Woah Shikamaru! Calm down man!" Kiba said shakily. "We're still on their turf…"

"Whatever…" Shikamaru started to walk away.

"Wuss…" the man in the stands said.

"Whatever…" Shikamaru said, returning to his usual demeanor.

When the three got to their friends they were greeted with several questions, greetings, and various other comments.

"Yeah, hey." Shikamaru said. Kiba instantly latched onto Hinata.

"GREAT JOB HINATA!" Kiba said as he put his arm around her and gave her a noogie. She blushed a bit.

"Yeah that WAS awesome Hina-chan!" Naruto said smiling. "She didn't stand a chance!"

Kiba said something to her, but Naruto didn't catch it. He was too busy being upset at seeing Kiba with his arm around her.

"Wait…what did you call her?" Kiba asked.

"Neh?" Naruto looked at him. "I called her Hina-chan…why?"

Kiba frowned. "What if something happened between them…" He thought to himself. But he didn't have much time to think about it because Orochimaru got back onto the microphone.

"Thank you for your patience…I'd like to introduce, my right hand man. Kabuto!"

Kabuto walked out into the arena. The crown roared in excitement as their leaders sidekick stepped out onto the field.

"These last three matches will be special." Orochimaru said with a chuckle. "As three of the strongest sound shinobi will participate in them."

This got an even bigger response from the crowd.

"They will be…Kabuto…Uchiha Sasuke…And…MYSELF!"

The crowd started chanting. "ORO-CHI-MA-RU! ORO-CHI-MA-RU!"

"God dammit." Kakashi said. "Of course…" He looked at Naruto and Kaoshi who both got very serious. "Let me guess…" He pointed at Naruto. "Sasuke." Naruto nodded. He pointed at Kaoshi. "Orochimaru." Kaoshi nodded. Kakashi sighed. "And I'm stuck with Kabuto…"

"Now. These last three matches will be decided by challenge. The first person to challenge the opponent fights him. First up, Kabuto...and…"

Kakashi stood up and walked onto the arena platform and shot a stone-cold stare at Kabuto.

"HATAKE KAKASHI! The Copy Ninja!"

"Greetings Kakashi-kun." Kabuto said with a slight bow.

"Don't give me that…" Kakashi said. "Let's just get this over with." He shifted his forehead protector and got into a fighting stance.

"Indeed." Kabuto reached into his bag and took out a soldier pill. He swallowed it and focused his chakra to his hands.

"BEGIN!" Orochimaru screamed.

"Shall we dance Kabuto?"

"Let's." Kabuto said as he disappeared.

"Please." Kakashi said. "I know you're good." Kakashi turned around and kicked. Kabuto's chest appeared where Kakashi's foot was and flew back holding his chest. "But at least give me some credit."

Kabuto stood up brushing off his chest.

"Then I'll ask the same of you."

"Wh--!" He started to say but the earth around him exploding cut him off.

"Please Kakashi…" Kabuto scoffed. "You must be better than that."

"DAMN STRAIGHT!" Kabuto looked up to see Kakashi in the air above him, charging his raikiri.

"Oh come on Kakashi, that attack is so easy to dodge, it's just to obvious! WHA--!" Just then several dogs jumped from the ground, biting Kabuto to hold him in place. "I see Kakashi. Nice…very nice."

Kakashi came down on Kabuto ready to ram his hand through Kabuto's face. He jammed it right into his neck. Kabuto disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Kage Bunshin…" Kakashi said. "But why couldn't my sharingan see through it?"

Kabuto exploded from underground, nailing Kakashi in the chin with a chakra punch. Kakashi flew up into the air with Kabuto close behind.

"Ready Kakashi?" Kabuto yelled.

"No, not really." Kakashi said.

"Tough!" Kabuto delivered a punch to Kakashi's face who then poofed away in a cloud of smoke. "Damn…" Kabuto said. "Thought I had him."

"Nope." Kakashi said as he exploded from the ground. "HIDDEN LEAF ANCIENT TAIJUTSU SUPREME TECHNIQUE!" He yelled as he rammed he forefinger up Kabuto's ass. "ONE-THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN!"

Kabuto went reeling off in the other direction. He stood up rubbing his butt.

"Ow." He said angrily.

"Hehe. That's what you get for letting your guard down." Kakashi said with a chuckle.

"Okay Kakashi, time to get serious."

"I thought you'd never say that…"

The two ninja disappeared. Occasional flashes of light could be seen from where the two collided. They went on like this for nearly ten minutes.

After a while, the two shinobi stopped to catch their breath.

"Nice…Kakashi…I wasn't…expecting…this good a workout…"

"Yeah…me either…"

They sat there for almost two minutes before they started going at it again.

BACK WITH THE OTHERS!

"Look at them going at it like that…" Lee said in shock. "I can barely follow them. Shikamaru-san. Can you tell who's winning?"

"Hmm." Shikamaru said observing the battle closely. "I'd say it's about even right now. Kakashi has Kabuto on the defensive, so he's taking some hits. But since Kakashi is on the offensive, he's using up more strength."

"So…what's that mean?" Naruto asked.

"It means that whoever lasts the longest will win…baka…" Shikamaru said.

Naruto ignored the insult and turned his attention back to the battle raging in front of him.

BACK TO THE BATTLE!

Kakashi stood, watching his opponent. He had a gut feeling that Kabuto was up to something. Also, it bothered him that he couldn't see through Kabuto's clone earlier. He quickly ran through a list of all possible reasons why he couldn't see it, but none of them were very applicable.

Kakashi snapped out of his thoughts as Kabuto rushed him. He shifted his weight as Kabuto drew nearer and delivered a kick to Kabuto's jaw. He disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"DAMMIT!" Kakashi thought, "Again with the clone." He sighed and looked around. He saw nothing.

Kabuto appeared out of nowhere right in front of Kakashi and kicked him in the face. Kakashi tumbled several back several feet. After gaining control over his body again he grabbed a kunai and tossed it at Kabuto. Right before it hit him, Kabuto disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"That's it!" Kakashi thought triumphantly. "He's not using clones. He's using a replacement jutsu switching himself with the air!"

"Judging by your face," Kabuto said, "It looks like you figured out my disappearing trick."

"Yup." Kakashi said flatly.

"But it's too late now." Kabuto burst from the ground again. A kick sent Kakashi flying into the wall of the arena.

"Ow…" He said as Kabuto appeared in front of him for another attack. Kakashi ducked and Kabuto's attack flew over his head. Kakashi lunged at Kabuto and punched him in the stomach. Kabuto didn't budge.

"Hehe." He started chuckling.

"What the--?" Kakashi started but was cut off by a lack of air due to the knee in his stomach.

"How did I get this strong this fast?" Kabuto asked.

"S-something like that…" Kakashi said coughing up some blood.

"Remember that soldier pill I took?"

"What about it…?"

"It was my own special variety." He said proudly as he kicked Kakashi again. "After a while, it increases my chakra output by 200. Of course there are some drawbacks. But they're nothing that I can't handle."

Kakashi tried to get up.

"Don't even bother." Kabuto said, "I've numbed the nerves in your lower body. You can't walk."

"Dammit." Kakashi coughed up some more blood. He took two kunai out of his leg pouch so that Kabuto couldn't see.

"Looks like this fight's over Kakashi." Kabuto said with a satisfied smile.

"I'm still alive aren't I?" Kakashi said. "If you can't kill me, the fight's not over."

"Is that so?" Kabuto said annoyed. "Well I guess…this is the end for you Kakashi." He disappeared and reappeared right over Kakashi. He slammed his hand on the ground next to Kakashi's head, other hand poised for the finishing blow. "Any last words Kakashi?"

"Yeah…" He said as he rammed the two kunai into Kabuto's shoulders. "Dodge this." Kakashi's Sharingan started to spin, changing into a different shape.

"Wha—!"

"MANGEKYOU SHARINGAN!" He yelled. Kabuto felt his head imploding in on itself.

"uuuuhhuhhhhhhhaAAAAHAHHHH!" He yelled as his head imploded.

Kabuto's blood rained down on Kakashi's face.

"Glad that's over." He heard some indistinguishable voices to his right. "Damn…I wish I knew what they were saying…" he said as he fell onto his side. He saw a blurry Naruto rushing towards him as he lost consciousness.