"Good, lets chase after them slowly, we wouldn't want to fall into a trap aswell, we would be saying goodbye to our's and Rin's life if that happened." Kazuo said towards Kakashi who nodded his head after a moment of thought and then lifted his hand to his mouth.
Biting his thumb until the skin tore and a trickle of blood appeared, Kakashi quickly lowered his hand and quickly made a set of hand signs.
'Summoning Jutsu' Kazuo thought as he saw Kakashi slam his hand onto the ground and a puff of smoke appeared an instant later.
'Damn unhygienic as hell.' Kazuo thought as he saw what Kakashi had summoned.
It was a small brown dog with a blue knoha headband tied around his neck.
"Track this scent," Kakashi said as he immediately took out a piece of cloth from his ninja bag.
He always kept a piece of cloth from all of his teammates in times like this, so that he could be prepared to track them down.
The dog nodded its head and quickly took a few sniffs of the fabric before nodding its small head once more and turning towards the direction where Kazuo and Kakashi had seen the ninjas run.
They wouldn't have needed the dog for tracking earlier however if they were going to do this slowly then they could lose track of the enemies after a while as they would be too far ahead of them when running at much higher speeds.
They couldn't use Kakashi's Sharingan either as it took way too much chakra and even if they did find the enemy faster that way, Kakashi would already be too spent to defeat them.
Nodding his head at the pup, Kakashi quickly took it off the ground and put it on its shoulder where the dog quickly latched itself on his neck.
"Let's go. Every three minutes you use tremor sense Kazuo." Kakashi said as he immediately used the body flicker.
Kazuo nodded his head and quickly followed behind him.
Unlike before, the two of them were going at a much slower pace and checking their surroundings closely so that they could detect any traps that the enemy might have set.
*Rustle*
Hearing the rustle of a bush a dozen meters away, Kazuo quickly turned his attention and saw a large amount of kunai and shuriken heading towards them.
'A trap'
Without using a single seal, Kazuo quickly channeled his chakra in a certain pattern.
*Thrank*
The kunai quickly hit his body however that was merely an illusion as with a puff of smoke, in place of Kazuo, a log of wood appeared.
Looking at his previous location, Kazuo saw that Kakashi had followed his example and now was standing a few feet away from his previous location, having used a substitution as well.
"Seems like you were right Kazuo, they did plan on kidnapping Rin from the start. Though I'm unsure why?" Kakashi said as he started running once more, Kazuo quickly following behind him.
"I don't have an Idea either, both my reputation and yours far surpass that of Rin, I can understand capturing you who had a Sharingan and are the son of the white fang as well as the greatest genius of the leaf but Nohara Rin?" Kazuo said before releasing a humming sound.
"Unless they wanted to capture her so that they could lead us somewhere as I previously said, this feels quite like a trap set up for us."
"That's true however even if it's a trap, I don't plan on abandoning Rin," Kakashi replied, his voice harsh as he said his last words.
"I don't plan on it either, it's just an observation of the situation we are in currently," Kazuo said as he continued following Kakashi's lead.
Minutes turned into hours as Kakashi and Kazuo continued following Rin's kidnappers.
Finally, as the new day was coming to a close in the evening hours, Kakashi and Kazuo found Rin once more.
She was lying in an alar of sorts whilst around ten men were guarding her.
"Just what is this?" Kakashi mumbled to himself before releasing a sigh.
In an instant before he could fully release his breath, Kakashi disappeared from his location, appearing in the middle of the enemy group instantly.
He had already made Kazuo confirm that there were no other enemies besides the ones guarding Rin.
Having confirmed that fact, he was more than confident enough in dispatching this group.
Kazuo who saw the scene in front of him had a slight grin on his face as he saw Kakashi rush in.
'Seem's like they've already sealed the three tails inside her. They only left ten guards behind but even these guys are merely weak fakes who were abandoned by the mist. They are planning to let Rin go in the first place however they need to keep the plan hidden.' Kazuo thought as he quickly analyzed all of the information that he had just gained as well as the information that he knew from the Anime in his past life.
'They however won't let me and Kakashi leave alive, that was the reason that they were chasing after Kakashi and Rin after he saved her. They only plan on letting Rin return to the leaf village so that she can go out of control and then release the three tails in the middle of the hidden leaf, causing mass chaos to ensue.' Kazuo thought before slightly shaking his head.
'Even that plan is merely there to hide the real one. After all the hidden mist is already under Madara's control.'
'The real reason is that whilst chasing behind Rin and Kakashi and causing them to feel like there is no way out for them, Rin sacrifices herself after learning this so-called hidden plan of the mist and right at that moment Obito sees her death, causing his eyes to evolve into the mangekyou sharingan.' Kazuo thought before releasing a sigh.
'Well it's time that I head into the battle as well, i have to keep up appearances here.'
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'Well It's time that i head into battle aswell isn't it ? I have to keep up appearances after all.' Kazuo thought before his figure vanished.
He had already appeared in the middle of the battlefield, a kunai that he held in his hand was already through an enemy shinobis throat.
The enemy hadn't even seen it coming before he had felt his throat get filled with his own blood.
*Thump*
'One down for the count' Kazuo thought as a large grin spread over his face, causing the enemies who were about to rush towards him to stop for a brief moment.
It was at this moment that Kazuo heard a bell-like sound ring in his head.
[ Ding! ]
[ A System Mission has been generated! ]
[ Thwart Uchiha Madara's plans. ]
[ Reward: Bloodline Activation 5%, One small Grade Stat Upgrade. ]
His eyes quickly wandered over the holographic panel in less than a second before concentrating on the enemy once more.
'What is this system doing? Is this a fucking joke? I'm a fucking Chunnin, a Chunnin god damned it.' Kazuo thought before his brows furrowed even further.
"Hey dickheads, Im in a really bad mood right now, so I'm going to take it out on you guys. Don't resent me alright?" Kazuo loudly said before his figure vanished and appeared next to his next victim.
Just like last time, the shinobi didn't even have enough time to react before his left eye and brain were pierced by a kunai.
"You bastard!" One of the mist shinobi screamed as they ran toward Kazuo, only to stop a split second later.
"A clone?" One of the mist shinobi asked before lightly shaking his head and quickly rushing toward Kazuo and his 'clone' that was standing next to the now dead mist shinobi strewed out on the ground.
Immediately four shinobi were rushing toward Kauzo, two from the right and two from his left side.
Both Kazuo's quickly turned their backs to each other and rushed toward the incoming enemies.
Their figures flickered as they changed positions quickly, instantly confusing and causing the enemies to slow down.
"Aarghh!" With a loud battle scream, one of the mist shinobi used a body flicker of his own and appeared in front of the Kazuo on the right.
His sword held up high before he swung it down with immense force.
As the sword got close enough that Kazuo wouldn't be able to escape, the mist shinobi's face twisted as a large bloodthirsty grin appeared on it.
'I have you now you fucker!' He thought before his sword cleanly passed through Kazuo's body with no resistance at all.
It had simply sliced the air after all.
'What? An illusion? Is this the clone then?' The mist shinobi thought before he saw that the Illusion of Kazuo had yet to disappear and in fact was swinging his own kunai straight toward his face.
'It's just an illusion.' The shinobi thought preparing to use another body flicker and appear behind the real Kazuo.
*Shlq*
The kunai held by the 'illusion' passed right through the shinobi's forehead before appearing on the back of the enemy's head.
Blood spattered around in an instant as if the mist shinobi's head had become a water fountain.
The man hadn't even had the time to think about what had hapened before the light in his eyes had died, his soul already leaving this world.
The 'Illusion' of Kazuo turned around and headed toward his next opponent.
The battle was a massacre, no matter what the shinobi did, no matter what methods they used, they would all pass through Kazuo's body as if he was just an illusion whilst his own strikes were as deadly as ever.
*Thump*
The final shinobi fell down onto the floor, his head cleanly sliced off and his leg which Kazuo had hit with a low kick bent completely backward.
The Kazuo on the right disappeared just like an illusion as soon as the combat was over.
'Shisui's use of the body flicker really was ingenious.' Kazuo thought as he turned his gaze to look at how Kakashi was doing.
'He only had one opponent left huh?' Kazuo thought before his left eyebrow scrunched up slightly.
'I had to die six times to complete this one damned battle but he manages to do it on his first damned try and without breaking a sweat at all.' Kazuo thought.
He had died six times during the battle, it had mostly been in cases where both he and his clones had been killed at the same time by an unexpected combination of water jutsu however at the end of the day he had still died.
'Even with all that training, I guess a genius like him is really on a completley different playing field.' Kazuo thought before quickly using the body flicker and appearing next to Nohara Rin who was still laid out onto the altar.
'I have to thwart Madara's plans? That's easy.' Kazuo thought whilst a light smile appeared on his face.
*Fsh*
Kakashi appeared next to him at this moment.
"Kakashi, notify Minato to come here right away," Kazuo said as he kept looking at Nohara Rin.
"What?" Kakashi asked, his tone clearly confused.
Kazuo didn't say anything in return, merely grabbing Rin's shirt and lifting it up.
On her belly, a large seal was inscribed that seemed to be so large that it coevered even her entire back.
"She's been made a jinchuriki or something of the sort. Call Minato right now, we don't have time for bullshit." Kazuo said once more, his voice and eyes fierce as he gazed at Kakashi.
"Right." Kakashi didn't wait any longer before taking out the three-pronged kunai from his ninja bag and throwing it on the ground.
*Sigh*
Kazuo released an audible sigh before getting up from his crouched position next to Nohara Rin.
"Get ready, We're going to be fighting to the death right about now," Kazuo announced.
At that very moment, Kakashi's eyes widened, in the woods at the edges of the clearing.
He saw it or rather 'them', tens upon tens of mist anbu ready to tear him and Kazuo apart limb for limb.
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