𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

The Race

Last time:

"Runners! Take your marks!" the door in front of them slowly opened to reveal the ocean and some boats, "Go!"

Now:

Idate and Fukusuke take off immediately and Hanara whipped out her fan to follow from the air.

She stared at Team Seven, "What are you guys waiting for? Follow him! I'm going to be following from the sky so I can see traps."

Without a word, Team Seven ran off after Idate. And then they started screaming.

Hanara hurriedly flew to where they were running.

"You idiot! You were supposed to turn right! Not left!" Naruto yelled.

"Dobe, he wasn't supposed to turn at all!" Sasuke said.

Hanara scanned the area from above using her Kekkei Genkai.

"Actually," she told them, "He's taking a shortcut. Let's follow."

Their eyes widened and then they followed.

Hanara and the rest of her squad continued to chase after Idate, except now Team Seven was jumping on trees, while Hanara still was flying in the air. Soon, Idate was in a normal human's sight.

"Hey, Idate!" Naruto yelled, "The ocean's the other way!"

Hanara facepalmed, 'He doesn't listen to me at all!'

"You can forget about it! I'm not turning around!" Idate called back.

"Uzumaki! What about shortcut do you not get?" Hanara yelled.

"There isn't a shortcut! It wasn't on the map!" Naruto screamed at her.

"Of course it isn't on the map!" Sakura screamed, "Otherwise it wouldn't be much of an ace!"

Hanara sighed, 'This is Naruto we're talking about. He won't get it until Idate says it.'

Finally, all four of them caught up with Idate.

'This sucks. I can't go full speed because of them.'

"Hey! Wait up, will ya?" Naruto called, still running, "I know you want to win and all, but how will you if you go the wrong way?"

Hanara and Sakura facepalmed. Even Sasuke looked disappointed.

'I really want to punch Naruto...'

"NARUTO! HANARA TOLD YOU IT WAS A SHORTCUT TWICE!" Sakura screamed.

"Will you just shut up?" Idate growled, "I need to run and you guys aren't helping."

"What's with the attitude, pal?" Naruto asked.

"Shut up!"

"Watch out!" Sakura screamed suddenly.

Hanara focused and found the foreign chakra surrounding them.

'Genjutsu.'

"Release!" Hanara and Idate said in sync.

'How can Team 7 not see it? Two signs that Idate's got ninja training!'

"No! Don't go that way!" Sakura screamed.

Hanara scanned her surroundings and her eyes widened, "Release!"

'Double Genjutsu? That's seriously hard to pull off! We're up against some really skilled ninjas.'

"Sakura? What the heck is going on?" Naruto asked.

"We'll explain later!" Hanara yelled, creating some chakra threads, "Don't run after him, Sakura, I got this."