The Hidden

Ibiki....are you okay?

Previously on the Hidden

"How unoriginal......"

"Zetsu."

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"How did you find out?" Zetsu's slimy voice slithered around Naruto as the familiar pale skin wrapped around his disguise, revealing himself.

Naruto felt sorry for Teuchi and Ayame who observed the scene in a horror-stricken daze. He zipped behind Zetsu and clamped a hand on Zetsu's slimy skin. Naruto glanced at Hinata and nodded before flickering away, leaving no traces that he was there.

Zetsu landed on the forest bed, foliage shoot from him from the imapact. Darkess blanketed him as he stood up, disoriented. The moon stared at him, hauntingly. Zetsu shivered as hard blue retinas' stared disinterestedly at his.

"I want to fight the real one." The cold voice echoed through the air. Zetsu gulped and put on a fake grin, revealing his shark-like teeth.

"I am the real one." He confidently spat out. Naruto cocked his head to the side, closing his eyes in contemplation. Then, he disappeared in his signature red flash.

'What speed! And power? I hope Nagato takes him out quickly.......-"OOF"' Zetsu felt something connect to his stomach and before he knew it, he flew through many trees before landing on a jagged rock, pain exploding at the pit of his abdomen. He clutched his stomach as he felt Hashirama's  cells churn to heal his damaged muscles. Unsteadily, he stood up, wobbling a bit as he closed his eyes while gathering chakra. 

'I was such an Idiot. Why did I take him on by myself?' He complained as his feet sank into the familiar abyss. He heard something snap and immediately flipped over, dirt tracks etched onto the hard dirt. Zetsu panted as he dodged a palm thrust and a drop kick. Zetsu panicked.

'Fiddlesticks. FIDDLESTICKS!' He gasped as he mindlessly switched with the original.

Naruto's eyes wined at the blur and focused on the new contender. He look the same as the other Zetsu except he was encased in two Venus Trap -like extensions and the fact that half of Zetsu was black. He looked dazed but grinned playfully as he received the clone's memories. Naruto lowered into an unfamiliar stance while Zetsu calmly stood there, his Akatsuki cloak swaying into the wind. An eerie silence surrounded them, the crickets harmonizing with the rustling of the dead leaves.

"YOUR BIJUU IS MINE!" Zetsu roared, charging at Naruto while cocking his fist back. Naruto jumped and fired a Suiton jutsu which was doused by a fire jutsu. The smoke blinded Zetsu, but, he could hear his opponent moving through the wind. He smiled victoriously and cackled.

"You won't be able to defeat me! I took some of Hashirama's cell to regenerate my energy levels and my injuries!" Zetsu synchronized creepily. Naruto shook as he felt Zetsu's arm slowly curl towards Naruto's current position. Naruto had to end this.

Naruto threw a kunai and jumped of  the tree branch. Zetsu easily dodged the kunai as sweat rolled down his face. The smoke cleared and Zetsu crouched low, lifting his head to see Naruto towering over him, a knowing smile directed at Zetsu. Zetsu slammed a palm onto the ground, vines erupting out of the dirt. But Naruto just shook his head in pity.

"You don't learn from your mistakes, do you?" He whispered before exploding onto Zetsu's face, causing burn marks to appear on Zetsu's face. Ignoring the pain, he frantically looked around. But, not even a moment later, something tore his back.

"I'm his son, Idiot." Naruto growled, thrusting the spinning blades of the Rasenshuriken through  Zetsu's back. Zetsu howled in agony as he sunk into the ground, trying to teleport away.However, Naruto had other plans.