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(painful screaming)

Spill it! How were you able to recreate Neji's chakra?!

Of course. I get it now! You use the chakra that you absorb from someone, and then you

copy that person and their chakra! Is that right?

As the war rages on, the enemy uses a new tactic: White Zetsu clones infiltrate the

Allied Forces. A barrier protects each camp's perimeter, making infiltration

difficult. But it seems there might be a weakness in the barrier. Team eight

has come to investigate it.

You know, guys, I think we might have just walked into something really dangerous, here.

Yeah, but at least it's clear for now. This is the spot where the barrier's

weak. This is where the Zetsu are entering.

And there's bound to be a lot of them. So be careful.

Byakugan!

Kiba!

Fang over fang!

(painful grunt)

(attack grunt)

Hidden Jutsu: Beetle Sphere!

Kiba!

How many of them are there?!

Don't let them touch you. That's because if they do, they'll absorb our chakra!

Easier said than done. How can we take them down without touching them?!

I just sent out a messenger owl. So the sealing corps should arrive here in a little

while to seal up this mine.

And what, we're just supposed to wait until then?!

Oh, come on! Things are just going from bad to worse!

Hinata! Kiba! Shino!

They're finally here!

The Sealing Corps?

We'll start sealing this place immediately! So please, exit this way!

Quick! Stop them!

Man, they sure are persistent! All right! Fang over fang!

Careful! There's oil on the ground!

Those are Paper Bombs used for mining!

Not good! They're gonna explode!

Akamaru, Dynamic Marking!

(heavy coughing)

Are you doing okay, Akamaru?!

This is terrible...

Is anyone there?!

Shino! Hinata!

I'm over here.

Huh?

Oh, Shino! Good, you're okay!

Yeah.

Where's Hinata?

I don't know.

Yeah, I guess those Paper Bombs caught us all a bit by surprise.

(sigh)

We'd better go look for her, then.

Kiba, couldn't you locate her by her scent?

No, I can't. The smell of smoke is too strong.

Hinata! Where are you?!

At least I'm not sensing the enemy anymore. I guess that explosion took

care of those white guys. So something good came out of it.

With a blast that strong, the exit might have been sealed off.

Huh? Kiba!

Huh?!

Are you okay?

Nah, it's no good. He's dead.

Who's there?!

Kiba! Shino!

Hinata! You're all right!

The ground gave way, and I fell down to a lower level beneath us.

Is that?!

I know, it's really unfortunate. Wasn't there another guy from the Sailing Corps, though?

Maybe we can get to him in time.

Yes, there was. Let's find him and get out of this place.

Right.

No, we can't leave yet.

Hm? And why not?!

This shinobi didn't die because of the explosion. Rather, he was fatally wounded

by a kunai.

You're absolutely certain that he was killed after the explosion?!

Yes, I am. At least one of the enemy has survived.

They can absorb a victim's chakra and transform into them.

In all this confusion, he'll be able to slip right back in among our forces and strike

at us again.

Are you saying that one of us is a fake?!

It's not impossible.

There's no way! All of us are on the same team, here! We'd be able to see

through a fake, right?

I wonder about that. Hinata, why aren't you using your Byakugan?

Well, because, the Sealing Team's barrier jutsu was incomplete when it was activated,

and it disrupted my Byakugan.

Oh, did it now?

Wait, do you suspect that Hinata's the impostor?

Kiba, is it really true that your nose isn't working?

You suspect me, too?!

What about you? How do we know you're the real Shino?!

Because they didn't lay a hand on me in our earlier skirmish.

So what? They could have gotten your chakra from any number of your insects!

That's true. There's no way that I can disprove that.

However, I am the real me.

Yeah, and I'm the real me, too!

And I'm really me!

This is a pointless argument. That's because none of us can convince the

others that we are truly ourselves.

Guess you're right! But if we can't trust each other, then I say we should just

all go our separate ways! I'll find the other Sealing Corps guy on my own! Akamaru!

(sad whine)

Kiba!

It seems that none of us can trust the others, and that includes you and me.

(painful grunts)

Oh, thank goodness! Can you give me a hand, please?

(frightened gasp)

(painful screaming)

What happened?

It's the second Sealing Corps member...

How terrible...

This proves that there's an impostor among us.

What are you doing, Kiba?

Don't play dumb! He was gripping this scrap of fabric in his hand!

From the scent, it came off your cloak!

Admit it! You're the impostor Shino!

(gasp)

You're the one who brought up fakes in the first place! I've had my doubts

about you all along!

That fabric got ripped off in the explosion. And besides, if I were

the fake, why would I introduce the ideas of there being impostors!

You probably figured that if you brought it up first, no one would suspect you!

But, damn it, I'm not gonna fall for that trick!

Now!

Hold it! If we let the fake manipulate us, we'll end up killing each other!

That's what the enemy wants! We're playing right into their hands!

There's one thing I know for sure in this situation. Only one of us is a fake.

That's because if both of them were impostors, they could attack me without hesitation.

Whichever of them it is, they're waiting for me and the other real one to destroy each other.

Then what do you intend to do? Just stay here until who knows when?!

I have only one idea: Rock-Paper- Scissors.

Huh?

Are you serious? Rock-Paper-Scissors, now?

Yes. The loser must answer the questions the other two pose.

But why couldn't we just take turns answering each others questions?

No! Rock-Paper- Scissors!

I don't get why we'd bother to do that, but okay...

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

I won...

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

What are your favorite things?

Hm?

Well, I guess I like beef jerky and going on walks with Akamaru.

All right. Again.

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

Rock-Paper-...

Listen, do we really have to do the Rock- Paper-Scissors part?

Yes we do. It's the most important part of all.

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

I'm the one who lost that time.

What are your favorite things?

I like a lot of things, but I guess I like sweets the best.

Come on, tell the truth!

What's wrong! I did tell the truth!

What you actually like the best is Naruto, right?

(gasp)

What?! Is this really the kind of thing you're going to ask me?!

Ha ha ha! I'm just kidding, Hinata!

(kiba laughing)

Again.

I was just joking around! Lighten up a little, would you?

Let's just continue.

Okay, okay.

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

That means you lost, Shino, so here's my question. And this is something that only the

real Shino would know the answer to!

The first time that we went after Sasuke, you were the only one who was left behind.

How did you feel about that?

I cannot answer that question. Or rather, I won't.

Come on, that isn't fair! If you play like that, then this entire exercise is pointless!

If you want to know the truth, then you're going to have to take me down.

Do what?!

There's real meaning to be found in this. You'll see...

Rock-Paper- Scissors! Go!

I won again!

One more time.

Why do we have to say it over and over?

Because that is the most critical part.

Rock-Paper-Scissors!

It's your turn, Shino!

No, the game is over now.

What?! You can't just go changing the rules!

I've been thinking. With Captain Yamato held captive, it's possible the enemy

has obtained personal intel on us.

Do you really believe they'd go so far as to do that?!

Yes, of course. That's because a major part of their whole strategy involves impersonating us.

And so, it's crucial that they know the thoughts and habits of each person that

they might copy.

Huh! Makes sense when you put it that way. Does that mean that everything we've been

doing here is meaningless, then?

Don't make me repeat myself. Playing Rock- Paper-Scissors

has a purpose.

I don't trust either of you, after all. I'll take both of you down!

(attacking grunts)

Hey! Whose side are you on, here!

Damn it! All right, fine!

Let's go, Akamaru!

Agh! Fang Over Fang!

Don't you worry, Kiba! I'll be back you up! I'm sure that he's the phony!

(attacking grunt)

Gentle Fist!

I won't let you get away!

These flames will keep you from using your insects!

Here I come! Take this: Fang Over Fang!

(painful screaming)

Kiba...

Yes! We did it! Now we can get out of this cave!

That's true. But only for me...

Huh?! What?!

Haahhh!

Akamaru!

Ta-dah!

The star of the show appears!

No way! You were the fake all along?!

I was getting really nervous that you'd start asking touchy questions during that game.

But like your friend said, the intel that we got out of Yamato about all of you has proved to

be invaluable. Because of it, you guys have had a falling out and saved me a lot of trouble.

Ugh!

And with your mutt down, even I can beat you now!

So the Shino I fought was the real one?!

I'm so stupid!

You're right! You are stupid.

That's because you're the real Kiba.

And now you have shown your true colors.

(gasp)

No way! You're still alive?! But how can that be?!

Because of you, I had to sacrifice many of my precious insects...

Your insects? Then the one I defeated was an Insect Clone?!

Exactly.

How did you ever figure out that I was the fake?!

I didn't figure it out. I didn't know who was the fake.

But still, I thought about it after we first faced each other. Even if there

was a fake among us.

If it was possible for the impostor to remain transformed, would we truly be able to fight

against each other in earnest?

(painful grunt)

Gentle Fist!

Ahhh!

Then let's finish him!

(painful screaming)

If we trust our comrades, can we really bring ourselves to take them down?

Then I started thinking about something even more ridiculous.

If I was going to be defeated by someone like that, then maybe it was for the best.

And then, it became clear.

I'd make it appear that the real me had been taken down. I was certain that you'd

reveal yourself after that happened.

That's why we played Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Rock-Paper-Scissors?

So they were actually hand signals.

But, why do we have to say it over and over?

Why? Because that is the most critical part.

After he said that, I started to figure it out.

Earlier, the message that you gave me was...

...Follow my instructions.

And then, after that...

If you want to know the truth, then you're gonna have to take me down.

I wasn't entirely sure what you meant to do, but when you came at me they way that you did,

I simply reacted and then...

It worked out.

And all thanks to you taking down my Insect Clone.

You revealed yourself.

And since you knew my hand signals, that meant you were the real Kiba.

So you played a dirty little trick on me, huh? Fine, I'll just take both of you down!

It's useless. And that's because you are completely at the mercy of my jutsu already!

I'll avenge your two victims!

Hidden Jutsu! Beetle Tornado!

(painful screaming)

Thanks, Shino. You did a great job with that guy.

I must say, though, I had serious misgivings about fighting a comrade with my full strength.

But you had no qualms about using your Fang Over Fang against me.

You're the one who told me to do that! And besides, you came at me first, or did

you forget that part?!

I didn't know which of you two was actually the impostor, so I had to pick one of you to attack.

Of course, there's no way I'd attack a girl.

Hnh! Quit trying to act all chivalrous!

Wait, hold on a minute! We brought down the impostor...

But where's the real Hinata?

(gasp)

Are you all right, Hinata?

I'm fine, Kiba. Akamaru, hi!

Oh, and Shino, too!

Always the last one...

(relieved sigh)

What happened anyway?

Eh, nothing much, really.

However, during this incident, the most closely guarded secret of the Allied Shinobi

Forces was almost leaked to the enemy.

What closely guarded secret is that?

That you're in love with Naruto.

(gasp)

What?! But how did...?!

It slipped out when Kiba was teasing you, and then that Zetsu-

Why are you telling her that?! Shut up, idiot! It seems that in order to impersonate

all of us better, those White Zetsu guys got a lot of personal intel from

Captain Yamato!

Wait, does that mean they know that secret? The one that only Captain Yamato knows?

Including the secret from that time when I...

Even a secret like this?

That's it! Then we've got to destroy all of them! Each and every one!

Yeah!

Sasuke?! How are you alive?!

Tell me where Naruto is.

I don't know! But you need to pay attention to me right now! Hmph!

My business is with Naruto.

Damn it, not that crap again! You don't give a damn about me, do you?!

No.

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: Aesthetics of an Artist.

I'll wipe that smug expression right off your face!