"My, my, I'm impressed in all honesty," Lincoln said

"Thank you, but I'm afraid your praise will be short-lived," the Zabu clones said as they walked back into the mist

"Really, and after al~~l I did for you?" Lincoln asked sarcastically

"What have you done for me? I've barely even known you for an hour," Zabu's voice echoed

"I got you away from Kakashi, didn't I?"

"Hmph, I could've handled him on my own," Zabu said as her clones went to attack Lincoln from behind. Lincoln just smiled as he went to attack a clone from behind, so when Zabu jumped to attack his front, she didn't expect to get a foot in her gut and sent into a tree. Lincoln then turned his attention to the clones as he ducked under a sword swing and punched the clone through the chest. Water splashed onto him as the remaining clones sliced his arms and body. Blood spilled onto the clones as Lincoln winced 'Kami I hate holding back, but at the same time I have to distract her long enough so they don't get curious. Yet again, I don't want a lecture form Luna and Luan... bah, letting loose a little won't hurt a bit, will it?' Lincoln thought as he weaved hand signs and sunk into the ground. Zabu was getting back on her feet as she leaned on her sword "W-what the hell?" she whispered, "H-how strong his he?"

"Strong enough, sweetheart," she heard as she looked down at her feet and saw a pair of hands sprout up from the ground. Her eyes widened as she jumped into the air, pushing down on her sword to help her escape, she used her other hand to take out a shuriken and threw it down on the ground at Lincoln. Landing in the trees, Zabu leaned against the trunk as she felt her toro "2-no- 3 broken ribs, damn it!" she said as there was a loud boom. The mist vanished as she was knocked from her perch and landed on the ground. She looked behind her to see that her remaining clones were fighting multiple Lincolns "Clones?" she asked out loud

"Maybe? I don't know, but they're there," she heard Lincoln from behind her as she jumped away from him

"Y-you?! How did you do that?!" Zabu demanded as she readied her sword

"You threw a shuriken at a Sound Clone. Not only did you waist a shuriken, but you also blew away your only advantage," Lincoln explained

"Who says I still don't have anymore?" Zabu replied as she rushed as Lincoln with a right swing. Lincoln bent backward and let the blade fly by his face. He did a backflip as Zabu continued her assault by taking a step forward and spinning on her foot. She managed to cut Lincoln across the chest just as he punched her in the jaw when she was open. Zabu was sent stumbling back a few feet as she held her jaw in pain "Gah! That hurt like a bitch," she said as she looked at Lincoln, who was looking down at his injuries

"You know... I actually think I'll be able to use it this time around," he said

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, my bad, I'm actually excited this time around as I get to go all out," Lincoln said with a smile

"Y-you've been holding back!" Zabu shouted in surprise

"Yeah, I tend to have that thing going on where I test my opponents, so you have the grand honor of seeing me go all out," Lincoln replied with a mock bow as he tapped his chest. The curse mark on his forehead grew in size as his eyes became blank. His pupils took up the space that his irises once held with a void-like color. Zabu then witnessed the mark continue to grow as darkness seemed to seep from it. The darkness covered his wounds and there was a hissing sound. The darkness then moved to his chest as it made a seal. Taking his hand, Lincoln stuck it into the seal and, to Zabu's surprise, it rippled like water as his whole hand dove into his chest. Pulling out his hand, he held a large dagger with a 2-foot curved blade. The kanji '愛' was placed on both sides of the blade as he pointed it as Zabu "I've only used this blade a few times in the past. For those few, they've only lasted 3 minutes," Lincoln said as he placed his right foot in front of his and lowered his stance "wanna see if you can fair any better?"

"YOU COCKY SONVABITCH!" Zabu shouted as she threw her blade at Lincoln. Lincoln smirked as he spun his blade in his hand and swung upward himself. The sound of metal hitting metal echoed through the forest as Zabu's eyes saw Lincoln cutting her blade in two. The hilt and remaining piece of metal spun off into a tree while the other part and remaining blade flew in the direction of the clones fighting. Of which a Lincoln clone grabbed and shoved into a Zabu clone. Lincoln rushed forward himself with a punch ready but didn't get far as Zabu weaved hand signs and shouted "WATER STYLE: GIANT VORTEX JUTSU!"

"Well I'll be," Lincoln whispered as he was struck full force with a large tornado of water spewing from Zabu's mouth. He was sent through trees upon trees as he felt his curse mark moving 'Auto mode, huh? Should've known Luna would've felt me bringing out my blade,' Lincoln thought in his head as the tornado of water was calming down. Hopping back in his feet, he cracked his neck and saw the destruction that was caused by the jutsu and a mist-like smoke filled the area. The mist seemed to settle down as he could see a shocked Zabu "H-how are you alive?!" she shouted

"Well, well, that was a pretty impressive attack. I actually felt it, I'm glad my curse mark activated when it did, or else I would be worse off," Lincoln shouted back as he walked out of the mist. His clothes were shredded as it revealed a very scared body with bruises and cuts. The darkness that his curse mark emitted crawled over his body as the cuts and bruises heald, but the scars remained

"*Sigh* Alright, you still got a few minutes left... wanna try again?" Lincoln asked with a cocked head as Zabu rushed to her sword hilt, pulled it out of the tree, and rushed as Lincoln.

With Luna and Luan:

"This is getting boring," Luan whispered to Luna as she watched Naruto dodge some sebon needles

"Yeah, I'm actually about ready to get in there myself," Luna replied as she felt something tug are her heart "he had to pull it out!" she shouted

"What are you talking about? Who had to pull what out?" Kakashi asked as Luna ground her teeth

"If that chick is really that dangerous then I'm going to have to activate here," Luna said as she quickly removed one of her amplifiers to reveal a large array of seals. She bit her thumb as blood trickled down her hand and she whipped his across it "Ewww! Why did you do that?" Sakura said

"It's a seal that can only be activated by my blood, I only use it when I'm... not able to see my bro," Luna replied

"What's the seal for?" Kakashi asked

"Tch, it's a sisters job to worry about her little bro," was all Luna replied as there was a large boom in the distance

"Good thing you did, that sounded explosive!" Luan said as Kakashi left in a swirl of leaves

"Where did he go!?" Sakura shouted in anger as she pointed at the spot where Kakashi once stood

"I've got a pretty good idea," Luan said as she looked toward where the explosion was heard. They looked in that direction when some words hit Luans ears "There was... no time... to think," she heard as she looked to see Sasuke falling to the ground "looser!" Sasuke managed to say as Naruto rushed to his side

"SASUKE!" Naruto shouted as he held Sasuke in his arms

"Shit," Luan and Luna whispered at the same time. They saw Sasuke's mouth move as he said words to Naruto that they couldn't hear. When he was done, they saw Haku walk out of a mirror as he said: "This is what it means to be a ninja,"

"Shut up," Naruto said as he laid Sasuke on the ground. Luna and Luan saw steam roll on the ground as they felt a dark presence emerge from Naruto "So... he did it," Luna said

"Yeah... he pissed of foxy," Luan said

"You'll pay for this!" Naruto said as red chakra formed around him.

[Sorry this chapter is so short and sorry it took so long to update. I've had other things to do and I'm also sorry if this chapter doesn't live up to snuff with the others]