Yamato's form sunk into the ground but quickly transformed to reveal the mokuton clone that had replaced him.

The actual Yamato appeared at the tree line closest to them, reforming behind Kakashi's back and furiously forming hand signs.

"Oh! Excuse the hell out of me for actually, you know, missing you. 'See you tomorrow, Tenzou.' Those were your last words to me! Then five years of nothing, Kakashi."

Jutsu complete, the ground cracked and rumbled around them, crumbling under Kakashi feet and spreading with the force of Yamato's chakra and anger.