Throw the torch at it.

The distance isn't that great...

Naruto chucks the torch. It soars through the air and strikes its target, dispelling it like it were just a mass of shadow.

"Huh? A shadow clone?" maybe not, but it was something, "I've got to find Ino... I don't think the Kyuubi wants me finding her..."

Naruto moves on ahead, coming to another fork. Two choices.