Chapter 48: CH 48
Neji re-collected himself and shook his head, "No, I don't think we're too far behind either. I assume you defeated Choji's opponent for us when you let him go after us."
Naruto motioned for Neji to follow him as they took off into the woods again to give chase to their comrades.
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Naruto and Neji landed with Shikamaru and Choji looking at their two opponents. Naruto looked over at the gritted teeth on the face of Shikamaru, "What happened?" Shikamaru wasn't surprised to see Naruto as Choji told him Naruto had freed him up from his own fight, "Kiba... He and one of the Oto guys went over the cliff into the water."
Naruto nodded, "Neji, go find Kiba and help him out. He and Akamaru wouldn't die off of something so simple, follow the river."
Neji nodded and jumped off. Shikamaru breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Okay, but another guy showed up and took the barrel holding Sasuke away. Rock Lee was fast enough to get away and give chase."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "White-hair? Weird marks above his brow?"
After blinking for a few seconds Shikamaru nodded, "Uh, yeah. How did you know?" Naruto chuckled, "I'm just good like that."
Tayuya was getting upset with all of the talk going on, "Hey! What are you three cocksuckers doing over there!"