NARUTO:The sealed shinobi.

Choji and Shikamaru nodded. Choji raised his hand, "I was there when he started fighting the Mohawk guy. If the fight stayed the way it started off then yes, Naruto definitely killed that guy."

After picking up Tayuya they set back out for Konoha. Shikamaru spoke up, "So you guys were sent to back us up?"

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Temari nodded, "Right after Naruto left Suna we got a messenger hawk from Konoha asking for assistance for an emergency so we left immediately. With the speed we were moving I thought we would have passed him on the way but he must not have been joking about how he said he could run straight from Suna to Konoha nonstop."

Shikamaru chuckled, "You'd better believe it if he told you. Naruto beat three of these guys with little to no trouble. Where are your teammates?" Temari pointed her thumb over her shoulder, "We split up in the three different directions that we sensed your group in. They probably found the rest of your group by now."

Shikamaru sighed in relief, "That's good... This troublesome mission finally has a silver lining around a gray cloud. Let's get back to Konoha and wait for the others."

XxX

Naruto and Kimimaro stood facing off, Kimimaro using his cursed seal level one form, Naruto activating the Kyuubi's shroud. The two stood still while the wind blew across the field. Kimimaro pulled the bones out of both of his arms to dual wield swords, "Let us begin."

A short quirk of Naruto's lips was all the indication to start that either needed as they moved as blurs across the battlefield. Naruto was dodging Kimimaro's double handed strikes and attempting to counter with his claws. Naruto ducked a dual slash at his head but ended up getting kicked back by Kimimaro. Naruto ducked down low and rushed at Kimimaro's legs, shooting for his knees with a takedown attempts, sweeps, and swiping at his legs and lower torso with his claws while simultaneously avoiding low stabbing attempts from Kimimaro.

Kimimaro was the best all around close range fighter in pretty much all of Otogakure, and a good fighter can tell things about their opponent's style from watching them attack. Kimimaro saw that what Naruto gave up in poise and precise movements due to his influx of power he gained in terms of his bloodlust and ways to cause injury to his enemies. If Kimimaro didn't up his own power himself then the attack would have began to overwhelm him.