Two and a half years have passed since Naruto Uzumaki left to train with Master Jiraiya. Kimiko Sumire and her friends have been training hard themselves during his absence. Now, Naruto returns home and everyone is overjoyed o see him again.
It isn'...
The sun shines brightly down on us as I hide behind a boulder with Naruto and Sai, who is really a Shadow Clone in disguise, our gazes fixated on the Tenchi Bridge crossing the huge ravine.
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The bridge was actually a fake made by Yamato's Wood Style. I soon spot a figure wearing a white hooded cloak with red stripes along the hem approach the bridge.
Naruto whispers, "He's coming!" The figure, Yamato, pauses and grips his hood as he gazes around, before slowly stepping onto the bridge. "Come on! When do we make our move?"
I tell him, "Any second now. Just be patient."
Suddenly, the jingling of bells reaches our ears. Naruto and I whip our heads around to see Sasori in his Hiroku, who is actually Sakura transformed, approach the Tenchi Bridge.
Naruto murmurs, "There he is!" We watch as the two meet each other and stare at one another in silence, unmoving. Naruto clenches a fist. "Come on! Where's the damn signal?!"
"Patience, Naruto, remember?" I remind him while keeping my gaze on Sasori and Yamato. Just then, Sasori raises his right arm with his thumb held upward. "There's the signal!!"
The three of us leap out of hiding and charge for the cloaked figure. Naruto throws a punch but Yamato catches it with ease before throwing him back.
Yamato throws Naruto away and whirls around to flee. Naruto yells, "Hold it right there!" He throws a kunai knife and it tears through the side of Yamato's hood, throwing it back off his head in the process.
Sakura poofs back to her original form as she calls to us, "Now, Naruto, Kimiko!"
I smirk devilishly to myself as I use my enhanced speed to get to Yamato. He gasps as I loom above him while doing hand signs. "Chidori!"
Yamato looks stunned as I thrust my Chidori at him but he swerves to the side to avoid it. I whirl back to Yamato and swiftly unsheathe my twin fans and snap them open. His eyes widen as I slash them for him at incredible speed, narrowly missing Yamato. He brings out a kunai to block my right fan and I gaze at him impassively.
I pull back as I bring down my left fan and we exchange a few swift and vicious blows. We clash weapons again and press them against each other before Yamato throws me back with an exerted grunt.
Yamato mocks me as I slid back into a kneeling position on one knee, glaring at him through my swaying bangs, "Awe, don't tell me that's all you've got!"
Naruto appears before him, then and throws a punch. Yamato catches it and the blonde brings up a leg to kick him. Naruto throws a few more punches before Yamato kicks him away.
Naruto lands in a crouch with his back to the brunette as he mutters through clenched teeth, "Dammit!!"
"Surely you can do better than that?" He taunts again. Sai then runs at him and Yamato easily avoids the punches and kicks Sai throws at him.
