"I'll take care of it," Neji said. Akamaru started to shake as he jumped in Kiba jacket.
"What's wrong? Hey, Akamaru. Apparently, this guy's stronger than the fatso before, quite a bit stronger," Kiba said
"If we're not prepared for one person, one kill, then it's not going to work out, That's what I said earlier," Neji said
"Yeah, that's right," Shikamaru said
"Plus, we won't be able to catch up with Sasuke and Y/n if we stall here," Neji said
"Choki hasn't come back either," Kiba said
"The reason we're doing this is because of the mission to bring back the two Uchihas. But that's not all. What we are after and trying to protect is the bond of the shinobi of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Do you remember Iruka's words at the Third Hokage's funeral? Look, Sasuke and y/n is heading towards Orochimaru. We can't let Orochimaru get a hold of someone from our village. Absolutely not. And," Neji said as he turned and looked at Naruto.
"Naruto your eyes are better than mine. RIght now Sasuke and y/n is in the darkness. Hurry up and go! I'll catch up with you all!" Neji said
"Gotcha, Okay! Let's go!" Shikamaru said
"You along with Choji, be sure to catch up!" Kiba said
"Yeah," Neji said as Naruto and the others jumped off. Soon it was a big battle against Neji and Kidomaru. Neji was able to defeat Kidomaru but got badly injured that he is close to dying.
There were two sound ninjas left as Tayuya was holding the barrel.
"Seriously, that fat Jirobo can't be helped but what's that clod Kidomaru doing anyway...? That lowlife!," Tayuya said
"He's got the habit of playing games, Maybe he's found someone to entertain him," Sakon said
"When that idiot plays too much, he becomes hyper and easily gets into that stage..." Tayuya said
"But still... Once he gets to the second state... it's instant death for the opponent," Sakon said as they continued jumping thru the trees. Naruto, Shikamaru and Kiba was catching up to the other sound.
"The sun starting to set neither Jirobo nor Kidomaru have come. It seems they're having a hard time." Sakon said
"It doesn't matter... More important is Lord Orochimaru. We've only completed one-third of the journey in half a day... to much interference" Tayuya said
"Yeah this is bad, We don't know whether we'll make it in time at this rate!" Sakon said as they jumped thru the trees as Naruto and the others are trying to catch up.
"Damn it we still not catching up," Kiba said
"No, this is good enough, well maintain this distance and continue the pursuit," Shikamaru said
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked
"I mean we're delaying the attack, until dawn breaks," Shikamaru said
"Get real! We can't afford such leisure!" Naruto said
"That's right! Besides, if we're going to attack anyway, isn't it more advantageous to use the darkness and attack?!"Kiba said
"For us, the darkness works to our advantage only the moment we launch the attack. It'd be close to impossible to grab Sasuke and y/n get away from them and escape to a safe location in just that one moment. If we couldn't get Sasuke and y/n back in that one moment, they'd probably just focus on guarding the coffin. If that happens, we wouldn't stand a chance in the darkness. On the contrary, for the part where they wouldn't have to move needlessly, suddenly they'd get the advantage. It'd be a different story if we had Neji's Byakugan, but," Shikamaru said