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"What's happening? Are they still coming?" One of the rogue ninjas asked.
"Oh yes. We make sure that leaving tracks wouldn't miss them. They're already stuck on our trail, alright," the kunoichi answered and uses her telescope to view the Sand Siblings chasing after them. "It's perfect. We will be in range shortly. There are three of them, including Gaara."
"As for the other two, beat them up however you like, Kujaku. Take them one to one in combat. Meanwhile, I'll lure Gaara into a scale position," the leader instructed.
"Okay, I'll get first crack at them," the woman said.
"Alright. You're on," the leader agreed.
Then, the kunoichi moved to the front on top of the tree branch and performs her Sword Art technique that produces wind, which almost blew the trees away.
"What's going on?" Kankuro asked out loud.
"A wind user," Temari replied as she pulled out her fan quickly and said with a smirk. "Just my favorite." She instantly ventilate the wind back and slices the trees off.
"Excellent," Gaara commented with his arms crossed as usual.
"Not bad, Temari," Kankuro said.
"What'd you expect?" She asked rhetorically.
"Impressive," a voice spoke behind them as she landed in front of them near a distance and belittles her. "Not everyone can blow away my fast wind and look... You're just a kid."
Temari glanced at her brothers, saying. "You two go on ahead."
"What? You're good taking her on by yourself?" Kankuro questioned for assurance.
"Are you sure of this?" Gaara asked.
"No problem. We're two pieces in a pie. She and I are going to swap wind jutsu techniques. Get moving, Gaara. Save your student," Temari smiled coolly.
The red-headed ninja's eyes widened in realization and closed his eyes, giving her a curt nod. "You're right. Thank you." He hopped out to go and find her as soon as possible.
"Be careful," Kankuro followed along, leaving her and the enemy behind to fight.
"You're finished!" Kujaku declared boldly to charge at them.
Temari narrowed her eyes at her and said. "I was about to say the same thing!" She blew her fan, using her Wind Release technique towards her.
"Wind Slash! Yahh!" Kujaku swung her swords that swiftly drove the wind at her.
Temari deflected it with her fan and questioned in disbelief. "What kind of wind...?!"
"My twin swords can twist the wind encounter currents, increasing its power. You've only just begun to see what I can do. Having second thoughts? With these, I need only a fraction of my chakra. You have to use all of yours. How long can it last? I guess we'll find out," Kujaku smirked cunningly.
At the same time, Gaara and Kankuro were still heading on through the forest to go and rescue his student on the way.
"Matsuri..." The red-headed thought concernedly and saw the two enemies ahead of them. "There they are."
The brunette girl fluttered her eyes open and noticed that she was caged inside a wooden barrel. "Where... am I?"
"So you're awake? Good. You'll see the trap unfold as you lure your teacher right into it," the leader said evilly.
"Ah!" Matsuri's eyes widened in shock when she glanced at her front view, then smiled happily. "Gaara-sensei."
The blue-haired ninja named Ryugan performed his technique as an ambush. "Fang Release: Dark Sword!" His weapon extended to attack them, but missed.
Gaara and Kankuro landed on their feet to confront him.
"Hmm. What do you think that you've never seen a sword like this one?" Ryugan asked smirking.
"He's just a kid. Heh. I get it. That swords is made up of sections connected by a wire right into the center of it. What do you know? It's like one of those bamboo snake puppets I used to scare people with when I was a kid," Kankuro explained and chortled at him ridiculously. "What are you planning to do with that kid's toy? I hope you got something better than that up your sleeve because I'm warning you little man, when it comes to puppets, you're playing with the master." He glanced at his younger brother, informing. "You go on ahead."
"I can leave him to you?" Gaara asked.
"Yeah. Don't worry, he's not worth your trouble. I'll catch up with you," Kankuro assured him.
"You got it," The red-headed began to ran and resume his search for Matsuri.
"Okay, sonny. I'll play with you," Kankuro smiled in a smug with a hand gesture to let him come over.
"I wouldn't be so confident if I were you. It could be the last mistake you ever make," Ryugan noted.
"Kid, you're going to get a spanking," Kankuro remarked quietly.
"I'm going to wipe that makeup right off your face," Ryugan swings his sword directly towards him.
"Let's play," Kankuro started to move his chakra strings to control his puppets out of his back, much to the enemy's surprise. The puppet flew above Ryugan and transforms into a cage and strangles him inside. "Boy, that's it? I wasn't expecting much, but come on."
The puppet cage was eventually destroyed into pieces by the sword.
"Now, are you starting to get it? This sword is hardly a child's toy. I only have to exert a tiny bit of chakra and it amplifies a tenfold and channels it into the form of a dragon," Ryugan said.
"Gaara, sorry. This could take longer than I thought," Kankuro clenched his teeth in a sweat, whereas the other enemies made a strategy to draw his younger brother into the river scale position.
Suiko turns around to swing his giant mace towards Gaara, who then faces him. "This is as far as you go. Unless you go through me."
"If you insist. Fine," the red-headed ninja crosses his arms calmly as he initially reveals his sand out of his gourd.
Elsewhere, Shikamaru and the rest of the leaf members were still waiting for the signal, much to Naruto's impatience.
"Hey, dude. How long are we supposed to wait?" The blonde-haired ninja asked.
"Use your head. You can't just throw an ambush together. You got to set it up and it means doing reconnaissance, which is what Neji, Shino and Hinata are doing for us right now," the smart-headed ninja lectured.
"They're doing what?" Naruto repeated.
In the middle of the forest, the bugs arrived at where Neji is and uses his Byakugan to locate the battles between the Sand Siblings and the Four Celestials into the separate areas.
"That's it. The news I was waiting for," Shikamaru looked over the tiny pouch that leads the other bugs to notify them.
"Good. I was starting to cramp up," Naruto gripped his fists eagerly.
"Okay, what's the word?" The smart-headed ninja asked the bugs, now that they spread the message layout in front of him to read the scripture and exclaimed. "Well, that's a drag. Things have already gotten started. Alright, Kiba and Choji take to the West Forest. Ino and I will take the hills to the Northeast. Naruto and Lee, take the Northwest Forest. We will operate back up slides of to. Ready, let's begin the 'Operation: Return the Favor.' Move out!" With that further notice, everyone else agreed and head out to where they are supposed to be. Once he and Ino were hopping to every branch, he stopped immediately to realize something.
"If they're really trying to get away, they stop and turn on their pursuers, taking one by one in separate battles..." Shikamaru thought and said in horror. "Unless, it's a trap." He pulled out an ink bottle and began to write a warning on the tree. "That should do it. Let's go."
"Right," Ino smiled in agreement as they continued their chase, leaving the bugs to decipher the code that was displayed on the wood.