Yukimaru, the person that Naruto was following after because he sense demonic chakra coming from him, was no longer traveling with Kabuto but now was traveling with a purple haired woman with black eyes that was also the strange new jutsu that Kakashi and Team 8 reported back to Konoha and requested back up for. Also because of Yukimaru getting sick on the way to where her subordinates were supposed to be waiting for her, the two of them had gotten much closer then they were before.
"So, you guys still here, I thought that you would have ran away by now instead of this being here," Guren, the name of the woman with purple hair said as she entered the broken down building that was being used as their meeting place.
"We are all supposed to be your subordinates after all and it's not like we have anywhere else to be," a person with brown hair said, shrugging his shoulder.
"Also it seems that we are being followed by two groups one is group of three people and ninja dog. Rinji and I found the tracks. We are pretty sure they're the same Konoha ninja we ran into earlier," a large person that was slightly hunched over said.
"What about the second group?" Guren asked curiously.
"Not sure really. I managed to pick up on the fact that they were following us; but other then that, nothing. The moment they noticed my bats (which are being used as trackers) we have not been able to find them again. There is not even a trace of where they passed by like the Konoha ninjas following us," said Rinji, the brown hair man that larger part mentioned finding the ninja dog track with.
"So what should we do about this?" he asked.
"I know only one thing and that is that I do not want them following after us anymore, so naturally, we are going to get rid of the Konoha ninja first since we know where they are then found where that second group is and take them out as well," Guren said.
"Yukimaru, stay here until we get back. Is that understood?" the purple hair woman informed him. He just nodded in response.
From there, Guren began planting crystal flowers in circle about mile away from where her subordinates were keeping the Konoha ninjas busy and hoped that second group following them was in this area as well.
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Meanwhile inside area being surrounded by crystal flowers…
"This is just great. Of all the jutsu to run into, it just had to be this one," Naruto sighed. Thanks to Kyubi's memories, he had a rough understanding about what the crystal jutsu was capable of. Thus he had a decent idea of how to get around being detected by it while traveling in his Sexy no Just form along with Sakura as they made their way through the forest trying to find Yukimaru.
Just then with his enhanced eyesight, he noticed something up head that was out of the ordinary.
'Smoke and it's not normal smoke either,' Naruto thought and he then noticed two blurs shoot by in the distance and he recognized one as Kakashi-sensei and some large guy that he apparently was about to fight.
If Kakashi's coming from that direction, then Hinata and her team should be in the direction that the smoke is coming from.
He did not want to get involved with their fight since that could possibly blow his cover and they can give away his location to Konoha before he found out what he desired in regards to Yukimaru. Although, he could not just abandoned his friends again after seeing they might be in danger.
After awhile of thinking, Naruto decided that he was just going to have to take the risk as if they appeared quickly and left swiftly enough than there should really be a problem. Having a feeling that Kakashi-sensei would not need much help, Naruto sent a shadow clone to back him up if needed while he and Sakura headed off towards where Team 8 should to be from the direction Kakashi had come from.
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"It's over. There's nothing you can do so give up" Kakashi told Gozu, the large individual that had one of Kakashi's kunai to his neck.
Gozu just smiled as he suddenly shrunk to half his size and vanished from where Kakashi had kunai against his neck.
He appeared behind Kakashi about to strike him before the Copycat Ninja could even respond but something else happened instead as Naruto's Shadow Clone appeared behind him with swift kick to the gut, which sent Gozu flying off to somewhere else in the forest. By the time Kakashi turned around, he jumped back to see Gozu was gone and the puff of smoke still lingering behind from Naruto's Shadow Clone dispelling itself.
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Meanwhile within the smoke covered area, Hinata dropped down to one knee while holding her arm as had been beaten by Nurai, one of Guren's subordinates who though Soft Physique Modification managed to render the Gentle Fist useless. That and now that she was too tired to use her Byakugan, she lost her only advantage in this strange smoke that robbed her and Kiba, before he left, of their ability to see and smell.
"Okay, now finish her off quickly!" Rinji ordered him.
Nurai went for the killing blow against Hinata as the only reason he and he comrades were able to see in the smoke was thanks to Rinji using his bats to in someway that allow them to see too.
Yet Nurai felt something clamping down hard on his arm, so hard in fact, that even with his abilities, he was unable to move. Soon his entire body was in a similar position where he was unable to move at all. From what he could tell, it appeared to be some kind of black sand that was holding him in place
"Soft Physique Modification, huh? That's an interesting technique, yet you know it has a weakness to it," a voice said in low voice that only Nurai could hear.
"If someone where to prevent you from moving, then hit you hard enough, they could punch a hole right through you regardless of your ability," the voice said as then the missing nin known as Nurai felt a punch to his gut and tried to Soft Physique Modification render the blow useless like Hinata's Gentle Fist.
However, this proved useless as despite the modification to his body, he was still human after all and there was only so much a human body could take before its limit was reached. While this the punch broke through that limit and tore though his body like a hot knife through butter leaving a huge whole in his gut where his internal organs fell out of when they moved back into place after the Soft Physique Modification technique was canceled.
Rinji then ordered the rest of his group to fall back because he could not sense those that killed Nurai and back up was on its way according to his bats.
Soon after that, Kiba and Akamaru used Gatsuga to clear the smoke away from the area and Hinata jumped back shocked at sight on Nurai lying dead on the ground with a hole in his gut and internal organs split out on the ground in front of her. Though out the corner of her eye she could have swore that she saw a Naruto's orange and black jacket.
