The Sky Cleared

"Naruto, do you not need hand seals for any of your ninjutsu?!"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot. I'll make them now."

As he spoke, Naruto put on a show of forming hand seals. With a thought, a fire dragon appeared before him, whirling through the air and burning Orochimaru into a pile of ash.

"Boring... I'd better train my taijutsu instead."

Watching Orochimaru reappear, Naruto sighed helplessly and could only give up on the idea of killing Orochimaru here.

He sprang forward and threw a punch at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru caught the incoming fist in his palm and chuckled.

"Naruto, do you want to see my taijutsu? Actually, I'm rather confident in my taijutsu... Urgh!"

With a muffled grunt, Orochimaru's expression changed drastically.

A foot had struck him squarely between the legs, bringing Orochimaru a distinctly unusual kind of pain.

Not quite the pain of getting hit in the balls, but close enough.

"Brat! You're courting death!"

Killing intent surged. Orochimaru tore away his elegant facade, his face turning savage and terrifying as several venomous snakes burst from his body and lunged at Naruto.

"You don't have what it takes to kill me, Orochimaru. Know your place. The weak should have the awareness of the weak..."

Using Flying Thunder God to teleport, Naruto vanished from before Orochimaru and appeared behind him.

A Rasengan sent Orochimaru flying, landing him at the feet of the suddenly appearing Anko.

"Orochimaru, die here with me!"

Overjoyed, Anko immediately dropped onto Orochimaru's body.

Ninja Art: Twin Snakes Mutual Death Technique!

A mass of snakes covered the two of them, squeezing and coiling around them as Anko prepared to detonate the snakes.

Then she suddenly realized that the Orochimaru beneath her had turned into mud.

Orochimaru stood on a nearby tree branch. Looking at Anko sprawled on the