Naruto looked at the Sound Four and considered for a moment before the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. He formed hand seals. "Multi Shadow Clone Technique." Naruto created four shadow clones and said, "You all know what to do, right?"
The four shadow clones formed hand seals at the same time. "Transformation Technique." They transformed into four Konoha ninja.
Naruto nodded. "Go." The four rushed out.
The four shadow clones pretended to stumble upon the Sound Four. One of them said, "Who's there? Who are you?"
Another clone said, "They look like the four who followed Orochimaru when he attacked Konoha last time."
A third clone said, "That's right, it's them. Those four set up the Four Violet Flames Formation and trapped Lord Third Hokage. They nearly got him killed."
The last clone said, "Hurry back to the village and report that Orochimaru seems to be plotting something again. I'll hold them off."
Confronted with four Konoha ninja out of nowhere, Kidomaru said, "Well, well, running into ninja from Konoha even out here. Our luck really isn't great."
Seeing three of the four Konoha ninja flee toward Konoha, Tayuya said, "Stop talking and finish them off. Our mission is to bring back Sasuke Uchiha. If they get back and report this, we probably won't even be able to enter Konoha."
Kidomaru laughed. "Relax, Tayuya. They won't get away. Stay here and take care of this one. The three of us will chase them. We have to stop them before they get into Konoha." With that, Kidomaru took the lead, and Jirobo and Sakon followed.
As the three rushed past, Naruto's shadow clone made a token attempt to stop them, then let them through. "Damn it!" the clone snapped, pretending to give chase. Tayuya used the Body Flicker Technique to