"Don't run, Orochimaru." Naruto jumped down from Manda and vomited blood the moment he landed.
Naruto clutched his chest. "Kabuto inflicted these injuries on me. I've already used the Nine-Tails' chakra to repair them, but it hasn't been enough."
Naruto watched Orochimaru flee farther and farther away, knowing it would be difficult to pursue him.
Naruto lay down on the ground and used the Nine-Tails' chakra to heal his wounds.
"Orochimaru, you can't escape. You belong to me." Naruto spoke softly. "I still have another move."
Elsewhere, Zabuza Momochi was fighting Kabuto. Kabuto had been injured by a Rasengan and was currently at a disadvantage.
Kabuto could only keep dodging, unable to mount even a decent counterattack.
Kabuto thought, I've already used the medical ninjutsu Yin Healing Wound Destruction to offset most of the damage from Naruto's attack, but that blow was too powerful. I'm still severely injured...
Seeing that Orochimaru had successfully escaped, Kabuto smiled in relief. "As long as Lord Orochimaru can escape, it will be enough even if I die here."
Orochimaru leaped into the forest and vanished completely.
Naruto's injuries recovered at an incredible speed. Within a few breaths, the Nine-Tails' chakra had repaired eighty percent of his wounds.
Naruto immediately sprang to his feet, loosened up, and said with great dissatisfaction, "Even with both the Flying Thunder God Technique and Kotoamatsukami, two dreamlike ninjutsu, I still couldn't take down Orochimaru. I lost."
With that, Naruto strode toward Kabuto in a fury.
Naruto raised his left hand and began forming a Rasengan. He glared viciously at Kabuto. "Kabuto, you can still fight like this after taking one of my Rasengan? Looks like I should give you another one."
Zabuza Momochi repeatedly swung the Executioner's Blade. With every slash, he stepped forward; with every strike, he left