"That hurt, you little brat." Kankuro stared at Konohamaru and the other two children who had run into him. His frightening face was painted with purple eye makeup. Irritated by their noisy antics, he grabbed Konohamaru by the collar and lifted him into the air.
"Kankuro, stop. Keep that up and you might get beaten," Temari warned him kindly from the side. They had only just arrived in Konoha; they should not be causing trouble.
"Sorry, he didn't mean it. We were just playing around," Sakura hurriedly apologized, hoping Kankuro from Sunagakure would release Konohamaru. Inside, however, she thought, Who are these people? They look terrifying.
"Hey, let him go, or I won't hold back!" Naruto showed no fear of Kankuro or Temari. He was a genin whose jonin-level strength even Kakashi-sensei had acknowledged.
Tch, so this is a Konoha genin. Another idiot, Kankuro thought. He paid no mind to Naruto's noisy shouting, not taking him seriously at all.
"Before that annoying guy gets here, I'll play with you a little." Kankuro's strength also surpassed that of a genin, which was why he thought so little of Naruto and the others.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!" Naruto raised both hands, held his index and middle fingers together, and crossed his hands into a cross-shaped seal. A succession of pops rang out as over a hundred Naruto shadow clones appeared, surrounding Temari and Kankuro. Only then did he declare smugly, "There's still time to let him go. Otherwise, I'm going to start hitting you-"
"What?" Kankuro looked at the Narutos filling both ends of the alley and standing atop the walls. His face instantly drained of color. "How is that possible? A genin can use a ninjutsu like this?"
Whoosh! A pebble suddenly struck Kankuro's arm. The sharp pain forced him to