Deep in the dense forest, fierce metallic clashes and furious roars rang out ahead.
Shikamaru and Kiba had reached the edge of the battlefield. They stopped, watching the battle ahead with grave expressions.
Neji arrived soon after. When he saw the scene before him, his brows knitted tightly.
There was one person, yet he also looked like two.
Another head actually protruded from a white-haired man's body, its face wearing a sinister smile, like a demon parasitizing its host.
"Are those the other two of the Sound Four?"
Kiba licked his lips. There was no fear in his eyes, only excitement.
"Akamaru, look!"
He patted the puppy in his arms.
"That guy moves like a wild beast. Perfect for us to get some exercise!"
Akamaru gave a timely bark, looking eager to have a go.
Just as Kiba was about to charge forward.
"Whoosh-"
A black blur shot past them at incredible speed, whipping up a gust that tousled everyone's hair.
Son Goten landed steadily at the edge of the battlefield, his hands in his pockets, looking utterly bored.
His gaze fell on the grotesquely shaped Sakon and Ukon.
The next second, Goten's previously rather calm, adorably dopey little face fell.
His brows knotted together, and his nose wrinkled, his eyes filled with undisguised aversion and disgust.
"Hey, Naruto."
Goten spoke without even turning around.
Naruto froze for a moment, then answered, "Huh? Boss, what's up?"
Goten extended a chubby finger and pointed straight at Sakon and Ukon on the battlefield, his voice carrying the visceral revulsion of someone seeing a cockroach crawl onto the dinner table.
"Look at those two ugly freaks."
"Two heads growing out of one body, stuck together, their mouths opening and closing. Just looking at them makes me sick."
"What kind of perverted Kekkei Genkai