
"Naruto.." - Sakura.
"It seems like he lost control.it was the worst time." - Chiyo.
Kakashi tried to exert all his strength and prepare himself.
He knew if he could not seal Naruto, the failure of their mission would be their least concern.
But fortunately, something seemed to distract everyone for a moment.
"E-eiji? Is that really you?" - Eiji instantly recognized this voice.
Meanwhile, Kakashi uses the change to place a seal on Naruto's forehead.
"Tenten..can't you?" - Lee
Eiji cursed inwardly but remained silent and Pakkun went to Kakashi's side.
"Eiji... I have a lot to ask you.." - Tenten is not hysterical like the orange-haired and pink duet he used to see his beloved Sasuke.
"Tenten, I know he is your childhood friend, but right now he is the villain that Konoha is looking for." - Neji said that, but his head was still filled with the byakko he had seen from a distance with his byakugan.
"Neji, how can you say that?! He's still Konoha's former partner!" - Lee
"Can you at least say... something, Eiji?" - Tenten tried his best to stay calm.
"Friends, don't forget our mission.although he was desired, the main priority was to save Gaara.." - Sakura.
'Huh.thank you, Sakura...I hope you all get lost.' - Eiji hoped inwardly that they would leave him alone.
Naruto who returned to his normal self looked at Eiji and said: "Sign my words, someday I will defeat you for good and you will apologize to every Hokage for insulting the title..Let's go and save Gaara, everyone !"
Naruto was about to turn around, but Eiji suddenly burst into laughter: "This is truly the worst day of my life... I'm sick of your bullshit, Naruto!"
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Eiji suddenly stopped his laughter and became so serious, that the air seemed to start freezing.
"Naruto.you know your arrogance has its limits.even if I try my best to hold you back and not try to fight back, you still act as if you can do whatever you want...looks like I'll have to teach you some basic behaviors like your dog...Sage's...Fashion..."
Even before he finished saying his last word, he disappeared and appeared beside Naruto.
"!"
Naruto couldn't even react, but he sensed how Eiji grabbed his face with one hand and threw it.
And even before he landed, Eiji was there again and punched him in the face.
"NARUTO!!" - Sakura
Naruto opened his eyes and looked at Eiji who had changed on it.
He gritted his teeth and tried to get up and fight, but another fist landed on his face.
"I don't care about your sad past or that you're suffering because Kyubi is sealed inside you. But it looks like you need a good punch to see the reality..."
With those words, Eiji started showering Naruto with his fists.
But Sakura was already approaching Eiji from behind and was about to slam her fists towards him.
Without looking, Eiji called out to the snake that trapped Sakura.
But the others did not just sit and watch: Lee flew with a kick towards him, Neji approached from the other side and Chiyo connected her chakra thread to Naruto.
Whereas with Sage-Mode, Eiji could feel it and he suddenly disappeared again.
"Naruto.what are you too-" - Sakura, who with her strength only took a short time to get out of the snake, ran towards Naruto, but she suddenly disappeared as well.
"This speed.. Can we do something against it?" - Chiyo.
Even Kakashi had trouble following his movements with his Sharingan.
"They're there!" - Neji uses the Byakugan to see them.
But Eiji had already punched Naruto several more times in the face during that time.
'Hm? I just felt something crack... It was better that I stop there.' - Eiji's hand was filled with blood and he looked at Naruto.
Naruto's face was completely swollen, plus blood, tears, and snot mixed in and made Naruto's face look like a lump of mucus.
Seeing that, Eiji just shrugged and thought, that Sakura can heal him.
By the way, defeating Naruto like that made him feel really great, however, he decided that he should look for his sword and finally leave.
But before that, he said to Naruto: "Other times before you bark like a dog, make sure you're really a bigger dog."
Meanwhile, Tenten who was looking at him the entire time while biting his lips so hard that blood flowed, finally made up his resolve.
'I don't know what you're looking at me like, Eiji, but I'm not someone you can just ignore. I'll get my answer from you, even if I have to fight you.' - he knows he has to do everything from the beginning against him, so he calls a bunch of puppets.
Eiji sensed it with his Sage-Mode and looked at him with an unreadable expression: 'Tenten...'