Naruto raced through the trees, a frown set on his face as he chased behind the albino teen from Oto. He could still remember Tayuya's words of warning before he set out. Kimimaro was fanatically devoted to Orochimaru, and he would do anything for the snake Sannin. Kimimaro was also ridiculously strong and quite the capable warrior. The redhead had told him that Kimimaro had destroyed all four of Orochimaru's bodyguards in a fight at once, and Tayuya still had the scars to prove it.
Naruto didn't want to fight someone like that in an enclosed space, so he wasn't racing ahead of Kimimaro. He knew he was faster than the albino bone wielder.
Finally, Kimimaro came to a clearing and Naruto put on a burst of speed. He had both boots of the outfit Mikoto gave him on top of the barrel. He forced it down to the ground by pushing with his legs, making the barrel that Sasuke was in slam into the ground.
Naruto landed in front of Kimimaro, eyes set on the passive face of the bone wielder. "I can't let you take Sasuke-teme to Orochimaru. His mother would be distraught." Naruto said standing to his full height, dressed in the black ANBU uniform with his mother's sword at his side and the Kusanagi at his back. He was decked out with several scrolls and equipment pouches. He would need every advantage in this fight, he was sure.
Kimimaro regarded the blonde annoyance in front of him. "It would seem I will have to deal with you. Orochimaru-sama has already had to swap bodies, and I am tasked with taking Sasuke-sama to Orochimaru-sama." Kimimaro kept his face completely blank. He was surprised at the other members who were dispatched to find Sasuke, all of them having failed to kill the group of brats.
Kimimaro slashed his hands through the air, and fired the bones of his fingertips out with pin point accuracy and amazing speed. He then followed the attack by charging at the blonde. His fingertips bled from firing off the bones of his fingers like that.
Naruto dodged to the side of the white projectiles, drawing his mother's sword from his hip as he blocked against Kimimaro's attack, a spin kick that would have caught Naruto in the head. Naruto spun to the side, and swiped at the older teen with his sword, enhancing the edge with wind chakra. He caused the sword to dig deep into Kimimaro's arm, bleeding the older teen.
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Kimimaro looked down at his wounded arm; he could practically feel his bone fusing back together from the rather successful cut. Wind chakra seemed to be rather powerful, or perhaps it was just the blonde he was facing. He glanced to the barrel that contained Sasuke. "It would seem I will have to take you more seriously." He said and bent his knees, crossing his arms over his chest. "This is the First dance. Dance of the Willow." He said as bones ripped from his flesh at his shoulders, his elbows, his palms, and his knees. Blood dripped from them and soaked his clothes as he rushed at Naruto.
Naruto parried the first attack, a swipe from the palm aimed for his face. Naruto spun, dodging the second swipe from a knee at his chest. Naruto was analyzing Kimimaro's movements, each and every one of them were precise and unpredictable. Naruto ducked down under a slash from Kimimaro's elbow, before he drove his palm into Kimimaro's sternum.
Kimimaro spun, swinging his arms around and finishing with a spin kick at the blonde, all the attacks dodged or blocked. Kimimaro would give the blonde credit, he was rather skilled. "To be forced to use this against such trash." Kimimaro said as his shoulder gave a jerk. He reached up and grabbed the shoulder bone, his chakra modifying it as he pulled it from his body into a sword. "Second dance: Dance of the Camellia." He said before rushing at the blonde, weaving an intricate dance with his sword.
Naruto brought up his sword and parried and blocked the complex attacks. Some were where he blocked, some were not and it was causing problems for Naruto. He knew he was faster than Kimimaro, and he had proved the albino could bleed at the very least without Kimimaro using his own abilities. Even now, Naruto could see the blood dripping down along Kimimaro's 'sword'. Still, Naruto was taking the bone user quite seriously. He was dangerous, Naruto would give the older teen that much and then some.
Naruto popped the guard off of his mother's sword and flicked it up, deflecting another one of Kimimaro's attacks, catching the second sword in his other hand as he spun and broke Kimimaro's sword, slicing through it with his wind chakra.
Kimimaro looked at the broken blade of his bone and dropped it before his shoulder jerked once more and he pulled out another. "My Kekkei Genkai allows for me to manipulate the calcium in my body, allowing for the growth and re-growth of my bones at my will. I can also harden them to the point they are as strong as diamonds. It would appear that you are worthy of me using this trait." Kimimaro said.
Naruto narrowed his eyes a bit. "Enough talk." He said and dashed ahead, weaving his own intricate dance of sword play, forcing Kimimaro back as Naruto ducked, dodged, spun and slashed. Kimimaro kept up with every slash though, showing that his reactions were top notch, even if his speed was less than Naruto's own.