Naruto looked at Anko who was still trying to hit the shinobi and nodded to her who then nodded back. Both pulled away and jumped a fire distance before the unnamed ninja saw Itachi making hand signs.
"Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu," he called out as five fireballs shaped like flower shot towards the shinobi. They hit their target though when the attack cleared they saw a log in its place.
"Kawarimi," Naruto said he searched around but sensed them underneath Anko. "Anko beneath you!"
Anko jumped just as hands shot out of the sand that went to grab her ankle as they person shot out of the ground following after Anko and deliver a hard kick to her abdomen that made Anko get the wind knocked out of her.
As she fell Itachi came up from behind her and caught her while Naruto sent a flurry of shuriken towards the enemy but deflected them with a ray of their own shuriken.
"Suiton: Mizurappa," Naruto said as a jet of water shot out of his mouth.
"Katon: Haisekishou," the enemy said as ash poured out of their mouth and formed a protective layer in front of them that the jet of water hit instead. Before Naruto could make a move the figure appeared next to him and punched him, making him fall back; before he could land though the figure quickly appeared behind him and kicked him in the back as well before finally throwing him towards his friends.
When he landed Itachi grabbed a kunai with a paper bomb on it and threw it towards their enemy.
It exploded just as it went past her head put quickly saw they had used the Kawarimi once again.
"You will have to do better than that." the shinobi said appearing behind them and used the wind senbon on them again.
"Katon: Boukaheki no Jutsu," Itachi said as a wall of flames erupted in front of them which stopped the wind senbon. However the shinobi jumped through the fire wall and lunged at Itachi and the two began to taijutsu spar.
Naruto recovered from the hits from earlier and went forward with Anko to help their team mate.
As the figure managed to trip Itachi up and made a kunai appear out of their sleeve and drove it towards Itachi, Naruto appeared beside Itachi blocking the strike with Shusui. Anko came up to the side and kicked the figure which managed to connect this time.
However the enemy shinobi grinned underneath their mask before they suddenly dispersed in a gust of wind.
"Wind Clone," Naruto said as they looked where they had been standing before a voice rang out behind them
"Fuuton: Taifuu Kougeki," they said as a tornado of wind erupted form their palms and shot towards the team. "Disperse," Naruto said as the trio jumped away. But when they did, what they guessed was clones came up from behind them and kicked the three of them away.
The three landed with a thud as the clones disperse in wind again as the shinobi approached them.
"Maybe I should use my new sword technique…"he thought since he really did not want to use Mokuton for this. He could not risk being exposed as a Mokuton user just yet.
"We need to work together. Whoever they are they are no chunin, they must be stronger maybe a Jonnin level like Mikoto-sensei."
"Why do we get stuck with someone who a high level ninja? Why couldn't we get a chunin?" Anko wined as she stood up.
"I guess they thought we were different form the others. I don't think we should disappoint." Itachi said as the three nodded. "If we work together we can do it." Naruto said as the three readied themselves.
"Not giving up yet. How do I know you are worth my time?" the ninja asked.
"Watch and see." Naruto said.
"Sen'eijashu," Anko called out as two snakes erupted from her sleeves. They struck at the shinobi who jumped back.
When the masked ninja did he/she saw a flurry of kunai from Naruto and Itachi heading towards them. "Fūton: Daitoppa," they said as a blast of wind erupted from her knocking the kunai away.
When she looked towards them she saw Itachi and Anko had vanished. Looking up she saw the two coming down towards them and engage the masked shinobi.
Itachi kicked high while Anko attacked low, making the shinobi work a little harder than before but still managed to rather elegantly dodge the attacks. As she attacked, the masked shinobi noticed Naruto had now vanished. Her eyes searched around all the while defending form the other two.
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