So one minor mystery solved, about ten more to go.
The cloaked adversaries started the battle off in excellent fashion by spreading out all around him, intent on attacking him on all sides.
Two intruders charged at him, moving in to attack him using hand-to-hand combat from opposite sides.
The shinobi casually brought his left arm to block the fist that was sailing towards his head and his right arm to block the foot that was heading to his hips.
All without taking a glance.
While the two cloaked figures were stopped in their tracks, two more cloaked figures moved to attack him from behind while he was distracted. Utilizing their fast speed to catch him unaware.
But this plan was foiled as the low and high kicks from the two attackers were dodged by jumping in-between both attacks.
As he was in mid-air, he grabbed both of his initial assailants from their fist and foot respectively and twisted his body around, allowing for the momentum to do his bidding rather than using his own strength.
With that momentum, he swung both intruders towards the faster pair and let go, allowing for them to smash against on another and send them all towards the ground.
All without him actually having to fight yet.
Hopefully they all got the point of what he did.
"Look. You're all outmatched here. Just tell me what I want to know and you all could leave here peacefully." Naruto reasoned, hoping that the group would see just how outmatched they were in every way.
The only reason he hadn't outright knocked them all out was because he had no idea where the hell this bastard was. He could be anywhere in this damn summer home and using clones would take too long to find him.
He needed this information.
"...You won't be able to convince us to stop. We would never betray our king. We live to serve him." one of the cloaked individuals spoke quietly.
This was the first time that he heard any of their voices. Their distinctly feminine voices.
"So you won't talk huh? Then I'll have to make you talk." Naruto declared, he would have to take out a couple of these cloaked women in order to intimidate some to talk.
Then he felt it again.
His head snapped towards another area of the forest, just like the magic circle...he barely sensed the usage of energy.
He could take a guess that he used demonic energy as well.
But just as quickly as it appeared, it disappeared. There was no way that Naruto could have pinpointed where the energy came from.
But he knew that the bastard is somewhere in the forest...when Mio, Maria, Issei, and Asia-san were in the forest.
Naruto's eyes narrowed. He couldn't waste time.
Thinking that he was distracted, one of his adversaries created a magic circle and aimed to hit him.
Big mistake.
Faster than her eyes could have seen, he disappeared and reappeared right in front of her.
"Enough."
The shinobi smashed a fist into her stomach, faster than she could have reacted and harder than she could have handled.
Spittle came flying out of her mouth, mixed in with a little blood as she lost consciousness from the blow and fell over to the forest floor.
One.
All was silent as the blond stood up from his crouched position and moved to address the rest of his enemies.
But before he could, the who spoke for the group before, spoke again.
"You won't stop us with words Uzumaki Naruto. We won't stop. We will never stop. Even if we should all die here, we will accomplish our duty." the cloaked woman claimed, as the rest of her comrades prepared to attack all at once.
Naruto shook his head, a shame. But he really couldn't play nice this time. His friends could possibly be in serious danger.
So once more, he showed his true colors.
Before any of them could have reacted, he disappeared in a burst of speed and attacked.
He reappeared behind one of his enemies and chopped the back of her neck, efficiently knocking her out.
Two.
Her comrade in front of her noticed his presence and tried to create a magic circle to bombard him with magic bullets.
But before she could send the spell towards him, he climbed the falling body of his last victim and pushed himself from the body to send him towards his next target.
He smashed her face with both of his feet and sent her down towards the ground.
Three.
A pair of cloaked figures were charging at him, intent on attacking him as a unit instead of as separate entities.
As the two closed in, the shinobi charged them in return, seemingly about to face the duo head-on.
But right before they reached him, he jumped over both of his adversaries and pushed his feet towards their backs, causing them to smash into the ground before they even knew what hit them.
Five.
He wasn't done yet.
Another intruder came towards him with a fist raised, but it was redirected by the blond by slapping the arm away from it's original trajectory. Allowing it to keep going, but to a different target.
The target was one of her comrades, who was moving in to help and received nothing but a punch for her trouble.
As the woman covered her broken nose and the other tried to turn in order to engage the blond again, they were both surprised to instead feel hands grip their heads...
Then for those hands to smash their heads together.
Seven.
Naruto quickly hit the deck, as a high kick went soaring over him from another of the hostile females.
As he was on the ground, he made a handstand and pushed his body up towards the airborne enemy. All in order to smash his knee into her jaw.
Eight.
Turned out that she was a distraction, as five of his cloaked enemies rushed him with the intent of smashing him into the ground while he was in his vulnerable state.
Unfortunately for them, he wasn't vulnerable at all.
As the group entered the range for close-combat, he continued his handstand and twisted his body to allow for his body to spin on place, like a prepped top that was about to be unleashed.
Then he spread his legs out as much as he could...
Finally, he spun his body around like a twister, allowing for the feet to smash against the faces of his standing enemies. Sending them all onto the ground in a heap.
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