Inazuma will get chewy human to reveal themself. They give Sasuke a wide wolfy grin.

Serious nod.

They push off excitedly and disappear from view.

Sasuke prepares his shuriken to take advantage of any gaps in Kakashi's defense.

It doesn't take them long to get into position.

They bend down, ready to pounce --

'Raizume,' meanwhile, is antsy and trying to hide it and sort of fake plot with 'Naruto.'

"We need to move fast," she whispers, "He'll likely wait for us to make the first move, but we can't count on that - or on Sasuke." She's hoping they actually can count on Sasuke to attack first, even though she knows it's not his style. She's not sure how long she can pretend to fight like Raizume, even with how awesome she is.

"We can totally do it ourselves." He bends down and peaks out towards Kakashi. "He has no chance."

He tries to quickly and secretly make two clones, identical to them both. Then layers on a genjutsu, shifting them from Kakashi's view. Hopefully.

(Given that she can't make solid clones that's probably a giveaway if he can. And she wants to ask Raizume how to make clones like that, but - her ninjutsu scores were her worst. She's almost afraid to ask because what if she fails...)

"Jaws of the wolf, then?" she asks, referring to a loose plan they've used a lot in play fights - you and your buddy close in from not-quite opposite sides, like a wolf's mouth snapping shut. It's fun. Not super effective on anyone above genin, but it seems like the sort of thing they might reasonably think to do.

He reaches out for Inazuma mentally, receives a confirmation, and grins at her.

"You have all the best ideas, Raizume," he jokes. "Let's get him!"

They've done this countless times, all they have to do is wait for an opening.

She nods.

Sasuke gets the heads-up passed along by Inazuma and does his best not to tense in preparation.

Kakashi continues to not appear to notice anything happening and turns a page in his book.

-- and they pounce, going for the white-haired human's throat.

-- he steps back and out of the way of the wolf-puppy and certain death.

That might be as best as he's going to get.

He attacks, shuriken flying from multiple angles right as Kakashi steps back - the noise hopefully masked by Inazuma - and then immediately moves from his previous position.

He blocks the shuriken with his own, easily, but doesn't move from his position.

Argh.

He'll send a mental message to Inazuma to please attack again - they need Kakashi where the traps are - while seriously considering how many fireballs he can get off before exhausting himself. One should? Make Kakashi move?

Well, whatever, assuming Inazuma successfully herds Kakashi - at an angle to his target trap - he'll dart in and shoot off a fireball to herd him as much of the rest of the way as he can.

Inazuma sends a quick mental confirmation, jumps up and growling at their target.

Kakashi steps back -- apparently successfully herded.

Close enough.

He swoops in, already flying through the hand signs, sending a fireball at an angle - so Inazuma's in front of him, Sasuke's to his left-front, and there's traps to the right and behind, and the fireball's immensely unlikely to hit the wolf-dog.

He seems surprised -- as much as can be seen with the mask covering his expression. He jumps back again, further towards the river and away from the blast zone.

He leaps through the dissipating wisps of flame, knives splayed, trying his best to push Kakashi back.

Kakashi responds with his kunai and block all the attacks. He makes it look easy, but there is some progress and he moves further to the river.

He starts getting frustrated, attacking with more force.

Yeah, he is significantly outmatched.

"You're dropping your shoulder, Naruto-kun."