Chihiro stands up somewhat more stiffly than usual, and goes to disarm the traps so they can leave safely.

He is definitely learning some healing spells, he doesn't care how hard they are or how many times he has to cut himself while practicing - 

He doesn't know her traps, so isn't really able to help with disarming, and he needs to keep an eye on their surroundings instead of on her while they're running - 

But he does, at least, stay as alert as he can, despite the headache still throbbing in the back of his mind and the way any flickers of anger or fear or even mild worry cause that damn seal to stir.

They travel undisturbed for a while, and then a concussive blast of sound rips a hole in the earth in front of their path.

He and Naruto draw their main weapons, redirecting to the side of their path.

Chihiro joins them.

Three figures drop down, wearing forehead protectors from Otogakure and smug grins. "End of the line," says the leader, a boy with his head wrapped almost entirely in bandages, exposing only his left eye.

"We don't have scrolls," Naruto says, apparently entirely sincerely. And it's even a little bit true - the scrolls are not in any of their direct possession. "So there's no point in any of us wasting the energy."

"As we care," sneers the girl. "Stand aside. We're here to fight Sasuke."

" - Right." They're sincere; they don't care about the scrolls. They're intent on Sasuke - not angry at him though... "One question: do you work for Orochimaru?"

He glances at Sasuke and Chihiro - without his chakra he's limited to his knives, which means he'll want to close after they do.

Chihiro has her sword ready.

The three enemies start at the mention of Orochimaru.

That looks like an opening to him.

The leader swings his fist and creates an ultrasonic shockwave that rattles Sugira's brain.

Unfortunately for the leader Sugira has now teleported behind him. The device on his arm seems to be the most likely source of the trouble - and Sugira has very little patience for anyone who seriously threatens his team like Orochimaru did.

Naruto might be wrong about them working for Orochimaru, in which case Sugira might later decide to feel bad for slamming his sword down onto the boy's right shoulder.

Naruto goes for the girl.

His shoulder pops, but he spins anyway, trying to catch Sugira at close range.

The girl hurls a pair of senbon at Naruto, bells on the end tinkling.

Chihiro takes the third, dodging one blast of sound and catching the second of the flat of her blade.

He goes low, stabbing up.

There's probably some kind of trick there but his coat's thick enough to catch senbon, so, he's mostly going to go for making himself hard to hit and closing fast enough to stop whatever she's doing.

Sugira's targets grunts, taking the hit, but he's still slapped by the ultrasound, almost as hard as a physical hit, and his balance goes wonky.

She throws more to the sides, stretching wire across the space high and low and leaps back before taking aim at him again.

She's a pest. He glances at Sasuke - 

And swerves for Sasuke's opponent. He's close enough...

Sugira doesn't need his balance to teleport twice in quick succession, getting behind the girl. His swing's not very accurate, and he's not able to be as cautious about damage as usual, but he's close behind her -

He cuts through her hair. The end comes away sticky with blood, and she collapses.

The leader is adjusting, but he's still focused on Sugira and doesn't notice Naruto until too late-

He's going for the same arm Sasuke did.

His knives skitter over the large metal gauntlet before biting into his upper arm, but not quickly enough to prevent him from disengaging.

Naruto's going to keep pressing, now aiming for doing a lot of damage to center mass, and hope either he's fast enough or one of his teammates gets in to back him up.

The leader lets him get in close, then bats Naruto in the gut, doubling the impact.