Summary

Despite being so close to Shikamaru, Tayuya is able to use the power of her cursed seal to resist his shadow. He tries to strangle her before she can escape. Meanwhile, Kimimaro continues to defeat Naruto's waves of shadow clones. Just when all of his shadow clones are destroyed, the seal keeping Sasuke within his coffin dissipates and he emerges. Naruto tries to convince him to come back but he runs off. When Naruto starts to follow Kimimaro strikes. Rock Lee appears and blocks Kimimaro, telling Naruto to go after Sasuke while he deals with Kimimaro.