A True Ninja Uses Their Head

"Yooshh! Time for some well-deserved Ichiraku ramen! I can almost taste it!"

Kankuro stepped out onto the path, cracking his knuckles. "Hehehehn. Look who it is. And there's no weirdo around to save you this time. Not that I wouldn't kick that kid's ass too. You don't get the jump on Kankuro twi --"

"Yo!" The groups eyes turned towards the approaching figure in the distance. A boy in a short-cut white and blue yukata, waving cheerfully.

"Hohhhh~? You going to fight?" A bright smile. "Okay, I'm in!"

"Fine by me, go ahead and use up all your tricks for nothing." Smirk.

"Tricks? Oh, no. I'll just kick your ass with taijutsu."

He growled... then smirked, manipulating his fingers. Rin flew up by his feet with a "WHOOOO! Oi OI! Kono HENTAI!" Suspended upside down in midair, he held his yukata hem down, with a blushing, angry look. His arms were immediately bound to his sides.

"Euchh, as if..." He drew a kunai with a sly grin. "Fitting, don' t you think?" regarding the prone ninja. He sprung into movement.

"You better have a clone again, for your sake...!"

"NO! WEIRDO!" Naruto yelled out in panic.

"WHOOOOO!" The boy suddenly drew his body up towards his feet, just as naruto came charging in. Kankuro deflected Naruto's punch, but whatever he was going to say or do was cut short. BLAM!

"ITTTEEEEEETETETE -- ooff!" Rin collapsed in a heap on the ground as his invisible bonds loosened, wincing and rubbing his head with tears in his eyes.

"That's it... KARASU!!" The ninja put his palms together, and his wrapped burden unfurled in a sudden flurry.

"KORRRAAA!" Still sitting on the ground, Rin acrobatically swirled in a rapid leg sweep, while at the same time swinging into standing position -- as Kankuro and his newly freed puppet toppled to the ground.

"Huuuuua OHHHH!" Rin took a large windup kick, driving his foot mercilessly into his opponent's unguarded rear end. "TAIJUTSU!!!"

"AAAAHHH!! DAMMIT, YOU BRAT!"

Rin put his fists up loosely, jumping lightly from foot to foot, with pouting lips and a furrowed brow.

"IKEE!!" A knifed had flew from underneath the puppet's cloak as Rin narrowly dodged, arcing his back with a comedic expression of panic on his face. He transitioned into a quick roll and backflip, then gathered himself, clearing his throat.

"HEEEEEEELp!!" Rin begain to flee with flailing arms. "EEEEEEEEK!! A foreign ninja is attacking me with a scary puppet!!"

Kankuro and Naruto just looked on in confusion.

"Hey...." It was a Konoha ninja on duty. "Just what do you think you're doing."

Kankuro threw a look of frustration in the direction his wily opponent and disappeared into.