Naruto's POV (Outside Bar in Leaf Camp - Land of Iron)
"What do you mean you want to talk?" Naruto asked as Tayuya suddenly dismissed her summons.
"I came here for my reasons, shit face," Tayuya replied.
"You're working for either that snake that nearly killed Old Man Third or you're working with the bastard who tried to kill my mom. Either way, I'm kicking your ass, forget it." Naruto yelled out defiantly.
"Listen here, you little shit! Fuck…" Tayuya grabbed onto her face with an obvious mental struggle. "Please just listen."
Naruto stopped his forward advance as he heard her tone shift. He didn't trust her, but stalling wasn't a bad idea. "Fine, hurry up."
"I may work for Orochimaru, but I have no choice but to strike out on my own." Tayuya countered. "I wanna defect to the Leaf in exchange for information."
"What the f-" Naruto started.
"Please, I happened to overhear my teammates planning to give me to that man named Ikam. He has been killing Uzumaki all over the country, and me, a fucking high-level official of the sound, was gonna be offered up to him on a platter after doing my job like a good fucking soldier." Tayuya explained.
"Why should I trust you?" Naruto asked with a glare.
"Once I give you the information, you'll see I can be trusted," Tayuya said, staring at the blonde intently.
Before either could ponder this too deeply, a scream roared out. Followed by a haunted cry of Ukon.
"Brother!" He roared as he looked up at his elevated brother being held up by a large clump of sand. Both quickly took on the form of Oni. Sakon thrashed against the sand as Ukon clawed upon it. Gaara suddenly rose from the snow, slowly forming out of the sand. Once fully formed, he kicked the brother into the clump. A wad of sand followed Ukon as he hit the clump that held his brother. The clump quickly formed around the screaming two.
"Shame you were nothing special." Gaara lectured as he lifted one arm towards the two. "If you both had used your full power instead of playing around, we may have had a good fight. Luckily, you have each other. Everyone has someone, they say… their other half. This got me thinking… What if we could merge those halves? Let's try! DOUBLE SAND COFFIN!"
The sand compressed slowly, first crushing the two together before compressing smaller and smaller, crushing each of their bones and killing both in agony. As Gaara finished his and turned towards the two, a shaky Gai and Kakashi appeared on the roof, backing Naruto. "Seems I'll have to wait. You owe me a fight, Uzumaki." He whispered as he turned into sand, disappearing from the battlefield.
Naruto frowned as Tauya raised her hands above her head. He quickly pulled some wire from a pouch on his hip, binding her hands together.
"One night out drinking, and you're already tying up young ladies! I'm so proud!"
"Quite youthful indeed, yet somewhat naughty!" Gai roared.
"Shut up, Kakashi sensei! You too, Old Bushy Brows! You are the worst, ya know?!" Naruto roared indignantly.
He was so done with today.