Akamaru

Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro arrive as allies and save the Konoha squad from separate crises.

Shikamaru leads Naruto, Neji, Kiba, and Choji as the squad forms to pursue Sasuke.

Kiba and Akamaru take on Sakon and Ukon, keeping the mission alive despite heavy damage.

The Konoha squad catches up to the Sound Four and begins splitting up to keep the pursuit alive.

In the preliminaries, Naruto turns Kiba and Akamaru's teamwork against them with transformation and shadow clones.

Naruto works with Team 8 to search for the Bikochu as a possible lead toward Sasuke.

Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata head into the Gosunkugi capture mission.

Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata take on the buried gold excavation mission.