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All of the Rookie Nine

vs

Team Dosu and Sound Four


This is post-time skip.

Distance: 20 metres
Restriction: None
Knowledge: All have full knowledge on each other
Location: Forest of Quiet Movement

Who wins?

What, post-time skip R9 vs the pre-time skip Four and Three? (Because they're only alive pre)

The nine'll overwhelm them. Quite a few of the rookies could solo Team Dosu, leaving each member of the Four to be double-teamed.

And of course, post-timeskip Sasuke could solo all of them.

Oh damn I mean pre-time skip for rookine nine as well, I'll edit.

With pre-timeskip rookie 9, it'd definitely be a much tougher fight. They have a numbers advantage, but the Four are pretty nasty foes and there'll be no Neji or Sand backup this time, and team Dosu'll keep the weaker members of the 9 occupied for awhile.

I... think I'd still go with the 9, but with plenty of wounded. I'll probably do a breakdown on the specific matchups later.

Oh great, I can't edit...

Close match. But I think Sasuke and Naruto will pull out the wins for them. The Rookie 9 are at an advantage because they can find their opponents more easily. Hinata's Byakugan and Kiba's nose should work wonders. Team Dosu will go down easily. The Sound Four will be much tougher but I think the numbers will help there.

It is quite close though. Good thread.

At this point, Sakura, Ino, and to a lesser extent Hinata aren't too impressive (I think Kin and Zaku are the only one she could be expected to beat), though Ino could potentially possess someone to become a big threat. And while most of Team Dosu isn't too dangerous, Dosu himself is reasonably skilled.

Yeah, the girls of the Rookie 9 won't be able to help much as far as combat. But, Shikamaru and Ino work well together and could probably beat one with their combo attack. Hinata will make a fine scout for Shika to keep track of everyone. Sakura...well, she can set up some traps to distract their opponents. And give some very basic first aid to the injured.

But the rookie 9 simply have advantages that the Sound nin don't. Hinata and Kiba can keep track of the enemies and Sasuke and Naruto make up for the difference in power, though in a straight up brawl it's obvious the 9 don't stand a chance. So long as super genius Shikamaru is put on the helm, they should be able to survive.

Also, Choji'll need to use the pills again. Otherwise he's pretty outmatched too, Dosu can handle his basic meat tank well.

Yeah, he will. Wonder how long he can hold that state though? We know he could absolutely thrash Jirobi(who was the strongest of the group physically right?) so his strength would certainly help.

Though he'd definitely be dead by the end of it.

I'm curious to see how Shino fairs against these guys personally. He pwned the crap out of Zaku without really trying. I wonder which of the sound 4 he'd be best to match up with?

It looked like the one shot in butterfly mode was it.



Yes, though considered the weakest of the four as a ninja.



I think he'd have the job of taking on Kidōmaru, in Neji's absence. The destruction bugs seem like they'd be good against web, and I think only he and Sasuke would be suited for that matchup.

Originally posted by Q99
It looked like the one shot in butterfly mode was it.

Yes, though considered the weakest of the four as a ninja.

I think he'd have the job of taking on Kidōmaru, in Neji's absence. The destruction bugs seem like they'd be good against web, and I think only he and Sasuke would be suited for that matchup.

Looked like, but you never know. ^^

Obviously. Which doesn't make much sense since he has one of the most haxxed jutsu ever.

Yeah, Insect Guy vs Not Insect Guy. Would be cool.

Another advantage that the Rookie 9 have over the Sound guys is the sound guys have to split up. Since they have no way of finding the enemies, the sound guys would have to split up. Hinata will notice this and split them up accordingly. The sound four would probably go off on their own due to their overconfidence while Team Dosu would probably stick together.

My guess is it would turn into:

Naruto vs Team Dosu
Choji vs Jirobi(already know how that will turn out)
Shino vs Kidōmaru
Hinata and Kiba vs Sakon and Ukon
Sakura, Ino, and Shika vs Tayuya.

Sasuke is sort of a wild card. He is the strongest of the nine so Shika himself would decide the best strategy for him.

Well, they did stick together when going after Sasuke originally, they could decided to stay reasonably close together.

They'll split up if they think it'll allow them to beat foes one-on-one or two-on-one, but they aren't likely to



I'd put him against the twins, and have Hinata as backup for whoever needs it and/or helping against team Dosu.

Hm, he'd also be quite good against Jirobi due to elemental advantage and speed. Choji wouldn't need his pill in that case, and Sasuke could win without taking himself out. So maybe Sasuke vs Jirobi and Choji helping against the twins or team Dosu.

Originally posted by Q99
Well, they did stick together when going after Sasuke originally, they could decided to stay reasonably close together.

They'll split up if they think it'll allow them to beat foes one-on-one or two-on-one, but they aren't likely to.


Well they were in enemy territory.

They will. Because in a one on one fight, they would likely crush the 9.

Originally posted by Q99
I'd put him against the twins, and have Hinata as backup for whoever needs it and/or helping against team Dosu.

Hm, he'd also be quite good against Jirobi due to elemental advantage and speed. Choji wouldn't need his pill in that case, and Sasuke could win without taking himself out. So maybe Sasuke vs Jirobi and Choji helping against the twins or team Dosu.

Hmm...I can see helping against the twins more than Team Dosu. Naruto should have that one pretty solidly handled.

That would be cool. While Choji is distracting Jirobi, Sasuke can come in and speed blitz him from being. Drains Sasuke of chakra but keeps Choji around, which is probably a better deal. Actually, keeping Hinata and Sasuke together would be a pretty good strategy. Hinata can observe the battles and direct Sasuke to where he needs to back them up. Naruto has clones that can go anyway so he doesn't need much help and the others probably won't end their fights that quickly.

Eventually, but it'd take awhile and he might even be beat up by the end. Dosu's sound arm would be good at taking out clones, and Naruto's not good against genjutsu like Kin has. 3 on 1 can be rough even if the one is stronger and the three work as a team.

What if Shino is up against Dosu? Does Dosu's sound penetrate the hearing of Shino's bugs and do something random? Or does Shino just *female dog* slap him?

Originally posted by Q99
Eventually, but it'd take awhile and he might even be beat up by the end. Dosu's sound arm would be good at taking out clones, and Naruto's not good against genjutsu like Kin has. 3 on 1 can be rough even if the one is stronger and the three work as a team.

I agree. But considering Dosu and Zaku for some reason don't care about Kin, they probably won't work. Besides, I trust Naruto's trickery.

Originally posted by Tacitus
What if Shino is up against Dosu? Does Dosu's sound penetrate the hearing of Shino's bugs and do something random? Or does Shino just *female dog* slap him?

Probably cause he'll use his bugs to plug the wholes in that arm thing so that Dosu will blow himself up.

But sound is not exactly like air is it? (referring to fight with Zaku) Or is it? I don't really know... The databooks (which I know are NOT reliable at all) say that Dosu's and Shino's intelligence is 2.5, you think that changes a thing?

Typos. Bleh. I'm tired.

Originally posted by Tacitus
But sound is not exactly like air is it? (referring to fight with Zaku) Or is it? I don't really know... The databooks (which I know are NOT reliable at all) say that Dosu's and Shino's intelligence is 2.5, you think that changes a thing?

Eh, probably wouldn't blow him up. But it would block the sound.

Nah, that doesn't change anything. However intelligent Dosu might have appeared to have been, he did try to fight Gaara.

Yup, which we all known in that time is utter stupidity, but you have to remember his motive to not just be known as a test subject to Orochimaru, so he did ridiculous stuff to prove it.

There is ridiculous and then there is fighting a guy who survived this. Dosu himself would have been killed by the initial lotus if Zaku hadn't used his technique on the ground.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
I agree. But considering Dosu and Zaku for some reason don't care about Kin, they probably won't work. Besides, I trust Naruto's trickery.

I took it to be, all of them are willing to sacrifice each other, but they still work together.




I doubt it'd blow up... also, Dosu's not an idiot like Zaku, he'd likely have more caution about the bugs.

Originally posted by Q99
I took it to be, all of them are willing to sacrifice each other, but they still work together.

I doubt it'd blow up... also, Dosu's not an idiot like Zaku, he'd likely have more caution about the bugs.

Actually I don't even see that. Zaku and Dosu were buddies and gladly saved each other. They just shunned poor Kin.

Eh, maybe I'm underestimating him a tad. Not that I'd think those two would end up fighting each other though.

Considering he 'blew up' Choji, I think you are :P

Choji is not as smart or as capable as Zaku though.

Lesse, once everyone has their assignments, Hinata should help Naruto since genjutsu won't work on her too well, and Choji against the twins, because more people against the twins is a good thing to have considering their strength.

I dunno. I like the idea of Hinata and Sasuke remaining on reserve while the fights take place, so they can assist when needed. And though I do think Sasuke would beat Jirobi, if the latter got the Earth Wall around Sasuke, it would be over.

Chidori should pierce the earth wall. Lightning > Earth.

Ah, but don't forget the walls special power.

I don't think chidori requires quite as much precise control as rasengan (where getting the correct chakra form is vital to it's use). It might still be usable.

Might but I dunno. I'm on the fence about it. Too bad there are no other showings of said haxed wall.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Sasuke is sort of a wild card. He is the strongest of the nine so Shika himself would decide the best strategy for him.


Are we talking about curse-mark Sasuke here? Because before Sasuke got taken by the Sound Four Naruto was quite a bit stronger.

Mm, mostly just because Naruto could draw upon kyuubi chakra. Sasuke still has two elements and speed, making him pretty impressive.

I was assuming the 9 would be as strong as they were before leaving, i.e Sasuke has 3 tomoe and CS2 and Naruto gets rasengan.

Yea, that Sasuke should beat anyone on the other team.

I dunno. Sakon and Ukon are probably able to fight him. But that's two on one though and he doesn't really have much CS2 control. But 3 Tomoe is haxxed.