Since Shikamaru decided to get revenge, he, Choji, Ino, and since they needed a leader, Kakashi offered himself for the job. They finally found Hidan and Kakazu. Shikamarus plan was to separate the two immortals. so Shikamaru took Hidan to the forest and fought him himself, while the others were fighting Kakazu. Kakazu, clearly the one with more battle experience, beat Kakashi, Ino and Choji easily. just when Kakazu was about to make the final move, Naruto and Yamato showed up. Naruto had finished his training! Naruto fought with Kakazu for a short time and decided to o his new jutsu, Wind Style Rasen Shuriken! Naruto thought he had Kakazu but missed by a centimeter. Naruto decided to try again, but this time with a distraction. Kakazu thought he hit the right Naruto, but it was a clone. At that moment, Naruto got Kakazu from the back. And he won. Naruto had moved up in strength and ranking by a lot. Meanwhile, because of hidans cockiness, shikamaru got him with shadow pull jutsu and trapped hidan over a hole on the ground. then using Asumas lighter, Shikamaru set a  bunch of paper bombs and hidan wen down into the hole. Since he had no arms or legs because of the explosion, he couldn't get out. The leaf had done it, they had taken down 2 Akatsuki members and saved the Ninetails jinjuricki!!

Shikamaru trapping Hidan in his Shadow Pull Jutsu 

Naruto using Rasen Shuriken on Kakazu