Team Guren

Team Guren is formed upon Orochimaru's orders to capture the Three-Tailed Beast. They were chosen from the best of the initial twenty-one prisoners that survived a battle royal, which Guren had organised; sixteen of them tried to rebel afterwards, however, Guren killed them. Guren leads the remaining five and Yūkimaru on a mission to capture the beast. Their efforts are repeatedly interrupted by a group of Konoha ninja. After four of the members are killed and Guren realises that Orochimaru has little concern for her, she defects with Yūkimaru and Gozu.