And here I was thinking "No dumbasses, you'll cancel your jutsus out!" Turned out they were synergistic..

The black windmill shuriken was good. Very symbolic for the Shadow Windmill Clone move they pulled off on Zabuza which was the first real combined technique the pair did. This only reinforces the idea of leaving Sakura out of this.

Orochimaru is turning out to be the new best guy in the show now that he's no longer creepy and obsessed as fuck.