I just hope he starts to advance the storyline again.

He did really well in Chapter 203...but as good as that was, it was almost the opposite in 204. It is alright to focus on a one on one fight when it is the main character or someone that has a pretty big following, but Kiba and Akamaru didn't deserve a while chapter. Kishimoto is just stretching this out even more, he needs to end this arc and have a conclusion for it that advances the storyline.

We do want answers to about 1,000 questions after all.