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Just shorts on Shikamaru ONLY! Mainly from Shikamaru's POV.

This one is about his Chunin exam.

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Chunin Exam Solution

"This is it." Nara Shikamaru thought to himself as he knelt. His hands were clasped together in that familiar seal he had always used. His dominant technique, the Shadow Imitation Jutsu - Kagemane no Jutsu, was stretched out thinly before him. His opponent Temari of the sand ninja's from Sunagakure knelt down in front of the edge of his shadow, formulating some sort of plan.

"Temari! Above you!" A lone voice called out from the stands.

Silently, he cursed the voice, he had hoped to end this early. Unfazed, he knew he had calculated further. The kunai-parachute he had rigged up and thrown was in position now. It cast its shadow onto the end of his own. He allowed himself a half smile, this would give him some extra range to complete his plan.

"Shit!" he heard her curse loudly as she leapt away.

Curving his shadow towards her left foot, she deftly jumped to the right, all the time watching his shadow and analyzing. Her mind was definitely thinking up some sort of counterattack.

"I'm not letting you get away!" he shouted hoping to distract her for a few moments more.

She gritted her teeth and grimaced at him with a mixture of hate and admiration. Her blonde hair ruffled by the wind of her speed. Silently she kept leaping away from his shadow as it snaked its way after her. Shikamaru forced himself to frown when his shadow had reached its maximum distance. She stopped where he thought she would and whipped her fan in frustration, contemplating something. By all rights her jutsus were stronger than his by far. Victory should have been easier than this war of attrition being played out.

As Shikamaru's shadow shrunk back she smirked evilly at him. "So you've dodged this trick too?" Shikamaru stated disappointedly.

She glanced at the sun before dropping her eyes back on him. Slamming her fan into the ground in front of her she hid behind it. Shikamaru was sure she was formulating some sort of plan. As he allowed his shadow to shrink, she had taken a peek at him and hidden herself again. He saw that and knew this was the time to act. He knew his timing was impeccable.

"Bunshin no…" she started but was stopped mid seal formation by an unfamiliar force.

The look of surprise that overcame her face as she stood paralyzed was amplified when her hands involuntarily separated themselves from the seal. Shikamaru couldn't help but allow himself a half grin as he declared, "The Shadow Imitation finally succeeded."

The confusion was evident in her expression. His shadow should have been nowhere near her. Shikamaru seeing this decided to turn his head and explain his trap. "I'll show you what's behind you."

Her expression changed to shock as she saw his shadow coming out of a hole behind her and attached to her own. A hole created in a previous fight that she had totally forgot to factor into this one. "You see it now." He continued his explanation. "That hole is the one Naruto dug and came out of. That's why its connected with the hole in front of you."

She gave him a sour sideways glare. "Did you use the shadows inside the tunnel to…?" she left the question hanging as he turned back to face her, her own face imitating the action.

"Correct." He responded flatly.

She looked at him shocked and then stunned when she finally realized what had happened. Shikamaru was stern as his mind thought over his strategy. Forcing her to over calculate the forward position, herding her into the right spot with his shadow, distracting her long enough for her to miscalculate her surroundings then entrapping her with a shadow she hadn't even thought of. It was a plan with no room for error as his chakra was now low.

He stepped forward watching the frustration form on her features. Her anger was welling up at her loss. He wondered how he was actually going to win this match. He had ran through 200 possible simulations in his head prior to the plan but not one of them was a path to victory. When he had closed the distance between them he was still at a loss. Staring at the girl before him he thought to himself, "Its too bothersome to lose to a girl.". Yet he was preparing himself to give up.

Then the thought struck him. Plan 201. He smirked at her and asked, "Do you want to give up?"

"Never." She replied through gritted teeth.

He proceeded to undo his imaginary sash at his waist, watching as she undid her real one. A look of sheer horror overtook her. Continuing he took off his invisible dress, watching as she slowly followed his actions and took off her own purple dress and threw it to the ground. He then proceeded to take off his pants, one leg at a time making sure one foot was always in his shadow. He saw that she had done the same. He then took off his fishnet shirt as she also followed his actions.

Standing face to face with each other, both in only their underwear Shikamaru thought to ask one last time. "Do you give up yet?"

She closed her eyes and screamed. "Never you dirty…"

He smiled and noticed she only had a wrap around her chest acting like a bra, so taking out his kunai he watched as she took out hers. The difference in chest size helped as he placed his blade in the middle of his chest in a flicking motion. Tears welled up in her eyes as she cut away at her own bra and it fell to the ground exposing her ample chest to the crowd, tossing the kunai aside when finished. The audience was riveted. Shikamaru's teammate Chouji had lost a lot of blood through his nose and fainted. Ino slapped a hand over her face, ashamed she was in the same team as him. Their sensei Asuma blushed and tried to sink into his seat beside Kurenai as she turned an accusatory gaze at him. "Did you teach him that?" she asked icily.

Sand kunoichi were tough, embarrassment wouldn't stop them! Still refusing to give up Shikamaru decided to use his trump card. He didn't really feel like taking his undies off so, holding his arms out at chest height he made squeezing motions with his hands and stepped closer. He had noticed her claw like nails and the bloodlust she was now exuding. Gaara would have been proud of her killing aura if he wasn't so messed up.

"You're a D cup" he stated loudly so the audience could hear. "That means your hands will only get to within 3 to 4 inches of my chest. Not only that your arms are shorter."

He got closer and closer, his hand just about ready to touch her nipple.

"I GIVE UP!!" She screamed.

End – Notch 1

A/N Please don't flame. This is based on the events of the first Chunin exam and is based on the Anime-one translation. The only thing I changed in dialogue was Temari saying "Shit" instead of "Shoot" which is what she actually said. Sounded kinda weak in a short so I changed it.