The wind flew through the air knocking down enemies, and fellow Shinobi. Though the wind did not knock down Shikamaru Nara. For he knew this wind far better than anyone, he had felt its power in battle before…..but that was a long time ago.
That was how he knew she had arrived. He turned and there she was as always angry and horrifying. Filled with rage but never faltering in battle. Her arms tensed as she swung her enormous fan forward releasing and immense chakra filled wind. The wind pushed back enemies, opening a path for her comrades to advance. She stayed back waiting for the proper moment to release more wind to open another path for them. Her squad advanced closer, each step bringing her closer…
A large enemy force advanced, those white monsters coming after her squad. One of them grabbed a young Kunoichi from Temari's squad. Temari didn't hesitate.
"WIND SCYTHE JUSTSU!" She yelled realizing one of her more fearsome jutsu,
The wind cut straight through the enemy, but it was to late the girl was dead. Temari swung her fan upward, the sky darkened as clouds gathered. Shikamaru recognized this justu. It was one of her wind releases, called the Great task of the Dragon. He had seen it only once when she and him where both younger and he had came to her rescue shortly after seeing it.
The clouds gathered, and this time instead of just one tornado, four huge ones came down. Taking out hundreds of enemies at a time, the tornados swirled about the battle field. Shikamaru watched for the moment the enemies where being sucked in by the tornados.
"Wow has that troublesome woman gotten stronger." He said.
He looked over at Temari, whose eyes watched her wind with impeccable focus. She made sure they only sucked up enemies. To be able to control such large powerful things like that she had to be using a lot of chakra. Her piercing blue eyes showed no sign of weakness though, they only showed commitment and utter strength.
He began to walk towards her, though she didn't notice him because she was trying to control her chakra. Then it happened in the blink of an eye, an enemy ninja popped up from the ground grabbing her wrist. Her fan flew out of her hand, she was helpless.
Shikamaru didn't think, his body just reacted. He used is shadow sewing technique, one shadow pierced the heart of the enemy, while the other grabbed Temari. The shadows wrapped around Temari and like a rubber band snapped right back to Shikamaru. Her body collided with his, and he fell back. The two lay breathing heavily.
"Hey you're ok now." He said.
Temari looked at him her vision began to blur. She gripped his shoulder hard, a sharp pain in her back began to form.
"S-Shikamaru…My back…." She said weakly. Then she passed out her body going limp on his.
"God Dammit." Said Shikamaru. He sat up to see a kunai impaled in her back.
"Chouji! Get a fucking Medic!" Shouted Shikamaru. "Come on Temari, wake up. You troublesome woman don't you dare die now."
Chouji rushed over with Ino. Who got to work immediately, she pulled the kunai out of Temari's back and began healing.
"How did this happen?" asked Ino.
Shikamaru began talking about Temari's Justsu.
"Ino it was incredible, four tornados, four! But, the enemy must of seen her blind spot and grabbed her, and then when I used shadow sewing to save her the enemy must have stabbed her last second."
"I see well I've done all I can, but I'll take her to the medical HQ for now." Said Ino gently picking up Temari. Shikamaru helped Ino lift her.
"Shikamaru I got her. Relax, ill take good care of her." Said Ino reassuringly.
"Alright be safe Ino." he said.
`The wind started to disperse, and the enemy slowly got a hold of themselves. The battle started all over again. Chouji and Shikamaru fought side by side. Thought there battle style wasn't complete without Ino.
"They never can give us a break can they?!" yelled Shikamaru while delaying seven enemies with Shadow Possession. The White Zetsu Army just kept coming.
"Shikamaru watch your pack, there are more. I also heard that more reanimations are being seen on different battle fields." yelled Chouji.
"It's never easy…" muttered Shikamaru.
The two kept on fighting of enemy. Shikamaru watched and analyzed the situation. One third of their divison was dead. Everyone else was struggling to stay alive. Right now it was a battle for survival…
Then all of a sudden Shikamaru got into communication with Ino.
"Shikamaru it's Ino" she said with her mind justsu.
"Ino the enemy keeps on coming, any advice from HQ?!"
"Well, I heard that Naruto is heading over to your battle field soon. But that doesn't mean get lazy! Got it!" she snapped.
"Alright Ino quit lecturing me. You got anything else to say?"
"Oh well I was originally reporting on Temari. I figured you'd want to know. I left her in Sakura's care. She's going to be fine."
Shikamaru could almost hear Ino's smile in her voice. She was so troublesome. But, at that moment he didn't care… Temari was going to be ok. He was almost happy… and that was his mistake.
His joy was his distraction, Which lead to his down fall. All of sudden he two enemies got him. One twisted his arm behind his back, and the other slashed a kunai across his chest. He heard his arm pop and he was down. He screamed and made deadly contact with the ground.
"SHIKAMARU!" screamed Chouji.
Rage built up from seeing him go down. He destroyed every enemy surrounding them. Then ran to Shikamaru's side.
"C-Chouji get a medic…." he grumbled.
Chouji was crying but looked around for a medic. There was none, Chouji had no choice. He picked up Shikamaru, and began running. Running aas fast as he could to the medic HQ.
Sakura and Ino who were at the medical HQ were healing people when Chouji arrived. It was a horrid sight. Chouji drenched in Shikamaru's blood, and his own tears. Ino began screaming and fell to her knees in horror.
"Chouji immediately take Shikamaru to my private healing quarters now. GO." She ordered.