CHAPTER 7: "FINALLY CAUGHT UP: BATTLE AT THE BORDER!!"
"Naruto, have you and Chouji succesfully taken out the guards patroling the area?" Shikamaru's voice could be heard from the radio around Naruto's neck. "Yep!! Piece of cake!!" Naruto replied happly, his eyes wandering the area for any more enemy ninja. "Okay, good, stay there until further instruction." "Arrgghh, okay..."
"Well, Chouji, looks like we've been put on watch duty now.." Naruto said, wanting to get some action in. "Huh, Chouji, what's that?" Naruto asked, seeing Chouji retrieve something from his pouch. "BBQ chips, want some?" Chouji asked, already opening the bag and grabbing a hand full of chips. "Sure!" Naruto said, running up to him and joining him in sitting down on a log. "Hmm, maybe this watch duty isn't so bad after all..." Naruto replied, muching happly on some chips with Chouji. "Yummy..."
A thin shadow slowly crept it's way across the grassy field, in hopes of petrifying it's targets. One of the targets, the one with glasses, wasn't so easily fooled though..
He threw a explosive note attached to a kunai over to where the shadow came from, ridding himself of the dificulty of trying to find the rats hiding in the waist high grass.
As the area where the kunai landed lit up with fire, then died down with smoke, the so-called Konoha ninja carrying Madame Shijimi dropped her carriage, ignoring her protests of dissatisfaction, and drew their weapons, ready to fend off their attackers. The one with glasses swiftly jumped out of the way to aviod being hit by some kunai that felw throught the smoke, unknowling jumping right into the trap.
'Now, Sasuke!!'
"Katon: Goukakayu no Jutsu!!"
A stream of fire then emerged out of no where and engulfed the ninja in flames. Once the fire died down though, they were surpried to see the body explode in smoke, revealing a burned log. "Heh, I knew it wouldn't be this easy.." Shikamaru said, deciding to show his face by emergeing from his hiding spot. Madame Shijimi frantically peeked her head out from her carriage, trying to see whats going on. "What, we're under attack, oh my protect me please!!" She screamed, crushing her poor cat Tora to death.
Shikamaru then showed his headband across his arm and replied: "Lady, I'm not your enemy, I'm the real Leaf ninja that were suppose to escourt you to Suna." Madame Shijimi still wasn't convinced "You could have just stole that headband, you can't trick me, I'm Madame Shijimi!! I know my Leaf ninja when I see them!! She yelled proudly, so oblivious to the fact that she was completely wrong. "Whatever lady, we're not here to argue, we're here to save you!!" Shikamaru then dashed up to the hord of enemies, only to be stoped dead in his tracks by a group of kunai hitting his body. His body then fell back, only to explode leave a log where his body should have been. "Don't underestimate these guys" The one with glasses replied. He soon had to jump to dodge a flamethrower headed his way. The genin who shot that flame jumped out of his hiding spot in a swift motion, landing infront of Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru, the one with glasses's name is Kabuto, you remember him from the Chunin exams" Sasuke questioned, his eyes darted behind him. "Yeah, I do." Shikamaru said, prerparing his signature ninjutsu. "Well, according to Naruto, he's skilled in the field of medical ninjutsu, and can attack vital spots of your body with his chakra." Sasuke reported, his eyes intently on Kabuto. "Well, since Naruto knowns so much about him, I say we call for his backup, in the meantime, take on Kabuto, I'll handle the others, and you know what Sakura has to do" Shikamaru said dashing off to the group of disguised Sound shinobi, while Sasuke let out a battle cry and ran towards Kabuto.
Madame Shijimi watched the battle safely in her carriage, beginning to get confused as to who's who. Suddenly pink hair was spotted near the enterance of carriage. "Madame, we're the real Konoha shinobi you requested." The pink-haired girl known as Sakura said, trying to convience her. "Remember when your cat Tora got away, and you requested our help to get it? I was on that team, the pink-haired girl" This seemed to trigger Madame Shijimi's memory as she relised who's really who.
"Oh, dear, yes, I remember you now, please protect us." Madame replied, holding her cat like it was life itself. Sakura smiled and nodded her head as she turned back around and guarded her carriage with a kunai in hand.
"AHHH!!" Sasuke screamed as Kabuto hit one of his legs that he was trying to preform his Shishi Rendan technique with with his Mystical Palm technique, sheding a fair amount of blood from his wound. "Shit, Sasuke!!" Shikamaru said, trying to finish off the last two of hie enemies with his Shadow Neck Bind. With Sasuke fallen, Kabuto dashed off towards the weakest member throwing ten kunai her way. "Sakura!!" Sasuke yelled, holding his bleeding leg.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her, taking all the hits from the kunai, then finally, exploding in white smoke. When the smoke cleared, another figure jumped in front of her, this time, with a Fuuma Shuriken in hand. "Don't worry Sakura-chan, Madame Shijimi, I'll protect you all!!" A confident remark like that could only come from the number-one, hyperactive, knucle-headed, Uzumaki Naruto.
NEXT CHAPTER: "WE MEET AGAIN, NARUTO VS. KABUTO: THE DECIDING MATCH!!"
Heh, how'd you like that. Sorry it wasn't that long and no coupon thing was in this one, but it will make a return!! Also to answer a few questions that you might be wondering about this chapter:
#1 Naruto told Sasuke about Kabuto because he had already found out about Kabuto during his trip to find Tsunade, remember?
#2 The setting of this chapter is like a big grassy field, with the grass being really tall, being perfect for hiding and ambushing in. Just think of this setting as the setting of the Lee, Gaara vs. Uhh, what's his name, the bone guy, Ki-something, I forget, but you know what I mean!!
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