Orochimaru grabs Shikamaru by the face again, and looks right into his eyes, sand laughs manically.

"You know for such a young child, you show more promise than Kabuto... It's a shame your going to have to die here... Heh-Heh-Heh. Maybe Sakura can be one of my test subjects after your death..."

Shikamaru spits in Orochimaru's face.

"F-Fuck you... Orochi-maru... "

He wipes the spit from his face.

"You inncolent little fool!"

Orochimaru twists the blade a little, tearing up the flesh inside him. Shikamaru screams in agony. Shikamaru grabs onto the blade and tries his hardest to stop it... But can't even budge it. Shikamaru thinks to himself.

"I can't do this much longer... maybe if..."

Shikamaru tries to make a handsign, but can't fight through the pain.

"D-Damnit... I can't even form a handsign..."

"Heh-Heh-Heh, it's like watching an injured animal struggling to fend off a predetor... So entertaining..."

Shikamaru looks into Orochimaru's eyes.

"Y-You can burn in hell..."

"On the contrary, I will never die, I will never see the after-life... I will live on forever."

"S-sure... keep telling yourself that..."

Orochimaru twists the blade a little more...

Sakura gets up and punches at the barrier, over and over, until finally a crack appears. Sakura keeps hammering at the wall untill a larger crack appears. She punches even harder until the barrier shatters. She rushes toward Orochimaru and tries to punch him. Orochimaru dodoges the blow, and teleports backwards. Sakura uses a jutsu to remove the sword painlessly. Shikamaru falls backwards.

"Shikamaru! Stay with me..."

Shikamaru puts up a thumbs up.

"Orochimaru..."

Sakura is crying.

"Hmm? Such power is one small punch... You really were trained by Tsunade..."

"That's Lady Tsunade to you... I won't let you ruin the lives of everyone in the leaf... even if it costs me my life..."

"Why won't you just let me set your village free and usher them into the after life?"

"Your an monster Orochimaru..."

Orochimaru appears behind Sakura with his sword."

"This monster will be ending your life."

Orochimaru swings his blade at Sakura and you hear a scream, but it's no Sakura. It's Shikamaru. Even Orochimaru is surprised.

"The body replacement technique!?"

"Shikamaru!?"

Shikamaru has the sword stuck in his shoulder. He traded places with Sakura.

"Gah... I h-h-have used the last of my chakra... I'm done...'

Just as Shikamaru finishes his sentence, The Anbu Black Ops and their Leader, Kazuma, appear and surround Orochimaru.

"Your time is up... Orochimaru..."

Kazuma unsheaths his katana, and goes after Orochimaru, who flees.

"Till next time, Shikamaru..."

Orochimaru disappears. Sakura catches Shikamaru, and tries to heal him, but to no avail.

"Shikamaru... your gonna be fine..."

His eyes begin to dim...

"Stay with me... Shikamaru!"

Shikamaru tries his hardest to stay awake.

"Shikamaru, we're taking you to the hospital."

Shikamaru begins to lose his grip on life.

"Shikamaru! Shikamaru! Shikamaruuu!"

Two weeks later, Sakura is attending a funeral, Sakura is wearing all black. She is crying, staring down at a casket.

"Why did Orochimaru have to attack the Hidden Leaf? Why did he have to ruin peoples lives?"

Sakura is weeping uncontrollably.

"It's okay Sakura..."

"..."

Sakura looks up...

"It'll be allright... Don't worry... He's in a better place..."

"I'm just so glad you managed to survive... Shikamaru..."

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This is the end of the first book, and don't worry, I will be writing more, most likely it will be a 3-5 book series.
If you liked this Just search up "Shikamaru And Sakura: Intelligent combination II", which will be put up very soon!!! Thank you all for reading...

-KingShikamaruNara