I don't know any cool names to name people, and I'm not going to pretend that I do, so just bear with me as I write this. It is 3am and I'm trying to make this as interesting as possible before I go to bed and try to fall asleep.

"Well, this is definitely troublesome."

There was a group of five Sound ninjas standing before the group. Each had a smug smile on their faces. "Look what we have here. A group of small children out to play." Naruto twitched. "What's that? Did I say something wrong?"

"What are you doing here? Where's Sasuke?" Naruto looked as if he was going to pounce on them. Neji and Lee held him back. It would be no good to the team if he just started attacking offensively.

"Doesn't matter to you now, do it? Orders are to wipe you out." One of the Sounds replied as he took a step forward.

Just then, there was a noise behind the hero group, and as they looked behind them, Shino had taken out an enemy that had snuck up behind them. In a matter of seconds, bugs seem to appear from different directions and covered the ninja's body. He let out a bloodcurdling scream as the dark insects overtook him. The other Sounds moved to attack them while their guard was down, but found that they weren't able to go anywhere.

"Useless trying to move now. Shadow Limit won't allow you to unless I do." Shikamaru looked to them as a small smile crept up the corners of his mouth. As the bugs moved away from the defeated ninja, he looked twisted and was twitching. The bugs had completely consumed the man's Chakra, and made their way into his mouth, causing him to choke to death. "It's a good try to have someone sneak and attack us from behind, but please, don't underestimate us."

Shikamaru could feel the shadow bind wearing down, and he cursed under his breath. Over the years he learned to prolong the duration of the technique, but only ten minutes longer. Just as it died out, Neji had thrown the fallen enemy to their group, causing them to fall backwards. A few were able to get up in time and defend themselves as Lee and Kiba attacked.

Lee was able to get close to one Sound and engage him in close-combat fighting, not allowing him the chance to form seals and use techniques against the young Chuunin. The ninja caught on quickly to what he was doing, and knew it was useless to try and defeat him long-range. The ninja served a blow to Lee's abdomen, and sent him flying backwards against a tree. Lee quickly jumped up, clutching his side, ran and continued trying to fight, ignoring the pain. This guy hits hard.

Kiba and Akamaru were prancing around the second Sound like two vicious dogs. A lot of their moves were countered with Reverse attacks and Replacement techniques. It was slowing them down, their stamina running low. Then suddenly, the ninja picked up the dog and threw it hard against another tree. Akamaru let out loud yelp. "Akamaru! Damn it!"

Naruto and Neji were also having a hard time with their enemies. Naruto's Combo move was having some effect on damaging the third Sound, but it wasn't enough. Even his Mass Shadow Replication was proving to be useless. Neji's Byukagan wasn't helping him either. The fourth Sound ninja was attacking him continuously at his blind spot, not giving him enough chance to defend.

Shino and Shikamaru were having a little bit of luck on the last Sound ninja. Since Shikamaru isn't keen on close combat, and his skills excelled mostly in the shadows, it was useless to fight alone. Shino had his bugs, but was having a hard time catching him in a good position. Shikamaru was able to lure the Sound against a large tree and used whatever was left of his Chakra to bind him. Shino had his bugs attack and hold the enemy, much like what happened to the first guy. "Geez. These guys don't play nice at all." Shikamaru and Shino ran to help the rest of the group.

As they reached the rest of the group, Kiba, Neji, Lee, and Naruto were hit against another tree at the same time. "Something's up. Our attacks aren't fazing these guys. We're just getting the crap kicked out of us." Naruto wiped the trickle of blood from his mouth.

The four remaining Sound ninjas ran towards them, and as they reached to them, the fallen group had jumped high into the trees. Lee was still holding his abdomen, and Neji took out a shuriken that had made its way into his left shoulder from his fight. "They're not even worn out, yet."

"The only way is holding them, then attacking. These guys have a sick way of fighting." Shikamaru said as he and Shino joined the rest of the team. "I can't use my shadow, I don't have enough stamina to do it. I don't think Shino has any more bugs left in his body to take on four guys. We need a new plan."

Five minutes later, Kiba jumped from the tree to the ground. He spotted his dog on the other side of the field. He looked around and saw the ninjas weren't anywhere around. "Hey, I think they're gone! They must've run away!" Kiba yelled, and then he made a dash to his fallen friend. He grabbed Akamaru and started running back. Just when he got to the middle of the field, the last four ninjas came out from all the directions. Kiba jumped high into the trees, and Neji claimed his spot. "What the…" Before the Sounds could react to what just happened, Neji did his Whirlwind move, stunning them into different directions. Lee came from behind a large boulder, and threw one of them across the field, hitting the other ninja. Naruto had done the same to the remaining two. As the ninjas tried to get up, they were quickly fatally wounded as four shurikens took hold of their throats, thrown by Shikamaru.

Shino and Shikamaru jumped down from their location and joined the rest of the group. "Man, that was too troublesome. I don't think I'll ever get used to killing people, but I'd rather it be they than me. I say we sit here and make camp for a while. We need to rest up, just in case we have fight again. We still have a long way to go." Shikamaru sat down on the floor, stared up to the sky and clouds. I can see the slim chances working. This is going to be one long mission. He started unpacking his things; the others followed, cleaning up the mess and made camp.

I don't know how I got this part of the story done, but as I'm reading it, it sounds good to me. I hope you like it. Please R & R, let me know what you think.