Chapter 12:

— Four way Deathlock —

Shikamaru and the others have entered the forest. Along the way, hundreds of skeletons was scattered around the premises, an unpleasant stench also engulfs the whole place.

Naruto puts his hands in his nose to prevent smelling the stench.

"Damn, this place sure stinks!"

"if I use my technique here, I would probably die" Kiba added.

"We should head forward faster" Shikamaru ordered. "There's something really wrong here"

Then out of no where, a scythe was rapidly soaring towards them. They quickly dodge the scythe as it hits the ground.

"What the hell?" Naruto yelled.

"Neji!" Shikamaru instantly ordered.

"Byakugan!" Neji scanned the whole area. he sights off a four image standing on a top of a tree. "Up there!"

all of them looked at the tree that Neji pointed. There was four ninja's dressed up in a traditional sound garb with a big rope belt tied in it.

Brief description of the four sound ninjas.

Yazuo – the sound ninja carrying a huge scythe, he has a white colored garb.

Shinomaru – The leader of the whole group, he has the black garb with chains tied across his chest.

Tomoe – the only girl in the four. She wears a red colored garb and a short black colored skirt.

Miboshi – the biggest among the four. he has a really huge maze on his shoulders.

"Well, this will be interesting…only few people can dodge my scythe. I'm impressed." One of the sound ninjas said smirking.

"cut it out Yazuo, were not here to play games.." the guy with a black colored garb and long silver hair ordered. He seemed to be the leader of the four.

"yeah yeah, I know that Shinomaru " yazuo mischievously respond.

The only girl in the four interrupted. "We better kill them quickly so that we can go back in oto before dark right miboshi?"

A really huge sound ninja with a blue colored garb slowly nodded.

"teme— who are you all?" Naruto angrily demanded lifting his fist towards them. All of the four slowly looked at naruto.

"So, this is the idiot blonde that sasuke-sama told us." Shinomaru said.

Naruto's vein snapped anime style "Why you—"

"Master sasuke is waiting for you at the end of this forest."

Naruto's eyes widen "sasuke…" he whispered.

"Go! Sasuke is waiting for you, we can handle theses morons so don't worry" Shikamaru gave him a thumbs up as kiba tapped the back of naruto. "you'd better bring him back this time!"

"you guys…"

"Now go! We're gonna be alright" Choji added.

"Be sure to be back also" neji crossed his arms.

"Okay! You'd better beat those guys also"

"Of course!" all of them coedly respond

Then right after naruto head straight forward towards where Shinomaru pointed. He glanced back and raised his fist on the air.

"well, there he goes…"

'I really don't understand why did sasuke-sama wanted to see that boy…" tomoe asked.

Yazuo Smirk. "maybe they have some issues to settle?"

"Maybe…"

Shinomaru interrupted the conversation of the two. "Let's begin, I'll take on the one that found us…"

'Weeell? Let see, I'll take on that hottie over there" Tomoe playfully pointed Shikamaru. "What bout you miboshi?"

The Big muscular ninja just looked at choji.

"Then I'll take on the animal guy? Phooey…." Yazuo sighed.

Then on an instance they became serious, they vanished from the tree that they were standing.

Yazuo was the first one who attacked first. He appeared from the backside of Kiba. Waving his long sharp scythe, he almost slashed Kiba.

"Akamaru! Lets begin!" He positioned his hand in a dog sign.

"Juujin Bunshin no Jitsu!" Akamaru suddenly copied the form of Kiba.

"Oho…." Yazuo beamed.

Kiba and akamaru consecutively throws off Kunai from the distance.

At the same time, Choji and Miboshi started fighting too. Miboshi Grabbed his 4 ft. long Maze from his back an batter it in front of Choji. Luckily Choji block it in mid air by his bare hands.

For the past two years, the skills of Choji have greatly improved. He can enlarge all of his body figures without using the pills.

"Baika no Jitsu!" Choji yelled. His whole body grew five time of its size matching the façade of his enemy.

Both of their bodies now are 9ft. large.

He Gives off a huge punch on Miboshi causing it to stepped back. In respond, Miboshi send off a powerful

Blow from his Maze. Choji was battered in his chest but tighten his whole body causing the maze to beak off.

"hehehe, your maze is now broken what will do?" Choji mockingly asked Miboshi.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the area, Tomoe was fighting…or should I say flirting off with Shikamaru.

"Hey there hottie♥" Tomoe Mischievously said, waving her hands.

Shikamaru sighed. "oh man…how troublesome, why do I always end up fighting a women all the time?"

He whispered to himself.

"Fukusuu Ayatsuito no Jutsu" multiple string reeling technique

Shikamaru was caught off guards and by the time he noticed it, he was wrapped up in a multiple sting that tied along his whole body. He was physically numb; id he tries to move, his flesh will slit because of the string that was tied in his whole body.

"When did you.—"

"Back where we started taking of course♥" she winks at Shikamaru afterwards.

"I will slowly enjoy killing you…." Tomoe facial expression suddenly became more serious. Her eyes narrowed, she created multiple combinations of hand seals. "I will obliterate you from the face of the world!"

"Hinote Ayatsuito no jitsu!" Fire string reeling technique

the string that has been tied in Shikamaru suddenly burst into flames, causing the whole body of Shikamaru to be burnt alive.

Tomoe giggles "too bad you'll have to die…"

poof!

"Kagebunshin?" Tomoe yelled

"You think that I will be caught with a lame ninjitsu likethat?" Shikamaru Smirk.

Tomoe scanned to whole area, Shikamaru was sitting in a Tree beside her.

On the other hand Neji and Shinomaru was heated up in their battle, Shinomaru was using chains to fight.

Neji was busy evading the chains that came out of the ground. He doesn't have the slightest change of going near Shonomaru so that he can use the tengetsu.

When he tries to run forward, hundreds of chains with a pointed edge tip came soaring towards him instantly.

All he could do is to spin more and more.

Meanwhile Naruto finally reached he the end of the forest.

He was dumbfounded on the scenery that he was looking. It was like the Grand Canyon. But the only difference is there's water flowing thru the cliffs making the whole place slippery. There were also spiky rocks in the side of the cliff.

A/N: I'm not really good at explaining right? So to make this part easier, remember when jiraiya throw naruto on a cliff to make him accumulate the chakra of kyuubi so that he can summon gamabunta? That's the place! Just use your imagination and imagine Grand Canyon look's like that got it?

Hundreds of geysers were streaming along the area. Huge sparks of lightning hit the ground momentarily.

Naruto noticed a figure standing on an edge of the cliff. He slowly walked straight towards the figure.

The figure looked at him; naruto on the other was stunned when the figure suddenly formed its shape.

His familiar façade, his black hair and his usual emotionless face.

Their eyes have met after two years, eagerly to know how strong the other one had became.

"It's been awhile hasn't it, Naruto…"

"….Sasuke…"

To be continued….