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Chapter 14: Tenten's Canon

Shikamaru lifted up Ino and carried her. "Her body feels so cold, man I better hurry!" He rushed down the main street dodging vegetables crates and ducking under signs. Just as Shikamaru made it to the doors of the medical center. He crashed into Naruto who was running out of it. Naruto was knocked off his feet and sent flying into a near by pole. "Sorry Naruto, but I'm in hurry," Shikamaru blurted out as he charged in. Naruto rubbed his head and looked into the window.

Meanwhile Kiba bursted into Tsunade's new office. Tsunade gave him a cold stare as her new doors quickly fell off their hinges. "Kiba, this better be important."

Kiba panted as he tried to catch his breath. "I'm sorry Tsunade-senpai, but I came to inform you that Shikamaru and Ino was attacked last night by Sakura, Kin and Rock Lee. Ino was hitted by a kunai and I have reason to believe that kunai was dipped in poison."

Tsunade looked at Kiba, "Kiba, this isn't news to me."

"What!" Kiba exclaimed.

"Hinata and Naruto were also attacked. Apparently they got to Hinata as well. She's was also sent to the medical center, we found out what the poison was but the herbs for the antidote is seven days walk from here. The doctors think she only have five days to live," Tsunade explained in full detail, "Get Shikamaru, Naruto, Tenten and Neji here as soon as you can."

Kiba was shocked by the news but quickly nodded at Tsunade's command and left for the center.

Back at the medical center, "man what hit me?" Naruto felt a bump on his head. He saw Shikamaru at the reception desk waving his hand around while carrying Ino in the other. Then one of the doctors came out of a set white door and took Ino into a room. Shikamaru looked at the ground as he paced himself inside. Naruto ran in and patted him on his shoulders. "Hey Shikamaru, why are you so down? Ino will be alright won't she?"

Shikamaru turned to face Naruto. "She was poisoned by Sakura last night and I have bad feeling this might be fatal."

Naruto looked at the ground too. His eyes were shut and tears started to pour out. "Shikamaru, last night… Sasuke and Shino attacked Hinata and me. Sasuke…he…got to Hinata before I could stop him."

Shikamaru turned to face Naruto, "don't worry Kohona has some of the best doctors they'll be fine. But until they are all better we must believe in them alright?"

Naruto nodded and then smiled.

Kiba arrived at the medical center just as the two were about to leave. "Shikamaru, Naruto Tsuande-senpai wanted to see you. It's about Ino's and Hinata's condition."

The three left immediately for the office. Not long after the group met up with Negi and Tenten who were also on their way to Tsunade's office.

Before the group had chance to knock, Naruto broke down Tsunade's newly fixed doors. Tsunade's eye went blank as she saw her new doors broken down, again. She punched her desk a bit too hard out of rage and broke it in half. She looked down and scrambled her hair as to what happen to her desk. Finally pulling herself together she went on to explain about the poison. "As you all are aware the kunais were dipped in poison. But this one has a special quality; once it infects the host it will quickly break off the connection from the brain to the rest of the body. The doctors have a cure for this but the herbs that are required are seven days walk away."

"Only seven days if we walk right? Then I'll just run there and back," Naruto shouted excitedly.

"Not that simple Naruto, after you get there you still have to find them, also you still have to come back which means in total that would be a fourteen day trip with only a five day limit," Shikamaru described.

"Then what are we going to do? Hinata AND Ino are both in danger here don't take this so calmly!" Naruto yelled at Shikamaru.

"Wait hold on, I got a plan guys. Listen up I have this firework canon hidden back in my room it can fire anything of any size even us." Tenten shouted with excitement.

"Wait. How can you have something so big like a canon in your room without me knowing?" Neji questioned loudly.

"Well heh, my room kinda have this extra basement underneath and I was bored so I built a canon for next year fireworks!" Tenten stated as a sweat drop flowed down her face.

Neji gave a weird look at Tenten, "Anyways it's settled we'll use Tenten's canon to get us there. We'll find the herbs as fast as we can run back here," Neji summarized.

The group was about to leave until Tsunade gave them a warning. "I would send some Jounins to help you kids out but they all ready have their hands full with S ranked missions. But I have to warn you, the valley where the herbs grow floods with poison every three days. As well there exists a band of shinobis down there, they specialize in using poison and they don't like seeing strangers picking their flowers. Take this jar with you, it'll help you out."

When they arrived at the Hyuuga's household they rushed to Tenten's room and quickly dragged the canon out of the basement.

Neji put on a pair of sunglasses and a started to draw on the ground. "Okay according to these calculations we're going to need to fire at the angle," Neji explained.

Tenten quickly angled her canon accordingly. She was about to question how Neji knew how to calculate all this but then she decided it was better off not known. Kiba gave a picture of the herb to Tenten and then offered to fire it. She nodded but then she gave him a warning. "Kiba, you better not break my canon otherwise I'll break your neck."

A sweat drop appeared on Kiba's head, "umm heh…sure… Tenten….i'll be extra careful…heh.."

As the group held onto each hand, Shikamaru continuously repeated to himself, "man this is crazy, we're going to get blown to pieces by Tenten's canon. That's the second worst way to go except dieing in Naruto's stomach."

Kiba grabbed on to the string. The expression on his face changed immediately. "I Feel GREATO. READY! CAUSE I'M BURRRNINGG," he shouted with excitement as he yanked the string. The group was hurled high into sky. After a few hours of airtime they landed into a bunch of treetops. "Man Tenten what the heck is your canon made of? How can it fire us this far and this long?" Neji asked. Tenten just shrugged.

The group hastily landed on the ground and quickly found the herbs. They picked enough to fill the jar. But before they left the site, Naruto quickly grabbed a few more and jammed them into his pockets.

The group hastily made their way towards Kohona. Just as they were about to leave they found themselves quickly persuaded by several masked ninjas. The followers threw several kunais towards the group. Tenten stopped and quickly deflected them off with her staff. "You three hurry back, this is my fight." Neji turned around and stopped. "Shikamaru, Naruto we're counting on you two to save them. Don't ask just hurry." Shikamaru and Naruto looked at each other and gave him a nodded and hurried on ahead with the herbs.

Neji stood beside Tenten and held on to her hand. "You're wrong Tenten, this isn't your fight. This is OUR fight," he spoke out loud as he stared at a near by tree branched with two mysterious figures standing on it.

"Neji, I shall finished what we started last time," Rock Lee shouted out.

"Tenten, you can't escape this time. Also I'm prepared for your little moon power trick," Temari sneered.

"They have no idea who their messing with do they Neji?" Tenten smiled.

"Nope." Neji stated bluntly as he removed the sunglasses.

Preview: Next time on His Friend for Life, Her Love till Death. Neji and Tenten faces off against Temari and Rock Lee. Tenten is smiling, does she have a secret technique up her sleeves? Shikamaru and Naruto are attacked by Sasuke. Naruto tries to hold him off leaving Shikamaru with the desperate race against time. Next time, Chapter 15 The Deadly Race Against Time