Sands of Time, Winds of Change (2)
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It had been several weeks since the Tsunade had told them her concerns, and each of them had slowly forgotten, seeing as no attacks had taken place. Except for Shikamaru. He believed there was something more to this village than meets the eye.
And soon he found out that he was indeed correct.
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Four strange nin were standing at the edge of the forest, the beginning of the borders of Konoha. One looked at the other.
"Ready?" He said with a dark smirk. The other, a woman, nodded.
"At dawn, they'll figure it out." She said firmly.
"At sunrise they'll be dead."
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Shikamaru lazily stepped out of his apartment. "Awww. Days off are so...not troublesome." He said with a small smile. He laid down right on the steps of his home, deciding to take a little extra time to look at the clouds. It was a clear blue day, except for a few splotches of white and green. Suddenly Shikamaru sat up. 'Wait. Green?' He said, narrowing his eyes as he looked up again.
The sky was bright blue, just like it was every other summer day, except for a few white clouds, freely crossing the sky. But intermixed with some of the clouds was a trickle of green mist. Which was definitely not natural. He got up, groaning.
"Always on my day off. What a drag..." He said, as he walked over to a tree. He jumped up easily, standing balanced on the top branch. He knelt down and used a hand to shield his eyes from the sun. On a closer look, the green appeared to not blend in with the clouds, but push it away. 'It seems like no big deal. No citizen of Konoha looks up at the clouds like I do. No one will notice. But what if I'm just exaggerating...NO. It's always something troublesome. And surely this is no exception.' He thought. He let out a tired sigh and hoisted himself down.
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"So, Neji, what does it seem like?" Shikamaru asked. With his expert vision, Neji used his chakra to look farther into the mist.
"Nothing much, Shikamaru. Just some green mist."
"It's an attack."
"You do not know that. I'm sure that the missions are just getting to your head. Take your day off. Relax. I'll see you soon." Neji said, disgruntled. Shikamaru glowered after him.
"Maybe he's right. The world changes everyday. I should just sleep. This is unlike me." He said, and flopped down on the ground. He watched the clouds for a while, then decided to take a nap. he felt himself drifting off to sleep, when FLINGSNAP!
A lone shuriken had whipped past his head and landed in the grass. He jumped up and looked around. Several strangely dressed ninjas were surrounding him, grinning evilly.
"Surprise!" One, a woman, said with a laugh. He got up, wide eyed, and jumped over them, barely missing a raised shuriken. He took off running. When he got to the town, some of the ninjas were already there. He saw the Hokage trying to fend some off from her office. She whipped her head around to face him.
"Shikamaru! You need to get your team and go! Ryuu's attacked!"
"What! But..."
"All I know is they sent a poisonous mist into the air, but that was taken care of by one of our elders and an air jutsu, so they ambushed us. There are too many. GET HELP, SHIKAMARU!" She said, as one hit her to the ground. She stared wide eyed as a shuriken prepared to slice her when—
"MIND BODY SWITCH!" Someone howled. Ino's body fell to the ground as she turned into the woman attacker of Tsunade.
"I can take some down. Shikamaru, you ass, go to Suna!" She shrieked. He ran off to find the others. He caught up with Naruto and Kiba, who were already at the gates of town waiting. Neji fell down from a tree, landing on his feet. Choji ran into them. They were all silent.
"You were right." Neji said softly. Shikamaru shook his head.
"But I should have had a better plan than this. Come on. We have to get to Suna before things get...troublesome." He took off at a run, the others struggling to keep up.
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A few hours later, Choji flopped down on a log. "So...tired...hungry..."
"You're always hungry." Shikamaru pointed out. Choji nodded. Naruto sighed.
"It takes days to make it to Suna. Konoha will be gone before we get back." Neji said a little angrily.
"No it won't! We'll save them! Believe it." Naruto said fiercely. Kiba smiled.
"We'll make it if we all ride on Akamaru." He said with a smirk. Shikamaru grinned.
"We'll go twice as fast and not have to rest as much. And not as troublesome as walking." He said, approving of Kiba's idea. The others clamered on, with Kiba in the front. They followed a road for a long time before Akamaru got tired. He barked and lay down on the grass next to the road. Kiba got off.
"He's too tired to go. We gotta rest." Everyone got off. Naruto brought out Ramen he had brought, and they ate in silence, all thinking the same thing.
'What if we're already too late?'
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YAYZ! THEY LEAVE FOR
SUNA!
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