Dear Readers,
Hey. It's me. So…. Sorry that there's a lot of action lately, but I promise, the action is part of the romance. Last time: Shikamaru saved Ino. Chouji and Shikamaru were beat up by the sound ninjas. Neji had beaten up Kin and Zaku had accidentally hurt Dosu. At the hospital, Shikamaru was alright but when Chouji came out………. he morphed into Itachi.
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"Itachi? You were Itachi the whole time?" Ino asked in disbelief.
"Of course not. I turned into him when he was in bed. He didn't even know what was coming." Itachi snickered.
"Where is he!" Shikamaru demanded.
"He's…….. somewhere." Itachi smirked.
"Tell us!" Ino yelled.
"Well………okay. He's in a cave………….. on the western part of the forest of death." Itachi smirked once again.
The forest of death? Asuma's eyes widened.
"I can see I'm not welcome here." Itachi began to disappear .
Later
The group had set off to find Chouji. When they had reached the forest of death, there was an open gate. They walked inside to see that one place in the centre was cleared of trees and had a force field around it. Inside was a cave. Suddenly, the force field vanished. The group ran into the cave.
"Yay! It's you!" Temari ran from behind a rock and hugged Shikamaru.
"What are you doing here!" Shikamaru said as he pushed her away.
"My team heard a yell for help. Gaara didn't want to be concerned in a situation to help someone, but I made him and Kankuro go. When we followed the yells, we ended up here. Gaara just suddenly disappeared and Kankuro attacked me. I kicked him, somewhere, and hid behind a rock. When Kankuro left……I noticed…..HIM!" she pointed to a body laying on the ground.
She kicked him somewhere? Oh no! she didn't? Asuma thought.
Laying on the ground, was Chouji, with a large sleeve in his hand.
" I heard Itachi talking to Kisame. He asked if the "kid" was dead yet. Kisame said yes." Temari smiled. "He's gone!" She began to laugh evilly.
"You're crazy!" Shikamaru stepped away from her.
"Don't be frightened, my love……." She laughed.
"My love?" Shikamaru questioned.
"Don't be frightened, my love……..YOU'RE NEXT!" Temari pulled out a kunai.
Asuma ran behind Temari, but was snatched up by a net made of barb wire. Ino ran to help him, but her feet were glued to the ground.
"SHIKAMAR! RUN!" Asuma yelled, trying to cut the barb wire. "OR YOU'LL END UP LIKE CHOUJI!"
"Don't listen to him, he's better off dead!" Temari raised her hand to the net and it began to shrink, cutting Asuma.
"JUST LEAVE ALREADY!" Asuma yelled again as he felt the pain.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Temari enjoyed this.
"Sorry." Shikamaru said as he turned around and ran.
Ino turned to Asuma.
"Are you okay!" she asked.
"Yah. Fine." He began to slump. "It just hurts a little."
"Gah!" Temari jumped on top of Ino. They kicked and punched at each other.
Neji heard a yell. He turned to see his best friend, Shikamaru, running at him.
"HELP! HELP! NEJI! WE NEED HELP! WE WENT AND WE…………THEN SHE…….SO…." Shikamaru rambled.
"Huh?' Rock Lee rubbed his head.
"WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN CHOUJI TURNED INTO ITACHI! HE SAID THAT CHOUJI WAS IN THE FOREST OF DEATH! WE GOT THERE TO SEE TEMARI! SHE WAS CRAZY! SHE PUT ASUMA IN A BARB WIRE CAGE AND GLUED INO'S FEET TO THE GROUND! THEY TOLD ME TO RUN….." Shikamaru panicked.
"…….and you did, because you were scared." Neji looked beyond Shikamaru. "I can't help you. It's your problem…not mine."
"WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN! I CAN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF!" Shikamaru stared at Neji.
"I'm not always going to be here to bail you out of everything. You need to take care of yourself." Neji glared at him.
"FINE! I'LL DO IT BY MYSELF! YOU BASTARD!" Shikamaru ran back to the Forest of Death.
"I give him 5 minutes without my help." Neji turned to see his team-mates.
"You must be really happy! Your best friend is out there all alone to fight not just Temari, but maybe even Itachi and Kisame!" Tenten yelled.
"She is right." Rock Lee agreed.
"I'm not dumb. We're going to watch him from the side lines until he really needs our help." Neji proved he was smart.
Shikamaru looked around the bend just to see Temari jump up at him.
"HOLY SHIT!" Shikamaru fell over.
How did it come to this? I was just a lazy ninja in training. All I did was play chess, lean against things and sleep at right and wrong times. Asuma was always unplanned. He just went with the flow. His sayings were always "go with the flow" or "If life gives you lemons, squirt them in your enemies eyes." Chouji was always simple. Wake up, eat, walk, eat, fight a little but not seriously, eat, travel, eat, get ready for bed, eat, and sleep. All he really wanted to do was eat. Ino was well prepared, I guess stylish, unpredictable, and a little "bossy". She did like to get in a bad mood every time we did something wrong. Every time She does something we messed up on or can't do, she rubs it in our faces. The rest of the time Ino is helpful. We're all different. I guess that's how we got to be a team.
"Shikamaru…..YOUR TIME IS NOW! " Temari leaned over to kill him.
Temari fell to the ground. Asuma had gone from behind her, stabbed her through the back and into the heart.
"She's dead." Asuma announced.
Temari got up and hugged Shikamaru.
"Get off of me!" He yelled and tried to push her away. She never moved.
"I'll get her.." Asuma pulled back another kunai. "Hiyyy…"
"Wait! Don't hit her it will go through her and into…" Ino began.
"Too late!" Temari laughed as the kunai was stabbed through the opposite side of her heart but stabbed Shikamaru's heart.
SHIKAMARU!
"ASUMA! WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" Ino began to cry.
Temari jumped off of Shikamaru and ran away. Ino put Shikamaru's head in her lap.
WHY HIM!
It's all my fault. He wouldn't have died if I didn't cut through Temari. How could I be so dumb. She will pay for this! I'll make sure of it! Asuma thought.
Asuma turned his head away to see Chouji's body on the ground of the cave.
Neji and his team-mates ran into the gates of the forest of death and saw Asuma walking towards them. Beside him they saw Ino walking. Rock Lee ran up to them.
"Hey Asuma! Hey Ino!" He laughed.
Asuma turned his head so Rock Lee jumped back.
His eyes are so dull and sad. Rock Lee thought.
Neji watched them walk up to him.
"Isn't there two other members, or did they die." He teased.
Ino's head fell and she began to cry.
"Huh? Come on, it was just a joke. Where are they?" Rock Lee barged in.
"Neji, Rock Lee…cut it out." Tenten said seriously.
"Shikamaru is injured and we don't know about Chouji." Asuma said in a dull voice.
At the Hospital
Ino walked into Shikamaru's room. Shikamaru was lay out on the bed and his eyes were closed.
"I know you probably can't hear me.." She said as she sat down on a chair beside the bed. "…but I wanted to talk to you."
"I love you."
Ino jumped up. "Who said that!"
"It was me, Shikamaru."
"Shikamaru?" Ino looked at him. "Do you love me, for real?"
"Yes."
"What about Temari?"
"I don't care about her, only you."
"I know you slept with her."
"That meant nothing. She snuck in."
"Sure she did."
"Ino?"
The window smashed and Temari came in.
"Like my entrance?" Temari chuckled. "I'm back for my sweetie pie."
"He's not your sweetie pie!" Ino ran after Temari with a kunai.
"Get a life Ino!" Temari slapped Ino in the face, sending her flying.
Neji ran in and attacked Temari. Temari's eyes turned red and kunai's hit Neji from the back.
"What?" Neji was so surprised he couldn't move.
When Temari attacked, a kunai hit her in the head.
"What?" She turned. "I'll kill you!"
"Neji is my best friend and I'll help him to the end! I don't care if you kill me!" Shikamaru said as he jumped in front of Neji.
"I give up! Nothing I do works!" Temari screamed.
"huh?"
"I was possessed by Itachi ever since I saw you at the forest of death! He's making me kill you!"
"What? Then why did Kankuro attack you and Gaara vanish?"
"They didn't! It was a lie from Itachi! I give up trying to impress you, Shikamaru."
"Oh GOD!"
"I'm Itachi and I'll be here for a while."
Shikamaru was suddenly blacked out. He heard the voices in his head. They said:
Chouji! Die! Ino! Die! Tenten! Die! Rock Lee! Die! Asuma! Die! Temari! Die! Gai! Die! Gaara! Die! Kankuro! Die! NEJI! Die!
He woke up beside a hospital bed. On his left was Rock Lee, Chouji and Asuma. On his right was Tenten, Ino and Temari.
Shikamaru was suddenly blacked out again. He heard the voices in his head. They said:
Chouji! Die! Ino! Die! Tenten! Die! Rock Lee! Die! Asuma! Die! Temari! Die! Gai! Die! Gaara! Die! Kankuro! Die! NEJI! Die!
He woke up by Temari, Gaara and Kankuro.
"Kankuro? Do you love me? Y'know. As a sister." Temari asked.
"WHAT!" Kankuro said.
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What's happening to Shikamaru? Find out next chapter!-
