Dear Readers,
Do you know what I heard the other day…… THAT NO ONE IS READING MY STORY! I guess you would rather read more romantic things. Don't worry about this story because this is the last chapter. Read this and make my day!
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An Unexpected Death
Itachi's cave
Shikamaru stood there like a statue as the rather large shuriken. It was more like, he was unable to move. Itachi's clones were holding him down. The shuriken came closer and closer. Shikamaru's eyes went large as he struggled to get free.
I never even got to show Ino her surprise. (See chapter 4)
A picture appeared in Shikamaru's head of Ino. His head fell and he stopped moving. A long shadow cast upon him.
What is that? What's going on? Shikamaru lifted his head to see someone in front of him.
"Shikamaru…." Neji said.
"NEJI!" Shikamaru watched the body protecting him fall.
"NEJI!" He ran to his friend and crouched down by him.
"Neji you should have left me to-"
"I had enough." Neji sat up and pulled out the giant shuriken. "We keep fighting."
Neji stood up and got in a weak ready stand.
"But you're injured and weak." Shikamaru stated the obvious.
"Yah, I'm injured, but never, I repeat, NEVER call Neji Hyuga weak." Neji ran at Itachi while Shikamaru studied Itachi's clones for weak spots.
Naruto, Shino and Dosu clawed, bit, scratched, punched and any other hurting words you can think of.
"Give up, you could never beat Itachi!" Kisame yelled.
"What about you?" Dosu asked.
"Me?"
"Yah you." Shino said making Kisame seem dumb.
"Well……."
Naruto cut in. "I don't care if he's stronger than Itachi, I will defeat him."
"What do you mean 'IF'!" Kisame asked.
After that Kisame was not happy. He lifted his blade with no wrappings and cut off Dosu's head.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Shino and Naruto screamed as they hugged each other.
"See. I'm strong. Now who's next?" Kisame smiled.
"That's it! I had enough of this! Naruto! Let's kill him!" Shino said.
"OK! Let's do it!" Naruto pulled out a kunai.
Shikamaru soon found the clones' weak spots. He hit them and the Itachis disappeared.
That was easy. Now how is Neji doing? Shikamaru turned his head.
Neji was laying on the ground and got up again. He ran towards Itachi and Itachi hit him.
Shikamaru ran in and hit Itachi, who was not happy. Itachi studied Neji and quickly stabbed him in his blind spot.
Neji fell over and lay there motionless. Shikamaru ran over and crouched down by Neji. He picked Neji up and shook him.
"Wake up." He said and then got louder eveytime. "WAKE UP!"
Shikamaru checked Neji's pulse and heartbeat. Neji was definitely dead.
"Neji….." Shikamaru began to cry.
"Heh heh heh! Finally that annoying Hyuga is gone. He was getting on my nerves." Itachi laughed.
Shikamaru's head fell. No. Not Neji. Why? Why him? What will I tell Tenten? What will I do? He was my best friend. He's loyal. He protected me. He wanted Itachi dead then for him, I will kill him or die trying.
"Do……. do you know who's getting on my nerves? You. You are such a waste of time. You killed Neji which is such a drag. Sorry, but I'm not gonna get all mushy and give up. I'm gonna………….KILL YOU!" Shikamaru disappeared and a stabbing sound was heard from behind Itachi.
Itachi was surprised.
Where did he get all this energy? He's too fast. Itachi thought.
Kisame dodged Shino's side attack and was hit by Naruto's Ariel attack.
"Naruto. I think I know a plan. You'll know what to do when the time is right." Shino said.
Shino pulled out a kunai and ran towards Kisame. Kisame pulled on his sword.
Naruto watched the sword go through Shino. Then he noticed that Shino had cut Kisame's neck.
Naruto knew what to do and pushed Kisame off of the mountain.
Naruto went over to Shino. He checked his pulse. Shino was dead, as well as Dosu, Kankuro and Kisame.
Itachi jumped in the air after hitting Shikamaru many times and then being hit 10x more.
"Where are you going!" Shikamaru yelled almost falling over.
"I'm leaving." Itachi said as he ran away.
The bodies were buried.
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Tenten's house
Shikamaru rang the door bell.
"What do you want!" Tenten growled at Shikamaru.
"He didn't cheat on you." Shikamaru held up Neji's head band that was soaked in blood.
"No." Tenten began to cry.
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Asuma's new house (His old house rebuilt)
"Asuma! I see him!" Ino cried running out the door.
"SHIKAMARU!" She yelled as she hugged him.
"Ino."
"I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA DIE!"
"I'm Ok."
"You sure?" Chouji gave him a weird look.
"Well…. Don't stay out here. Let's give you a tour!" Asuma said.
"You guys go ahead. I'll be there in a sec." Shikamaru said as they went inside.
A small wind blew.
"Thank you Neji." Shikamaru said.
"Shikamaru. How did you do?"
"Itachi is still alive. Shino, Kisame, Kankuro and Dosu died."
"Yah. I hope Ino likes your surprise."
"You knew?"
"Yah. I did. Uh…..Shikamaru."
"Uh huh."
"Promise me one thing."
"What's that?"
"Promise me you'll protect Tenten."
"Sure."
"Bye."
"Yah, bye."
Shikamaru walked into his house. Ino ran over.
"I want you to meet my Aunt Joanne. She's a fortune-teller and sells nic-nacs that WORK!"
Joanne looked at Shikamaru.
From not too far away Itachi, Hakunara and the Water Walker are watching the little house.
Water Walker looks down. It's ZABUZA! Hakunara watches too. It's HAKU!
"Dear child." Joanne says. "You seem to have special abilities. Any weird flashbacks lately."
"Kinda." Shikamaru thought back to the times he had seen Neji disappearing. He knew now that Neji was going to die for real, that he does have magical abilities.
"I myself have the same ability. I give you this for free, an item that can bring five people back from the dead."
Shikamaru took it kindly. Then he smiled and said: "Five people, eh?"
The End?
