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CHAPTER 3

The group continued to move through the forest the following morning. Everything

was weird because Sakura had a throbbing headache, and Ino and Temari were

avoiding eye-contact with Shikamaru even while he was talking. Shikamaru figured

everybody was acting strange because of the game last night. Shikamaru asked

Naruto for some information on the situation.

"Hey, Naruto, what happened to Sakura, Ino, and Temari last night? They're acting

troublesome...!" Shikamaru poked Naruto for his attention.

"I did the sexy jutsu to look like you and they totally lost it! Sakura was possessed

by Blahkura last night, so there's no way she WOULDN'T have a headache, believe it.

Oh and by the way, Ino and Temari are obsessed with you." Naruto said bluntly with

no expression. Shikamaru rolled his eyes.

"Stop exaggerating, Naruto. You called it the sexy jutsu because it makes

something not sexy, appear sexy." He finalized. He shot a look Temari and Ino's

way. They looked like beets. "Like I said, if you transformed into Ino in a bikini I'd be

a tomato, too." Naruto looked satisfied by Shikamaru's reply. They picked up the

pace as the smell of Sand grew stronger.

UGLY LITTLE THINGS AREN'T THEY?
L8TER

There was a rustle in the leaves. Be on your guard, NARUTO's PARTY! There was

silence as Shikamaru halted his movement. Everybody stopped as the tree branches

bristled the leaves.

"Ugh...my head..." Sakura could no longer stand, because she felt like she was

having a stroke. The earth rattled...the rocks were skipping...

"Naruto!" Shikamaru yelled,"Protect Sakura!"

"You don't need need to say it, believe it! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto

made 4 clones- three surrounded Sakura, while him and the last one prepared to

attack. Temari pulled out the First moon on her fan, Sai pulled out his paint brush

and began painting a wolf, Ino and Shikamaru stood near each other as ex-

teammates. Sai threw a kunai into the bushes.

"Ouch" said a voice. A kunai came out of the trees and grazed Sai on his shoulder.

"What the...?!" He exclaimed in pain.

Suddenly... The wave came. It was loud and powerful...It was...

"RATS?!?!" Ino cried as she jumped onto a tree branch. Shikamaru followed and so

did Temari. Naruto clone #1 grabbed Sakura and pulled her up as well. The beady

red eyes of the rats followed them and climbed the trees.

The rats jumped from Naruto and Sakura's tree to Shikamaru and Ino's tree. More

followed them up the tall tree.

"Uh..." Ino thought for a moment.

"Ino be prepared to jump off!" Shikamaru pulled an explosion tag from his satchel.

Shikamaru stabbed the tree with the explosive kunai and they both leaped away as

the tree exploded. It seemed futile as there were just TOO MANY RATS! The Naruto

clones protecting Sakura were stabbing at the rats as they crawled up the tree.

"Hehe...They're FINSHED!!" Temari decked out the Third Moon. With one swing oof

the Fan, she sickled away both trees and Rats alike. "Wallawalla Boom Baby!"

Temari yelled, hoping to impress Shikamaru with her prowess. (yeah right) All of a

sudden, twice as many rats burst into the clearing. Temari hung her head in

shame. Hehehe.

Sai finished drawing his wolf. It appeared in a puff of smoke. As soon as it saw all

the rats barreling towards it, it ran away into the forest whining. Naruto tried his

shadow clone jutsu again. 30 clones popped up and started attacking the rats while

shouting, "BELIEVE IT!" It was a deafening cry. When he stopped, the rats were all

gone.

"Yes!" he yelled. But he yelled too soon. 5 times the rats thundered into the clearing.

"Dang" Ino shouted. Suddenly Shikamaru remembered the Shika-Ino part of

Shikainocho formation. He whispered in Ino's ear the plan because it was too loud with

all the rats to talk normally. Temari noticed this transaction and grimaced. Ino gave him a

thumbs up. She took out a kunai and threw it into the trees where they had heard

the,"Ouch!" when Sai had thrown the kunai.

"Ouch DANGIT!!" Came the voice and a ninja jumped out into the clearing preparing to

attack! "Quick Shikamaru!" Ino yelled. Shikamaru cast the shadow towards the unsuspecting

ninja. Once he had him in his grasp, Ino used her valentine jutsu and called, "Shikamaru!

take care of my body!" Her body slumped down and Shikamaru caught it before it hit the

ground. Temari pouted. Ino did a quick jutsu from the enemy ninja's body and all the rats

disappeared in puffs of smoke.

"PHEW" Everyone sighed. "Thanks Ino and... Shikamaru" said Sakura gratefully. She

remembered her medicine and took a swig. Temari sulked as Shikamaru and Ino high-

fived. Darn that Ino...THE GREAT TEMARI CANNOT LOSE AGAINST... HER!!!

They then continued on to the land of the sand: Suna.

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