Sorry for the long wait. I had some school stuff and my other stories to update. I don't own Naruto, I own Cho. Here we go:

Temari leaped back a few feet as the shadow chased her. She jumped away from the shadow but it chased her. Temari then stopped and opened her fan in front of her. Sikamaru's shadow went towards Temari again but it stopped. Temari relaxed for a second then tried to move. Temari's eyes widened; she couldn't move.

'No! It's impossible.' she thought.

"Hehe, finally... shadow copy to jutsu, success." said Shikamaru.

"Wha?!" asked Temari.

"Hey, I'll show you whats behind you." said Shikamaru. He looked over his shoulder and Temari did the same. A shadow was coming out of one of the holes that Naruto had made. "You see, that hole is connected to the one in front of you." continued Shikamaru.

"No way..." said Temari. "The shadow inside the tunnel."

"Exactly." said Shikamaru. Shikamaru walked forwards and Temari did also. She struggled to break the shadows hold but to no avail. Shikamaru's and Temari's hands raised and there was tension in the arena.

"That's it." said Shikamaru. "I give up."

"Wh-what?!" asked Temari

"I give up." repeated Shikamaru. "The continuous use of the Shadow Copy no jutsu has used up all of my chakra. I can barely stand for a few more seconds. Though, I had the next two-hundred moves planned but it looks like I'm out of time."

"WINNER: TEMARI!" Yelled the protector. Shikamaru's shadow let go of Temari and went back to the lazy male nin. An outbreak of yelling and talking broke out in the crowd.

"WHY DID HE GIVE UP?1 IS HE AN IDIOT?!" Naruto yelled, "This pisses me off, I'm gonna go give him a lecture!" Naruto got up on the rail and Cho grabbed his jump suit, but gravity took it's tole and the two fell onto the stadium floor. Cho held a firm hand on the back of Naruto's shirt so that he could not injure Shikamaru.

"IDIOT!" Yelled Naruto.

"Shut up, you super idiot." said Shikamaru. Cho released Naruto and Naruto kept yelling.

"WHY DID YOU GIVE UP?!" Yelled Naruto.

"Lets just enjoy the next fight." said Shikamaru, Naruto's face brightened. More yelling erupted from the crowd. Suddenly a huge gust of air and leaves came from the center of the arena. When the gust cleared there stood Kakashi and Sasuke, back to back.

"Emo-boy returns." Cho whispered so that no-one could hear her.

"Sorry were late." said Kakashi.

"Your name?" asked the protector.

"Uchiha Sasuke," said Sasuke. "From your excitement you I'm guessing you won your round?"

"Of corse." said Naruto, Sasuke noticed his rather pissed off other teammate and smirked (AN: The signature Uchiha smirk no less.)

"And you?" Asked Sasuke.

"Well, I won." said Cho.

"I was wondering wether you arew worried fro your boyfriend Gaara's safety." said Sasuke. Cho's fist clenched.

"See this bastard?" asked Cho pointing to her scar, "I trust Gaara to not loose to an ass-hole Uchiha like you."

"Whatever." said Sasuke. Kakashi explained to the protector about their lateness so the next match was free to start.

"Don't loose to a guy like that." said Naruto gesturing to Gaara, who was in the stands.

"Yeah. . ." said Sasuke.

"Sasuke!" called Naruto. "I want to fight you too, don't forget that."

"Yeah." said Sasuke.

"Gaara get down here!" yelled the protector.

"You two, lets go." said Cho in an angered whisper. Shikamaru and Naruto looked at her and the three walked up to the steps. Cho felt pulses of chakra, that chakra was full of hate. . .

Full of. . . Bloodlust.

Hey guys! I am so late and I'm sorry. I was busy! Please review.