Thanks for the reviews so far, I WILL fix the kurenai discrepancy thank you for reminding me;). Hope you enjoy the next chapter.
Konoha Hospital
Mitarashi Anko slouched on a seat bored of the mundane guard duty that her a Tokubetsu Jounin was ordered to carry out. Twirling a kunai dexterously in her right hand hand she looked at the sky.
"IM SO BORED!" she screamed out for the village to hear, causing mass panic in the hospital as patients that were peacefully sleeping almost jumped out of the windows of the wards they stayed in. Glancing aside to her Jounin teammate Aoba her eye twitched furiously. Aoba the ever stoic Jounin known for keeping his calm in battle was reading a small orange book with a picture of a man being chased by a woman with flowers in her hands clearly illuminated on the front. That and the fact he was giggling pervertedly every few seconds didn't help either. Anko finally lost it
"WHY ARE YOU READING THAT PERVERTED CRAP!" she screamed as she literally tore the book out of the shocked Jounins hands.
"Nooo" he cried "Thats my special 1st anniversary edition, signed by the author himself"
"I DON'T CARE, YOU'RE ANNOYING ME GIGGLING EVERY HALF A SECOND!" she yelled, throwing the book in the air she began the seals for a Katon jutsu. Sensing his life was about to end he scrambled for the book, he figured she would have to use the jutsu on him too, that would stop her he thought... Aoba changed his mind pretty quickly when she finished the seals "Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu", she breathed in deeply. The crazy snake lady began firing small bolts of flame at the jounin who was trying very much in vain to protect his book and dodging all of her fire attacks. Everyone ninja and civilian alike was watching amusedly as the ....Jounin Aoba? defended the perverted book with his life. Suddenly a loud voice made them them all gasp. Suiton: Suijinheki ! The caster of the ninjutsu said clearly as a medium sized wall of water emerged out of thin air mouth and shielded Aoba from Anko's fiery fury. The villagers looked on in awe, "Kakashi senpai..." trailed Aoba in awe. Kakashi appeared in his blue ninja robes forehead protector shielding his sharingan eye.
Kakashi turned around and gave him a big smile...well as much of one as you can with a mask, so an eye smile pretty much and bellowed "I THE ICHA ICHA SERIES NO.1 FAN, I SHALL NOT ALLOW ANY BURNING OF THESE BIBLES OF READING GLORY IN MY PRESENCE" (sunset appearing behind).
The two perverted admirers of the series embraced "Kakashi senpai!" "Aoba san!" (Think Lee and Gai embracing but way more disturbing because its Kakashi involved).
Everyone in the street sweatdropped, except for two spandex clad clones who were watching the entire scene unfold. They just looked on in awe; the older clone bellowed "MY ETERNAL RIVAL KAKASHI THAT IS SO HIP! DEFENDING YOUR MOST IMPORTANT POSESSION WITH YOUR NINJA SKILLS". If you could sweatdrop more, yep Neji and Tenten sweatdropped even more.
"Huh?" Kakashi enquired oblivious to the youthful display put on by Gai behind him. Gai collapsed in an undignified heap and began to cry.
Since his sensei was currently crying on the floor Neji as a jounin decided to take the initiative and approached Anko.
"Anko-san, hokage sama has requested you and Aoba san report back to her for further orders"
"FINALLY, I was getting ready to kill those two...wait three.. .Sigh..." "AOBA WERE LEAVING!" she bellowed and the sunglasses clad jounin decided to go quietly this time, just to be on the safe side he slipped his Icha Icha paradise book in a safe spot on one of his equipment pouches. A second before he shunshined away he heard Kakashi's calm singsong voice
"By the way theres a sequel Aoba san, ICHA ICHA TACTICS",
"We're GOING! NOW!" Anko screamed as she dragged the pathetic excuse for a man/jounin with her to see the Hokage. Few seconds later Kakashi saluted "Ja ne" and disappeared back to his hospital bed in a flurry of leaves.
With Kakashi and Aoba out of the picture Team Gai returned to their duty and set up a defensive perimeter in front of the Konoha hospital. After an hour of this, each member was bored as hell. Gai and Lee were challenging each other in how many pushups they could do before the sun set, Ten Ten was sharpening her weapons and also looking dubiously at Neji every few minutes. Neji well... he did nothing, but he had his Byakugan activated so no one knew what he was up to. Suddenly he jolted upwards, his teammates sensing the sudden movement looked at him for an explanation.
"Sakura san is coming out to talk to us" Neji replied simply. True to his word the figure of Sakura in bloody hospital robes emerged from the hospital exhaustion clear in her green eyes. Before anyone could say anything a familiar voice was heard
"YOSHHHHHHHH, SAKURA-SAN the springtime of youth burns brightly in you". Sakura twitched slightly and ten-ten began bludgeoning him with her nunchaku. After a minute of deep breathing Sakura calmed herself down. "I've been rather busy as you can see" gesturing to her blood splattered robes. "Just giving the report that Hatake Kakashi, Chouza Akimichi and Ebisu are out of medical danger" she smiled. She swayed for a second there and collapsed to the ground. Lee was there in an instant "SAKURA SAN are you alright" he enquired.
"I'm okay, I just pushed myself too far today" she smiled brushing herself off.
"Thanks guys I'm going to rest, I'll see you tomorrow" she said as she walked off to her apartment. As she walked away from the group she head mutters from Neji how they had experienced Kakashi's recovery firsthand.
Training ground 7
Sounds of battle could be heard as Ino and Shikamaru trained together refining their team skills on their jounin parents who just happened to be passing by the area. Chouji was at this point attending to his father by his hospital bed, they had visited him before and was expected to make a full recovery.
"How troublesome" both son and father muttered as they activated their respective shadow techniques. The identical Nara ninjutsu shot towards each other engaging in a furious dance for domination and evasion. Not knowing what would happen if the kagemane no jutsu collided with itself he decided to test it out a few months previously.
Flashback
"Hey.., Dad" He enquired unusually polite.
Shikaku looked up in surprise before enquiring "What?"
"What happens when the kagemane no jutsu captures another kagemane no jutsu". The older jounin laughed and responded in mirth "I've never tried, shall we give it a shot?"
"Hai", His father laughed again and enquired with a mocking smile "Naaani?, this isn't too troublesome for you Shikamaru?". Both father and son activated their ninjutsu and the extended shadows raced towards each other before they collided. Both shadow users muttered "Kagemane no jutsu seikou" before they realized something was wrong. Neither of them could move nor exert control over the other, they were stuck there until someone released the bind. Shikamaru began twitching in annoyance and Shikaku burst out laughing.
"So this is how you wanted to spend quality time with your old man hey Shikamaru?"
The younger Nara just sighed and muttered "How troublesome"
After four hours of being bound they heard the loud voice of Yoshino Nara
"Shikaku, Shikamaru Dinners ready" Shikaku looked around in fear
"BE THERE IN A MINUTE HONEY, Shit, if she finds out we can't move you know what will happen"
"Hmm" Shokamaru mused also fearful of his dear mother.
"Whaaat did I just hear you say honey?" the imposing form of Yoshino Nara enquired as she walked out to the Nara training field with ladle in hand.
"N-n-nnothing dear" Shikaku replied cowed by his troublesome wife. With a glance Yoshino saw both father and son had ensnared each other with the kagemane no jutsu. She twitched before she unleashed a mother's fury on the two bashing them furiously with the ladle which after enough painful strikes to the head released the dual kagemane no jutsu. She then proceeded to chase them into the house with the ladle and to their dinner dinner. Shikamaru snickered at his Dad's behaviour at the dinner table. The poor man was trying in vain to eat his rice but was being watched eerily by his imposing wife who had the ladle ready in her right hand.
Back to the present
The Shadows entwined around each other seeking an opening that would allow them to capture the original shadow of the user. Evading the others shadow and trying to find an opening Shiakmaru's shadow lunged only to be stopped by a defensive move by Shikaku's shadow, try as they might the two geniuses of the Nara clan could not find an opening. Sensing the battle was a stalemate at that point Shikaku decided to bring some more firepower into the mix. Ninpou:Kage Nui (Ninja art: Shadow Sewing), his shadow split into a myriad of sharp edged points and sped towards Shikamaru from multiple directions. Shikamaru ever observant noted the shadows positions as they closed in, pulling out a kunai with a black tag around them.
Shikaku's Kage Nui smashed into the ground Shikamaru had been a second before creating a massive amount of damage, as he jumped away from the blast Shikamaru threw one of the special tagged kunai and made the tiger seal. The kunai stuck in the ground and formed a sphere of shadow mass trapping several of the offending tendrils. Struggling to get his shadow out of the mass Shikaku quickly formed another seal Ninpou:Kage Tatsu (Ninja Art: Shadow Severing). The Kage Nui quickly split off from the trapped shadow mass and reformed back into the original kage nui with seven points. Shikakus ninjutsu began the pursuit of shikamaru once again, slicing trees and other obstacles in the way to reach the younger shadow user. As he pursued his son through the trees he wondered what Shikamaru had set up. He looked up and Shikamaru had stopped. Forming a set of seals he called out his techniques name Kageyose no Jutsu (Shadow Summoning), tags around the area activated and trapped shikaku. Before he had the chance to react Shikamaru yelled "Now Ino!"
Ninpou: Shinranshin no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Mind Body Disturbance), the confusion hit Shikaku like a shockwave, not even a second later he felt a hand on his head and the confused feeling disappearing. He looked up warily and saw his teammate Yamanaka Inoichi had cancelled the effects of the Mind Disturbance Technique. With a dash both sides sprang back into battle Shikamaru taking the offensive this time Kagemane no jutsu he shouted extending his shadow to try and capture Inoichi. The Yamanaka clan head began sealing during the process of dodging Shikamaru's shadow and called out the name of his technique Magen: Jubaku Satsu (Demonic Illusion Tree Binding Death).
The older Yamanaka disappeared in a blur and Shikamaru found himself caught in a genjutsu. He was bound to a tree and there was no way visible of escaping, Inoichi emerged from within the tree Kunai drawn ready to strike. Shikamaru attempted to move his hands together to perform the Release (Kai) technique but the branches bound his hands too tightly. As Inoichi was about to strike with the Kunai he found himself out of the illusion, Ino's arm on his shoulder having cancelled out the genjutsu. Instantly on the attack Ino reached for her shruiken holster and threw a wave at the two adult jounin. While they maneuvered in mid air she began the many seals for her new technique Kokuangyō no Jutsu (Bringer of Darkness) she screamed. The area around Shikaku and Inoichi went dark and they looked around smiling, however approximately five seconds into the technique the darkness cracked, revealing an exhausted Ino struggling for breath and shikamaru doing...nothing. That technique must have used up all her chakra, and her control is nowhere near perfect yet Inoichi thought.
"Okay, time to call it a day" Inoichi stated, Shikaku just nodded.
"H-hai" Ino replied shakily. Without a word between them the two elder jounin disappeared from the training ground. Shikamaru and Ino just stared at each other for awhile, until Ino broke the silence "Shikamaruu, let's go get dinner!"
"Hai" the shadow nin said muttering "How troublesome" under his breath. The two walked into the heart of Konoha seeking a meal to replenish the energy they had used during their intense training.
Konoha Main Gate
Two squads of Konoha ANBU lay stationed at the gate rigid as ever, prepared for any threat. The Hokage accompanied by Hyuuga hinata and Aburame Shino appeared at the gate in a flurry of leaves. With a quick wave of her hand Tsunade the Godaime Hokage relieved the ANBU stationed at the gate of their duties. Another ANBU squad materialized behind her. She spoke to the captain in a calm voice.
"Tenzou, your squad will be guarding the gate for the remainder of the night"
"Hai hokage-sama", 'Tenzou' gave hand signals to his squad and they all moved to covering positions for the front gate. The Hokage nodded and along with her two temporary bodyguards they shimmered and vanished in a swirl of leaves.