Chapter 2: Healing Style- Flames of Light Unleashed
As Shikamaru's group separates from Asuma's, Sakura asks pretty much the exact same question Chouji did. "Asuma-sensei? What IS Shikamaru's new jutsu?" Asuma sighs "It's a very dangerous use of the Shadow Possession Jutsu. He flows his chakra threw his shadow into the person he possesses, and the chakra becomes one. After a series of hand signs, the process is complete, and he begins the hand signs to fuse himself with the other person." Ino's eyes open very wide. "Fusing? You mean Shikamaru's going to combine with Chouji!?" In her mind she sees a fat Shikamaru with Choujis voice, and she shivers. "No, not Chouji. Shino. Shikamaru requested him specificly, he finds him a semi-perfect subject. With his shadow possession and Shino's Parasitic Beetles, it's a near perfect combination." Asuma almost thought of telling them about what happened when Shikamaru asked Garra to do the jutsu with him, but thought better of the idea, thinking it would scare the crap out of them. They hop along the tree tops when suddenly a log flies from in front of them and slams Asuma and Ino right into the face with plenty of force to knock them unconscious. Sakura immediately goes into hand signs and starts to heal them with her healing abilitys. After about 1 second of healing however she jumps out of the way as 2 more logs head in her direction. "Shit. I thought it was a simple trap, but it seems the ninja are here. They must not be very good at close combat though if their throwing logs at me, I'll charge in." She grabs her Kunai and charges in to where she thinks the ninja are, but is shocked when all she finds is a large pile of fire bombs, all lit. "Oh sh…" she starts, but is cut off when the explosion knocks her down to the ground.
Sakura wakes up tied to Asuma and Ino, all three of them being carried in some sort of sealed container. Ino tries to break free, but after 32 seconds of struggling, decides to save her strength. Asuma uses his Kunai to cut the ropes, and states, "you might as well get comfortable. This thing we're in is sealed tight." Sakura tries to think of some way to get out of a thing like this, and thinks about when Naruto told her about Sasuke escaping his sealed barrel. He had used the dark energy of his curse mark to break the seals, and escape. Hmm… if dark energy can be used to break the seals, maybe light energy can break them as well Sakura then goes into hand signs for about 6 minutes, getting blank stares from Asuma and Ino. After she finishes the hand signs she presses her hands against the sides of the makeshift prison. "Healing Style! Flames of Light!" The walls of the container start to glow white, and brighter and brighter, so bright that Ino covers her eyes. After the smell of burning paper goes away, Asuma slams upward onto the container and shatters it completely. After about 4 seconds of surprised battle, Sakura and Ino finish off all 10 of the ninja that were carrying them.
"Lord Orochimaru" Kabuto states as he kneels before his master. "The trap failed sir. One of the three shinobi inside the sealed container managed to break the seals and all 3 of them escaped. Orochimaru just stares at him and smiles, "It does not matter. Just because a few pawns slip threw your fingers doesn't mean you cant still get the king," Orichimaru walks away, having Kabuto seriously wonder what it is his master is planning.