Chapter 4- The Green Toxin
Shikamaru, Shino and Chouji jump along the trees toward the intercept point. Shikamaru starts thinking to himself Aw man. What a drag. I don't even know what we're supposed to do at this intercept point. He sighs out loud and inches closer to Chouji. "Psst. Chouji." He whispers into Chouji's ear. "I wasn't paying attention to Asuma's breefing. What are we supposed to do at this point?" Chouji looks shocked. "We're supposed to kill these sound ninja that are carrying a vial of some sort of greenish fluid. After that we're to take the liquid to the Hokage for inspection." "Oh. Sigh… What a drag." Shino stares at his temporary teammates. At least Kiba isn't so fat or lazy he thinks to himself. They finally reach the intercept point and wait.
Naruto jumps along the trees heading in the direction he say Asuma and his team going. I'm going to be in this mission! He takes Sakura and Ino instead of me! I'm one of the best in the village! I'm going to kick sound ninja butt! After jumping along for a while, pretty much thinking the same thoughts, he slams headfirst into a camouflaged Shino and they fall to the ground. "Naruto? What the hell are you doing here?" he says, calm as ever. Naruto doesn't have the chance to answer however, as 2 kunai dipped with the green liquid pierce both of them. Naruto starts to convulse, turning a pale green color. Shino sinks to the ground, also turning a pale green. "Ah, shit… What a loser… he ruined my plan…." Shikamaru sighs, "What a drag…"
Sakura suddenly finds herself alone. A large group of sound shinobi had captured Asuma and Ino, and she couldn't fight so many at once. She sighs and stares up into the sky If only Sasuke was here… Sigh She jumps along the treetops trying to find wherever they took Ino and Asuma, when she sees two bodys on the ground being inspected by 2 dozen sound ninja. He notices that their skin is tinted green. Hmm… weird Its that that he recognizes the bodys as Naruto's and Shino's. What the hell is he doing here? Argg Naruto…. You are so dead….
Shikamaru sighs and starts to think of the possibilitys. Without Shino's insects, it will be much harder to defeat these guys. Apparently they poisoned the Kunai… Theres something wrong with their bodys… I could fuse with Chouji, but then I'd have no way to fight without hurting myself… I could try to possess them all at once and have Chouji fight, but theres no way I could possess all of them… at least 1 would get me… He sighs again and turns toward Chouji and prepares to tell him the plan when he sees a figure in the trees. Great, more to think about. I cant possess them and him as well… He examines the figure more closely and recognizes it. What the hell… He raps a message on a Kunai and throws it at the tree next to the figure.
Sakura almost screams in fear as the Kunai hits right next to her head. She reads the plan, almost is sure it won't work, and turns around looking for Shikamaru. She doesn't have time however as she notices the shadow possessing about half of the ninja on the ground and Chouji rushing in. Chouji grabs Naruto and Shino and gets out of there. Sakura sighs and lets loose a barrage of Kunai into the area, killing all the possessed shinobi and about 1 more. The others run away. Shikamaru jumps down and examines the bodys until he finds the vial of liquid. "Ok Chouji… I got the bottle… lets go." He pauses a second as he waits for a reply. "Chouji?" He looks around, but Chouji, Naruto and Shino are nowhere to be found. "Sigh… how troublesome." Sakura jumps down and joins him. "Where did they go?" "How should I know… " He tosses the vial to her and she has to pretty much fall over to prevent it from breaking. "Take this back to the Hokage. She needs to examine it." With that he starts jumping along the trees. Arg…. I'll kill him!!!! Inner sakura screams in her head.
Meanwhile, Chouji, now tinted green as well, along with Shino and Naruto jump along the trees toward the sound village border.