Chapter 6: The Beast of Shadows
Sakura dodges, throwing a barrage of Kunai which take out most of the clones. At least the ugly sob is slow she thinks as she runs along the trees. She tosses another Kunai, this time it doesn't disappear. Must be the real one. Stupid as well She stops suddenly. What the… She realized her shadow had been possessed by one of the beast's clones. Argg… what a good combination. Naruto's Clones, Shino's Bugs, Shikamaru's Shadow and Chouji's Human Boulder. I'm so boned Suddenly one of the clones inflates to the size of a large building and starts rolling toward her. aw man… however, a gust of wind blows the boulder off course. What the… Suddenly a tall bust girl with blond hair jumps down from the trees and to her side. "I see the Leaf was also interested in the green poison…" I'd recognize that annoying voice anywhere… Temari… "What on earth is the Sand doing here?" At that Kankarou and Garra drop down from the trees and stand by her. "We are here to get a sample of the zombification fluid. But what the hell is that?" She points to the hundreds of fused beasts that drop from the sky toward them. Garra's sand pops from the vial on his back and comes up in front of them. The sand then hardens and turns into a spiky form and dozens of "poofs" can be heard from the deaths of all of the clones at once. "Now… I'll ask again, what the hell is that?"
Inside the beast's head is a plethora of images and voices. (Bold Shikamaru. NormalNaruto UnderlineChouji ItalicizedShino) Arg… Sakura-chan… no… Hmm… the potion only seems to effect the body, not the mind. Sort of like my shadow possession. Very perceptive of you, but how do you suggest we undo the fusion without the hand signs. DAMNIT! LET ME OUT OF HEAR YOU STUPID BEAST!!! Shut up Naruto, this is your fault anyways. MY FAULT?! Yes your fault. If you hadn't interfered, the mission would be over by now and I would be home eating pork… mmm… pork. Sigh… how troublesome. I have a suggestion. Try to flow your chakra into the beast's hands. Perhaps we can control its hands and free our chakra from this prison. Sounds about as good as anything else. At least my bugs are smart enough to not obay this… thing we are trapped inside. If you ask me, this is Shikamaru's fault. Sigh… Naruto, you're such an idiot. This isn't a time to be blaming each other. Just do what shikamaru says. Arg… whatever. The 4 of them start channeling their chakra into the beast's hands.
Kankarou laughs. "You expect us to believe that thing over there is a combination of the annoying one, the lazy one, the bug one, and the fat one?" Arggggggggg Inner Sakura is furious. "Uh..huh…. That's them. And we have to find a way to subdue it without killing it." Temari frowns. "What the heck is it doing?" It is only then that Kankarou and Sakura notice that it is very slowly doing hand signs. Sakura stares at it, "I have no clue. It must be trying to perform a jutsu, but it looks like its struggling…" Suddenly a flash of chakra comes from the beast and it screams in rage. Suddenly Shikamaru jumps out a barrage of Kunai at his heals. "Hmm… It only took me out. Sigh… How troublesome." He dodges as another Kunai comes close to his face and tries to send his shadow to the beast, but it dodges and bashes Shikamaru in the face. "What on earth? You weren't kidding!" Kankarou screams as he sends his puppets into the fray. Temari jumps down and sends a wave of wind into the beast and it slams against the wall. Garra sends down his sand to bury the creature and he starts raising it into the air. "Sand Coffin…" "Stop it!" Sakura screams! "You'll kill them!" "So? Their trying to kill you…" "But they cant help it you psychotic brat!" Garra stares angerly at her but slowly realeases his coffin, just enoph so it wont kill him, but not enoph for it to escape. Sakura jumps down to Shikamaru. "Now what?" she asks.