Chapter 7: The Beastly problem
Once again, the beast starts thinking (Bold Naruto Italicized Shino Underline Chouji) What the hell?! I thought that was going to work! Sigh. Apparently all that his removal jutsu does is remove him from the body. That would explain why we're still together. Aw man… but I don't want to be trapped with you two forever… At least we don't look as ugly sence shikamaru left. And Shino's bugs seem to have returned. That is not a good thing. They will obay us, and we can't control ourselves. My bugs will tear them apart. Uh oh…
As they talk to each other in the brain of the beast, Shino's insects are slowly making their way behind Sakura, Temari and Shikamaru. "So Shikamaru, what do we do now." Shikamaru sighs. "Well, apparently my detachment jutsu didn't work quite as I planned. The poison in the veins of Naruto and Shino is to pure to allow the flow of chakra, and I don't think Chouji was really trying. I'll have to get in again and try to get him to focus. As he starts walking he smells blood. He turns around to see Garra's sand heading strait toward them. He and Sakura jump out of the way and the sand slams into the millions of beetles that were about to attack them. Shikamaru whistles. "That was close…" he eyes garra suspiciously and heads over to where the fused creature is and possesses it with his shadow. He starts up his hand signs. Temari sighs. "Why don't we just kill it…" Sakura thinks about which people are in the fused thing, Chouji: The fat one, Shino: The wierd one, and Naruto: The Annoying one. "Honestly, I think that may not be such a bad idea…"
Two minutes later, Shikamaru is back inside the beast. (shikamaru normal) Sup. What the hell are you doing back in here? Shut up naruto, I need Chouji's help. What? Shino and Naruto are too far consumed in the poison to escape, but you have a chance. You have to try to focus your chakra into my chakra while I'm doing the detachment jutsu. Ok? Sigh… whatever. Ok. Lets go. The beast once again reluctantly goes into hand signs and this time, Shikamaru pops out, but he is incredibly fat Woot! It worked! The Shikacho then unfuses into Shikamaru and Chouji, and both collapse from exhaustion. "Arg… boys…" Sakura is pissed. "So now what are we going to do about Naruto and Shino?" "Lets take um back to the Hokage… Maybe she can help." Garra lifts Shiruto into the air and they head back toward Konaha.
Tsunade stares at the strange boy and dog that just barged into his office. "What the hell do you think your doing?" "Sakura-chan gave me something to give to you!" He yells. "Why the hell don't you believe me!?" "Because Haruno Sakura is on an S-rank mission. She couldn't have given you anything." "But look!" Kiba takes the vial of green liquid out of his pocket, and Tsudade's eyes grow wide. "Give me that!" she screams as she grabs it from him. She studys it for a few seconds before putting it on a little dish and examining it with a microscope. "Hmm. There doesn't seem to be anything unusual about it… lets test it." She puts alittle on a needle and stabs it into Akamaru. Kiba stares in disbelief. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY WOMEN?!?!" "I'm testing to see what it is this does. Would you of prefured I used you?" Kiba growls as he slowly accepts what Tsunade had done, and he sighs. They wait.
Meanwhile, watching the group from 3 miles away, is a team of strange shinobi, wearing headbands with weird symbols on them. The woman speaks "Target: Nara Shikamaru spotted, traveling with the 3 sand shinobi and 2 fellow leaf shinobi. Target: Aburame Shino and Target: Uzamaki Naruto are nowhere to be found. However there is a strange bug-like creature being carried by the sand." One of the male ninja, clad in armor, addresses her. "A bug beast? That was not in the mission specks Kasumi." "No it was not Doku… Ogami, get Yugo to get in closer and examine that beast." Ogami, standing next to a wolf, jumps down, the wolf with him, and runs toward the group. "Wait!" Kasumi screams. She sighs. "How troublesome…"
Shikamaru inches closer to Sakura. "We are being followed." She stares at him. "By who?" "I don't know. It's at least 2 of them." "Maybe its Ino and Asuma." "No… One is too big to be Asuma, the other is too light to be Ino. Whoever they are, they probably aren't friendly." Something hits him. "Wait a minute. What happened to Asuma and Ino? They weren't at the intercept point." Sakura frowns. "They were captured." "What!? We have to go get them!" Temari turns around. "What are you two talking about?" "We have to split up. You and Kankarou come with me." They start off. "Wait!" Chouji screams. "Don't leave us with…" Garra stares back toward him. "With who?" "N-Nobody." Sakura looks as they run back and stares at the strange wolf that is eyeing her.