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Weakpoints

Tayuya was the strongest female Shikamaru had faced by far and she had just increased the level of her power by another degree. Her ruby red hair grew to waist length as several gruesome horns grew out of her head, protruding forwards like some sort of gothic crown. Her skin changed into a dark brown hue, the many lightning like markings from the first release of her seal blending into the uniform colour. She stood glaring triumphantly at him as she watched Shikamaru desperately throw his last kunai at her. It was a poorly aimed throw, landing with a resounding thunk on the branch in front of her. She goaded him menacingly, "What are you aiming at?"

Shikamaru was kneeling on the tree, his arms poised to either side at shoulder height. He had come up with a plan at the last second before the Genjutsu, her illusionary technique, had hit him. His world warped and became a surrealist nightmare. He watched in terror as the flesh on his arms seemed to melt off his bones, like a Salvador Dali painting. His mind raced over the last of the battle information he had gleaned about her. She was smart, self confident, extremely powerful and she claimed the only weapon she needed was her flute and it was working well.

First he decided he needed to break free of the illusion. He screamed out from the pain the jutsu was inflicting on him. He used the opportunity to hide the pain he felt from using his shadow to snap his finger. The pain broke him free of the imaginary world. Staying calm he focused on pretending to still be captured by her technique. He only had one shot at executing this plan and he would make sure he would give it the best possible chance of success.

She snarled at him victoriously "Just how do you feel now? Being held up." Of the illusions she could create she felt this one was the most apt for him.

Shikamaru only grunted as she reached over to wrench the kunai out of the branch before her, intent on finishing him off with his own weapon. Silently, Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief, it was what he had been gambling on. As she leapt towards him, dagger in hand, he made a quick prayer to unknown deities. "Die trash!" She roared.

As she drew her arm back to strike, he lunged at her, ramming his fist into her stomach. She stood momentarily baffled that her prey was mobile. Shikamaru concentrated quickly, knowing that his momentary action had stunned her. He knew he didn't have much time. Although he couldn't see her face, her hesitation spoke loudly of her surprise. That soon passed as she attempted to disembowel him. He smiled as he felt his jutsu completed, the dagger, centimeters away from providing air conditioning to his innards. "How many times do I have to tell you..." Shikamaru taunted, "the first hand is a feint. It's the most basic thing to land with the second hand."

He felt his Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu, his Shadow Neck Bind Technique travel up her body immobilizing her, he explained "Of course this second hand is not the same as before. This Shadow Neck Bind Technique can bind the opponent stronger as the distance gets closer."

"Dammit!" she cursed, "I got too close."

He needed to think out the rest of his strategy. He had run through nearly a hundred plans but could not find any to defeat her permanently. Playing for time he continued his taunting. "That's not where you failed… It's where you said 'My only weapon is this flute'"

The realization floored her as her body involuntarily shuddered. "It can't be…!?" she uttered in disbelief.

"Yes… I threw that dagger in front of you intending to miss, so you'd pick it up and approach me."

Regaining her calm composure, Tayuya grinned confidently. "Humph" She grunted "I must admit you've got some guts for a shit head!"

"Not only that, I'm also kind hearted." Shikamaru retorted. "Socking a defenseless woman goes against my policy, but you don't seem in any way defenseless."

Safely bound by his technique, he drew his fist back intending to punch her in the abdomen. As his fist approached impact, she momentarily broke free of his hold and caught his fist with her hand.

"Don't think that in beating the illusion, you gained the upper hand. Shit head!" She glowered menacingly at him.

"Dammit! It still can't bind." He cursed in his head. "Shit! But… I can't lose!"

He grimaced and planted his stance firmly. Concentrating on his chakra he moved his shadow limbs further up her body, intent on crushing her windpipe. "Just a tad…" he thought, but a sudden surge of her chakra saw his shadow hand retreat a little and his bind loosening.

"Holy shit! This chakra!! Even at this range, the chakra is overwhelming. The Shadow Neck Bind takes too much chakra… If I let go I'm done for." His mind continued to think to himself.

Both combatants grunted in exertion. Shikamaru tried desperately to bind her, she tried desperately to break his bind. Shikamaru's logical analysis went into over drive. "Think" he strategized. "I need time to think. Go to find a way to prevent her control of her massive chakra stores. I need time to find a solution. I need…" An odd tactic caught him. "It seems like I must use 'that' jutsu."

He turned his face slightly towards her aiming for her ear. "You know, I bet you've never had a boyfriend before have you?" he cooed.

"Shut up! Shit head!"

"I bet no boy has ever touched you or ever wanted to before either, have they?" he continued to question. "Especially with your cussing and temper. I bet you haven't even been kissed before?"

"None of your business! I'll kill you when I get out!" She promised him.

Shikamaru could only grin as he slowly and carefully leant over. He did not want to get gored by those vicious looking horns and he had thought of a plan to disrupt her. As he reached her neck, he slowly nudged her hair aside and kissed her skin, conscious to run his lips slowly over a small section of her nape.

"You SHIT!" She screamed struggling, her chakra fluctuating.

Shikamaru was pleased with her response and decided to pursue this plan to the end. "You know," he said as nonchalantly as he could. "If I'm going to die I may as well take something sweet with me."

He ran his tongue gently down her neck and across her jaw line. He felt her shiver and her chakra drop momentarily before increasing again to higher levels. It didn't matter to Shikamaru. As long as her control was inconsistent she would find it hard to break free. His chakra use on the other hand was being conserved. Slowly he allowed his shadow hands to drop a little and concentrated them on gently massaging her… erogenous zones.

Tayuya had never had anyone touch her like this before. She bit her lip trying to refocus her chakra but Shikamaru's warm breath and slow circular motions all over her body kept distracting her. She grit her teeth and stifled a moan, repeating to herself, "I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

She didn't realize she had lowered her chakra as she fought for her dignity. Shikamaru moved mechanically but purposefully, all the while waiting for an opportunity to attack. He controlled his shadows to reach her slim waist. He was actually surprised it was so slim. He squeezed gently and tickled her softly as she squirmed a little, caught between enjoying it, laughing out loud and stilling cursing and swearing to kill him. Her chakra control was erratic, sometimes rising to extreme highs sometimes extremely low. Shikamaru was trying to memories what series of motions produced what reaction and affected her chakra in what way.

A thump on the branch beside them alerted him to more trouble. A familiar voice sent chills down his spine. "I don't know what to do here, pineapple head. Should I kill you or kill her or maybe both of you?" The voice of Temari rang out, carrying a hint of anger at her memories of the Chunin exam.

"Who are you?" Tayuya tried to sound defiant.

This only brought a raised eyebrow to Temari, who answered her brashly. "Allies of the Leafs. The Shinobi of the Sands."

Shikamaru frowned at his luck. It had gotten from bad to worse. Concentrating now on his motions, Tayuya's reactions and talking to Temari, he spoke when he could. "I heard that we'd come…hmm… to terms with the traitor Sands, but… hmm… It's hard to believe you'd turn tails…hmmm…just like that."

Temari looked at the bizarre scene before her and shook her head. She was actually glad she was a Shinobi of the Sands now, looking at the Konoha ninja example in front of her. Then there were rumours of one of their legendary Sanins being a pervert too. She sighed, "We didn't willingly siege the Leafs. It was an order. It's the same kind of reason why I'm here." She looked at Shikamaru still at it. "Although if you want me to leave, I can. You seem to be a bit busy."

Shikamaru finally stopped and breathed a sigh of relief, expending his conserved chakra to bind Tayuya. Tayuya had death in her eyes as she spat out, "Let me kill him! I'll let you kill me if you just let me kill him first!"

Shikamaru looked at Temari a little worried. She smirked and shook her head. "I'd love to, but I'm sorry. I'm under orders."

Shikamaru said a silent prayer to his saviour the Hokage, "Ah! The Fifth did this. I'm saved. Thank you."

Out loud he said to Temari, "Do you mind stabbing her or something. I'm running out of chakra now that I'm not conserving it."

Temari eyed the boy before her who had defeated herself using underhanded tactics and was tempted not to save him. But orders were orders as she drew her kunai and slit Tayuya's throat.

"Damn you shit head!" were her last words before she gurgled in her own blood and died.

The blood from Tayuya sprayed onto Shikamaru and drenched his Chunin vest with it's stench. "Couldn't you have stabbed her in the back! My mother's going to scold me for having to wash this now! This is going to be so troublesome!"

For the third time in five minutes, she really felt like killing the ungrateful bastard.

"I'm under orders. I'm under orders. I'm under orders." She chanted to herself to calm down.

End – Notch 2

A/N: This is based on the events of the Sasuke's retrieval mission and is based on a Manga translation. It's also a first draft so excuse the mistakes. Yes it's a pretty wrong solution and un-heroic at that.