A/N: I'm so sorry this has taken so long to get out!! I haven't had much time to work on anything lately, and this chapter was really hard to do. So I'm not sure how it turned out. But anyway, I hope you enjoy it! And I couldn't really think of a name for Ami's kekei genkai so I just called it Fear Paralysis since it kind of does paralyze the person its used on.

Fear Paralysis vs. Shadow Paralysis

I grinned as I watched Naruto parade around the field, excited and loving the cheers from the crowd. I kinda wish I would have paid more attention now, so I would know how he beat Neji. The crowd seemed pretty pumped from watching the match, and well, I knew they were also excited for the next fight, which was something I was dreading. But thankfully, it didn't look like Sasuke had arrived yet. A little hope built up inside me as I figured he would be disqualified and Gaara would win by default without having to fight.

After the hype from Naruto and Neji's fight was over, the crowd started getting impatient, and yelling for the next match to start.

"That Sasuke….what in the world does he think he's doing? Forfeiting?" Shikamaru asked, confused like the rest of us were.

I glanced over at him. Only if I'm lucky…… I sighed.

"A wise man never quarts danger, leading to a wise decision." Shino said.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Naruto said smiling. "He's definitely gonna be here believe it!"

I looked over at him, knowing that I was hoping for the complete opposite of what he was. Naruto looked over, his eyes narrowing as they landed on Gaara. Gaara looked over too, glaring at Naruto.

"What are we gonna do now?" Kankuro asked me quietly, and I looked over at him confused. "If he doesn't show up our strategy is ruined!"

Of course. The plan. I completely forgot about it with all the commotion that had been going on. Well maybe this would be another good thing of Sasuke being disqualified. We wouldn't have to start a war with the Leaf Village. I looked away from him and back to the field where the proctor was standing. I thought back onto when Gaara left the hotel room, saying he was going to remind himself he was alive. Could he really have killed Sasuke? Was that why the Uchiha wasn't showing up? Because he was dead?

One of the leaf shinobi appeared on the field, and whispered something to the proctor, before disappearing again.

"Listen everyone!" the proctor called to the crowd. "One of the competitors for the next battle has not arrived yet. So, we're going to postpone this match briefly and simply jump ahead to the battle that would have followed this one."

I looked over at Kankuro as he looked kind of scared. Why, I didn't know. I mean, he wasn't really afraid of Shino was he?

Naruto sighed relieved at this news. "That's good."

"Hey! That means my battle's one match closer! What a drag!" Shikamaru said, acting freaked out. I sighed and looked away. He was so lazy.

"Then on to the next battle." The proctor said. "So Shino and Kankuro. Come down."

I looked up at Kankuro, as he started to sweat. Was he really that afraid of Shino? He never acted like it before. And I may not like to admit it, but Kankuro was pretty strong, and I was fairly sure he could beat Shino with no problem. So what was up with him?

"Proctor! I withdraw!" Kankuro yelled and my eyes widened.

What is he doing?! I glanced at the others and they looked just as shocked as I was.

"I withdraw. So please, advance to the next match." Kankuro continued, and the crowd obviously didn't like this. Everyone started yelling angrily and protesting.

The proctor sighed. "Due to Kankuro's withdrawal, Shino Aburame wins by default."

This of course caused the crowd to get even angrier. I sighed, before grabbing onto the railing and jumping off down into the arena, landing crouched down right next to the proctor.

"And you are?" he asked looking over at me.

I stood up and smirked. "Its my turn now isn't it?"

"Well you're sure an eager one aren't ya?" He said. "Fine. Lets start the next match then." He looked up at the other contestants. "Hey! You up there! Come down!"

I crossed my arms and stared up at Shikamaru as he just stood there, not moving. Why did he have to be so lazy all the time?

"Shikamaru Nara! Come on!" the proctor yelled.

"Alright! Go on Shikamaru you can do it!!" Naruto yelled before pushing Shikamaru over the edge of the railing.

The boy yelled as he fell and landed on the ground with a thud and I winced. That had to hurt. The proctor looked between us, apparently trying to decide whether to start the match or not.

I watched as Shikamaru just laid there on the ground, not moving. I mean, I knew he was lazy and all, but seriously? He couldn't even get up to fight. Fine. Then I guess I was the one who was going to be starting this match.

"Uh…I guess….let the next match begin!" the proctor called and I smirked before quickly pulling out kunai knives with paper bombs attached and throwing them at Shikamaru.

There was a big explosion, and when the smoke cleared, Shikamaru was standing leaning against the wall of the arena. "Fighting is such a drag, especially when its against a girl." He said and I glared at him. "But it looks like I have no choice."

I smirked. "You got that right." I quickly made some hand signs and a burst of sharp wind blasted at Shikamaru. Unfortunately he was quicker, and he dodged, hiding behind a tree. "What are you just going to hide then?"

Shikamaru jumped out from behind the tree, and I recognized the hand sign he was making. I looked down at he ground shocked and saw the shadow stretching out toward me. Quickly I jumped back avoiding it, and stopped when the shadow wouldn't reach any further. I smirked as Shikamaru looked annoyed.

"Looks like that's all the further you can reach. Too bad." I made a quick hand sign again. "Wind Style: Cutting Wind Blades!" I took in a deep breath, and blew air out that sliced at everything. Shikamaru jumped behind the tree again to avoid the attack.

I kept up the jutsu, not faltering. I could keep doing this jutsu for a while, so there was no point in hiding. He had to come out sometime. But, thinking about strategy, I figured it was probably bad to use up so much chakra on this. So I stopped the jutsu and waited for him to come out again. I guess to finish this I would just have to use my Kekei Genkai. Unfortunately I'd have to make sure he didn't dodge it.

Suddenly Shikamaru jumped out again, his hands in the hand sign for his Shadow Possession jutsu. But I knew I didn't have to worry because I was far enough back that it wouldn't reach me. I smirked and was about to use my Kekei Genkai when something stopped me.

"Ami above you! Watch out!" Kankuro yelled, causing me to look up and gasp.

What is that? Something was floating in the sky, but I couldn't tell what it was. Quickly, realizing something, I looked down and backed up just in time, my eyes widening. Shikamaru's shadow was still coming for me! That thing in the sky was giving off a shadow, which helped his shadow grow. I continued jumping back until it stopped again, then looked up, glaring at my opponent. He was definitely smart, I'd give him that.

"I made a balloon using my shirt and a kunai." Shikamaru said smirking. "It made my shadow longer, and allowed me to make it grow."

I smirked back. "Yeah but it didn't quite work out though did it? I'm still quicker than your stupid shadow. And now that you can't reach me, I think it's time to end this."

I quickly made the hand sign for my Kekei Genkai and closed my eyes. Almost instantly I opened them again, and they were pure white like they were every time I used this. I stared at Shikamaru smirking, before stopping, my eyes going wide. Something was wrong. I couldn't move, and Shikamaru was smirking.

"Looks like its over." He said, his hands making the sign for his Shadow Possession.

"What?! But how?! I was far enough away!" I said shocked.

"Alright. I'll show you." He said turning his head, and at the same time mine turned too and I saw what had stopped me. His shadow was attached to me, coming out of the hole in the ground from Naruto and Neji's fight.

"No way!" I said shocked. He did all of this on purpose! From the beginning he was trying to get me close enough to the hole so he could use his jutsu. I glared at him. "It doesn't matter. Because I've already made the hand sign for my jutsu." I smirked as I probed Shikamaru's mind for his greatest fear, not taking long to find it, and an image appeared before us. (A/N: I'm not going to explain what it is because I don't know what Shikamaru would be afraid of. Lol. So just use your imagination.) Shikamaru's eyes widened, as the effects of my jutsu began to work on him.

But something wasn't right. I was starting to feel strange. My body was starting to feel really tense, kind of like it would when I was scared. But why? My eyes widened slightly. No! Was it possible? Was I feeling the stress of my own jutsu because of Shikamaru's Shadow Possession?

This was definitely not good. But I couldn't make the hand sign to stop the jutsu, because Shikamaru had control of my body, and he was in no state to make any hand signs. I started breathing heavy, as my body felt more and more tense and heavy. I was kind of glad I was the only one who knew how to use this jutsu. It wasn't really fun to have it used on me.

"Dammit!" I breathed out, taking in deep breaths. If he didn't stop his jutsu, then I couldn't stop mine! But he couldn't stop it, seeing as how he was frozen in fear.

My body became even heavier as Shikamaru's body did the same. I was surprised that it was taking this long to affect him. Normally my jutsu worked in a few seconds, but this was taking forever. And what was worse, the effects were happening to me too, and everything was starting to get blurry.

No! I can't pass out! I'm so close to winning! I tried my hardest to stay awake, but it was proving to not be easy. I could tell I was sweating, and my body was getting even heavier if that was possible. And then, before I knew it, everything went black.

Gaara's POV

I watched as Shikamaru caught Ami in his Shadow Possession jutsu just as she used her Kekei Genkai. I knew he had this all planned out. From watching his last match in the preliminaries, I could tell he was pretty smart. But Ami was smarter. She already used her jutsu, so she didn't need to make the hand sign.

The two of them froze, and Shikamaru began looking scared. My eyes narrowed as they focused on Ami. She was acting strange, like this was affecting her too. But then I remembered something. Back when I went to the hospital, going to kill that Lee kid, Naruto and Shikamaru had stopped me. Naruto had punched me, and Shikamaru felt it too. So did that mean if Shikamaru was feeling the affects of Ami's jutsu, Ami was feeling it too?

Apparently that was right, since not long after that she closed her eyes, and fell to the ground, just as Shikamaru's jutsu wore off. Shikamaru fell to his knees, surprisingly not passed out, just looking extremely tired. "I give up." He said and everyone in the crowd became extremely quiet.

"Excuse me?" the proctor asked confused.

"I give up." Shikamaru said again, sounding bored, as he slowly stood up. "If I won I'd just have to fight another match, and that'd be such a pain. So I'm done. It sucks she had to pass out though. I had the next 200 moves planned out in my head. But oh well."

The proctor walked over to Ami and looked down at her, apparently confused as to why Shikamaru was forfeiting. He sighed and looked up at the crowd. "Because of Shikamaru's forfeit, even though she is unable to battle, the winner of this match is Ami Mitzuki."

The crowd all began booing and yelling, not happy at all with the outcome of this match. Kankuro stared at Ami shocked. "I can't believe it…..she really got lucky." I sighed and closed my eyes, before disappearing in my sand and reappearing on the field.

The proctor watched me as I picked up Ami bridal style, and disappeared again, returning to the spot where all the others were. I set her down on the ground, leaning her against the wall.

"You think she'll be ok?" Kankuro asked worried.

I nodded. "She's tough. She'll be fine." Naruto jumped down off the roof angrily and ran over to Shikamaru, as my anticipation built. My match would be next, and I knew Sasuke Uchiha would be here. There was no way he would miss this. He was as anxious to fight me as I was to fight him. Unfortunately for him, this match would be his last.

A/N: Ok so, what did you think? Was it good? I tried my best, but I'm not good with fights. And Ami doesn't have many jutsu's to begin with, so it was hard. Anyway, please review and let me know what you think!!