Ch. 21
Mission comes to a close
Shikamaru was watching the enemies that he had trapped. Shadow hands were creeping up both of them. Then they hit their pressure points knocking them both out. He had felt Kaida's chakra presence, and this was where it had lead him. He jumped down and took the carrier off of Kin and strapped onto himself.
"Now for this guy," said Shikamaru biting his thumb. He did a couple of symbols and placed his hand on top of his shadow. "Shadow animal summoning jutso: Shikakou."
A black deer appeared out of the shadow. It looked like a young buck and had two small wings folded on it's back. "Shikamaru Nara, why are you summoning me?"
"I know that you believe that us Nara's should just leave you shadow animals alone, but I have a proposition for you."
"Really boy? You might be the youngest of your clan who is considered a man but, I know you're not. You haven't gained my respect. So why should I listen."
"I know that you don't like the Akatski."
"Those killers? What do they have to do with anything?"
"You help me tie this one up and get him back to where my comrades are. I promise I won't summon you again till I have gained your respect."
"It is done, only if I get to fight the Akatski."
"Deal."
Meanwhile…………..
"What?" Asked Temari.
"I'm probably going to get killed for this but, Naruto is just like Gaara. He is the container for the Kyuubi, like Gaara is for the Shukaku."
"That explains a lot," muttered Kiba.
"How so?" asked Kakashi, but Kiba did not elaborate.
"Well Temari now I say that I agree with you and Shizune."
"Alright. Let's go."
In the battle field………………………..
Things weren't going well for our favorite ninja. Sasuke was fighting Itachi; Sakura was in a fight with several Akatski underlings and she was having trouble hitting them while they kept landing hits on her. Gaara, Kankuro, Ino, and Choji had all ganged up on Kabuto but couldn't even leave a scratch. Shino was fighting the sound four along with Neji. Tenten was battling Sasori, and just dodged a poisoned barb. Hinata was now in a battle with Kisame.
Then an answer to a silent prayer was answered. Shizune, Kakashi, Asuma, Kureni, Temari, Jariya, Kiba, and Sai joined the battle. Shizune rushed to help fight Kabuto. Kakashi dove in to help Sakura. Asuma and Kureni jumped form group to group helping where help was needed. Temari jumped in and helped Tenten by backing up her weapons with wind. Jariya summoned several toads before helping to take down Kabuto. Kiba helped fight the sound four and Sai summoned his painted creatures to help with the relief.
Meanwhile the Kyuubi-Naruto had caused Deidara to become unconscious, and now was attacking Kisame.
The battle really took a turn for the better when Shikamaru returned. He was riding a black buck with wings and he dropped an unconscious Tobi on the ground. He formed a couple of hand signs and part of his shadow became a sword. On his steed he flew toward an unaware Kabuto. His attack hit Kabuto's heart. Kabuto's expression froze as he fell. The steed and Shikamaru turned toward Hidan who had finally joined the battle. The shadow steed let out a roar of anger, and dive bombed him. Hidan was caught between the beast's antlers and Shikamaru and the deer didn't waste any time. Shikamaru cut off his head and the deer used his antlers to cut through the headless Hidan.
The battle started then to disappear. The sound four realizing that their leader had been slain retreated and the Akatski, realizing that they were fighting a losing battle also retreated.
The Kyuubi-Naruto, seeing that the danger had passed, slowly changed back to normal. He was barely able to stand due to the chakra loss. Shikamaru and the deer landed and Temari, Tenten, Kankuro, and Sai came down from their perches in the trees. Shikamaru dismounted as Gaara landed on the ground from flying with the sand. "He lied," said Shikamaru. He pulled off the carrier to revel Kaida. "Must have thought he could gain something more."
"So he didn't kill her."
"Kill her?" asked Temari.
"He must have realized that Kaida had a lot chakra. He might have wanted her to be a ninja for him," said Kankuro, "That's why he claimed to have killed her."
"Shikamaru Nara," Shikamaru's steed spoke. "I hope you will forgive me for what I stated earlier. From the way that you have fought I now know that perhaps it is me who is not yet full grown. Feel free to summon me when you wish. My people are yours to command."
"There's no need for me to forgive you Shikakou. I perfectly understand your point of view. There's no need for me to forgive you."
The deer lowered his head and dipped on one knee. Shikamaru also bowed to the buck. The buck then disappeared into the Shadows.
"But where is Hoshiryu?" asked Temari.
"Most likely in there," answered Shikamaru pointing to a building.
"I'll go find him," said Kankuro before taking off and entering the building.
The battle had been won. The ninja were ready to treat wounds so they could make it back to Konoha. Well, one wasn't entirely ready. Kiba was staring over at Naruto and Hinata. His expression was unreadable, but his mood was not.
"I will later finish what the fourth started Akumaru. The fox will be gone."
Okay that's the end of the chapter. Now don't get me wrong, I like Kiba's character but I originally needed someone to allow Naruto to show his true feelings toward Hinata. Now this whole dark Kiba thing is just to show the people who don't know why Naruto was hated. I am not a fan of bashing characters, but I needed someone who would be louder and kind of show the village when he accuses Naruto so no I'm not bashing Kiba's character. Okay, now don't forget to review and answer that poll from last chap!