Kiba and Lee had made it to where Sakura was. Six mean were on the ground, but there were fourteen left. Shikamaru was a few yards away and holding onto his arm. Sakura let a chakra punch hit the closest man. He stood not moving for a second, then fell. Sakura let a breath out and continued. She was almost at her limit. Kiba tossed a food pill to Lee, and took one himself. They nodded. Lee tossed his Ninjato to Kiba, and they took off. Lee was, to put it simply, kicking butt. Kiba in a sense was too. He would slash at his target, and Lee would come in to finish it once the enemy was distracted by his own blood. It was over in minutes.
Sakura fell on the ground into a sitting position. "Thanks," she breathed. "Once Shikamaru was down, I thought I was gone."
After listening to her, Kiba and Lee ran over to Shikamaru.
"Sorry," he said, "my radio's over there." He nodded to show where. "Sakura was about to get her neck snapped, so I ran to help. Troublesome, I know, but I had to. Naruto would never forgive me." Both winced at his name, but Shikamaru wasn't looking. "Instead, he got my arm. Pretty sure it's broken."
"What makes you say that?" asked Lee.
Shikamaru held up his arm. It made a sound of bone on bone, and it fell in a visible 'Z' shape.
"See what you mean…" Kiba helped his friend up.
"Sakura, can you fix it?" Lee asked.
"No," she said walking over to them. "The way it is now-" she saw the dip in it from the wrist back an inch. "-if I tried, it would heal in that position."
"Troublesome arm…" Shikamaru muttered.
Sakura changed the subject. "Where are Hinata and Neji?"
"Hinata passed out from lack of chakra. Neji's waiting nearby," Kiba answered.
"And Naruto?"
Kiba backed off, signaling for Lee to take over this one.
"Um, Sakura…He…"
She jumped to a conclusion. "He's not dead is he?" Her eyes were wide with fear.
"No! No, he…uh, how do I put this…Naruto, switched sides…" Lee moved a little just in case Sakura got mad and wanted to lash out with the last of her chakra.
"He…did?"
Shikamaru showed his surprise for a second, then made a face and let out a small 'ow'. Whether that was on purpose, or the pain was too much, it got Sakura's attention.
"We better get out of here soon."
The other three agreed.
Each took off in the direction Lee and Kiba had come from. Neji was waiting, with Hinata propped up on a tree trunk.
"What happened to you?" he asked when he say Shikamaru.
"Saving damsels in distress, what else?" he said with a smirk.
"And Sakura, you're alright?" He glanced at Kiba and Lee who looked away.
She seemed distracted. "Huh? Yah, I'm fine, just tired." She faked a smile. "What about Hinata?"
"She's fine," Neji answered. "All she needs is rest. Let's get going."
"Hai!" they all echoed.
Back in Konoha, Shikamaru was taken to the hospital along with Hinata. The other four had to get checked too. They didn't stay for long; just long enough for Shikamaru to get his left arm put in a sling and wrapped up. Kiba stopped by Hinata's room, but she was asleep still so he joined the rest. They were going to have to give Tsunade their report.
