"You're planning to do something stupid aren't you?" Itachi asked but he stated it more.
"Stupid Uchiha stating the stupid obvious." Ino mumbled back.
"Hn….. You can explain, since they do trust you more, and you know more about…." Itachi looked at Sasuke, "Sakura's condition."
"What!" Sasuke yelled angrily. He grabbed hold of both Ino and Itachi, he was choking them and they made no signs of being afraid.
"Sasuke, they can't explain if you're choking them," Lee stated while prying Sasuke's hand off Itachi and Neji prying Sasuke's other hand off Ino. Finally pulling sasuke's hands off of the two, Ino throws a kunai up into the air and does different hands signs, catches the kunai, and throws it at the Sakura tree. Sasuke enraged again grabs her throat again, but he lets go when he sees what is happening to the Sakura tree.
"What the…?" Sasuke says after he sees the tree glow. He faces the tree and glares at it, and sees that five cuffs that are attached to chains come from inside the tree. Ino jumps to where the cuffs are produced from.
And then… "If anyone of them gets hurt I will kill you myself. Do you hear me?" Ino growled. "Stupid! Hey I am yelling at you! I'll kill you if you don't ….." She was interrupted by Shikamaru.
"Will you shut up? You're such a troublesome woman. Itachi answer her so she stops yelling." Shikamaru says.
"You think I'm troublesome!"
"Yes!"
"You two bicker like a married couple," Lee stated, which made Neji angry and jealous.
"Shut Up!" they yelled unison. Shikamaru now where Ino was and is now clasping the cuffs onto her, 1 to each of her wrists, 1 to each of her ankles, and one to her neck.
"Hn….. Itachi keep all the stupid ninja who think they can do anything from getting to close to this part of the village. Tighter Shikamaru! Anyways….Ach…. Lead them to the village when you see the signal. Sasuke, the village Itachi is leading you to is where Sakura is, so less distraction for me the faster you can find her. You know your jobs and your contracts Itachi, so follow them."
"Aa."
"I will get my part done as fast as possible, now get moving." Signing hand signs, the Sakura petals turn blue and the tree turns black with red writing on it that is in a different language. Ino's body is falling into the tree and then the tree goes back to normal.
"What happened?" Some yell.
"Chouji and Lee are in charge of watching out for Hinata, and the rest of us will keep an eye out for the other Hyuugas because of a troublesome contract, that will get us killed if we don't follow it." Shikamaru said.
And they start fighting the ninjas off and keeping them away from the tree.