Hellooo.. So this is my sixth chapter. I actually kind of enjoyed this chapter. Although, I don't really like Shikamaru's attitude in this chapter. It doesn't seem like him. But it'll have to do. Soo..
Oh, by the way, before you start reading, imoshinai bunshin no jutsu - invisible clone technique and hisen keikei hittou - waterfall penetrating sword
Enjoy the chapter..! And review..!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does. Except Shikamaru. He's locked up in my closet for playtime later. xD Yeah, not really. I do own Sorano though.

Chapter Six

Sorano's Battle Techniques

About twenty masked strangers jumped from around the trees, apphrehending Moegi, Konohamaru, and Udan in the process.

Shikamaru was alarmed but tried to remain calm. "You guys are real courageous, seizing the smaller ninja that look like they can't do too much to get away."

"Well, what do you think of this?" One of them went over and grabbed Sorano.

"Let her go," Shikamaru said forcefully.

The strangers smirked at him.

Sorano turned her head to look at the foreigner that grabbed her. She thought for a moment. "He doesn't look too menacing. If I use my imoshinai bunshin no jutsu and knock the wind out of him from the back causing him to withdraw his hands from my arms to comfort himself. Yeah. I think it'll work as long as I don't underestimate him."

Shikamaru got into fight position, as did Naruto.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto yelled while nine clones of him appeared and began jumping over the tree limbs towards the enemy.

While Naruto was distracting the guys that captured Moegi, Konohamaru, and Udan, Shikamaru snuck over to the guy that was holding Sorano captive. But before Shikamaru could do anything, he heard Sorano call out, "Imoshinai bunshin no jutsu!" After she said that, he didn't really see anything happen.

Sorano knew all that was going on. Her clone punched the stranger with incredible strength in his spine and he did exactly what she expected him to do. Once he let go of her, she jumped to another limb and faced him. He was struggling to see what just hit him. He couldn't see one thing that would have amazing force like that.

"Confused?" Sorano asked slightly sarcasticly, raising her left eyebrow.

The enemy smirked. "I believe that you should just tell me your attacks. Seeing as you are going to die at sunset."

Sorano turned to look at the setting sun. "You honestly think you can take me down in that short amount of time?" Sorano sat down the large amount of water she had been carrying. She looked him over quickly and saw a waterfall headband on his forehead. "Come on, old man. Let's see what you've got. I've been dying to fight waterfall ninja."

The man smirked her comments off. He got into fight position and did some hand signs. He then yelled, "Hisen keikei ittou!" and pulled out a giant sword that had a transforming blade. It looked exactly like a waterfall. The stranger began to chuckle.

Sorano took a good look at the jutsu and tried to resolve a plan to soil his attacks. "Okay. Got it." She did some hand signs. "Imoshinai no jutsu!" She disappeared into thin air.

Shikamaru's mouth gaped open. "Where'd she go? Wait a second." He thought back to the first encounter he'd had with her.

"Come out of your ninjutsu. Who/What are you and what do you want?" he called out. There was a puff of smoke and then a girl appeared.

"That's it!" he thought to himself. "She's invisible."

Shikamaru closely watched the invisible moves. There were punches and kicks flying into the man faster than the speed of light itself. Sorano finished him off with a super-powerful flip-kick, followed by the other strangers finished off by the clones of Naruto. Sorano released her jutsu along with Naruto.

"Moegi, Konohamaru, Udan! Are you guys okay?" Sorano ran over to the young chuunin.

They all responded in unison, "Yeah."

Sorano turned to Naruto. "Are you okay? I saw you fighting. You did a wonderful job taking those guys out. Do I need to heal you?"

Naruto looked at Sorano. "No, I'm okay. Those guys were easy to take out."

Shikamaru rushed over to see Sorano's condition. "Sora, are you okay?"

Sorano looked over to Shikamaru. It had been a while since that nickname had come out of anyone's mouth. Only her parents called her "Sora".

"Y-you called me.." Sorano paused. She began to remember her childhood. Tears began to form in her eyes. "..Sora." She balled her fists, put them to her face, and wiped the tears away.

Shikamaru looked at her sympathetically. "I'm not supposed call you that, am I?"

Sorano looked up at Shikamaru. "N-no. It's fine. You can call me that." She looked down at the ground. She felt guily. She lied.

Shikamaru was smarter than that. "Sorano, if you don't want me to call you that, it's fine. I don't have to."

"What I think doesn't matter right now. We have to get this water to Suna."

Shikamaru agreed. He called everyone to get the water that they were carrying.

"Shikamaru, I have a jutsu I can use to make everyone move quicker and only one person would have to carry the water. Also, as we move it will pick up more water," Sorano offered.

"How does this jutsu work?" Shikamaru questioned curiously.

Sorano did some hand signs and a giant bubble appeared in her small hands.

"What..is..THAT?" Shikamaru's eyes and mouth gaped open.

"It's my bubble."

"What is it supposed to do?"

Sorano began to explain what her "bubble" was. "It picks up anything I program it to receive automatically. No matter how heavy it would seem to get, it makes everything extremely light. So, it won't slow anyone down. It will take alot of my original chakra, but I have back-up chakra I can use."

Shikamaru stumbled over one of the branches he was jumping over. He seemed a bit confused. He'd studied the geographical outline of the chakra in the body. There's was no way an average shinobi could have this "back-up chakra". Unless she was a Jinchuuriki. But, that seemed impossible. But, seemingly so, it would explain why she acted so much like Naruto and was such a good friend to Gaara. "Wait, how do you have this sort of 'back-up' chakra, Sorano?"

Sorano finally decided to tell her secret. "Shikamaru..I feel I should tell you. I don't know why, but I somehow know I can trust you."

"Go on," Shikamaru prodded.

"I-I have one of the Bijuu in me."

Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Just a reminder. Review. I need to know if anyone wants me to put up a seventh chapter.

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