As the village was in turmoil, many ninjas that fought alongside with the civilians to get rid of the bandits that overwhelmed them. Naruto was on the other side of village with Hinata; they had taken out at least fourteen so far as they were going to make their way to front line of battle.
"Hinata, I need you to be very careful I cannot afford to lose you, when you see the Kanazawa brothers I need to leave and help the rest of the ninjas. Leave everything to me, protect everyone else I will be fine" said Naruto.
"What did I tell you earlier? Treat me as a ninja, we are in this together, we fight together, we cry together and we die together "replied Hinata.
Hinata please understand if I lose you, I will be alone once again this time with misery, that's the hell I do not ever want to feel" said Naruto looking sad.
"Don't worry when we both pass we will be surrounded by our children and grandchildren, I feel this deep down in my heart and soul. So get rid of all your doubts and fears because we have a battle to win" said Hinata.
Naruto knew that he will never get her to change her mind, but maybe he could find a way to distract her to leave him so she can be safe. Naruto knew that she was the one, to bear his children, to build a life, to love her forever.
Sasuke and Shikamaru returned to the village to see an invading force that tried to overwhelm the people of the Konoha. Shikamaru first reaction was to find Naruto and Hinata; Shikamaru looked at Sasuke and asked him to look for Shinata. As Shikamaru ran hoping that Naruto and Hinata were safe, he saw many Konoha bodies lying in the village killed. As he ran he saw Hideo, he told Hideo to run to the border for reinforcements. Shikamaru had figured out that the border patrol was just a ruse to lure the most powerful ninjas out of the village, they must had paid them to just to be stationary at the border making it look like a imminent attack. Hideo ran as fast as he could to get to the border to deliver the message that they were under attack by rogue ninjas and bandits. Shikamaru ran and helped many as he possibly could to get away from the violence; Shikamaru looked and saw the bee handler from earlier. He quickly decided to follow this warrior hoping to stop the Kanazawa clan. As he approached the bee handler, he quickly turned around and released a small swarm of insects to try and engulf the genius.
"You're the one to help that bastard the Rokudaime and his daughter take my arm, wait I know you, your his right hand man. Well, well if isn't the living legend himself Nara Shikamaru. You're just a famous as the sixth Hokage himself but more of a failure if you ask me. You put your daughter on a mission and had her killed by your actions. She probably would have made Hokage if not for your belief in the girl's ability, a nineteen year old prodigy sent to and early grave. You knew that she was the best your clan ever produced and your pride is what lead to her demise. You wouldn't even listen to the sixth Hokage when he told you to send someone else more experience to spy on Sasuke Uchiha, I heard she put up a hell of a fight but it wasn't good enough. They never found her body now that I think about it. I think he threw it in the ocean or did he leave her body for the wolves? To tell you the truth all you need to know is that the bitch is dead. I'm so surprise that the Hokage's daughter don't hate your guts for killing her best friend, I mean sure you were her father but I heard those two were inseparable when they were genins together, I wondered just how could she look at the true killer of her best friend" as Miho smiled at Shikamaru.
"Stop lying I would never do something like that if I had a child, trying to tell me a future that I would only see in another twenty years is laughable. You could tell me the moon is yellow with black polka dots in the future, so you cannot get into my head" said Shikamaru.
"Here have a look at this then, I believe it's your family crests. What kind of family has deers on their family crests? I took it off her murdered body when I offered Kanazawa services to kill Naruto Uzumaki to Sasuke Uchiha, it was supposed to be an understanding for both of us to work together to kill the Rokudaime and she just happened to be there when Sasuke noticed her . I took her family crests and left with a trophy, I just wish I knew what Sasuke did with her body" said Miho with a devilish smile.
As Shikamaru looked at his family crest that was tossed to him, he knew it was the genuine article. He started to wonder was the bee handler telling the truth. As he stayed focused on his family's crest, Miho rushed Shikamaru with a knife to kill him. Shikamaru easily evaded and countered what was thrown at him. The bee handler jumped back and release more bees than ever before. Shikamaru saw this and ran inside a house to get away from the bees. As he looked outside he noticed the bees were fused with chakra. Shikamaru knew that the bees were more dangerous than the rogue ninjas and bandits put together, he knew that he had to lead them out of the village away from his comrades. The only reasonable solution was to find Shino who would be able to handle the bee handler, since he had no clue to where he was at he had to think of the way so to kill all the bees and the bee handler at the same time. Shikamaru ran from the house as fast as he could away from the fighting to make sure his comrades stayed safe. Miho ran as quickly as he could to kill him and to make a name for himself so the Kanazawa clan would honor him for the death of their most hated enemy. Shikamaru quickly threw paper tag bombs with his kunai all through the wooded area of the forest, he quickly ran out of the wooded area so the bee handler would find him.
Shikamaru ran toward the lake he made a hand sign and stood on the water; he waited patiently for the bee handler to make his appearance. As the bee handler came out of the forest, he saw Shikamaru standing in the middle of the lake.
"So you think that water can help you? I have enough bees sting you 1000 times; they are infused with chakra from my curse mark. They can paralyze you and have you drown in that water, even if you have an elemental jutsu it would never be enough to stop all of them" said Miho.
"You are truly full of yourself; if that's the case come kill me if you can" said Shikamaru?
Miho held back his bees behind him just in case Shikamaru had other plans. Miho sent his bees to attack Shikamaru, Shikamaru quickly release his chakra under his feet and sank to the bottom of the lake. Miho decided to send all the bees to try to cover the lake; he could not find where Shikamaru was hiding in the water. As he looked around he saw five kunais come straight toward his head from the water. He evaded the kunais and recalled his bees to protect him. He heard an explosion coming from the forest.
"Did he get out of the water somehow? Why was there an explosion behind me" he thought.
He knew that Shikamaru was a genius but he could not find him anywhere, he did not see him leave out of the lake to come up for air and he held his breath for at least two minutes now. As he decided to check on the explosion he recalled his bees to help search the wooded areas. As he walked he felt he was being watched, he decided to be very cautious as he had the bees make a complete circle around him. Shikamaru quickly threw some shurikens that hit Miho legs causing him to fall down; he looked up and saw Shikamaru standing in the trees. Shikamaru jump down and looked at the bee handler. He quickly sent every bee there was at Shikamaru, as all of the bees headed straight towards Shikamaru they quickly stop, Miho realize that him and the bees were trapped in a shadow manipulation technique. Shikamaru smiled and had the bees and their handler head to the designated area where he threw the kunai's earlier. As they obey his every step they were surrounded by the paper tag bombs attached to the kunais that were stuck into the trees.
"How did you get out of the water without me noticing? The bees should have found you and stung you to death how is that possible you got out of the water" said Miho?
"It was a clone simple and plain, although I'm not very good at it I see why Naruto love using that technique. You were so concentrated on believing your eyes that I was in the middle of the lake, I easily ran to the other side and circled around, the clone that was in the lake I had throw those kunais at you making you further believe that I was in the lake. So when you went to check on the explosion I had everything set up, these paper tag bombs will release a poison that will take you an these damn bees out" said Shikamaru!
As Shikamaru gave a hand sign to detonate the paper tag bombs, he quickly released his shadow manipulation on the bee handler. As there were a series of explosions, Shikamaru jumped away from the poison mist. As all the bees dropped dead from the poison mist, Shikamaru saw that Miho activated his curse seal to take some of the damage. Although he was poisoned he looked at Shikamaru and pulled out his sword to cut him to pieces. Shikamaru realized that this curse seal was more powerful than him and that he needed a better plan to kill this curse demon that was approaching him fast.
"You little shit, you may have poisoned me but if I die you die also. I will be doing you a favor, you won't see your precious village burned to the ground" said Miho.
Shikamaru quickly ran back to the lake, his enemy quickly followed him. That's what Shikamaru was hoping for, the more he ran the quicker the poison would spread throughout his body. Shikamaru ran into the middle of the lake to lure the bee handler to a fight. As Shikamaru concentrated all his chakra into the sole of his feet he waited patiently. Miho with only one arm charged his opponent to a death match, as he felt the poison spreading throughout his body; he began to focus on his curse mark seal to stay afloat in the water. Shikamaru could hear him breathing heavily trying to fight off the poison that afflicted his body. Shikamaru seen an opening released his shadow manipulation on the bee handler. As Shikamaru turned him into a living puppet, he watched the bee handler curse mark fade. As he began to sink in the water, Shikamaru let him stay under water for a minute. Shikamaru grabbed his shirt and pulled him to the edge of the lake.
"You win, I never believed in the Kanazawa clan's view of the future. It will be nothing but blood and chaos but just maybe the Rokudaime can bring peace and harmony to a warlike future caused by the curse mark demons. I'm going to give you a preview of your future, since you were so kind to take my life from that awful future. Sasuke will kill your daughter, this is no lie or trick, and he will plaque the Konoha for years. You will send your daughter to investigate; this is when he will kill her. We went to make an alliance with Sasuke he was just as evil as the Kazanawa. That article I gave you is your daughter's, that's when I decided that death was better than slavery. Shou knew my clan was diminishing so he needed henchmen to do his bidding; my clan lost all respect in the ninja world. We were a dying breed I was suppose to lead my clan to a better existence, but the Kanazawa clan ruined our destiny don't let them ruin your future like they did my clan" said Miho.
"What happened to make Sasuke to betray the village" said Shikamaru?
"Power, revenge and hatred. He loves only himself and he hates everything else, he is your village's greatest enemy that ever lived even more than Kanazawa clan and Madara Uchiha "as he began to fade away into the darkness.
As Miho died, he looked at peace lying on the ground.
"Madara Uchiha? But he's been dead for over a hundred years now" thought Shikamaru.
Shikamaru looked at his family crest in his hands, he pulled a necklace from under his shirt the same family crest that his father gave him. He examined all the scratches, all dents seem to match up and be the same, then he had noticed his father's initials just like the one around his neck, they were the same. Shikamaru never really liked Sasuke, for him to kill his daughter was inconceivable and yet his family crests was passed from father to child was in his hands. He searched the body of his enemy and found The Dragons Tears, he is took the Dragon Tears and headed back to the village hoping to find Shinata and give her the Dragon tears so she could return to her time. Shikamaru was now shaking with fear from that revelation that his enemy gave him, he figured Sasuke had to die.