Shikamaru's Showdown

As Ino tries to keep from vomiting after seeing a person lick up blood & enjoy it, Shikamaru thinks to himself, "Whatever just happened, it's a major drag. Not even mentioning how beat up Kakashi & Asuma are. We need to end this, now!". Shikamaru charges at Hidan, disappearing into his own shadow & appearing behind the cloaked Akatsuki member almost instantly. Without a pause or a word, he stabs the back of Hidan's knee.

As he collapses, he looks up at Shikamaru & smiles wickedly, "Ohhhhh shit, that felt great. It was impressive too, but you might want to see what your comrade thinks!", & at that very moment Asuma cries out in pain while collapsing to the ground, holding his left knee like it was about to fall off. Shikamaru dashes over to his sensei to check on him, while Hidan laughs, "That, fuckers, is the ultimate jutsu of the Jashinists. What I can do after all the experiments, all the torture, all the tests that the mighty Jashin put me through!". As Hidan stands up, his knee pops back into place & he takes a few steps like nothing happened. "HURT ME AS MUCH AS YOU WANT KID, CUZ ALL IT'LL DO IS FUCK UP THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU!", he cries out in excitement before swinging around his scythe more to gain the blood of the others.

Kakashi & Ino duck underneath the blades of the scythe & roll out of the Jashinism's crest, running for the high ground to quickly formulate a plan. Kakuzu & his creatures run after them, leaving Shikamaru & Asuma alone to deal with Hidan. "Awww, your little friends pussied out. Oh well, I still have him.", he glares at Asuma with a wide-eyed stare before pulling out a collapsable baton from his cloak. Without diverting his gaze, he starts to sadistically beat himself with it, moaning & groaning in ecstacy while watching the son of the 3rd Hokage squirm in agony.

"shika...please...make it...stop. stop.....him.", Asuma manages to slip out through the torturous pain he is being put through. Shikamaru looks at him, then Hidan, then back at Asuma. As Hidan goes to hit himself again, Shikamaru slams his hands together before smashing the ground in front of Hidan.

Sacred Shadow Binding!

Suddenly, Hidan's shadow seemingly tears away from the ground & grabs the cloaked man, restraining him. Asuma chuckles softly, spitting up blood before smiling softly at his student. "you...you've grown so much. shika..maru... kill him, while you have the chance.", Shikamaru begins to glare at him, speak in protest but the weakened Asuma stops him, "don't. i...i know you can think 200 moves ahead of him. that...it doesn't matter for this battle. i could live, but it wouldn't be a life worth living. being a ninja is all i have, & that.... that is gone now. do not worry about what happens to me, the...the... the leaf village matters more. be their knight...shikamaru.".

Shikamaru Nara stands up, staring Hidan down with deadly intent in his eyes. All the while, the Akatsuki member has been smiling widely, enjoying the suffering that plagues his opponents. "Look at the poor little bitch, he's about to die. So what are you gonna do, Shikamaru!? Try to kill me? GO AHEAD KID!", he laughs wickedly before the shadow clamps his mouth shut. He pulls out his odachi, & Hidan manages to say, "Do it, slice me up. Ohhh, give it to me!". He looks down at his sensei, & without turning away he states calmly, "No, I will not stab you. This sword, you aren't fit to feel it.".

Hidan looks at him with a puzzled look on his face as Shikamaru continues, "I...decided. You won't get the satisfaction of killing a man like Asuma. You won't get that sick rush you desire by surviving other people's pain, & the memory of my sensei, of my friend will not be tainted by you!". As Shikamaru stands over Asuma's body, he lines up his odachi right above his sensei's heart. "If anybody should end his suffering, it will be me.", Shikamaru states as he turns his head to look at Hidan. A single tear streaks down both the faces of Shikamaru Nara & Asuma Sarutobi as the sacred Obsidian Odachi pierces the heart of the Jonin, who will never have the chance to cry again.

Shikamaru walks away from Asuma, leaving his sword in the man he looked up to as he fights back his tears. He glares at Hidan, fighting all his emotions while the silver haired ninja stands there doing nothing more than glaring back; he is angry & disappointed about what just happened. "As for you, I know exactly what I will do to you.", Shikamaru says before putting his hands together.

Sacred Ninja Art: Poisoned Shadows Jutsu!

Stingers erupt from the shadow that restrains him, darting in & out of his body in an almost grotesque fashion before all 8 are surrounding his heart. "You, you sick bastard, will spend your life suffering. Your body will be filled with poison, it will replace your blood, your already tainted heart will be so devastated that no normal man could ever survive.". With a flick of his wrists, all 8 stingers pierce his beating heart, pumping his veins with a deadly poison. "I have the feeling though that you will, for awhile at least. So even if you can survive it, you will suffer alone. You won't have the comfort of company! You won't have anyone to give a damn about you for any damn reason!".

Shikamaru manipulates the shadows to envelope him, making him nothing more than a floating black lump. "Say goodbye to this world, Hidan!", he places his hands together then on the shadow trapping the Akatsuki's Jashinst.

Sacred Shadow Art: Abyssmal Shadow Disruption!

The shadow quivers & shakes under his armor clad hands before disappearing, taking the man known as Hidan with it. Shikamaru is left alone, his sensei dead. He removes his sword from Asuma's chest, & says to himself, "I need to make sure Kakashi & Ino are ok.", because, even though he wants to cry he doesn't, that is the ninja way.

Oh you know what time it is now! Time for Naruto Trivia!

We know Shikamaru is from the Nara clan, & have even from his father Shikaku. However, do you know his mother's name?

A. Naoko

B. Ikuna

C. Yoshino

D. Sora

Now, you know that it's wrong to cheat. So don't do it, mkay?

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Just in case you don't, if you cheat, Orochimaru will make you swallow his white snake.

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Yes, that was an entrendre of some kind. I know this.

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The answer is C. Yoshino

Yoshino Nara is a chunin level ninja & wife of Shikaku Nara.

Now, did you know that all on your own? If so, yippee! If not, watch out for creepy old dudes & their "snakes"!