In case of confusion, I did delete the first chapter. I'm sorry guys! It's just I had way too many people reading it and not reading the rest...
Oh wow. Sorry about the humongous wait! I hope that the length of this chapter will compensate :)
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Damn it.
Shikamaru was hiding in high bushes. On the ground, in front of him, he had all his stuff spread out. While making a mental of what was available to him, the boy let out a sigh and put everything back in his pouch. His mind was still off wondering what was wrong with Sora.
He listened for any noise. It would be better if he didn't have to fight someone, so a sneak attack would put him at advantage. The boy then heard a noise that made him smile: a rustling chip bag. He got out of the bushes and walked silently toward the sound. As Shikamaru got closer, he shoved his hand in his pouch and took out a smoke bomb. He was convinced that he could make it quick and have a good escape.
When the boy moved slowly the bushes in front of him, all he saw was a bag left on the ground.
Choji set a trap? thought the boy surprised. He looked around and that's when he saw a couple of strings on the ground.
"Looks like he's going to get fooled by his own trap," he murmured as he jumped in a close by tree.
He took out a shuriken and threw it at one of the strings, cutting it on the way. As the string was cut, the boy could hear a little bell ring.
"I'm waiting for you, Choji," said Shikamaru with a smirk.
Sora was still waiting patiently in her tree when she heard a little bell ring. Just a few minutes later, the girl heard a loud rumbling noise. Curious, she decided to go see. While staying hidden, she jumped from tree to tree. She soon found a place filled with smoke. The wind shortly blew everything away. When the girl could finally see, she saw, in the middle of the clearing, Choji standing and scratching his head but with no scarf.
"Looks like his plan didn't work," mumbled the girl.
A sudden rustling noise came behind her. Sora jumped around just in time to see Ino holding her hands in a triangle formation in front of her.
"Mind transfer jutsu."
Ino's mind took over the girl's body.
"And that's what you get for letting your guards down," chimed the blonde girl inside Sora's body.
She made the black hair girl take off her scarf and attached it around her own currently unconscious body. She then made her jump off the tree and, in mid-air, crossed her hands in an X while saying:
"Release!"
Ino's mind went back to her respectful body. Sora also slowly took over her body, just in time to let out a scream as she saw the ground coming up fast and nothing to possibly stop her fall.
Shikamaru was walking away while keeping his guards up. Just like Ino, he now had two scarves: a black and green one. He also managed to use only a shuriken and a smoke bomb. He just had to find the other scarves while make sure he doesn't get his stolen.
A scream suddenly grabbed his attention. Something happened and he had recognized Sora's voice. If she got attacked, she probably didn't have her scarf anymore. He looked up at the sky. He wanted to go see if she was okay but was afraid that it could be another trap.
"Why not," he said quietly, finally giving in to the urge of helping her.
He then headed in the direction he heard the scream. When he arrived on the spot, the boy saw Sora lying on the ground. She was bleeding horribly. He looked around but no one was there, not even his sensei.
Shikamaru picked up the girl and headed to a place well hidden with bushes and trees. When he laid her down, he checked her pouch to find the bandages that she usually carried around for her team. The boy then covered her wounds with them, stopping the bleeding. He pulled the girl close to the water. Not only would it wake her up, but it could possibly refresh her.
The black hair boy saw that she was already slowly waking up. He would have loved to stay with her so she could see that he took the risk to help her. That way, she would stop being mad at him which really bugged him. But he couldn't. He also had to think of the test. Sadly, he jumped away, letting her wake up alone.
When Sora opened her eyes, the first thing she wondered was how long she had been unconscious. She looked up at the sky. Not too long from what she could figure. She then saw that she wasn't at the same spot that she had fallen. On top of that, she was bandaged up. Someone took the time to help her. Was it Choji? She remembered that it happened close to where the brown hair boy was.
She then saw the river. It could be helpful to her. Sora didn't have any scarf anymore. In other words, she had nothing to risk anymore. The girl decided that it would be her turn to create a trap. She wanted payback.
Shikamaru was hiding in a tree not too far from where he left the black hair girl. He was trying to figure out another plan in order to get at least another scarf. While he was thinking, he noticed a movement. Looking carefully, he saw Sora walking in a wide open place close to the river.
She's fine… he thought relieved.
But something interesting caught his attention. His partner had a black scarf around her waist. The boy touched his own scarf. He still had both of them. He smiled as he knew what this meant: it was a trap. She was trying to attract someone to steal their scarf.
She then turned her back on the training ground, facing the river and faking putting her guard down. Shortly after, he saw Ino appearing. She had both a purple and a blue scarf. It was tempting to just jump in and try to steal them but if he did so, he would be stuck fighting both girls.
"Hey Sora, got a new scarf for me?" shouted out Ino.
"Only if you can get it from me," answered the black hair girl who didn't bother to turn around.
"Won't be too hard, now will it? I already got your first one after all. But come to think of it, isn't it black?" pointed out the blonde girl.
"Yeah, why? You're becoming color blind?" Sora asked with her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"You got it from Shikamaru," said Ino with that annoying tone that simply got on her teammates' nerves. "What did you do, ask nicely?"
Shikamaru frowned from where he was hiding. What was In implying?
"What do you mean," asked the black hair girl, tensed
"Oh, come on! He's the only guy I can guess that you would like!"
It caught Shikamaru off guard. Sora liked someone and he hadn't noticed it.
The comment ticked off Sora. She quickly did a couple of hand signs and said:
"Water release: Multi arms jutsu"
Water from the river came out and did a circle around her. Strips of water stretched out in the air, having the effect of octopus arms which Sora could control with her chants like a puppet.
Ino took out several shurikens and threw them at the girl. The young blue eyes girl moved her hands, making the water move in front of her to block the flying projectiles. She then hit the air in front of her, making the water arms dash towards the blonde girl, hitting the ground as the girl dodged them. As a counter, Ino made a hand sign, making clone illusions. All of them dashed at the same time. Sora twisted her hands while crossing them and the water arms twirled around her. She then hit the air downward, making some of the water hit around her. The shock was enough to lift a lot of dust off the ground. Shikamaru, still hiding in a tree couldn't see the scene anymore.
He banging noise made by the water heavily hitting the ground stopped after a few minutes. It took a while before the wind blew away ball the dust. When the scene was visible once more, Ino could be see laying on the ground and Sora was walking toward her with her jutsu still active around her. As the girl was about to bend down in order to take her well-deserved scarves, a voice came out of some bushes close by.
"Human boulder!"
Choji came out rolling at high-speed, heading straight for Sora. The girl thankfully had the reflex of lifting her hands in the air, making the water surround her in a protective bubble. When the boy made contact with the water, the bubble, still holding the girl inside, flew all the way in the wide deep river. Sora Disappeared in the water and didn't come back.
Sora was at the bottom of the water, still within the protection of the bubble she had created at the last minute. She was looking at the top of the water, lost in her thoughts. Here, at the bottom of the river, she could think much more clearly.
"If I get one off guard, I get attack by another one," she thought out loud.
She put her hand in her pouch, checking what she had at her disposal. While rummaging around, something quickly grabbed her attention: a scroll. She pulled it out and looked at it.
With a sly smile, she said out loud: "They might know all my tricks, but they'll never expect his one."
She opened the scroll and saw how long the hand signs list was long. While reading over them, her right hand went up to her aqua stone around her neck. I only need to do it once to remember it. That's what Reena said. Fine. I can do it underwater but I'll first need a distraction.
The girl made another hand sign.
"Water clones jutsu."
Several clones of her appeared outside of the bubble.
"Go!" she told them while pointing upward.
With a nod, the clones swam back to the surface.
"Let the fun begin," Sora said, looking back down at her scroll.
When the girl vanished in the water, Choji took his normal shape again. He then walked towards Ino who was still lying on the ground. As he untied the scarves and got up, his body froze. He turned around involuntarily and saw Shikamaru with both their shadows connected.
"Shadow possession, success."
He lifted his right arm and so did Choji, which was the arm holding the scarves. The black hair boy then faked throwing something and his victim threw the scarves to him. As Shikamaru was about to catch them, someone or something cut by, grabbing the objects on the way. The boy broke his technique and looked to see what stole the scarves.
"Wow, Shikamaru. Thanks for making it so easy," said Sora wish a proud smile.
Soon did the boys realize that it was just a fake when they saw several other clones jump out of the water. They all started to fight, the boys trying to find the real Sora. In the confusion, Ino woke up and when she saw a clone with her scarves, she jumped on it. Angrily, she tried to retrieve them.
The fight went on until a huge wave suddenly was suddenly seen scrolling the river. The clones looked at the river then at each other with a knowing smile.
"Have a good time guys!" they all said at the same time before disappearing, leaving a puddle of water where they once stood.
"Wait. What the hell was that? Where's the real Sora?" asked Ino, looking at the guys.
But the boys were as clueless as her. A noise coming from the river grabbed their attention. Turning around, they could see Sora standing on top of the water.
"Hey guys, missed me?" asked the real Sora.
She looked at the same time mad and irritated which, to put simply, made her look scary. The girl had a plan and no one would get in her way to stop her this time. She started to do several hand signs.
Noting the complexity of the technique, Shikamaru panicked and threw several kunais. However, they were quickly blocked by a leftover clone that jumped out of the water. Following the boy's train of thoughts, Ino tried to throw some shurikens but it also missed. Shikamaru attached an explosive on a kunai knife and threw it. As the water clone caught it, it exploded, leaving the way open. As the boy took out more kunai knives, Sora shouted:
"Too late!" She performed her last hand sign and said: "Water release: water dragon blast jutsu!"
The water around her started to form into a gigantic beast. When it completed it's shape, it had roughly the height of the Hokage's office. Expressions of surprise and terror could be seen on everyone's face.
"This is going to hurt!" yelled out Choji as he walked back.
The beast growled. Suddenly Asuma jumped in and shouted:
"Sora, you have to stop! This technique might kill someone!"
"I...I can't! It's too powerful!" she told him in terror.
She had indeed lost control. The best finally dashed toward them. The man took out a special snift, concentrated his chakra in it, and threw it toward Sora. The chakra helped the knife go through the beast and hit the girl in her shoulder. She yelled out in pain and the beast technique broke over them, soaking everyone on the ground.
Sitting on the water, Sora was trying to pull out the knife from her shoulder but the shape of it only caused more pain which led her to lose of concentration over the chakra that maintained her on the surface of the river. She was slowly going down. Asuma ran to her, lifted her, and brought her back to the dry surface. As she was lying in her sensei's arms, the others got closer.
"That was intense," mumbled Choji.
Shikamaru was standing there, looking at her still in shock.
"What were you trying to do? Kill us?!" yelled Ino, also traumatized.
"I...didn't want to. It was an accident…" Sora said weakly from losing too much blood.
Feeling guilty, she looked at Shikamaru but all she received was an intense look. Sora finally lost consciousness.
"The test is over," Asuma said as he started walking toward the hospital.
"I'll go with you," said Shikamaru.
"Fine. You guys can go home," Asuma said as he looked at Ino and Choji.
No one said anything, still too in shock.
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