Realize chapter 8

[Ultimate_hero]

Chapter 8 the Time Has Come

Lee, Naruto, Kiba and Sasuke turned back at the sound of the voice. Almost without hesitation Sasuke charged shouting ?Itachi!?
The man that Sasuke knew as Itachi didn?t even flinch. He sighed before saying ?Foolish little brother have you learned nothing?? Then in one swift motion he slammed Sasuke onto the ground and planted his foot firmly on his chest. ?Then maybe I should remind you. Megekyo Sharingan!? Soon Sasuke was shouting out in agonizing pain. Itachi kicked him before turning to the others. ?Pathetic. I hope you and your friends put up a better fight.?
?O-our friends?? Lee asked a little confused.
?Naruto these must be the guys Tsunade was talking about.? Kiba whispered to Naruto.
?Yeah, and if they?re as strong this guy they?ll have a lot of trouble. See if you two can get by him and warn the others.? Naruto explained to the two before they took off back to the camp ground.
Surprisingly Itachi once again didn?t even flinch; he didn?t even make a move to stop the pair. ?So fox child, you believe you can defeat me by yourself? Let?s see if you can do better than my brother.?
?I may not win but I?m not gonna lose. I?ve got a lot of people waiting for me. And I can?t let them down, I won?t let them down. I?m gonna show them that I have what it takes to be the best hokage that ever lived. Shadow clone jutsu!? With that three Naruto?s appeared, kunai in each hand like the original and together they charged at Itachi.

Back at camp everyone was finally out and about. Except Shino who wandered away from camp earlier that morning in search of insects. Everyone was startled when Kiba and Lee came crashing into the camp area shouting something at the exact same time that no one understood. Ino walked over to them and slapped each of them before saying ?Calm down and talk slowly so we can under stand you!?
?We were attacked!? Lee shouted.
?Those Akatsuki people are here!? Kiba added in.
?What the heck are you talking about? I just scanned this area with the Byakugan and I?ve detected no one.? Neji said as calm as day in a smug attitude.
?Then I suggest you get your eyes examined boy?yeah!? An almost feminine voice in the tree tops called.
What the heck?!? Everyone shouted almost simultaneously and looked up at the trees to see the outlines of six figures in the trees.
?How the heck did they sneak up on us?! Dang we?ve got no time to prepare. Everyone grab what you can and go after them!? Shikamaru shouted before everyone scrambled grabbing what they needed.
But the six ninjas were already gone. All you heard was an echo that said ?If it?s a fight you?re looking for it?s a fight you?ll get. But you?ll have to find us first.? Soon after, the teams took off to follow a separate ninja out of the six.

[Kiba and Akamaru vs. Kisame]

?Okay it?s pointless at hiding. My nose can smell anything and you reek of fish!? Kiba said which Akamaru barked in agreement to.
?You?re quite skilled at tracking boy. To bad this will be the last time you?ll use that skill. For I Kisame, one of the seven swordsman of the mist shall be you executioner!? A man with blue fish scales, webbed feet and hands stepped out from behind a tree with a sword in hand!?
?Cool fishman!? Kiba shouted and Akamaru barked something that made him say. ?No Akamaru you can?t eat him!? Akamaru started to whine. ?Whatever let?s just get this over quickly.? He tossed Akamaru a soldier pill before eating one him self. ?You say you?re from the mist, yet if you haven?t noticed there isn?t a single drop of what where we are. Ninja art of beast mimicry!? Kiba took the shape of something between a human and beast. Akamaru barked ?Ninja art of human mimicry.? He soon took the shape of the man-beast Kiba became. The pair then shouted ?Man-beast doppelganger!?
?Nice trick. Even without water my blade is enough to beat you!? Kisame then took off the wrapping on his blade to reveal that it was made out of shark scales! (A/N: since when do sharks have scales? Kishimoto-san are you making this up??)
?Let?s see how good your blade is when it?s broken! Down on all fours technique!? The pair lunged at Kisame with chakra flowing to their hands and feet so they could crush him. But Kisame put his sword up as a shield and was able to deflect there attack but they hit him with such force it actually made a small crater around him. Kisame then swung with all his might and sent the flying back. ?W-what the heck is this?? Kiba studied his hand to see that some skin had been shaved off. But it was only a flesh wound with some blood here and there. ?Let?s see you defend against this!? He tossed some smoke bombs at Kisame before he and Akamaru jumped to hide in the trees.
?Smoke?in?gills! Can?t?breath!? Kisame gasped before nearly collapsing but he used his sword to support him.
?You?ve got to be kidding me! You?re gonna let some smoke kill you? Well I?ll have to put you out of your misery then! Let?s go Akamaru, the ultimate man-beast taijutsu fang over fang!? They both flew from around a tree in a wild spin targeting Kisame. They did light slices on his body before they clung onto the side of two trees adjacent to each other, they was diagonal to Kisame right and left. ?The finishing blow!? They went into another spin charging straight for Kisame?s vitals.
But the smoke had cleared enough for him to see the two speeding towards him. Kisame put his sword up at almost the last second and was able to block the two. ?That was too close for comfort. Any later and I?W-what is this?? Kisame had noticed that his sword was cracking. He quickly pushed the two away to prevent his sword from breaking.
?I thought we had him. Well we won?t last long if we fight like this.? Kiba said as he examined his and Akamaru?s replica jacket, which were ripped to tatters. The quickly removed the item so they wouldn?t be slowed down by it.
?Y-you damaged my precious sword! You?ll pay for this!? Kisame lunged at the pair and did a horizontal swing trying to take their heads off. But the ducked under the blow and lost a couple strands of hair before tackling Kisame sending him back. But Kisame was persistent; he continued to hack wildly at the pair. They had to star using the trees as spring boards to dodge blows wile the other snuck in an attack.
?Stop avoiding the inevitable!? Kisame took one swing at Kiba who narrowly jumped the swing. They then realized they caught a lucky break, his sword was stuck in the tree!
?Sword stuck? Then let me unstick it for you! Down on all fours technique!? Kiba jumped out of the tree and slammed Kisame?s face into his own sword. While his face was rebounding off the blade Akamaru gave a power slash to his midsection, which in turn removed the sword from the tree. The pair jumped into a nearby tree to see if Kisame would jump back up. After a while he struggled to stand up. ?Wow fishman is still going!?
?I?m not a fish!?
?Well whatever you are you are going down!? Kiba pulled a scroll from his pocket smeared blood on it before saying. ?Earth style, shinobi conjuring: Fanged vengeance technique!?
Eight dogs sprang up from the ground and latched themselves onto Kisame. ?I c-can?t move!?
?That?s the point! Now one more time, fang over fang!? The pair went back into a spin and shot out of the tree and targeted Kisame. But Kisame had just enough strength to move his sword in their path.
?Not the sword again!? The pair collided with the sword. But this time with there combined drilling power they cracked the sword even more until it broke! They then attacked Kisame?s body directly.
The force was so great that it undid the summoning and the backlash power shot back into Kisame and launched him into a tree. ?I-Itachi sir?it l-looks like I?ve failed you.? He coughed up blood before losing consciousness.
?Yahoo we beat fishman!? Kiba cheered. Akamaru once returned to normal barked. ?No Akamaru I said you couldn?t eat him! We have to tie him up and take him back to the others.?

[Shikamaru and Ino vs. Deidara]

They had arrived in a small clearing after chasing their target. ?Shika-kun I think we lost them. I can?t see him anywhere.? Ino said as she scanned the area, seeing no sign of movement.
?Will you stop calling me that?? Shikamaru asked Ino almost pleading.
?Why, I thought you liked it when I called you that?? She asked latching onto his arm.
Shikamaru snatched his arm away almost immediately. ?It?s too troublesome to explain.? He looked at Ino to see that she was wearing her infamous puppy dog eye pleading look combined with her equally as dangerous tell me or I?ll slap you so hard you?ll forget everything look. He sighed, scratching his head before saying ?Man this is such a drag. Well you see Ino it?s just that if the enemy saw us being intimate they?ll try to use that against us.?
Ino?s mood lightened a little. ?So you were trying to protect me? Aww that?s so sweet of you.? Shikamaru groaned before turning around in the direction Ino was pointing when he heard her gasp, kunai in hand.
She smacked him over the head before saying ?Put that away. It?s just a bird. The reason why I gasped was because I?ve never seen one outside of the village.? Shikamaru stared at the bird that appeared to be a brown blue jay for a good minute before throwing his kunai at it. ?Shikamaru why the he-? Her words were interrupted when a loud boom came from the direction of the bird which appeared to have exploded. ?A letter bomb, how could you??
?Ino look closer. That explosion was way too big for a simple letter bomb and you didn?t see me throw one. And like you said the reason you?ve never seen that bird outside of the village is because they normally wouldn?t hang around heavily wooded areas like this. Plus it was brown. The explosion I can?t explain.?
?Very good, you saw through my clay animal bombs?yeah.? What appeared to be a female stepped onto the branch the bird was just on. ?Maybe it was too big. I?ll make a smaller one next time?yeah.?
??Okay this is really weird.? Shikamaru said as he shifted his glance from Ino to this new adversary.
?Shikamaru if you?re trying to say that I?m going to be like her when I?m older you?ll be in a lot of pain.? Ino said cracking her knuckles.
?This is such a drag. How do you fight a girl that looks like your girlfrie- umm best friend?? Shikamaru groaned rubbing his shoulder.
?I?m sorry but who the hell are you calling a girl, I?m a guy! My name is Deidara?yeah!?
Shikamaru and Ino almost doubled over laughing. ?Y-you?re a guy? I?m s-sorry but you just look so, so girly.? Shikamaru said between breaths. He stopped suddenly when he heard a flapping noise behind him. He lunged at Ino tackling her to the ground just as another clay bird swooped over them. The bird curved back targeting the two once again. This time the arm Shikamaru would normally use to reach for a kunai was stuck under Ino. He used his other arm to reach behind Ino and grab one from her kunai pouch and throw it at the clay bird destroying it. After the smoke cleared Deidara seemed to have disappeared. ?Where?d he go? Well I guess it?s as good of a time as any to test these out.? Shikamaru pulled out ten kunai with letter bombs attached and threw them in random directions, he then pulled out an ordinary kunai as if waiting for something.
They waited a few seconds yet there was no explosion. ?It seems that your explosives are defective but mine how ever are fine?yeah.?
Shikamaru and Ino stood back to back, kunai drawn, waiting for another clay bird. They didn?t see anything. Ino looked towards the ground and saw a small horde of spiders coming their way. Just to be safe, she tossed a kunai at them and one exploded! This set off a chain reaction causing the others to blow up. ?Looks like we?ll have to be wary of everything huh, Shikamaru??
Shikamaru remained silent still waiting for whatever he was still waiting for. An explosion went off at his side, he threw his kunai in the direction of the explosion. He smiled in satisfaction as he heard a cry in pain before seeing Deidara fall to the ground in front of them. ?Looks like it worked after all.?
?W-what was that?? Deidara asked as he struggled to lift his self from the ground with the arm with a kunai stuck in it.
?They?re a Nara family original. There proximity letter bombs, or P.L.B?s for short. Get so close to one and boom.? Shikamaru explained the secret behind one of his family?s trademark items.
?Shikamaru you?re so cool!? Ino cheered.
?This is no time to celebrate, our job isn?t finished.? He warned here as he watched Deidara pull the kunai from his arm and reach into his tool bag. But what was strange to Shikamaru was that he pulled out the exact same kunai but it didn?t seem as metallic anymore. When Deidara threw it at them he finally realized what it was, he grabbed onto Ino pulling her up a nearby tree and out of the way of the kunai. But it did something unexpected it sprouted wings and curved upwards to wards them. ?Dang, no time to reach for a kunai!? He threw Ino onto a branch in the tree while he used the kunai he used to anchor himself to the tree to swing after her. And the kunai bird flew into the tree tops where it exploded. Shikamaru pulled out another kunai waiting for any sign of movement from Deidara.
?If you?re looking for me you might want to check above you?yeah.? Deidara was above the hanging from the branch above them. He dropped a clay bomb upon them but Shikamaru pulled him and Ino to safety. But Deidara was aiming for the tree branch itself. The branch shook from the explosion and snapped under Ino and Shikamaru?s weight! They would have fallen to their deaths if Shikamaru didn?t grab the branch below them, with one hand grabbing onto the branch while the other was holding onto Ino. Deidara appeared standing on the branch they were clinging to. ?Nice save boy. But now you only have limited choices?yeah. You both fall to your deaths, you could throw the girl to me while you fall to your death, you could drop the girl and I kill or you could pull both of you up then I kill both of you. Either option you pick I still win?yeah.?
?He?s right. I?m at the end of my rope?well branch. This is going to be such a drag if Ino and I are the only ones that die. There has to be a way out of this.? Shikamaru saw a small glint of metal behind Deidara. ?It?s one of my proximity bombs!? He looked down at Ino and whispered ?I have an idea. I?m going to throw you up there and I need you to kick hi m toward the tree trunk, ok?? She nodded in agreement, Ino didn?t know what he had planned but whatever it was it was better than this. Shikamaru threw Ino onto the branch with Deidara where she kicked him into the trees trunk setting off another one of Shikamaru?s bombs. Under the cover of the smoke Shikamaru jumped onto the branch and launched his shadow possession jutsu! ?Just as I planned. Now you have to copy my every movement.? Shikamaru began making those weird hand motions of his. ?Ino, would you mine tacking that little pouch at his side for me??
?Huh, okay sure.? Ino began to make her way over to Deidara when his arm all of a sudden snapped forward and pushed her away. ?What the hell, Shikamaru?! I thought you had his movements under control?
?I do but if you?d look at your feet you?d see why I had to push you away.? Shikamaru said back to her kind of irritated because he had just saved her life.
?My feet?? Ino looked down just in time to see that another horde of explosive clay bugs were inches away from blowing off her legs. She quickly jumped back and threw a kunai at the bugs setting off small explosions. ?I?m tired of this! Shikamaru, I?m going to have that move even though you told me not to.? She made a hand sign that made the area between her hands look like a heart.
?No Ino, don?t!? Shikamaru shouted in protest.
But it was too late. ?Art of the sweet heart valentine!? Ino had launched her family?s signature technique. Ino?s body went limp and would have fallen off the branch if Shikamaru hadn?t caught her in time after releasing his hold on Deidara so that Ino had complete control of his body. She instantly grabbed the pouch Shikamaru had instructed her to and threw that of the branch before returning to her own body.
?Huh, what? I guess your Shadow possession jutsu doesn?t last very long does it?yeah. And it seems that girl has run out of steam for some reason.? (A/N: No one can recall what happens when Ino uses this technique. The Sakura thing was different.) Deidara began to reach for his pouch, well where his pouch would have been. ?W-what? Where?s my dirt to make my explosive clay??
?If you mean that pouch of yours I got rid of it!? Ino barely shouted do to her family?s technique draining so much of her energy.
?Yep so it?s game over.? Shikamaru added in. But Deidara began to chuckle. ?What?s so funny??
?You. You actually thought you won?yeah? When we found out Konoha was sending a crack team of ninjas to stop us I thought that I should prepare something special. So I brought my 5th strongest explosive clay with me?yeah. This one was meant for close range combat anyway.? Deidara replied smugly.
?But how will you use it when your bag is all the way down there?? Ino asked trying to see through his bluff.
But he wasn?t bluffing. ?I?ve had it with me the entire time. It?s right here.? Deidara exposed the palm of his hand to reveal that there was a mouth in it! Ino shivered in disgust in Shikamaru?s arms. ?This is where I get the moisture to make my clay bombs. I?ve been saving this one special for a moment like this?yeah.? He began to bring the clay bomb from the mouth of his palm.
?Aww crud! If this thing is the strongest weapon he has were done for! And I can?t make a great escape with Ino in this condition. Come on genius guy think!? Shikamaru mentally shouted to himself.

[Flash back]
?Shikamaru are you listening?! Wake up boy!? The voice of a man with similarities to Shikamaru shouted to the much younger snoozing genius. This man was none other than his father Shikaku. ?I?m trying to teach you a very important technique!?
?But do I really need it I already know how to do the shadow possession jutsu what big of a difference will this shadow binding jutsu do?? The young Shikamaru complained.
?This move can mean life or death when you need to protect some one dear to you. Now I want you to listen carefully?Shikamaru are you nodding off again?? In fact he was already asleep.
[End flash back]
?Great, what a time to nod off! The one move that could save our lives and I had to fall asleep. This is such a drag. I have no other choice but to wing it!? Shikamaru gathered as much charka has he could and sent is down to his shadow and shot it forward all the while thinking ?please work. I have to save Ino. I must save her. I can?t let her die in a place like this when there?s the chance I could have done something.? The whole time his eyes were closed practically praying.
?Whatever you?re planning it won?t?yeah. Your fate has been seale-? Deidara was cut of when his talking became gagging.
?S-Shikamaru w-what?s happening?? Ino nudged him so he could open his eyes.
When he opened him he say that his shadow had extended like it normally would but instead it shot up Deidara?s body and stopped at his neck in the shape of hand that seemed to be choking him. ?T-this is it! The Nara family?s most sacred technique, the true shadow binding jutsu!? Shikamaru focused a little more and the shadow hand clenched around Deidara?s neck crushing his wind pipe before dropping him, letting him fall off the tree branch towards the ground hitting every branch on the way.
?Is he dead?? Ino asked a little scared.
?I don?t think so but we have to go down there and bring him into custody any way.? Shikamaru swung down the branches with Ino on his back until they landed right next to Deidara. Shikamaru checked for a pulse, there was one. ?He?s still alive.? He examined Deidara?s face to see that behind the one strand of hair he had covering one eye was no eye at all but instead some kind of lines. ?That must be how they found us. I just have one question how do I get the two of you back to camp??

End
I?m sorry it?s so late. I had to cut out some fight for now. It?s because you guys waited so patiently that I couldn?t let you guys continue waiting without anything to hold you over. So this fic will be extended a couple of more chapters so it can support every fight. Thanks so much for waiting and not getting pissed and forgetting about this fic.