Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Life is Lovelier the Second Time Around ❯ Battle Formation: Ino-Shika-Cho...and Asuma ( Chapter 16 )

Disclaimer: I do not, repeat am not…the first one…own Naruto.

 

AN: Well the last chapter was weird, huh? I tacked on the whole genjutsu thing. The original plan was never to explain it but…I'm weird enough as it is. Well actually the original plan was to give someone the evil drug (one of my reviewers named it that) and have them acting like the roadrunner and have the others using anvils and giant slingshots to try to catch them, but I went with this. Also sorry it took so long, my internet has been screwed up. I promise I'll get at least one chapter every two weeks though. Most likely more though.

 

Daianta: I'd let it take Ino but I need her. I need annoying characters. And yeah I spelled Tetsusaiga wrong. I knew I was gonna spell something wrong. Can't believe it was that though. Inuyasha was the first anime I ever watched. First manga I ever read. But since I've been writing Naruto fan fiction I haven't gotten much of a chance to catch up on the series. I still haven't seen the ending. One of my friends ruined it for me though. “Can I tell you one thing about the ending?” “No.” He told me every thing and I hit him with the biggest book I could find. Spoilers suck.

 

AnimePrincessInuLover: Yes poor Naruto…don't worry there will be no permanent damage. And I had to do the anvil thing.

 

Vospader21: Glad you like my various fics. Uh first off since I won't be updating Hinata and Naruto for a little while, yes they're unrelated unless I say otherwise. So assume that Naruto is still clueless about how much Hinata loves him. And I gave up on the three girls thing with Gaara and I'm eventually going to give him a girlfriend till then it will be attack of the fangirls. And yes they will. Unless Kishimotto does something to change my mind. I think I'll make a sequel where one couple has a girl and the other a boy. You see where I'm going with this? Yeah I don't think the dad's will be happy about this. Picture if you will a miniature pink haired sasuke…okay I weirded myself out.

 

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“Well if I guess we found our fight.” Kisame said with a smile. “Suiton: Bakusui Shoha (Water Style: Exploding Water Shockwave)” Kisame…breathed out enough water to fill a lake, and was now riding a tidal wave at the four shinobi. “Ready or not, here I come!”

 

“What a drag.” Shikamaru sighed as he and his squad got their footing on the water.

 

“Complaining already Shikamaru?! What's wrong with you?!” Ino yelled at her teammate. “How the hell did you ever become a ninja?!”

 

“Hey queen of the psychos, look down.” Asuma said shaking his head.

 

Ino did so then looked at him like he was crazy. “Yes?”

 

“See the problem with clear water is…shadows don't show up on water very well.” Shikamaru sighed. “I'm screwed.”

 

“Anyone else noticing how this guy always seems to attack from such a long distance that we can carry on a conversation.” Choji asked raising an eyebrow. “Oh well. I'll take care of this. Cho Baika no Jutsu! (Super Expansion)” Choji grew into a giant and braced himself. The wave hit him and broke, harmlessly…what does water do…flowed past his teammates. Kisame leapt up and began making handsigns. “Suiton Suiryudan no Jutsu! (Water Style: Water Dragon Bomb)” A geyser in the shape of a dragon plowed into Choji and knocked him on his back. Lucky for his team, he shrank before he hit the ground.

 

“Ouch.” Choji groaned as he got back to his feet.

 

“You okay Choji?” Shikamaru called over his shoulder.

 

“Nothing food won't fix.” Choji said with a smile. “I saved you, you three are buying.”

 

“Let's when the battle first.” Asuma said running at Kisame. The shark ninja stopped the assault with his massive sword. “Sucker.”

 

“Baika no Jutsu! (Expansion) Human Boulder!” Chouji came at Kisame in rolling ball of death form.

 

“Nice try.” Kisame kicked Asuma in the chest and launched him backwards. “Batter up!” He spun on the spot and hit Choji dead center with Samehada. The fa…I mean “fluffy” chunin was sent right into his teammates.

 

“Double ouch.” Choji whined as he helped Shikamaru to his feet.

 

“Shouldn't you have absorbed the impact?” Ino said as she stood up. “I mean you look all poofy so shouldn't you be soft.”

 

“Least you landed on your ass.” Shikamaru teased. “I'm sure that absorbed the impact.”

 

“Are you saying my butt is big?!” She yelled.

 

“Let me take a few steps back so I can see the whole thing.” Shikamaru said taking several steps back.

 

“I'll kill you!” Ino said running at the lazy shinobi.

 

“You'll never catch me with that thing weighing you down.” Shikamaru said running.

 

“My kingdom for a team that won't fight.” Asuma sighed getting back into fighting stance. “Kill him when we're done Ino.” Asuma said snatching up both his students. “Shikamaru do you have a strategy.”

 

“…okay picture if you will, us using Ino's ass to block out the sun. And then while he is stumbling around in the dar…AH AH AH!!!” Shikamaru yelped as Ino tugged on his earring. “Alright alright alright! Asuma, I need you to be a diversion. Ino hop on my back. Choji, wait for my signal.”

 

“Okay enough talking already.” Kisame said running up to the group. Asuma met him and blocked the sword with one of his knives. He slashed Kisame's arm and the Akatsuki dropped his weapon.

 

“Now!” Shikamaru yelled.

 

“Bubun Baika no Jutsu! (Partial Expantion)” Choji's arms grew to ridiculous size. He reached form Kisame but the rogue ninja grabbed his hands and tossed the Akimichi boy away with ease.

 

“Shintenshin no Jutsu! (Mind Tranfer)” Kisame whirled around to see Ino gesturing her hands at him. Kisame dove out of the way as Ino's…soul brain mind thing shot at him. It missed him and Ino slumped over on Shikamaru's shoulders.

 

“What a drag.” Shikamaru sighed seeing Kisame's strength. He reached for a kunai but Ino had gone to a weird angle on his back and her hips were right over his Kunai pouch. He decided to just steal from hers and used the hand not supporting her to reach for it, but he had to feel around for her weapon pouch to find it. And in doing so groped his partner.

 

“Pervert!” Ino shrieked having just regained consciousness before his hand had wandered over her backside. She leapt of his back, grabbed him by the throat and held his head under water.

 

“These kids are getting annoying. Mizu Bushin no Jutsu! (Water Clone)” Several Kisame's erupted from the water before running at the shinobi. “Suiro no Jutsu! (Water Prison)” Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji were engulfed in spheres of water. Asuma saw this and ran at his students, only to be stopped by Kisame.

 

“What's the point of getting them out of the way if you aren't gonna fight?!” Kisame said slamming his sword down on Asuma. Asuma was knocked below the surface and, needless to say, disoriented. “I'm not done yet. Suiton: Goshokuzame (Five Man-Eating Sharks)” Kisame slamed his hand into the water and shot five sharks from his hands.

 

`That cannot bode well for me.' Asuma thought as he got himself right side up.

 

“First meal.” One shark shot at Asuma and he dodged it by inches. “Second meal.” Another shark repeated the process. “Third meal. Fourth meal. Fifth meal.” Asuma dodged two of the sharks but the last caught him in the mid section.

 

Asuma groaned and slashed it with his knives. It dissolved and he swam away. Unfortunately it reformed and came after him with the others. `Oh…crap.'

 

“Nice try.” Kisame laughed.

 

`Okay, think…thinking…thinking…' Asuma thought dodging another onslaught. `I wish I was Shikamaru right about now. What would he do?' Asuma looked up to see Kisame destroy his three water clones…and thrown his sword away? `Well that's down right weird.'

 

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Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji were engulfed in sphere's of water. Three copies of Kisame grinning at them from outside their prison. `Oh crap.' Shikamaru mentally sighed as he examined their situation. He realized he couldn't move an inch. He glanced at Ino and saw that right before they were captured she must have made a handsign.

 

“Nice try.” Kisame laughed.

 

`Shintenshin! (Mind Transfer)' Ino shot her…mind…I still don't know what it's really called…at Kisame and this time he was to distracted to dodge.

 

`That's it Ino.' Shikamaru smiled.

 

“Hope you don't mind if I borrow your body for a minute.” Ino giggled from inside Kisame. She swung his sword and dispatched his clones. Shikamru grabbed her body and grinned at her before she swung the sword at him. “And now you die for saying my butt was big!” Ino took another swing but Shikamaru held up her body as a shield.

 

“Ino kill me when this is over. For now get rid of the sword.” Shikamaru said climbing onto Choji's back.

 

“Uh…what are you doing?” Choji asked looking up.

 

“You'll see.” Ino shrugged and threw the sword away.

 

“Choji grab onto him.” Shikamaru ordered.

 

Choji nodded. “Bubun Baika no Jutsu!” Choji latched onto the shark jonin.

 

“Okay, Ino get out of there.” She did so and once she did Kisame began to struggle. “Kagemane no Jutsu!” Shikamaru sent his shadow over Choji's arms at the Akatsuki and ended his struggling. “Three, two…”

 

“Did you miss me?” Asuma asked shooting out of the water and (while avoiding Choji's hands) slashed the akatsuki several times. Choji released him and let the shark shinobi sink into the water.

 

“Battle formation Ino-Shika-Cho success.” Shikamaru said with a smile.

 

“What about me?” Asuma asked.

 

“…and Asuma.” Shikamaru added. “And by the way Ino I take back what I said, your butt isn't big. It's now obvious to me that Choji taught you Bubun no Jutsu and you used it which gave you that ginormous…” Ino knocked Shikamaru out cold.