Chapter 79 - War Support(2)
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"Hm? Did you send Sakura and Sasuke to more enemies to test them? Their lives could be in danger." Asuma
Shikamaru replied "They probably should be alright. They wouldn't be promoted to Jounin just like that if they couldn't handle that much. We'll kill all 5 enemies immediately and watch the show."
"Hm… There was indeed something different from Sasuke but I don't know about Sakura." Ino said
Shikamaru sighed "Well… we'll find out. Judging by the way, Sasuke didn't even have any objection, it's either he's strong enough to protect her or she's strong enough to defend herself."
"I see… You actually noticed that too? Shikamaru?" Chouji said in surprise.
"Of course? Why else would I have an IQ of over 200?" Shikamaru bragged, albeit troublesome, he was proud.
"You bastard. Letting it get to your head like that." Ino teased
Asuma simply chuckled and replied "Alright. We'll kill them all and head in their direction."
"Hm? Ahaha…" Ino laughed dryly.
"What's wrong? Ino?" Asuma asked while Shikamaru also looked in curiosity.
"The 13 enemies in Sasuke and Sakura's direction I sensed before completely vanished, looks like you're correct. Shikamaru."
"So fast?" Although Shikamaru expected them to at least hold the enemies back, he didn't think they'd kill them all that fast.
Shikamaru nodded and focused on the matter at hand as they were nearing the enemies.
Sasuke and Sakura…
"Sasuke-kun. Why don't we help the others?"
"They should be alright with a Jounin accompanying them. If they can't even survive that with how many they are, they should just die. You should worry more about your chakra consumption." Sasuke advised
Sakura replied with a smile "Hehe… I'm not the same as before, Sasuke-kun. I have Jounin-level chakra reserves… well… [Chakra Storage]… Master helped me! Although I can't recover it immediately or else it'd rupture my chakra pathway, the chakra in my [Chakra Storage] slowly flows to my chakra pathway at 5% every minute!"
"Oh right, you were that old man's disciple… Tsk! That old man, I couldn't even beat him once in all 3 months of sparring. Next time I'll bash his head into the ground." Sasuke said with a grudge clearly noticeable in his voice.
Sakura merely chuckled hearing his comment about Tobirama. Considering Tobirama was rich with battle experience plus… despite his 10% chakra reserves It was still comparable to 2 Jounin.
Sasuke winning is still far away. Sitting on a branch of a tree, she also waited for the others to finish their business.
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"Sensei, conserve your strength, we'll handle this. Ino, Chouji. Formation E."
Ino and Chouji nodded as Ino took position behind Shikamaru while he weaved hand seals and Chouji enlarged as he slapped his palms together.
[Expansion Jutsu!]
[Inflate!] Chouji turned into the shape of a ball.
[Shadow Grab Jutsu] Shikamaru connected his shadow with Chouji as he jumped and rotated.
[Human Bullet Jutsu!]
Ino from behind also used a jutsu that detected the surrounding enemies. [Sensing Jutsu].
Asuma just nodded with a smile on his face as he watched from a branch of a tree.
Shikamaru closed his eyes and connected his psyche with Ino causing him to sense chakra in the surrounding in the shape of fires.
Roll! Crash!
Chouji rotated in the direction of Shikamaru's order and directly flattened the enemies.
As Shikamaru, no longer sensed the chakras of the enemies he undid his jutsu and nodded to his team "Let's go."
Chouji and Ino nodded as they went to Asuma's location.
"Great combination hahaha."
"Let's go sensei…" Shikamaru sighed as he pointed his thumb in the direction of Sasuke and Sakura.
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"Um… Is it alright to leave Sasuke and Sakura alone with many enemies?" Hinata worriedly asked.
"Tsk! I don't know what Shikamaru is thinking but… If he has an IQ of over 200. He probably has something planned." Kiba replied with a snort, obviously bitter about the fact that Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Sakura were already Jounin.
Kurenai chuckled and replied "Most likely, Shikamaru wants to test the two of them, they don't possess qualities like Shikamaru who is extremely smart. So he guessed that they had been specially promoted because the promotion can back up their strengths. I don't know about the girl, Sakura Haruno but Sasuke is a part of the Uchiha Clan, it's expected that he'd have some trump cards hidden in his sleeves."
"Hahahaha! How smart of Shikamaru! That's youth for you!" Gai laughed as he winked at the rest of the team.
Neji replied to Hinata as well "Hinata-sama, you should worry about yourself in this kind of situation first before you worry about others."
Hinata nodded with a smile, although still a bit cold, Neji began to warm up to her, she didn't know why but one day, She saw his father talk to him and caused him to somehow become the brother she once knew. "Yes, Neji-nii-san…"
Boom!
"What the hell was that explosion?!" Kiba said in fright as he looked in the direction of Ino-Shika-Cho.
"How flashy of Team Asuma! That's the way to go! Let's let our youth burn too!"
"Yoshhhhh! Let's go! Gai-sensei!" Rock Lee said. He has also joined the war. He recovered his body a few months ago and recuperated back to his current strength!
"Let's go Lee! The enemy is here! Prepare yourselves!"
The rest nodded and prepared themselves.
[Byakugan!] Hinata, Neji.
[Dynamic Entry!] Maito Gai, Rock Lee.
[Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Tree Bind Tree!] Kurenai.
One after another, the enemies were bombarded with jutsu causing them to not be able to fight back.
It wasn't even a minute since the fight and they were already done.
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Sakura and Sasuke felt someone's presence approaching, it was Team Asuma.
"Inooo! What took you so long!" Sakura asked in boredom.
"You bitch! How dare you say that!" Ino said in annoyance as she pinched Sakura's cheeks "Ouch! What are you doing Ino!" Sakura complained as she slapped away Ino's hand.
"That's why Naruto didn't choose you!" Sakura hit where it hurt the most!
"You! I'll kill you!" Ino angrily said, and tried to grab Sakura by the hair
Sakura just used [Body Flicker] to get away. "Hehe… Sorry, Ino. You know, I love you right? Best Friend?"
"Come here! I'm gonna kill you for real!"
Sasuke sighed at their interaction and asked Shikamaru "Are we just gonna encounter opponents like this? If it's like this, I'd rather stay in Konoha sparring with Sakura's master."
"Don't complain… It's better if it's like this… I don't wanna move too much… hah… what a drag… We're still on the outer layer of the battlefield so enemies don't dime a dozen. In any case, judging by the time it took you to kill those ninjas, you're pretty strong huh?" Shikamaru was a bit surprised.
Sasuke was also surprised but for a different reason "You sensed us?"
"Nah… I'm not a sensory ninja, Ino did."
"Sensory ninjas are quite useful then. Maybe I'll request for a Yamanaka to fill a position in our team." Sasuke looked at Ino in expectation."
"You… You got yourself a master? No wonder you always left your house early." Ino asked in surprise.
"Heh, I did."
"So? Who is it?"
"That… It's actually top secret, even Sasuke can't know at the moment."
Ino wrapped her arm around Sakura and teased "You bitch, no wonder you got promoted to Jounin from Chuunin. You got some backing."
"Hehe that's a part of it but I learned quite a lot from my master. That's probably why I was promoted. I'm quite strong on the battlefield, you know?" Sakura bragged.
Shikamaru sighed "These two… Hah…" In the corner of his eye, he saw Team 8, and Team Gai. "Ino, stop that now, we're going deeper into the battlefield. Prepare yourself mentally."
Ino stopped it and put on a smile before looking at Sakura "Don't die, Sakura."
"You too." Sakura with a smile returned the favor.
Ino sighed as she sensed another army of ninja and alerted "Shikamaru! 30 ninjas. 3 o'clock!"
"Looks like we don't have time to rest, prepare for battle."
Sakura smiled and said before throwing 4 kunai "I got this."
It was prepared beforehand so it didn't consume chakra.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
"Hm? What's that?"
As the ninjas surrounded the branches of trees in the north area, the seals in the 4 kunai that Sakura threw glowed.
Before the ninjas could even notice.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Sakura bragged as the [Explosive Tags] in the 4 kunai exploded "Hehe~ Specially crafted by Haruno Sakura, [A-Rank Explosive Tags]."
"Holy mother of s… No wonder you got promoted to Jounin." Ino said in astonishment as she saw how strong those explosions were.
"Hehe…"
Sasuke scolded Sakura with a frown "Sakura. Stop showing off, save those for later when we're in a pinch. The 30 ninjas might be dead because of those, but we could have handled it."
"Sorry… Sasuke-kun, I couldn't help but try to show off in front of my best friend…" Sakura replied in embarrassment.
"Forget it, What's done is done but use those wisely. I'm sure you don't have many of those."
"Yes… I only have 6 left."
Shikamaru's eyes widened in surprise 'She still has 6? Specially crafted by her huh? Looks like she still has hidden cards left. That's great, strong teammates are always welcome.'
Shikamaru shook off everyone's astonishment with an order to proceed deeper and led the group in the direction of the inner layer of the battlefield.
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(A/N: Um… Yeah… Leave a power stone… Thanks…)