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Chapter 37- "Finally it's my turn!": The fight Naruko vs. Kiba begins!

'Normal thought...'

"Kyuubi/Bijuu speech..."

"Normal speech..."

Jutsu name...

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"Me, eh?" Shikamaru sighed as he walked down into the fighting area.

"Shikamaru! Don't lose! Show us that you're a man!" Ino shouted at him. "Go Shikamaru! Win!"

Choji looked at her. 'Ino's gotten more energetic...' He began to sweat. 'I don't know if this is a good thing or not...'

"Hai, hai..."Shikamaru sighed again as he and Kin faced each other. "How troublesome... On top of that, it's going to be tough to deal with a girl..."

"Then, I'll end this match quickly." Kin glared at him.

Naruko looked at the incoming fight. 'Shika, I hope you're not going to give up just because this match is troublesome...' She narrowed her eyes. "Shika! When I see that you're giving up this match, we have a lot to talk about..." Naruko shouted at him.

Shikamaru shivered slightly. 'There's no way I want to have this 'talk' with Naru...let alone get her angry...' He looked at Kin seriously. 'I do know the abilities of these guys from the second exam incident... but I have no idea what her abilities are whatsoever. To add onto that, she has seen my jutsu already...' He sighed. 'Mendokuse.'

"Sixth Match... Shikamaru vs. Kin." Hayate coughed slightly. "Begin!"

Shikamaru narrowed his eyes and did a hand sign.

"You can only use one thing like an idiot?" Kin laughed cheekily.

"Shut up!" Shikamaru tsked. "Ninpou: Kage Mane no Jutsu!" His shadow began to expand towards Kin.

"As long as I look at your shadow movement, I have nothing to fear from that jutsu!" Kin said cheekily and jumped away from his shadow. While in air, she threw two senbons with bells on them towards Shikamaru.

Shikamaru ducked down, to dodge the senbons. He looked at them and smirked. "That sure is a classic trick. Next, you're going to throw a senbon with a bell and one without a bell, right? If I react to the sound of the bell and dodge it... I will not notice the senbon without a bell and it'll hit me. Right?"

"You talk too much!" Kin shouted cheekily and threw senbons towards him again.

Shikamaru dodged the senbons. "I just have to be careful and not fall for your Shadow Needle technique..." His eyes widened in surprise as he heard a twinkle from behind him. "Wha? Behind?" He turned around, just to see that chakra strings were attached to the bells. "Shoot!" He turned back around in distress.

"Too late!" Kin shouted and threw senbons at him. Shikamaru couldn't really dodge the senbons anymore and so was hit by them.

"Shikamaru!" Ino shouted in worry.

"He got directly hit..." Naruko bit on her lip in concern. 'I know Shika is clever enough to beat her... but first he has to figure out what technique this Kin is using, so he can plan a counterattack.'

"No, look closely." Sakura scolded her.

"Huh?" Naruko blinked in confusion.

Shikamaru tore the senbons out. "I dodged a critical hit." He looked seriously at Kin. "Now it's my turn!"

"I won't let you!" Kin smiled and let the bells on the senbons tinkle hypnotically.

"W-What's going on?" Shikamaru felt the ground tilting underneath him. He sank to his knees.