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The Job	By : VRon8899 Category: Naruto AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 3531 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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AN: OMG Chapter 16!! I am practically bouncing on bed bed right now Im so excited about this chapter!!! I really hope everyone enjoys it, I know ive been a bit slow. This story it defintly on my brain. Things are finally cooling off I think so I will have plenty of time to write AND I plan on delivering two chapters next time!!!
Not beta'd I do the best I cant!!!
Warnings:Violence
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Chapter 16
Zetsu
“That doesn’t make any sense!” Kiba snarled, “How could we have been killed only to be alive right now!” He had stood up abruptly to Neji’s words. “I am perfectly fine and healthy. I don’t have any weird scars or weird dreams or anything!”
“It’s because you’re so damn simple minded” Neji said waspishly, “You can’t even think beyond your own feral needs. Eating. Sleeping and Fucking.”
“Boys!” Iruka stood up between them even as Kiba snarled, “Sit down Kiba” He warned him before glancing towards Neji. “That was uncalled for” He added and shook his head. “It’s a valid question and one I don’t think either of us can give a full accounting for, but…I think this is a name you know well:Kabuto” He was looking towards Shikamaru who merely nodded
“He came on a regular basis and now I know where he was half the time because of what you told us.” He looked towards Sakura, “He must have healed you first, you were a skinny thing of a girl at the time but you trotted around and helped him…” Iruka frowned a little and sighed softly. “All I know is he brought you back…or maybe Sasuke didn’t do a good enough job…we had been little to no help. I think Itachi got to us both at some point…” Iruka’s voice petered off as if he was lost in the memories.
“So Naruto is now with a killer.” Neji pushed himself up. “I’m finding him. And I’m ending that Uchiha, I don’t think I will get much argument now. He’s dangerous and needs to be put down” He winced but stood firmer on the spot.
“You will from me” Shikamaru spoke up finally after a moment of silence had fallen to Neji’s words. “Whether you like it or not, I’m the only one that’s known Sasuke since he’s been away from all of you, Besides Itachi that is. He’s a killer to the bone” He shrugged a little, “But he went after Naruto, not Itachi on the bridge. Besides, if Itachi still had a hold on him why wouldn’t he have triggered it? See I think,” And he leaned against the wall with a tired sigh, “I think Itachi could feel his control of his brother slipping over the past few years, they stopped doing missions together completely. I think he knew he wouldn’t be able to contain Sasuke’s growing abilities for much longer. I think he put it in their leader’s minds to send him on this mission. He knew he would be brought back into the fold naturally as a part of this team”
“That doesn’t count for the fact that he tried to KILL us!” Ino growled throwing her hands up, “He DID kill us!”
Shikamaru sent her a baleful look, “You’re a pain you know that?” He growled, “I know what he did, but I think at the time your minds and his was more malleable for Itachi, easier to put ideas and thoughts into them. To put up a barrier, to make you forget, to make you hate someone, or think they’re an enemy. Sasuke’s past that, he can’t be controlled so if Itachi knew this, he knew he would become a target for Akatsuki because he wouldn’t obey, hell half his missions he did the past few years he barely kept to the strategy that had been laid out to him from his reports. He was disobeying orders and asking questions no one wanted to answer. They want him dead.” He said the words flatly, “I wasn’t surprised when he told me about this mission, I knew what it meant from the get-go”
“I have to say I think I agree with Shikamaru.” Kakashi stood from his spot and tucked his book in his pocket. “Neji sit down before you pass out. I’ll go out and find them. This isn’t the time for us to be separated.”
A rise of protest started from Neji, Ino and Kiba. Sakura stomped her foot hard enough to shake the entire house. “For godsake can it!!” She hollered her fists balling before glaring around. “I remember helping Kabuto, but at the time I didn’t….I thought it was some kind of test for me…” She took a shaky breath.
“If Shikamaru was right about Sasuke…then we don’t have a choice. I said it before he has information about Akatsuki we don’t have, and information about his brother. We need him” She let out a breath, “As much as I hate to admit it…the damned bastard.” She mumbled the last part through gritted teeth. Kakashi moved towards the door. “Keep your heads low, Iruka you know what to do if I’m not back within the hour right?” Iruka nodded and Kakashi slipped out but in a few second Shikamaru was moving towards the door. “I’m going with him.” He said with shrug and before anyone could protest he caught up with the older man heading down the driveway towards the car.
Shikamaru was exhausted but he lifted his face towards the sun. Maybe it was a good thing it was still early. He couldn’t shake this feeling that something was wrong.
“You have the same feeling that I do, don’t you?” Kakashi said as he started the car. Shikamaru sighed and tilted his head back his eyes closed. “I do. I don’t know what kind of trouble they’re in but I know it’s going to be a pain in the ass” He whispered even as the car jerked back out of the driveway and roared to life as soon as it turned onto the road. “They said they had less than a few hours to go, with the rate they were moving they should be within 6 miles”
As they drove Shikamaru’s eyes scanned on either side. This was the only way they could have come from their last location. His mind whirled still from all the information. His frown got deeper as a small bit of doubt crept into his mind. If Itachi was still able to be controlled by his brother was he going to have to kill one of the closet people in his life just so he could keep everyone else alive? His eyes narrowed a moment, “wait wait...slow down” He sat up, they had been passing an open field and there was a dark lump in the distance moving closer.
“That’s them” Kakashi hissed throwing the car in park before he was already heading out of the car. Shikamaru was hot on his heels. The young man looked around, no one was there but the two were staggering and running as if their damn lives depended on it. What the hell happened?!
“Go BACK!” Naruto roared, one arm was draped under Sasuke’s arms. It looked like black tattoos had squirmed all over his face, neck and arms. No...They were receding. Kakashi knew what they were, but to pushed that far?! Kakashi disregarded Naruto’s warning and was already moving. His holstered weapon in his hand, a simple but effective knife in his other. He had pushed up the covering over his eye. There was nothing. He saw nothing. What were they running from?!
Shikamaru kept pace with Kakashi, he wasn’t a weapons man much but he could fight when he had to. What the hell were they fighting though?
“he’s…there’s…” Naruto was still gripping Sasuke, it looked like the other was barely conscious. “Its…” Naruto panted and looked around before gulping in another breath. His eyes were on the ground through, wildly searching.
Nothing. “Fuck..fuck…fuck..” Naruto panted and Sasuke made a noise his head lifting. “its...gone...for now..” He grunted out, and Shikamaru hissed out loud at seeing the others face. Streaks of blood was smeared down his cheeks, and it all seemed to come from his eyes. His eyes. They weren’t the normal black glinting obsidian. They were swirling red and black but so intense. It wasnt like before on the bridge.
Shikamaru grabbed Sasuke’s other side steadying him. “We’ll talk later…at the house.” He said softly, glancing around again frowning even more. They had been attacked? By Itachi? No. Sasuke would have said that. He called it an ‘it’. He gripped the other and felt the man shake a little. Damn what could have hurt Sasuke this fucking badly?! How in the world had they even gotten that close?
He knew Sasuke well enough that he would have been able to calculate the fight and get out of the way if he was in over his head.
Unless.
Shikamaru swung his eyes towards Naruto. Unless he was trying to protect Naruto. He would do something stupid then.
“No.” Sasuke gritted out breaking Shikamaru from his thoughts. “No. We move on. Call them…at the house. Everyone needs to get…moving now…” He sucked in a breath as he was steadied his eyes closing a moment before opening again. “They sent… someone from Akatsuki. I’d only heard about him. Never seen him…” Sasuke pushed away from Shikamaru and Naruto. He straightened more carefully pushing the pain down. At least three cracked ribs, his collar bone had to be broken.
"So they sent another damn hound??" Shikamaru asked.
The hairs on the back of his neck went straight up and slowly Sasuke turned his head back to where they had come ignoring the question.
“We’ll talk in the car” Sasuke barely heard Kakashi, his eyes were pinned on few of the grass reeds. They rippled in the opposite direction of the breeze. He watched the area for a few more seconds and the rippling got larger. He twisted around despite the pain and grabbed the front of Naruto’s shirt. He used every ounce of strength he had and sent Naruto wheeling into Shikamaru.
“GET HIM OUT OF HERE!” He snarled already pulling out the knife at his side. Not long enough. He wanted his sword. He snapped the gun out of its holster. Damn. He barely had two clips left at this rate.
“What the hell…” Naruto yelped outloud. “Shut up” Sasuke hissed. “Get moving. Get him out of here” He stepped between them and the spot he had been watching. He was here. He was here the whole fucking time.
“I see it” Kakashi was next to him but Sasuke shouldered him back. “Get. Naruto.Out.of.here” He gritted his teeth, he didn’t dare take his eyes off of it. The pain in his body only faded because he forced it to. He couldn’t feel right now. He could still fight. He would still fight. Like hell that thing would get his claws on Naruto! The ground trembled outward.
“Sasuke!” Naruto yelled but Sasuke ignored him. “RUN!” Sasuke roared over his shoulder. “Go!”
A hand thrust out of the ground, Sasuke dimly heard both Shikamaru and Kakashi cuss as the figure pushed itself up and out of the ground. A garish grin split over its face. No only half of its face. The other was twisted down in a sneer of disgust.
“Fooooound yooou!” The voice cheered but Sasuke was moving slamming his knife into the things neck ripping it out and jumping back. “I SAID RUN DAMNIT!!!” Sasuke yelled even as Zetsu reeled and laughed his hands on the flat ground as if he hadnt been assaulted at all. He vaulted out of the rippling ground, wheeling up and over Sasuke like a tumbler. Sasuke jumped forward and grabbed the Whites arm before he could land and sent him flying in the opposite direction.
“I SAID GET OUT OF HERE!” The scream came out of Sasuke’s mouth even as his gun raised and he sent bullets flying but Zetsu dodged, ducked and dove into the ground again. Fuck!
“Damn it!” Kakashi grabbed Naruto under the arms and hauled him back even as Naruto lunged forward. The blond hollered and tore from his grip. “STOP!” Shikamaru panted catching the blond with the shadow from the car. Naruto panted and jerked and struggled. “Let..me…go!! He needs me! He cant…He took…a fucking…ass beating earlier!! He can’t win!” The blue eyes were huge as he watched the two fighting. Every time Zetsu tried to get to them Sasuke would be there.
“Stop…fighting!” Shikamaru hissed his eyes glancing towards Sasuke a moment. Even hurt he was damned lethal. How was that thing not dead?! Was it rapidly healing, or just barely dodging or did bullets and knives just not affect it?! His eyes closed a moment before opening his teeth gritting.
“Kakashi” he whispered. Naruto was fighting the hold he had on him with everything he had and he could see that beast inside of him was waking up.
“Ill be fine! Ill catch up! GET OUT OF HERE!” Sasuke had thrown the words back towards them. Kakashi scowled, he had his arms around Naruto trying to keep him under control but even so Naruto’s fight with him and the shadow tripled in intensity. “YOU LIAR!! YOU FUCKING LIAR! LET ME GO! HE’S FUCKING LYING THAT BASTARD DON’T DO THIS DON..ha….ah..” The blond suddenly went limp in Kakashi’s arms and Shikamaru grunted as he released the shadow hold.
“Shikamaru...ha...damn kid you put on weight…open the door. That will only work for like 15 minutes….” He practically tumbled Naruto into the backseat of the car and turned his head. What the hell was it?! It looked as if it was two people were stitched together. One side was alabaster and the other as black as coal.
“Get him back. Protect him” Shikamaru suddenly pulled his own tactical blade from his side. He could shoot pretty well but bullets didn’t seem to help much with this thing anyway. Damn what a fucking pain in the ass.
“Im not leaving you here—“ A bullet ricochet off the pavement. “Get the FUCK out of here! HE needs to be protected!” Sasuke panted out even as Zetsu cackled and snarled.
“He will be ours. There is nothing you can do about it..Uchiha.” The creature moved with the fluidity of a damned willow tree the ground rumbling right under Sasuke’s feet the roots snaking out after his ankles. He jumped out of the reach before darting forward his blade slicing up the creatures belly but Zetsu just bent out of the way as if he was a tree blowing in the wind. Then Zetsu snapped up slamming Sasuke into the ground. The Uchiha coughed blood, his eyes widened as a white hand came, fingers down towards his chest. He rolled away just in time and the hand slid wrist deep into the ground like it was made soft clay.
“damn you’re fast!! Id say just as fast as your dear dear brother!” The white side chirped happily. Sasuke heard the tires squeal, he felt relief for a half second but as he rolled to his feet a gun sent three bullets towards the creature.
It screamed.Or maybe it laughed. Or both.
“No!” It was Shikamaru. Damn it! Damn it!!! Shikamaru was his ‘in the chair man’ but not a fighter! At least not that he had seen. Sure he had gone toe to toe with Kisame but this was different. Zetsu was on an entirely different level it seemed!
The creature screamed before laughing manically. “A fight! A fight! Such a good fight! Look at all those bullets! Can’t touch us though!”
Shikamaru’s eyes narrowed, “yeah we’ll see about that” He replied grimly. Kakashi had given him his damn gun, well he wouldn’t waste it. Lets see if he could push this thing back at least. “Shika you should have fucking left” Sasuke panted out. “Yeah princess keep complaining about someone helping you out. No wonder you have no friends” Shikamaru replied darkly.
The creature had tilted its head watching them with glittering yellow eyes. “You must really think you have a chance” It said. Each voice was different. It seemed like each side even had a different personality. They had said that in unison though and the effect had Shikamaru’s skin crawling.
“I think our chances are pretty good” Shikamaru replied, stepping carefully to the side. The way the eyes watched him made him nervous. The ground shifted a little under him. So the ground was his domain to.. He could effect, shift, and even cause things like plants to grow and go after them?
“Ohhhhh” The creature said in unison once more and sighed a moment in a hissing kind of way. “I suppose we have no choice” The hands lifted as if in defeat before the head suddenly split down the middle with a sickening crackling noise. The two halves jerked a second before they jumped apart, the missing limps spindling and appearing from the shoulder and hip.
“Fuck!” Sasuke sidestepped the white one who was gleefully raced towards him within a second of the split. The White’s arm whipping out and suddenly caught him around the throat and smashed his face into the ground. “Ha ha ha!! I gotcha!!!” Sasuke had twisted his wrist up, “Think again!” He snarled pulling the trigger of his gun between the crook of his arm point blank range twice. The white head jerked to the side, the bullets leaving a burn mark across the white skin.
“Now don’t make me annnngry!” The head snapped forward his teeth bared and its voice lost its cheeriness for a second. Sasuke slammed his elbow into the face and rolled out from under the thing. How the hell did they do that?! What WAS it?!
“Sasuke!” Shikamaru slammed a second clip into the butt of his gun and cocked it. He was just staying a hairsbreadth from the Black Zetsu’s grip. He was fast. Damned fast, but it seemed like the White one had a more maniac style of fighting. Could they be experiments? What the hell had Orochimaru been doing?! Or did they exist before Orochimaru?? He’d seen some crazy shit but this was just out of control! They clashed for a second and he was suddenly hauled close. The breath reeked even as black lips spread across half the face, the missing side a mottle dull grey.
“Its…too late” Black Zetsu husked almost but Shikamaru let out a short laugh, his hand raising a moment. “You think so huh?” He managed out and chuckled as the creatures’ eyes widened a fraction. “Shadows. Oh. Tricky Tricky Shadows” Shikamaru had lured him closer to one of the telephone poles and had used the morning shadows to his advantage. He stood up straight and Black Zetsu followed suit pondering him as they moved.
Shikamaru licked his lips and raised his gun, the others arms raised in a similar fashion."Lets see if you can dodge this you freak” He said but a snapping noise had his eyes jerking to the left. Sasuke was on the ground again. His arm was bent all wrong and White Zetsu was sitting on his back. Blood dotted half of his face, it was stark against the alabaster skin.
“We have him already.” Black Zetsu jerked a little and suddenly the ground under him gave way. “NO!” Shikamaru snarled but his bullets only went into the dirt. The ground shifted a little under him and he sent the shadows outwards in all directions and grabbed It.
“Caught me” The voice was right up against his ear. Shikamaru turned his head a little, his shadows crawling up the creature’s body. Shikamura's lips pulled back in a wild uncharacteristic smile.
“Im going to snuff the life out of you if your other half doesn’t back away from Sasuke” His voice was flat and the shadows wrapped around the Black Zetsu’s neck. He’d twist the damn things head clean off if he had to. The shadows tightened. Teh breath rattled against his ear.
“Interesting” The voice mused thickly before a sudden blow to his ribs sent Shikamaru staggering to the side. Where...what was that?! A sudden boot aimed at his face sent blood gushing from his mouth and nose and a black hand grabbed a fist full of his hair lifting him up a little. Shikamaru could barely see but his knife found its mark deep in the Whites side. He was dropped and Zetsu cussed.
He was kicked again.
“Stay down Little Shikamaru Nara.” Warned Zetsu even as he moved towards Sasuke. The white hand lifted Sasuke’s limp arm, the grinding crunching noise filling the silent air and waved it cheerily at Shikamaru. “Byyeee byyyeeee!”
Shikamaru staggered to his feet, no! They wouldn’t! He couldn’t let them take him! His shadows weren’t fast enough. He wasn’t fast enough.
Then…they were gone.
He miscalculated.
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“….get your things...” “I’ve explained everything three times now…” “What about Sasuke?” “I’ve told you…””Well that’s not enough Kakashi. It doesn’t make sense!” A sigh, then, “We don’t have time to talk about….we need to get moving. Now.”
Naruto groaned dimly aware of the arguing happening around him before suddenly sitting up bolt upright. He was surrounded by Iruka and Kakashi, the others having collected all their meager belongings. He jerked his eyes around. Sasuke! He jumped to his feet. No no no!! “YOU LEFT HIM BEHIND?!” He roared accusingly at Kakashi.
“God damn it” Kiba grabbed his arm. “Naruto this isn’t the time!” Naruto almost threw him off but Kiba was pretty damn strong and didn’t let him go.
“NO!” Naruto roared Iruka held up his hands. “Settle down…Naruto. Settle down. We’re not going to leave him fighting out there but we can’t go into that blindly.” He glared towards Kakashi but the man was impassive and grim. His arms were crossed over his chest. He was radiating fury and impatience.
“That opponent…Zetsu.He was after you Naruto. And if you had stayed I’m more than sure he would have gotten you. Sasuke and Shikamaru bought you time to escape” There was more anger in Kakashi’s voice then Naruto had ever heard and the jaw clenched tightly. Kakashi shouldn’t have left him. The state he was in, he was in no condition to fight.
“Shut the hell up! He needed me and He…He…That bastard! We’re going BACK!” Naruto hollered at the top of his lungs, the entire house shook with but another hand landed on his shoulder. Neji watched him calmly,
“Naruto…we need to keep you from them. If we risk going back to help in that fight Sasuke’s at risk…if he focuses on where you’re at then he can’t focus on what he knows best.” He was trying to stay logical but they were all at risk if Naruto lost control right now. Besides, it was just what they needed another opponent who was beyond their capabilities.
“I DONT CARE! Im so sick of running!” Naruto raged right back and tore away from both Kiba and Neji. “We can run forever and they’re never going to stop!!”
“Naruto. We can’t face them right now...if they have people like..Zetsu and Itachi we CANT face them” Ino whispered, “What if…what if this was his plan all along…we know about Sasuke. We know what he did. He tried to kill us all. Itachi was controlling him, this could be part of that” The blonde woman’s voice quivered a moment even as those blazing blue eyes whipped towards her.
“SHUT UP! I know all about that. He’s not like that! He’s stronger then that! I’m going back either you’re going to help me or you can just…just go!” Naruto turned and went running out the door. He was going back. He was going to find him and help him. He was going to be too late though. He was going to lose him all over again!
“Damn it!” Neji growled, “Come on. We need to get after him and stop him” If they couldn’t stop him, he could be lost to Akatsuki forever. They would get him. He couldn’t risk that.
“No” Kakashi said suddenly, he looked back at Iruka and his frown deepened. “He’s right. We go back, you get everyone packed into the SUV, I’ll take the car. I’ll catch up to him. Go south about two miles, take the first dirt road on the left. It’s an empty field off of an old hay farm. ” He just hoped they weren’t too late. He sent Iruka one last look before heading out again. He should have never left those boys.He knew they were going to be too late. He knew they were going to find just bodies there.
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On the country road the sun was already bright and cheery, Shikamaru had scoured over that field they had fought in looking for anything and everything he could find from the battle. There wasn’t much. Blood, some pieces of cloth, some kind of discarded skin. His mind was racing. He had never faced anything like that before. Now Sasuke was gone. He turned his head at the sound of the crunching tires in the distance and moved back to the roads edge. The sun glinted off the old beat up car and he frowned even as Naruto suddenly thrust himself out of the moving vehicle.
The kid was running like a madman towards him before stopping short at the sight of Shikamaru. “Easy..easy.” he put his hands up even as the blond came closer. The eyes roved over Shikamarus brutalized face before they widened.
“Sasuke?” He started before taking a breath. “No...” he whispered, then, “NO!” He took a hesitant step forward. “SASUKE!” He roared heading straight into the field. Kakashi was close behind him but Shikamaru grabbed Naruto’s arm. “He’s gone” He said simply. The blond stiffened in his grip.
“No.” He shook his head. “No. He’s not. He can’t be.” He pushed away from Shikamaru and staggered further into the field. “NO! NO! No no no! This is YOUR FAULT!” He turned towards Kakashi. “We should have stayed! I knew this would happened!” The blue eyes shifted a little to red, but there were tears in them too. “He WASN’T ok! He couldn’t fight much longer!” Naruto turned back and let out a roar or anguish.
“Is he really gone…?” Kakashi had looked over as Iruka moved over. They had just pulled up and the man had just come running out of the car but stopped at the sight of Naruto in the field. His breath shortened. He was going to lose control completely. “Kakashi” He whispered but the man shook his head. “Shikamaru what happened?” He asked almost gently and the young man crossed his arms over his chest. “That thing...that Zetsu…it split into two he attacked us both…I was able to contain the one I was fighting for a minute but Sasuke…Naruto was right he was injured from their first fight and he held his own off for a while but…” He shook his head and scowled even more. “I had been trying to keep a distance, I should have closed the gap instead and captured them both it would have given us a chance to plan out better” Damn it all.
“Naruto!” It was Sakura and she was already running towards the blond. “Wait!” Neji tried to grab her but she slipped past him and suddenly when Naruto turned his blazing eyes on her she sent her gloved fist into his face. He went flying in the other direction landing in a massive cloud of dirt and dust. She was on him in a heartbeat grabbing him by the collar. ”SHUT UP AND CALM DOWN!” She roared. Those blue eyes were wide, the tears streaked on his scarred face, the mouth bleeding. She took a calming breath and dropped him in the dirt.
“Because we are not letting them get away with this. They’re going to pay.” She turned her eyes towards Kakashi and Iruka. “We’re done running”
~*~
“Ohh wakey waaaakey…”A hot voice was against his ear and Sasuke shifted slightly. Pain radiated through every part of his body. He knew he had broken bones, torn muscles, he knew there was dirt clotted up against his brutalized face. There was a taste of bloodied mud in his mouth. He was suddenly kicked onto his back and he barely contained the noise as the pain ripped through him. He could take it. He had to take it. Gritting his teeth he cracked one eye open. “OH! He’s awake! Oh goody! We get to have so much fun!” The face sudden swam over his own. Sasuke didn’t feign to respond and the other cackled in a mad way. At least half of it the face did.
“Shut up” The other side bit out before regarding Sasuke for a moment and turned his head. “He’s awake. If you’re going to do it. I suggest you do it now. Unless you want me to” This time the smile twisted across the black sides face and Sasuke’s eyes followed the way the head was turned. Itachi was regarding silently his face impassive as he stepped forward.
“Hello brother”
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AN: OH NO!!!!!!!!!! I wonder what's going to happen next!!! I hope you all enoyed this chapter, I really loved writing this one. I know the powers might be a little off, but Im adapting them to this story, besides its fanfic I do what I want...haha!
smint45: As always thank you so much for your review, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know its been a long time coming but I hope the wait was worth it! With Sasuke gone there might be a little Shika/Neji going on...just maybe!!
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