On Our Way To A Smile - Smile - Book 1

        "Urk..." Shikamaru muttered, as he fell to his knees. I leaned against one of the walls, using it to hold myself up. We were going to run out of chakra and die at this rate.

"It feels like I'm being sucked dry..." Naruto said.

"We're in trouble, Shikamaru." Neji said, his byakugan still activated.

"Drat! I guess I've got no choice! Before all of our chakra's gone, I'm going to open up a air shaft." Kiba muttered. He gave Akamaru what looked like a small pill. Then Kiba cloned himself once, and put more dents into the walls. All of the dents began closing again. But I noticed something.

Some of them would close faster than others. Which meant the person keeping us in was on one side, and the other side was weak.

"Hey." I muttered to Shikamaru. "That side of the wall is weak. It may be best to get Choji to take it down for us." Shikamaru nodded, and approached Choji, telling him what to do. Then Choji grew big and smashed into the wall, breaking it.

Nice.

"So.... You broke my barrier... That's pretty good, kids." The escort that kept us inside the barrier said.

"Now we have the upper hand!" Kiba shouted, starting to run at the man.

"Me! Let me at 'im!" Naruto shouted, also running.

"Hold it!" Neji shouted, making the two stop in there tracks. "It's to risky to fight him head on. We may be five on one, but with our chakra drained he can draw out the battle for a while."

"If we take to long, Sasuke will cross the border." I said. "If that happens, our power will be useless on our own."

"So what are we supposed to do?!" Naruto shouted.

"We broke his barrier! We can beat him!" Kiba shouted, getting ready to fight.

"Wrong smarty pants. You are my meal, is what you are!" The escort said. "Well, more like a half-decent appetizers. But anyway..."

"Look out guys! We're in for something big!" Shikamaru shouted. The escort put his hand on the ground, and lifted up a massive piece of rock.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" Naruto shouted, as the escort began moving forward, ready to throw the massive rock over his head at us. Choji did his grow big thing again and attacked the escort man though.

"Whoa! Choji!" Kiba shouted, watching. But Choji was thrown back, after getting kicked a couple times, and Shikamaru caught him.

"You big jerk!" Naruto shouted, getting ready to fight.

"Showing of now, are we?" Kiba shouted as well, also getting ready to fight. I swear, these two are the exact same person sometimes.

"Guys, hold it!" Shikamaru shouted. "We're running out of time! Let's split into two groups. This way we're able to catch up to Sasuke. Miyako will lead you. Miyako, take Neji, Choji, and Kiba. As for this guy, I'll take him."

"Hah! Shadow possession jutsu again?!" The escort guy said. "It's a useless technique. No better than a cheap old stage trick. You and the girl are the squad leaders, right? Do you honestly think sending her to run it on her own is a good decision? Having a nitwit leader sure makes things tough for his subordinates... Well, scumbags, given the shadow loser you work under, I'll be nice and kill you before you even notice what you're suffering."

"You pig! Shut your stupid trap! I'll kick your-" Naruto shouted, but Choji interjected.

"He's mine!" Choji shouted. "I'll take him!" Choji handed something to Shikamaru, and said something to him that I couldn't hear.