It's totally a drag to start your fight after a two-story drop, as Shikamaru finds out to his pain. The crowd's raining down garbage into the arena wanting them to start the fight, though it's not this match they really care about. If they can't be bothered, Shikamaru can't be bothered, and he's annoyed to find he's fighting a girl again. Theme? Asuma comments Shikamaru's always like this, and Naruto wants him to get fighting. Temari takes the iniative and comes at our boy with a giant fan, but... swing and a miss! Shikamaru doesn't give a crap if he's a Chunin, but he's not about to lose the battle of the sexes. Temari misses with a wind-blast, and Shikamaru keeps to the shadows, not wanting to smack her around but not into being beaten up himself. Ino's Shikamaru's sole cheering section. Hey! Choji! With a mass of snacks. He cluelessly asks after Sasuke, which Ino tries to put a lid on for poor Sakura's sake. Choji thinks Shikamaru's out of place, but Ino reminds him he doesn't have fancy jutsu, but he's always been pretty quick upstairs. Why, he even lept into the arena! Ino's impressed by this new passionate Shikamaru. Choji doesn't know a thing about Shikamaru. Shikamaru, meanwhile, really wants to be a cloud, which is as close as he seems to get to wanting something.
Temari's tired of Shikamaru's wool-gathering, and throws another torrent at our boy. Shikamaru uses the cloud to send his shadow after his opponent, but Temari leaps away. She's seen how it works, and a shadow can only stretch so far. Temari's marked the distance, so now it's a standoff. Shikamaru goes for a new sign, which isn't a sign according to Asuma, it's just what he does when he's stuck on a problem and trying to skull things out. It works, too, Asuma's never beaten him. He slacked his way through Ninja Academy, just passing, and it wasn't until later that Asuma sneakily found out that Shikamaru had an IQ over 200. Holy crap. And now Shikamaru's figured out his next move...
Fan Girl's eager to get things going again, and wind-blasts the Squad Ten strategist, which Shikamaru avoids by ducking behind a tree. Ino doesn't know what he's going for, and Choji figures he'll give up because things are too much of a hassle. Ino doesn't want to believe it, but prior evidence would suggest her cubby friend is right. Temari yells for him to come out and finish things, and she has to dodge a kunai/Shadow Paralysis combo that hits too close for her comfort. The sneaky kid was waiting for the sun to set more to extend his reach. Nice! The Sand Ninja's flummoxed, but it's still a standoff. That is, until a new shadow starts to form overhead. Shikamaru improvised a parachute with his jacket and a knife and sent it over Temari's head. HAH! She tries to dodge the shadow reaching for her, but if she pays too much attention to either Shikamaru or his parachute, she's done for. Fan Girl's impressed. Asuma and Kurenai think he might've overplayed his hand, but Temari knows that if it goes too long he'll get more shadows after the sun sets. She decides to use a Clone Jutsu for a diversion... and she's stuck! The Shadow Paralysis is working to the amazement of the crowd. Shikamaru maneuvered her so that he could send a shadow through the hole Naruto erupted from... which was connected by the crater his Shadow Clone had made. The parachute was a fake. Genius. Shikamaru and Temari stroll towards each other in the center of the arena. People are on the edge of their seats. Choji looks to eat himself into a coma from the suspense. Shikamaru raises his right arm and... gives up. The crowd explodes in confusion. Shikamaru says that it took so long, he's out of Chakra and it's all such a pain. Ino doesn't know a thing about Shikamaru.
Next Episode: The match you paid to see - Sasuke vs. Gaara!
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