Everyone was jumping tree to tree in the single file formation that Shikamaru had planned out with you in the front, Kiba behind you, Shikamaru behind Kiba, Naruto behind Shikamaru, Choji behind Naruto, and Neji behind Choji.

"I smell them along with Sasuke. However, they're moving away from the smell of blood. What should we do?" You called back.

"I knew it. He has guides." Shikamaru cursed.

"No shit Sherlock." You muttered.

"Let's hurry up and pursue Sasuke!" Naruto shouted.

"Shut up Naruto! That's for Shikamaru to decide, stop being the boss!" Kiba yelled.

"MICHELLE OBAMA, PURSE SO HEAVY, GETTING OPRAH DOLLERS!!" You sang. The others were just deadpanning at you.

"What do we do, Shikamaru?" Choji asked. He was quiet for a minute before answering,

"Let's pursue Sasuke, however, if there is a smell of blood that means that a battle took place somewhere. So they'll have their guards up."

"That's fine, if we somehow get separated, I have a way of keeping track of you guys." You piped in from the front.

"There's also a high chance of traps along the way." Shikamaru added.

"So don't be incompetent dumbasses and watch where you're going!!!" You yelled back at them. You sniffed the air a little when you caught the scent of people.

"I smell them all around us!" You called out.

"Everyone stop!" Shikamaru ordered. You all stopped onto a branch and looked in all directions.

"Look up." Shika said. You all craned your head upwards and saw a perimeter barrier.

"It's a perimeter barrier. There's five of them. It's set as a booby trap." You said.

"Damn... now we need to make a detour." Kiba said.

~
You were all walking on foot, avoiding wires that set off different traps.

"They set up a lot of booby traps which means they have time." Shikamaru said.

"Can we PLEASE stop saying 'booby traps'?! It's making me uncomfortable..." You grumbled.

"Huh? Why?" Naruto asked. A sweatdrop appeared on yours and everybody's heads.

"N-never mind, Naruto..." You muttered.

"Oi, Naruto be careful." Shikamaru advised.

"I know that." He replied, as he was about to trip a wire.

"Naruto stop!!" Shikamaru screamed. Naruto was about a quarter of an inch away from tripping two wires.

"Shadow Possession Jutsu." Shikamaru strained, while holding onto Choji's scarf.

"R-right in the nick of time." He said.

"Naruto! I told you to be careful!!" He shouted. You snickered.

~
So, Shikamaru was explaining the reasons as to why some of the wires were visible, and some were not. Because apparently, some were sprayed in matte green and the others reflected the light from the sun.

"So a double trap?" Neji asked.

"Yeah, an elaborate trap for people who're in a hurry. Which must mean they're resting." Shikamaru replied.

"Let's make a plan." You chirped in. They nodded while huddling into a circle.

"We'll split up into two groups, then we'll face them head on." Shikamaru said. You all nodded.

"Byakugan!" Neji said.

"Caught em!" He added.

"Alright, let's get going." Shikamaru ordered.

~
You were walking alone by yourself, passing by some bushes with cobwebs on them. But, something wasn't right about them, they had... human scent on them. You got a closer look and sniffed it. Your eyes widened.

'It's that six armed guys web!' You thought.

'Eww' you re-thought.

'I get it... these are another type of trap that when they're shaken it alerts him somehow.' You thought.

'Better not shake these around too much.' You continued to walk, avoiding the bushes with cobwebs, and concealed your chakra presence.

'Wonder how the others are doing.'

You kept walking until you were about 20 feet away from the sound four's resting place. You quickly hid behind a tree and peeked out. Your eyes landed on the six armed dude and saw a string like substance wrapped around his fingers.

'That's it!'

Your eyes scanned the group, but noticed Sasuke was missing.

'Is he in that barrel?' You thought. The two-headed guy all of a sudden snapped upwards and threw a kunai with three explosive tags on them into a bush. Where Shikamaru and Neji were suppose to be. There was a huge explosion and you weren't sure whether they were okay or not. The two of them slid out from the bush and in front of the four of them.

"Well, I just threw the kunai for kicks, but who knew two bugs would come out?" The grey haired boy said.

"Of the closet." You muttered with a smirk on your face. The orange haired dude got into a stance, but Shikamaru quickly got up.

"Now wait! Wait! We didn't come here to fight. We're just here to negotiate." He quickly lied.

"Oh really? Then what are these guys doing here?" He said as he tugged the wire and the other three were yanked out. Kiba however, threw a smoke bomb like he was instructed, but the wire isn't something you can just cut.

However, the four of them were stuck in Shikamaru's shadow Jutsu.

"Darn... but... I can do a Jutsu like that as well." The purple, or grey haired boy said. What you noticed was that his second head was gone. Three shuriken were thrown and knocked Shikamaru off-balance.

"Earth Style: Barrier!" The orange haired guy said. Rocks started piling up and formed a barrier around the group.

'My cue.' You thought while biting your thumb.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

POOF!

(Photo ain't mine, got it from Google, credit goes to whoever drew this terrifyingly amazing creature.)

"Create a diversion, kick up dust, flames, anything." You ordered. It SQUAAAAA'd before it took off high into the sky. You looked back at the sound four and saw him put his hands on the dome.

"Leave them to me." He said.

'He's going to absorb their chakra!' You thought. Just then a flash of black crashed into the ground, knocking the dude away. The four of them coughed before getting into a stance. Once the dust cleared up, the half crow, half human stood up to its actual height.

Somewhere around 11'... Their jaws dropped as an overwhelming feeling of fear washed over them.

I mean who wouldn't be terrified of that thing?!

LOOK AT IT!

"W-what is that?" The girl asked. You smirked and jumped up into a branch, high above them.

"I-it's terrifying." The spider dude said. You then jumped from your hiding spot and landed next to your summoning.

"This here is Ningen Karasu(NO). Or, Human Crow to be exact." You smiled, showing off your pointy ass teeth while your eyes were dark red with a crossed pupil (black), and black with a slit pupil (dark red).

"It's a pleasure to meet you...

Sound Four."

Yeah, basically all of your summonings will be demonic, deformed, hybrid type things ya know?

Ja ne!

{Ruby Red}