Chapter 245

Lee and Tenten showed up just in time, and immediately prepared for battle. But the big-browed one suddenly straightened up and smiled:

— Sakura-san! It's me! Hello~

The girl shuddered and took a step back, trying to hide behind her comrades.

“Damn, this psycho came here too!”

— Sakura-san! It is me? You do not remember me?! Rock Lee didn't care about the tense situation and quickly ran to Sakura.

The girl snorted in annoyance.

- Get off already! I told you I don't like you! I like Shikamaru!

Ino glared at her friend.

He liked me first!

“Oh, well, again ...” Chouji sighed heavily and sat down on the grass: “It has begun ...

Even Shikamaru quickly lost his fighting spirit. When Ino and Sakura began to argue, Lee also got it, he quickly got in the face and flew into a nearby bush. Shikamaru certainly didn't care about him, although he probably should have put things in their proper place with Sakura. He respected Lee and he definitely shouldn't have wasted time with a girl who was already busy and would focus on being free.

Glancing at Tenten, Shikamaru narrowed his eyes.

- And she's nothing ... Yes, and she will become a beauty ...

"Hmm, if things go like this, will there be free girls in Konoha at all?" Smiling at his own thoughts, the boy shifted abruptly. He was already beginning to annoy these bickering girls. Even Sasuke and Neji had already lost patience and started to disperse. The glorious battle of the three teams is spoiled in such a terrible way... But, suddenly, a familiar silhouette appeared right in front of everyone.

— Shikamaru!

"Sh-shikamaru!"

Surprised glances focused on the guy, and then two beautiful silhouettes rushed towards him:

"Shikamaru~" Sakura and Ino squeaked in unison. Embracing him from both sides, the eyes of the girls crossed again, after which sparks crackled in the air. The guy gently pulled the two beauties around the waist and hugged.

Lee watched this with his mouth open, while Neji frowned at the situation. He only met Shikamaru once and heard a lot about him from Lee and Guy. But even without them, he felt a strong threat from this man. Moreover, it was nothing compared to what he had heard in the clan. He is very strong, so much so that even the upper management is not opposed to him!

"What is he doing in this exam..."

Tenten watched these girls in love in surprise and could not understand the situation. She was worried about Shikamaru too, but she didn't understand why those two were reacting like that...

Nodding to Chōji, the boy pulled away from the girls and said displeasedly:

- Stop quarreling, at least two teams have already passed the second stage, and you are chilling here.

“Shikamaru, you…” A sad sigh was suddenly heard from the side. Lee leaned over the tree and said sadly:

- My heart is broken...

“It’s not so bad, you have all your youth ahead of you!” - encouraged the guy:

There are a lot of girls in the world!

“R-really?” Lee turned a hopeful look to his friend.

Shikamaru only nodded, after which Lee immediately punched his chest and laughed:

- You're right! Hmm, you have two girls... Damn! I'll find three!

Everyone around him immediately looked at him strangely, but Li did not pay attention to them at all, he nodded seriously:

- Not! I can even find four! I will love five women! The teacher will be proud of me!

“Hey, hey, guy, calm down,” Chouji waved his hand: “You don’t need this, I assure you, women are crazy ...” he whispered in the end.

- Enough! An irritated tone swept through the area. All eyes immediately landed on Naruto, who looked at his comrades with displeasure:

- What are you doing here? Are we going to swing or what?! The scroll will be ours!

Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other thoughtfully and then nodded in unison. Haruno smiled slightly at Shikamaru, to which he calmly replied:

This is your exam, do your best.

The girl happily hugged him and steamed off to her comrades.

"Finally finished," Neji grumbled displeasedly, "But, we're leaving, fight yourself."

“Wh-what?” Rock Lee and Tenten were surprised in one voice. Neji didn't reply and walked away.

"I'd rather not run into him yet... I'll hurt these girls and things might get too fucked up."

When Team Guy left, only Team Seven and Ten remained. Sakura and Ino looked at each other with displeasure, Chouji took the scroll from the thin boy and put it in his pocket.

Sasuke followed his movements, then sighed and turned around.

“Let’s go, the forest is full of enemies, we’ll take the scrolls from them.”

- What? - Naruto was surprised: - What about the plan ...

- Let's go already! The Uchiha yelled at his friend. The Uzumaki just chuckled and waved his hand.

- Till!

Sakura eyed the pair of rivals in bewilderment, then turned to Shikamaru as if trying to ask something.

- Go ahead, try there. - he quickly understood everything: - Take care of yourself.

- Yeah, - smiling happily, Sakura finally hugged the guy, and then ran off after her friends. Following her bright hair, Shikamaru smiled.

"When you bloom... I'll be there!" - in his sly grin, a lot of meanings were hidden.

Turning to Ino, he immediately collided with her displeased face - as if she was trying to look into his soul!

- What?

Since when did you become so close? Yamanaka asked suspiciously.

Shikamaru shrugged.

- Who knows...

- Hmm...

The meeting did not last long.

Saying goodbye to cute Ino, Shikamaru was left alone again.

“Yeah… That’s it… Eh, I thought so.” With a shake of his head, the boy took one last look at the battered Sound trinity, and then disappeared into the foliage.

Before he could leave, Dosu stood up and blinked his single eye.

- They're gone... Get up. - Following this, two of his comrades with beaten faces somehow got up.

The girl grabbed her broken arm and grumbled in annoyance:

— That blonde is sick, damn...

“To hell with them,” Dosu chuckled, “Now we have to look for more scrolls!” Get yourself together.

The two nodded grimly and followed their leader. After losing the scroll, it will be even more difficult for them, especially given the current injuries. Dosu completely damaged his sound equipment, while Zaku and Kin were seriously injured. Broken fingers and noses, that's only half the battle. Ino acted ruthlessly, however, like Chōji...