Solar Flare

Haru and Shikamaru ran toward the direction of Gaara who had become Ichibi, but then before long they were stunned when they saw Naruto also summoned a giant frog.

Both of them looked at each other and nodded before starting to run faster. They didn't run on the trees, rather they were running on the ground since it was safer.

"Do you think that blond haired kids will solve the giant tanuki?" Haru asked. He was wondering whether Shikamaru could trust Naruto or not.

Shikamaru showed a rare serious expression and nodded. "Yes, I believe in him.

Haru only smiled, but didn't say much.

When they were about to arrive on the battlefield, they saw Temari who was standing while watching her little brother that had gone berserk, but then she quickly turned and saw both Haru and Shikamaru.

Temari was startled at first, but somehow, she wasn't sure why she let out a sigh of relief when she saw both of them.

"Do you want to fight?" Shikamaru asked.

Haru also started to vanish from their vision.

Temari quickly shook her head and said, "No! Please listen to me! I just want my little brother to return!" She had a feeling that she wouldn't be able to defeat both of them at the same time, she also realized Orochimaru's conspiracy on her village. She felt furious at Orochimaru that had killed her father, however, a rice had turned into porridge.

There was nothing that Temari could do at this moment and the only thing that she wanted to do was for someone to save her brother and return to her village with her family.

Haru reappeared once again and looked at Shikamaru who also looked at him. Both of them nodded and decided to believe in this girl.

"Good, don't move around or else we will attack you together," Shikamaru said.

Temari nodded in response.

"Do you know how to stop your brother?" Haru asked.

Temari shook her head and said, "I don't know....." She might have seen Gaara had gone berserk at that time, however, she didn't know anything since back then she was still small.

Haru only asked because it was a normal thing to do. He didn't feel worried since he knew that the main character would solve everything. He looked around and saw Sakura Haruka who was trapped on the sand jutsu.

Haru didn't walk directly since he noticed Sasuke who was looking at him in wary.

"Who are you?"

Sasuke held his kunai and he was ready to attack Haru if Haru moves.

"Sasuke, don't! He is a friend!" Shikamaru quickly said.

"Shikamaru?" Sasuke looked at Shikamaru and sighed in relief. Frankly, he was tired and he wasn't sure whether he could protect Sakura at that moment.

Sakura also didn't say anything. Even though she was trapped in sand jutsu, she wasn't hurt and just couldn't move, that's all.

Haru didn't do anything and only watched the fight between Naruto and Gaara since he didn't have an interest in Sasuke.

Then the fight between Naruto and Gaara became even more intense.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*

Then suddenly the ground was shaking and they almost lost their balance, at the same time, they could tell the battle had turned into climax.

Haru let out a sigh since he could tell that he was too weak to enter this kind of battle. He also didn't do anything weird nor did he need to show his power at this moment since he didn't want to trouble Tsunade that much.

Haru came here because he was curious so the only thing that he needed to do was to watch.

"Naruto...." Sakura looked at Naruto with a worried expression.

"Don't worry, he's going to win," Haru said.

Sakura who heard Haru's voice nodded, but then she strangely felt comfortable when she was with him. She then glanced at Haru before shaking her head.

'You can't Sakura! You have Sasuke-kun!'

Sasuke didn't care about Sakura and clenched his hand tightly since he felt very weak at that moment.

Haru whistled and knew that Naruto was about to win, however, he didn't expect that there would be an incident. He turned his head as he heard a loud sound from behind and was startled when he saw the person who ran toward their direction!

Shikamaru, Sasuke, Temari, and Sakura also heard this sound and turned their heads.

Then they saw Orochimaru running toward them while both Jiraiya and Sarutobi were following them.

"Damn."

Shikamaru knew that the situation was really bad.

Everyone's expression also became dignified when they saw the planner of this war coming toward them. They knew something bad would happen but they were helpless to stop him.

Haru didn't want to die after all. He also didn't believe that he could run away from Orochimari so there was only one thing that he could do at this moment.

Haru took a deep breath and asked, "Shikamaru, is it possible to use your shadow jutsu to stop Orochimaru for a few seconds?"

Shikamaru wasn't sure why Haru asked this question but he nodded with confidence. "I can do it."

Haru nodded and said, "I'll give you a chance, you need to stop his movement."

Shikamaru looked at him unsurely and asked, "Can you do it?"

Haru nodded and took sunglasses from his pocket, before giving them to Shikamaru.

"Wear this."

Shikamaru was a bit weird but he still wore sunglasses.

Temari, and Sakura didn't move or rather they looked at Haru and hoped that this guy had a way to save them.

Sasuke gritted his teeth and felt that he was very weak!

"Shikamaru, you should stand in front of me since it'll be bad for you to be blinded by my ability," Haru said.

"What do you mean?" Shikamaru asked.

"Just following my instructions, he's going to come soon. I'll count you in by three, then you can start by that time!" Haru said.

Shikamaru's expression became dignified and decided to believe in Haru.

"1.... 2.... 3!"

Haru took a deep breath and used his magic directly.

"Solar Flare!"

At that moment, everything was blinded by this white light.