Soon Naruto and Sakura made it to another clearing where they found out who was growing. It was Shikamaru. He was slightly smaller than Naruto in height and a little less then him in muscle. His undershirt had ripped completely with his vest valiantly clinging on. His pants had been reduced to shorts while his sandals were entirely ripped off. He turned to the pair and said, "Oh, so you too huh? What a pain."

"What do you mean, me too? What's going on here?" Naruto asked.

Shikamaru stepped aside and revealed an unconcious Shino. If he was standing he would be comparable to Naruto in both size and muscle. His coat was all but destroyed, the sleeves ripped open from his massive biceps and the front ripped in half revealing his deep six pack and gigantic pecs. His legs had done much the same to his pants that Shikamaru's had done to his and his feet were bare.

"What happened out here?" Sakura asked.

"Beats me." Shikamaru said. "I was just minding my own business when I was suddenly attacked by this guy. I only just managed to knock him out before you two showed up."

"First Naruto, then Lee, now Shino and Shikamaru." Sakura listed. "Why is this happening?!?"

"Yeah! Talk about unfair! I was the first one to start growing! This is my thing!" Naruto announced pointing at Shikamaru angrily.

Before Shikamaru could say anything else, they were all distracted by Shino glowing blue. They watched as his body deflated back down to it's original size all that impressive muscle and height leaving him. Naruto and Sakura knew what would happen next and watched as the blue light engulfed Shikamaru. As soon as the blue light cleared Shikamaru began to grow. His muscles swelled as his overall height increased. Naruto took a half step backward, surprised at how much Shikamaru was growing. His biceps swelled, ripping apart the sleeves of his coat, his abs crunched and released and were soon joined by another row making an eight pack. His shoulders grew wider tearing whatever was left of his jacket apart, the material floating to the ground. His shorts looked like they were painted on his massive thighs. His feet plowed through the ground as they lengthened. Soon, Shikamaru was twenty five feet tall, ten feet taller than Naruto, and casting his shadow over both Naruto and Sakura. They both quickly stepped out of it. Shikamaru seemed nonplussed as he looked over his new body from his huge pecs to his wide back. He turned to Naruto and a strange expression overcame his face. He took a step forward. They took a step back.

"I don't know why, but I want to fight you Naruto." Shikamaru said. "Whether you want to or not!"

And that was that. Naruto and Sakura turned and ran as fast as they could Shikamaru in hot pursuit.

"And now we're being attacked by Shikamaru!" Sakura yelled as she jumped through the trees above Naruto. The tree branches couldn't exactly support his weight. "Naruto, how did you start growing? That might be our only clue to figure out what's going on!"

"I just found a scroll abandoned on a pedastal in the yard of a broken down house!" Naruto said. "When I opened it, all this dust fell on me and I started growing!"

"Hmmm...That sounds familiar...But where have I heard of it before?" Sakura thought.

Her musings were cut short however as Naruto yelled out, "Look!"

What was it?