The sight ahead made Sakura gasp in shock, it was yet ANOTHER giant and this one was even bigger then Shikamaru! But what was truly scary to her was who the giant was, Gaara.

He wasn't the same kill-everything-that-lives monster that he was during the chuunin exam, but the man was still scary.

Unfortunately for Naruto this left him trapped between a rock and a hard place. The huge Shikamaru was coming up behind them while the giant Gaara was ahead. While Naruto was worrying about what to do, and how he could track down someone at least on his own level so that HE could get big enough to handle these oversize ninjas, Sakura was thinking about a plan and came up with one that at least would buy them some time.

"Naurto, stop running!"

"What!?"

"If Gaara and Shikamaru see each other they will probably start fighting, that will let us get away and find that scroll."

Naruto gulped nervously, but he knew Sakura was right, so once he saw Gaara approaching he stopped and waited for Shikamaru to catch up.