I've always thought it'd be "beyond pimp" if Shikamaru could detach his shadow and have it fight for him. There's some really cool stuff that could happen as a result. Combine that move (detached shadow) with the shadow neck bind, and man... whoever he's fighting is screwed.

Anyways, I'm hoping he beats her with intelligence and forethought only.

As a non-Shika-related sidenote, I realized that Neji doesn't use ninjutsu or genjutsu, just taijutsu and his genius blood, unless the heavenly spin is a ninjutsu.

Well... </2cents>

-xtortout