i bet you shino is gunna follow sasuke. the episode shows shino seeing that sasuke left, thus i think kank vs shino will happen afterall. they only woke naruto and shikamaru cuz ofcourse naruto can handle it but shikamaru's mind is at chuunin level (i don't care what you say!! he's cool&#33 and since sometimes naruto doesn't think, shikamaru could tell him what to do. shika will probably have to take care of sakura also >_>

and about the naruto looking bad when he's around sasuke. what i think is that sasuke is the best rookie and naruto is nothing compared to sasuke.

1. naruto will succeed even though he isn't as great in the beginning
2. it shows how naruto will exceed and improve since the times he was compared to sasuke. i.e. the "scaredy cat" phrase first said by sasuke, it shows how naruto improved. just my 2 cents (i don't read the manga everything i say is theory&#33