Naruto and Sakura are now standing outside of the Hokage's stronghold looking for any clue of where the three shinobi went with Gaara
Naruto and Sakura are now standing outside of the Hokage's stronghold looking for any clue of where the three shinobi went with Gaara. "Man, they already disappeared," Naruto exclaims. "How are we going to find them now?"
Sakura stands still and places her hand over the jewel on her necklace and closes her eyes. "Gaara-kun," she says to herself, "Please let us find you. I don't know what I would do without you." At that moment, the jewel begins to glow.
The strawberry blonde removes her hand to see the jewel glowing a shade of dark red, similar to Gaara's hair color. The crystal then begins to shake and rise from her chest, pointing like a compass in the eastern direction.
"Come on, Naruto," Sakura yells. "I know where Gaara is so let's go save him." Naruto looks at Sakura with blank stare. "How do you know where he is?" Sakura looks over at him with a smile, "Trust me on this one, now let's head out."
Naruto nods in agreement and the duo head out through the forest to find the Kazekage. After fifteen minutes of running at top speed, they come to an open area where they find the unconscious Gaara coming to and the three rouge shinobi.
"Gaara-kun! Are you alright?!" Sakura screams as small pools form under her eyes. "I am sorry, but he cannot hear you," Dokuyaku replies. "He is currently imprisoned in my special chakra containment bubble, so your words are useless."
Sakura clenches her fists tightly now. "What are you planning to do with him?" The leader of the trio looks at Sakura with a devilish smile. "Simply put, we are going to drain his chakra and absorb its power into our own bodies."
Naruto begins to grind his teeth. "Like hell we would allow you three to do that to one of my best friends and my teammate's lover?!" The blonde genin's eyes begin to turn a shade of red. "Sakura and I will stop you!!"
"Oh really now?" Dokuyaku asks as Sune-ku and Suto-ma appear next to her. "Well, let's just see how determined you really are. Sune-ku and Suto-ma charge at Sakura and Naruto with great speed and swords drawn, ready to strike.
Both Naruto and Sakura jump out of the way of the attack and get in an offensive strike stance. "I'll take the one in white, you take the one in black," Naruto yells. Sakura nods in agreement and prepares for the battle to begin.
Meanwhile, Gaara finally comes to his senses and looks outside of the bubble he is trapped in. "Na-naruto…. Sakura…." Gaara mumbles as he see the confrontation that is about to ensue. "I need to get out of this thing, but how…."
While Gaara is forced to look on without being able to do anything, Sakura and Naruto have now taken the fight to the shinobi. "Multi-shadow clone jutsu!!" yells Naruto as five new clones appear around him. Suto-ma lets out a little laugh.
"You think you can defeat me with a few clones?" the white ninja laughs. Suto-ma performs a few hands signs and says "White art: Wind storm shurikens" Suddenly, a gust of wind blows from Suto-ma that produces a dozen shurikens flying at Naruto.
All of the clones are destroyed by the weapons and two are left flying at Naruto. Naruto's eyes grow large as he realizes that he is unable to dodge them. Suto-ma lets out a laugh and replies "Game over" as the shuriken tear into Naruto's body.
But instead of seeing blood, the body just disappears in a cloud of smoke. "What!! It was another clone?!" Suto-ma says to himself. "Well you are right, it is game over. But it is over for you!" a voice says from behind.
Suto-ma turns his head to see Naruto and a clone with a Rasengan in their hands. The rasengan tears into the shinobi as Naruto lets out a smile. Unfortunately that smile turns to surprise as he realizes he just destroyed a log from a substitution jutsu.
"Not bad kid, but now it is my turn." Naruto looks to his left to see the white ninja standing there with a hand sign held out. "Ninja art: Whirlwind blade strike!" A tornado forms from Suto-ma's hands and shoots straight at Naruto.
The tornado has such force that it cuts Naruto in multiple places across his body and sends him flying against a nearby tree. Naruto slumps over from the impact and sits motionless. While this is going on, Sakura is attacking the black ninja.
Sakura flies at Sune-ku with a vicious flurry of kicks and punches. Sune-ku is able to dodge and block most of the attacks, but lets his guard down for just a moment and the strawberry blonde lands a shot directly to his chest, sending him flying.
After making contact, Sakura takes a deep breath and turns to her left to see Naruto slam against the tree. "Naruto!" Sakura yells. "You shouldn't let your guard down like that either little lady," replies Sune-ku.
Sakura turns in time to see the black ninja finish his hand signs and announce "Ninja art: Black serpent sting attack." Four black snakes form from the shinobi's body and fly straight at Sakura. She tries to jump out of the way, but it is too late.
Each of the snakes strike her – two strike her arms and the others strike her legs with such force that she is thrown back against the same tree that Naruto hit. Sakura tries to get up, but is unable to. "My body is paralyzed," she says aloud.
Gaara eyes grow wide as he sees her beloved and his good friend being beaten. "No! I can't let this happen! I cannot lose those close to me. Not again!! I… must….. stop…" Gaara grabs his head and closes his eyes as he feels the pain surging through his body.
Sune-ku and Suto-ma are now standing in front of the two fallen ninja. "Well, looks like we have come to end of this little game, eh Suto-ma?" replies Sune-ku. "Yes it does, so shall we finish this now?" comments Suto-ma.
"Indeed," replies Sune-ku as the two draw their swords and raise them above their heads. Naruto comes to just in time to see the two shinobi in front of them ready to deliver the final blow. "Damn it, I am sorry Sakura….Gaara" he says to himself.
The blades come down head for both Naruto's and Sakura's head, but for some reason they stop mere inches away from their faces. "What is this?!" the two rogue shinobi yell out in unison. The look down to see sand wrapped around their wrists.
Sakura and Naruto follow the trail of sand as it follows back to the chakra bubble holding Gaara. There are two small cracks in it where the sand leaked out and the whole bubble is now filled with sand. They hear a low demonic growl coming from there.
"I will not let you two bastards hurt people I care about," the voice says. "Especially, when one of them is the person I love!" Inside the bubble, through the sand two red eyes are seen. The eyes transform to a familiar black and gold…
Then the chakra bubble explodes in a cloud of smoke. Inside the smoke, the shinobi see a large figure emerging from the rubble. "You rogue shinobi, this will be your final resting place." Sakura eyes grow wide as she sees the figure moving.
"Gaara-kuuuuuun!!"
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