Sasuke smiled a feral smile as he let out an evil hiss. His fangs were inching closer and closer to the neck of the fox. In one bite he would be able to kill them both! 'At last everyone who has ever made a fool of me or crossed me will be dead. Sakura will be close behind them!'

Naruto was putting all his strength that he could spare into trying to push Sasuke away from him. Hinata. She flashed through his mind non stop! It all seemed rather nostalgic to him now.

His father died saving the very same village that he was about to die defending. And just like his father before him, he was about to leave this world and leave his unborn child behind with his wife. Just like he grew up without a father, so was his child.

Gaara glared up at the snake. In six months he got the girl, won her heart and married her. Now he was going to leave her to a life of more pain without him! Flashes of the last six months began to flash through his mind. 'Sakura.'

Both Gaara and Naruto felt the ground rumble beneath them. They turned an eye and looked toward Sakura as she screamed their names.

Sakura glared at them. She clenched her fists and she prepared to say something that she never thought she would ever have to say. "Naruto! What happened to you! The Naruto I grew up with and trained with would never fall to that snake! And what of your child! You know what it was like to grow up without a father. Are you really going to let your own child go through that! I didn't think you were that kind of person!"

She let the tears flow freely from her eyes as she then addressed her husband, her voice cracking. "Gaara! I won't stay here and watch you die like this! Not to him!" She had to fight to keep her mad face as the sand around Gaara and Naruto started to swirl around them. "I will never forgive you if you loose this fight! If you let Sasuke take your life!" Then she crossed her arms and turned her back to him.

Naruto starred after her. She was right. He was doing the one thing that he cursed his own father for doing. Leaving his child without a father to grow up with! He couldn't let that happen! He would not abandon his child to live a life without him!

Gaara watched in horror as his wife turned away from him. She was upset and it was his fault this time. He felt the air around them start to turn. 'Naruto.'

'I am already ahead of you Gaara. It's time to take him down!' Then they both focused on pushing him away from them.

Sasuke glared down at the fox. They were pushing him away! He wondered why what Sakura said had such an effect on them? It only added fuel to the fire!

Naruto was always excelling in front of him. He was the one who had the natural talent. He was the one who worked harder. Why did Naruto always keep going past him!

And Gaara. He was a monster, literally! 'I can't loose! I will kill them!'

Sakura felt the surge of power behind her. She turned and watched as once again the two beasts began to roll around in the sand. This time she was hopeful. She remembered when Gaara almost lost control when he thought she was mad at her. But she soothed him right away and nothing bad happened. This time she would not sooth him until Sasuke was dead.

Temari stepped up next to Sakura again. "What was that all about?"

"Do you remember the one time about three months ago, when Gaara thought I was mad at him. He almost lost control."

"Hai. I remember that one. Scared the hell out of me."

"That is what I did. He thinks I am mad at him. He will do anything to get to me to try to make it right."

"True I forgot about that one. Demo what was going on with what you said to Naruto?"

"You know that the Fourth Hokage was Naruto's father right?"

"Hai."

"I basically told him he was just like his father. That he was going to leave his own child to grow up knowing the same pain that he felt growing up without a father. Naruto would never be able to do that to his own child."

Ino stepped up to them. "Do you really think that it would have done the trick?"

Sakura starred at the swirling sand and smoke. "I hope so Ino. I hope so."

x

'Gaara we won't be able to beat him like this!'

'What do you suggest then? We certainly are no match for a snake in our normal form.'

'I know! But you are already in your second form remember.'

'Hai. What about it?"

Naruto glared at Sasuke. They were literally rolling in circles. 'Next time Sasuke is on his back, we break the transformation jutsu, I will use my father's old kunai and slash his eyes. Forcing him out of Manda. While he is blind I will kill him, and you get that damned snake.'

'Hai.'

And that is what happened. The next time that Sasuke was on back they broke the transformation jutsu. Naruto slashed his eyes forcing him out of Manda.

Gaara glared at him as he fell with Naruto falling for him, Rasengan in hand. He wasn't about to be left out of the death of that bastard! They were on sand, he had more than enough sand to crush both snakes! But he knew Naruto had his own need of revenge to do.

He wrapped Manda in his Sand Coffin and crushed him at the same time that he grabbed Sasuke's arms and feet, crushing the bones and holding him still for Naruto.

Sasuke tried to pull from the sand as he glared at the blue swirling chakra in front of him. "You don't have the guts to kill me Naruto!"

"You tried to kill my wife. My unborn child. Turned your back on the Leaf Village and hurt Sakura. I have all the incentive that I need to kill you."

Sasuke jerked his arms and legs. He tried to get free as he glared through his bleeding eyes. "If you try it Naruto, you better make sure I am dead. Or it will come back to bite you in the ass!"

Naruto closed his eyes and saw a picture of his wife holding a baby. "I will kill you Sasuke. And forever sever any bond that might still be there, or use to be there. You crossed the line when you tried to kill Hinata."

"What do you mean tried to kill her?"

As the smoke in the center started to clear because of the swirl of chakra, Gaara had his red eyes as he glared at him. "She is just fine at home in the Village Hidden In The Leaves!"

Then he lunged.

Gaara was on his hands and knees from using too much chakra as he watched Naruto advance on Sasuke. He used his power over the sand to harden the ground that he ran on, giving him better traction. "Don't screw it up Naruto!"

"Don't worry about that!"

Sasuke starred wide eyed as Naruto got closer and closer to him. "Naruto!"

"Sasuke!"

When he hit him there was an explosion and then dust and sand started falling.

Gaara walked up to where they were. Naruto was alive and awake, and Sasuke's body was ripped in half. He wrapped both pieces of his body and crushed them out of existence. "He is gone."

"Hai. Lets get back to our wives."

Gaara bent down and picked Naruto up, and put his arm over his shoulder and they began to walk toward where the others were.

Naruto smiled. "We do make one kick ass team don't we?"

Gaara had to smile. "Hai. That we do. As long as we rein over our villages, no enemy stands a chance."

"Right!"