Hey. This is chapter 20. I will give Kirito the UBW. But not so early. It will be at around the start of the SAO element arcs. Like at the end of the Aincrad arc.

By the way, I've added a poll on my profile, which story should I do next? If you're interested, please vote.

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Kirito held his swords and stood in a stance, "You girls go after Gaara and the other two. I'll hold their Jounin back. Sasuke, you follow them."

Sasuke wanted to protest but Kirito cut him off, "As of now, you'll only hold me back, and Hikari-chan, you have nine, Gaara has one, you should be able to defeat him, Asuna-chan, Suguha-chan, Sinon-chan, if all of you work together, you can defeat them."

Baki huffed, "As if I will let you reach them. I will kill you all, just like I killed that swordsman a few weeks back."

The Suna Jounin flashed through a set of handseals, "Fuuton: Kaze no Yaiba."

Kirito saw this and quickly held up his arms, "Hikisake, VARTEX!"

A vortex of wind appeared around Kirito, negating the wind blades. Kirito narrowed his eyes, "So, that is what killed Hayate-san."

Baki chuckled, "That swordsman a few weeks ago? Yeah, my wind blades, let's see how you do against them, shall we?"

Kirito yelled, "Go, now!"

Hikari, Asuna, Suguha and Sinon leaped away with a reluctant Sasuke. As they left Kirito glared at him, "You will pay for killing Hayate-san."

Baki smirked, "I'd like to see you try."

Kirito glanced away and saw Yugao and the other Jounin sensei fighting off the invading Suna and Oto ninja. He turned back to Baki, "Everyone is already fighting, shall we begin?"

Baki didn't reply and Kirito charged him, swords ready to strike. The Suna Jounin quickly drew a kunai and parried a strike from Kirito.

The blacksmith leaped away to dogde a wind blade from the jounin, the wind blade slicing the ground. Baki raised an eyebrow, "Oh, you dodged that."

Kirito just narrowed his eyes at the Jounin, 'I can barely see the blades, nor can I sense them.'

The blacksmith then got an idea, 'Wait, the Vartex, just now it negated the blades, if I keep it up as a wind armor around me, I can negate them.'

Before he could think more, Baki yelled, "Fuuton: Renkuudan!"

He shot out several balls of pressurized air at Kirito, noticable from the distortions in the air. Kirito leaped out of the way as the air bullets hit the ground.

The swordsman raised his right arm and chanted, "Kaze yo, ware no yaiba ni nare. Hikisake, VARTEX!"

The vortex formed around the young man, but this time, Kirito maintained it around his body, not sending it as an attack. But there was one downside, in this state, Kirito couldn't cast any other spells, so he had to rely on his sword skills.

The Suna Jounin sent another wave of wind blades at Kirito, but the blades were just absorbed into the vortex around the young man. Baki tch'd before his eyes widened as Kirito appeared in front of him.

The black haired teen had his swords at the right, poised to strike. The Elucidator and the Dark Repulsor glowed as Kirito yelled, "DOUBLE CIRCULAR!"

He swung both swords horizontally. Baki quickly leaped away, but he wasn't fast enough as the swords left two huge gashes on his chest. The Suna jounin cursed, at least he avoided death. But it still hurt like hell.

Kirito retook his stance and charged Baki again. Then, right before he entered striking range, where Baki was preparing to unleash a wind jutsu, Kirito glowed red and vanished.

The Suna Jounin's eyes widened, 'That is!'

He turned to see Kirito swing his swords. Again, Baki dropped to the floor just in time to dodge decapitation before he rolled away.

Kirito narrowed his eyes, "Again you dodged it. Just how lucky can you get?"

Baki panted slightly, "That, just now, was that the Hiraishin the Yondaime Hokage was so famous for?"

Kirito retook his stance, "Maybe, maybe not. But I believe, that is not your greatest concern now."

Baki's eyes widened as Kirito vanished in a flash of red and appeared in front of him. Kirito spoke, "Let me show, my skill burst."

Then the combo started. Kirito went through a total of five skills, Sharp Nail, Horizontal Square, Meteor Fall, Radiant Arc and Vorpal Strike. It was an idea where he connected single handed sword skills and used them consecutively like a dual wield sword skill.

He called it... Skill Connect.

Even if it was only 11 attacks, the skill combo was so fast, no one could catch what Kirito was doing. They only saw a blur of black and several colours before Kirito appeared behind Baki, the Elucidator in his right hand stretched out to the front.

The Suna Jounin screamed silently before his body literally fell to pieces, blood spraying all over the place.

The teen swung his swords, flicking off the blood from the blade as he looked around. He couldn't help Hiruzen now, not when he saw one of the Anbu burned alive by the barrier.

Kirito then wondered where was Jiraiya, if there was someone who could help him, it was Jiraiya. But while the Sannin had been present when the Chunnin Exams started, Kirito didn't know where he was now.

The blacksmith spread his wings and shot upwards, going to find Jiraiya as he thought, 'Hold on Hokage-sama, I'll find Jiraiya.'

Meanwhile, Hikari, Asuna, Sinon, Suguha and Sasuke were leaping through the trees, chasing after Gaara and his siblings.

As the three leaped through the trees, Kankuro spoke, "Temari, I'll stay back and hold them off. Take care of Gaara."

The puppeteer went to let go of Gaara but Temari held on to his arm, "What are you talking about?"

Kankuro stared at his sister as they jumped, "Its a matter of time before they catch up, the Uchiha will kill Gaara, the Kyuubi Jinchurikii will kill Gaara. If you can get him to a place where he can complete the transformation, then it will be fine."

Temari glared at him, "So you just want to use him? He's our brother!"

Kankuro glared back, "I KNOW! But its our best bet now! Right now, Gaara is wounded, the Ichibi will heal him in that state."

Temari wanted to argue, but she knew he was correct. The girl nodded, "Fine. Don't die."

Kankuro nodded as he let out of Gaara, stopping on one tree branch, "Don't look back, just keep going!"

The puppeteer turned to see the group closing in quickly. Kankuro chuckled, "Well, to meet my end so quickly. I guess its one of those times."

He took out another scroll, not the Karasu or the Salamander. He unrolled the scroll, unsealing the puppet in it.

The smoke cleared to reveal a puppet similar to the Karasu, but with a much larger head. This was the Kuroari, literally the Black Ant.

As Sasuke saw the puppet, he spoke, "I'm going on ahead, you girls hold him back."

Sinon wanted to argue but he had already charged forward. Suguha sighed, "Well, I guess I'll stay behind and face him. He did forfeit our match."

Sinon nodded, "I guess I'll help."

Asuna nodded, "Then, Hikari-chan and I will go after the other two."

The girls nodded as Sinon and Suguha stopped on a nearby branch respectively while Hikari and Asuna went on ahead.

Kankuro however, wasn't keen on letting them pass just like that. He willed the puppet to charge them, but the Kuroari was stopped by several arrows.

Kankuro glared at Sinon as Suguha spoke, the three Konoha shinobi passing by the puppeteer, "Sorry, but we are your opponents."

The Suna gennin glared at them, "If I can't stop all of you, then at the very least, I'll lessen Gaara's burden."

The two girls didn't reply. Then Sinon started to focus, allowing nature chakra to enter her body. Suguha did the same.

Then, the two girls changed. Sinon's hair turned to a light blue, her eyes also turned light blue with a barely noticeable slit. She grew two cat ears and a cat tail.

Suguha's hair turned blonde as she tied her hair into a pony tail, her eyes turning light green and her ears became slightly pointed.

The two of them had entered their respective sage modes. Kankuro could feel the power radiating off of them, and he had to admit they looked really hot now, if not for the fact that they were coming for his life, he might have tried to hit on them.

But that was neither here nor there, Kankuro had to buy time for Gaara, for Temari. Even if he died, at least, if Gaara succeeded to complete his transformation, he and Temari would be safe. The puppeteer knew, even if his brother seemed like a sociopath or a psycopath, he knew the Ichibi Jinchurikii cared for him and Temari, or at least their sister. Gaara might kill him, but Kankuro was sure that Gaara would never hurt Temari.

The puppeteer focused himself and stared at the two girls in front of him. Then he willed his puppet to charge.

Suguha and Sinon saw the puppet coming. Sinon drew her bow and aimed it at Kankuro as Suguha charged.

The archer released her arrows, and as predicted, the Kuroari jumped in front of the line of fire and took the hits. But something else happened, the puppet opened up and took the arrows. Then it raised its arms and fired a volley of senbon at then.

Suguha quickly parried the senbon before they could shoot past her at Sinon and charged Kankuro.

The puppeteer willed the puppet to charge Suguha, drawing two scythes as it swung the blades at the katana user.

Suguha saw the attacks coming and parried them with ease. Sinon then started shooting arrows at Kankuro. The puppeteer jumped up to dodge the attacks, and at the same time, he released more chakra to increase the length of his chakra threads.

Then, the swordswoman charged forward, using her increased agility to spin around the puppet before she cut the strings off.

Kankuro cursed as the previous scenario from the Chunnin Exams repeated. He knew she already knew how to fight a Suna puppeteer. Hell, she was the worst opponent for him, coupled with the archer, his loss was assured.

The puppeteer cursed as his weapon was rendered useless. He took out another scroll and took out the Karasu, which was missing its head since Suguha had beheaded the puppet and Kankuro did not have time to repair it.

Kankuro willed the puppet to charge forward, shooting out poison smoke bombs as he did. Suguha, with her enhanced sight, saw what he was doing and channeled wind chakra to her Tempest, making wind to swirl around the blade.

Sinon also saw it and channeled wind chakra to the tip of her arrow, a small vortex forming around the tip of the arrow.

Suguha then swung her blade, unleashing a wave of wind as Sinon released her arrow. The two wind attributed attacks shot forward and cleared the poison gas as if it was nothing before they struck the Karasu, totally breaking it to pieces.

Then, before Kankuro knew it, Suguha was in front of him, her katana at his neck while Sinon had an arrow aimed at his forehead. The Suna gennin could only kneel and raise both arms in a surrendering manner.

Suguha then looked at Sinon, "Then, now what? I mean we beat him, but we can't just leave him here. Do we kill him?"

The archer shrugged, "Eh, I don't know. But killing him leaves a bad taste for me. Maybe tie him up and bring him with us?"

Suguha nodded, "That works."

They turned to Kankuro who paled.

Meanwhile, Hikari, Asuna and Sasuke chased after Gaara and Temari. The three Konoha shinobi were closing in quite fast, and Temari was slowly lagging behind as she had to carry Gaara.

Soon, Sasuke entered striking range and he flashed through handseals, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

The fireball shot towards Temari and Gaara before Hikari or Asuna could do anything. The Suna kunoichi saw the fireball and threw Gaara towards a tree and leaped away, dodging the blast.

Temari landed and a branch and sighed in relief as Gaara landed safely on another branch. The girl was really grateful for the large trees in Konoha.

Hikari and Asuna reached Sasuke, who held up a kunai in a stance. Asuna spoke, "Why did you shoot?"

The Uchiha answered, as if it was obvious thing, "They are the enemy now, don't tell me you want to let them live?"

Asuna just stayed silent as she drew her rapier. Hikari just drew a kunai as she stood beside Asuna, wary of Gaara who was muttering and breathing heavily on the branch. The Uzumaki knew, her fellow Jinchurikii could wake up any moment, and if what she guessed was correct, Gaara would unleash the Ichibi.

As for Temari, everyone there knew she couldn't possibly fight off all three of them. The girl knew, fighting Sasuke alone would be hard enough, fighting Asuna was an instant loss and Hikari, if she used the Kyuubi's chakra, could kill her with the her hands tied to her back.

Then before they could move, Gaara groaned as he shakily stood up. He quickly took notice of Sasuke and Hikari. Then he heard the Shukaku roar at him to kill them. The redhead yelled in pain before he glared at them, red chakra leaking from his body, enveloping his body, forming the parts of the Shukaku over his right arm, chest and half of his head.

Temari stared in shock as Gaara underwent the semi-transformation. With Hikari, the Kyuubi spoke mentally, "Shukaku, huh?"

Hikari replied, "After a month, you finally say something?"

The Kyuubi retorted, "I had nothing to say to you that time. This is different. I can feel the piece of shit that holds Shukaku back, its so weak that its possible for the kid to draw on his power easily."

Hikari nodded and replied mentally, 'So that's why he can use that so easily.'

The Kyuubi chuckled, "But of course, there are downsides. If he falls unconscious, knowing that lil bastard of a racoon, the Shukaku will definitely take over his body. I, on the other hand, am held back by this seal on your smooth stomach."

Hikari nodded, 'So, how do we beat him?'

The Kyuubi raised an eyebrow at that question, "How do you think? You can use up to three tails of my chakra, that kid is only drawing up to one tail's worth of chakra, if you want to put it in our measurements. Three to one, thats simple maths, no?"

Hikari sighed, 'Fine, I guess you're right. Thanks, Kyuubi.'

The Bijuu hmph'd, "Whatever, just beat some sense into that brother of mine, and pray that he doesn't come out."

Hikari nodded as she stepped forward. Asuna asked, "Hikari-chan?"

The daughter of the Yondaime Hokage spoke, "Right now, I can beat him."

Sasuke didn't believe her one bit, "Don't joke around! How can you even touch him?"

Hikari didn't reply. Instead, she allowed the Kyuubi's chakra to flow through her body. The red chakra leaked out and started to form a rough outline of a fox, with Hikari's twin tails flowing and floating in the 'ears' of the chakra cloak.

Sasuke stared at the girl in shock. He could practically feel the power oozing off of her. It felt dark and dangerous, a bit different compared to the cursed seal, and it didn't feel out of control like the cursed mark.

Asuna smiled softly, "I guess we all got some power up modes huh?"

She focused, allowing nature chakra to enter her body. Then she transformed. Her hair turned light blue, her eyes taking on the same colour. Her ears also turned slightly pointy as energy poured out of her.

The transformation surprised Sasuke yet again. He thought, 'How do they have so much power?!'

He wanted that kind of power, it would help him kill Itachi, and in his opinion, help him gain Hikari's favour.

But that wasn't the most important thing now. Unfortunately for the last Uchiha however, he was broken out of his musings, quite literally, as Gaara's sand arm shot outwards and slammed into Sasuke's chest, sending him crashing into a tree. But that wasn't the end, the force was so huge, Sasuke crashed through the tree and struck another tree, falling unconscious from the impact.

The two girls glanced at him in worry, but saw he wasn't hurt much. Hikari glanced at Asuna and they nodded at each other.

The Kyuubi grinned, looking forward to seeing Hikari trash Gaara around. Temari could feel the power the three of them exerted, and it was terrifying. She knew Hikari and Gaara were both Jinchurikii, but Asuna clearly wasn't one, so the power Asuna released surprised the girl more.

The three then charged. Gaara sent his arm at the two girls, but they dodged it easily. In terms of agility and mobility, Asuna and Hikari easily won, in terms of strength and pure power, the girls were also above him.

Asuna poured water chakra into her blade as it took on a light bluish glow. The girl charged and thrust her blade forward.

Gaara instinctively raised a sand wall. But the water chakra and the speed plus force behind the thrust broke through the wall easily, leaving a relatively big hole on the redhead's sand arm.

Gaara growled and started to regenerate the arm, but Hikari stepped in. A Chidori ignited in her right arm and she vanished. The sand arm exploded, revealing Gaara's normal arm as Hikari appeared behind him, her Chidori dying out.

But the two girls weren't done. Quickly taking advantage of Gaara's shock at the lack of his sand arm, Hikari and Asuna spun and gave the Ichibi Jinchurikii a kick to the gut and sent him flying into a tree.

Temari looked on worried for her brother. She couldn't possibly help him, she would just get in the way.

Gaara shot out of the tree and charged Hikari and Asuna. He conjured up two huge sand arms and swung them at the two girls.

Hikari responded by making two huge chakra arms while Asuna sheathed her rapier and flashed through hand seals, "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!"

The chakra arm and the water dragon clashed with the sand arm. To Temari's surprise and Gaara's shock, the water dragon and the chakra arms shredded the sand arms apart before they shot towards the redhead.

Gaara dodged the attacks barely as he accesses the situation, surprisingly thinking calmly, 'I can't beat them. I must use it.'

The Ichibi laughed maniacally in his head, "YES! KILL THEM ALL!"

Gaara held his head in pain before he quickly made the thickest dome he could, and started to go through handseals.

The Kyuubi sensed it and yelled in Hikari's head, "STOP HIM NOW!"

Hikari quickly made a Rasengan and charged, Asuna following her with her rapier. The two slammed their attacks on the dome, ripping it to pieces.

But they were too late. The dome shattered, revealing Gaara at his final seal, "Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu."

Right before Hikari's Rasengan and Asuna's rapier reached Gaara, chakra exploded from the redhead.

The two girls, including Temari and the unconscious Sasuke were thrown back by the explosive force of the chakra. Miraculously, Sasuke landed safely on another branch while Temari landed and barely stabilized herself on another large branch.

Hikari conjured up chakra chains and held onto one of the trees and Asuna before they could get blown away.

Their eyes widened as they laid their eyes on a massive being in front of them. It was huge, made of sand, with seals running across its body.

In front of them, stood the Shukaku. The Ichibi roared as he laughed, "FINALLY! I'M FREE!"

The Kyuubi spoke, "Well, he did it. I can't help you as I am now, you should quickly summon those dragons."

Hikari nodded and bit her thumb, smearing her palm with blood as she flashed through handseals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Smoke covered the area as Hikari and Asuna stood at Gaara's level. The two stood on a grey dragon, the dragon spoke, "Hikari, its about time you summoned me. Oh, is that Shukaku?"

Hikari smiled forcedfully, "Bahamut-sama, sorry, but well, we have to beat him."

The dragon nodded, "Its fine. So, let's get started. Shall we?"

Hikari nodded before she turned to Asuna who had deactivated her sage mode, "Asuna-chan, hold on tight."

Before the girl could say anything, the dragon charged the Ichibi. Shukaku grinned, "Oh, a workout? Come on then!"

Bahamut responded by breathing out a torrent of white flames at the raccoon. The Shukaku reacted by raising a wall of sand, but the flames were too hot and turned the sand to glass.

The Ichibi growled, breaking himself from the glass. But he turned to see Bahamut's tail in his face, the attack sending him flying for quite a distance before he landed.

The Shukaku growled and channeled chakra into his mouth, "Fuuton: Renkuudan!"

The bijuu blasted a wave of pressurised wind the size of boulders at the dragon. Asuna gaped in awe, "Those air bullets... That size!"

Hikari nodded in agreement, "That thing is a monster..."

Bahamut chuckled as he heard the girls reactions, "Well, this is what happens with massive beings like us. Its actually equal in proportion to what you usually use."

The Kyuubi agreed in Hikari's seal, "He's right. Its like comparing your perspective to that of an insect, if they could use jutsu like you did."

Hikari nodded as she started to think about it, "I see."

The Kyuubi smirked, "Don't space off now girl, Shukaku's coming."

The girl blinked before she realized Bahamut was engaging Shukaku in a fist fight. Well, somewhat of a fist fight. The dragon swung his arm. But the instant the arm touched Shukaku, sand started to wrap around the arm.

Bahamut tch'd and breathed fire onto the sand, turning it to glass as he broke the glass to pieces. The dragon flapped his wings and flew up, breathing more fire to turn the Shukaku's sand to glass.

The one tailed Bijuu growles before he channeled chakra to his mouth, red and blue chakra gathering into one point. Bahamut saw this and spole, "Hikari, Asuna, brace yourselves, the next attack will settle things."

The girls blinked in confusion before Bahamut gathered energy in his mouth, causing it to glow white. Then Shukaku unleashed the Bijuudama while Bahamut breathed out the strongest blast of energy he could.

The two attacks collided and caused a huge explosion that engulfed a huge chunk of the forest, though not too much since the explosion occured mid air. . It was a miracle that Sasuke and Temari were barely outside the blast radius.

The blast subsided, revealing the Shukaku to have lost half his body, with his head and Gaara intact, most likely because he had shielded his head. Bahamut, Hikari and Asuna were safe because they were high up in the sky.

The dragon frowned, "Thats a bijuu for you. Such a huge explosion and he still isn't down."

Then he noticed it, "Hmm? There's a boy on the Shukaku's head."

Hikari and Asuna blinked before they saw Gaara sticking out of the Ichibi's head. The Kyuubi realized it and yelled in Hikari's head, "OH! I see! Because the seal is so weak, Shukaku can come out once the brat sleeps."

Hikari winced before she glared at him mentally, 'Could you not yell? And what does that mean?'

The Kyuubi chuckled, "Well, if sleeping releases that racoon, what would the reverse do?"

Hikari blinked several times before she remembered what jutsu Gaara used. She facepalmed, "I'm an idiot. Bahamut, can you wake him up somehow?"

The dragon blinked, "I can't... But I believe you two can."

Asuna asked, "How so?"

Bahamut grinned, "I'll leave that to you. All you need to do is wake him up. That's it."

Hikari nodded, "Got it. I'll just give him a good punch."

Bahamut and Asuna sweatdropped at her response, while the Kyuubi chuckled in approval. Bahamut looked at the bijuu, "Hikari, I need you to chain him down."

The Uzumaki blinked, "Umm, I don't think I can bind something that big yet."

The dragon grinned, "Don't worry. Just channel the chains through me."

The girl nodded and placed both palms on the dragon. Bahamut landed on the ground and both summon and summoner unleashed a huge wave of chains that wrapped around Shukaku.

The bijuu growled as it tried to use its sand, but the Uzumaki chains prevented him from doing so, restraining him. Bahamut spoke, "Do it now, I can hold the chains for a minute."

The two girls nodded as they ran and jumped to the Shukaku's head. The bijuu blinked as he felt the girls land on his head, "Ah? What are you two doing?"

The girls ignored him as they charged Gaara, pulling back their fists. The Ichibi yelled, "NO DON'T!"

He tried to use his sand to restrain the girls, but he was too late. The two girls roared as they slammed their fists into Gaara's face, the force of the punch flinging him off the head of the Ichibi.

As soon as the Jinchurikii left the Ichibi's head, the Shukaku started to crumble to pieces. The bijuu cried, "NO! I JUST CAME OUT! FUCK YOU!"

Then, the bijuu fell into a huge sea of sand. Bahamut chuckled as he reached out to catch Hikari, Asuna and Gaara, "Not bad."

He placed the three humans down, "Well, my job is done. I'll be leaving now."

Hikari and Asuna nodded as the dragon poofed out of existence. The two then looked at Gaara who woke up.

The redhead quickly backed away, fear in his eyes, "Don't come near me!"

The two girls were confused. One second he was a psycho, the next he was like a scared child. The Kyuubi spoke, "Its because you defeated Shukaku, well, not exactly defeated him, but you resealed him. The kid has probably been relying too much on the tanuki."

Hikari nodded as she said, "Calm down. Its over."

Asuna blinked in confusion, "Eh? What are you talking about?"

Hikari looked at him. She knew they were both Jinchurikii, but she also knew he had it worse compared to her. The Jinchurikii of the Kyuubi spoke, "He's like me. But he had it a lot worse. Gaara, you were alone, you felt alone, didn't you?"

The Ichibi Jinchurikii's eyes widened before he regained his composure and replied, "Yes, that's why I must kill, for myself, to prove my existence."

Asuna realized what was going on, but she kept silent. Hikari asked Gaara, "I know I don't have the right to say this. But, were you really alone?"

Gaara was confused and he glared at the girl, "What do you mean? I had no one. Everyone hated me, they wanted to kill me! That's why I will kill them first!"

The blonde shook her head, "You know, you don't have to look too far."

As if on cue, Temari jumped down and landed in front of her brother, relief on her face, "Gaara!"

The girl turned glared at the two other girls, taking out her fan in a defensive pose, "I won't let you touch him!"

Hikari shook her head, "Its over. Besides, he's like me. But he had it worse."

Then, Suguha and Sinon landed in front of them, with a tied up Kankuro with them. Sinon sighed, "So, you're all fine. This clown wouldn't shut up about finding Gaara after that sand thing dissolved."

Hikari and Asuna nodded to them before the Uzumaki looked at her fellow Jinchurikii, "I told you, right? You don't have to look too far. Your brother and sister, they care for you at least. If not, then as a fellow Jinchurikii, I can always be your friend and a sister."

Gaara's eyes widened as he nodded, "Fine. I surrender."

Temari looked at her brother in surprise, then she saw the look in his eyes. They were different. They didn't have the crazed look anymore, they were calm.

Then, before they could continue, the Kyuubi spoke in Hikari's mind, "By the way, aren't you gonna check his seal? I mean, with the level you are at, you can easily make a five point seal right?"

The girl nodded, only then remembering the reason Shukaku could come out was due to a shitty seal. The girl looked at Gaara, "By the way, Gaara, can you show me your seal?"

The redhead blinked in confusion before he turned and showed her a seal on his back. The girl saw the seal and instantly the temperature around them dropped several degrees.

Everyone looked at Hikari in fear as her hair started to rise, "They call this a seal? This piece of trash held back the Shukaku?"

The girl unsealed her sealing equipment and pushed Gaara onto the ground, making him sit upright, "Its a miracle Gaara is even alive now."

She started to draw seals around Gaara's seal, then, the seal vanished and Hikari quickly applied a new seal, a five point seal as suggested by the Kyuubi, since it was way stronger than the one Gaara had and could no doubt hold back the Ichibi.

In less than 5 minutes, the girl was done and Gaara felt as if a huge burden was lifted from him. The redhead looked at his fellow Jinchurikii, "I can't hear the Shukaku anymore... What did you do?"

Hikari smiled at him, "I changed your seal. The Ichibi is properly sealed in you now."

Her expression turned dark, "Now, who was the one who sealed the Shukaku in you?"

She looked at the two other Suna siblings who both gulped in fear. Temari answered, "Lady Chiyo did. She's one of the elders of our village."

Hikari nodded, smiling sweetly and dangerously, "I see. Then, after this is over. If Konoha still stands, we will be having a nice chat about seals."

The three siblings just nodded while Asuna, Sinon and Suguha had awkward smiles on their faces as they left the forest to go back to the village.

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