(A/N: This is book three people! The cover is Naruto, half Kyuubi, half Hollow, standing in front of all the Vizards((Including Ichigo))!)

(Naruto training arc, The Espada strike back!)

Naruto moves his hand down his face to create the mask, then he attacks Ichigo.(His sparring partner for this part of the training) Ichigo blocks the attack. Naruto goes for another attack, but his mask shatters.

"Nope, gotta try again Naruto. You won't be able to fight with the mask if you can't hold it." Ichigo said. A metaforical light bulb appeared over Naruto's head.

"Could I use clones?" He asked.

"What?"

"With clones, I can have them and myself train, and I gain all their experience!"

"That's a great idea!" Shinji said, walking over to Naruto. Naruto made several clones. Each one put on the mask. Each mask broke within a second of each other.

"Uh…What just happened?" Naruto asked.

"I'm guessing that when you did that, you split your Reiatsu among them. So, you couldn't keep the mask on a long. Guess your gonna have to do it the standard way." Shinji replied.

"Dammit." Naruto said in disappointment.

*Screen change; Desert outside Las Noches*

Gaara stood, waiting. He knew that this was the place. Several of this castle's men killed and entire team of sand Ninja passing by. The team was comprised of 65 of the hidden sand's best soilders. Gaara knew he had to come personally. Gin came out of the door. His usal smile, still plastered to his face.

"Hello thar, what can I do fer ya?" He asked, leaning against a wall.

"Your men killed a lot of the best fighters I've ever seen. All those people work under me. Explain." Gaara replied.

"Oh, I'm afraid that is their duty. They were gaurdin' the place."

"It still seems unreasonable to kill so many innocent lives…People that meant no harm."

"If ya don't like it, then go."

"No. I must get the plesure of fighting one of your best men. Then, this will be settled."

"I guess ya could fight me."

Gaara just looked at him. "You must not care about your life."

"Whattya mean?"

"I am Gaara of the sand. My abilities all are sand based. Meaning, in a desert I'm unbeatable."

"We'll see about that!" Gin pulled out his sword. "Shoot 'em to death, Shinso!" Gin's sword extended towards Gaara. Gaara simply caught it with his sand.

"You will have to better than that if you wish to defeat me. That was a pathetic atempt to kill me. Much better have tried and failed." Gaara moved his hand. His gourd opened and the sand came out to attack Gin. Gin was using his sword to stop the attacks. The sand surrounds him. "Sand coffin. Sand…Buri-"

"Bankai, Kamishini no Yari!" Gin's bankai activates and destroys the sand around him.

"How did you destroy the sand?"

"You'll find out later…Do ya know how long ma Bankai extends?"

"Not that it matters. But go ahead."

"13km."

Gaara was shocked. Such a length for a sword to become. Gin flash stepped in front of Gaara. Suddenly he is peirced by the sword. "H-how? How did it go fatster than my sand?"

"Ah, ya noticed. My Bankai can actually extend and contract to full size in about 0.08 seconds." Gin contracts the sword and jumps away from Gaara.

"You may have gotten me…But the wound is not fatal." Gaara closes his eyes. He holds his hands up and the entire desert starts to pull away, becoming one giant sand wave.

"Ah, hell no!" Gins tries to escape.

Gaara opens his eyes. They are the Shikaku's eyes. Gaara lets the entire wave go. Destroying everything in it's path. Gin tries to cut it with his sword, however the atempt fails. Gaara looks at the surroundings from the sand platform he made himself. Gaara felt as if he was being torn at fro the inside where he had bee stabbed. He looks to see his bodt disolving. Gin digs out of the sand.

"Yeah, I kinda lied twice. My Bankai actaully turns to dust for a split second. Then, it releases a special poison the breaks down cells. I can also leave a tiny peice of it in ya. Like this hole." Gin points to a small hole in his Zanpakuto where the sliver used to be. "Oh, and before ya die. My name is Gin, Ichimaru Gin"

"You b*sterd!" Were the last words spoken by Gaara as he disappeared.

Never underestimate fox face!

Next time: "The fox and the starwberry"!