A/N: I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to take this long to update! I promise to update more often in the summer!
Was it a game over? Hinata couldn't tell because she didn't feel anything. She opened her eyes just to see sand above her head. The only person who can control sand could be none other than...
"If you're smart, you'll sheathe that sword of yours..."
Gaara...
Wow... He came unexpectedly... Good timing.
Man, I'm lucky! I can't believe I'm saying this but... Hurry and take over!
Didn't you say that thirteen minutes ago?
Just take over dammit!
Hinata waited for the Koumori to take over her but nothing happened.
What the hell is going on?
Somehow I can't take over...
What? How come?
While Hinata was in her bit of confusion, Gaara was fending off Tsuki with a lot of difficulty. It seemed like Gaara was controlling the sand by himself. When Hinata took a closer look, he was controlling the sand by himself!
Why isn't the Shukaku doing anything!
I can't do anything!
Shukaku?
What the hell?
I can't take control of the sand anymore! Something's repelling me back!
Same here!
Hinata! I could use some help here!
Gaara, something's repelling us demons back!
Yeah. And if Hinata gets hit, she'll get knocked out for a whole month!
What happened to make her like that?
I'll explain later! Hold her back until I can find a way to release the Koumori!
Hinata got up and jumped on a tree, far enough from Gaara's battle with Tsuki. She thought of many ways to try to release the Koumori-Tenma but failed miserably. She knocked her head against a tree trunk to think and heard a dangling noise. She still had the bat necklace on her.
Could it be that...?
The necklace repelled me back?
...It's worth a shot...
Hinata took hold of the bat necklace and ripped it off of her neck. Her eyes instantly turned black and sprouted dark wings in the Koumori's clothes. A wicked smile plastered on his face as he instantly charged at Tsuki and kicked her to a tree. While she flew, Koumori turned to Gaara and saw his heart necklace. He grabbed his necklace and swiftly took it off. Gaara couldn't control the sand anymore and it went straight to Tsuki. Koumori swiftly took off to Tsuki's direction too. She couldn't dodge any of the attacks and took mostly some damage. The sand returned to Gaara and Koumori stepped up to the semi-conscious Tsuki. He grabbed her by the collar and lifted her off the ground and banged her head on the tree trunk.
"How do you like it now? Doing that could kill some brain cells" Koumori smugged.
"Y-You monster... You and Gaara... Nothing but monsters..." Tsuki coughed.
"Nothing but monsters? Hehehehehehehe... Hahahahahahaha!"
Tsuki got scared of the cackling bat and closed her eyes. She waited for the insane Koumori to take her life away already but her team mates jumped in and kicked the Koumori to the side.
"Kaito? Maito?" Tsuki asked.
"Yeah. Now get up already" the boy with an eyepatch named Maito spoke.
"Let's get out of here. We're needed elsewhere" the other boy named Kaito told her.
"O-Okay."
Maito turned to Koumori and Gaara. He gave Koumori a death glare and so did he gave Gaara one too. They left in a flash and the bat necklace reappeared around the Koumori's neck. The Koumori returned to being Hinata and Gaara's necklace reappeared around his neck. Hinata ran up to him and looked at his necklace.
"Now what?" Hinata began. "That necklace is attached to you. That means the Shukaku can't protect you unexpectedly again."
That may be true but maybe there's a way to get the Shukaku to take over.
And what's exactly going to help me?
Easy... Hinata's black roses.
My roses? How will that help him?
If it's darkness, it's demonic...
True... So very true...
Hinata took out a black rose and stuck it inside Gaara's gourd. The Shukaku tried to take over the sand and it worked perfectly. The sand was moving freely around the place.
"Gaara, where's Temari and Kankuro?" Hinata asked him.
"They went out to find you and your team mates. They should've been there by now" Gaara responded in his monotone voice.
"I was looking for you and your team mates. Coincidence huh?"
"Yeah..."
Hinata patted on Gaara's head and surprisingly kissed him on his forehead. Gaara blushed furiously and Hinata just giggled.
"That...was for saving me. Even if you couldn't get the Shukaku to help you, you helped me on your own" Hinata explained. "That action, my very best friend, deserved a reward for cunning attributes."
Hinata grabbed Gaara's hand and they walked back to Shino, Kiba, Kankuro, and Temari. While walking, the Shukaku and Koumori snickered vigorously, getting yelled at by Hinata in the process, and our little Gaara was still blushing with a smiled being plastered on his face.