Chapter 26: Sand and the Shark

Gaara, who was now covered in a armor of Sandstone spikes and plates, descended onto the complex on a wave of dark sand, in the two story wave, was sharped fanged mouths that devoured all that was swept in their path. The defenders took up positions with bows and shuriken to take out the oncoming monster, but it was too late, Gaara leaped off the wave and collided into the hard concrete imploding its surface and lifting men off the ground. Among the Deadly 41, were simpler engineers and guards who were not privileged enough to be one of the 41. they ran forward as the cannon fodder of the forty-one fighters. Gaara leaped into their numbers, not speaking a word or even uttering a sound. He impaled, sliced and separated men's heads from bodies and limbs from torso's. A man who looked like he was on kitchen duty ran at Gaara with a simple steak knife, Gaara looked in another direction and extended his blade through the mans head "Foolish mortal ... did you really think you could hurt me ?!" The Shikaku roared. another man tried to sneaked up behind Gaara, He grasped the mans head in his taloned hand and popped his head like a berry.

The Shikaku was thriving off the bloodshed, Gaara was in control of his actions, but he was in no control over the way he killed, that was specifically reserved for the One-Tail it seemed. The Deadly 41 began to join the fray, a crowd of five charged towards him with spears and pole-axes extended, he opened his fist and shot out shards of Sand slate like a rapid fire Kunai platform. The shrapnel tore the men into shreds and they no longer appeared as human shapes. More and more men leaped in and no sooner had they engaged, had they died quickly and painfully. Gaara made his approach towards the main hanger building, The sand surrounding the complex, swooped in and devoured all the dead and injured men left "THEY ALL DESERVE TO DIE FOR WHAT THEY DID" his voice becoming his own, only to switch back and forth between his beast form and his true self. He torn open the steel doors to the secure building and stepped in to the Slaughter.

Suchi could hear the screaming from his office, blood curdled screams of mercy and curses to whoever was slaughtering his men. He ran out of his office only to find and blood smeared hallway where his guards once were, he followed the sounds of screaming to the main hanger chamber "He cant be winning ! there was a good 30 of my men in there, and over 40 workers and servants" He walked into the hanger which smelt so strongly of blood "SIR ! Heeelp mee ! HEEEEELP MEEE !" A man without any legs was dragging himself towards Suchi, fear was in his eyes and he could taste death along with his blood. Suchi bent down and slit the mans throat.

Gaara turned to see a group of Ninja holding Portable Kunai launchers, similar to the Crossbow, The Kunai launchers were loaded with Kunai which was shot outwards at incredible rate of fire. Gaara pulled a hand sign and screamed aloud "YOOOU WIILL DIIE BYY MY SAAAND !" Sand burst through the windows of the building and gathered on the floor, everyone was knee deep in sand, nothing happened. The twenty-three men remaining stared at Gaara and laughed aloud "What are you going to do ? build a sand castle !" Gaara stared silently at his opponents and the room when silent "...SAND SPIRE JUTSU !" suddenly twenty-three sandstone spears shot from the ground, each one impaling a man and bringing him to the sky in sprays of blood. Their screams silenced, Gaara spotted Suchi and slowly walked towards him, Gaara drew an umbrella and walked through the rain of blood dripping down from the spires, their blood was soaking through the umbrella and he let it drip on his face, The Shikaku extended Gaara's tongue to catch a few drops. Suchi stared in horror, and wet his pants "YOU ... You are a demon !"

Gaara lifted Suchi by the throat and shoved his fist into his chest, Suchi was still conscious and screaming as Gaara felt his hand around Suchi's insides and grinned wildly "I am more than a Demon ... I am a Shinigami sent to taste your blood... you worthless pile of shit" he ripped Suchi's heart from his chest and watched them ans life fade away. He tossed both the heart and body aside and stood there victorious "What a might fine show you put on there ..." came a humorous voice, Gaara turned to see a tall pale blue skinned figure with shark like teeth and a large bandaged sword on his back "Kisame ... you are with the Akatsuki" the man nodded and drew his sword "We needed to separate you from the leaf to capture you, thankfully you played right into our hands" Gaara snarled and lunged at Kisame with vile intent, Kisame countered and drew his sword Samehadda, which seemed to wriggle towards Gaara in an affectionate way. Kisame slapped the sword and it focused "You sure made a mess here ..."

Kisame flipped into the air and dived down with a sharp lunged towards Gaara, his sand blocked the blow and shook him back to his knees. His sand fell back and he was left open, a sharp swipe came down and Gaara rolled across the round and missed it by an inch, Kisame grunted as he ripped the Sword out of the floorboards and moved for another strike, He stomped on Gaara's arm breaking it in four places, he grinned at Gaara's scream of pain "Not so Tough now are you ? Samehadda ... are you hungry ?" He unwrapped the bandages and reveiled a Shark like sword, its skin covered in sharp spikey scales "Now hold still, Samehadda will hold you inside until i bring you to Pain" He raised his sword and brought it down on Gaara.

Gaara had closed his eyes, he slowly opened them 'Am i dead ?' Kisame stood wide-mouthed. The sword named Samehadda had made a sharp turn to the left of Gaara "What the Fuck Samehadda ! do you think his Chakra is tastier than mine you piece of shit !" He punched the sword and it let out a small screech, he turned to Gaara "Looks like im going to have to take off some limbs and carry you, he drew out a small knife and moved closer to Gaara's broken arm "Let's start with this one" He grinned, then stopped suddenly. The room was dark, something was covering the windows and a loud buzzing could be heard through the complex. The window frames blew out as swarms upon swarms of insects spilled into the room and covered Kisame, he screamed as they devoured his skin, He created a Water bubble and grabbed Samehadda and fled from the Complex "If i weren't for you Samehadda, we would have been clear and free with the Jinchuriki, if i had carried on I would have died no doubt, not having a free hand to form the Jutsu ... so in a way ... thank you" The sword purred as they escaped the complex and into the dark Forrest "Pain will not be pleased ..."

Gaara lay near unconscious, he saw figure emerge from the swarm and hunch over next to Gaara "If only i was here sooner ... we could have combined our Jutsu ... Friend" Shino grasped Gaara's hand and pulled him to his feet and supported him while he walked. "You didn't have to do it alone Gaara ... I will always be there if you need help" Shino seemed a lot more confident than usual, It was Gaara's friendship that caused Shino to emerge as a stronger ninja and friend. Gaara coughed "Sa...sakur...ra ..." Shino nodded "We found your eye next to her bed ... shes fine Gaara ... take a look for yourself" Gaara gazed into his third eye and his vision went dark.

There she lay, Sakura was upright and talking with Naruto and Hinata, who seemed very concerned about her, they all laughed and Sakura turned to his eye and smiled warmly with burning affection, Gaara's eyes turned back to normal and the armor plating of the Shikaku subsided back into Gaara's body, with the flow of Chakra returning to him his wounds began to heal fast. "They told her you went out with Kakashi and Yamato to capture them and bring them to the Anbu prison facility ... She will never know about the killings you committed tonight" Gaara frowned at Shino "They deserved to die" Shino raised his hand and nodded agreeing "No doubt my friend, but this whole situation cannot reach the public, Tsunade is willing to cover it all up" A tear coursed down his cheek and he smiled as his true self again "I'm ... I'm happy she is fine ... now lets gt out of here ... my friend" they made their way back towards the Hidden leaf. "I could really use a drink ..." Gaara laughed lightly. he was still getting used to laughing " don't tell sakura, but I keep a bottle under my floorboards ... wanna give it a hit ?" They both laughed and bumped fist's

Kisame approached the entrance to the Akatsuki hideout, he was not alone "AAAH Kisame !" a cheery voice called, Zetsu emerged from the ground and opened its flowery head. "YOUR MISSION WAS A FAILURE KISAAAME" called Zetsu's darker half. Kisame passed the two and shrugged his shoulders and frowned "I could care less ... I am having issues with my sword ... that is all" Zetsu laughed and walked alongside Kisame as they entered the cave, Konan stood at the entrance to the main hall "You come without the Jinchuriki ... Nagato will not be pleased" loud footsteps sounded down the hall and a figure emerged from the shadow. "No ... i am not very pleased at all ,,,," Nagato stood near the entrance and flexed his muscles and yawned "I am in full use of this body ... I am free to walk where i please" Konan smiled and grasped his hand, he smiled "In a few day's Konoha will burn to the ground ... my new body will make sure of it" He pulled Konan close to him and led her to a private room, to fully test out his body.

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