Sand vs. Sound
"Neji what's going on?" Lee asked.
"Shino and I were catching up to you guys after resting a bit when we ran into Gaara and his teammates," Neji said, "Apparently Lady Hokage decided to send us the back up we needed."
"Good thing too, I was about to use my newest Jutsu that takes a lot out of my body," I said.
Kimimaro fired bone bullets at us but Gaara's sand form a defense against it.
"Naruto you said you have a new technique right?" Gaara asked.
"Yeah, it was actually one of my father's original techniques," I explained, "Only problem is at my current level of strength I can't control the power of the blast without toppling over so I have to unleash 100% of my power into my muscles to maintain stance."
"I heard the leaf made arrangements with the sand since the 4th Kazekage was killed before the invasion but I never thought you would turn to help us," Shikamaru said.
"Well part of the reason was because we were ordered to," Temari explained, "The other reason is that mainly Gaara and I owe your nine-tails' friend our debt of gratitude, although Kankaro did as well for helping us understand Gaara."
Hinata smiled hearing it as she may not know what happen between Gaara and me, but she did see my match with Temari in the finals.
Shino nodded as well knowing as much as Hinata.
Tayuya started playing her flute.
"Watch it she controls Genjutsu with her flute," Shikamaru said.
"Roger," Temari responded.
With one swipe of her fan she send a gust of wind that blew the sound away.
Meanwhile Ukon and Sakon were dealing with Kankaro's puppet.
"Man is that Naruto your strongest ninja or something," Kankaro said.
"I happen to be in training to become a medical ninja now," Ino responded.
"The leaf wasn't trained to be like you sand shinobies," Kiba explained.
Sakon came at Kankaro full power.
"Watch out, that guy can infuse his cells with yours," Kiba warned Kankaro.
Kankaro blocked Sakon's attack however he grabbed a puppet known as black ant instead.
Kankaro appeared behind the bandages unharmed.
"That won't work against me," Kankaro explained.
Black Ant injured Sakon with one move.
Kankaro send black ant and crow after Ukon.
Ukon dodge it and went into level 2 as Sakon fused with him.
Ukon turned back to level one ready to face them.
Kankaro send Crow after Ukon as he was getting use to being in control.
Ukon jumped back and landed inside Black Ant.
"Black Ant is mostly good for capturing enemies, and with Crow it makes a powerful combination," Kankaro said.
Crow separate into pieces and blades appeared in the hinges and connected with holes in Black Ant stabbing Ukon and Sakon inside it.
Meanwhile Hinata look around for Tayuya.
"Found her," Hinata said.
"She's a long range Genjutsu type," Shikamaru warned Temari.
Temari bit her thumb and marked her fan with her blood.
She gave one big wave she summoned a weasel with weapons creating a gust of wind that cut through the top layer of the forest destroying it.
Shino summoned his insects to protect him Hinata and Shikamaru from the wind.
When it was over Tayuya was back to normal crushed under trees.
All was left was Kimimaro against the rest of us.
I could sense purple chakra coming from the container.
I was still in my true form and I was ready for anything.
"Naruto tell your friends to stay back," Gaara said, "You can help if you feel like it."
"Neji Lee," I said.
"We'll stay back," Neji responded.
I went to attack and Kimimaro dodge me and fired bone bullets.
Gaara's sand covered me and blocked the attack.
Kimimaro continue either dodging me or Gaara's sand.
I Jumped back as Gaara send sand bullet rain down. The sand then grab Kimimaro from underground.
"Sand Coffin!" Gaara shouted.
With adding preasure with his hand he crushed Kimimaro.
However Kimimaro broke out as his curse mark was active.
"I took you lightly but I won't do that again," Kimimaro said.
Gaara summoned more sand from the ground to attack.
"Sand Tsunami!" Gaara shouted.
The sand crushed into Kimimaro causing him more damage.
"Desert Burrial!" Gaara shouted hitting the ground causing what ever was under the sand be crushed.
Kimimaro appeared from the sand in level 2 that make him look like a dinosaur.
I use the moment to gather my chakra into a dense sphere.
I swallowed it focus more of my chakra into it and fired a blast at Kimimaro causing great damage.
I transform back to normal and collapsed.
"That move," Neji responded.
"It was incredible," Lee finished.
However Kimimaro broke out and came at me.
Gaara summoned a sand shield that protected me.
Kimimaro broke through the shield and attack me.
I manage to dodge the attack as my strength returns.
Lee moved in to try and kick Kimimaro but was blocked.
Kimimaro used his tail to attack Lee which would of done damage if Gaara didn't use his sand to form a shield.
"Gaara Naruto you two will be the first to die," Kimimaro said.
He pulled out his vertebrate from his back that formed a large sphere.
He went to attack Gaara but Gaara's sand protect him as it wrapped around him.
Kimimaro formed a sphere of bone around his hand.
"This is the thickest bone in my body, it'll easily pierce your sand shield," Kimimaro explained.
I raced after Kimimaro forming the Rasengan in my hand.
Kimimaro coughed up blood as Gaara formed a giant sand doll shield.
Kimimaro hit the shield with his sphere.
I ran up and jab Kimimaro weapon, which was already weakened by the shield, with my Rasengan causing it to shatter.
I jumped back after hit avoiding contact.
Then I thought about something.
"Hey you, that bone power, it's a bloodline right?" I asked.
"Its known as the bone-pulse, a bloodline of the mist's Kaguya's clan, however I'm the last one with it," Kimimaro said.
I remember what Haku told me about the mist village rage against bloodlines blaming them for the war.
"Because of my body's illness, I won't survive this battle, but it wouldn't matter because I will forever be in Lord Orochimaru's heart," Kimimaro said.
Gaara broke Kimimaro's grip and summon his sand.
I grab one of my tags ready to go as Kimimaro was sucked into a whirlpool of sand.
Just then spikes of bone shot out from underground.
"Bat Transformation Jutsu!" I shouted transforming into a bat and flew above the spikes.
Gaara use his sand to levitate him Neji and Lee above ground. Kimimaro was ready to strike Gaara from behind but died then and there.
Later Gaara rested as I headed toward the coffin.
To my surprise it was destroyed and Sasuke was nowhere in sight.
"Sasuke isn't here!" I shouted.
"What?" Lee responded.
"He must of left during the battle," Gaara said.
"I thought I something broke out of the coffin, but I was to focus on Kimimaro to see Sasuke leave," Neji said.
"Naruto go ahead," Lee said, "Right now you're the best and only person who can stop him."
"Right," I responded.
I jumped off tracking Sasuke with my super sense of smell.
A/N: Just so you know I finish this chapter while waiting for the other chapter to be improved which it didn't now but will later. Anyways I'm keeping out Sasuke's memories in the next chapter to make up for the past four chapters being in and out of Naruto's POV.
Next Time: Sasuke and I fight it out but things become harder to stop Sasuke, I just hope I can stop him before its too late. What will happen? Read To Find Out...