Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto Franchise that belongs solely to Masashi Kishimoto; I do not own Heavens lost Property, High School DxD or any other Anime I borrow themes from. The only thing I claim is my OC's and original Story Plot.


Author's Note (A/N): I'm back guys and with a chapter that no one is expecting. It's packed full of comedic moments and some heart pumping action so strap yourselves in.

[Happy Halloween to any who celebrate it. This chapter is for you all. Stay safe everyone.]


Chapter 33

The Sandman

The classroom was returning too normal after the revelation that everyone still in the room had passed. The Chūnin hopefuls were both happy and excited to be moving on to the next stage. 'I wonder where the second stage is going to be held? I was never told by anyone. Anko was tight lipped about it and so was the old man when I asked about it. I guess it is fair. Don't want to be too ahead of the competition.' Naruto thought to himself with indifference. It was fine to him if he didn't know. Going in blind to a situation was pretty fun and challenging.

Naruto could feel that Hinata's mood had changed a bit and he knew that he was in trouble. This time he also knew it had something to do with the fact he was looking at that girl sitting a few rows back. He was about to open his mouth and say something to the heiress when he sensed a particular chakra signature fast approaching. 'Oh no.'

CRASH!

A loud crash drew everyone's attention to the front of the classroom as one of the classroom windows shattered and a figure darted into the room. Two kunai flew into the ceiling and they were holding up a banner with words written on it. [The Sexy and Somewhat Single Special Jōnin Anko Mitarashi].

Standing in front of the classroom was a woman near and dear to Naruto's heart but also someone who infuriated him on occasion with their crazy antics. It was his surrogate older sister Anko. The Special Jōnin had a mischievous and playful smile on her face with her hands on her hips and her body radiating confidence. "Alright maggots the one… the only… awesome Anko Mitarashi is here baby!" Anko exclaimed loudly to the entire class. The young woman's cheeks had a dusting of a pink hue to them and her center of gravity was just a bit off. 'Is Anko drunk? It's 2'oclock in the afternoon!' Naruto thought to himself in disbelieve. The Genin squads in the room that knew her had sweat drops rolling down the back of their heads.

"Somewhat single?" A random Genin asked. He looked older than some of the others and he was giving Anko a poorly concealed lustful gaze. Anko's clothes are quite revealing and not exactly appropriate for minors to see. "Yes. I have an on and off relationship with this little cutie right here." Anko purred as she slithered her way around Naruto's prone form who had a deadpanned expression on his face. Half the class didn't even see her move since she crossed the distance between the front of the classroom and Naruto's desk in the blink of an eye. "Way to go Anko… it's not like I didn't already have enough attention on me." Naruto mumbled lowly in annoyance. More curious and suspicious glances were being sent Naruto's way and it was making him even more annoyed by what was going on.

"Anyways I came here to inform you little brats that tomorrow at 8'oclock sharp you are to report and be present and Training Ground 44 for the second stage of the Chūnin Exams and that I'm going to be your proctor." Anko said in a chipper tone as she busied herself with scratching Naruto's hair. In reality she was actually playing with Eva but no one needed to know that. Naruto felt a body numbing tingle go down his spine as he heard Anko mention Training Ground 44. His heart filled with dread as it sank into his stomach. 'Why did it have to be that place of all places. Crap!'

"Your Jōnin Squad Leaders will inform you of the location so go report directly to them for further instructions. Class dismissed." Anko explained while swaying on her feet a little. No one knew quite how to respond to the obviously drunk women so one by one teams started to get up and leave the classroom. Naruto's classmates were some of the last to stay behind as they waited on Naruto who was busy talking to Anko. "Anko we may have a problem." Naruto said as he pulled Anko aside. "What's up?" Anko replied as she could see the serious glint in her surrogate little brother's eyes. "Iris warned me of a fellow Leaf Genin named Kabuto Yakushi. She said he smelled like snakes. Do you know what that means?" Naruto questioned.

Anko tensed up as all signs of her intoxication left her system. "Are you sure?" Anko asked in a serious tone. "I'm sure. Iris won't elaborate but she strictly warned me to be careful around him." Naruto explained as he carefully watched Anko's response. Anko rubbed the back of her neck in her signature nervous habit which really got Naruto worried on the inside. "I'll check into it alright. Thanks for letting me know." Anko said in a distracted tone. Naruto had a worried look on his face as he reached out and grabbed Anko's hand which startled the older woman. "Anko are you ok?"

"I could be better pipsqueak. However, what could really help my mood is if you take me to that nice little teriyaki shop that opened up last week. I'm flat broke so how about me and you go on a little date their huh?" Anko asked with puppy dog eyes. She wiggled her eyebrows in a suggestive manner at the end of her speech but all she got in return was Naruto breaking away from her with an annoyed expression on his face. "No way you little moocher. I'm not wasting my money on you. Besides I don't get my check to the end of the month." Naruto said as he walked away from Anko who had an indignant look on her face. "Don't give me that you, stingy little toll!" Anko yelled in outrage. "Your check came in last week at the end of the month, where did all that money go!?" Anko demanded with a hiss.

"Oh it's all locked up in a safe, that and all those ramen cups back home in the cabinets didn't buy themselves ya know." Naruto said mischievously as he walked out the classroom door with the rest of his teammates leaving Anko, Ibiki, and a few of the Chūnin sentinels behind.

Anko had an enraged look on her face as she watched her surrogate little brother walk out the classroom. As soon as he was gone her whole demeanor changed like flipping on a light switch. She looked over to her superior and boss Ibiki with a worried look on her face. "We need to talk."


Academy Court Yard

"…So care to explain what that little stunt of yours was back there?" Sasuke questioned his friend with a sideways glance. The rookie nine were gathered in one corner of the court yard closest to the main entrance by the tree with the swing on it and they were using the shade provided by the large tree as a meeting place. "I had to do it. Ibiki was really intent on weeding out the weak teams this year and if he had continued that the only ones' left would have been those strong teams like Gaara and his teammates. There would be no buffer between them and us." Naruto explained as he sat down on the swing. "You're talking of using those other guys as meat shields Naruto… that's not right." Ino protested with a disgusted look on her face.

"Ino it had to be done. This year's Chūnin Exam is far more dangerous than the last few years combined." Naruto said with a serious gaze, a frown was on his face as he thought about the unique competition he scouted out back in the classroom. Several prominent faces came to mind which caused him to frown even more. "Why do you say that Naruto?" Sakura asked in curiosity. "Look at the competition guys. Teams from the Hidden Cloud and worst yet from the Hidden Stone are competing against us this year. Teams from the Hidden Mist are here even though we all know the country is still caught up in their stupid civil war. We even have some unknown faces from those guys with that music note on their headband. They are all dangerous and unknowns. We are in serious trouble here." Naruto explained while looking at each of his classmates with a serious glint in his eyes.

Naruto was seriously worried on the inside but he was doing his best to not show it and worry his friends. "Well your stunt painted a target on our backs Naruto." Kiba said in annoyance. His hands were in his pockets and Akamaru was in his resting place which was on top of Kiba's head underneath his fur lined hoody. "Yeah, I have a target on my back and unfortunately so do you guys as well…" Naruto began to say and he looked towards Sasuke and Sakura as he said you guys but then he looked to the others gathered around him. "… but you guys should pretty much be in the clear. I'm sorry that I did that but it had to be done. We need to come up with a strategy so that we can watch our backs. We are going to have people gunning for my team and we may not be able to handle them all." Naruto said as his gaze met the eyes of the red head he saw in the classroom.

She had an almost dazed look in her eyes as she looked at him as if something about him was distracting her. They broke eye contact and Naruto watched as she left the court yard with her two teammates flanking her. Naruto began to contemplate the mystery of that girl in the back of his mind but he refocused in when Shino spoke up. "I think it wise to let Shikamaru come up with a suitable strategy for us to abide by." Shino reasoned while adjusting his glasses. "Way to go Shino just put me out their why don't ya. This is such a drag." Shikamaru mumbled while leaning against the tree. He had a lethargic and worn out look on his face which was his usual default look but this time it had a twinge of annoyance sprinkled on as well.

"Then it's settled… we should go over the plan Shikamaru comes up for us early tomorrow morning before the exam." Naruto said as he rose from sitting on the swing. With that everyone started to split up and go their separate ways. Shino and Chōji migrated over to Shikamaru who was lingering by. "I'm going to head home and just relax for the rest of the day with the girls." Naruto said as he stretched his arms above his head as a sigh of contentment escaped his lips. A small scroll dropped into Naruto's outstretched hands from the sky and looking up in surprise Naruto saw a messenger hawk circle around above his head before flying off in the direction he instinctively knows the Casino is in.

Opening it up Naruto read the message quickly with his face turning to one of shock. "You've got to be kidding me! That's so not fair!" Naruto exclaimed in indignation. "What is it?" Shikamaru questioned as he eyed the scroll in Naruto's hands. "My boss is calling in all of his senior employees to work double shifts today. That means I won't get to even set foot in my house at all today. Heck I won't even make it home until early in the morning and by that time we would have to get ready for the Second Stage. This sucks!" Naruto raged as he was not happy with this new development.

At this point in time, it was common knowledge among Naruto's old classmates that he works a full time job at a casino of all places. None of them knew how he got the job except Shikamaru and Shino. This is excluding Hinata of course whose known about this since she's first met Naruto. The excuse he gave them was that he needed a steady extra source of income to help support Iris and Chaos and put food on the table. As far as their Shinobi careers are concerned they are guaranteed to be paid for each mission they take since they serve the village but the thing with being on Genin Teams is the total amount of money earned for each mission they complete is split among the entire team including the Jōnin in charge. Since most missions Genin go on are D – Rank and they themselves don't pay much it can cause quite a problem especially when you take into consideration that each individual mission is different and they pay different regardless of which ranking they fall under.

Each mission is filed under one of the difficulty ranks. The mission itself pays a standard amount based on whichever rank it falls under as a fee with the client paying extra based on the specifics of the mission itself. Since D – Rank mission's standard fees are about only twice that of minimum wage in the village it means that Genin don't really get paid all too much and it also explains why the village has a backup and surplus of D – Rank mission waiting to be completed.

Naruto used that excuse for his friends including Sasuke and Sakura since the Mafia is to be kept secret for civilians and low ranking shinobi in the village. The Mafia sits on top of the criminal underworld and they have their hands in every facet of criminal activity imaginable. The Jasmine Dragon Mafia is no different the only key difference is that they try to manage, regulate, and in most cases destroy criminal organizations in an effort to stop the spread of criminal activity in the world but it doesn't excuse the fact that they have their hands in very shady activities regardless of their motives. Only high ranking Shinobi and extremely wealthy civilians may know about the mafia and that's only on the account that they are often the Mafia's clients or the Mafia interacts with them on a regular and consistent bases. Being stationed in an immensely powerful hidden village with thousands of Shinobi in its walls it makes sense that only influential individuals on both the Shinobi and civilian side interact with them since they are responsible enough to properly deal with them without messing anything up.

Shikamaru being the genius he was figure it out that something wasn't right with the casino Naruto worked at and Shino wasn't far behind. They confronted him about it and Naruto caved in and told them the truth but on the promise that they not tell anyone else. Both boys agreed and since then Naruto has kept them in the loop about certain things pertaining to his secondary job but he of course has kept it to things he's allowed to talk about.

"Why would he do that?" Chōji asked while munching on his chips. "I bet it's because of the massive influx of people coming into the village for the Chūnin Exams. More clients are popping up at the casino to waste their money away and my boss needs every able body he can get just to handle all the people. I won't even get to spend the day with the girls." Naruto said as he released Iris and Chaos who each latched onto one of his legs for comfort. "Daddy we can't come with you?" Iris asked with an adorable tilt of her head. Whatever was bothering her from earlier seems to have gone away as Naruto noticed she was back too normal.

"Sorry sweetie but not this time. You guys would be a very big help but Mr. Dino specifically said for senior members only. Super wealthy clients are coming in and he only wants his most experienced employees here tonight. Besides I want you girls to get some rest ok. We have a really big day tomorrow." Naruto explained as he patted both blonds on their head. Both sisters leaned into the gentle touch of their father as Iris had a content look on her face and Chaos had a relaxed look on her face like she was going to melt on the spot. "Wealthy clients?" Shino questioned. "To be more specific. They are hosting a big party tonight to kick off the success of the Chūnin Exams as well as the start of the second stage which is where the beginnings of the massive amounts of revenue and money comes to us. I remember this happened a few years back the last time the Hidden Leaf hosted an exam." Naruto clarified quickly.

"I won't be able to make it home so Hinata can you take the girls back to the house for me please?" Naruto requested politely as he turned to Hinata who was standing close by. "I'm sorry Naruto but my father wants me home right away after the first exams finish. I'm already starting to run a little late and I can't afford to make any detours. I'm sorry." Hinata apologized sadly. She would love to spend the day with the girls if she could but that was not a luxury she could afford right now. "It's ok thanks." Naruto replied as he turned to Shikamaru and the others.

"Guys could you cover for me?" Naruto requested. "Sure why not. It's a drag but it's better than going home to my mom and hearing her complain about me applying myself in the next phase." Shikamaru said in a nonchalant tone. His act wasn't fooling Naruto though. Naruto knew that Shikamaru really wanted to read the scrolls he found a few months back that he now has in his apartment as well as tinker around with Chaos to find out what makes her tick. It was all Shikamaru did now a day whenever he wasn't cloud gazing, sleeping, or playing Shogi.

"Thanks guys you're a real life saver. I promise the next meal we have is going to be on me." Naruto thanked graciously since he didn't want to leave the girls home alone without supervision. He couldn't send them to stay with the Hokage since he is extremely busy now that the Chūnin Exams are under way and both Anko and Shoko themselves are going to be very busy. He would ask his old neighbor Ms. Furukawa to look after them since the old woman loves spending time with them but recently she's come down with the flu and can't look after anyone. At least that was the reason she gave Naruto the other day. "No problem, just get going." Shikamaru said with a lazy wave of his hand.

Naruto smiled in appreciation as he turned to address his girls. "Alright girls be good for me while I'm gone ok. The guys are in charge so what they say goes. I'll try to send Aria home early tonight so that she can cook dinner and give you girls a bath. So be good and whatever you do please don't burn down the house while I'm gone." Naruto said in a soft tone but it became more exasperated towards the end when he mentioned burning down the house. Iris had a pleasant and innocent look to her bright blue eyes as she nodded her head obediently towards her father's orders. Chaos hissed her teeth and snapped her fingers in disappointment at her father's warnings. Everyone present sweat dropped at the tiny terrors apparent disappointment in not being able to burn the house down. Shikamaru dragged his hand down his face in silent mortification. 'What a drag.'

Naruto kissed both twins on their foreheads which elicited excited squeals and giggles from the blond haired girls. "Ok girls be safe." Naruto said as he watched his friends take his daughters back to his apartment. Once they were out of sight Naruto turned to Hinata who was lingering by. "Hey Hinata I couldn't help but notice you've been quiet for a while now. Did I do something wrong?" Naruto asked awkwardly while scratching the back of his head. "No, no. You didn't do anything wrong… I'm fine… really…" Hinata stuttered out horribly while avoiding eye contact with her best friend.

"Was it because I was looking at that girl…" Naruto asked awkwardly since in his mind he knew that was the reason. "Well… no…" Hinata tried to deny but she was never really good at lying, especially to her friends and Naruto. "I'm sorry Hinata, I got distracted. That girl is special very much in the same way Gaara is. I don't know what it is about those two but it's definitely something. I hope you're not mad." Naruto explained bashfully while trying to look Hinata in the eye. For some reason looking at other girls while Hinata or the other girls was around felt wrong to him. "No, no, no… I'm not mad at you. I could never be mad at you Naruto." Hinata stuttered in her soft whisper like voice. Naruto could barely hear some of what she was saying. It wasn't everyday Hinata stuttered this badly anymore.

"Uugghhh! This is cringey guys. Are you going to kiss her or what?!" Eva complained in annoyance. She herself was quite annoyed that Naruto was locking eyes with those girls in class but Eva could sense that something was very unique about them that she also couldn't quite but her finger on. Naruto and Hinata both turned cheery red as shocked looks crossed their faces. "Eva!" Both pre-teens exclaimed at the same time. They were not expecting their best friend to say such a thing. "What don't look at me like that, fine I'll do it myself." Eva said with a huff as she flew over to Hinata and kissed the heiress on the cheek whose face couldn't possibly get any redder. "There, it's done now Hinata you need to get going before your father sends out the cavalry." Eva said grumpily while shooing her best female friend away with her tiny hands.

"Uh ok." Hinata said lamely as she couldn't properly respond to what just happened. She absentmindedly waved goodbye to her closes friends before taking off. "What was that?" Naruto asked in bewilderment as they took off towards the casino. "It was getting really awkward between you to and just for the record she was totally jealous that you were getting all flustered by that girl." Eva said and Naruto could tell she was annoyed with him as well. "Jealous? Hinata? Hinata of all people jealous?" Naruto asked in shock since this was new to him.

"Well you did kiss her twice." Eva mumbled in slight annoyance and hidden strings of jealously. "I really did… didn't I?" Naruto mumbled with a light blush on his face. His immediate response to his daydreaming was a splash of water to his face curtesy of Eva who was heavily annoyed with her lifelong partner. "Sorry about that." Naruto apologized. 'What's with me and girls lately. I'm even worse than usual?' Naruto idly contemplated to himself.


Naruto's Apartment 8:00 PM

"Get back here Chaos!" Iris yelled as she chased her sister around the apartment. Chaos had Iris's underwear in her hand and both girls were as naked as the day they were born. They had just finished taking a bath and poor Aria was not far behind as she chased after her wayward mistresses. "Little miss please don't run around the house while your wet you'll slip and hurt yourself!" Aria warned as she chased down the two powerful children. The water on Iris's body naturally evaporated quickly due to her bodies naturally higher temperature so she didn't have to worry about slipping and hurting herself.

They were in the downstairs apartment unit which had more space compared to the upstairs unit that everyone knows about and where Naruto spends a lot of his time. Aria's warning came to pass as Chaos slipped on the hardwood floor and slammed into a cabinet. Luckily nothing broke but Chaos had a dizzy look to her eyes. Iris caught up to her sister in the blink of an eye and yanked her underwear away from her sister's hands. Iris huffed and without sparing her sister a glance slipped on her underwear with a content sigh.

Aria telekinetically lifted Chaos up off the ground and sat her down of the counter top. She also removed the copious amounts of water still on Chaos's body. "See I told you little miss to be careful. Are you ok milady?" Aria asked as she rubbed Chaos shoulder where she slammed into the cabinet. Chaos giggled her eerie giggles as her response to Aria's question. The young witch knew her mistress was going to be ok so she dropped that line of questioning. "Come, let's get your clothes on little miss. It's dinner time." Aria said as she grabbed Iris by her hand and hoisted Chaos up into her arms and carried them both off to get them clothes.

At the dinner table the three girls sat together eating a simple dinner to tide everyone over. It was nothing extravagant or special and while Aria is a really good cook, her cooking doesn't compare to Naruto's and because she is a witch she has a different taste in food that is slightly different to a human. Aria herself prefers extra spicy foods with a particular biased favoring of sea food. Something Naruto doesn't particularly like.

"Daddy won't be joining us tonight?" Iris asked in disappointment as she toyed around with her food. It's an extreme rarity that Naruto isn't around to spend dinner with the family especially since he absolutely stresses the importance of spending that time with them. The princess had a kicked puppy expression on her face and her extremely bright aqua blue eyes were downcast and darkened. "I'm sorry little miss but master is really busy tonight. He promised me that he would sneak away later on tonight so that he could tuck you into bed himself and possibly read you girls a bed time story." Aria explained in the hopes of improving her mistress's mood. "Really?!" Chaos asked in excitement. Iris perked up at hearing this as well. "Yes, he said he will stop by later on tonight when its bedtime for you." Aria reassured and she smiled in happiness when she saw the excited looks on the girls faces.

"Aria maybe in the meantime you could read us that orange book that you keep under your bed." Chaos suggested with an all to cheerful innocent smile on her face. The words innocent and Chaos never belong in the same sentence to begin with and Aria's face was redder than the tomatoes in their food. "I…I don't know… what you mean… I don't have a book… like that…" Aria stuttered out horribly. She wasn't being very convincing in the least but Chaos didn't care; in fact, she was anticipating Aria's denial which is why the innocent look on Chaos's face morphed into a victorious grin. "You don't… well that's a shame, I wonder where this book came from then?" Chaos asked as she pulled an orange book from out of nowhere since she didn't have any pockets on her pajamas or anywhere to hide it around the small dinner table.

You could tell it belonged to Aria due to the turquoise colored ribbon sticking out from one of the pages acting as a bookmark. The same colored ribbon that Aria wears in all of her clothes, the ribbons can also exclusively only be found on her witches' hat as well making this evidence look incredibly incriminating. Aria had a mortified look on her face as her eyes tracked the dangerous little book in her young mistress's hands. Since they were inside their own home Aria is allowed to wear her witch hat and because of that you could see the glyphs and runes that run around the brim of the hat light up with Aria's power. Aria quickly snatched up the orange book that had the title Icha-Icha on it with her telekinetic powers. The book quickly found itself in Aria's hands who was beat red.

"I don't know where this came from but it's a filthy book and I'll go get rid of it. You don't need to corrupt your mind with such filth milady." Aria rambled on with cartoonish swirls in her eyes. Her face was getting redder and redder and she quickly excused herself from the table to seemingly dispose of the book. Leaving the room Aria could here Chaos's laughter in the background. "There was a trashcan right here." Iris pointed out idly as she eyed the trashcan sitting by the door. "Notice how she's going back to her room." Chaos said with another fit of giggles as she absorbed all of the despair and negative energy Aria gave off. Chaos actually didn't need to eat or drink anything in order to function. As long as she had a steady income of external negative energy she could survive indefinitely. She could produce small pockets of negative energy for her to feed off of in an emergency by just simply doing something bad but it's not enough for her to sustain herself on and it should only be used in emergencies.

"I hope Daddy comes home soon. I miss him." Iris said with a sad pout on her face. She was hugging her teddy bear John Paul to her chest. It's been quite a long time since Naruto has left the girls alone. Not since they were toddlers has he been gone for more than a few hours. Of course since their minds don't match the age of their bodies it felt like even longer for the two girls.


Commercial District

Halfway across the village a lone figure was sitting alone on a rooftop surrounded by the light of the moon itself. It was none other than Gaara himself. Gaara was gazing up at the moon which wasn't quite full yet but it was getting there. His eyes were dead to the world but shimmers of cold blood-lust could be seen swimming around in his eyes. There was one word on his mind right now and that word was Uzumaki. The Uzumaki family to be exact. Ever since his first encounter with the family they have been the only thing he can think about.

From Iris's very presence that commands reverence and the fact that with her words alone she temporarily took control of his siblings and even himself who was hidden away in the tree it startled him. He felt her voice bouncing off the walls of his mind when she commanded Kankurō to put Konohamaru down and Gaara felt a shift within himself like he wanted to listen to her even though he wasn't the one she was talking too.

For Chaos Gaara felt like he found a kindred spirit. He could sense the insanity within Chaos that was being restrained just like within him. She was the very first person to actually physically touch him in a very, very long time. The cheerful smile on her face as she did it also didn't help matters either. He felt her suppressing his chakra with her own energy which he didn't recognize. It was extremely powerful and potent and it burned him. He felt pain from having her power within him. He was silently surprised he didn't lose full control right then and there.

Then there was Naruto. When Gaara first saw Naruto he felt like he was looking into a mirror. Not in the physical sense but more of a spiritual sense. He knew he didn't look like Naruto but on a spiritual level he could feel like they were exactly alike. The blond boy felt so much like him, so similar to him that it unnerved Gaara deeply even if he would never admit it. There was this familiarity that he could sense between them that he just couldn't quite put his finger on and it irritated him greatly that he couldn't figure it out.

Last but not least was the power Naruto briefly flared and that he could sense contained within his body. It was immense and way more than what he had. In the deepest parts of his soul it frightened him that this kindred spirit had such a staggering amount of power while at the same time it excited him like nothing has ever excited him before. 'He can prove my existence. All three of them can. If I kill them then I can prove my existence to the world. I'll truly be alive.' Gaara thought to himself as his gaze traveled out to the skyline surrounding him. The architecture of this village was vastly different compared to his own.


In the Shadows

"Tonight is the night. The Hidden Sands Jinchūriki is alone and so is the targets. Our Jinchūriki is preoccupied so there will be no interference." A figure said to his partner. "Understood. Lord Danzō wants to test the power of the targets and he wants the Sands Jinchūriki to do it. We are to step in if things get out of hand and pacify the situation. However, we are to record the entire battle for review." The second figure agreed as they went over their plans one final time. "Commence the operation." The first agent said and with a nod the second agent left his hiding spot and transformed into Naruto. However, this transformation was unique in the fact that the agent even felt like Naruto to another sensory type Ninja. Of course he couldn't replicate the unique signature Iris and Chaos's power gave off but just Naruto's base energy signature was enough for their plans.

The impostor took off purposely coming within Gaara's line of sight about a block away and started heading in the direction of Naruto's house. The other agent watched as Gaara disappeared in a Body Flicker following the trail of his disguised partner. "He took the bait." The agent said. His blank ANBU Mask had two small letters on it. [NE]


Naruto's Apartment

"I miss him too. Maybe we can prank him when he comes home later." Chaos suggested to cheer up her sister but mostly for her own personal pleasure. "But we might get in trouble." Iris protested in slight worry. "That's what's so fun about it. Remember what Grandpa said. A family that pranks together gets in trouble together." Chaos reminded with a wag of her index finger. "But that was because we painted the Hokage Mountain in graffiti and my feathers." Iris retorted with a small roll of her eyes. She and her sister got off pretty easily as Hiruzen had dumped most of the punishment on their father. "I know, the look on Dada's face was so priceless. I want to see it again." Chaos agreed with a giggle. The sisters had finished their dinner and placed the used dishes in the sink. They were sitting around the table waiting for Aria to return. The poor witch was completely embarrassed by Chaos's stunt.

The sisters would have talked more but both their heads snapped up with their eyes flashing to their secondary colors. "Daddy! Daddy's home early!" Iris exclaimed in excitement as she jumped from her chair. She didn't even pay heed to the fact that the signature she was sensing on the other side of the door was missing several key components of her father. The second she even sensed something remotely close to her father she threw caution to the wind. She really missed her father. Chaos on the other hand could see through the doors with her scanners and so she knew that the person on the other side of the door was definitely not their father. However, a dark smile smeared itself on her face as she recognized who it really was. She made no move to stop her sister from opening the door.

"Daddy your home!" Iris yelled in excitement as she flung open the door and jumped straight at the person who she thought was her father. Latching onto the person's leg Iris buried her face in the person's knee and right away she felt something drastically off. Looking up she came face to face with Gaara and the look on his face was far from pleasant. In fact, it was downright murderous. This was the second time someone has touched him without his automatic defense coming to his aid.

"You're… you're not daddy…" Iris stuttered out as her eyes widen in shock then to panic once she sensed the killing intent leaking off of Gaara. The cork on Gaara's gourd flew off and Iris felt her instincts kick in. Jumping back into the apartment Iris slammed the door shut with a gust of wind. Before she could do anything else Iris saw sand start to poor into the room from the cracks in the door.

"Sis get my weapons!" Iris called out but as she turned to Chaos she saw the tiny terror with a glazed look on her eyes. 'She's being affected by Gaara's blood-lust. This isn't good.' Iris thought while gritting her teeth. Naruto had replaced the old wooden door with a reinforced steel door covered in wooden panels to make it look like a wooden door. Running into the bedroom Iris grabbed her battle fans from off the dresser but the sounds of Gaara breaking the door down was filling her heart with worry. 'We can't fight here, and I can't use my pyrokinesis abilities or I'll burn the house down.' Iris's advanced mind was working a mile a minute and it was not looking good in the princess's mind.

Hearing the steel door rip off its hinges Iris raced back into the Kitchen where the door was lying on the ground. Chaos was looking up at Gaara with a dopey star struck look on her face. "Get back!" Iris yelled as she clapped her hands together and unleashed a concentrated gust of concussive wind that took Gaara off his feet despite the fact his sand came into defend him. Gaara's back slammed into the wall in the hallway. "Chaos stay back!" Iris commanded as she jumped into the hallway and swiping her hand from left to right she watched as Gaara was again taken off his feet by a gust of wind as he flew down the hallway.

Gaara quickly stopped this by landing on his feet and channeling his potent chakra to his feet to stick to the ground. His sand came up and blocked the rest of her wind. "You're strong. You will prove my existence." Gaara commented with his dead eyes locking onto Iris's panicked blue eyes. "What are you doing here? How do you know where we live?" Iris asked as she slowly moved from side to side pumping adrenaline into her system. Out of the corner of her eyes she could see Chaos with her scanners on looking at Gaara through the wall. "Chaos snap out of it! I need you sis!" Iris yelled in aggravation as she had to focus back in when Gaara sent three streams of sand at her.

Swiftly moving to the side Iris dodged the first stream and immediately went into a spinning pirouette as she bounced off the wall in the hallway dodging the second and with a perfect baseball slide on the floor she dodged under the third. She could sense the sand forming up behind her and Iris held out her pointed and middle finger. 'Just a small burst.' Iris thought as she sent a small burst of flames from her fingers at the clump of sand forming behind her. Her pure white flames immediately turned Gaara's sand into crystallized glass due to the sheer heat coming off of her fire. The temperature in the hallway immediately skyrocketed due to the presence of Iris's fire.

"What's going on?!" Aria asked as she appeared behind Iris from around the corner. "Aria grab Chaos this boy is dangerous!" Iris instructed as she deflected several streams of sand from Gaara with concentrated burst of wind. Iris was fighting using a more defensive strategy in mind. Her fire was far too dangerous to be used within the confines of the apartment complex. Just the heat alone could start to melt things or even catch objects on fire for just being in close proximity to her flames. "Little miss who is this person?" Aria asked as the runes and glyphs on her hat as well as her medallions started to glow with her power. "This is Gaara. The boy daddy told you about." Iris explained as she got into her combative stance. It looked like a cross between a martial arts stance and a boxers fighting stance.

"Why are you doing this?" Iris asked so she could buy some time. Her sister was out of commission and unresponsive so she wanted to make sure she was safe. "To prove my existence to the world. Only by killing your family will I finally accomplish that." Gaara said in a dead tone. His arms were folded across his chest and a thick cloud of sand was floating in the hallway around his body. 'What does that even mean?' Iris questioned herself. "Is it too much of me to ask you to leave?" Iris pleaded with a compassionate look on her face. She really didn't want to fight Gaara at all if she could help it. Her answer was Gaara sending a surge of his powerful sand right at her.

"Reflect!" Aria called out as her clear glass pane appeared right in front of Iris completely blocking Gaara's sand. "Little miss take your sister and go! Find your father. I'll hold him off!" Aria said as she handed Chaos's limp body over to Iris without warning. "No Aria you can't, this boy is very powerful. Perhaps even stronger than daddy. His power is enormous and if you fight him now many people could get hurt." Iris countered as she hoisted Chaos onto her back. "I'm sorry mistress but I will not allow him to hurt you." Aria replied as she created another shield when her first one went down.

"If you stand in my way then I'll kill you. They are my prey." Gaara interrupted as more sand poured out of his gourd. "I don't care what you say. No one, and I mean no one is going to lay a hand on my mistresses!" Aria snarled as her hat lit up in power. Iris flashed a small proud smile for a half a second as Sōkyoku was silently pleased by Aria's heroics.

"Then die." Gaara said without remorse as he sent a tidal wave of sand down the small hallway with the intention of completely burying Aria alive. 'I have to slow it down.' Aria quickly thought. "Psybeam!" Aria launched two multicolored rainbow beams of light from her medallions hanging off her hair and it intercepted Gaara's sand at the midway point. The sand around the beam exploded and dispersed but the entire wave kept coming. Throwing up another barrier Aria braced herself as the wave of sand slammed into her reflective barrier. The sand was buffeted but it just kept coming. The potent chakra behind the sand itself was evening the odds, it was causing cracks to appear in Aria's shield.

"Aria lower your shield!" Iris called out as she sat her sister against the wall. Chaos's face was in pure bliss right now. "What? No mistress I can't do that." Aria replied in shock. She wasn't crazy enough to lower her shield. She could get hurt. "DO IT NOW!" Iris commanded as her rich accent came in full force. Iris's eyes flashed green as the wind picked up in the small cramped hallway. Iris performed a ballerina like twirl as she picked up momentum and the wind followed her. Iris's wind lifted up the large crystallized clump of sand that Iris created earlier with her fire.

Aria felt her body move against its will as her mind gave into her natural instincts to obey her mistress's every command. Aria felt her mind submit to Iris's dominating presence as she lowered her shield and immediately ducked low to the ground just in time because Iris sent the huge crystallized ball of sand right over Aria's head and slammed it directly into the approaching tidal wave. Leaping over Aria's prone form Iris landed on the floor and pushed her cupped hands outwards and unleashed a powerful gust of highly pressurized air at the crystal in front of her. The crystallized ball as well as the tidal wave of sand was pushed back all the way down the hallway by Iris's attack and seeing this Gaara's sand formed a thick wall in front of him shielding him from the large counter attack.

"It's over." Iris said as she held up her hand and snapped her fingers. The huge mass of sand surrounding Gaara instantly combusted into a raging fireball which instantly turned all of the sand into crystallized glass. At the end of the hallway at the entrance was a huge wall made entirely out of crystal that sealed off the entrance into the apartment areas. "That should hold him for a few moments. We can make our escape through the balcony in daddy's room." Iris suggested as she brought her breathing back under control. She was using a lot of precise control over her powers and showing a lot of restraint in how she used them. They were fighting inside of a small cramped hallway and her fire could easily burn the entire complex down due to the sheer heat coming off of it. Iris was controlling the amount of time her fire remained in existence and she was also removing the oxygen in the area so that her fire wouldn't catch anything else on fire. That was why the building around them was still standing after Iris just lit Gaara's sand on fire. All of that precision and restraint was taking its toll on Iris who would have preferred an open environment with nothing around them.

"That was amazing mistress. I'm so proud of you." Aria gushed with a star struck expression on her face. She felt an immense amount of pride within herself to be serving such a powerful and resourceful mistress. Again it was her instincts as a supernatural creature and partly being a weaker species that was influencing her thought process. "I didn't do anything really…" Iris said with an embarrassed blush on her face. She was flustered by Aria's praise and admiration.

Turning her attention to her twin Iris grabbed Chaos and placed her hand on her forehead. "Come on sister. Now is not the time for you to be out of commission." Iris said as a trail of dark energy seeped out of Chaos through Iris's hand. Iris was absorbing the excess amount of negative energy Chaos was passively absorbing into her body. Once she got all of the extra negative energy out of her system Chaos would become responsive again. Before Iris could complete this task she felt a spike in Gaara's chakra. Snapping her head over to the crystal wall Iris's eyes widened in horror when the entire wall shattered with a loud bang. Copious amounts of sand came rushing out into the hallway with the family trapped at the end. They all took one look at Gaara and the girls eyes widened in shock when they saw that parts of Gaara's skin had been crystallized as well as some parts of his hair. He had an absolutely murderous look in his eyes as is sand surged down the little hallway.

'We're running out of options. I have to use that new technique I created.' Aria thought to herself as she quickly jumped to her feat. Again the runes and glyphs on her hat lit up as she channeled her energy within her body. Her two medallions glowed a dark blue color as she unleashed a new attack. "Psywave!" Aria called out as concentric dark blue rings made out of pure psychic energy rushed out to intercepted the massive wall of deadly sand coming at them. The psychic wave pushed Gaara's sand out the way cutting a circular path all the way down the hallway back to Gaara whose dead eyes widened in slight surprise. The rest of his sand reformed around him and took the brunt of the attack forcing it to dissipate before it could reach him. But the way the sand moved afterwards was a clear indicator that Gaara was starting to waste chakra. A dark look crossed Gaara's face which caused the girls to flinch in fear.

No one notice the small stream of sand creep up from behind Iris before it was too late. "Sand Coffin." Gaara said in a dark tone as the sand on the floor wrapped itself around Iris's form who screamed in shock. "Mistress!" Aria shouted in panic as she turned to see her young mistress surrounded in sand. Gaara lifted his hand into the air and closed his hand into a fist. "Sand Burial." Iris scream out in pain as the sand around her violently constricted around her body. Iris gritted her teeth in pain as the sand on her body without warning combusted and turned into crystallized glass. "No! I can't move!" Iris screamed in absolute panic.

"Hold on little miss I'll get you out of that." Aria said with panic in her voice. Iris's entire midsection was encased in a shell of crystallized sand and her arms were pinned down to her waist. Her weapons fell out of her hand onto the floor and the added weight was making it hard for Iris to keep her balance. "I can't move my arms!" Iris panicked as she placed her feet wider apart so that she could maintain her balance. She felt so much heavier with the crystallized sand encasing her body.

"Don't worry little miss, I've got you." Aria soothed as she was about to use her powers to break Iris out of her constraints but she wouldn't get the chance. "Look out!" Iris warned as she sucked in a breath of air. Releasing the large pocket of air that she breathed in Iris unleashed a concussive blast of air that caused a hand made out of sand that was about to grabbed Aria to explode in midair.

"I'm growing tired of your resistance. Die." Gaara said as his killing intent spiked. A large wave of sand flooded the hallway with the intent of swallowing everyone up. Gaara's diversity of attack was limited due the confining space they were in but he was confident that he would get a decisive blow with this attack. Aria's reflective barriers only halved the momentum of physical attacks and objects with mass behind them. She couldn't muster up enough power to stone wall his relentless attacks with the persistence he was showing. Iris couldn't risk crystallizing his sand anymore if it got close to her because she would run the risk of fusing the crystal structure around her body to any additional sand he sent at her.

Aria scrambled to throw up a barrier in a futile attempt to protect her mistresses but in the back of her mind she knew she couldn't store up enough energy fast enough to actually stop the attack from getting through. Iris's eyes were slowly widening as she saw the attack incoming, her eyes switched from her sapphire color to a powerful emerald green at the very last second.

"Aegis."

The entire sand wall was stonewalled by a hexagonal patterned light blue wall of energy. Both Aria and Iris quickly turned their heads in shock only to see Chaos back on her feet with a look of insanity on her face. Her usual dopey look was present but it was ten times as prevalent and the shadows the light from her shield was casting on her face was making it even worst. "You've been a very naughty boy Gaara." Chaos said in a sing song like tone. Her shadow morphed on the wall and her wings appeared behind her back. "Artemis. Fire." Over a dozen small fast moving fireballs launched themselves from Chaos's blade like wings with Gaara's sand being quick to intercept.

"Sand Shower Barrage." Gaara intoned as a large stream of sand coiled around his body. From out of the thick branch of sand dozens of small sand bullets flew out and intercepted Chaos's attack perfectly causing small miniature explosions to occur in the hallway.

'This has gone on long enough now. It's time I put an end to this.' Sōkyoku thought from within her cage as she watched the fight happen through Iris's eyes which were now a powerful emerald green. 'I know he has it. Now I just have to find it.' Sōkyoku thought as Iris closed her eyes in concentration. The mental image of a small boy with red hair holding a teddy bear with a lonely expression on his face filled Iris's mind. 'Just as I thought. Everyone has a story, just like this poor child here. He can't be helped now… but soon.' Sōkyoku pondered as she sent a small minute amount of her power into the mental image in Iris's mind.

The reaction was immediate. Gaara screamed as he held his head in apparent pain. "What did you do to me?" Gaara wheezed in pain as he held his head. "Mother." Gaara mumbled as all the sand in the hallway immediately retreated and formed around Gaara in a tight defensive stance. No attack that the girls would try could get through as the sand was completely dead set on ultimate defense.

"Leave us in peace my child. There is no need for conflict." Sōkyoku spoke up using Iris as her mouth peace. Iris's accent was completely thick and heavy and she sounded far older and mature. Very much like an adult which she mentally very much is. "Mother…" Gaara mumbled out as he completely lost focus on everything around him. His mind was a jumbled mess as an image of his mother appeared in his mind.

"Go… go home now. Everything is going to be ok." Sōkyoku said as her voice echoed and vibrated across the hallway. It was pounding away from inside Gaara's head and a warm golden light seeped out of Iris's mouth every time she spoke. "Yes mother…" Gaara whispered to himself as a haunted and truly disturbing expression was on the red heads face. Through all the multiple layers of insanity on display for the briefest of moments Sōkyoku through Iris's eyes saw flashes of sadness, grief, anguish, pain and so much more in Gaara's eyes before it was gone.

Without any warning Gaara disappeared in a sand body flicker as he left the apartment complex behind. The two hidden ANBU serving Danzō looked at each other before disappearing from their vantage point. They had seen everything they wanted to see and now they were going to make their report. "How did you do that milady?" Aria asked in awe and reverence. She's never seen anything like that before. She could feel the amount of power emanating from Iris right now and not only was it staggering but it felt warm and inviting. She felt safe just being around the little girl.

"Aria we need to clean up this mess before father returns. He cannot know what happened here." Sōkyoku spoke up using Iris as her medium. "What? But why mistress! Master needs to know what happened here tonight. We're not safe here anymore." Aria protested as she jumped to her feet. "No. If he found out that Gaara attacked us, then he would stop at nothing to get him back. A confrontation between those two would be very dangerous and others could get hurt. Father is already paranoid enough as it is already but if he knew that Gaara of all people knew where we lived it would worry him to no end. The time will come when we will deal with Gaara." Sōkyoku instructed as she flexed her muscles and the crystallized sand on her body shattered into a billion little shards.

"But he could tell that something happened." Aria protested. "Then we will simply come up with an excuse." Sōkyoku countered as the wind picked up in the hallway as Iris cleaned up all the shattered sand. "But we would be lying to master! I can't do that." Aria pleaded as she couldn't imagine lying to her master. "You can and you will. I understand your hesitance at this but it needs to be done. Do you understand Aria?" Sōkyoku forcefully instructed while looking at Aria with her glowing emerald eyes. Aria felt her mind give in yet again so she knew she had no choice.

"Yes mistress, as you wish." Aria said while bowing to the little girl. Seeing a six-year-old commanding and reprimanding a sixteen-year-old would look weird to anyone but considering what they both where it made sense.

Soon everything was cleaned up and Aria even placed the steel door back in place to make it look like nothing even happened. It took them at least 30 minutes but they eventually got everything cleaned up with all three girls pitching in.

They made it just in time since Naruto arrived not to long afterwards dressed in a suit and tie. "Hey girls, is everything ok?" Naruto questioned as he walked through the door to the apartment. He felt something was off but he couldn't put his finger on it. "Everything is fine master. The girls are ready for bed now just as you ordered." Aria said with her hands clasped together in front of her. "Ok I'll go put them to bed then." Naruto said as he placed the girls in bed and tucked them in. "Did you have a great day girls?" Naruto asked as he gently played with the girl's hair much to their enjoyment. Both Iris and Chaos shared a look with each other before they both gave Naruto an innocent yet excited look. "We had a great day daddy, me and Chaos had a spar and I won." Iris said cheerfully.

"So that's why I felt your energies acting up a while ago. Well good for you Iris; but I thought I told you girls to rest for the day?" Naruto congratulated with a smile as he petted Iris's head much to her delight but he tapped her on her small button nose in a reprimanding like way as he questioned them on why they were battling. Iris put on a sad puppy dog like expression on her face as she looked ashamed. "Sorry daddy, we couldn't help ourselves. We wanted to spar a bit." Iris explained with a cute pout and trembling lips.

Naruto fell for it instantly as he scratched the back of his head. "It's ok girls, I'm not mad it's fine. Let's just read you guys a bed time story alright." Naruto said sheepishly as he wanted to cheer Iris up. "Oh I know… how about you read us a scary story." Chaos suggested as her eyes lit up in excitement.

"Really? You guys want a scary story tonight?" Naruto questioned as he reached over and picked up a book with orange and black coloring and designs which was a major point in his book. The medium sized book had a deformed scary looking pumpkin on the front of it and the title read: [Scary Stories for Halloween]. "You love this book to much Chaos? I've never heard of Halloween before sweetie. Where do they celebrate this holiday and didn't you tell me it's at the end of October?" Naruto questioned as he opened the book and the pages where a worn out tan color and the words were written in an evil archaic cursive scripture to add to the scary vibe of the book.

"Yep it's supposed to be on October 31st Dada." Chaos chirped back in response. "You do realize it's July right?" Naruto questioned with a raised eyebrow. Chaos giggled in response to this as she spoke up. "Well it may be July for us but out there somewhere it's October for someone and they could be celebrating Halloween. So why not read a scary story tonight." Chaos said with childlike wonder sparkling in her eyes and voice. She looked and sounded very much like a child right now which was refreshing considering her personality.

"Well ok if you insist." Naruto chuckled as he couldn't turn Chaos down after she got so passionate like that. Chaos presented Naruto with this book one day a long time ago back when he was still teaching them how to read and ever since then Chaos would insist that he read her a story from the book every once in a while. She never told him where she found it from or who gave it to her, the only thing she said is that she got it from an amphibian which was extremely strange to Naruto, but the childlike wonder that would light up in her eyes every time Naruto would mention the book was enough to ease Naruto's worry. If it made her happy then it really didn't matter. Naruto was positive that this book was somehow magical since the book wasn't that thick yet whenever he flips through the pages they would not stop turning and would go on a never ending loop. The only way to reach the end of the book would be to turn it over and open it from the back end.

Iris rolled her eyes but a gentle smile was on her face as she looked at her sister with warmth in her eyes. She considered reprimanding her sister for her choice of words and the particular subject she was speaking of but Iris decided to let it go. She was far too tired to put up a fuss and she just wanted to spend the last few moments of peace with her family. She could sense a dark storm on the horizon and she didn't like it one bit.

Naruto looked over at another book on the small shelf next to the bed and he couldn't help but be drawn to it. Iris herself presented Naruto with this book the same day Chaos showed up with her book. The only difference was Iris never insisted that Naruto read this book to her, mostly on the account that Naruto couldn't open the book. It was sealed shut with a lock and key just like expensive Journals and Diaries. Naruto obviously didn't have the key and Iris never once mentioned having one so the book has remained sealed for years. She never said she got it from some amphibian or any other ridiculous excuse like Chaos. When asked Iris's response was to give her father a teasing coy look as her eyes flashed an emerald green. Back then Naruto didn't understand what the changing of her eye color meant. It was still very much a new concept to him at the time but as of now he knows this book is somehow tied to Sōkyoku in some way.

"Oh that book ok… you know I don't know who made this book. Where did you say you found this Iris?" Naruto asked as he picked up a pure white book with blue and gold accents designs around it. On the front cover the title read: [The Savior].

Both Iris and Chaos shared a look with each other before they started to giggle.


Jutsu Library

1.) Reflect – An Psychic Type Technique that Aria uses. It allows Aria to half the momentum and velocity of any physical object with mass that comes in contact with her barrier that takes the shape of a square or rectangular pane of clear glass. When Aria packs a lot of Psychic Magic into this technique the glass will appear to have a kaleidoscope of rainbow like colors swimming around on the glass's surface. However, the weakness to this technique is that it can't block any attack against it that is not directly physical in nature such as a punch or a falling rock. If it was struck by a bolt of lightning or hit by a ball of flames the shield would break. If any energy based attacks or techniques are used against it, then the barrier will also break.

2.) Psybeam – A psychic type attack that is very powerful. The user concentrates large amounts of Psychic Magic into focus through a medium or object although there is no proof disproving the attack can't be fired from any body part. After concentrating a sufficient amount of Psychic Magic the magic becomes visible in the form of a kaleidoscope of colors from all across the light spectrum. The attack is then fired very quickly in a beam at the target. It is powerful enough to break through barriers and push people or objects back considerable distances. An additional affect that Aria incorporated into the move is that if the beam was to hit the victim in their eyes then the opponent would be rendered not only confused but also with severe damage to their equilibrium.

3.) Psywave – Aria's eyes glow light blue as well as her body. Aria then fires concentric light blue rings of psychic energy from her medallions hanging off of her hair. The shock waves vary in intensity and Aria can choose to send the attack out as a horizontal concentric pulse, a vertical ring like pulse which is her most used variation or as an omnidirectional pulse that hits everything but the amount of damage done is dispersed over the entire sphere of energy.

4.) Sand Coffin – With his ability to control sand, Gaara encases his opponents in a large amount of the special chakra-infused sand kept inside his gourd, immobilizing them. It can be used to suffocate an opponent or in preparation for a deadlier technique, the Sand Waterfall Funeral. This appears to be Gaara's signature technique.

5.) Sand Burial – After wrapping an opponent with sand with either Sand Coffin or Sand Shower, Gaara will cause the sand to implode and crush whatever is within it. According to Gaara, when used to kill a person, the death is so quick that there isn't even time for the victim to feel any pain. The pressure also produces a sizable fountain of blood. Gaara can control the pressure used in the attack, which allows him to either break bones or completely liquefy an opponent.

6.) Aegis – A unique ability that Chaos demonstrates. She creates a light blue shield that has hexagonal shapes as its pattern. The shield is in the shape of a large sphere that increases its diameter and can encompass anything Chaos wishes it to.

7.) Artemis – While her wings are manifested Chaos can conjure her tainted flames and target multiple objects or enemies at the same time using her targeting systems. When they fire they are fast, traveling two to three times faster than the fire balls she shoots from her hands. They are smaller and in the shape of bullets. They have a lot of piercing power but a lower amount of explosive power. They are good at intercepting or bombarding targets.

8.) Sand Shower Barrage – A more powerful version of Gaara's Sand Shower. Gaara creates dozens of sand bullets that he uses to attack the enemy in rapid succession.


Author's Note (A/N): This is quite different from normal chapters but it served a purpose. For one no one is safe with Gaara around and his homicidal tendencies. Two it showcases a scene where the girls have to fight on their own without Naruto nearby to help it also ties in Danzō and his meddling. The chapter serves many purposes but I think it came out quite alright.

[Happy Halloween to any who celebrate it. This chapter is for you all. Stay safe everyone.]

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Published: 10/31/2016