chpt 8
Gaara scowled as he took a look around the forest. it was a peaceful and serene place, not that he cared. He only wanted a place to train, and this wide expense of trees was perfect...
But as he was training, making a little bit of a mess of the trees, something was blundering towards him. He whipped round, seeing a small puppy, with glinting red eyes, jumping up at him with an almost inhuman speed. The sand barrier tried to intercept, but for some reason it failed, and the thing hit him in the stomach....
---later----
He awoke with a groan, hearing sounds of water splashing nearby. He got up, straggling over towards where he could sense a dark power...he came out in front of the crater, staring at its glow. "What the hell?!!?" he walked towards it, but it was getting stronger now, it could sense someone....
It grew even brighter, twisting up into a snake-like shape. As Gaara stared, it shot towards him. Gaara tried to move back, but he felt frozen..seeing that thing....but mere moments before it got near him, a massive torrent of water struck it, knocking it back.
"What?!" he hissed, looking away from the creature as a figure landed in front of him. "GET AWAY NOW!" the figure yelled. Even though the person had his back to him, Gaara saw he was a leaf shinobi, with two strange white ribbon things curling from his hair to the floor..
He darted back, the thing raced right for the shinobi, but he raised his hands, pressing them together, and another tornado of water rose up from above the trees and hit it back. The moment this was done the shinobi breaks off from the ground, his white ribbons trail behind as he grabs Gaara and makes a swift teleport...
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"what the?!" the Hokage gaped as a tired looking Asuma teleported into his office, holding a kid by the arm. The kid glared furiously at Asuma "get away!" he hissed, and before the Hokage could stop him, a wall of sand slammed the jounin Asuma back against the wall and held him there. "THATS ENOUGH!!" the Hokage yelled "RELEASE HIM!" the kid glares, but reluctantly breaks the sand wall, Asuma collapsing to the ground unconcious, the white ribbons curling around him.
The Third looked from Asuma to the kid, noting the red-haired boy had a tail and little dog ears.. "whats going on?!" the third asked. Gaara glared "i was training when some foolish thing tried to attack me...then i find some crater with soem creature that tries to kill me, then that stupid shinobi shows up starts attacking it..and poff.." he waved a hand haughtily "the moron's dragged me here..."
The Third walked over to Asuma, who was starting to stir. "perhaps, you should look in a mirror child..that was no ordinary 'attack'..." Gaara took a look "WHAT?!? HOW DID THS HAPPEN OLD MAN!?" the Third spoke to Asuma "are you alright? be careful..." he helped Asuma sit, then looked over at gaara "whatever animal attacked you..."
Gaara twitched, wondering how this man knew "its DNA has been 'blended' with you..." he indictaed Asuma, who was still struggling to breath "as one of our jounins here was crossed by a finless porpoise.." Gaara growled "well make it go away! now!" the third sighed "i cannot do that....or dont you think asuma here and about, 3-4 others would be back to normal? we've suffered a great many of these strange accidents, your not the only one..."
Gaara's hands clenched, and he glared at the idiot who'd saved him. But asuma didnt exactly see the look of utter hatred, as he'd passed out again. The third sighed and did a few seals to summon a medic nin to take them to the hospital. Gaara normally would have objected, calling the old man a liar. But something about about the way the hokage had spoken, coupled wih the evidence of his 'rescvuer' persuaded him not to kill the whole lot of them, which was a very tempting plan....
"Whaat?!" This was the response from Neji, Jiraiya, and a very grouchy Itachi. All three were seated at the ramen place, naruto had, of course, reccomended it. Itachi just shrugged in his usual cold manner at hearing the news that another 'accident' had happened. Neji's ears perked up as heard what the medic nin, on a message from the hokage, described what happened.
"A sand shinobi?" Jiraiya asked. The medic nodded. Jiraiya shrugged "well, this i'd like to see...best be careful though Neji.." Neji nodded resignedly. According to the nin, this latest crossover was a dog. Not good for him.
As the medic nin vanished again, Jiraiya sighed. He needed to find Asuma as well...
Asuma woke in the hospital a few hours later. It felt like a struggle to breathe, and his head pounded painfully. He heard a bell ringign close by as he sat up with a goran. He woke up sharpish when he heard a familiar vocie.
"is he able to get visitors?" this was accompanied by the sound of a bell ringing. He heard the nurse about to turn them away, but he coughed and managed to say "let 'em in!" in a tired, strained voice.
""what happened to you?" Jiraiya asked, as he and neji plopped down on chairs by the bed. Asuma sighed "theer was something in the forest, almost attacked the new accident.." he preceded to describe how hed had to use the water to drive it back. Jiraya seemed surpsired -he does do water jutsus..is this part of his switch?- "..Got us outta there and to the Hokages office and the kid turns round and attacks me..."
Asuma winced at the memory "put it this way, hes even grouchier than itachi is..." "whoa.." Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, and Neji ears gave a cute little twitch, with the standard ::pwip pwip:: noise. Asuma flipped the long ribbons out of his way again, then hopped down from the bed. Jiraiaya was abotu to suggest he lie back down, as he looked kinda pale, when there was the sound of struggling and yelling out in the corridor.
The Sennin, along with the Jounin and Genin, all shot outisde. They saw Gaara trying to shove past the nurses, growling ferociously. The three ran up, and Gaara, smelling the scent of a cat, growled and tried to scratch at poor Neji, who let out a terrified "eep!" and leapt up to cling onto the plumbing which ran over the ceiling.
Asuma tried to pull Gaara away, while Jiraiya coaxed Neji down, but Gaara, seeing the ribbons, pulled one rather hard with a great display of strength, and yanked the jounin aside into the wall as a look of irratance flickered over his face. "yowch! you little-!" asuma growled, as he tried to stand after being flung aside.
The chaos only ended when Jiraiya, being of a much higher rank then the genin gaara, managed to subdue him. "Geez..." he sighed, as the terrified hospital staff took the boy back to his room. The corridor was a mess. Stuff was strewn, some things broken, all over the floor. Neji was still clinging to the plumbing, and Asuma was attempting to break a swearing record by the sounds of it.
"oh boy....wait till the Third hears about this.." Jiraiya sighed, -this is getting more and more bizzare..and if Asuma's story is anything to go by..whatevers out there is going to keep getting stronger. We have to find out a way to stop it..-
He sighed again and returned to trying to coax Neji down from his post on the pipes.....
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Author: w00t! finally finshed, after 3 PC crashes which erased my beloved chapters -cries- ;;, its done. Just in time too, xP Its my birthday tomorrow, whee im excited, im going to a resturant!
Gaara scowled as he took a look around the forest. it was a peaceful and serene place, not that he cared. He only wanted a place to train, and this wide expense of trees was perfect...
But as he was training, making a little bit of a mess of the trees, something was blundering towards him. He whipped round, seeing a small puppy, with glinting red eyes, jumping up at him with an almost inhuman speed. The sand barrier tried to intercept, but for some reason it failed, and the thing hit him in the stomach....
---later----
He awoke with a groan, hearing sounds of water splashing nearby. He got up, straggling over towards where he could sense a dark power...he came out in front of the crater, staring at its glow. "What the hell?!!?" he walked towards it, but it was getting stronger now, it could sense someone....
It grew even brighter, twisting up into a snake-like shape. As Gaara stared, it shot towards him. Gaara tried to move back, but he felt frozen..seeing that thing....but mere moments before it got near him, a massive torrent of water struck it, knocking it back.
"What?!" he hissed, looking away from the creature as a figure landed in front of him. "GET AWAY NOW!" the figure yelled. Even though the person had his back to him, Gaara saw he was a leaf shinobi, with two strange white ribbon things curling from his hair to the floor..
He darted back, the thing raced right for the shinobi, but he raised his hands, pressing them together, and another tornado of water rose up from above the trees and hit it back. The moment this was done the shinobi breaks off from the ground, his white ribbons trail behind as he grabs Gaara and makes a swift teleport...
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"what the?!" the Hokage gaped as a tired looking Asuma teleported into his office, holding a kid by the arm. The kid glared furiously at Asuma "get away!" he hissed, and before the Hokage could stop him, a wall of sand slammed the jounin Asuma back against the wall and held him there. "THATS ENOUGH!!" the Hokage yelled "RELEASE HIM!" the kid glares, but reluctantly breaks the sand wall, Asuma collapsing to the ground unconcious, the white ribbons curling around him.
The Third looked from Asuma to the kid, noting the red-haired boy had a tail and little dog ears.. "whats going on?!" the third asked. Gaara glared "i was training when some foolish thing tried to attack me...then i find some crater with soem creature that tries to kill me, then that stupid shinobi shows up starts attacking it..and poff.." he waved a hand haughtily "the moron's dragged me here..."
The Third walked over to Asuma, who was starting to stir. "perhaps, you should look in a mirror child..that was no ordinary 'attack'..." Gaara took a look "WHAT?!? HOW DID THS HAPPEN OLD MAN!?" the Third spoke to Asuma "are you alright? be careful..." he helped Asuma sit, then looked over at gaara "whatever animal attacked you..."
Gaara twitched, wondering how this man knew "its DNA has been 'blended' with you..." he indictaed Asuma, who was still struggling to breath "as one of our jounins here was crossed by a finless porpoise.." Gaara growled "well make it go away! now!" the third sighed "i cannot do that....or dont you think asuma here and about, 3-4 others would be back to normal? we've suffered a great many of these strange accidents, your not the only one..."
Gaara's hands clenched, and he glared at the idiot who'd saved him. But asuma didnt exactly see the look of utter hatred, as he'd passed out again. The third sighed and did a few seals to summon a medic nin to take them to the hospital. Gaara normally would have objected, calling the old man a liar. But something about about the way the hokage had spoken, coupled wih the evidence of his 'rescvuer' persuaded him not to kill the whole lot of them, which was a very tempting plan....
"Whaat?!" This was the response from Neji, Jiraiya, and a very grouchy Itachi. All three were seated at the ramen place, naruto had, of course, reccomended it. Itachi just shrugged in his usual cold manner at hearing the news that another 'accident' had happened. Neji's ears perked up as heard what the medic nin, on a message from the hokage, described what happened.
"A sand shinobi?" Jiraiya asked. The medic nodded. Jiraiya shrugged "well, this i'd like to see...best be careful though Neji.." Neji nodded resignedly. According to the nin, this latest crossover was a dog. Not good for him.
As the medic nin vanished again, Jiraiya sighed. He needed to find Asuma as well...
Asuma woke in the hospital a few hours later. It felt like a struggle to breathe, and his head pounded painfully. He heard a bell ringign close by as he sat up with a goran. He woke up sharpish when he heard a familiar vocie.
"is he able to get visitors?" this was accompanied by the sound of a bell ringing. He heard the nurse about to turn them away, but he coughed and managed to say "let 'em in!" in a tired, strained voice.
""what happened to you?" Jiraiya asked, as he and neji plopped down on chairs by the bed. Asuma sighed "theer was something in the forest, almost attacked the new accident.." he preceded to describe how hed had to use the water to drive it back. Jiraya seemed surpsired -he does do water jutsus..is this part of his switch?- "..Got us outta there and to the Hokages office and the kid turns round and attacks me..."
Asuma winced at the memory "put it this way, hes even grouchier than itachi is..." "whoa.." Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, and Neji ears gave a cute little twitch, with the standard ::pwip pwip:: noise. Asuma flipped the long ribbons out of his way again, then hopped down from the bed. Jiraiaya was abotu to suggest he lie back down, as he looked kinda pale, when there was the sound of struggling and yelling out in the corridor.
The Sennin, along with the Jounin and Genin, all shot outisde. They saw Gaara trying to shove past the nurses, growling ferociously. The three ran up, and Gaara, smelling the scent of a cat, growled and tried to scratch at poor Neji, who let out a terrified "eep!" and leapt up to cling onto the plumbing which ran over the ceiling.
Asuma tried to pull Gaara away, while Jiraiya coaxed Neji down, but Gaara, seeing the ribbons, pulled one rather hard with a great display of strength, and yanked the jounin aside into the wall as a look of irratance flickered over his face. "yowch! you little-!" asuma growled, as he tried to stand after being flung aside.
The chaos only ended when Jiraiya, being of a much higher rank then the genin gaara, managed to subdue him. "Geez..." he sighed, as the terrified hospital staff took the boy back to his room. The corridor was a mess. Stuff was strewn, some things broken, all over the floor. Neji was still clinging to the plumbing, and Asuma was attempting to break a swearing record by the sounds of it.
"oh boy....wait till the Third hears about this.." Jiraiya sighed, -this is getting more and more bizzare..and if Asuma's story is anything to go by..whatevers out there is going to keep getting stronger. We have to find out a way to stop it..-
He sighed again and returned to trying to coax Neji down from his post on the pipes.....
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Author: w00t! finally finshed, after 3 PC crashes which erased my beloved chapters -cries- ;;, its done. Just in time too, xP Its my birthday tomorrow, whee im excited, im going to a resturant!
