Hey there people. This is chapter eight. My first big battle. I make alot of these later. You also get alot of info about the plot in the next chapter, along with one of my funnier jokes in the story. I hope you keep reviewing, and reading. God I love you guys.
I dont own Naruto
Junichi was rather uncomfortable. He had gotten her to calm down. It was a lucky move he had no real confidence in, but it had worked. She had immediately stopped being mad at him. He said some optimistic words, pretended to believe her, and walked off. As far as he knew, he was out of the blaze, and it was all pie from here on out.
The truth was, he would never stop hating his father, and killing him would be the only thing that could make him feel better. He knew that he was only being a whiny little kid about it, but he didn't care. A real man wouldn't have hated so intensely. A real man would have just kept on trying to make the best of each day. Junichi hated the real man's way of doing things.
They trudged on, well into the sand country now. The endless dunes rose and fell with nothing but sand as far as the unaided eye could see. The rest of the trip would be this way. Uneventful. Boring. Junichi only had his notebook and had eventually started practicing with his Hitae-ate jutsu. Ayane's theory turned out to be workable, but extremely hard. Time after time, Junichi was forced to sit down and look for an easier way, but could find none. So, with leaden legs and he got up and , time and time again, practiced the same jutsu.
After another week of traveling, they came at last to the hidden sand, in all its weather beaten glory. Their first stop was to an inn, where they all had to share one room due to lack of money. Serious rules were put up however, as to the lines of the girl's side and the guy's side…it was an interesting experience to say the least.
The next day the went straight to the kazekage's office to receive they're immediate orders. It took them long enough just to get through the village and then they had to be examined by the guards at the office. It was an impressive building, compared to the other ones at least. It seemed less cracked and worn down than the others. Once they were done with security, they walked into the kazekage's office and he showed that he was less than happy with the team that had been sent.
"This is a genin team!" he yelled "Has Kohona stooped so low as to start sending teams of children out now?"
Junichi and Saotome were slightly pissed off at the comment but made no reply and let Kanoe speak.
"Kazekage-sama," Kanoe started, trying to sound as convincing as possible "We can understand why you would be upset, but these are no ordinary genin. If you wish, you may put us to a test to prove our worth. I can guarantee that we'll be able to pass it"
The Kazekage considered for a second. It wasn't a bad idea. He just didn't know what test to give them. Sandstorms? Too easy…a battle against…
"Allright" Kazekage said, finally making up his mind "You are to battle Gaara of the desert, if he deems you worthy, you may proceed with you mission"
The entire team turned pale, except for Junichi, who was getting one of his dreams fulfilled by being able to battle the famous Gaara. The only thing that could have made him happier would have been if he had been able to battle Kohona's Naruto, or sharingan Kakashi…Hell, he would have even fought Jiraiya, knowing he would most undoubtedly lose that fight.
The team left graciously, heading to the spot where they were to meet Gaara for their fight. When they got there, they found that Gaara wasn't there and was just now getting word of his order. Kanoe decided to take it upon herself to give her team some helpful advice.
"Allright guys" she started off "Gaara is very dangerous and uses sand to attack, as I'm sure you're all aware. Just use water jutsu's to slow his sand down and don't get yourselves killed. If you find yourself in a tight spot, gather around me or Junichi because both of us can find ways to get through his sand. Saotome, figure out his song as quick as possible and cover Ayane to the best of your abilities. Junichi, you concentrate on defense because you can blast through his sand and I'll go straight for Gaara because my wires are less effective on sand"
Everyone nodded quietly, including Junichi who could find no flaw in the plan. They were using each persons abilities to their advantage and using their knowledge of Gaara's techniques against them.
"Very good plan, but I think it'll take more than that to defeat me" Was all they heard as the red headed vessel of shukaku appeared before them.
"Gaara of the desert…I've been wanting to do this for a long time." Junichi said with a large grin on his face "My only word of advice is to not underestimate us"
They were standing in the desert on the outskirts of the village. The Kohona genin were standing on one side together while the Gaara stood on the other side calmly. Without word Saotome began to put everything he knew about Gaara together on his guitar. The battle plan started to come to him in bits and he told his teammates silently all they would need to know.
Junichi and Kanoe started to rush Gaara from opposite sides at the same time. Sand rose up to meet them as they ran. Junichi simply avoided it, trying not to give away his secret techniques just yet. Kanoe performed several hand seals and with a shout a blast of water shot toward the sand, making it slow down and become heavier. Junichi ran in and threw one of his black fuuma shuriken at Gaara, who's sand shield rose up to meet it. Junichi grinned as he raised up both hands and with a blast of chakra, blew the shield apart causing Gaara's eyes to widen. Kanoe had managed to run around behind Gaara and threw a few explosive kunai at his back. The sand shield automatically rose up to block the attack. Just then Saotome jumped out from under the sand and threw more explosive kunai at him. Gaara lifted a hand and a wall of sand rose up and caught those kunai as well.
Gaara was slightly surprised at how they worked together. The white haired boy was able to blow his sand apart without hand seals and the dark haired boy was able to read his movements, making him an elusive little target. The older jounin was dodging his sand and slowing it down, mostly serving as a decoy and supporting when she could. Her main purpose was to keep the sand occupied. Gaara was still defending with his sand though, and they seemed to be at a stalemate until Gaara started attacking that is. Junichi flew into the air as several spikes rose toward him. He performed a few hand seals in midair and the forehead protectors he had collected stuck to his arm as a shield and he used it to fend off any other spikes or sand blasts that came at him. Kanoe was forced to take out her wires and cut the sand apart slowly in order to keep it from reaching her. Saotome had his guitar out and was playing madly as the sand rose to attack him, but it was just too slow to catch the sloppy guitar player.
The group all stood in front of Gaara. Nothing was working. Junichi wasn't using all of his power but neither was Gaara. Then the gigantic wave of sand rose up over them. The entire team except Junichi cowered back. He stood fast in front of them, gathering as much chakra as he could muster. At the last minute he blasted a gigantic hole in the sand wave, allowing them all to get out safely. Junichi took Ayane and ran at Gaara. As the sand shield started to form, Junichi blasted it away and Ayane threw several explosive kunai at Gaara. Gaara was reforming his shield when the kunai disappeared and suddenly lodged themselves in his back. His eyes widened as they suddenly exploded, causing a large cloud of dust.
The Kohona genin were ready to celebrate when suddenly the sand rose all around them and captured them all. Gaara stood there with his hand outstretched, most of his sand armor gone.
"You did well, but not nearly good enough for the mission you're currently on" He remarked coolly as the pressure began to build up on them "You all need to go back to the basics"
Suddenly, without warning Junichi burst out of his sand prison and landed lightly on the ground, his hair covering his eyes.
"I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation" Junichi said with a creepy tone to his voice "I am Junichi, the most powerful genin in Kohona. I refuse to give up this mission. I will test my superior techniques against you and I will defeat you here on this day. Be on your toes, Gaara of the sand!"
In a sudden burst of chakra, he was gone. Suddenly he appeared in front of Gaara and delivered a quick blow to the face that laid him down flat. Junichi was ready to gloat when the body turned into sand and the ground rose and pierced his stomach. The real Gaara appeared out of the sand in front of him and looked down at him with malice.
"You're techniques are good, and you talk big, but you're nothing more than a simple genin" Gaara said uncaringly as he watched the boy fall to his knees, coughing up blood.
"You…you think that's it?" Junichi stained to say "I must say, it takes more than that to defeat me" at this point he stood up, his eyes glaring with killer intent as he began walking forward "You're good Gaara…but you're sand cant protect you from my ninjutsu. I have slaved, put my blood into everything I've ever done. There is no possible way you can defeat me"
Gaara smirked as he performed a chain of hand seals "SAND DRAGON BLAST" he yelled as three gigantic dragons made of sand rose out of the ground around Junichi.
In a flash, Junichi was running up the backs of the dragons. As they lunged at him, he jumped, causing one to crash and destroy the other. As he landed on the last remaining dragon, it rose further and further into the air. Junichi climbed to the highest point he possibly could before jumping into the air and coming down into a dive straight at Gaara. Slowly his arms started to glow with a blue flame as chakra shot out of his palms as he plummeted down. Gaara called up his sand wall and made it as thick and hard as he knew was possible. Junichi soared down, his body starting to glow blue as he kept drilling away at the sand shell, then with a tremendous impact he landed, causing the sand to blow all over the place.
Without warning, Saotome, Ayane, and Kanoe were released from their sand prisons. Each looked in awe at the gigantic cloud of dust that had formed.
"Is…Is he still…alive?" Ayane managed to stammer with tears in her eyes. She turned to Kanoe "Tell me! Is he dead?"
Kanoe looked just as shocked as anyone. "I don't know Ayane…I don't know if either of them survived that. For all we know that might have been a suicide attack"
"No" Saotome said quite suddenly and firmly "They're both alive, and Junichi's running this way because Gaara has unleashed his shukaku"
Sure enough, Junichi cane barreling out of the dust cloud at full speed. Most of his shirt seemed to be torn up, and scratches and cuts covered his chest, the only major injury he had was the gaping hole in his stomach that still stayed there.
"Quick!" he yelled as he finally reached them "There's not much time! I have a summoning that can beat him down, but I'm running low on chakra from that last attack and I need all of you to lend me yours!"
All three of them nodded in agreement as they started to channel their chakra into him. He took a kunai and gashed his hand, making the blood sacrifice, which seemed a lot more than one would normally need. He then performed the hand seals in quick succession.
"ART OF THE DRAGON SUMMONING" he yelled as a gigantic bolt of lightning erupted from the blood and reached toward the sky. Junichi ran and jumped on it and climbed to the top of the sky with it just in time to see the dust clear, and Shukaku standing right there, with all it's evil glory.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME WITH A MERE BOLT OF LIGHTNING?" The Shukaku bellowed, "YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A PATHETIC HUMAN! WHAT COULD YOU DO TO ME?"
Just then, the lightning bold formed into a green and yellow dragon, which roared mightily, sending shivers up the Shukaku's spine. Junichi stood on top of the dragon's head and directed it at the raccoon demon and with a roar; it turned into a bolt of lightning and shot towards it.
The Shukaku saw the attack coming and swiped at the bolt of lightning. The bolt only wrapped around the hand and then moved up and around its neck, strangling it slowly as it changed back into a dragon. The Shukaku slashed wildly with its free hand and landed a few good blows while the dragon fought back with all its might.
Junichi ran down the dragon's back toward the Shukaku. He could see Gaara's inanimate torso sticking up from the demons head and ran straight for it. As he got into proximity he gathered chakra into his palm and with one final shot, blasted Gaara directly, causing the Shukaku to turn to sand and the dragon to dissapear in a bright flash.
Kanoe led Saotome and Ayane over the dune to see what had happened. Lying in a big crater was Gaara of the sand, and the nameless genius. Slowly, Gaara managed to stand up, as did Junichi. They walked toward each other with bad limps and both were apparently near fainting.
"You…fight…as well as any jounin I've ever met" Gaara panted as they reached each other "You…are definitely…worthy of serving the sand…anytime…in fact, I would be honored…if…you could help to teach me… of your techniques…"
"My techniques…are for anyone to learn…and I will teach…anyone with the passion to learn…" Junichi breathed, a hand over is bleeding stomach. Then he clasped Gaara's hand and held in front of them at eye level. "From now on…we are friends… rivals… and blood brothers… we have fought, and thus, sealed a sacred pact…from this day on…we will compete to best each other always… and we will be forever allies"
"I accept this pact," Gaara said with a rare smile on his face as he fell backwards, unconscious. Junichi only managed to look up at his team and smile warmly at him, as if all his dreams had come true in an instant, when he too, fell down into the sand and slipped into unconsciousness.
Alrighty, that was fun. Next chapter: THE MISSION REVEALED! PEACE OUT!