A/N: Hey all reviewers! I'm truly sorry for this super late update. My computer is still having major problems…but let me just get on with the story and reviews back to you guys!
Ryushi: Lol…glad it wasn't sarcasm. But, I guess you'll find out what happens in this chapter. Sorry about the late update…
Kira: Ok! I present to you…the next chapter…enjoy!
Luna Forest: Hehehe…I guess you'll just have to read on to find out. Thanks for your thoughts on my problems too!
Tipg92: Hahaha….I love your words…they tickle me inside!
MazdaKitsune: Oh...ok. Well, everyone gets the message wrong once in a while. But you'll have to read on to see if she is dead or not. Mwahahahahaha. Ha.
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"How ironic!" Damasu laughed. "A girl saving a boy?"
Throwing his head up, Damasu clutched his sides. He laughed, as Gaara glared at him. Continuing to laugh, Damasu then suddenly stopped. His hands fell to his sides, and he stared back at Gaara.
"Or…perhaps you let her die. After all, you kill anyone who's in your way. Poor girl…I could've had fun with her," Damasu said, smiling evilly.
Gaara just continued to glare. He had finally found someone to fight for; something to live for, and now she lay dead, besides him. Calmly, he stood up and glanced at Sunome's unseeing eyes. He had had enough.
He quickly extended his arms, and the sand engulfed two ninjas beside him. With this action, all ninjas ran toward him. Now, Gaara knew he was free to let go of his rage. He first ran away from Sunome's corpse. Even though she was dead, he didn't want any more injuries inflicted upon her. As he jumped into the air, he turned to face the ninjas, and threw four sand shurikens. The shurikens hit each ninjas in the neck. 'Perfect,' Gaara thought. Darting to the left, he felt a ninja nearby. Quickly turning, he turned his sand and the sand crushed the ninja's face. The body slumped and five ninjas jumped toward Gaara. Gaara circled around and the sand whipped the nins, causing them to hit against the walls.
More ninjas came close, and Gaara decided to have a little fun with them. He dodged punches, kicked a nin in the chest, reflected kunais, and punched a couple faces. This continued for minutes, as the seven ninjas desperately tried to hit Gaara. When Gaara grew bored, his sand whipped the ninjas back. Three ninjas were crushed by the sand. Smiling, Gaara went back into position, staring at the pathetic missing nins. He could feel his heart pulsing as more blood was sprayed from the nins bodies. Bodies slumped in front of him as he threw out his sand. Some ninjas had even started to run away from him, he smiling evilly and ran after them. Coming close, his sand entwined the ninjas' legs. He crushed them, causing the three ninjas to fall. Gaara crushed the two ninjas that were nearby. The third one tried to crawl away. Gaara calmly walked in front of the pathetic human. The nin stopped crawling and looked into Gaara's dark eyes.
"Please…mercy. I beg you…let me live," the ninja begged.
But Gaara only glared more.
"Did Sunome have mercy?" Gaara asked.
With that, he crushed the ninja's face. 'Didn't think so,' Gaara thought.
After staring at the dead ninja, Gaara looked around and found no more ninjas. Turning around, he saw one ninja slowly walking away from him. He recognized the ninja as the one who has slapped Sunome. Glaring at the ninja, who was pitifully trying to walk away from him, he remembered the other ninjas who had held Sunome down. Gaara guessed he had killed those ninjas. 'Lucky them to have such a simple death,' Gaara thought. Thrusting his arm out, the sand slithered like a snake and coiled itself around the man's leg. The ninja kicked and slapped at his leg, stupidly thinking that the sand was going to let go. Instead, it tightened, and the ninja fell to the ground. He screamed at the pain, as Gaara commanded the sand to slowly constrict his leg. With a horrible crack, blood trickled out of the nin's leg and the nin fainted. Gaara walked by the sweating nin, giving him a kick in the stomach. The nin then quickly threw a shuriken. Gaara caught it easily and thrust it back on the ninja's left hand. Gaara heard the nin swearing. Kneeling down, he looked into the nin's eyes. He extended his hand to the side, and the sand circled, forming a kunai. Then the sand crawled onto the man, covering everything but his neck and head.
"You shouldn't have slapped her," Gaara said.
With that said, he slowly cut the ninja's neck. Blood spilled onto the sand and the ninja widened his eyes and jerked. The sand then covered the ninja whole, and the cracking of multiple bones were heard.
"Bravo!" Damasu clapped. "You have managed to kill all of my ninjas. Good thing that girl died…she kept you from your abilities…your potential. Now, it's my turn to play."
Damasu threw his Kazekage outfit to the side. Drawing his gun out, he smiled at Gaara. Without a second to waste, he pulled the trigger, but Gaara easily dodged it.
"Oh? Quick on the feet, aren't you?" Damasu said.
Gaara just glared, before running straight at him. Damasu tried to shoot Gaara again, but Gaara darted to the right. He threw three sand shurikens, but Damasu dodged them. Damasu then threw a kunai at Gaara. When Gaara dodged it, Damasu quickly pulled the trigger again. Gaara barely escaped the heated bullet. Soon, the battle became a game of dodge ball. Gaara dodged and Damasu threw the fiery balls. This continued for a long time, and Gaara knew it wasn't going to have an end, unless he changed plans.
Deciding that Damasu was only going to shoot at him, he separated his sand from himself. The sand went to the left and Gaara ran to the right. Both aimed at Damasu. Damasu first tried to shoot at the sand, but the sand dodged his ammunition. He then tried to hit Gaara, who easily dodged it as well. Sweat beaded onto Damasu, as Gaara and his sand grew closer. Suddenly, the sand was close enough and it wrapped itself around the Kazekage. Gaara stopped and slowly walked forward. He shot his arm out, and slowly closed his fist.
"Die…" Gaara whispered.
But Damasu only smiled. As the sand slowly tightened, his skin grew brown, and he collapsed as sand.
Gaara widened his eyes. 'A sand clone?' Gaara thought. 'Even the gun was a clone.' Quickly turning around, he heard the blast of the gun behind him. Then, two things hit him at once. The smile on Damasu's face, and the flaming bullet as it pierced itself into Gaara's head.
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A/N: Ha ha! I love leaving you guys on a cliffhanger. Now you guys have to read the last chapter to find out what happens next. Yup, that's right. Sadly, the next "chappie" is the last.
