Haha I find it ironic that such an important fight will happen on the TWENTIETH chapter!
Let that sink it, TWENTY chapters…..Wow, this story is by far the LONGEST story I've written and let's make our way to THIRTY chapters! ^_^
Now with all that being said, let's get started with Gohan vs Gaara!
The entire room was silent as they anticipated the match ahead.
While the rookies knew little to nothing about the sand shinobi, they couldn't help but notice how unlike the rest of them, sans Team Seven, Gaara's team had come out of the forest of death with no scratches. They knew he wasn't like Gohan but they couldn't help but wonder why….
"So…it's Gohan's turn…." Choji whispered to Shikamaru.
"Yeah…." Shikamaru said as he was curious to see Gohan fight.
"Wow, looks like we get to really see Gohan in action!" Tenten said with excitement in her voice as Neji was silent along with Lee, both remembering their losses against the Half-Saiyan.
"Gohan…" Hinata thought as she clenched her fists together tight.
"So…looks like it's me against Gaara…" Gohan said as Naruto pat his shoulder.
"Good luck, man! I'm sure you'll beat that insomniac looking freak!" Naruto grinned.
"Yeah I'm sure you can take him." Sasuke agreed.
"Thanks guys." Gohan smiled as while he was confident he could hold his own against Gaara, what concerned him was making sure he didn't accidently blow away everyone carelessly.
However Gohan shook these thoughts out of his head before jumping below with perfect acrobatics and gymnastics.
"Show off." Sasuke rolled his eyes with slight irritation.
"That Gaara guy really gives me the creeps though…" Sakura muttered as said red head was grinning manically. No one would fill him with so much excitement as Gohan is right now.
"Mother…..I hope you like his blood….." Gaara grinned before disappearing in a blur of sand as his sister and sensei were left unnerved, although being creeped out with Gaara was nothing new with them.
"Baki…" Temari turned to her jonin as he shook his head.
"If worse comes to worse we'll just leave." Baki said.
"But…" Temari tried to argue. Despite her rocky relationship filled with death threats from Gaara on a near day to day basis, she still cared for Gaara as a big sister would towards their little brother.
Baki however cut off
As Gohan and Gaara met each other on the floor, Hayate soon touched down.
"When you're ready, begin!" Hayate ordered before jumping back.
Gohan, deciding to make the first move, leapt at Gaara with a fist before a cork from the gourd on his back nearly hit him in the head, making Gohan jump back.
"What the?" Gohan asked as Gaara's lips curved upwards.
"Well? If you're coming, come on." Gaara practically ordered.
Gohan all but obliged with Gaara's words before charging at him before his hand suddenly collided with sand, coming from the gourd from Gaara's back.
"What the!?" Gohan thought as he jumped back as the spectators looked on with shock.
"Huh….sand huh?" Naruto observed.
"But how?" Sakura asked as Kakashi was silent.
"I wonder how Gohan will fare here…." Choji said as Gohan decided to fire a ball of Ki at Gaara who was able to make a clone of sand that absorbed the hit.
"Huh….Sand Clones…." Gohan mused.
"Sand Clones?" Naruto asked.
"Well Zabuza was able to use Water Clones so we shouldn't really be surprised." Sasuke shrugged.
"Let's see how you get out of this one, Gohan." Kakashi thought.
"Well this can't last forever!" Gohan thought as he fired blast after blast at Gaara who would summon sand clone after sand clone to absorb the blow.
"Alright then…." Gohan thought before fazing out of existence.
Before anyone could react, Gaara was sent flying back with a fist to his jaw.
"So fast!" Shikamaru and Choji yelled.
"Yes!" Naruto cheered.
Gaara slowly got back up only to reveal something both shocking and disturbing…
His jawline was slowly falling off like glass before he it came apart again.
"Okay….Creepy…" Sakura grimaced as Gohan had a similar repulsed expression.
"Nah….I've seen freakier things on Namek." Gohan shook his head.
However…much to everyone's disgust, Gaara slowly raised his head with a crazed expression, reminding Gohan of when Vegeta and Frieza went insane.
"Mother…I'm so sorry….until now the blood has been insufficient but now….." Gaara muttered before the look in his eye suddenly changed.
"NOW I WILL FEED YOU DELICIOUS BLOOD!" Gaara yelled as sand surrounded Gohan from all angles as Gohan managed to dodge all of the sand coming at him before Gaara made what appeared to be a sphere from the sand.
"Hey! Keep your eyes forward!" Gaara mocked as Gohan barely had enough time to react before the spear was sent flying straight at him.
Not wanting to damage the place, Gohan took the brunt of the attack, however because of him having his guard down, it grazed his cheek as he jumped back.
Although Gohan was relatively fine, his cheek now had a cut that was bleeding.
"Whoa…he's snapped…" Lee muttered as Neji couldn't stop the smirk on his face.
"That's what Gohan gets for letting his guard down." Neji smugly thought.
"Just…what's with him!?" Gohan thought in slight frustration before Gaara slowly put his fingers together before the sand around him started to surround him before he was enclosed in a sphere.
"What the hell?" Sakura thought.
"It seems the sand's more than just for filling his gourd…." Asuma thought with narrowed eyes.
"Just…what is he?" Kurenai thought.
As Gohan had similar thoughts as the jonin in the room, Gaara muttered incoherent speech in his sphere that no one who was within earshot could understand.
Well everyone except the son of a powerful Saiyan.
"What the heck? Oh Gaara's more than definitely cracked…" Gohan muttered before he decided to make sure this end.
"I've gotta end this before Gaara could potentially harm all the innocent bystanders." Gohan vowed internally before charging up an ability he didn't use often.
"Okay…..I know I never really used this technique before but I've seen Mister Piccolo use it so hopefully it won't be too shabby!" Gohan thought before he charged it.
"What's Gohan doing?" Tenten asked.
"Who knows?" Lee shrugged as he was just as confused.
As Gohan charged his mentor's technique up, he was able to catch a glimpse into the sandy sphere that Gaara was in before he saw something that unnerved him deeply;
A sandy paw that reminded him of a Great Ape in addition to a yellow star shaped eye.
"Okay, here goes nothing!" Gohan thought before he let his technique go.
"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" Gohan yelled before firing it point blank throught the sphere, breaking it entirely.
However…it also ended up going through Gaara's left shoulder as a result.
"GAARA!" Temari yelled.
"Holy shit, did you see that!?" Naruto asked amazed at Gohan's ability.
"Gah, Gohan can just do anything it seems." Sasuke growled in slight jealousy as he crossed his arms. What the hell made him so special?
"Man, talk about overkill!" Choji whistled.
"N-no way!" Hinata exclaimed.
As the sand sphere started crumbling down, Gaara's shoulder leaked blood which he held before looked at the crimson liquid with curiosity.
"B…blood?" Gaara asked.
"I….I'm bleeding?" Gaara asked as his curiousity turned into horror.
"I'M BLEEDING!" Gaara yelled as his sand suddenly surrounded him, much to the shock of everyone present.
"Hey, what's going on?" Gohan asked as he jumped back, wanting to avoid sand as what looked to be a sandy like appendage slowly formed itself to Gaara's arm.
"What on earth?" Hiruzen asked.
"Lord Hokage?" Anko asked as she was ready to go down and stop the match before he held a hand.
"Wait, Anko." Hiruzen said as he was curious about this new development before his eyes widened.
"Wait, don't tell me…" Hiruzen thought as Gaara slowly let a scream of pure insanity.
"SON GOHAN! YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE EVER DRAWN BLOOD FROM ME! YOUR BLOOD WILL BE PERFECT FOR MOTHER!" Gaara yelled before he fired what looked like sand bullets at Gohan.
"Gohan, look out!" Sakura yelled as Gohan didn't need to be told twice as he jumped out of the way.
"Running away!? How sad!" Gaara yelled before firing wind blast after wind blast after the half-Saiyan.
The Son of Goku soon hid himself behind the statue of the giant handseal.
"Okay….I need to think of a way to stop him without blowing away everyone…." Gohan thought as the last thing he wanted to do was be responsible for the deaths of everyone present by blasting them from oblivion.
Gaara noticed Gohan was hiding and smirked.
"Come out, come out Son Gohan! Do I frighten you!? TO LIVE….I MUST KILL! AND YOU ARE MY PREY!" Gaara yelled as his yellow eye seemingly glimmered.
"Man this guy is nuts!" Naruto yelled.
"No kidding!" Sakura agreed.
"Not going to come out? Well then….Let's see how you like me attacking your precious friends!" Gaara yelled before firing wind blasts at Team Seven, much to the shock.
"Damn it!" Gohan yelled as he came out of hiding before firing a Larger Ki Blast at the blast, disintegrating it.
However….before Gohan realized anything, his entire legs were covered in sand.
"What the?" Gohan asked.
"You fell for it! For that you will die!" Gaara yelled as Gohan was now up to his waistline.
"Gohan!" Naruto yelled as he had to be held back by Kakashi from intervening.
"Naruto calm down!" Kakashi scolded his student.
"But…." Naruto tried to argue as Gohan was now up to his neck in sand.
"So what're you going to do with this? Suffocate me?"Gohan asked as Gaara smiled.
"Yes!" Gaara smiled gleefully before Gohan was fully enclosed in the sand.
Although Gohan was calm through these proceedings.
"Guess now's a time that ever." Gohan thought.
"Sand Coffin!" Gaara thought as Gohan was lifted into the sky.
"Sand B-"Gaara was about to bury the boy, a golden aura suddenly filled the sand before Gohan was free from his sandy prison.
"What the?" Gaara nearly fell back as Gohan's hair was blonde as his eyes were teal.
"W….whoa…." Naruto stammered as Sasuke had no words for Gohan's new appearance.
Yes, Son Gohan had become a Super Saiyan.
For all the people wondering when Gohan would become a Super Saiyan, there ya go! XD
I figured I was killing all you guys with not having Gohan as a Super Saiyan so I figured what better time than ever than against Gaara! XD
Now I hope the startup to this fight was enjoyable for you guys as I believed making the fight just one chapter would be less enjoyable and you guys can be EVEN MORE excited for the next part!
Now I know Gohan never used the Special Beam Cannon in the actual series but in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Future Gohan used it and I found it kinda lame if Piccolo never taught it to his favorite pupil and so...yeah, he has the Special Beam Cannon in my story XP
Okay with all that being said, look forward to Chapter 21 coming December 20th! Right before Christmas to boot!
And with that being said, wish me look with finals coming soon and I'll see you lovely readers soon! ^_^
