Death Battle! Chapter 46: Gaara VS Crocodile
Harry: Anime the extensive style of Japanese television and movies. Thousands of characters have been produced. However, the fan favorites would have to be the ones that control the very Earth beneath them.
DAM: We're talking about Gaara of the Desert, the Fifth Kazekage.
The Doctor: And Crocodile the Desert King, arch-nemesis of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Harry: He's The Doctor, that over there is DAM and I'm Harry.
DAM: And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a, Death Battle!
Harry: Gaara of the Desert is the short, skinny, pale stick of kid. Despite his appearances he's one of the deadliest Shinobi in the Naruto verse.
DAM: As he was brought into this world, Gaara's father thought it was the best idea to put a demon inside his son's stomach. The beast was Shukaku which gave Gaara complete control over sand.
The Doctor: Gaara was eventually kicked out of his village and forced to live a life of loneliness and despair. Afterwards he enlisted in The Academy where he honed his Ninja skills and control of sand.
Harry: Gaara's skills with sand and combat prowess allowed him to graduate the Academy when he was only 12 years old. He's bested Rock Lee and Sasuke in combat. Held up a falling meteorite with his sand and even stopped a bomb powerful enough to destroy an entire village.
DAM: His sand is also living sand meaning it can act all on its own and continuously attack threats against Gaara without any commands and without taking away from his own Chakra.
The Doctor: After losing Shukaku he still pretained his powerful Chakra and control over sand. He achieved the rank of Kazekage at 15. Defeated his Father, Gengetsu Hozuki and five of Madara Uchiha's clones. And became the Regimental Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Forth Great Shinobi World War.
Harry: Unfortunately even with his impressive powers he has plenty of weaknesses. His sand armor takes up large amounts of his own Chakra and can weaken him instantaneously if used too much. His mother is also a great weakness, making him very emotional. He's also a recovering insomniac. Not to mention powerful forces can withstand and even break through his absolute defense.
DAM: Despite his shortcomings, literally, Gaara is a beast in combat. If you piss him off don't bother running you're already dead.
"You have the same eyes as I do... the eyes, filled with hatred and death, that long for strength... just like mine... your eyes tell me how badly you with to kill the one who put you through the hell called... loneliness."
Gaara:
Age: 19
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 112 lbs.
Weapons and Abilities:
Johyo rope dart
Sand Gourd
Gold Dust
Sealing Tag
Ninjutsu
Sand Manipulation
Body Flicker Technique
Blocking Technique Absorption Seal
Jutsu:
Armor of Sand
Shield of Sand
Third Eye
Desert Suspension
Desert Wave
Sand Binding Coffin
Sand Binding Prison
Sand Clone
Sand Hail
Sand Drizzle
Sand Shuriken
Feats:
Graduated The Academy when he was twelve
Achieved the rank of Kazekage at 15
Held up and repelled a falling meteorite with his sand
Stopped Deidara's C3 bomb
Bested Rock Lee and Sasuke in combat
Defeated his Father, Gengetsu Hozuki, and five Madara clones
Became the Regimental Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Forth Great Shinobi World War
Sand is living sand can attack on its own and thinks on its own
Weaknesses:
Sand armor takes up large amounts of his own Chakra
His mother
Recovering insomniac
Emotional
Powerful forces can withstand and break through his absolute defense
Formerly needed a link to Shukaku to tap into the full extent of his powers
Harry: Harry: Sir Crocodile is the former president of the mysterious criminal organization known as Baroque Works. His main goals were simply power, espionage, money, and anarchy.
DAM: Standing just under eight feet four inches tall. Crocodile is a gargantuan man, but that isn't important. What is important, is what he's eaten. After ingesting the Suna Suna no Mi devil fruit. Crocodile has complete control over sand. He can create, control and even transform his own body into sand.
The Doctor: Crocodile also wears and wields a golden hook, a massive gauntlet that conceals a poisonous hook within.
Harry: Being able to control sand Crocodile can do a wide variety of techniques and attacks. His standard attacks are the desert spada, desert girasole, sables, barjan, ground death and the desert encierro. His other attacks range from the destructive desert la spada and the devastating all-powerful desert grande espada.
DAM: Crocodile is a genius, he's a brilliant business manager, criminal mastermind and expert tactician. With his sand body he's virtually deathless and has near nigh-invulnerability. He's Defeated Luffy as least twice. Had it not been for some interference from his friends he would've killed him on multiple occasions.
The Doctor: He's sabotaged Nefertari Cobra's reputation as king, tanked countless lethal blows, is capable of conjuring so much sand it explodes like a small hydrogen bomb. And most impressively he can dry anything with a simple touch. Villages, cities, buildings even people aren't safe from his touch.
Harry: Like any guy made of sand, Crocodile has weaknesses. For one his Devil Fruit related weaknesses of water and other liquids which can render him immobile. He has yet to defeated the pirates he seeks to destroy, has been defeated constantly and is susceptible to injuries despite healing factor.
"Wake up princess, I'm tired of your useless ideals. It's gotten pathetic. What good are your happy ideals if you can't do anything to make them a reality? They're nothing but dreams, and your dreams don't stand a chance."
Crocodile:
Age: 44 (Debut) 46 (Timeskip)
Height: 8'4"
Weight: 380 lbs.
Weapons and Abilities:
Golden Hook, poisonous hook concealed within
Immense Strength & Durability
Can create, control and transform into Sand
Suna Suna no Mi
Desert Spada
Desert Girasole
Barjan
Sables
Ground Secco
Ground Death
Desert Encierro
Sables: Pesado
Desert la Spada
Desert Grande Espada
Feats:
Genius-level Intellect; brilliant business man/criminal mastermind, expert tactician.
Near nigh-invulnerability
Virtually deathless
Defeated Luffy. Twice.
Sabotaged Nefertari Cobra's reputation
Tanked countless lethal blows
Can conjure so much sand it explodes like a small hydrogen bomb
Can dry anything with a simple touch. Villages, cities, buildings even people.
Weaknesses:
Devil Fruit related weaknesses
Water/liquids can render him immobile
Never defeated the pirates he sought to destroy
Constantly defeated
Susceptible to injuries despite healing factor
Harry: All right the combatants are set, its time to end this debate once and for all.
DAM: Its time for a DEATH BATTLE!
Gaara is seen standing in the center of an abandoned destroyed village with his arms crossed and eyes closed slowly breathing and meditating. His clothes flapping with the wind. The sand behind him began to spin around rapidly in a circle generating a small tornado. Crocodile emerging from this before hovering down back to the ground.
"This is sacred ground, you're trespassing. Leave!" Gaara muttered.
Crocodile laughs cracking his wrist, "Stand aside lad. Or I'll gut you with my hook."
Gaara looked over his shoulder reaching into his jacket producing a Johyo rope dart. He spun around quickly tossing Johyo at Crocodile sticking into his chest. Crocodile growled in anger absorbing the johyo and shooting it back at Gaara from his palm. Gaara's sand creating a last second defense. As the sand descended into his gourd Crocodile was already on top of him kneeing him in the chest. Gaara fumbled backwards landing on his hands and knees.
"(*growls*) I'll kill you for that!"
Crocodile looked down upon his far shorter foe, "Remember this face boy, it'll be last thing you see before I rip that precious head from your body."
The two enter a fighting stance as the camera pans around them and zooms out.
FIGHT!
Crocodile raises his hand conjuring a cluster of sand, stabbing it into the ground a large crack moving towards Gaara in a zigzag pattern. Gaara calmly jumped into the air dodging this attack and teleported landing safely on his feet. Gaara preformed his signature chakra stance raining sand balls from the sky. Crocodile's body began to slowly dissipate. Only to rebuild itself, annoyed at Gaara's attacks. Crocodile whipped his hand behind his head shouting, sables, he threw a small tornado of sand Gaara that quickly grew into an even larger tornado. Gaara put arms in front of his face blocking his eyes from the rocks and grain tossed into his eyes. As he did this his sand enveloped him and formed a strong barrier surrounding him. Crocodile laughed at this and charged the sand ball jumping into the air and landing before the shield of sand. Swinging his arm with all his strength a massive stream of sand extending from his wrist. His attack had no effect on the shield of sand surrounding Gaara. His attack breaking upon contact. Crocodile stepped backwards in awe of what just happened. A small hole appearing from Gaara's sand ball. Large sand streams flying out of it continuously. Crocodile was left defenseless as the attacks pierced his clothing and passed through his body. His wounds healing instantaneously. Crocodile placed his hands on the ground and began to absorb the sand. The surrounding area going dry. Crocodile laughed as he continued to suck the ground dry slowly approaching Gaara's shielding. Gaara jumped out from his protective barrier tossing it towards Crocodile completely missing him. Realizing his attack was unstoppable Gaara punched the ground and placed a one leg down, kneeling as he flew into the air standing on desert platform. He stood up and hovered around Crocodile who looked up at Gaara astonished by his quick reflexes. Crocodile cracked a sinister smile the ground around him shaking violently. Before releasing the sand he just absorbed creating an expansive explosion of sand. Gaara's sand moved in front of him prepared to defend him. Unfortunately the blast was too much for it to handle and Gaara was sent flying across the horizon.
Gaara stood up shaking his head as Crocodile approached him running as fast as his hulking figure would allow him. Crocodile throwing another sables attack at Gaara taking him off guard and knocking him down to the ground. Gaara jumped onto his feet and sprang to action, shouting, "Sand Binding Coffin!" raising a hand towards Crocodile. Crocodile stopped suddenly in mid-charge as sand wrapped around his feet. He struggled to break free as Gaara laughed, the sand completely enveloping Crocodile's body. Gaara lifted Crocodile into the air his sand armor cracking as he closed his hand boasting, "Desert Funeral!" crushing his opponent. Crocodile screamed in agony before his screams finally ceased. Gaara turned away from Crocodile muttering, "It is done."
His victory was cut short as the sand behind him began to vibrate Crocodile's mangled body breaking free from his burial. Before Gaara could think about anything his sand attacked Crocodile immediately. Crocodile sending streams of sand into the air, only to have them reflected by Gaara's sand. Gaara turned his attention towards Crocodile. Who was forced to run across the barren lands dodging Gaara's sand. The sand wrapped around Crocodile's neck as he leaped high into the air. Snagging on his throat and pulling him back down to Earth. Crocodile slowly rising thinking to himself, this kid is far more powerful than I thought. I have to end this now! Crocodile turned towards his opponent holding his hook in his hand. Placing his palm on the blade and removing it revealing its poisonous nature. Gaara glared at his enemy as Crocodile swung his arm in front of his unleashing his barjan technique. As the crescent-shaped stream of sand neared him Gaara raised both of his hands. His sand slamming into the ground in front of him separating the attack and sending both halves flying behind him. As the sand cleared Crocodile swung his hook hand bringing hit down onto Gaara's skull. His arm stopping just before him the blade barely slicing the tip of a single strand of Gaara's hair. Crocodile's crooked smile turned to absolute fear and panic as Gaara's emotionless eyes pierced through his own. Gaara placing a hand on Crocodile's chest throwing him back with a quick sand blast. Gaara lifted his hands into the air his sand surrounding Crocodile creating dozens of sand clones. Crocodile was unable to act fast enough as the clones attacked him all at once. Tossing him around like a ragdoll, Gaara watched as his clones pummeled Crocodile with relative ease. Growing angrier by the minute Crocodile found his energy to fight back punching, kicking and blasting every passing sand clone. Only to have another replace the one he'd destroy. Frustrated beyond comprehension he roared as the sand surrounding him exploded from the ground. Resulting in another explosion of sand Gaara's sand clones were instantaneously destroyed by this attack. While Gaara simply created a sand barrier in front of him.
Gaara looked around the battlefield looking for his opponent, Crocodile appearing in front of him. Before Gaara could react Crocodile kneed him in the stomach sending him flying backwards. Gaara rolled onto his back landing on his hands and knees. Looking up at his towering foe, Crocodile laughed as he held his hook by his side. Gaara's sand shot out of his gourd and slammed Crocodile into the ground. The former Shichbukai enduring his continuous punishment laughing with every passing blow. Finally striking back with his desert spada, the wall of sand stream rolling towards Gaara. His sand protecting him from this attack.
"You're growing tired boy. How much longer can you last?" taunted Crocodile as he attacking with two more desert spadas
Determined to finally finish the fight Gaara created a massive spear of sand and threw it towards Crocodile at blinding speeds. Crocodile had no time to react as the sand-spear pierced his chest. He screamed in pain while grabbing the blade in his body trying to absorb it. Upon realizing he couldn't Gaara smiled raising a single hand at Crocodile the his sand wrapping around Crocodile's arms and abdomen. Crocodile continued to scream as he was slowly pulled towards Gaara. He struggled to break free from his grasp swinging his hook all over the place. Gaara cracked an evil-sinister looking smile Crocodile's eyes going wide as he was sucked into Gaara's sand gourd his last few screams echoing from within the gourd before finally going silent. Gaara's clothes floated in the air with wind. "You're mine now. Your mind and soul are gone. Your powers are mine to control. Don't bother trying to escape. My sand is more powerful than anything in the world."
K.O.!
DAM: Oh man now we've got One Piece fans to worry about. Add that to the list of haters.
Harry: In what might be the closest duel in death battle history. Gaara emerged victorious. For many reasons. Number one Crocodile has relied multiple times on his creative genius and immense power. While Gaara seemingly relied on greater defensive capabilities and uncanny control over sand. Reason two, both could last a long time in the battle. Gaara's armor does take up large amounts of his own Chakra however he's fought in more dangerous battles with Sasuke, his Father and Madara's clones. When Crocodile struggles to kill just one kid. Finally comparing there powers and control over sand. Gaara has stopped a bomb powerful enough to level an entire city and held up a falling meteorite. This meteorite was approximately twice as large as the largest meteorite that ever struck the Earth. So Gaara's sand is strong enough to lift 140 tons. And tough enough to survive blasts similar to that of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While Crocodile can conjure so much sand it levels a large area like a small hydrogen bomb. A single hydrogen bomb is over 200 million times more destructive than the Hiroshima bombs however, Crocodile has never shown anything on that kind of level, so his final output it approximately ten times less than that of the Hiroshima bombings.
The Doctor: One last note. They were both nearly impossible to kill. Gaara had one method of permanently defeating Crocodile. With his gourd sand and power of his mother Gaara could easily absorb Crocodile who would eventually try absorbing Gaara's own sand. However Gaara makes that impossible to do with his blocking technique absorption seal. No matter how you look at it. Crocodile's larger frame, control over sand and power stood little chance against Gaara's absolute defense, all-powerful sand control and his mother.
DAM: Crocodile made one horrid mistake, and that is you don't f**k with mama bear.
Harry: The Winner is Gaara.
The Doctor: Next Time on Death Battle!
Next Time on Death Battle:
A small group of thugs blindly shoot their machine guns, each being cut down one-by-one until only one remains. As he surveys the area, a short man in a yellow-blue-black spandex suit runs him through his chest with six metallic claws. Wolverine smells the air and turns towards the source of foot steeps. A white-haired middle aged man approaching him a sword sling over his shoulder.
"Who the hell are you!?" Wolverine questioned.
"I'm the guy who's gonna end your reign of terror here." Dante replied.
"Are you now? Let's get this over with bub!" Wolverine boasted.
"Fool! Do you really think you're a match for my powers!?" Dante said as he produced his sword. Wolverine approaching him with his claws at the ready.
"Don't get your panties in a wad playboy!" Wolverine quipped.
As he said that Dante rushed him and slashing him across the chest before kicking him onto his back. Wolverine stood up his wounds healing instantaneously. "Lousy choice bub. Now you've got me angry!"