Disclaimer: Naruto, unfortunately, is not mine. The manga/anime series belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
A/N: O.O Holy Crap! I got on to after not being on for like 4 or 5 months! And you wanna know what I found? I have almost 750 Hits for this story! (OoO) I have almost 2,000 hits for my one shot: Closest to It. I just about had a heart attack! I was like Yesh! Heh. Too bad not all of them reviewed.
So yeah sorry about not updating sooner. I've been pretty busy with College. I just started summer session; I love Karate and Japanese class! ^-^
By the way, as a really random note. Have you ever noticed that except and expect are spelled with the same letters but the P and C are switched? I don't know, Just noticed that while I writing this chapter.
Okay…I suppose I should get on with the story now. Here it is, please welcome chapter 4!
"'BOLD AND CAPS MEANS DEMON'"
"'Bold means summons.'"
"'Italics means they're saying it mean'"
*On top of the stadium*
Inside an indiscernible barrier stood three men. The man that was thought to be the Kazekage lifted his hand and grabbed his face. With a small pull, the face fell off to reveal pale skin and slitted yellow eyes. Across from his were the Hokage and Jiraiya.
"Finally, Sensei!" Orochimaru sneered, "Finally I will get to pay you back for picking Namikaze instead of me for Hokage and my dear old teammate will be able to watch!" He laughed eagerly as Sarutobi narrowed his eyes.
"I may not have had the heart to kill you then, but I sure as hell don't have the heart now to let you live!" Sarutobi raged before moving in to attack with his staff.
"I should have done this long ago Orochimaru!" Jiraiya seethed. He formed a swirling ball of Chakra while running at the snake.
"You were always Sensei's Pet weren't you, Jiraiya? " The snake sannin hissed while barely dodging their combined attacks. 'This isn't going to end well if both of them fight together. The old man would be easy by himself but with Jiraiya in the mix…Hmmm, There's no way I can get rid of him without fully taking down the barrier.' The smoke from Jiraiya's attack cleared as Orochimaru laughed louder.
Jiraiya growled when he heard his former teammate laugh.
*With Naruto and Gaara outside of Konoha walls.*
Gaara screamed in anger. 'A toad? He thinks that a toad can defeat me? No matter how big the stupid toad is he'll never win!'
'THAT'S RIGHT! HE'LL BE DEAD SOON! HIS BLOOD WILL BE OURS!' Shukaku howled inside Gaara's mind. 'LET ME OUT! USE THE JUTSU AND LET ME OUT! I WILL KILL HIM MYSELF FOR HIS INSOLENCE!'
Gaara grinned and put his hands into position calling out, "Forced Sleep no Jutsu!" Before closing his eyes and slumping.
Naruto looked around wildly as the ground began to shake. Sand flew towards Gaara forming a demonic Tanuki. Naruto couldn't help but think that Gaara looked like a pimple and failed to contain his chuckles.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU FIND SO FUCKING FUNNY YOU LITTLE BRAT?"
Naruto pulled in his laughs with a shiver from fear. He yelled out rebelliously, "Gaara sticking out like that makes you look like you got a pimple the size of Hokage Mountain!"
"Naruto! Quit fooling around!" Gamabunta scolded the blonde boy. "We don't have time to be taunting like that!"
Naruto huffed and stuck his tongue out at the toad king despite the tension in the air. "I'm just trying to distract him while I think of a way to beat him!" Just then, Naruto's face lit up. Exclaiming "That's it!" Naruto began whispering into Gamabunta's ear. The toad nodded slightly, careful not to throw Naruto off.
Seeing that Gamabunta approved of his plan, Naruto began shifting through hand signs. As he finished his last sign, Naruto noticed the demon in front of him begin the move forward in an attempt to attack. The blonde ninja grinned. 'Just what I needed him to do.'
"RAHHHHHHHHH" The Tanuki demon rushed forward. He was so in to his attack that he failed to notice the blonde grinning.
Naruto breathed in deeply and activated his jutsu. The air stilled for a split second before forming a gigantic tornado spike around Naruto's fisted hands. Pointing his fists toward Gaara, Naruto yelled out, "Now!"
Gamabunta charged at the Sand Tanuki. The tornado around Naruto's hands struck Shukaku practically exploded. The blonde was flung backwards into a tree while Gamabunta popped away. A cloud of dust sprung up where Gaara laid; when the dust subsided Gaara was awake but just barely and his demonic sand lay scattered around him.
"Gah!" Naruto stood up with a grunt. 'Crap, I'm just about out of energy, I hope Gaara gives up. If not there's not much else that I can do.' He thought before subtly limping over to the red head.
"Stop! Don't kill me! I must exist, I must!" Gaara hoarsely yelled. He visibly trembled, though Naruto wasn't sure if it was fear or exhaustion.
"You know, you and me…We're just alike. Except…You didn't have anyone when you were growing up did you? I didn't either…Until I met my precious people." Sympathized Naruto. Gaara looked at him strangely. "I probably would have turned out like you if I hadn't of found them…I would have been consumed by my hate, just like you…I wish that I could take all of that pain away from you…I can't even imagine how it is that you keep from having your heart explode with that much pain…That's why…That's why I fight for them…That's why I keep living, is so that I can make the world better…
"Better to where people don't have to go through that kind of loneliness...To achieve that, I'm going to become Hokage! I'm going to protect my precious people from not only getting injured or killed…But also from the loneliness that I've experienced since the day I was born!" The blond boy cried with a passion that made Gaara gasp.
Sasuke stared in awe at Naruto. 'I had no idea the Dobe was so strong. And what the hell was that jutsu he just did?' The Uchiha listened as Gaara gave into Naruto's was of thinking. Stepping out to where Naruto could see him, he noticed two people jumping down next to Gaara. He hurried to Naruto and got into a defensive stance. Naruto looked at him with evident curiosity. Seeing the two Suna ninjas, he too, got into a defensive stance.
"Temari, Kankuro, stand down and help me up. We're leaving." The blond Suna nin and Puppeteer looked at Gaara with surprise but followed his orders none the less.
As soon as they were gone, Sasuke turned to Naruto. He raised his eyebrow before saying, "You look like shit loser."
"Shut up Bastard! I just got done kicking that guy's ass! What did you expect me to look like? A pretty princess?" Naruto retaliated before remembering the girls. "Gah! Sakura and Ino! I hope they're alright!"
Hurrying over to where he last saw them, he sighed in relief. Even though they were still unconscious they didn't look to be harmed. However, Naruto almost fainted when he saw that Ino was on top of Sakura with her face in between the pinkettes legs and vice versa.
Sasuke took a look at was made Naruto freeze and sighed, 'Dumbass.' He walked over to the girls and pulled Ino onto his shoulder and motioned for Naruto to do the same with Sakura. The blonde boy wiped his nose before picking her up.
"Ne, Sasuke? I wonder if the invasion is still going on."
"I don't know. If it is, we'll take out as many enemy ninja as we can." Sasuke replied calmly.
"Yeah yeah! And they'll definitely have to promote us 'cause we kicked ass!" Naruto cheered.
"Psh, pipe down dobe. There might be enemy ninjas hiding around." Sasuke reprimanded.
They walked slowly back to the stadium slowly, paying close attention to their surroundings. By the time they reached their destination the invasion was over. Bloody bodies were everywhere. Thankfully most of the civilians were already in the Hokage Mountain. Unfortunately, Naruto couldn't take the sight and as soon as Kakashi appeared in front of him and Sasuke, he passed out from both disgust and exhaustion.
"Well, good to see that the two of you are all right." Kakashi gave his usual one eyed grin. "You can tell me how the fight went as soon as we finish the clean up. "
Sasuke grunted as Kakashi picked up Naruto and Sakura. They jumped toward the hospital.
A/N: So there's the chapter I hope you like it. It's over 1,000 words! If anything is wrong with it, don't be afraid to drop me a review or a PM. I highly value constructive criticism.