Chapter Nineteen

The Fight Begins pt. 3 Gaara vs. Tetsuomi

Tetsuomi glares at the ninja who was standing a few feet away from him. "Gaara from the Sand Village…I've heard many things about you" The silver haired man stated. Gaara remain quiet as he looked at him but then he spoke.

"So you have…" The red haired spoke. Tetsuomi grinned. "You and I are very similar…we both have that same…insatiable need…need to kill"

"I'm no longer like that…" Gaara stated which was true. The silver haired man scoffed. "Sure you aren't kid…sure you aren't" Tetsuomi gets in his fighting stance.

"I'm ready kid…" He then runs towards Gaara attempting to kick him but Gaara blocks every one of his hits with his sand while just standing still. Tetsuomi jumps back and frowns at Gaara.

"That sand…It's protecting him…I need to move faster if want to get a chance to hit him" Tetsuomi thought as he looked at the sand that was around Gaara. Tetsuomi smirks as he runs towards Gaara in a much faster speed than he was just doing. Gaara's eyes widen in shock as he watched the man disappear in a speed of light.

"His fast…just like those two…even faster" Gaara thought to himself as the man suddenly appeared from behind Gaara. Gaara turned his head slightly to look at him but before he knew it Gaara was knocked across the forest ground and landing into a tree. The silver haired man ran towards the ninja not giving him time to even to recollect himself as he started to punch him in the stomach.

"Not so tough after all are you…Gaara" He smirked as he punched him across the face. Gaara frowned as he looked at the older ninja. "Here I am thinking your the bad ass out your little team that came, thinking that you can put up a fight but you can't even do that…I guess I was better off fighting one of those Hyuuga's" He stated.

Gaara had enough as he looked at the man as he stood up. "Shut-up…" He hissed. Tetsuomi looked at Gaara in shock. "You want me to shut-up…? Whatever" He smirked but the smirk turned into a frown. The man ran towards Gaara and attempting to kick him but Gaara block his kick with his sand. Tetsuomi jumped back away from Gaara. He stared at him for a while making Gaara wonder what he was thinking. Gaara watched as the man tore his gaze from him to the sky.

"What is he doing?" The red head thought as he looked at the man. He then notice only if it was just a brief second Tetsuomi's eyes turned white but before Gaara could give it a second glance his eyes were back to normal. Tetsuomi looked back at Gaara smirking.

"Hum…well let's get this over with" Tetsuomi got into a tiger stance as he looks at Gaara, he then charges towards him in great speed. The older man ran around Gaara and then he stopped and as he stopped there was six Tetsuomi's standing around Gaara.

Gaara frowned. "Now I want to play a little game" They all said. "Let's see can you figure out which is the true Tetsuomi" They all grinned as they all charged towards Gaara.

Before any of them could attack Gaara used his Suna Shuriken and attacked each clone with this attack, but two of his clones dodged the attack and ran towards Gaara. As they were running towards him they started to throw kunai at him but the sand easily protected Gaara.

As they both made they're way towards him Gaara made Suna Bunshin. And as they clone tried to hit Gaara one clone got their foot caught in the sand while the other got his fist stuck in the clone. The Gaara clone grinned in a devious way as he crushed the clones with his sand. Gaara's clone stands there looking around as did the real Gaara. He knew that the real Tetsuomi was hiding somewhere in the trees. He looked up into the trees. Gaara's clone threw a Suna Shuriken up in the tree that was to the left of him.

Gaara heard the sound of a moan pain. He knew that his clone had hit the man. The real Gaara then threw more Suna Shuriken's in that spot. Tetsuomi fell to the ground holding his shoulder where the shuriken's had hit him.

"You're pretty good after all kid…I never knew that you were this strong"

"You just weak that's all" Gaara stated as he looked at the man. The man frowned as he looked at the red head. "Weak…why I ought to…heh your funny kid" Tetsuomi said trying to stop himself from hitting the read head for calling him weak.

"You know kid…I knew that I was going to lose this match…" Gaara thought back to when he saw the man looking up in the sky with white eyes.

"I know you saw…it's called the prodigy eye…I can see into the future with these eyes…I thought for sure that I was going to win but when I saw what is going to happen I knew…I knew that I was going to lose" He looked at Gaara smiling. Gaara said nothing as he looked at the man.

"Well kid I already know what attack you are going to use so come on with it…attack me"

"Why do you want to die? If you already know what I'm doing to do and when why not stop me?"

"Why? That's a good question Gaara. Why do I what to die? Well you see I've done horrible things in my life some things I'm proud of and some that I am not…I am a killer, do you know how I feel when I kill?" Gaara listened to him as he watched Tetsuomi look into the sky.

"I feel free…I feel no one can stop me no one. Each one of us that work with Orochimaru-sama have are own different problems, some worst than others…I am one of the worst ones. I killed my whole village when I was just about your age, became a missing nin at the age of thirteen, I continued killing almost everyday…up until today I've killed over nine hundred people" Gaara looked at him as his eyes widened. Not even he has killed that many people.

"I've done horrible things…I started working for Orochimaru-sama when I was fifteen, I even helped him on the attack of Konoha during the Third Exams when we summoned that snake…I do not deserve to live…not after all the horrible things I have done…so please…attack me with all you got" He looked at Gaara smiling weakly since he was losing so much blood due to the shuriken's that hit him.

It wasn't like Gaara didn't care or anything but he was going to kill this guy even if he didn't ask him to kill him. Gaara did his hand seals as the sand went straight for the man as it wrapped around his whole body. Gaara looked at him once more before crushing his body with his sand.

I've done horrible things…I do not deserve to live

Gaara thought about his words. He too have done horrible things in his pass, but the people that he hurt the most he apologized to them all, Temari and Kankurou, Rock Lee, Naruto and they all forgave him.

"I've turned my back against darkness…I will never look back again…My only path now…is that of the light" Gaara looked up into the sky.

"Only the light…" A small smile appeared on the red head's face as he looked up into the sky.

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Okay I hoped that you liked this chapter. Next fight Neji and Hinata vs. Hoshino. Please leave reviews.