Sand Masters
By Copper Thrice
Part 2: Gaara's Mission
Hidden behind a boulder, a red-haired teen with leather armor and a giant gourd on his back, emerged from behind the boulder to continue his assault. He had Marko, the fugitive from the U.S. trapped in his Sand Coffin.
Gaara allowed a ghost of a grin to pass his lips.
"Easy," he thought, "Too easy."
Gaara had received this mission as the final test from his home village's council: The Sand Village Council. It was Gaara's newfound passion to become a Kazekage, or village leader. The Council didn't like the idea to become Kazekage, so they sent him off on dangerous tasks; in hopes that he would not come back alive.
The Council had said that this was Gaara's final task: Accomplish an A-rank mission on his own. The mission was to capture or kill Marko Flint.
"I'll break his arms and legs," Gaara thought, "The people back home wouldn't want a killer for a leader."
Gaara held out his arms to control his sand. "Sand Burial!" he yelled as his focus caused the sand around Marko's arms and legs to compress and…
And go straight through him.
"What the…" Gaara thought, "What's going on?" Then his eyes widened slightly as Marko dissolved into sand particles, and then reassembling a yard away from where Gaara had him trapped.
Gaara grit his teeth and thought, "The Council didn't mention anything like this…"
Marko looked straight at Gaara, eyes full of anger.
The fight had begun