Chapter 19

Please forgive me if I get any facts wrong. I don't have the manga, and I'm too lazy to go watch them somewhere. Just tell me, and I'll try to correct it.

"Tsukiko, did you, did you really?" I asked her.

"Yup, I killed him, totally on purpose."

She slid past me, and listened to the screams – again – for the match of Gaara and Sasuke.

We waited for about five minutes, and much to Temari's and Kankurou's happiness, I continuously left Tsukiko's side to calm a bloodthirsty Gaara.

In an instant, and swirl of leaves picked up, and showed two ninja: Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei.

"Finally," I muttered.

"Well, since Uchiha Sasuke has arrived, will the other opponent please step down?" called the proctor.

Gaara walked coolly down the stairs, and there was more cheering.

I clung to the railing watching the battle progress.

Gaara had pulled up an orb of sand around his body, and Sasuke was still trying to attack him, even though spikes made of sand kept appearing.

And then he got through it using a lightning jutsu His hand was submerged in the sand, and you could hear muffled screams coming out of the sphere.

"Um, why is Gaara screaming?" Tsukiko asked me.

"Well, he's never been hurt before, so I suppose-"

But I never got finished. Everybody's attention was turned toward the ceiling of the arena. Tsukiko and I looked, too. I cleaned my glasses, and looked closer, and saw two men standing there. One in a blue robe, one in a red one.

"The Kazekage and Hokage!" I said, "What are they doing up there?"

But the Kazekage, wasn't the Kazekage. The fake had taken of the triangle hat and was laughing. Four ninja appeared, and produced a rectangular purple shield. We watched as a ninja tried to run through it, but failed.

All of a sudden, a rush of wind shot past me as Temari and Kankurou shot past me, and picked up Gaara. Then a small shower of silver feathers fell from the sky.

I cursed, and dispelled the illusion. Tsukiko, on the other hand, and everyone else in the stands, fell asleep. I teleported out of the stadium's walls, and followed the sand siblings, which were just into the forest.

I slipped in after them, and followed them silently. They didn't know that I was there, which wasn't surprising, since Gaara wasn't conscience. We headed through the trees, going farther and farther into the trees. I had no idea where we were going, and I wasn't sure that they knew, either.

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I kept at a safe distance all through the following, even when getting sidetracked when Shino appeared, forcing Kankurou to stop and fight him.

We stopped for the last time when Sasuke appeared, and Gaara began to wake up.

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