Chapter 3
MONSTER OF THE SAND VS THE FOX OF THE LEAF
Previously:
"Anyway let the match between Naruto Uzumaki and Sabaku no Gaara…."
"BEGIN!"
Now:
As the two competitors stood facing each other the stadium become quiet again. Suddenly Gaara's guard exploded and the plug that was holding the sand went sailing toward Naruto who easily caught it. Naruto had to act quickly because after the plug came the sand that was kept in the guard. Gaara started to act homicidal again as he screamed
"Come Uzumaki mother wants your blood!"
Naruto kept dogging the sand with his impressive leg strength and he was doing well so far but then all of a sudden he was surrounded by sand and it was closing in fast. Everyone in the stands were at the edge of there seats as our favorite hero was about to be crushed by the sand of the Suna ninja. But to the surprise of everyone Naruto only smirked
"No thanks…despite everything...I still want to live to Prove everyone wrong!"
And with than announced Naruto's legs started to glow and he made quick start up run and then jumped and kicked with both of his legs towards the approaching sand. With fast kicks he bursts through the sand while yelling
"Premier Hachis (First-Rate Mincemeat)"
When he landed he saw that Gaara as well as the audience where stunned by his performance.
[Stands]
"Did…Naruto…san just kick trough… the sand"
Asked the now newly arrived Rock Lee. The only answer he got where nods because everyone was to surprised at what just happened. The sensei of the rookies where stunned yet again because this was the supposed dead last of the class yet he was outclassing every one from his and the previous class.
[Kage booth]
Both the kage and the two sannin were astounded by the way Naruto was handling himself. Orochimaru was also surprised yet again at how much Naruto had improved yet again. He was thinking of having him as a subordinate or even a member of his personal guard the sound four. He just needed a bargaining chip to get him on his side. Sarutobi on the other hand was happy for his sergeant grandson. Even if Naruto didn't have a perfect childhood (or a dissent one) he had fully embraced the will of fire that he himself believed in. The aged Hokage still wanted to know who thought him but he could rest a little easier knowing that Naruto was still the same Naruto at hart. Jiraiya was also speechless because here he saw his godson who just a year ago was running around in a kill me orange jump suit and screaming that his going to be Hokage but now was a shinobi that his parents where proud of.
[Arena floor]
Gaara got out of his shock and he started to act even more homostadial then before (if that's even possible)
"Yes Uzumaki you're strong and when I kill you it will prove my existence."
Naruto in response just smiled and said
"You fight for yourself but I fight for my precious people… so let see which belief is stronger."
With that said Naruto got into a horse stance and gripped the white blade that was on his waist…
[Stands]
Everyone was nervous because they did not know what Naruto was planning to do with the sword as it seemed it would do little to no damage against the thick sand. Tenten the teammate of Neji and Lee decided voiced it
"Is he crazy?!... He will die before makes a dent in that thing… or worse he will break that beautiful sword (A/N come on its Tenten you know she would say that because she carry's more weapons then the US army… also don't be offend because its not meant to be offensive its just true. Also did you know that the Us army could cut there military budget by 80% and still have the largest military budget in the world…OK I will stop now before you kill me for making you learn…alson not bashing tenten she is cool)"
Everyone around her sweat dropped and edged away from her. Anko who herd her was worried because although she didn't know the gaki, he had a similar life as her after Orochimaru left her.
"Hey gaki have some faith in the other gaki or else he really won't make it."
Tenten looked at Anko and nodded then turned back to the match.
[Arena floor]
Naruto was still smiling lazily and then spoken
"Let me show you that these swords are not just for show"
Gaara just laughs even harder and puts up his sands next to him so that it swirls around him
"Try it Uzumaki you shall fail like all the others the green freak could not do it and you will fail just as he did. No sword has ever cut my sand and it never will."
Naruto placed the sheathed sword upright and started to listen to the breathing of Gaara but everyone else he seemed to be just standing there. Gaara got annoyed and attacked but just before the sand was about to reach Naruto he disappeared then appeared behind Gaara and he was putting the sharp blade back in its sheath. When he fully sheathed the sword with a loud click he spoke
"Ittoryu Iai: Shishi Sonson (One Sword Style: Lion's Song)"
As he spoke this Gaara's chest exploded in a shower of blood and fell to one knee as blood drips from his chest
"What is this…whose blood is this…it's my blood…ITS MY BLOOD!?"
Gaara started to scream and the sand in his guard exploded and it started to cover half of his body so that it covered the wound as well as his right arm and half of his face as whell as a tail grew out of the bottom part of the guard so that it resembled a raccoon.
[Competitors box]
Temari got scared for her brother and herself because he was starting to release Shukaku but she could do nothing because the Kazakage her father and she used that term loosely had said to wait for some unknown rezone.
[Stands]
Everyone was watching the battle intensely as it was bordering on the absurd as the supposed dead last was doing something that not many can say they have done. He was facing a jinchuuriki and was so far faring pretty well but the stakes just got bigger as the host was tapping into the power of the beast he was holding within. The sensei minus Kakashi who was still too weak where preparing to jump in at first sight of Naruto's life being endangered.
[Kage booth]
Hirzuen and Jiraiya where now worried as they didn't know if Naruto will make it trough this match without intervention.
"Hey sensei should I interfere… the kid doesn't know how to access the Kyuubi's chakra and he may die if we don't stop it."
But the kage just shook his head
"No Jiraiya we have to have fate in Naruto or else he will never be abele to win his match…We will step in when Naruto is unconscious or else he will never forgive us as this is his battle to fight… win or lose he has to do it alone."
Jiraiya nodded and looked back at the match
[Arena floor]
Naruto watched as Gaara became more and more like the beast he held. All of a sudden a fist of sand exploded under him and punched him so hard that he spat out blood and sent him flying but before he could get too far the same hand grabbed him by the leg and repeatedly started to slam him in to the ground. He was slammed so hard that he started to create a crater while he could hear Gaara's insane laughter. When Gaara got tired of slamming him into the ground he started to drag him across the area wall and then slam him into said wall. As the audience watched this happen even the civilians who hated him were sorry for him because even he did not deserve this.
With one final move the giant hand hurled the body of the Uzumaki at the wall where he impacted it and created a giant spider web. The whole stadium was silent and time seemed to stop as our hero slowly started to peal of the wall and plummet to the cold unforgiving ground. When he hit the ground they saw that his body had cuts all over and his jacket was totally destroyed. But what couth there eye was his arms that appeared to have metal under the skin.
[Stands]
Everyone was silent…many of the girls including Ino, Hinata and even Tenten started to cry but all that was silenced by the cry of one Anko Mitarashi
"Get up Naruto beat that bastard like you said you will prove everyone wrong so get of your ass and do it"
Her best friend Kurenai Yūhi put a hand on her shoulder and when Anko looked at her she just shook her head and was about to speak when they heard someone yell
"Look!"
[Arena floor]
As Naruto lay face down he knew that he was stupid for letting his guard down and he paid for it. He was in a lot of pain but he could still fight he just need some time for his healing factor to kick in. As he waited he turned his head to see who was crying and when he saw that many women where crying for him he smiled because he saw that there was still hope for him here and that people can change. Then he heard Anko calling for him to stand up and kick Gaara's ass. He again smiled at the support she showed him even though they didn't know each other. With that thought he put both of his palms in a position so that he could push himself of the ground and he started to do so. When he got to his knees he heard a lot of gasps. But when everyone saw him stand up they started to cheer even do he had blood running down his face (think Zoro when he took the hit for Luffy from Kuma).
"Well now that you did your best I will show you what I can do…you saw what I can do with one sword let me show you what I can do with three."
Everyone was looking at him like his crazy but were surprised when he put the white baled in his mouth and the other two in his hands. As he got in a stance his swords crossed across his chest and he disappeared yet again and appeared behind Gaara while the whole stadium heard his voice
"Oni Giri (demon slash)"
Three slashes suddenly appeared simultaneously on Gaara's body blood again spilling from the wound as he fell over and hit the ground.
[Stands]
Everyone was astounded by the comeback that Naruto had made and even more by the sword style he had used. Then everybody started to cheer for Naruto and screaming his name. Anko smiled at the blond who had managed to sway the crowed to his side.
[Kage booth]
Orochimaru was surprised that Naruto could pick himself up from that but even more so that he could mount an offence against Gaara's ultimate defiance. Now he definitely wanted him at his side now all he had to do is figure out how. Sarutobi was happy that Naruto had somehow managed to get past this obstacle but his train of thought was interrupted by a large explosion of sand that started combine into a shape of a giant raccoon and Gaara himself was at the top of his head fast asleep. They were wondering what was going on until they heard the thing speak
"YEAH BABE I'M FINALLY FREE!...NOW WHO SHOULD I KILL FIRST"
As the beast said that he looked down and saw Naruto who was looking at him with determination.
Shukaku smiled evilly and spoke
"AAH YOU WILL BE MY FIRST KILL IN A LONG TIME HAHAHA… NOW STAND STILL SO I CAN KILL YOU"
As he said that he swung his massive arm and it hit the ground where Naruto was previously. As the dust cloud lifted he saw that he did not flatten his opponent but he was very much alive and was standing on his hand with an amused smile.
"Your slow that was even slower than Sakura and that's saying something"
This seemed to enrage the beast as it swung its massive hand and started to try to throw Naruto off of him and he succeeded only for him to land on the area wall. As they stood there looking at each other Naruto saw soothing and voiced it
"You can only get out if Gaara is asleep otherwise your locked away but that means that Gaara can't sleep at all…that's sad I can't even last twenty-four hours without sleep…but I guess that he'll have to wake up once more…"
With that Naruto jumped onto Skukaku again and started to run up hi left arm. When Shukaku saw this he tried to squash him but Naruto just griped his sword with one hand while using the other he moved in an odd movement and said
"ROOM"
A blue dome appeared covering the entire stadium and while this was happening Naruto swung his sword and just like that Shukakus arm was separated from his shoulder. Naruto kept ruining and was just a couple of steps away from the sleeping Gaara when suddenly a spear of sand appeared and stabbed Naruto in the stomach.
[Stands]
Everyone was in shock at what Naruto had done he had cut of a Bjujis arm and was just about win but then tragedy struck as they saw Naruto get impaled through his stomach and again all hope seemed lost. The blue dome despaired and all of them where watching afraid to even blink… Anko herself was felling a tightening in her chest when she saw Naruto get impaled but for the world she could not know why…
[On top of Shukaku]
Naruto was mere inches away from the sleeping Gaara with the last of his strength he swung his head and head butted Gaara thus waking him up and as he saw Naruto he was shocked that he had managed to awake him. The body of Shukaku started to fall apart
"DAMN I JUST GOT OUT… DAMN YOU BRATTTTT!"
As the body fell apart both competitors fell to the ground and Gaara looked at Naruto to see him lying there staring at him. When Gaara saw the determination in his eyes he felt something he didn't fell in a long time fear and when Naruto started to getting up he yelled
"Stay away… I-I- wil-will not allow for my existence to cease"
Naruto smiled
"You don't get it you are not alone you have a sister and a brother that love you so stop shutting them out and let them in… protect them end never let them go… only then will you be truly strong."
Naruto took a long pause to let it sink in
"If you want a friend then I will be your…however should you harm my precious people I will hunt you down and kill you…but lets not let that happen"
Whit that Naruto smiled at Gaara who to surprise of everyone smiled back
"I would like to be friend Naruto Uzumaki…proctor I forfeit…"
Genma who jumped back onto the Arena floor which was all but destroyed smiled and spoke
"The winner of the first semi final match is Naruto Uzumaki"
When he announced that the crowed exploded in cheers for Naruto and Gaara but it stopped for a short time when Naruto collapsed on the gowned. It quickly returned when the medics came and gave them the Ok that he was all right. As he was carried away Naruto could hear the roar of the crowed and smiled as he did something to improve his standing in the village…
TO BE CONTINUED
Also I would like to know if Naruto should or even can get a curse mark…pls tell me because I don't know if he can get it. This is what I think… he can get it because at the end of the day it's still a seal and seal affect even jinchuuriki but at the same time the curse seal has part of Orochiamru's sole but so could the Kyuubi destroy it?
R&R
See you next time