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"The brat's improved." Kensei grumbled.
"Whaddya expect? For him to lose to that baldy?!" Hiyori asked indignately.
"He is improving at a fast pace." Shinji acknowledged. "Have you tried to teach him kidou?" He asked, looking at Hachi.
"No, I figured to let him adjust to our ways before I tried to teach him anything. I can start after today, if you'd like." Hachi asked, looking at Shinji. At Shinji's nod, he turned his attention to the arena.
"I'm back!" Kuna announced, coming back to the stands. "Naruto won right?!" She asked, staring intently at Naruto walking up.
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Chapter 7
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or Bleach.
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"Okay, now that's over...I give you all the next match. UCHIHA SASUKE VS GAARA!!" Gemna started out to say, but ended up yelling the last part. The crowd, still on high from Naruto's match, exploded with glee and excitement. Several respected members leaned forward excitedly, to see what their Uchiha heir was made up.
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"Keh! They didn't cheer that much for me." Naruto scowled as he watched Sasuke strut down to the arena.
"They didn't cheer for you at all." Shino informed him.
"Thanks Shino. Not like I didn't know that." Naruto snarkily replied, his suprise at hearing him talk being overrode by his annoyance.
"..."
'I'm not gonna hurt him...' Naruto told himself in his mind.
'Keep telling yourself that. You might believe it!' Minato laughed.
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"ROUND 2! SASUKE UCHIHA VS GAARA BEGIN!!"
"Mother will feed on your blood." Gaara informed Sasuke, as a crazy glint entered his eyes. Sasuke's eyes widened briefly, but he said nothing. As soon as Gemna disappeared from his senses, he pulled out three shuriken and flung them at Gaara. He didn't expect them to hit, he just needed to check out what he'd heard from Kakashi.
True to what he learned, not only did Gaara NOT move, but a wall of sand came from his gourd to block them. 'So that's the sand shield huh?' Sasuke thought to himself as the sand reformed itself into a clone of Gaara. Clone Gaara marched towards Sasuke while the real one stood back and glared at him.
Sasuke blinked as he felt the ground come apart under him. He wasn't suprised to see sand coming out at him. He leapt back, and came face to face with Gaara's clone. 'Shit!!' Sasuke thought as he saw the clone reach for his face. He gathered reishi particles in his gloved hand, and thrust it forward. Suna-Gaara and Sasuke's palm met and repelled each other. Gaara's clone was destroyed, and Sasuke ended up being thrown back. He managed throw a smokescreen at Gaara before he landed. 'Will the sand block what he can't see?'
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"He's gotten better." Naruto commented.
"What do you expect?" Shikamaru mumbled, irritatedly.
"What's your problem?" Naruto asked, looking at Shikamaru out of the corner of his eye.
"It's too troublesome to explain."
"Then I don't wanna know."
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Gaara blinked, trying to see through the smoke. He couldn't wait till he got a ahold of Sasuke. Mother'd tear him apart! Gaara grew a sick grin as he thought of it. His sand shifting came to his attention. It moved up to his face and blocked the sole of Sasuke's foot. Gaara didn't miss a beat, sending the sand at Sasuke, who used the sand as a springboard to push himself backward. He then began to backpedal, avoiding the sand spikes. 'I'm getting sick of this!' Sasuke told himself, getting frustrated.
Sasuke looked behind him, to see the trees coming up. 'Damn it! Now this!' Sasuke thought, still backpedaling. Sasuke leaped backward onto the tree and continued climbing it. 'Let's see him get me with the sand now!' Sasuke thought, a familiar smirk showing up on his face.
Gaara simply swiped his hand in Sasuke's direction. A large wave of sand came from the ground and tore apart the tree Sasuke had been climbing. 'Shoulda seen that coming.' Sasuke thought, a sweatdrop forming on his head. Sasuke's smirk disappeared as he fell towards the sand waiting below. 'Shit!' Sasuke thought, flashing through handseals. "Katon! Goukakyuu no jutsu!" Sasuke whispered, spitting out a small stream of fire. He used the flame he'd spat out to manuever himself out of the way. He landed far off from Gaara. He glared at Gaara, as his eyes bled red. 'That's it. I'm through.'
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"He's getting his ass kicked!!" Naruto ground out, glaring down at the match.
"Man, you're an idiot." Shikamaru uttered. At Naruto's glare, he continued talking. "He JUST activated his sharingan. He was obviously testing Gaara, and now he's serious."
Naruto blinked, realizing that Shikamaru was right. How'd he miss that?
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Sasuke sped forward, smirking to himself. He'd see how he did with his sharingan first, then he'd bring out his secret weapon. He zigzagged his way out of the way of the sand trying to pierce him and slowed down just a bit. He changed tactics and suddenly turned on his side and slammed into Gaara.
Gaara grunted, not expecting to be hit, OR to be tackled.
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Naruto, and everyone else's jaw dropped as they saw Sasuke pull off a Naruto-esque move.
"Holy crap...you're contagious." Shikamaru said. Naruto sweatdropped at the remark, but didn't bother to deny it.
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"I knew spending so much time with Naruto would do something to Sasuke-kun." Ino muttered, shaking her head. Sakura was kind of embarassed seeing Sasuke doing this, but happy as well. That proved to her that Sasuke's been changing. Maybe the curse mark was a thing of the past afterall.
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Gaara pulled himself upwards just to get punched back down by Sasuke. Gaara recovered quicker than expected, but Sasuke's sharigan saw it coming. He leapt backwards to avoid the sand that erupted from Gaara. Sasuke had been about to strike him again, but the look in Gaara's eye stopped him. The crazy look Gaara had been wearing before, was nothing compared to the enraged crazed look he wore now. "Enough..." He growled, as his voice shifted to a deeper souding growl.
"What...the...?" Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw and FELT Gaara start to change.
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"That's not G-Gaara's demon" Temari whispered to Kankuro.
"I know! This isn't part of the plan!! What do we do now?!" Kankuro whispered back frantically. Shino, who'd been standing close to them, overhead everything. 'Plan?'
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Naruto had also overheard, and was rapidly discussing with Minato.
'Demon?! That's reiatsu he's emmiting!! The hell?'
'How the hell would I know?! Maybe he's like you!!'
'He still needs something to affect it!!'
'I think his seal's weaker than yours. He's obviously unstable.' Byakko added, joining in the conversation. She glared at the incredulous looks she got from Naruto and Minato in their mindscape. 'What?! I DO pay attention you know!'
Naruto and Minato didn't bother to reply to that. Now that they thought about, Gaara did seem a bit unstable. If he was like Naruto, it'd explain why he seemed to hate everybody. He'd think about Byakko's observation's later.
'He's getting a hollow mask already...that's not fair!'
'Life sucks that way. You get used to it.'
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'This is just like Naruto!!' Sasuke thought as he watched Gaara in morbid fascination. His eyes slowly turned yellow, and gained star like pupils. He watched as a white mask grew over his face. It looked like a basic skull, with two little horns sticking out from the sides. Gaara let out a roar as the mask fully formed.
"Heeheeheehee..." Gaara cackled as he pulled a katana out of nowhere. Sasuke didn't even bother to hold back anymore. He held his hand and gathered reishi into is hand.
Gaara, and the rest of the crowd watched, fascinated as Sasuke materialized a pure white blade of energy from the palm of his hand. He held it in a ready position, and glared at Gaara.
"Let's go."
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'Now's the time to initiate the plan.' The cloaked nin thought. He flashed through handseals, and intiated his genjustu.
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A random civilian smiled down at the match. Not only was Sasuke doing jutsu's he'd never even heard of, but the other guy was starting to transform like the Uzumaki brat!
He didn't notice the fact that focusing on the match was getting more and more difficult. Before long, he was out like a light with the rest of the crowd.
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Sarutobi hadn't been expecting the sudden genjutsu, and slowly turned to face the Kazekage. He found the Kazekage staring right back at him, with a dark glint in his eyes.
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An explosion rang outside the village as a multiple large snakes appeared outside the village. They proceeded to smash and damage the walls as they slithered in the village, bringing destruction along their paths.
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"Cell A Above! Cell B below...Protect the lords and Nobles!" An Anbu squad captain called out as he leapt forward. The squad wasn't that suprised to see two sand shinobi leap out, kunai's drawn. Without missing a beat, two of the Anbu pulled out a kunai, and tore the two shinobi completely in half. Not slowing down their pace, they were drawn by the smoke bomb that had suddenly exploded in front of them.
All present was shocked to see the two Kages erupt from the smoke. It appeared that the Kazekage had the Sandaime in a headlock, with a kunai at his throat. They landed on the roof of the building they had been lounging in earlier. Four anbu appeared at each corner and tore off their cloaks and masks, revealing themselves to be Sound shinobi.
"Do it." The kazekage whispered, seeing the other anbu trying to reach him.
"Ninja art: Shishienjin!" Four voices cried out as they formed handseals.
A large purple barrier seemed to appear from each corner, blocking the kage from all angles. The anbu didn't realize it had been an barrier, until one anbu rammed it and lit on fire. "It's a barrier..." One anbu stated, landing next to the burnt one.
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Down in the stands, four shinobi leapt up to join the lone anbu concentrating on the jutsu.
"So he's the one who performed the genjustu..." Nameless shinobi A said, glaring down at him.
"So it would appear..." Nameless shinobi B answered.
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"So there was a ninth traitor."
"Sheesh."
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"I never imagined Sand would betray Konoha..." The Sandaime spoke up from the Kazekage's grip.
"Treaties are merely smokescreens to lull the other party into relaxing their guard." The Kazekage chuckled darkly.
"Are you inciting war?!"
"Indeed."
"Let us avoid violence and instead reach a settlement through negotiation...Lord Kazekage. There is still time for that..." Sarutobi tried to reason with the Kazekage.
"Ho ho...Old age's made you feeble-minded...Sensei!!" Sarutobi's eye's widened at the unconsidered prospect.
"You..."
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Sasuke hadn't been too suprised to see Temari and Kankuro jump down to join Gaara. He was a little shocked to see their sensei hop down and join them, but that hadn't been too shocking. He WAS shocked too see the proctor appear in front of him, like he needed protecting!
"Shouldn't you fighting Sound shinobi?" Sasuke asked the proctor, whose name he'd forgotten.
The proctor didn't answer, but merely watched as the three tried to talk to Gaara.
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"Where am I...?" Gaara asked as he looked around. Usually when he came to his mindscape, there was nothing but sand. But it was startingly blank. Where's mother...?"
"You call that thing your mother? And I'M the twisted one?" A voice came from behind Gaara. Gaara turned around, and saw...himself? This one was gray though, and had piercing yellow eyes. Gaara blinked, staring at the gray Gaara. Gray Gaara eventually sighed, tired of the silence. "You're a quiet one huh? That sucks. By the way, your 'mother' is over there." Gray Gaara pointed over in some general direction, gesturing towards a dark area that gave off creepy vibes.
"I might as well explain. You know how you have a demon inside ya and all?" At Gaara's nod he continued. "Well, you're even more twisted than ya thought!! Your seal was fault at best, useless at worst, I corrected the imbalance, for the most part, and I've been sitting in here for 13 years, listenin to that demon's crap."
"If you've been there the whole time...WHY HAVEN'T YOU STOPPED HIM?!" Gaara yelled. He did NOT like the fact that all his suffering at night could have been avoided if this...THING had done something.
Gray Gaara shrugged. "Shukaku was here first, and had dominance. He would've kept it too, if that Uchiha hadn't sent bursts of his reishi into your sand. That allowed me to wrestle control from the shukaku. I'm in charge now!" Gray Gaara cried out, laughing. Gaara had no idea what he was talking about, until he remembered his sand clone exploding from it's palm meeting with Sasuke's. "Here's the deal. I'll do all the fights, and you can do all the boring crap. And you get to sleep. So everyone wins, right? The name's Sin by the way."
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"What is this?! What are we supposed to do now?!" Kankuro asked, turning to Baki.
"I'm calling it off!" Baki ordered. "Take Gaara and withdraw from now."
"What about you Sensei?!" Temari asked.
"Damn..." Kankuro muttered as he wondered how to grab Gaara.
"I'm going to help fight."
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"Don't even think about it." Naruto cautioned as he hopped down next to Sasuke.
"Think about what?" Sasuke asked as he scowled at Naruto.
"Trying to fight him now. He's out of your league." Naruto answered calmly as he stared at Gaara. He couldn't for the life of him figure out how he ended up with hollow abilities as well.
"What's going on?!" Sasuke yelled, waving his sword around.
"The hell if I know. I do know it has something to do with Orochimaru, right?" Gemna answered, and asked Baki.
"Who knows...? Let's just amp things up a bit, shall we?
Gaara suddenly let out a howl as his mask fully formed. He completely ignored everyone and leapt over the stadiums. Sasuke growled. No way was he letting Gaara quit their match! He leapt off in hot pursuit.
"That idiot!!" Naruto hissed as he followed Sasuke, hoping nothing too horrible would happen.
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'Sasuke? Naruto?' Kakashi thought as he watched Sasuke and Naruto climb over the arena walls.
"Gaara wasn't of any use huh?" The Kazekage whispered in Sarutobi's ears.
"I see...so that's your plan."
"Your foolishness has stalled, perhaps even stagnated Konoha. It's my victory."
"I thought I taught you not to count your chickens before they hatched..." Here Sarutobi paused to let the 'Kazekage' peel off his face.
"Orochimaru. I thought this day would eventually come. However...my head won't come off as easily!" Sarutobi growled as his eyes flashed dangerously.
"I thought I warned you to hurry up and name a fifth Hokage...because the Third...is going to die right here..." Orochimaru grinned, licking his kunai.
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So what sort of fellow is this Orochimaru?"
"He was formerly the third Hokage's student." Ibiki answered.
"How did he end up a rogue shinobi?"
"He wanted to be the Yondaime. When he didn't get it, he left."
"A grudge?"
"Most likely."
"Reporting in ! Giant snakes have appeared in the vicinity of the East Gate! Following them, roughly a hundred Sand shinobi have infiltrated the village!" A Bandana wearing shinobi yelled as he came towards Ibiki.
"Order all shinobi patrolling that area to converge on the scene!! Alert the commander of the East Gate sentry box!!"
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"It's quite a crowd..." Kakashi admitted, glancing down at the growing group of shinobi converging around the lone anbu.
"That's not all. There's something even worse. Look over toward the roof of the central viewing tower." Gai stated.
Kakashi looked at the tower, and was shocked to see a rectangular barrier surrounding the roof. "That's a barrier ninjutsu...!" Kakashi stated, drawing the attention of Sakura, who had been slowly pulling herself upwards.
'What's going on?!'
"Kakashi! Look closer in the barrier!!"
Kakashi focused, and noticed what Gai was talking about. "Orochimaru!!"
Sakura snapped to attention at hearing the name. She remembered the crazy man...lady...whatever the hell it was! She glanced down at the stands, and noticed that Sasuke was gone from the arena. 'Where's Sasuke?' If she strained her energy sensing, she could feel him moving away from her pretty quickly. Sakura was so focused on that, she didn't notice the two sound shinobi leaping at her.
Kakashi leap on the chairs in front of Sakura and launched a kunai in the side of both of the heads. "Sakura, I'd lay there for a little while, if I were you." Kakashi said, eye smiling at her.
Kakashi and Gai then rushed forward to take out as many sound and sand shinobi as they could.
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Sarutobi was shocked to see a tear coming out of Orochimaru's eyes.
"Are you that overjoyed...?"
Sarutobi's attention then shifted down to the kunai that had suddenly started to drift towards his neck. He was only a little suprised to see Orochimaru drive the kunai into the palm of his own hand. "Do you actually possess some regret at the thought of killing your teacher?"
"Nah, just a bit sleepy...some tears welled up when I yawned. That's all." Orochimaru answered, rubbing his eyes.
"I know you're not a man to be moved by hatred...you have neither motives nor purpose." Sarutobi stated as Orochimaru pulled away from him.
"Hm...I do have a purpose...to put it simply...I enjoy watching moving objects. It's boring when things stand still don't you think?" Orochimaru paused to pull off his hat.
"A motionless pinwheel isn't worth watching...then again, when it's stopped, it can be sometimes sentimental too..."
"Either way...I want to make the pinwheel spin with the destruction of Konoha right now..."
"You haven't changed a bit..." Sarutobi replied, smirking at Orochimaru.
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"Sakura!!"
Sakura looked up to see Kakashi back up on the chairs he'd been standing on before. Undo the genjutsu on Shikamaru and Tenten and wake them up!! Tenten's a little further down the stands." Kakashi ordered.
"I've got a mission for you three."
"What kind of mission?" Sakura asked, peering around at the fights around her.
"An A-ranked one, the likes of which you haven't seen since Nami no kuni!!"
"What do you want us to do?!" Sakura asked, already inching down to where Kakashi had told her that Tenten had been.
"Sasuke and Naruto are pursuing Gaara and the other Sand ninja."
"What?!"
"Undo the genjutsu on Tenten and Shikamaru...then chase after them."
"Why not wake up Ino and Chouji too...?"
"Too large a group will be spotted easily. Didn't you learn that at the academy?"
"Who's the fourth?" Sakura asked, ignoring the question.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!" Kakashi placed his palms down on the back of the civillian. With a poof of smoke, a small pug appeared, staring at Kakashi.
"Pakkun will track them for you!!"
"Our fourth...is this little doggie?!" Sakura was shocked when the dog hopped up in her face. "Don't you call me a 'cute little doggie'!"
"I didn't call you cute!!" Sakura growled back.
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Sarutobi lost his smirk as he pulled off his robes. He revealed himself wearing a skin tight battle suit.
"You anticipated your own last moments eh...? I've been waiting for this..." Orochimaru grinned as he pulled off his own robes, revealling his own battle costume.
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"Hey hey! It's starting!"
"Time to erect the inner barrier as well."
"Exactly!"
"..."
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"Doesn't look easy to escape from..."
"Of course not. Besides you wouldn't want anyone to interfere and get in our way would you?!"
Sarutobi and Orochimaru stood there for a moment, glaring at each other. At the same time, Sarutobi and Orochimaru leapt at each other. Sarutobi flashed through handseals after he threw a shuriken at Orochimaru. Orochimaru flashed through his own handseals as well, his smirk never leaving his face.
'Kage Shuriken no jutsu!' Sarutobi thought, as his shuriken multiplied from one, into many.
Orochimaru had stopped running and clapped his hands together. 'Kuchiyose: EdoTensei!!' "One!!" He cried out as he pulled out a coffin.
'He's using them as a shield! Could he really be using those spirits...?'
"Two!!"
'I MUST prevent him from raising the third, no matter what!!'
"Three!!"
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Yo, I would have updated sooner, but...school's a very terrible place. Well here's chapter seven, obviously. I like to think the chapter's are getting longer, but the documents here keep proving me wrong each time...--
You people know the drill! Leave reviews! tell me what ya think!!