Chapter 11-Kyuubi and Shukaku: A Bond between Jailors
Sasuke stared up at the arena and smirked as he stood next to Shikamaru who looked completely bored out of his mind. Kakashi who had tried to talk him into being late like him was sitting up with Sakura who was dressed in a tighter and shorter version of her ninja attire. Everything was in place except one thing...Naruto was late. Sasuke looked around once more and sighed, Naruto's match was first and from what he'd heard from Kakashi his match was just as anticipated as his own. Apparently word about his new Bloodline had gotten out and people wanted to see this no name ninja go up against the Hyuga's and find out who was better.
"He won't come he knows he won't win" Neji said arrogantly.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes and scoffed "Look Naruto's a lot of things but he aint a coward, trust me he'll be here" Sasuke nodded but Gemma sighed and bit into his senbon a little harder.
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't get here soon then he'll be disqualified, it's bad enough Dosu from the sound won't be competing anymore" he said and Sasuke looked around once more before sighing. Gemma looked up at the riled up crowd and then lifted his hand "Naruto Uzu-"
"I'm what" Everyone looked up at the top of the arena and Sakura gasped happily, she was beginning to worry that the blonde wouldn't make it. "I was just a little held back, forgot my new clothes" he said as he flipped to land in between Shikamaru and Sasuke.
Sasuke shook his head and then looked at Naruto's new clothes. The blonde had on a orange workout tank and a black sleeveless vest over it, black ninja pants, as well as a bright orange belt with black ninja sandals with a orange trimming. On his hands were metal plated fingerless gloves and he had a bandage mask just like Zabuza but he had kept his head band against his forehead revealing his new eye to the audience.
"You had to make an entrance didn't you?" Shikamaru said smiling lazily at Naruto but then caught sight of the Tattoo lines on his shoulders and gulped as the matched the ones Kitsune had perfectly.
"Oh you know, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, Konoha's number one unpredictable ninja" he said shrugging. Gemma chuckled and then turned to face the audience who were going crazy over Naruto's appearance.
"Everyone stand up straight, and present yourself to the audience" Naruto scanned the audience and when he saw Sakura he smiled at her before scanning along until he saw Kiba who was waving happily why Akamaru barked happily when he saw them. Gemma turned to face them again and cleared his throat "Okay will Neji Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki please remain on the field, the others may wait in the waiting area"
As they all moved off Gaara fixed his gaze on Naruto and then followed his siblings up to the waiting area. Neji gave Naruto a once over before he was caught by his pentingan. Gemma saw Neji staring at Naruto's new eye and then coughed to get his attention, "Okay the rules are the same as the preliminaries, except this time you're not just fighting to get to the next round your fighting to show us if you're ready to be a chunnin"
Naruto nodded and when Gemma signalled the battle to begin the crowd fell silent and Neji smirked "You think that eye is going to help you here: I've got the Byukugan" Naruto nodded and then rushed forward until he was right in front of him and smirked.
'So?" He said before kicking the young Hyuga in the chin sending him flying across the field sending the crowd into a frenzy.
Naruto quickly scanned the field and then smiled when he saw the sun wind and water nearby. That'll work he said before quickly running through three sets of hand signs and slamming his hand on the floor. "Hey Neji" The young Hyuga who had pulled himself from the rubble activated his Byukugan and glared "Do you remember the Jut-su I used on Kiba...well they all grew up"
Neji's eyes went wide as three large wolves appeared behind him, one made from wind with silver fur and hollow eye, one with blue fur and eyes made of water, and an adult version of Kumio. Neji glared as Naruto jumped on top of the wind wolf and smirked "Meet Tidus, Ifrit and Ventus" Neji looked at each wolf and then smirked as they all rushed forward.
Before any of them hit Neji leapt in the air and landed on top of Naruto and use his gentle palm on his chest making the blonde cough up blood.
"I can see each of your wolves, weak points, Ventus is your heart, Ifrit" He said before slamming his hand on his lungs, "Your Lungs and Tidus" he said before smashing his hand into his throat in a move that would normally crush a man's throat "Your throat" all three of Naruto's wolves disappeared howling and Neji smirked and was going to get up when Naruto's hand flew up and gripped his wrist in a death grip, his blue eyes turning red and his pupils thinning into slits.
"SHOW HIM HOW WE FIGHT KIT" Kyuubi snarled.
Naruto smirked revealing his elongated canines and forced Neji to look into his right eye "You fell for my trap" Neji's eyes went wide when he suddenly felt his head go fuzzy "Pentingan Knowledge scan Complete"
Naruto Kicked Neji back and cracked his shoulders before putting his hands in the dragon sign and closed his eyes "Pentingan Wind Path Valor Open: Valor Pentingan Arena " Sasuke's eyes went wide: he knew this Jut-su Naruto had used something like it against the creep who had bit him. Suddenly a large gush of wind blew through the arena and soon it focused into a six pointed Pentagram Neji and Naruto in the middle of it.
"What is this?" Neji hissed as he felt the wind begin to sharpen and get more powerful
"Do you remember when you said my eye couldn't help me...well what can the all Seeing Eye do against an eye of the gods?" Naruto said before rushing forward and kicking Neji into the wind barrier making him scream out.
In a quick defensive manoeuvre Neji used his rotation to get away from the wind and then quickly got into position "8 trigrams...64 palms" he called out before rushing forward and began to hit all of his chakra points "2 Palms, 4 palms, 8 palms, 16 palms, 36 palms, 64 palms" he called out. Naruto flew back against the barrier and coughed up blood and Neji stood up and smirked "Your finished"
But unlike when Neji flew into the barrier the wind let Naruto down to the floor where he got up and cracked his neck in pain "That hurt" Neji's eyes opened in shocked when his opponent quickly ran through hand signs and then the winds seemed to encase him and take the form of Valor. "Ultimate wind defence: Valor Armour Jut-su" Neji glared and just forward only for Naruto to jump into the air and rushed through hand signs again "Sorry Neji I can't let this battle keep going: "Wings Of valour Jut-su" Neji looked in shock as the wind wings on Naruto's armour became solid and started to glow. "Neji, you remember that dive I did on Kiba right?" Neji Nodded and before he could even gasp Naruto swooped down and had him locked to his grip up in the air "Well meet version 2: were you meet the wind arena instead of cement" Naruto then grinned as his wings locked around him and then they began falling deadly fast towards the ground. "Valor death dive Jut-su" He called out before slamming into the ground. A huge dust cloud arose and when it parted Neji was covered in multiple scratches and slashes why Naruto stood next to the large crater without a single cut on him. "That is the power of the Pentingan"
"Winner Naruto Uzumaki" The whole crowd erupted in cheers while the head of the Hyuga family stood in awe of the power Naruto possessed, that boy had managed to find out a way to reopen all of his chakra points after they were all closed.
Kotsue and Izsum stared at Naruto in awe and then both nodded at each other "To be able to work out a way to beat a prodigy in the heat of battle and be able to execute that plan flawlessly without getting injured himself: there is no way he shouldn't be chunnin" Izsum said in awe.
Kiba who was right next to the two chunnin nodded and then smiled down and the kid in the arena who was helping Neji limp to the medics. Good Job Naruto, although I'm a little pissed, and relieved you didn't use that on me.
Jiraiya watched from the top of a building in pride as he watched Naruto get announced as the winner of his match "Good Job Kid"
Sasuke stared down at the field in awe at what he saw, because of Naruto's large power the field now had a large pentagram gorged into the ground. "No way" Sasuke said in shock accidently bumping into Shikamaru and sending flying into the arena. The crowds cheered at what they thought was Shikamaru's great enthusiasm and Gemma merely scratched his head and then motioned for Temari to come down to the field.
"Come on Shikamaru" Sasuke looked over shocked as he saw Naruto standing next to him happily cheering on his fellow leaf Nin. "Beat that Sand princess to a pulp"
The shadow ninja rolled his eyes at Naruto's antics but couldn't help but smile, only the blonde found find fighting a girl easy. Temari smirked when she saw Shikamaru and then had to stop herself from getting angry when she saw him yawn.
"Why do I have a feeling this isn't going to end well" Naruto said as he felt the waves of anger rolling off the sand kunochi.
Shikamaru stared at Temari as she started to attack and let himself get blown into the cover of the trees and then ran through a set of hand signs "Shadow Possession Jut-Su" Temari's eyes went wide in fear and she began jumping back until the shadow just stopped and began to retract. "Damn I missed"
"So 13.5 meters huh, that's an impressive jut-su" she said as she once again swung her giant fan sending the shadow user slamming against the wall against. Naruto watched as Shikamaru entered a meditative pose and then smirked. "This is about to get interesting"
When Shikamaru smirked and took off his jacket and then jumped into the trees, Naruto chuckled when he saw Shikamaru's plan and then noticed where he was sending the sand Kunochi. Sasuke looked at Naruto he was crazy and then shook his head in confusion, sometimes he would never understand who the blonde ninja was. Temari jumped back again when she saw the shadow growing longer and smirked when she got away from it only to be shocked when she found she couldn't move her body anymore.
Shikamaru stood up and shook he head "What is it about kunochi and not watching their surroundings?" Temari looked at the pentagram gorge and noticed that the shadow was connected to a line closer to the shadow boy "All these lines are connect which means my shadow could move freely and easier without any problems from the sun" Shikamaru said as he began to walk forward and brought the sand kunochi with him.
"So what are you gonna do now" Temari practically spat.
Shikamaru turned to the proctor and shrugged "I don't see any way I'm gonna win do you?" Gemma shook his head and called out loudly "Because he is unable to continue on Shikamaru Nara has lost, Temari is the winner"
The crowd cheered because of the great match and Shikamaru walked off towards the stairs, where Naruto was waiting for him with a sick look on his face. "Naruto you ok" the blonde didn't say anything just grabbed his hand and ran forward towards the spectator venue "Naruto what are you doing?"
"Gaara is versing Sasuke next, and I didn't think anything of it till now, but Sakura just gave me a signal and wants to meet with me, and if anyone knows Gaara the best in the whole leaf village it's her" Naruto said hurriedly as he jumped over a metal bar.
"How would Sakura know about the sand ninja the only person they have hung out with was that...no way...Sakura was Lady Sara" Shikamaru growled, and Naruto nodded to the lazy genius
"Yes I sent her there and got her to watch Gaara for me, try to find out what makes him tick and all that, and now she wants to meet right before their match...it can't be good" Shikamaru nodded and tore away from Naruto's grip and began running on his own.
When they reached the entrance to the block where Sakura was sitting it was already too late, Sasuke was already engaged in battle with the sand monster. "Dammit" Naruto gritted out and then raced down to Sakura who looked relieved to see him.
"Naruto stop the match" she said shocking Kakashi who was sitting right next to her 'Gaara doesn't intend on just fighting, Gaara is in this to kill Sasuke" Naruto's eyes went wide and Gai and lee who were sitting in front of the pinkette turned to face her in shock.
"Sakura?" Kakashi asked in confusion and then a loud chirping sound erupted from Sasuke's hand and Naruto saw red and before even Gai could react Naruto punched Kakashi in the face.
'You taught him that, are you insane" He hissed before looking at the orb of sand that Gaara had encased himself in.
"KIT STOP THE MATCH NOW, OR SASUKE WILL DIE" Naruto's eyes widened and he rushed forward, when suddenly feathers fell from the sky, what he thought as Kyuubi flared out his chakra. "IT'S A GEN JUT-SU KIT, I JUST SAVED YOU" Naruto grinned and then was about to jump forward and stop the sand trio from escaping when a masked imposter and several sound ninja appeared in front of him.
"Humph it's just a little kid" One of them said, Naruto sighed and took out his curved kunai and tapped it against his thigh with a wicked smile on his face.
"Yeah but you know what: I'm a little crazy" he said before he engaged the ninja in battle alongside his Jonin senseis.
Kakashi panted as he looked around the carnage, there were no end to the enemy and the fact that they sand trio had gotten away made all his nerves stand on end. So sighing he jumped over until he was by Naruto's side, and noticed that his mask of bandages were speckled with blood, and that his jacket shined a little.
"Naruto I need you to go after Sasuke and the sand ninja" He grunted as he kicked another sound ninja and sent him flying.
Naruto nodded and killed the ninja behind Kakashi and kicked Shikamaru awake and then pulled Sakura until she was standing next to them. "Okay I've got three you got one more"
Kakashi nodded and then summoned a little puppy wearing a headband and a ninja jacket. "Hey what's up?" the dog said.
Kakashi quickly explained the situation and the introduced the puppy as Pakkun and when they looked for an opening Gai punched a sound ninja straight through the wall and then grinned at Naruto who looked confused "Naruto your team leader, Shikamaru is you SIC got it" Kakashi said "Now go" Naruto nodded and the four of them ran off leaving the Jonin to fight.
"Kakashi was it really wise to leave Naruto in charge?" Gai said as he blocked another ninja "He's a great ninja I'll give him that but he seems a little instinctive" Kakashi nodded and then kicked a sound ninja three chairs away.
"Yes Naruto is instinctive but when it comes to the safety of the people he loves, Naruto becomes this amazing skilled Shinobi, and at the moment I need that ninja and the fact that it's Gaara who is the one Sasuke is going after means that Naruto will try twice as hard, because he's just like the red head" Gai turned and gave Kakashi a shocked look
"You don't mean they both hold...Kakashi if they fight the shockwaves could destroy the village" Kakashi nodded and then snapped the ninja's neck before facing Gai.
"Naruto was made into a weapon at the age of six, and I hate to think of him that way but even Naruto knows that there are times when the village must use him as one, this..." he said motioning around him "Is one of those times" Gai sighed and nodded before returning to the fight.
Naruto followed the small dog carefully when he froze making the others stop as well "Pakkun is there anyone following us?" The small dog smelt the air and then took a step back in shock but nodded.
"Yeah twelve of them...no wait thirteen and there coming up fast" Naruto swore and put the dog on his head much like the way Gamakichi rode on his head and then quickly summoned the tiny toad who looked around and then saluted Naruto.
"Gamakichi I need your help, you remember Sasuke's scent" the tiny toad nodded and Naruto grinned "Good because I need you and Pakkun to work together on this one"
"Got it boss" The tiny frog said and he began leaping from tree to tree leading them faster than Pakkun had been.
"Okay Pakkun why Gamakichi is busy with Sasuke's scent I want you to follow the enemy's scent I want updates on their status every five minutes" The tiny dog nodded and stopped following Sasuke's scent and zeroed in on the group of enemy nin's scent.
Shikamaru stared at Naruto in shock and shared a glance with Sakura who just smiled and nodded "Shikamaru" the shadow user looked back at Naruto who seemed tense "I want you to make me up a plan for if we can't out run the enemy Nin"
"You got it Naruto" he said before he began to think quickly running through variables and other advantages the enemy ninja had at their disposal.
"Sakura, I need you to keep an eye on our surroundings, we don't have a scout and I know that it's normally mean or Kakashi sensei on missions but this time I need you to do it" Sakura took a deep breath and nodded.
Gamakichi jumped over a burned log and gave Naruto a quick look "Seems that Sasuke activated a few paper bombs a while back, he must be pretty close to them for the sand ninja to get that desperate"
Pakkun sniffed the air and sighed "Kid there getting closer I say another few minutes they'll swarm us" Naruto swore again and looked back at Shikamaru "Got that plan ready?"
The shadow user nodded hesitantly and Naruto gritted his teeth knowing that the plan would be bad "Okay tell me we don't have a lot of time"
Shikamaru cleared his throat before beginning "Okay as we know there is a large group coming after us, the only problem is Naruto and I are tired from our earlier fights and no offense Sakura but from what I can tell these guys mean business" Sakura nodded not taking any offense to what Shikamaru stated "so the only solution I came up with...was a diversion" Naruto nodded and then motioned for him to continued "The person being the decoy must be able to put his live on the line, but the problem is we need Naruto because not only is he in charge of the mission and his summon but he is the only one who could go up against Gaara and survive" Naruto tensed for a second before nodding "So that cuts him out and Sakura I can't be scout I don't have any of the skills for it, you are the only one who could do that for Naruto apart for the summons which are both busy already, I'm the only one who could do it" he said and laughed a little.
Naruto suddenly stopped and turned to face Shikamaru and clapped him on the shoulder and squeezed it "Don't die on me got it" the shadow user nodded and Naruto gave him one more look before jumping into the trees again. Sakura gave him a sad look before leaping after her teammate. Shikamaru cracked his fingers and then his neck before getting to work.
As they leapt along Pakkun whispered something in his ears making Naruto grin "Shikamaru your gonna be just fine"
Gamakichi turned back to them and gave them a thumbs up "were gaining on them, they aint, Sasuke is moving a little slower now either he wants to drag out the chase as long as possible or he's injured"
Naruto nodded and Pakkun sniffed the air and grunted "Whatever the slacker's doing seems to be working the enemy have stopped chasing us"
Sakura nodded and the three of them picked up the pace. When they got to a destroyed part of the forest Naruto ran his hand along a large gash in the tree and then down at Gamakichi and smirked "You are amazing little buddy, this cut can't be any older than twenty minutes" The toad shrugged and then jumped off and they followed him carefully. After ten minutes of running Naruto got them to hide in a tree not too far away from where Sasuke was now confronting Gaara who had pushed his siblings onto the a nearby tree and was snarling at the raven dangerously as sand began forming over his arm.
"KIT...THIS ISN'T GOOD" Kyuubi said in a low voice as he watched his brother try to help his jailor but end up causing the boy massive amounts of pain. "SHUKAKU DOENS'T KNOW WHY HE'S HURTING THE BOY HE'S CONFUSED"
Naruto nodded and put Pakkun down and almost immediately Gamakichi took his place and winced as the sand ninja bashed Sasuke around like a rag doll. "Naruto why aren't we helping" Sakura hissed.
Naruto held up and hand and covered her eyes when Sasuke's cursed mark took over half way "Trust me I want nothing more than to go in there and help Sasuke but right now I can't do that I have to wait" Sakura nodded and then when Naruto saw Gaara charging for the Sasuke prone form on a nearby tree branch he leapt forward and kicked the demon so hard in the jaw that it sent him flying into a nearby tree.
"Yeah go Naruto" Gamakichi cheered as Naruto put him down next to Sakura who was picking up Sasuke.
"Gamakichi I want you to go with Sakura" The tiny toad nodded sadly and then Naruto looked at Sakura "I want you to go to Temari and Kankuro I want you guys to hide and I don't want you to come out" Sakura nodded and just before she was about to move off Sasuke grabbed Naruto's jacket in a painful grip.
"Don't he'll kill you, he's a monster" he wheezed as he fought the curded mark.
Naruto shook his head and smiled at Sasuke warmly "Yeah but so am I"
Gaara stood back up and stared at Naruto who glared at him with his mismatched eyes and then grinned with his half demonic formed face "Well aren't you a good little jailor, you have total control" he snarled in a laughing voice "What's you secret"
Naruto channelled Kyuubi's chakra and his eyes turned red and his whisker marks thickened and he looked back at Gaara in pity "Unlike you Gaara I have a bond with my Demon I never rejected it like you have" Gaara gave Naruto a confused look when Naruto ran through several hand signs; "Elemental Wolf Jut-su Ifrit" When the large flaming wolf appeared Naruto laid a hand on the wolf's back and then began one handed hand signs "Elemental Wolf Fusion Armour Jut-Su" Kankuro and Temari watched in shock from their hiding spot as then wolf Naruto had created disappeared in flames that surrounded Naruto and took on a weird shape before becoming solidifying in a dark red armour. Gaara stared in shock at the figure before him, the armour that Naruto had just created was amazing, in covered him head to toe: the was a dark red and had red boots and the armour itself looked like red hardened magma. On his back were two huge curved swords and on his right arm were five huge claws, the lower part of his face was covered by mask that was connected to his chest armour and around his neck was a scarf that flowed out behind him. "Okay let's see who is stronger huh" Gaara snarled and leapt at Naruto who leapt right back.
When the two of them clashed a huge shock wave blew most of the trees back and the hiding ninja were shocked at the power the two ninja were displaying.
"Why won't you die" Gaara screamed as he tried to hit him with his tail only to have him dodge it and kick him in the face.
"Because I don't die easily" Naruto gritted out as Gaara's second transformed arm dug into his armour.
When the two of them parted Gaara was halfway to a full transformation and Naruto was missing a chunk of armour on his shoulder. Temari shook as she watched her little baby brother go up against Naruto and couldn't help but be more scared of the blood lust Naruto was exerting. Gaara grabbed Naruto by the throat and pushed him into the tree and brought his demonic face close to Naruto's armoured.
"Tell me about your so call bond" Naruto put his hand on the side of Gaara's face and then smirked as the boy pulled back screaming in pain as his face burnt.
"To me the one I jail is not a burden it is my brother, he is the one who has been with me at birth" Naruto said as Gaara glared at him
"My demon has caused me nothing but pain, to my village I am nothing but a weapon" Naruto's eyes softened and he lost his fighting pose.
"You believe I was treated any better? I am this village's weapon as well, why do you think they sent me to fight you" Gaara stared in shock as he looked at Naruto before he shook his head and sent a barrage of flying sand shuriken flying at him.
"You know nothing of my pain" he screamed as Naruto went flying back.
Naruto cracked his neck and stood up and glared at Gaara evilly "Okay now I'm mad" He growled as steam rose from his body. "Flaming arc wave" Naruto said releasing a bright red wave to cancel out another barrage of sand shuriken.
Naruto rushed forward and slashed down with his claw making Gaara scream in pain as he gripped him and pulled the fellow demon jailor close to him."Did you ever think that maybe your demon wanted to talk to you and that you were making it hurt you as you fought against it?" Gaara pushed away from Naruto and then pooled all his sand around his feet.
"I will not lose" he screamed, and Naruto was shocked when Sand started to crawl up his legs.
"Oh this isn't going to end well" he whispered as he saw Gaara's full transformed form and then quickly ran through a series of hand signs. "Summoning Jut-su"
Suddenly he was fifty stories in the air kneeling on the head of a giant toad with a large pipe in his mouth.
"Kid what the heck you summon me for" The giant toad bellowed, 'And where is my son I can feel his presence and plus he's never far from you"
Naruto chuckled and stood up and then armour on his legs cracked a little "Don't worry Gamakichi is safe although if we don't stop him we won't be" Gammabunta looked at the form before him and nodded.
"Very well, let us fight" The Boss toad said before unsheathing his small-for him at least-blade and rushed forward.
Temari and Kankuro looked in awe as the two great beasts fought an Naruto just stood perfectly on the great toad's head not stumbling once. "Who is he" Temari whispered.
"That's Naruto Uzumaki, my best friend" the tiny toad in Sakura's arms said as he smiled at the wind mistress.
Gammabunta sighed as he lost his sword and leapt back "Kid I can't get a good grip on him for you to form your link"
Naruto who had lost more than half his armour by that point nodded and then bit his lip "What about a joint transformation?" He asked looking around.
The great toad froze for a minute and then nodded "That could work, got something in mind?" He asked as he raced towards the one tailed raccoon.
"Yeah you could say that: Transform" A large smoke blast filled the sky and to the small hiding groups shock instead of a huge toad jumping out of it the fabled nine tailed fox appeared and roared at the raccoon who began to stumble backwards.
"Kid you really know how to pick them" the toad in disguise said as he charge at the raccoon and leapt away to dodge an attack and then caught him with his jaws and large claws. "Now kid"
Naruto cancelled the transformation and then landed on Gaara's demonic head and then poured Kyuubi's chakra into his hands and touched Gaara between his eyes and then felt his head get foggy before he fell backwards.
When Naruto opened his eyes he was in a barren desert with large rocky walls surrounding him. "Where am I?" Naruto whispered his voice echoing.
"My mindscape" came a tiny voice and when Naruto looked down he saw a young Gaara who looked only six years old at the oldest. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to help you and Shukaku" Naruto said holding out his hand which Gaara grasped straight away. "Can you take me to him?"
Gaara nodded and then began to slowly walk through the hot sand until they reached a dark cave which had a deep growling from within. "This is where he lives"
Naruto smiled and squeezed mini-Gaara's hand "Don't worry he doesn't want to hurt you" Gaara gulped and nodded and the two of them walked into the cave.
When they got into the centre cave Naruto looked around when the great sand demon walked out of the shadows and bent down to look at Gaara who hid behind Naruto's legs.
"SO THIS IS MY LITTLE JAILOR, ISN'T HE THE SHY ONE?" The great sand demon cooed making Gaara giggle a little.
"See Shukaku isn't that bad" Naruto said pushing Gaara out so that he could talk with him more freely.
"MY LITTLE CUB I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACH YOU I'M SORRY FOR THE PAIN I'VE CAUSED YOU" Shukaku said as Gaara hugged the giant raccoon and then yawned as he curled up in the demon's warm fur.
"It's okay I forgive you, I'm sorry too" the young Gaara said and Naruto saw their brother bond appeared and then he began to fade away.
When Naruto came too he noticed the giant sand demon form that Gaara had created was crumbling and before he knew it he was Gaara were falling only to be caught by Gammabunta "I got you kid"
Naruto smiled at the giant toad as the last of his armour crumbled off and Gaara looked at him with awe in his eyes "It's all different now...is this what you feel every day?"
Naruto nodded and hugged Gaara tightly to his chest "See what I meant by brothers?" Gaara started to cry and hugged Naruto back and Gammabunta put them on the ground where they released each other but Naruto kept an arm wrapped an arm around his waist until they reached the hiding group and as soon as they did Kankuro gathered him up into a tight hug before grabbing Gaara and hugged him tight who hugged him back tentatively. Temari who was bawling her eyes out grabbed Naruto in a bear hug and wouldn't stop saying she was thank you until Naruto said he was welcome.
As they were leaving Gaara stopped by Sakura who was holding Pakkun in her hands now that Gamakichi was back on his perch on Naruto's head and looked down ashamed.
"I'm sorry" he said and Sakura shook her head "nothing to apologize for, I just want you to get better"
Gaara looked over to Naruto who smiled at him and then nodded back at the pink haired girl "Yes I think I've already started" Sasuke just watched as the sand trio jumped off and then sighed.
"Does this mean were traitors because we let them go?" Naruto burst out in laughter and threw his arm around Sasuke's neck "No seriously, does it"
Sakura laughed as the three of them began to walk back to the leaf village together.