"Wake up Naruto!" Sakura was dumbfounded at how heavy of a sleeper he could be, even after 4 years. "Jeez your still just as bad as you were when we were younger." When he still didn't move Sakura started to lose her temper.

Naruto awoke to see Sakura advancing towards him, vein popping out, and right away he knew he was in trouble.

"Woah, woah, woah Sakura what did I do know?" He gulped nervously. If he didn't calm her down his morning was about to get ALOT more painful. He was slowly backing away when his foot caught on something causing him to fall backwards. He twisted his head around to see the ground. Only problem was the ground was several hundred feet lower than he expected.

Naruto found a hand grasping his and grabbed on tightly.

"Naruto what would you do without me?" Sakura was shaking her head as she pulled him back to his feet. "Besides you still have to hear my story." She sat back with a slight grin gracing her lips.

"Thank you Sakura! I guess now I really owe you one." Naruto found a spot to sit down. He motioned for Sakura to do the same, which she did.
"Where should I begin? Hmm the test was boring so why not in the Forest of Death..."

"Get down" Kiba hissed, "they're right up ahead." They had been following a group of strong people hoping they would kill someone with a Heaven Scroll. Sadly they had no such luck but they did see several dead teams as they were trailing them. Kiba wasfinally starting to recognize the power of the group they were following. Not to mention Akamaru who was cowering in Kiba's jacket.

"Kiba whats so scary about these guys? So what they killed a few people is that really that impressive?" Naruto was itching to be in the thick of things. If only Naruto knew the level of power coming from this group...and the bloodlust coming from HIM. Kiba and Akamaru both shuddered at the thought.

They were so distracted by their thoughts that they didn't realize they just stumbled into the middle of a fight. A fight that was just ending. Everyone looked up to see 3 piles of sand collapse in on themselves.

Gara turned to look at the new victims that just stumbled into the field. He recognized them from several days ago when they all had their "introduction". Gara suddenly grabbed his head as waves of pain radiated outwards.

"Why do they continue to come forward mother? Haven't I proved that I am alive?" After a few moments he smiled and muttered "Yes your right. There is never too much proof!" The sand began to pour out of his gourd and began to race towards his next targets.

Kiba began to scramble backwards when he felt a pull on his leg.

"SHIT!"

It was too late! As Kiba was now suspended by his leg by the sand that continued to climb up his leg.

"Help! Guys get it off!" Kiba was frantic. He had just witnessed what this sand could do and was starting to gag at the overwhelming stench of blood radiating from the sand. Everyone was shocked to see the sand stop at the top of his leg. Kiba was still struggling to get free while calling for help. His friends were helpless though and could only watch as Kiba was dangling above them. They never noticed the sand surrounding their feet until it was too late. With their feet trapped they were helpless as Gara approached their immobile forms. He walked straight to Naruto and asked him a simple question, "Would you leave your friends to survive?"

"Never! What would that make me huh?" Naruto was set on his answer. He would NEVER leave his friends to die.

Gara continued to study Naruto, looking for some sort of answer until finally, "Then fight me for their freedom."

"Naruto!" Kiba was calling down to him, "Naruto don't do it! He'll kill you and then kill us anyways! Save yourself!" Gara, without looking at Kiba, held his hand out and closed his fist. Kiba cried out in pain as the bones in his leg were crushed to the point of becoming powder. As soon as the sand let go it immediatly caught him by the arm. He suddenly felt sand forcing its way behind his left eye. The pain was unbearable and Kiba was continually screaming in an unimaginable amount of pain.

For the second time ever, Naruto snapped.

"Who the FUCK" Naruto slammed Gara into a tree, "do you think you are!" He followed up with a massive blow towards Gara. Not even the sand could stand in the ways as Naruto poured all of his rage into that one punch. A sickening crunch was heard throughout the field as Gara's arm was snapped clean in half. The arm was twisted at an unnatural angle that confirmed the fact that his arm was broken in half.

"I'm not going to kill you" Naruto stated, much more calmly "instead, I'm going to let you go. Hopefully you figure out a new means of confirming your existance."

This time Gara lost his cool. He pointed his hand back towards Kiba and ripped it forward. Everyone, including Temari and Kankuro, watched as Kiba's left eye was ripped out of his head.

"You can't protect them all" Gara said calmly.

"And to think that Gara is now the Kazekage of the Village Hidden in the Sand and he is now one of our closest friends. Although even I will never understand how Kiba came to forgive him." Naruto had started brooding when Sakura had mentioned when he lost control but now he was all cheerful and smiling again. Sakura could never help but smile when he did. She sat and thought about the matches and how Naruto had saved her dyring the attack. She suddenly started to realize that the feelings she harboured for Naruto were much more than just friendship.

She finally understood that she might be falling in love.

AN: Another day another chapter haha. Please leave (sane) reviews (you know who you are) and please check out my profile as I have announced 2 more books that I will hopefully be starting on soon. Enjoy the chapter!