I do not own Naruto
"What the heck is going on?" Kurumi asked looking around and seeing nearly the whole arena had fallen under a genjutsu, and she looked at Zale sighing to see he too was unconscious. "Release."
Zale jerked up looking around noticing the same thing quickly analyzing the situation, from the fighting and that scary looking Gaara he supposed an invasion by the sand village. "It looks like an invasion." he said and Kurumi sweat dropped at this. "I know stating the obvious, but what should we do?"
"Well that boy Gaara doesn't look like he's going to last much longer the way he is." Kurumi said turning to look at the boy who seemed to be twitching at the prospect of fighting, but was apparently waiting for some kind of signal. "You should probably take him out."
"Why?" Zale asked seeing no point in doing such a thing.
"Simple when you do become emperor your subjects will have to be able to tell tales of great legend, and which would be better then penetrating and defeating the ultimate defense." Kurumi said helping him to his feet, and they glared down the red headed boy whom seemed to be smiling their same crazy smile. "Besides the Shukaku is getting restless, and I won't like the look of things is it decided to go south."
"Fine, I'll kill the crazy red head." Zale said pushing off Kurumi who backed off to watch how her chosen mate would fair against a demon. "You and me right now Gaara you'll be eating that precious sand of yours once we're threw here."
"Mother says you contain power, so killing you will be the proving of my existence there is nothing that will make me happier then to kill you and feel your blood bathe the ground!" Gaara said unable to contain himself any longer no longer caring about the plan he just had to kill. "Sand coffin!"
Zale felt the sand close around him as it applied pressure, and with each breath it closed tighter. His eye twitched and the sand exploded releasing him coming down in clumps around Gaara who looked slightly shocked, before he scowled. "I'll show you what it means to live!" Zale yelled out running toward Gaara and sending a direct punch to Gaara's face.
To everyone who witnessed the feat they were amazed instead of it being blocked by sand the sand seemed to cower away from his hand allowing him to punch threw and hit Gaara knocking him into the wall barely cushioned by sand.
"You hit me." Gaara said putting a hand to his cheek feeling the blood on his and he looked at it. "No! You will die not me, Mother will have your blood and you will be the proof of my existence!" Gaara raised his arms and from the earth raised sand which formed into shuriken. "Multiple manipulation of sand into Shuriken."
'That's the multiple manipulation ability, it takes a lot of concentration as well as calm nerves to perform, but this kid obviously doesn't have either of those. It must be his demon forcing his mind to access the lost manipulation ability.' Zale thought watching as the sand hardened and the shuriken came at him. 'Damn I can't manipulate them all away.'
Three landed in his leg, eight cut his face, two in his foot, one in his left arm, three in his right, and one in his chest. "Die Uzumaki!" Gaara yelled out angrily getting ready for another wave of shuriken, but he was interrupted by Naruto holding him by his neck.
"You have discovered an ability that has been lost to the ages most likely inherited from your demon, unfortunately so have I." Zale said manipulating the earth from under them into a pit hole which he dropped Gaara into. He twitched his finger and from the hole in the ground burned a fire.
"You will not kill me Uzumaki!" Gaara shouted grabbing Zale's ankles from under the ground and pulling him down. "It seems like I am not the only one with a demon, the difference is that I know how to use mine Uzumaki boy! Manipulate the sand into a burial!"
"BANG." Zale said simply and the earth around them exploded releasing Zale from the earth. "You may have some easy to control demon on your side, but I have the stronger ability on mine, I've had a better handle and advantage with the ability. I can manipulate anything you can manipulate only earth."
"I'll show you what sand can do." Gaara said manipulating a spear into his hand made from incredibly dense minerals that he held in his hand as if it was light as air. 'Shukaku also has power over wind so in theory it should work!'
Zale watched as the spear flew at him at incredibly furious speeds hitting him right threw the gut. He turned into a log. 'A substitution impossible manipulation user shouldn't be able to use jutsu.' Gaara said his instincts flaring as he jumped away from his previous spot to feel an explosion take place behind him. 'What kind of manipulation is that?'
"Earth manipulated into dragon!" Zale yelled out his focus unable to be harnessed he would have to yell it out if this was going to continue.
"Manipulate the earth into armor." Gaara immediately said and rock surrounded him the dragon and armor shattering on impact. 'I can't keep this up I have to do it now.' "Manipulate the earth into Shukaku ultimate defense." A sphere formed around him and Zale looked confused.
"You think that'll stop me?" Zale asked running forward again and to his surprise the sand didn't go away when he came in contact, he barely managed to jump away when the spikes shot out. 'Crap this is a level of manipulation that's beyond what I can counter. This truly is a fight!' Zale thought to himself waiting patiently trying to find a way that he could get around this defense some kind of imperfection.
There didn't seem to be any a perfectly smooth dome, it seemed like all he could do was wait for the little brat to come out.
Mean while inside Gaara stood holding his head panting the insane screams of the Shukaku giving him more information almost over loading his brain with all of the information. None of it was useful who cared about how dense sand was, how hot his fire was when there was no way to stop it. 'I need to use my transformation right now!' Gaara said his eyes turning blood shot as sand formed around one of his arms.
'What the heck is going on in there?' Zale thought to himself watching as sand began to get absorbed into the dome he didn't like the way that looked. 'What is he doing in there?'
"MANIPULATE THE BODY INTO SAND!" Gaara yelled out causing Zale to look shocked looking as from the sand burst a creature that didn't even look human anymore.
"You did a body manipulation Gaara that is incredibly dangerous with each usage there is a chance that you will never return to normal!" Zale yelled out at the Gaara like creature that glared at him drool escaping from the corner of his mouth.
"As long as I kill you Uzumaki there is no reason to have to return to the state I was once in." Gaara said slurping the drool back into his mouth. "With this form my manipulation ability will surpass yours."
"What are you talking about manipulation relies on the mind." Zale said hoping to convince this boy to turn back as it would be really bad to lose here.
"As well as the power of one's physical body that is why you have such strong manipulation ability." Gaara said slurping the drool away his voice now odd and deformed. He raised his hand and from his own body formed sand shuriken that launched at Zale.
'These shuriken are slower much slower as well not shaped as well either. This form may make his physical body stronger, but it also slows down his processing ability.' Zale thought this time easily blocking the shuriken by pulling up a tree from the arena and using it as a shield. He quickly swung his arm and hit Gaara with the tree knocking him out of the arena.
"Who is this guy no one's ever been able to keep up with Gaara's, manipulation before." Temari said watching as the fight was taken outside of the arena, and she knocked away another dozen ninja.
"I don't know, but Gaara seems to be getting his butt handed to him he had to transform against one opponent. If that keeps up then we're going have to give him back up." Kankuro said trapping a ninja inside one of his ant then killing it with crow. "Then again that could be a bad idea considering the fact that Gaara hates it when his kill is taken."
"We won't kill him just hurt him enough so Gaara can kill him a lot easier." Temari said and Kankuro nodded no matter how scared of him they were they had to admit he was still their kid brother. "Take this, RAGING WIND JUTSU!" Temari waved her giant fan.
He didn't even turn around the wind suddenly being reversed and hitting her instead. "How dare you face crow." Kankuro said his puppet dropping and the joints popped off showing the hidden blades all of which dripped with poison and aimed toward Zale who didn't turn around.
Their tips all bent curling up to the handle. "This is a battle between the users of manipulators and although you aren't exactly innocent I do not wish to kill you." Zale said and they looked at him wondering who he was to talk to them like that. Suddenly sand came up around them squeezing. "That is my work, you cannot escape or interfere."
Gaara glared at the boy how did he dare to copy his manipulation. He slammed his hands on the ground and spikes launched up one hit would go right through him, and Zale looked at spikes coming. One came right under him and he grabbed it quick as a flash instantly turning it into a staff. With it he slammed it down over Gaara who fell down his sand body twitching.
"I will not take this from such a pitiful person such as you." Gaara said running through his thoughts thinking about how to force his mutated state into a newly renewed state. "Manipulate the body into a full sand deity, turn me into the demon!"
Zale watched as Gaara started to scream out in pain as his body no longer became his, but that of a demon. He saw the sand swirl around Gaara who screamed in pain as the sand became a part of his very being. 'He'll die like that if I can't stop it.' Zale thought wiping blood from the corner of his lip the large scale manipulation hurting him.
"Let's see how you do against the Shukaku itself!" Gaara yelled out calling out an actual jutsu. "FORCED POSSUM JUTSU!" Gaara's eyes closed as he fell limp.
"What is falling asleep going to do?" Zale asked himself then he watched as the eyes of that horrifying beast's eyes changed into a diamond like shape.
"Alright I'm free, there's nothing stopping me now." The new being said and Zale realized he was no longer fighting a kid who was too big for his britches with a small manipulation ability it was a full blown demon with godly manipulation. "Hey you little brat what are you going to pull out now?"
Zale's eyes narrowed as he looked at the giant demon in front of him he couldn't access the Kyuubi's chakra like Naruto had he couldn't even use his own, and Kurumi couldn't access it either. The only way he could do this was by using that move, and even that would take a lot of planning and time that he didn't have.
He was going to have to pull a hail marry a completely crazy idea that was uncoordinated, unplanned, and only meant to weaken the opponent enough to get a good hit in. 'There's a natural oil deposit right under me, despite the stuff supposedly having dried up thousands of years ago. If I can just pull this one thing off then I could do it.' Zale thought to himself.
The oil swirled in its little hole pressure building up that he quickly forced to get higher and higher until finally it began spiraling like a whirlpool like a maelstrom and it launched up erupting like a volcano. He quickly formed it into a bubble around him and manipulated himself up into the air charging at the large beast that looked slightly shocked all he needed was a light which he couldn't of produced in the state that he was in.
What came wasn't what he expected it was an explosive kunai looking down he saw the thrower was Kurumi who he smiled at. It blew like a bomb in a movie completely destructive and he remained in control the fire not burning at all.
The Shukaku was surprised by this it couldn't have expected this that was why it was able to hit it right then and the face not blocked or protected from just full on in the face incredibly hot like the sun itself.
Zale panted on the ground looking at the Shukaku who with Gaara now awake was crumbling on the ground leaving the boy to fall about ten years away. He stood up limping over to Gaara who looked at him horrified. "Stay away, please do not kill me. I will do whatever you please I wish to keep living." Gaara said backing away horrified as Zale got closer.
Once he reached Gaara Zale stuck his fingers to Gaara's head like a gun and flexed his fingers. Sending Gaara through searing pain as if someone had placed a hot iron to the back of his eye balls, and screaming his pupils disappearing as the pain died away and he feinted.
Later
Gaara woke up feeling a weight on his chest. 'When I open my eyes what will I see?' Gaara thought. 'The fiery pits of hell and a demon the Shukaku no less to greet me, or the faces of those I killed torment me for eternity?' His eyes cracked open and what he saw was not what he expected.
Blue skies, trees, birds chirping, and a cool breeze blew threw his hair it felt like heaven. The most surprising part was a beautiful brown haired girl nuzzling into his collar, black circles around her closed eyes, a button nose, mousy features, a dark tan, and a raccoon tail waving side to side. It tickled his nose and he sneezed, causing her to look up.
"You're awake." she said happily smiling at him her big brown eyes looking at his almost hypnotic her breasts pushing on his chest causing him to blush and look away. "Come on I had you kill hundreds of people, you can't say a little female body makes you blush."
Gaara realized this wasn't just a cute girl this was the Shukaku. "The Shukaku is a girl?" Gaara asked shocked.
"Well you did always call her mother." Zale said walking out of the forest Kurumi helping him along his right hand holding his left side which was covered with blood and bad bandages.
"How did you do this, the voices have stopped." Gaara said shocked at the first time since he was born he could close his eyes without being assaulted by terrible images. "Naruto Uzumaki I must thank you."
"Well now that' I've done you this favor I will ask something of you." Zale said and Gaara nodded. "I am not Naruto Uzumaki I am Zale Uzumaki I took over the boy's body when he passed on."
"I had my suspicions' that something happened, but body possession was not something that I was sure about." Gaara said as Shukaku helped him up. "What will you do now that you are free?"
"Stay with my Gaara kun of course." She said burying her head into his neck and her breast pressing into his shoulder once again causing him to blush. "You smell like blood my favorite."
"What is happening?" Gaara asked.
"Well the demons form a bond with their containers so this is a result." Zale said nodding. "Well onto my pay back I will be the next ruler of the world. To do this I will need soldiers and strong ones at that, you could handle yourself so I wish for your loyalty even over your own village."
"You have bested me Zale; you have proved to me that you are a worthy leader so you have my loyalty." Gaara said nodding as Shukaku healed his wounds. "Shukaku will you help me to my siblings?"
"My name's not Shukaku its Shiki so remember it my lover." she said attaching herself to him causing him to turn even redder.
"Fine then Shiki." Gaara said limping away.
"Well then it seems you have gotten yet another step closer in your conquest Zale an ally a strong one at that with a demon on his side. If you keep this up then you could have all nine demons on your side by the time this dream of yours comes to fruition." Kurumi said kissing his cheek and he smiled at her before throwing up blood. "Let's try not to burst any more blood vessels until you get to the point where you can forcefully heal your own body though huh?"
"Yes that would be a good idea." Zale said falling down and bringing Kurumi with him, both of them staring up at the sky peacefully. "Think in a few years time this will be our land Kurumi, that will be our sky and we can watch it from a great palace."
"That truly is something to look forward to." Kurumi said closing her eyes the rhythmic sounds of Zale's breath, the breeze, and the birds chirping soothing them both to sleep.