Chapter 19: Sasuke Vs. Gaara
Sasuke look at his girlfriend and best friend "Did you guys win?"
Sakura smirk "of course we did."
"Hai..." Naruto said nodding his head.
Kakashi scratch the back of his head sheepishly "Well... We showed up all flashy and the like, but... Could Sasuke have been... Disqualified? See you're late Sasuke."
"Geez... You're tardiness must be contagious" Genma said sighing.
"Hn" Sasuke said walking towards Sakura.
Sakura gave him a small smile while looking at Shikamaru from the corner of her eyes "What's wrong with him?"
Shikamaru was looking down with a frown on his face "What the hell is wrong with me? Feelings are so troublesome."
"Don't worry... We pushed Sasuke's fight till' the end... So he's not disqualified" Genma said with a smirk on his face.
"Ahahhaah, that's good" kakashi said sheepishly.
Gaara was looking at Sasuke with his arms cross on his chest.
Sasuke narrow his eyes at Gaara.
"Don't lose to a guy like that" Naruto said glaring at Gaara's direction.
"Hai" Sasuke said in a monotone.
"Oi teme" Naruto said looking at Sasuke with a serious expression.
"Nani?" Sasuke ask confuse.
"I want to fight you... So you better win" Naruto said smirking at him.
Sasuke smirk back "I want to fight you too..." He said before raising his fist.
Naruto grin punching his fist with Sasuke's.
"Gaara get down here" Genma said looking at Gaara.
"Lets go back up" Shikamaru said looking at Sakura and Naruto.
They both nodded.
"For going up at least, we're going to slowly walk up the stairs" Shikamaru said rolling his shoulders.
"Nani? You're still pissed that I pushed you down? At least Sakura-chan caught you" Naruto said crossing his arms while huffing.
Sasuke raise an eye brow at Sakura.
Sakura shrug before placing her middle and index finger to touch the curse mark on his neck "Shōheki Fūin."
Sasuke watch as Sakura's seal disappear along with the curse mark "Arigatō."
"No problem... By the way, be careful... Gaara isn't human, he has a demon sealed inside of him... He enjoys killing just as much as Lee enjoys training, Shikamaru enjoys watching clouds, and Naruto enjoys eating ramen..." Sakura warned.
Sasuke's eyes slightly widen before slowly nodding his head and giving her a confuse look "How come you know that?"
"We're almost the same..." Sakura said shrugging her shoulder while turning around and walking away "Lets go Shikamaru, Naruto."
"R-Right..." Naruto said staring at Sakura's retreating "What does she mean by that..."
Shikamaru narrow his eyes before following Sakura.
Sasuke was confuse "Matte! What do you mean?"
Sakura didn't stop walking when she answered him "You'll find out soon enough."
Gaara was staring Sasuke with a sadistic grin on his face while his arms was cross on his chest.
"N-Not good... I haven't seen Gaara like this in quite a while..." Temari thought nervously.
"O-Oi Gaara... About the plan, do you under-" kankurō was cut off by Temari's hand.
"Don't talk to Gaara right now... You'll be killed" Temari warned.
Gaara turn around and walked down the stairs.
"Come on you two, hurry up" Naruto said jogging up the stairs while looking at Sakura and Shikamaru who was a couple of steps behind him.
"There's no advantage to hurrying through life..." Shikamaru said lazily walking up the stairs with Sakura beside him.
"Aa" Sakura said before stopping on her tracks.
Naruto saw something that made him stop.
"What's wrong?" Shikamaru ask looking at Naruto.
"Stop..." A grass-Nin said leaning on the wall with his partner standing across from him "These low level tournaments like the Chūnin exam are great for betting... Many of the minister are here for that."
"And so... This fight... Could you lose it..." His partner said.
Something change in Gaara's eyes as his sand started to come out of his gourd.
Shikamaru and Naruto watch the scene in front of them with wide eyes while Sakura was expressionless.
Sakura sighed before walking up the stairs but Shikamaru grab her wrist stopping her.
"Where are you going? Lets wait until he's gone" Shikamaru whisper.
"He's not going to kill us..." Sakura said in a monotone while looking at Gaara who was walking towards them.
Naruto and Shikamaru gulp and waited for something to happen, Gaara paid them no attention and walk down the stairs without even looking at them.
Shikamaru and Naruto let go of the breath they didn't know they were holding.
Naruto sigh in relief "Phew, that was close."
"If those two weren't there, we'd probably be dead" Shikamaru said still holding Sakura's wrist "I've never seen someone who could kill with so little hesitation like that... Matte... Never mind."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Naruto ask confuse.
Sakura sighed knowing that he was talking about her "Oh Shikamaru... If only you know..."
Shikamaru look at Sakura from the corner of his eyes before shaking his head "Nothing..."
Sasuke and Gaara was facing each other with no emotion evident on their face.
"Now... Finally..." Genma said standing between them with a smirk on his face.
"Hehehehe..." Gaara laugh sadistically.
Sasuke raise an eye brow.
"BEGIN!" Genma yelled eager to watch the match.
Sand started to come out of Gaara's gourd.
"So this is the sand kakahsi mentioned" Sasuke thought while jumping back a couple of feet away from Gaara.
Gaara grasp his head in pain "Don't... Get so angry... Okaa-san..."
"What's he talking about?" Sasuke thought looking at Gaara weirdly.
"I fed you a nasty blood earlier... I'm sorry... But this time... It would be delicious..." Gaara said sadistically.
"Finally 'conversation' has begun... This is bad..." Kankurō said nervously.
"I've never seen Gaara like this before a fight... Is he really that much of an opponent... Temari said a bit worried.
Gaara finally stopped clutching his head, he look at Sasuke without any emotion "Come."
Sakura, Shikamaru and Naruto was still sitting on the steps well Naruto was sitting while Sakura and Shikamaru was still standing unknown to them that Shikamaru was still holding her wrist.
"You remember when we met him in the hospital?" Shikamaru ask looking at Naruto "That time he..."
"I'll definitely kill you guys... Just wait" Gaara said giving them one last look before leaving the room.
"It was the perfect time for him to kill us..." Shikamaru said looking down.
"Now... Let me feel it" Gaara said his eyes filled with bloodlust.
"We aren't enough" Naruto said through gritted teeth.
"Right now... The only one who can make him experience what he wants is..." Shikamaru trailed off looking at Naruto.
"Is Sasuke..." Naruto said clenching his fist.
"Fighting only for yourself, living while loving only yourself... If you think that everyone else simply exists to allow you to experience that feeling, nothing is better than that world... As long as there are people in this world for me to kill and continue that joy of living... I will never disappear."
Naruto started to shake.
"Naruto?" Shikamaru thought looking at Naruto.
"He won't kill Sasuke... He won't have the chance..." Sakura said looking at the wrist Shikamaru was still holding "His hand feels warm... What the hell am I thinking...", "Umm, Shikamaru... You can let go now..."
Shikamaru quickly pulled his hand away from her wrist and look away so she wouldn't see his blush.
"Here I come" Sasuke said throwing 2 shuriken at Gaara.
Gaara's sand automatically shielded Gaara before it turn into a sand clone.
"The shield of sand turned into a clone" Temari said.
Sasuke fought Gaara using taijutsu but Gaara's sand clone keep on deflecting him, Sasuke punch Gaara but before it could even reach Gaara's face he disappear only to appear behind Gaara.
"Fast... Just like... Him" Gaara thought his eyes widening.
Sasuke's fist met Gaara's jaw, sending him flying a couple of feet away from Sasuke.
"Fast! About the same as Lee's starting speed and..." Guy thought while looking at Lee.
"His Taijutsu are... The same as mine..." Lee thought his eyes widening.
A crack started to form on Gaara's jaw where Sasuke punched him.
"So that's the armor of sand, eh?" Sasuke said doing the same stance of Lee.
Sasuke suddenly appear behind Gaara.
"Fast..." Lee thought shock.
Before Gaara's sand could reach Sasuke, Sasuke appear in front of him sending a powerful kick on his face.
"That armor... I'll rip it off" Sasuke thought smirking before running circles around Gaara.
"He's about the same speed as... Lee without the weights..." Guy thought.
Sasuke manage to pass through Gaara's defense and kicked him on the chin before jumping back breathing heavily.
"Sasuke-kun... You are a genius that surpasses the imagination... How many years did it take for me to gain that speed... But in only a month to you" Lee though truly amaze "But as expected keeping up that movement uses up a lot of stamina."
"What are you going to do now, Gaara? The armor of sand uses up too much chakra, you can't use it for long" kankurō thought.
"What kind of training did you do?" Guy ask not looking at kakashi who was standing behind him.
"Sasuke had copied Lee-san's Taijutsu with the Sharingan before... That's why during his training, I had Sasuke use Lee-san's Taijutsu" kakashi said in a monotone.
Lee's eyes widen.
"Because he knew Lee-san and had seen him in action before, he was able to master the style... It was a lot of work, of course..." Kakashi explain.
"But with just that... With just Taijutsu... He can't beat the sand" Lee thought swallowing.
"Kakashi you saw the fight between the hateful Gaara and the cute Lee with your own eyes... You must realize that against a guy even Lee couldn't beat, some hastily work Taijutsu won't work so then... Why did concentrate only mastering Taijutsu?" Guy thought curiously.
The sand started to cocoon Gaara.
"Then why do I exist? Why am I alive? When I thought about this I could find no answer... But as you live you need a reason, otherwise it's the same as being dead."
"Shikamaru, Sakura-chan... I'm going to find kakashi-sensei" Naruto said standing up.
"What are you planning?" Shikamaru ask.
Naruto ignore him and started running.
"Oi!" Shikamaru yelled grabbing Sakura's hand before running after Naruto.
"I'll stop... This fight..." Naruto said while running.
Sasuke run towards Gaara before the cocoon could close completely.
"Gaara isn't... Not that Jutsu..." Kankurō said gritting his teeth.
Sasuke punch the hard sand causing blood to stream down his arm "Using all his sand to protect himself... So it gets this hard when it's packed tight... An absolute defense..."
"KAKASHI-SENSEI" Naruto yelled breathing heavily with Shikamaru and Sakura behind him.
"Naruto-kun" Lee said turning around to look at him.
Sakura pulled her hand out of Shikamaru's grasp, Shikamaru look down to hide the hurt in his eyes.
"Naruto, you're over reacting" Sakura said putting her hands on her hips.
"Over reacting? Over reacting? That guy is going to kill my best friend not to mention your boyfriend! And you think I'm over reacting?" Naruto yelled in disbelief.
"Boyfriend!?" Ino and Shikamaru ask shock, jealousy, envy, and hurt written on their face.
"You guys didn't know she was dating Sasuke" Naruto said raising an eye brow.
"Never mind that... Naruto... Sasuke-kun can take care of himself, he's strong both you and I know that... I'm pretty sure everyone knows that... You should be more confident" Sakura said giving him a pointed look.
Naruto sigh in defeat "Your right..."
"I'm always right... How bout this... If something goes out of hand you can stop the match, I'll even help you..." Sakura said looking at the match "No way..."
A third eye appear above the cocoon of sand.
"There's no doubt about it... It's that Jutsu... This is bad... Gaara's forgotten about the plan entirely" Temari said nervously.
"Naruto you worry too much... Sakura's right you should have more confident... Besides, Sasuke and I weren't late for nothing..." Kakashi said smirking at them behind his mask.
Sasuke stared at the cocoon in front of him, narrowing his eyes before running towards it and sending some kicks.
"As I thought, no good... Hiding in there... I don't know what he's up to but... This is perfect, since mine also... Take some time... " Sasuke thought smirking.
"What do you mean by that... I thought you guys were late because you wanted to make an entrance, it's either that or you forgot that the finals is today or you were too busy reading your porn to notice the time " Sakura said raising an eye brow with a smirk on her face.
Kakashi mentally sweatdropped "Sakura stop bullying your sensei" he whined pouting behind his mask.
"Look we don't have time for this" Naruto said glaring at his teammate and sensei.
"Be quite and watch him..." Kakashi said not turning around to look at him "You'll be surprise..."
Sasuke jump backwards until he was hanging on the side of the wall a couple of feet up from the ground.
"Kuso, Gaara you won't be able to see the signal..." Baki said gritting his teeth.
"Kuso... Once he's like this there's nothing that can be done" Temari said biting her lower lip in a nervous way "Does Gaara want to mess up the plan?"
"Oi, Oi should we run away?" Kankurō ask equally nervous.
Shino who heard what the siblings were talking about, narrowed his eyes behind his glasses "Plan?"
Electricity started emitting from Sasuke's hand.
Guy's eyes widen "No way... Is that...?"
Kakashi smiled behind his mask "The reason I trained Sasuke is... Because he is... The same type as me..."
Sakura scoff causing kakashi to look at her "We both know the real reason on why you wanted to train him personally, kaka-sensei..."
Guy, Lee, Chōji, Naruto, Ino, Shikamaru was clueless on what Sakura was talking about.
Kakashi sighed closing his visible eye "You really are one of a kind, Sakura..."
A large amount of lightning chakra started to form on Sasuke's left hand before he started running towards Gaara's cocoon leaving a crack on the his wake.
"I see... So that's why you only trained him Taijutsu and had him greatly raised his speed" Guy said in realization.
"Hai" Kakashi said his eyes twinkling.
"Nice..." Sakura mutter looking at the chakra on Sasuke's hand "... But I don't think that would be enough..."
"Impossible... That Jutsu... So this is the Uchiha clan..." Guy thought amaze.
Sasuke continue to run towards Gaara's cocoon leaving smoke and crack on his way.
"What is... That?" Naruto ask his eyes widening.
One of the crowd started to feel woozy before he fell asleep.
"What is this Jutsu and this sound..." Ino ask staring at Sasuke in amazement.
"A simple stab... But it is Konoha's number one Jutsu, copy ninja kakashi's sole original Jutsu... It's a Jutsu specially for assassination... The speed of the stab and the great amount of chakra that creates the heightened flesh... Because the chakra is concentrated in the hand and with the speed of the user, it produce a sound like a thousand birds are running towards you... That Jutsu is called..." Guy explain crossing his arms on his chest.
"CHIDORI!" Sasuke yelled as his hand passed through Gaara's cocoon.
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