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Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

Everyone was cheering now that Sasuke had arrived, this was the show they had been waiting for.

"Wow your team is pretty amazing." Ino told us.

"Huh?" Sakura asked confused.

"I mean who would have thought that Naruto would have beaten Neji and everyone seems really excited for Sasuke's fight." The blonde pointed out.

I looked out the corner of my eye, Lee was upset, ever since the start of the exam he's dreamed about fighting the strong guys and now he might never fight again.

"Ino…that's enough." I said "Let's just watch the match okay."

I looked across the ring at where Gaara was standing, he had a disturbing smile on his face. All the time during the exam he was so serious, this wasn't like him.

Watch your back Sasuke…Gaara won't hesitate to kill you.

"Hey Guy." Kakashi-Sensei said walking up "Oh Lee you're here too, are you feeling better?"

"Sensei!" Sakura and I both gasped.

"Sorry, I must have worried you two not being around for so long, my bad." He laughed.

"We've been doing our own work." I told him.

"Sensei…" Sakura sighed "Sasuke's neck, that mark, is it…?"

"Nothing to worry about." Kakashi-Sensei told her with a smiled.

"Hmm!" Sakura finally seemed to slip out of the funk she'd been in for a while.

"RAH!" as soon as the sand left Gaara's gourd he grabbed his head and started mumbling to himself.

Kankuro said Gaara is dangerous, he crushed Lee's body without a thought, and I know had Guy-Sensei not stepped in Lee would have been killed for sure.

"GAH!" Gaara shook his head and seemed to calm down "Come…"

Sasuke started by throwing shurikens but those were easily blocked by Gaara's sad. No matter what physical attack he tried Sasuke couldn't make a dent in Gaara's sand.

You can't beat Gaara like that…you need Ninjutsu to break through.

Sasuke did manage to slip around Gaara's wall and punch him in the face, pissing the boy off. Sasuke was suddenly moving faster and faster.

These are Lee's moves, he's copying Lee's fighting style to get by Gaara's defense with speed.

Gaara's armor was crumbling more and more with each strike, at this rate we were going to see his real skin. Gaara got back up and started to us a new Jutsu, one that wrapped him up in a cocoon of sand.

"Sensei!" Naruto yelled running up with Shikamura "You have to stop this fight, he's not like us, that guy is different."

"Naruto what are you talking about?" Ino asked.

"He lives to kill, at this rate Sasuke's gonna die!"

Seriously…I don't doubt that Gaara can kill Sasuke but…Sensei seems so calm.

"We weren't late for nothing." Kakashi-Sensei said.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked "You were late for a reason?"

"We don't have time for this!" Naruto yelled.

"Be quiet and watch." Sensei said "You'll be surprised, I'm sure of it."

Sasuke jumped onto the nearby wall and grabbed his wrist. There was a sudden chakra buildup in his hand and then an electric spark formed around his hand.

"Is that-!" Guy stared.

"The reason I trained Sasuke is because he's like me." Sensei explained.

Sasuke ran forward, dragging his arm along the ground. The lightning hissed and crackled as he drew closer to Gaara.

"You can see the chakra on his hand!" Sakura said stunned.

"The sound is awful." I groaned.

The electricity was crackling and squeaking in an ear splitting screech.

"What is this?!" Sakura and I asked.

"It's a stab." Guy explained "An assassination technique Kakashi's sole original technique. The sound generated by the chakra is like a thousand birds flying away, this move is called."

"Chidori!"

Sasuke hand shot forward and pierced Gaara's shell.

"No way!" I gasped "That ultimate defense?!"

"The chakra in the arm becomes like a blade." Sensei explained "It can cut anything."

"Incredible." Sakura said "It's beyond my understanding"

"RAAHHH!" I could hear Gaara scream all the way from inside that bubble "Blood?!"

He cut him?

"That…" I gulped "That's not good."

"What?" Sakura asked.

"Kankuro said Gaara's never taken a wound, look how pissed he got when Lee only broke his armor, if he actually starts bleeding…" I shivered "I don't know what's gonna happen."

"GAAH!" Sasuke had to let off another shock to pull hi hand free, only to have a strange claw shoot out with him.

"What is that thing?" Sakura asked nervously.

This feeling…it's like that time with Naruto on the bridge…only way worse…what the hell is Gaara?

A small hole opened in the cocoon and Sasuke saw inside, whatever was in there was dangerous, I could see the fear on his face from my seat. The sand weakened and slid off Gaara, revealing his bleeding shoulder.

Suddenly the air was filled with feathers.

What the hell…this is a sleep Jutsu?

"Sakura!" I put her hands together "Focus."

"Right!"

Something bad is happening .

I made the same pattern as Sakura to keep myself from slipping off. There was a sudden explosion and a bunch of Giant Snakes appeared. All around us I could hear people fighting and explosions triggering. I heard a crash and saw the Kazekage making off with the Hokage.

I looked down at the arena and saw Kankuro and Temari take off with Gaara and Sasuke went after them.

"In that Barrier." Guy pointed out.

"Crap!" Kakashi-Sensei hissed "Orochimaru!"

"Sasuke's gone!" I pointed out.

"HA!" Two Sound Ninjas appeared in front of Sakura, weapons drawn.

"Get back!" I pulled her away.

"HYA!" Sensei appeared and reversed their attacks, stabbing them in the skull.

He cut them down without a thought.

"Give me a second to even the odds a bit." Sensei said "Don't worry I won't let anyone hurt you two."

A few more men tried to attack and just like before Sensei cut them down.

"Sakura listen carefully." Sensei said "You have a talent for Genjutsu, you need to nullify it and wake up Shikamaru and Naruto. This'll be the first mission you've had in a while, I'm sure Naruto will be happy."

"What do you want us to do?" I asked.

"This is an A class job." Kakashi-Sensei said "Sasuke is chasing after Gaara and the kids from the Hidden Sand, wake up the other two and chase after him."

"Then shouldn't I wake up Choji and Ino too?" Sakura asked.

"No you'll move faster as four then you will as six, you'll be to noticeable with that many." Sensei said taking out more attackers, I'm going to give you some backup."

"Summoning Jutsu!"

Sensei slapped his hands down and a small ninja pug appeared "This is one of my ninja dogs, Pakkun, he knows the scent so he can guide you to Sasuke."

"So the last member is this little doggy?" Sakura asked.

"Hey kid." The dog grumbled "Don't call me a cute doggy."

She didn't say cute.

"Go on, wake them up." Sensei said.

"Right!" Sakura said ducking her head.

Sakura was quick to wake up the sleeping Naruto and the faking Shikamaru. Another Sound Ninja attacked but Guy-Sensei was able to send him flying with a punch.

He's really strong.

"I'll restate the mission one more time." Sensei said coming over to cover us "Chase, Meet up with, and Stop Sasuke and then take him to safety."

"What happened?" Naruto yelled.

"I'll explain on the way." Sakura said grabbing Naruto and jumping out the hole Guy-Sensei made.

"Kale!" Kakashi-Sensei called as I got ready to jump out "Don't let Sasuke fight Gaara."

"Yes Sir!"

AN

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