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Standing on the top of the tower, Gaara was able to get a view of the entire village which was yarked for the upcoming battle that would decide the fate of their village. By his orders, the civilians, as well as the non-shinobis, were evacuated. The bunkers in the village had effectively served to that purpose.
Shifting his attention towards the skysill, he couldn't help but think of the misfortune of Suna as it was one after another problem which had plagued it. Whether it was the natural location of the village, the decisions taken by his predecessors or the shinobi wars, each and every trouble has taken its toll on the village. And, this recent one relating to Kaga was one-up the others.
"Gaara?"
A Glance towards Temari, revealed the deep concern for him, on her visage apparently due to trying to decipher what he was thinking. Deciding to ease her worries a little, as that was the only thing in his capacity, Gaara voiced, "It's nothing, Temari. Just thinking about the preparations."
His words didn't ease her concerns as she apparently knew that he only stated that to appease her. He was sure of that as his siblings had picked up the ability to somehow decipher his thoughts and emotions after he changed his ways.
"Don't worry Gaara, everything is okay. We will definitely get through it."
"Kankuro-san is right, Kazekage-sama. This enemy won't stand a chance against the united Suna."
"FOR SUNA!"
The words of Khamseen commander, followed by the shout of someone, traversed like a wave through the horde of shinobis around him and no later, shinobis were declaring their support for Suna.
It was one of the many aspects of human nature, that surprised him. Despite interacting and learning about human behaviour for more than three years, he couldn't understand how humans could manage to raise their spirits even when all the odds were stacked against them. It was pleasant though.
However, he knew this enthusiasm needed to be sustained to fight against that being. Deciding that a small speech will help, Gaara turned around before speaking, "You al…"
"Hmmm...you have really prepared for my arrival..."
Hearing an unfamiliar voice that interrupted him, Gaara quickly turned back and saw the opponent they would be facing. He knew the being levitating over the village was Kaga as the recognition wasn't any difficult considering the white complexion and strange garbs which matched the description of Yuki.
"...but it is futile, you don't stand a chance."
Gaara frowned hearing that as the confidence in Kaga's words was palpable, as if the being could see the future. Though a second later, he mentally shook the despair that inundated his mind and decided to go with the pre-decided course of action.
"What do you seek from us?"
"...hmmm?" Kaga voiced looking at Gaara while stopping his inspection of the village.
"Why do you seek our destruction?" The words came out of Gaara's mouth a bit louder than usual. Though, Kaga didn't reply for a few seconds and continued looking towards them leading him to decide that the being wouldn't reply...
"...This planet was my prison for centuries and destroying it will show that nothing can hold me forever. Your existence, meanwhile, is merely a coincidence."
"C-coincidence...you...how dare you…?" Gaara raised his hand towards Temari as an indication to maintain her calm.
"Enough! Your words don't interest me. Show me the monster that woman was talking about."
Well, at least he tried but it was apparent that Naruto's method of talking his enemies to peace didn't work on this being. It only meant one thing that they would have to do it shinobi way.
Taking a step forward, Gaara declared, "There is no monster, only me, and I won't let you destroy my village."
"Very well, I allow you to amuse me." The response came after a moment.
Kaga's response triggered a reaction out of Temari who jumped into the air before opening her fan and shouting, "Wind Cyclone Jutsu.".
Before his eyes, wild torrents of winds shot towards the being who, on the other hand, didn't even react before the winds slammed into him and… dispersed.
Gaara didn't allow any reaction to appear on his visage but in his mind, he was genuinely surprised. The A-rank Jutsu despite being a simple attack could very well harm even a Kage level shinobi but Kaga was simply unaffected. There wasn't even a tear in his clothes.
Though, Yuki had told him about the being's strange abilities but seeing them with his own eyes was totally different.
Temari tried a few more attacks but all were in vain. Kaga took them without budging even minutely.
"Temari, enough." He didn't want her to waste her Chakra, not when the battle had only begun. Snapping his fingers, Gaara indicated the commander to take the lead as decided by them.
The commander, who had flashed by his side, used hand seals to signal the shinobis and no later they acted.
"Wind Style: Wind Bullets Jutsu." Yuki had told them that the Jutsu was useless against Kaga, but Gaara wanted to see how would the being fare against several thousands of wind bullets.
The bullets struck Kaga, several at a time, but the being remained unfazed. Gaara was surprised this time at seeing the strange phenomenon but not shocked as Temari's attacks already established that their enemy was durable, but he wanted to know how much. And, the uselessness of the wind bullets served to that while giving the green signal to higher Jutsus.
From the corner of his right eye, he saw the Khamseen commander flexing his fingers followed by the shinobis hurling wind chakra infused kunais as well as shurikens towards the being.
"Wind Style: Violet Wind Palm." Almost in chorus, the shinobis released the Jutsu which expedited the airborne weapons. Though Kaga only raised an eyebrow before the weapons struck him… and cascaded.
Gaara's teeth inadvertently clapped onto each other seeing the outcome. The Jutsu which could tear through almost everything didn't even scratch let alone fathom the durability much less the prowess of the being.
"Wind Style: Grea…"
"STOP!" Seeing everybody stop and turn towards him, Gaara continued, "Use the Hijutsus." The Khamseen commander heeded to his words and conveyed his desire to the shinobis who immediately followed.
"SUNA HIJUTSU: THE TRIAL OF THE WIND GOD."
He mentally sighed when Kaga again closed his mouth. He knew their enemy could severely harm them and at the extreme, wipe them from the floor of the planet. The only thing preventing that was Kaga's apparent interest in them and their techniques.
So, when the previous Jutsus failed to work, he immediately detected the irritation that flashed on Kaga's visage leading him to change the tactics which, to his relief, again managed to captivate the being's interest.
As soon as the hijutsu was effected, a heavy pressure settled in the area. But Gaara knew it was nothing compared to the extreme pressure that Kaga was about to feel on his body due to the squeezing motion of the invisible fist formed around his body. The Trial of the Wind God worked that way.
He waited with narrowed eyes for the being to exhibit any sign of the pain due to the force, but when nothing happened even after a whole minute, his hopes were reduced to cinders.
He couldn't believe that despite witnessing the entire scene with his own eyes. One of the strongest Jutsus they had in their possession, simply failed. Kaga didn't even display mild annoyance let al…
"The shinobis! Gaara."
Eyes widening, he glanced around at the shinobis only to see their faces in severe despair and worry. Their spirits were dampening which, though natural, they couldn't afford.
"DON'T LOSE IT NOW! C'MON ONCE MORE, BRING THE VOID." Apparently, the commander also noticed the state of the shinobis and decided to act on his own. His words worked as the shinobis once again started forming the hand seals, whether due to the command or a seemingly last-ditch try.
"SUNA HIJUTSU: THE VOID." The shouts were followed by the shinobis making a tearing motion with their hands before a thunderclap was heard indicating the Jutsu taking effect.
Gaara could see everybody was waiting for Kaga to succumb to the lack of oxygen due to the Jutsu. He himself was sure that the Jutsu would work as no living being could survive without air. Kaga would fall any second…
"Try something else, mortals. I don't need air to survive."
His knees almost buckled on hearing the words. To believe that this Kaga could survive without oxygen, was totally impossible. No living being could do that.
Out of a sudden instinct, Gaara looked around at the shinobis and saw most of them supporting bleak faces, with some even collapsing on their knees. Immediately, the shinobi inside him jumped to action.
"Commander, with me." Voicing the command, he created two floating sand spheres before jumping on it, with Rao following the suit. It was time for the Kage of Suna to take the lead.
"So you finally decided to enter the battle hmmm… let's see what you can do."
"Sand Lightning Needles." Gaara muttered before flexing his right arm towards the being. Hundreds of needles with blue sparks around them emerged from the sand below and shot towards Kaga.
However, to his surprise, the being didn't allow the needles to hit him instead a sort of circular shield appeared around him, as evident from the semi-circular shape assumed by the sand.
"Kazekage-sama, is it lightning?" Apparently, Rao was on the same page as him, as the former deduced the same point that lightning might affect Kaga, otherwise, there was no reason for the being to use a shield. At the same time, Gaara knew that the sand in the Jutsu wouldn't have had a major effect.
"It might be Rao, but this could very well be our last chance."
Seeing Rao nod, Gaara blurred through hand seals before extending his arms and muttering, "Wind Style: Severing Tornado." A second later, a highly pressurised cyclic current of winds formed around his hands before extending towards Kaga.
Rao, having moulded necessary chakra, pushed his hands into the threshold of the tornado before voicing, "Lightning Style: Lightning Eagle." A glowing golden eagle formed and after giving a war cry, shot along the tornado before diving into it. Immediately yellow currents flashed through the tornado which collided with the being before encompassing him.
However, Gaara's nerves froze when barely a second later, the tornado was literally busted apart with the winds and lightning currents dissipating in all directions, indicating even lightning was useless.
His vision clouded for a moment but the words of Rao forcefully broke him out of the trance. Something Gaara was really grateful for.
"I felt a sharp spike in his energy, Kazekage-sama." Composing himself and taking a second, he understood the implications that Kaga rendered the Jutsu useless by just releasing his energy. It was similar to the shockwave three days ago.
"Quite interesting… your efforts are quite interesting indeed, and certainly amusing but as I stated they are futile just like the next one you are planning will be. What is it called? Hmmm… sand geyser creation." Kaga finished with a chuckle.
"How do you know about that?" Gaara couldn't help but voice his confusion that how did the being know about his next attack.
"Mortal, I am a God. It is a feeble task to read your thoughts. Now, as I said, your efforts were definitely interesting but they end here. It's time to accomplish the purpose for which I came here." The words were followed by Kaga raising his hand.
"ATTACK WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT!" Gaara immediately followed Rao's words and after blurring through the seals, clenched his fists before snapping them upwards while shouting, "Wind Style: Sand Geyser Creation." Immediately scorching hot sand, with wind flowing around it, erupted from below and shot towards the being.
"FIRE STYLE: THE GREAT FIRE WAVE."
"WIND STYLE: GREAT BREAKTHROUGH."
He registered almost all the shinobis following with wind Jutsus with some using fire too, which combined to form a colossal fire wave shooting towards Kaga.
"Lightning Style: Thunderbolts." Rao also followed with his Jutsu that seemingly mixed with the fire wave.
However, before any of the attacks could even reach Kaga, the being flicked his hand which generated a torrent of winds with an intensity never seen before. The winds completely tore apart the attacks before continuing towards them. Gaara immediately used several sand shields to protect his village but naturally, they too didn't stand a chance. There was no doubt that these winds would tear them apart, they…
"Fuinjutsu: Seal of the Heavens." Gaara halted his musings when he heard a gruff voice before several open scrolls passed over his head and in a matter of seconds, sucked the violent winds into them.
The sudden and strange event even stopped Kaga who lowered his hand once again.
"Damn! he's a strong one." Hearing the gruff voice from his right, Gaara immediately turned and saw Jiraiya of the sannin on the edge of his tower. Though, the sannin was in his strange infamous sage mode highlighted with toad-like features and accompanied by two aged toads on both of his shoulders.
Lowering the altitude, he joined the sage on the tower and was nodded to, by Toad sage and the Toad elders. He returned the nods.
"Kazekage-sama" The toad sage began, "I received your message yesterday but some prior work consumed the time. Sorry about that."
"It's alright Jiraiya-sama. What matters is that you came."
"Well, I couldn't deny the request considering the situation. Moreover, Naruto's would have been really mad otherwise. Though, I was really surprised on reading the message …."
FLASHBACK
'Woah…those mountains' Jiraiya mused while giggling perversely. He couldn't help but bless Tsunade's jugs for assigning him a mission here. The Hidden Hot Water village, after all, was the heaven for tourists due to the surfeit of hot springs, implying a gold mine for him. All the beautiful, bountiful and infamous females in the entire world usually visited the village.
Taking out his notebook, he was about to begin making notes when he registered something soft falling on his head with a pop. Recognising it as a toad, he picked it up before setting it down on the ground.
"Yo! Gamaru, what are you doing here?"
"Greetings, Jiraiya-sama. I bring a message from Fukasaku-sama."
"Go on"
"He asks you to be ready for reverse summoning in a minute."
"Now, wait a min…" Jiraiya didn't get to complete the words before he was reverse summoned.
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"... ute." Shaking his head to clear the brief disorientation of the mind, Jiraiya stood up while dusting his lower garbs before turning around to face the duo of Toad elders. His face clearly showing his dismay due to the interruption of his research.
"Dammit! Pa, you could have summoned me some time else. I was doing my precious resea… OW… What was that for Ma?"
"For being a pervert."
"I ain't a pervert Ma, I am…"
"Cut it Jiraiya, we have a serious matter to discuss."
Jiraiya immediately straightened with his face morphing into a serious one, which itself was rare. Pa calling his name without chan or boy, simply meant that a grave situation had occurred or was about to occur.
"What is it Pa?"
"Today, in the afternoon, we were visited by the boss of Weasels. He personally came to deliver a message from the Kazekage."
His eyes slightly widened hearing that. After all, it was only in rarest of the rare cases that the boss of a summoning clan, minor or major didn't matter, would himself deliver a message. It only implied that the situation must be beyond grave.
"What was the message Pa?" Hearing Jiraiya's question, the faces of both the elder Toads turned grim, as if he had asked something taboo. A few seconds later, Pa nodded towards Ma before she turned towards him and replied, "A request… the message was a request for your help."
"A request for my help? In what?"
"In preventing the imminent destruction of Sunagakure no Sato."
This time Jiraiya's eyes completely opened in shock. Though, it was natural because the notion that Suna was going to be destroyed in the near future, was truly shocking. But what could lead to this? And why didn't his spy network picked up something?
"Here is the message, Jiraiya boy. It will surely clear things." Jiraiya immediately grabbed the scroll before opening it and reading it.
'Greetings, Jiraiya-sama,
I hope you are well. Now, I know it must be strange for you that a Kage of a foreign village is writing to you and that too covertly, but the gravity of the matter required that. I can't afford any divulgation or alteration of the information. So, I urge you to read and understand the entire matter before making any conclusion.
I am sure that you are familiar with the issue of Tremors of Suna. They have, after all, existed since a century but for the past couple of months, their intensity had augmented leading me to dispatch a Khamseen team to check the root of the problem…. He read the entire letter to the very last word, and immediately his face sombered. The issue expressed by the Kazekage was severe as well as unprecedented. A strange being who defeated the entire Khamseen team which could even give him a tough time was really worrying. Moreover, the being doing that in a blink was only aggravating.
"Do you believe it's true, Pa?" The question was inevitable as Kaga had declared himself to be able to destroy the entire planet, which in itself was a ridiculous notion.
"I am afraid it is. The boss of the weasels personally asserted to each and every word in the letter. We have no reason to doubt him."
"Moreover, that Gaara kid is too serious for his own good. Jesting isn't his forte."
Jiraiya definitely understood where Pa and Ma were coming from. But the implications were intense, too intense in fact.
"So, I should go, ha?" He just wanted to take the opinion of the wise toad couple. Despite having decades of experience, and having seen a lot of things, the situation-in-hand was totally anew. A shinobi of prominence of one village asking another shinobi, too prominent, in a formal yet secret manner was never seen before. Not to mention the enemy.
"I believe you should. Consider it as a first step towards your goal to end the cycle of hatred. If you succeed in this endeavour, the entire world will heed to your beliefs. After all, a Kage level shinobi saving a foreign village would be anew."
"Further, the world will see you in a new light. To them, your beliefs would become something that could be practised in the real world instead of the wild fantasies coming from a drunken pervert."
"Not again, Ma." Jiraiya shook his head in slight annoyance before continuing, "Anyway, I understand your points but he requested to keep it away even from Tsunade. I don't think that would be the right option."
"We discussed it and believe that it is the right choice. Telling Tsunade will only risk the information leakage to the likes of Danzo. I believe I don't need to explain the consequences of that."
Pa was right. No one could comprehend what Danzo would do with such kind of information. The Warhawk couldn't affect his actions directly due to his sannin rights as well as his status. But, that one-eyed bastard wasn't above manipulating the council, and in return Tsunade. It was not difficult to perceive that the current Hokage was more or less a figurehead.
"And, what does the Great Sage says about it?" The prophecies of the old geezer, though vague, were more than welcomed. They always gave a basic idea, a basic sway of the things, how they were going to proceed.
"Nothing specific. Just that great darkness would threaten the shinobi world, and only a monkey could save it."
He digested the words for a few seconds before voicing, "That is very vague." 'as usual'
"Indeed. Moreover, the only one who could be related to a monkey was Hiruzen, but he's dead."
"Hmmm… you are right but maybe a descendant?"
"Or a student."
"...I don't believe any of us can be associated with a monkey. We have our own summons."
"But that's the best we can discern till now. Only you three are powerful enough who can be related to Hiruzen, and consequently a monkey." Jiraiya pondered over Ma's words and realised that she was totally correct. Well, it would be worth a shot.
Swaying his eyes before assuming a dramatic pose, he proclaimed, "Very well, the gallant toad sage of Mt. Myoboku will definitely save the village of Suna in its hard t… OW."
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"Kazekage-sama, I would need you to step back, and do not interfere. Kindly convey this to the others also. I want to fight him on my own terms."
"I admit that is the only plausible option right now." Gaara's subtle glance at the shinobis around revealed that he understood the point. Immediately, Temari, Kankuro and the famed commander left to tend the shinobis and convey the message.
Jiraiya easily saw that his presence, apparently, was a sort of blessing to them. They were feeling a bit relieved, with him being there.
After some space was cleared, he asked the toad couple, "So, how do we do this?"
The response came from Ma after some moments, "I feel we should keep ninjutsu at bay for the time being, and use taijutsu."
He pondered over the suggestion of Ma for a few moments before mentally shrugging and replying, "That's alright, but there is a little problem here. He can fly, hand to hand combat is not possible between us."
"Don't worry mortal, if you want a duel, I shall give you one. I am also interested in fighting an opponent who can use the life energy of the planet."
Jiraiya sharply turned his gaze towards the being who was already descending towards the ground. He was totally surprised on hearing Kaga's words. Here he was about to dig his mind for something that could lure the being into physical combat, but he was literally handed the solution in his hands.
Kaga, after landing on the ground, motioned Jiraiya with his fingers to commence the duel.
Well, beggars can't be choosers. Releasing a breath, Jiraiya darted towards Kaga and punched him hard on the face… or rather, was about to punch but the being dodged at the very last moment by tilting towards the right.
He blinked at the absurd scenario that played before him. When his punch had passed the comfort zone of the being, he was sure that his punch would hit the mark, but apparently, that comfort zone was only valid in the shinobi world.
Immediately, Jiraiya sharply bent his stretched arm to give an elbow hit, but Kaga again dodged by curving his torso forwardly. He followed by a jab to the head of Kaga from his unused left arm, but the being again displaying surprising agility, shifted his head just a bit and dodged the attack.
Jiraiya quickly jumped back to gain some distance before dashing forward and doing a roundhouse kick at Kaga's head, but the being dodged that by crouching just a bit. As soon as his right leg passed over Kaga's head, he allowed the momentum to twist his body and fell forward on his palms before attempting a horse kick but the being again dodged that casually by taking a step back. Rolling he stood up and jumped back gaining a fair distance this time.
"It's like he has the Sharingan, he's dodging when it's not even possible."
Jiraiya agreed with Ma's words as due to the sage mode, his sensing abilities had enhanced greatly. Yet, he couldn't track the movements of the being.
Pondering over the issue for a moment, he decided to change his tactics. Dashing forward, Jiraiya appeared in front of Kaga and punched straight at his face and as expected, Kaga dodged that but the being's eyes widened when his cheek dented a bit obviously due to the burst of nature chakra.
But Jiraiya frowned at the outcome. The burst of nature chakra should have hurled Kaga away but the being tanked that effortlessly. Only his cheek was slightly dented as if he had poked it. Jiraiya immediately jumped back to analyse this new shocking development.
"That was quite a manoeuvre, mortal. I didn't see that coming."
While in shock at the uselessness of Frog Kumite, Jiraiya also found himself wondering why Kaga wasn't attacking him back. The being was allowing him to try anything he wanted. It was like all this was a game for Kaga.
"Jiraiya boy, resort to ninjutsu."
"But Pa, that didn't work in case of Suna shinobis."
"True, but your jutsus will be enhanced by nature chakra, and we won't know its effects until we try it."
Thinking for a bit, he decided to go along with Pa's advice. Clapping his hands, he muttered, "Sage Arts: Earth Style: Swamp of the underworld."
Immediately, the area under Kaga morphed into a swamp with the being's feet submerged up to his ankles. He saw Kaga getting slightly shocked for a moment during which he created a shadow clone in front of the being, who hurled several sealing tags which adhered to the body of Kaga.
He was sure that with the sticky nature of the mud coupled with chakra binding and gravity seals, it won't take long for Kaga to be completely submerged into the swamp. It would be then that he would attack…
His planning was rendered useless when Jiraiya sensed a sharp spike in Kaga's energy followed by the being jumping upwards while creating a big crater in the ground effectively ruining his Jutsu.
Jiraiya's mouth opened in shock. He couldn't believe what had happened. The being escaped from his Jutsu without any effort. That shouldn't be possible, not when the being was bound by chakra binding and gravity seals. Even if the being had a different energy, the chakra binding seals should have worked partially if not totally. Moreover, each gravity seal enhanced the mass of an object by ten times and at least ten such seals were sticking to Kaga, implying the being wasn't affected by at least a hundred times augmentation of his mass. Not to mention the sticky properties of the Jutsu.
"Your techniques were certainly interesting as well as amusing until this last one. You ruined my divine attire. This can not be excused. You will…"
Interrupting Kaga, Jiraiya smeared some blood on his palm before slamming it on the ground and shouting, "Summoning Jutsu." A large cloud of smoke marked the arrival of Gamabunta. No words were spoken as he knew the toads were watching the battle in their crystal ball.
Gamabunta jumped towards Kaga with an obvious intention of crushing the being but at the last moment, he witnessed an unbelievable sight. Kaga simply flicked the toad boss with just a finger resulting in Gamabunta getting hurled towards the skies.
Jiraiya forcefully shook the shock that inundated his mind before shouting, "Pa, Ma, singing technique!" The words were vague and spoken in haste but the toad couple understood the point.
Clapping their hands, they screamed at the being who got slightly disoriented whether due to the high pitched sound or the genjutsu. Though, it worked for him. Leaping towards Kaga with a Rasengan forming in his right hand, Jiraiya shouted, "Senpo: Cho Odama Rasen…." But, his ability to speak lost when he found himself suspended in mid-air, his arm outstretched and a Rasengan swirling in his hand. It was as if someone had pulled him up by the scruff of his neck
Trying but failing Jiraiya realised that he couldn't even move his eyes. But, his incapacity to move didn't prevent him from seeing when Kaga opened his eyes and looked at him.
"Begone Mortal."
As if the words literally smashed into him, he felt a massive force striking him before he was flung over the village.
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Witnessing the toad sage thrown over the village marked the defeat of their second-best resource to defeat Kaga. It was time to deploy the best one.
As soon as Gaara saw Kaga levitating, he acted by clapping his hands and shouting, "IT'S NOW OR NEVER!" His words triggered the shinobis to make the last seal of the Jutsu they were preparing since Jiraiya was fighting with Kaga. It was the reason they hadn't interfered.
As soon as the sealing sequence was completed, he, along with other shinobis, shouted, "SUNA KINJUTSU: THE WRATH OF THE WIND DRAGON!"
Immediately, the wind in the vicinity convulsed and started congregating in the skies. No later, a colossal dragon made of wind formed in the skies. It was easily twice as tall as Shukaku, with its serpent-like body made up of severely rotating winds giving it a form of a tornado.
The dragon descended as soon as Kaga raised his hand but to his utter shock, the dragon dispersed into winds as soon as it reached near the massive sphere of energy that formed above the raised hand of Kaga.
Witnessing the implausible happening, Gaara collapsed onto his knees, not only due to the shock of what had transpired but also due to the near depletion of his chakra. A glance around him revealed that most of the shinobis had suffered the same fate. In fact, they were barely conscious, only he was managing due to his larger chakra reserves due to Shukaku. The Jutsu was forbidden for a reason.
"Despite being a weak race, your efforts were commendable and managed to raise my curiosity.You will perish today but not this planet. I am curious about what the other villages have to offer. But don't worry, they will definitely join you in the afterlife sooner or later." The words were followed by the sphere of energy moving towards the village with its momentum increasing.
On his knees, while watching the sphere of energy descending onto them, Gaara couldn't help but reflect on the irony of the situation. When he was a kid, all his actions and even thoughts were aimed towards safeguarding his existence. There wasn't a single moment when the thought of fighting for someone else let alone save them, had come to his mind. And now, he was going to die for the village, for everyone. A bittersweet smile formed on his face at the thought. It was all due to Naruto. He was truly a strange one who managed to shift his paradigm completely. But in the end, nothing mattered. They had fought with everything yet they lost. Suna would soon become a relic of the past.
While in his musings, he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Forgive me, kid… I failed. I couldn't defeat him. He is beyond anything I have ever seen… "
Well, at least Jiraiya-sama would survive. Gaara was really glad about that. Shinobis let alone humans like him were very rare. This world needed more like him.
"... But you know, I can't stay here. Call me selfish but I have to warn Tsunade and prepare Konoha. I hope you would forgive me."
Gaara was able to speak after some seconds," I understand, Jiraiya-sama. This enemy is the most dangerous being this world has ever seen. I don't believe anyone in this world could defeat him. But you should, at least, save as much as you can."
Jiraiya's response was accompanied by slightly increasing the grip on his shoulder, "Farewell, Kazekage-sama."
Some wisps of smoke appearing before his eyes were the only sign of the toad sage's departure.
Gaara shifted his attention towards the approaching sphere of energy which was rapidly descending. It was only two miles above the ground...
A mile above...
A few hundred…
Gaara efforts to measure the distance between their doom stopped, and he blinked when the energy ball seemingly halted. A second later, the sphere deformed a bit before shooting towards the skies where it exploded loudly such that the entire area whitened leading him to cover his eyes.
A few seconds later, the explosion died down. Feeling total roo, he uncovered his eyes before looking towards Kaga.
But Kaga wasn't alone.
Between him and Kaga, there was someone else. Someone, in all aspects, resembling a human. The only difference was his slightly glowing blond hair and a strange armour which he was wearing over a blue spandex suit.
Gaara didn't need to confirm that this person was the one who prevented their doom.
Temporarily or permanently, was yet to be seen.
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