"From your excitement, I guess you won the first round." Sasuke asked Naruto.
"Of course!" Naruto grinned.
"Well, we showed up all flashy like, but could Sasuke have been disqualified?" Kakashi asked the examiner.
"Your tardiness is contagious." The examiner said to Kakashi.
"So, is he?"
"Don't worry, we pushed Sasuke's fight till the end. He's not disqualified." The examiner smirked.
"That's good! That's good!" Kakashi smiled before glancing up at Gaara.
"Don't lose to a guy like that." Naruto said to Sasuke.
"Yeah." Sasuke nodded.
"And Sasuke...I want to fight you too!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke smiled. The people up at the stadium roared in excitement.
"HEY, IS THAT THE PRODIGAL UCHIHA!?"
"THE UCHIHA FIGHT IS GOING TO START!"
"Gaara, get down here!" The examiner called out to Gaara.
"Naruto, let's go back up. We're in the way." Shikamaru told Naruto and walked away.
"Yeah." Naruto nodded and followed after Shikamaru.
"And this time we'll take the stairs."
"What? Are you still mad because I gave you a little push!" Naruto grinned.
"Hey, Gaara, do you understand the plan-" Temari quickly covered Kankuro's mouth.
"Don't talk to Gaara right now." She whispered to him. "You'll be killed!" Yuri glanced over at Gaara, silently, as she saw him walked away, heading down to the arena. She gripped the railing, tightly. Why was she getting a bad feeling about this?
"Come on! Hurry up!" Naruto shouted.
"I'm coming." Shikamaru replied. Then Naruto stopped as they head up the stairs heading back to the waiting area. "Hey, what's wrong?"
There were two grass shinobi, standing in the middle of the hall, blocking Gaara.
"Stop." one of the Hidden grass ninja spoke.
"The Chunin exams are great for betting. Many investors are here for that." The second one smirked, darkly.
"And so...This fight, could you lose it?"
Naruto's eyes widen in horror and so did Shikamaru when they hear the terrified screams from the two shinobi until they went silent. Gaara slowly walked towards Naruto and Shikamaru. Neither of them moved an inch and Gaara passed them, heading down the stairs. Shikamaru sighed and fell down on the steps and so did Naruto.
"If we were only a second earlier, that would've been us just now." Shikamaru spoke, trembling. "I've never seen a guy kill without hesitation. I think Sasuke might be in some trouble."
Gaara walked out, stepping into the arena and faced Sasuke. The two of them glared at each other.
"Now, it's time." the examiner spoke. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Gaara, keeping his eyes on him, waiting. Gaara made a dark laugh. "Begin!"
Suddenly, Gaara cried out in pain, holding his head, as a migraine hit. Sasuke frowned, silently, watching Gaara.
"Don't...get so angry." Gaara groaned, painfully, holding his head. "Mother. I've fed you some nasty blood earlier. I'm sorry. But this time...it will be delicious."
"He's finally talking to it. This is bad." Kankuro murmured.
"Conversation? What do you mean?" Yuri questioned. "Are you talking about the beast inside of him?"
Temari and Kankuro both blinked, looking at Yuri, who was waiting for an answer.
"What's wrong with Gaara?" She asked them.
"I've never seen him act like this before. Is this Sasuke a really powerful opponent?" Temari asked. Gaara dropped his arms and looked up at Sasuke.
"Come." Gaara spoke, narrowing his eyes at Sasuke.
"Fine. I'll come to you." Sasuke threw some shurikens at Gaara. Gaara sand moved, blocking the weapons. Then the sand slowly began to transform, turning into Gaara.
"His shield turned into a sand clone?" Temari gasped. Sasuke charged at Gaara. The sand clone shot out sand at Sasuke and Sasuke quickly jumped into the air. Then Sasuke threw some more shurikens when the sand clone threw back the shurikens that Sasuke had thrown earlier, deflecting them. Sasuke tried to land a kick into the clone, but it caught Sasuke's leg. Sasuke quickly spinned, placing his hands on the ground, and landed a punch. The clone absorbed the attack.
Sasuke threw his other arm back and punched in clone, destroying it, and charged at Gaara. Gaara made a wall of sand appear in front of him, getting ready for Sasuke's attack. Sasuke smirked and quickly vanished and appeared right behind Gaara. Gaara's eyes widened in shock.
"He's fast! Just like him...!" Before he could move his sand to block, Sasuke landed a punch into Gaara's cheek, knocking him down. Gaara got up and pieces of his armor slowly began to crumble away from his face.
"So that's your sand armor, eh?" Sasuke asked then he flicked his hand, taunting Gaara. "Come on."
Gaara didn't move. Sasuke vanished again and quickly appeared behind Gaara again. Gaara tried to move his sand to protect himself. But Sasuke managed to break through and landed a kick into Gaara's chest, knocking him back.
"What's wrong? Is that it?" Sasuke smirked. Then Sasuke quickly rushed at Gaara and began to spin fast around him. Gaara couldn't keep up with Sasuke's speed. Sasuke quickly ducked as he dodged Gaara's sand and landed a kick into Gaara's face. Then he grabbed Gaara by his shirt and kneed Gaara in the stomach. Gaara was knocked back, falling to his knees on the ground. He glared up at Sasuke, panting. More pieces of his sand armor began to crumble away. Gaara stood up and quickly made a hand sign.
The sand rose and began surrounding Gaara, forming into a dome, encasing Gaara inside. Sasuke rushed towards the dome, trying to land a hit, but didn't break through it. The sand had become hard like a rock. Spikes made of sand shot out as it tried to impale Sasuke. Sasuke backed up, standing a few feet away from the dome.
Yuri saw Temari and Kankuro were starting to get more panicked and had a look of fear in their eyes.
"What's wrong?" She asked them. But they didn't answer her. Yuri grabbed Temari by her shoulder, shaking her, snapping Temari out of her trance. She turned to Yuri. "Temari, tell me what's going on!?"
Temari quickly looked back to the match and Yuri looked as well to see a flying eyeball, floating around the dome.
"Damn it, Gaara." Temari cursed under her breath. Yuri recognized it, immediately. It was the same eyeball that Gaara used to spy on her. Sasuke tried to land another kick at the dome but made no dent to it. Sasuke backed flipped and hopped up onto the wall and made a hand sign.
"Damn...once he's like this there's nothing that can be done." Temari spoke. "Does Gaara want to mess up the plan?" Kankuro turned to her. "Temari!" He shouted. Temari's eyes widen and both of them looked at Yuri, seeing that she had overheard what Temari said.
"Plan?" Yuri questioned. "What plan? What are you talking about?"
Then Yuri heard the sound of sparks of electricity and turned back to see Sasuke's hand, emitting electricity from it. Sasuke quickly ran down the wall, heading directly at the dome. Sasuke slammed his fist right into the dome, breaking through it.
"Chidori!"
"Gaara!" Yuri shouted.
"It can't be..." Temari spoke in disbelief.
"No way! He broke through Gaara's absolute defense!" Kankuro exclaimed, shocked as well. There was a long silence before an ear-piercing shriek of pain and fear screamed out.
"BLOOD! IT'S MY BLOOD!" Gaara screamed. Temari, Kankuro and Yuri's eyes widened in shock.
"He's been hurt!" Temari shouted. Sasuke's eyes widened when he felt something grab his arm. He tried to pull it out but couldn't. Sasuke unleashed another chidori, shocking Gaara. Sasuke quickly jumped back. But when he did, a large arm made of sand came out as well, still holding onto Sasuke. Yuri's eyes widened, not believing what she was seeing.
Was that Gaara? No, it had to be the monster inside of him!
Temari and Kankuro both trembled in fear. Sasuke pushed it off and the arm, dropped to the ground. It quickly retreated back into the dome.
"Did he transform!?" Kankuro cried out, looking at Temari.
"I-I don't know. But I think he's been hurt!" She shouted.
"What is going on that you two aren't telling me!?" Yuri shouted at them and she grabbed Temari by her wrist. "What's happening to Gaara!?"
A low growl was heard, coming from the dome. Yuri slowly turned back, looking at it. The dome began to crumble as it broke, revealing Gaara panting as he held his bleeding shoulder in pain.
"I knew it! The cocoon broke before the transformation was complete!" Temari exclaimed. Then strange white feathers began to fall from the stadium from above. Strangely, Yuri felt her eyes starting to get heavier. Then a loud explosion suddenly erupted from the upper level where the Hokage and Kazekage were sitting.
"What's happening?" Yuri mumbled, trying to keep herself awake. Temari looked over at Kankuro, who nodded, and she quickly turned back to Yuri.
"I'm sorry!" Temari cried out.
"What?" Yuri asked before she felt a sharp pain at the back of her neck as Temari hit her, knocking her out. Yuri fell to the ground and her vision went dark as she blacked out.