Gaara stared at the sky with something he thought he would never truly feel.... Fear. Fear for his village, fear for his family and fear for his friends.
The massive bomb was falling on his home and he knew what he had to do. He had already contacted Naruto and the others, they were on their way... but he had to act...
Now!
Instantly his sand covered the entire Village. There were cracks in his sand armour that started to glow a slight blue. His sea-green eyes slowly shifted to a sandy yellow.
"Alright brat, let's do this!" Shukaku yelled out.
He and Gaara had worked through some of their issues. As much as it annoys him Gaara had befriended the large Tsundere. Truth be told they didn't talk to each other too much and Gaara still had insomnia, but it was much better than how it was before. Right now Gaara was silently thanking Naruto for convincing him to get along with his tailed beast.
...Not that Naruto had accomplished the thought himself, but that's not the issue right now.
The bomb went off, exploding all the sand away and revealing the village below. Gaara was weak... very weak, his own Chakra was almost empty.
"Oh stop sulking, we're both gonna die if you fail this fight!" Shukaku yelled out and gave Gaara more Chakra. There was no way he was befriending a new damn host. No way!
Gaara's eyes snapped open as he was falling from the sky. He noticed the large white bird fly towards him, he quickly flipped himself around and landed on the bird. Dodging the punch that was aimed at him the second he landed Gaara used the bird like a springboard and jumped back down to the ground.
(Where the hell was Naruto!?)
Gaara glared up at the attacker. This was going to be a very long fight if he didn't speed this up. The only reason he isn't dead now is because of that Anonymous note that told him the village would be attacked. He had time to prepare and sent for Naruto two days before this mess...
Hange threw her thunder spear at the bird the attacker was riding. The bird exploded knocking back its rider who created a new one within seconds.
"Damn, I thought I had him," Hange muttered.
"Calm yourself, backup will be arriving soon," Gaara muttered.
"Well, they better hurry the hell up" Kankuro grunted.
Their sister was in the leaf village so at least that was one less person to worry about. Honestly, this was such an issue they weren't equipped for a sky battle.
"Rasengan!"
Appearing behind the blond attacker, faster than they realised was their blond ally. He slammed his Rasengan into their chest knocking the wind out of them. They fell to the ground but landed on their feet.
"Damn that hurt un" They muttered.
Naruto landed next to Gaara, a few Ninja behind him.
"Levi and Sasuke are on their way, they'll be a little while though," Naruto explained.
"Eh! Midget is coming! WHOOO! We're saved!" Hange cheered.
Naruto smiled, she wasn't far off the mark. Now they just had to get there. It was bad enough that Naruto left Uzushio. Thank Kami the villagers were all ex-Ninja.
"I thought I told you to be quick about this Deidara" The blond's teammate muttered.
"Sasori... we may Be in trouble here..." Kankuro spoke up.
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"His speciality is poisons..." Gaara continued.
Sasori was a Rouge from the land of wind. Gaara made it his mission to recognize all their rogues so they could solve them. Seeing Sasori here was the biggest issue.
"It's also because he's an S-class... what I wouldn't give to dissect him!" Hange yelled out with stars in her eyes.
Everyone chose to wisely ignore her.
"Just so you know Naruto... Konoha has been alerted" Gaara muttered.
"I had a feeling, believe it" he mutters back.
'Come on guys', Naruto thought to himself. He did not want to run into Konoha, and if he knew his brothers well, neither did they.
****
Levi and Sasuke were sitting on Sora as she sped through the sky. The pair sat in silence for a while.
"Do you think it's bad?... the attack I mean?" Sasuke asked.
Levi let out a deep sigh. He didn't know. He did know that Gaara and Shukaku were getting along better thanks to Hange and Naruto. He did know that the Village Hidden in the sand had the desert as a great defence. What he didn't know was who was attacking the sand.
Itachi said that their leader Pein, told each team their target separately, so even he didn't know who was going to the Sand. All Itachi knew was that he and his teammate Kisame were heading to Kumogakure to attack Bee.
Levi already Alerted A of this and that Itachi was on their side. He hoped A would go too crazy on them but alas he had other things to deal with.
"I don't know, Naruto should be there by now, so let's hope it ends well," Levi muttered.
They weren't far off now. In Fact, they were flying through the Desert so they should see the Village soon.
Instead what they saw was a massive Rasengan fall down from the sky and slam into the ground creating a smoke screen of Sand.
BOOOM!
A huge explosion went off creating another smokescreen, this time made of both smoke and Sand.
"You seem to use the same moves! That makes you easy to predict un. Especially when pinned up against my art!" Deidara yelled out. One of his bombs and Naruto's Rasengan's clashed causing yet another explosion.
Naruto didn't say anything as he spotted his brothers behind Deidara.
"Sasuke," Levi said.
"Hn, yeah yeah I know. I help the Dobe you help Gaara." Sasuke replied standing up on Sora.
Levi gave a curt nod and jumped from Sora down towards Gaara and Hange who were battling Sasori on the ground.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, before heading over to go catch his blond idiot. Naruto landed on Sora and gave a large grin to Sasuke who glared at him.
"Teme! Took your time Y'know!" Naruto yelled out.
Sasuke gave a heavy sigh but also gave a small smirk at the greeting.
"Heh, you're still alive? I should have taken longer" Sasuke replied.
Naruto gained a tick mark at that comment
"What! I should kill you for that! Believe it!" Naruto yelled out.
"Hn, later, for now, we focus on him," Sasuke replied, looking at Deidara.
Deidara sent a barrage of clay birds at the two. Sasuke stood from his position and summoned Chidori.
" Lightning Chain!" Sasuke yelled out.
Jumping forward his Chidori hit the first bird and spread lightning across all the bombs setting them all off in a massive chain reaction before landing back on Sora.
"Woah" Naruto muttered.
"This is going to be annoying. Did you ever finish that Rasenshuriken of yours?" Sasuke asked.
"No. I'm still having trouble sending it further than 10 meters." Naruto explained. It was coming along well but he needed better Chakra control to make sure the Rasenshuriken had enough Chakra to sustain itself when away from the source.
"10 meters huh. If I get you close enough, do you think you'll be able to throw it?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto looked at the distance between the three of them. Making a quick judgement he guessed about 20 to 25 meters.
"It will be difficult to get close. But about 15 meters and I can do it." Naruto replied.
"Hn, fine. You power up, I'll get you close. Let's do this Sora" Sasuke replied.
Naruto sat down and summoned another clone to help him form the Rasenshuriken. Sasuke pulled out his sword from its sheath and powered up his Sharingan.
"You owe me Tomatoes for this," Sasuke whispered to himself.
Down on the ground Gaara was Using his sand to cover Hange as she tried to attack Sasori from unsuspecting places. Gaara was also trying his hands at a few attacks but he was mostly preoccupied with destroying Sasori's spare puppets.
On the ground next to him was a seriously Injured Kankuro, who was struggling to breathe as he had been poisoned. Gaara was growing more and more desperate to finish this fight to save his brother.
Sasori's scorpion tail aimed towards Gaara once more before Levi cut it into pieces as he landed. His Sharingan was blazing red as he glared at the attacker. Gaara let out a sigh of relief at the sight of Levi.
"You took too long" Gaara stated.
"Sasuke wanted to dump some trash off at the Valley of the end. It would have taken longer if we went with his original plan" Levi explained.
"Midget! Hiiii!" Hange yelled out. She was jumping from one puppet to another leaving paper bombs with each one. She jumped and flipped in the air dodging another attack before she landed before the two guys.
A massive explosion set off behind her, as she took off her goggles, to reveal her bright eyes and a large grin.
"Tiny, what took you so long?" She asked.
"Tch, shut up shitty glasses. Some people are busy. Be glad I'm here now" Levi grumbled as he pulled out his two Katanas. "Freak, take his brother and get out of here. Brat, cause a distraction and keep as much of his attention on you. It shouldn't be too hard"
Hange gave a curt nod before Grabbing Kankuro and heading back to the Village. Gaara created a massive circular wall around Sasori and slowly closed it up.
Levi allowed Lightning to flow around him covering both his body and his swords. He glanced up at the two above him and smirked.
Back in the sky, Sasuke was slicing every clay bomb that was sent his way. His Sharingan allowed him to see where they were coming from before they reached him and Naruto.
"How long until it's ready Dobe?" Sasuke asked while slicing yet another clay bird.
They had to dodge a move Deidara called C4 earlier. It was too big and made them further away from the blond bastard than when they began.
"It's almost done, get me in close!" Naruto yelled out.
"Hn, fine. Were going up." Sasuke said before he glanced towards the ground where Levi was fighting. He saw Levi look up at them for a second before smirking. Looks like they both had the same idea.
"Hah! U-up!?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah," Sasuke smirked before grabbing onto Sora tightly. "We're taking out both birds with one Rasengan."
The two zoomed up into the sky before diving back down with the sun behind them. This temporarily blinded Deidara as he didn't expect such a sudden move, but almost immediately recovered.
He too charged toward the two as he prepared yet another C4.
"Don't worry, soon you'll both become a part of my beautiful art un!" Deidara yelled out.
Closer...
Closer...
"NOW!"
Sasuke ducked down and Naruto threw the Rasenshuriken at Deidara. Panicked at the sudden attack Deidara stopped in his tracks. He was about to dodge when Sasuke's Electric sword was thrown through his stomach. Stunning him still.
Naruto's Rasenshuriken sawed into him and sent him flying towards the ground before exploding sending Deidara towards the ground faster while also setting off his C4.
Levi Had Sasori tied up in his Chakra strings and spotted the blond falling towards them.
"Now!" He yelled out.
Gaara's sand reached up and grabbed Deidara. He then pulled the blond and threw him next to Sasori before covering them in a dome of condensed Sand.
BOOOOM!
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Sasuke and Naruto landed next to them and all four looked over at the crater.
"Do you think it killed them?" Naruto asked.
"Hn"
"I doubt it. They were S-class that battle was far too short..." Levi mumbled.
"Eeh! Short! For you maybe! For Gaara and I, it was probably one of the Longest battles I've had since the damn Chunin Exams believe it!" Naruto yelled out. He dropped to the ground and took a deep breath. He was exhausted.
"Well, dead or not, let's be glad they're gone. If they come back we'll be better prepared.
Suddenly a poison dart was about to hit Gaara from behind if it wasn't for his sand protection. They turned to reveal a pink, almost red-haired puppet and an unconscious Deidara.
"Tch, you've made this much harder than it needed to be," Sasori grumbled.
"Tch, next time don't be a brat and just die. It would save us the trouble of having to kill you again" Levi replied.
"Brat me? Please, you brats have wasted enough of my time. So let me show you my art" Sasori stated.
Suddenly 100 puppets Surrounded the Group of four.
"Gaara step back, you're on Defense. Idiots, let's get this over with." Levi said.
Gaara jumped behind the three and used his sad to force all the Puppets to attack from one direction.
Naruto summoned a clone and slowly began to form a massive Rasengan. Once it was complete. Sasuke place his hand next to Naruto's and added the Chidori. Finally, Levi added his own hand next to Naruto's and added the Jigoku.
Finally the massive ball of, Chakra, lightning and fire was made.
The three jumped forward and slammed the ball in the middle of all the puppets. It exploded outwards destroying every single one and sending a severely damaged Sasori backwards and onto the ground.
Gaara watched in silent awe as the smoke cleared. But grew worried as Sasori stood up once more.
"CHAA!"
BOOM!
A sudden attack from behind smashed Sasori into bits killing him finally. Pink hair was revealed as she gave the boys a smile.
"You were taking too long" Sakura smirked.
"Sakura!" Naruto yelled out before falling to the ground. He didn't pass out, he was just tired.
Sasuke looked around and noticed the other attacker had disappeared. "Hn looks like one got away" he muttered.
"Tch"
"Come on, the rest of the team Konoha sent are helping the village, and Don't worry about Kankuro, I healed him first" Sakura stated before walking off. She then stopped when she noticed the boys weren't following her.
"You're... not coming... are you?" She asked lowly.
Levi shook his head and Summoned one of his larger Panthers. His name was Tsumi, and he was also the fastest Panther Levi had. Meanwhile, Sasuke and Naruto got on Sora, she could only carry two people at a time.
The rest of the Uzushio Shinobi had already been alerted to head back home. Sakura however wasn't letting them go this time.
"Guys!" She yelled out before they could run off. The group looked at her.
She then pulled out a document.
"I have officially been granted permission to transfer to Uzushio... So this time... I'm coming with you" she stated proudly.
Naruto gave a large grin, while Sasuke and Levi gave their small smirks. Tsuki lowered slightly and allowed Sakura to hop on.
"Hold tightly cub. Fall off and you stay off" Tsuki stated.
"Good luck, brat," Levi said to Gaara. Before Tsuki sped off.
"Take care Gaara!" Naruto yelled.
"Hn"
Sora took off to the skies. Gaara watched his friends leave with a smile on his face. He was glad they had each other, he would worry for them if they didn't.
"Oiiii! PANDA!!!"
Looking back at his own village Levi saw his best friend yell out to him. A small blush of embarrassment grew on his cheeks before a smile grew.
The Danger was only just beginning.
****
Deidara had only just made it out with his life. He underestimated them, Dammit. He only lost one arm thankfully, but Dammit those kids would pay. They would pay!
Deidara glared at the Desert he had just left. Oh, he'll be back alright, and next time he won't lose.
****
Orochimaru was glaring at the Dead Shinobi before him. He had a broken plain mask next to him, the only difference was the fake seal on his tongue.
That's right, this particular Root Ninja was actually a spy that belonged to Orochimaru. No wonder how the two Uchiha found out their location.
Orochimaru wouldn't make this mistake again. Next time the seal will be real. Next time the only one they won't be able to speak off will be Orochimaru himself. Next time he'll kill his Ninja himself should they fail.
He grabbed the Ninja's body and dragged it back to the base with him. He might as well put the body to good use.
Curse those Uchiha.
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Ok. So I know it's been a while. This took forever and I've lost this Chapter three times thanks to Wattpad.
Hopefully, things will go more smoothly from now on, but we can only hope.
I hope you enjoyed this.
Ja ne!