Stream of past

VS Gaara

Sakura and Sasuke kept on jumping from tree to tree. They were in pursuit of the sand siblings. Sasuke had Sakura's arm around his neck to help her match his speed. The medic was exhausted from keeping up the water barrier in the arena.

"Sorry..." said Sakura. "I'm only slowing us down...I should have managed my chakra better. Sorry for being so useless."

"Don't say that. Back in the arena you protected us. Besides nobody knew this was going to happen." said Sasuke as he continued jumping.

Suddenly they met with Kankuro. The puppet master was glaring at them from one of the trees.

"I told Temari to go on ahead with Gaara." muttered Kankuro. "Ok Uchiha, Haruno. It's time you two picked on someone your own size."

Sasuke looked at Kankuro before muttering to Sakura. "He's all alone we can take him together."

"We might not have to." whispered Sakura.

"What do you mean?"

Sakura smirked and nodded her head to the side. Just then, Shino emerged from the trees. "I'll take care of him." said Shino.

"How did you find us?" asked Sasuke.

"I planted a beetle on you two as you left the arena." said Shino. "A female beetle, that gives an unnoticeable scent. The males have a strong sense of smell and would follow her anywhere. The two of you are after Gaara. You better get moving. Leave this one to me."

Sasuke smirked. "Well alright then."

"Good luck Shino." said Sakura before they left.

"Why are you even here?" asked Kankuro.

"A man named Hayate Gekkō was murdered a few days ago by a sand ninja. He was a good friend of my father's and like an uncle to me. I came here for answers."

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Temari kept on jumping with Gaara on her back. He was currently unconscious. If it wasn't for that stupid Hyūga woman, this wouldn't have happened. A woman caught Gaara murdering 2 jōnins during the last match. She attempted to fight him in order to defend the rest of the spectators. While she didn't survive the endeavor, she managed to block one of his chakra points in his forearm. Because of that one blocked tenketsu point, Gaara lost control.

He was beginning to wake up so Temari stopped on a branch. She was fussing over him, however he didn't like that so he punched her away. Just then, Sasuke and Sakura reached them. Sasuke let go of Sakura as they both prepared themselves incase they needed to fight.

"Look, I have no idea what scheme you Sand Village clowns got going on, but I'm gonna stop you." declared Sasuke. "Besides...I wanna see what you really are."

Sakura raised an eyebrow at Sasuke before looking back at Temari. The blonde was trying to calm Gaara down but it was fruitless. He was losing control.

"We're so alike Uchiha, I don't have friends as you have. But it's not that that makes you strong, it's your purpose. In that way were alike." said Gaara. "But mine is the strongest purpose. For only by destroying you can I prove that I exist! Only by killing you can I know what life is!" Suddenly Gaara started screaming as he clutched his head. He started screaming while he began transforming. His arm and part of his face looked like they were made of sand and his eye looked like the one of a demon.

He came at them at full speed, but Sakura and Sasuke managed to dodge at the last second. The found themselves on different trees, hiding from the beast. They both jumped in the air as Gaara destroyed multiple trees at once.