"H-Hinata?!" Naruto was stunned, his mouth hanging open. "What are you doing here?" He asked after regaining his composure... somewhat.
"S-Sakura and I saw you take off after Gaara, and she said she was going to come after you, b-but I said that I would instead." Hinata explained, a little shaken at Naruto's worried expression when he saw her.
Naruto sighed and looked over to Gaara. "Well we could use your eyes, can you tell us anything about him?" Naruto asked already knowing the answer. Hinata nodded eager to be helpful, and quickly activated her Byakugan.
It took all of five seconds for Hinata to spot Gaara through the trees, at which point she focused in. What she saw made her gasp, causing Sasuke to raise an eyebrow. "What is it?" he asked startling Hinata and making her tear her eyes away from Gaara.
"H-his chakra! It... it looks almost like its being overloaded... or overrun! ...It's almost like, there's something else pushing his chakra out of the way!" Hinata looked back in Gaara's direction. Naruto nodded, understanding what it meant. Sasuke however just stared aghast.
"Another chakra pushing through?" It made him think of what the curse seal could do... though that mark didn't hold anywhere near this kind of power. 'If I could have something like that...'
"How much of the other chakra is flooding his system?" Naruto asked eyes hardening as he watched Gaara destroy another clone.
"It looks like about 50 percent is being overpowered..." Hinata said glancing back briefly. It was odd looking at Gaara's chakra coils, and the feeling it gave her... It was grotesque to watch and yet she found herself unable to look away.
"Alright we need a new plan..." Naruto said, smacking his fist into his open palm. "Any ideas?" He asked, wincing as he heard a clone yell out in agony.
"What abou-" Sasuke was cut off as he was forced to dodge a tendril of sand that was flung his way.
Naruto created a number of new bunshins. "Distract him any way you can!" Naruto yelled as he too jumped off into Sasuke's new hiding place, Hinata doing the same. The clones nodded to one another before smirking in an unspoken plan they hid in the area surrounding Gaara.
"We can't hide here forever!" Sasuke growled out. "Can't you go ahead with your 'last resort' plan?" Sasuke scoffed at the idea of the blonde actually having something that could take this... monster down.
"No, it's too risky. It's called 'last resort' for a reason..." Naruto said not even looking at Sasuke.
"M-maybe I could try blocking off his chakra?" Hinata offered trying not to look as nervous as she felt.
Naruto looked uncertain, not wanting to put Hinata in danger. "COME OUT COME OUT! I WON'T HURT YOU!" Gaara roared before Naruto could answer.
"Promise?" A clone popped up out of a tree revealing itself to Gaara, who instantly turned and crushed the clone with his sand. When it bled he laughed, even though Gaara knew it was a clone.
"Hey now, that wasn't very nice." Another clone stood and pouted. "You did say you wouldn't hurt him" The clone pointed out. To this, Gaara dispatched that clone as well, again by crushing it.
"You are a very violent person you know that?"
"DIE!" Gaara called and lunged at the clone extending his sandy arms, wanting to feel this clones bones break.
"My clones are idiots..." Naruto moaned, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"They do take after the creator." Sasuke said smugly. Hinata giggled, knowing full well Naruto had left himself open to that comment.
