The Monster Squad

7- Gaara's true form awakens

Author's Notes: Please note that the attacks that I used originally do not belong to some of the characters as I got them off of the anime videos either from the movies and/or the series. I do not claim to own Naruto or any of the characters used in this fan fiction but the story is all my own idea. Please leave your reviews at the end to tell me what you think. Thanks!

"..." regular speech, '...' beast speech, *...* mental telepathy

Chapter Seven: Gaara's true form awakens

It was early morning when Naruto reentered into the village bruised and beaten. He slowly stumbled into the village collapsing into Jiraya as he seemed to be on his way out of the village.

"Naruto...are you all right?" Jiraya asked in concern.

"Jiraya...last night moon...beast got out of control...took quite a beating." Naruto replied weakly. Jiraya picked up the teen carrying Naruto back to Sakura's hut. Jiraya didn't bother knocking as he kicked in the door surprising Sakura.

"Dear lord Naruto, what happened?" Sakura asked as she lead Jiraya to the back allowing him to place the unconscious teen onto the bed. He looked worse then the time when he was first brought to her.

"He was rambling something about the moon, beast got out of control, and that he took quite a beating." Jiraya replied. Sasuke and Gaara entered finding their brother in a bloody and beaten up mess. The two boys knew what had happened as they have seen it before.

"He just needs to rest and to heal. Last night was a new full moon. His beast must haven been out of control and that is how he took the beating." the boys stated.

"Will that happen all of the time?" Sakura asked.

"Not all of the time. But last night was the first time that the beast was able to come out during a lunar cycle after being imprisoned for a long time. That's why Naruto wanted someplace secluded that way he wouldn't hurt anyone but himself." stated Sasuke.

"Sasuke can you help me heal him?" Sakura asked as he nodded his head. The healing session didn't take as long as before. It was amazing at how well the three monstrous boys understood each other. Most people could never understand each other as well as these three could. Sakura was slowly beginning to understand the way that they thought and acted. She knew that the elder was arranging a place for the three boys to live together. The only time Sakura would see them is for missions or around the village. She has grown quite attached to the three boys. After the healing session was completed, Naruto began to come around as he let out a long guttered moan. Naruto slowly sat up right rubbing his hand through his hair.

"Rough night Naruto?" Gaara asked as Naruto snarled at him.

"You won't be laughing when you go through it." he snapped bearing his fangs. This shut Gaara up quickly.

"Are you always this moody after a lunar cycle Naruto?" asked Sakura.

"Pretty much!" replied Sasuke receiving an evil glare from Naruto. Sakura couldn't help but to laugh which seemed to lighten up Naruto's mood a little bit.

"Well don't mind me but, I am off to investigate a strange rumor that the elder had heard about. Supposedly the village hidden among sand has been under constant attack." Jiraya stated.

"Master Jiraya do you think that it is that group?" asked Sakura.

"I am not certain. That is why the elder wants me to go to the land of wind to the Sunakure village. Usually this group just attacks and moves on. This isn't consistent with their usual methods." stated Jiraya before he left Sakura's hut.

By mid-afternoon the squad was summoned to the elders hut. By then Naruto was up and mobile. His mood was must better than earlier. The team entered the hut to find Hiruzen Sarutobi pacing around as Kakashi Hatake watched.