New Beginnings.

New Beginnings Chapter 6

 As they made to where Kakashi was fighting off more Sand and Sound ninja. "Kakashi sensei!" Naruto shouted. Kakashi turned to see his students. "Sakura release Kiba and Choji. Team 8 you know what you are supposed to do. Team 7 cover them so they can get out and help with the civilians." They all followed Kakashi orders Team 7 fought off the enemy ninja while Team Eight and Ino and Choji made there way to their assigned jobs. Hinata looked back at Naruto who had just leveled a group of enemy ninja. As if sensing her fear and hesitation. He looked back at her. "Go Hina! I will see you after all of this is over." She nodded and ran after her team. "Be safe Nata." Naruto thought to himself. Gai landed a huge hit into the stomach of a Sand ninja sending him into a wall and then through it. Kakashi killed his opponent and then summoned one of his ninja hounds. "Team Seven I am giving you your second A rank mission. You are to go and find Gaara and his team, and stop whatever it is they are doing. Sense Naruto has the most experience dealing with something like Gaara so he is in command. Now Go!" Team Seven headed out the hole Gai had made Pakun leading the way.

As they made their toward their targets. "Naruto how do you want to do this?" Sasuke asked. Naruto didn't really know. "We find them and stop them. I would rather not kill them if we don't have to." Naruto told them. "I don't think we could take Gaara anyway, if he is as powerful as we think he is." Haku added. Sakura pointed down to some civilians cornered by enemy ninjas. "Look!" Naruto looked down. "Ok. Let's hit them hard and fast!" Team Seven descended on the enemy making quick work of them. Then after they made sure the civilians were ok and on there way to the evac settlers. They took off after their targets again.

They had caught up with Gaara and his team. "Dammit! We have someone on our tail." Kankuro told Temari. "You go on, I will see if I can slow them down a bit." Before Temari could protest he stopped and made ready to fight. Team Seven saw Kankuro. "Leave him to me." Haku told them. Naruto nodded and kept going after Gaara and Temari. "So I guess I will finish you and then stop your friends." Kankuro told Haku. He was unfazed by this statement. Kankuro moved quickly sending his puppet out to attack Haku. He deflected the poison needles and kunais and dodged the puppet itself. It's head quickly spun around and launched a poison gas bomb at him. Using his Ice Style he quickly froze the gas and through sembon at Kankuro. He quickly recalled his puppet to deflect the attack. This was the opening Haku needed. Flipping through some hand signs. "Ice Style! Ice Needles!" Kankuro had no time to dodge and deflect so many needles coming at him. The puppet took the worst of it. Kankuro tried to attack back, but his puppet won't move or respond to his commands. "What did you do to Crow!?" He asked. His voice full of anger. "I simply froze up his joints. I can control the ice as well." Haku told him. Haku quickly throw some sembon at Kankuro hitting him in his arms and neck. He quickly slumped toward the ground. Haku caught him and placed him on the ground safely. "I bare you no ill will. I was ordered to not kill you, but you will also not wake up for a while." With that Haku left to catch up to his team.

The rest of Team Seven had finally cornered Temari and Gaara. Temari had not made it easy for them, but with the help of Pakun and Kumara they had avoided most of the traps she set for them. "You go no further!" Sasuke told them. Gaara seemed to be reacting to something. Make that two somethings. He pushed Temari out of the way and began to allow the demon inside him to come out. One of his arms and side of his face began to change. "This is really bad kit! The Shukaku is starting to come through!" Kumara told him. Naruto looked at Gaara. Was this what could have happened to him if... No! He was different he had friends, family! "Sasuke, be careful. The demon inside him is starting to come out." Naruto told his friend. "Great! As if we didn't have enough problems." Sasuke said. Gaara looked at both Sasuke and Naruto. "Mother wants blood! She is screaming for your blood!!" Gaara attacked. "Sand Shuriken!" Gaara launched Shuriken sized sand balls at them. Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke barely got their arms up in time to shield themselves from the attack. "Man! We need to hit him before he finishes transforming. Sasuke you get around behind him and hit him with the chidori, I will go at him from the front with a rasengan." Naruto said. Sasuke nodded and worked his way around behind Gaara. Meanwhile Temari was frozen in fear. She had seen this before and she wanted no part of it. Sakura was also unsure of what to do. She doubted anything she could throw at Gaara would help at all. She would watch Temari and keep an eye out for any enemy in the area. When Sasuke got behind Gaara, he powered up his chidori. Naruto created a rasengan and charged at Gaara. Naruto made contact with Gaara. "RASENGAN!" Gaara went flying backwards just as Sasuke attacked. "CHIDORI!" His hand drove into Gaara's shoulder. He screamed, then started to laugh. "It will take more than that to finish me!" Gaara quickly expanded his sand form out and sent Sasuke flying back into a tree. "SASUKE!" Sakura and Naruto shouted. Sakura took off and ran toward him. Naruto had to cover her. As she made it past Gaara, Naruto kunai with exploding tags on them. They hit home and exploded getting Gaara's attention. "Sand Shuriken!" Naruto was pelleted with more shuriken sized clumps of sand. "AAAUHGG!!!" Naruto did his best to cover himself from the attack. Sakura helped Sasuke to his feet and check him for any injuries. She healed what she could. Sasuke thanked her. "I need to help Naruto! He won't hold up against him for long." He told her. She nodded in agreement as they left to assist their team mate.