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Chapter 41- Gaara vs. Rock Lee

'Normal thought…'

"Kyuubi/Bijuu speech…"

"Normal speech…"

Jutsu name…

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Gaara breathed heavily. Kankuro began to sweat. 'He's in a dangerous mood now…'

'He must have watched that battle…' Temari thought.

'And gotten excited…' Baki thought seriously. 'The beast inside him, that is…'

'That Neji guy caught my attention.' Kankuro thought seriously as he looked at him. He gazed over the people on the other side and noticed, how Naruko stood as far away as possible from Neji, what means she was standing near the staircase alone. 'Let me go do something.' He began to walk towards the staircase.

Temari looked at him surprised. "Kankuro?"

"I'm going to go on a little recon mission." He said casually.

A few moments later…

"Hey." Kankuro shouted towards Naruko, as he walked up the staircase.

"Huh?" Naru looked at him in surprise.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with your teammates?" Kankuro asked casually.

Naruko looked at him suspiciously as he stopped next to her. "That doesn't matter to you." 'What does this guy want from me? He didn't just come here for nothing, I'm sure about that!'

Kankuro smirked. 'I see. She hates this Neji…' "His name is Hyuuga Neji, right? From the looks of that match, it seems that he hasn't used all of his powers. So, what kind of guy is he?"

Naruko clenched her fist determined and a dark aura began to surround her. "I'm going to beat him!" She said determined and angrily.

Kankuro gulped and took a step back. "I-I didn't ask that…" 'I don't think you can beat him, cutie. You're way below his level.' He sighed as he saw that Naruko was back to normal, but still looked at him suspiciously. "You're a cute and interesting girl. I like you."

"You're neither cute nor interesting and not a girl. I don't like you." She deadpanned.

Kankuro sweat dropped. 'Was I just being rejected?!' His eyebrow twitched. 'I'm going to kill this cheeky brat…'

Hayate coughed to get everyone's attention. "We will now resume the matches."

"Yosh!" Gai shouted determined. "It's going to be your turn this time!" He gave Lee thumbs up. "Now go, Lee!"

"No!" Lee pouted. "I've come this far. I want to be last now!" He sulked.

Sakura sweat dropped. 'Lee-san… is sulking?'

The electric bulletin board began to choose the next fight. Gaara closed his eyes and transformed into sand. The sand went to the fighting area and there, Gaara turned back to normal. "Hurry up and come down." He said sternly.

Suddenly Choji roared loudly.

"Huh?" Shikamaru, Ino and Asuma looked at him surprised.

"Safe!" Choji shouted.

A tick mark appeared on Ino's head and she hit him angrily over the head. "Oi!"

Shikamaru hit him too. "Don't confuse us!"

On the electric bulletin board stood: Sabaku no Gaara vs. Rock Lee.

Sakura's eyes widened in surprise. "Lee-san!" She looked at him.