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Chapter 56- Sasuke vs. Gaara

'Normal thought...'

"Kyuubi/Bijuu speech..."

'Kyuubi communicating with Naruko inside her head...'

"Shukaku whispering things into Gaara's head as his 'Kaa-san'..."

"Normal speech..."

Jutsu name...

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Sasuke narrowed his eyes and got into fighting stance. Just then, sand shot out of Gaara's gourd and slowly crept towards him. Sasuke's eyes widened and he jumped away from the sand. 'This has to be the sand Kakashi was talking about...'

Suddenly, Gaara's eyes widened and he grabbed onto his head in pain. The sand stopped midway in the air. "I'm mad... You promised me to give me some blood...Give it to me... The sweet, sweet blood..." "Don't get so mad...." Gaara answered 'her' while breathing heavily. "Kaa-san..." He opened his eyes and glared at Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at him in surprise. 'What's this guy talking about?'

"I want MORE blood... Not this foul blood you gave to me weeks ago... Hurry, or I will get very angry..." "Back there... Back there... I made you absorb foul blood... I'm sorry...." Gaara whispered crazily while looking with his bloodshot eyes right at Sasuke. "B-But... this time... It'll taste better. I promise."

"H-He's began to converse now." Kankuro said while sweating. "This is bad."

"I've never seen Gaara become like this before a battle. It must mean the opponent is strong..." Temari said in concern.

More pain seared through Gaara's head and the sand that was floating midair crashed to the ground. "Good boy... now do it!"

"Looks like it has settled." Baki said and gulped.

Gaara breathed heavily, bent over a bit and then he looked sternly up at Sasuke. "Come." The sand around him began to build up.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Let's start." He quickly took some shuriken out and threw them towards Gaara.

The sand just caught his two shuriken before it could even get near Gaara and then a clone of Gaara formed out of the sand.

"The shield of sand became a Suna Bunshin." Temari said in shock.

Sasuke stormed towards Gaara's clone, but suddenly the clone opened his arms and sand shot towards Sasuke. Sasuke just jumped into the air to dodge the attack. While he was in the air, the Gaara clone threw the two shuriken, he caught earlier, towards him, but Sasuke intercepted them with two of his shuriken.

Sasuke appeared before the sand clone and kicked him, but the clone blocked his kick. Sasuke then turned around with his hands on the ground and punched him in the face, successfully dispelling the clone. Then, he stormed forward a few steps, and aimed a punch at the real Gaara's face. He smirked as he noticed the sand shield that went in to protect Gaara. And with that, he vanished.

Lee's eyes widened at that in realization.

Gaara's eyes widened in shock as Sasuke suddenly appeared behind him. 'He's fast... He moves the same way as...' Gaara thought in shock as he remembered his fight with Lee.