Kapitel 152: Chapter 152

"Be nice Naruto-kun," Tenten said with a small giggled. She took a glance at Neji and giggled again, since he really did look constipated with how red his face was.

Uzumaki Naruto vs. Sabaku No Gaara

"Oh look you're up," Tenten got the blonde's attention.

Naruto looked up and grinned, "Finally! I guess they were saving the best for last!" he was just about to go down when a hand stopped him.

Turning around he saw Shino, "I suggest you just forfeit Uzumaki-san." the bug user suggested. "I saw this one fight in the Forest of Death, as a fellow shinobi and comrade I feel it's my duty to inform you that it would be most logical if you forfeited."

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Yeah well thanks for that Shino. I feel so warm and fuzzy inside to know you care." Naruto pulled Shino's hand off of him, "Now if you excuse me, I have some ass to kick!"

"Well he's dead," Kankurou commented from where he stood next to Temari, "No way will that brat survive against Gaara."

Temari could not help but nod in agreement, It's too bad too, he's pretty hot.

He walked down the stadium floor where Gaara was already waiting, "Sorry for the delay but the Naruto Express is now here and ready to kick your ass back to Suna, so please be sure to keep your hands at your sides and buckle your seatbelt for safety."

Gaara merely stared at him with that blank expression that held a barely contained bloodlust.

"Tough crowd," Naruto mumbled.

"Are both fighters ready?" Hayate asked. Gaara nodded while Naruto smirked,"Hajime!"

Hayate barely had time to jump away as sand burst from Gaara's gourd. Despite being surprised Naruto was able to get out of the way as the sand closed in on him. Disappearing in a burst of speed as he ran to the left at speeds far greater than any of the genin minus Team Nine had seen, though the members of Team Nine were still surprised by how fast the blond Genin was! Less than a second later he on the opposite side of the arena.

So he uses sand as a form of attack, Naruto narrowed his eyes in thought. He would need to gather more information about this Genin's abilities before he could come up with any kind of sound strategy against him.

He's nearly as fast as Lee now! Tenten thought in shock. She had watched many of Naruto and Lee's spars, and so she was surprised when the blond showed a speed he had not previously possessed. Is it due to his change of appearance?

Gaara also seemed surprised as Naruto dodged his sand. He looked over to see the blond on the opposite side and sent his sand over there. However once again Naruto dodged the attack, trying to ascertain just how fast that sand moved, It seems like it takes several seconds to change direction… that means when he attacks I have about ten seconds before it gets back to him from this distance.

Naruto watched as the sand closed in on his position. He swerved to the right, dodging the sand before he made his way towards Gaara. Naruto appeared in front of Gaara and aimed a kick for him, only for more sand to burst out of the gourde and protect the Suna Genin from getting hit. Naruto was forced to kick himself away as the rest of the sand came back and tried to grab him.

What the hell! How much sand does he keep in that thing! Naruto wondered.

'Naruto, that sand of his seems to be an automatic defense,' Kyuubi supplied as she watched the battle and did her best to analyze the blonds opponent. 'I don't know if you've noticed yet but it's not even in his control unless he sends it at you.'

Naruto was forced into a series of back flips as Gaara sent several tendrils of sand crashing towards him. 'So you're saying it's being controlled by someone or something else?' Naruto held back a curse as he dodged another tendril, leaping onto a wall as the sand chased him, 'I'm calling foul play!'

'It's more than that I'm afraid,' Kyuubi said in an ominous tone. 'That boy holds the Ichibi No Shukaku.'

Growling Naruto linked his fists together as he spun around, "Fuuton: Kamikaze Seiken!" he thrust his fists out and a giant blast of wind smashed into the sand, dispersing it.

'So you're telling me he's a Jinchuuriki as well? Well that's just fucking peachy!'

"Shit!" Naruto cursed as he jumped away from another tendril of sand that attempted to impale him. "This sand is really starting to piss me off!"

'Yes, he holds the Ichibi, the one tailed Tanuki. He is the weakest of the Bijuu from I know, but is still not one to be underestimated. As you can already tell it gives this child complete control of sand, which makes him quite a handful.'

'So I noticed,' Naruto replied dryly as he channeled wind chakra into his fists, "Fuuton; Kamikaze Seiken!"

The wind blasted away Gaara's sand and Naruto decided it was time to turn up the heat. Pumping yokai through his muscles Naruto shot off like a rocket, going as fast as Lee could with his weight off. To everyone except for the Hokage, the Jonin-senseis and a select few of the genin, Naruto had disappeared.

He reappeared right in front of a shocked Gaara threw a fist at his face, "Eat this!"

The sand that had not been after Naruto tried to protect the red head but the whiskered blonde's fist plowed right through it, sending the red head sailing back to hit the wall behind him. Naruto grinned, "Let's see how you like that!"

"I don't believe it!" Temari shouted, completely shocked at what just happened, "He just hit Gaara!"

Kankurou and Baki just stared at the arena wide eyed, unable to comprehend what happened. No one had ever managed to do what this Genin just did.

"He's as fast as Lee is without his weights!" Tenten said in surprise.

She had seen Naruto fight plenty of times, as well as sparred with him. So she knew he had been fairly fast, but he had never shown this kind of speed. It has to have something to do with his transformation! There's no other explanation for his newfound speed.

"Yosh! Naruto-kun's youth is blazing!" Lee shouted.

"Lee! It seems you've inspired this young man to fan his youthful flames!" Gai shouted seemingly in agreement. "It looks like we're going to have to fan your own flames of youth to match Naruto-kun's!"

"I understand Gai-sensei! I will endeavor to increase my youthful flames! I will increase my weights by two hundred pounds by the end of the month! And if I cannot do that I'll run around Konoha on my pinkies!"

"And if you cannot do that, I'll climb the Hokage monument with a ten ton boulder on my back!"

Tenten, Neji and everyone else did their best to ignore the two making challenges that sounded more and more outrageous as time went on.

Gaara stood up and to Naruto's surprise, the red head was grinning. It was then that Naruto noticed cracks appear on Gaara's skin, What the fuck…? Is that sand!

"That's it Uzumaki! Make me feel ALIVE!" Gaara shouted, and with those words the sand started shooting at him again.

Naruto growled as he began dodging sand left and right, it seemed to be even faster than before. He spared a seconds glance at Gaara and saw him making hand gestures.

He must be using his hands to increase the speed of his attacks, Naruto growled as he blasted towards Gaara, bulldozing right past through the sand as he body slammed into Gaara. The blond continued on until he smashed Gaara into the wall, grinning when he heard Gaara gasp in pain as several cracks formed along the point of impact.

Naruto jumped back as Gaara slumped to the floor, "Nothing beats a sand shield out of the way like good ol' fashion blunt force trauma."