NARUTO:The sealed shinobi.-Chapter 167: CH

The force of the wind jutsu from Naruto forced Hidan back to the ground violently, kicking up a huge cloud of sand from the impact. Naruto however once again got slammed into by the wind mask, knocking him away harshly as it followed up by releasing a powerful gust to push Naruto towards the ground even harder and keeping him from turning himself upright.

"Not really the best plan to come out here alone was it?" Kakuzu taunted as he rushed in towards the falling blonde. He launched a punch that extended due to his special technique with the black threads in his body. In mid-flight of the punch, his fist turned dark colored as he hardened it with Doton: Domu and nailed Naruto right in the body.

Letting blood and spittle spew from his mouth, he was sent flying once more, getting knocked around like a ping-pong ball. Naruto hadn't even touched the ground for thirty seconds and had switched direction and altitude at least three times. Before he could impact with the ground and slide along the sand, he found himself caught by the very thing he could see for miles and miles. Naruto then found himself turned around and came face to face with a familiar pair of seafoam green eyes with black rings outlining them with a messy mop of red hair adorning his head.

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Back in the arena, attention had been grabbed for a moment as a loud lightning storm had kicked up out across the outskirts of the village. "Man the desert has some weird weather..." Kurotsuchi chimed, "Makes me glad we live in the mountains."

Akatsuchi spoke up next trying to interject helpfully, "We have lightning storms in the mountains too Kurotsuchi."

The girl blushed in embarrassment and pouted, "S-Shut up Akatsuchi!" fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Kankuro looked around, "Where the hell is Gaara? It's time for the finals and he still isn't here. And for that matter where is Naruto? Did he seriously get lost?"

Shizune waved off his concern, "Oh you Naruto-kun."

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Kankuro rubbed his chin, "Yeah, I think I do, because the last time he was here and he pissed off Temari he ran away, lost her, and hid for the entire day afterwards. He didn't come back to the house until Gaara headed out and dragged him back. There's no way that guy got lost in our village."

Gaara didn't tell them where he had gone, so Tsunade figured that when he left he came to the same realization that she did. Any talk about there being an attack would put the city in a panic, especially the currently jam-packed stadium so Gaara decided to -kage up and go defend his village himself. She had to respect that. And clearly Onoki did too since he hadn't breathed a word of the situation that she was very certain he was also privy to.

The old man currently in her thoughts put a smirk on his face, proving her right, "Wild exams this year huh?"

Tsunade laughed humorlessly, "You said it."

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Naruto couldn't help but place a smile on his face as blood trailed down his lip, "Gaara I have never been so happy to be caught in your sand." He then put a dry look on your face, "You have cleaned this stuff since the last time I've been in it, haven't you?"

Gaara raised a non-existant eyebrow, "How does one clean sand?"

Naruto sighed, "Nevermind, just let me down." Gaara proceeded to do so by dropping Naruto abruptly on his back, "I meant gently."

"I don't do gentle." Gaara deadpanned as he looked out at the two opponents Naruto had been fighting coming back together, "So these are Akatsuki members?"

Naruto nodded as he stood back up, "Yep. I hope you got the memo about what these guys are after. Jinchuuriki like you and me. So if we lose, prepare to get your soul and your biju sucked out in a painful manner. How did you even find me anyway?" "Besides the massive bloodlust you were letting off when you accessed the Kyuubi's chakra and the random lightning storm that hit from the middle of nowhere in my desert?" Gaara answered sarcastically, "And there's no way we're losing here Uzumaki."

Naruto drew his sword from his back once more, debating on whether or not it would be prudent to use the Sen'nen Kougake in this situation since he couldn't guarantee a swift kill even if he was able to dice them up. Kakuzu could apparently sew himself back together with his black thread innards and if he cut off Hidan's head and he still got up to fight he wasn't sure anything else would put him down, "And why is that? Because you're the Kazekage? There goes that S-rank superiority complex I keep talking about."

Gaara let his lips quirk, faintly displaying his amusement, "Tell me Uzumaki... What is the one thing that I have complete control over?"

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Sand. Duh Gaara, I knew that. Stop rubbing in the fact that your primary jinchuuriki form is always on and I have to trigger my own manually to get any perks, I've been bitching to you about that for the last few years." Naruto then ended up with a mouthful of sand courtesy of Gaara, "Bleh! Gross! Once again I feel I have to mention the fact that you crush people with that shit!"

"I know Uzumaki. Now please tell me what kind of landscape we currently inhabit." Gaara requested with his arms crossed.

Naruto's eyes widened as he looked around and a manic grin slowly spread across his face, "At your cue Kazekage-sama."

Gaara's face mirrored Naruto's own on a smaller scale while Kakuzu and Hidan were sizing up the new situation. Kakuzu frowned, though it was unnoticeable through his mask, 'We may have quipped about coming for the Ichibi jinchuuriki, but we're at an ungodly disadvantage against him here in his own environment. And with the Kyuubi jinchuuriki running circles around Hidan and cleaving his body parts off at will there's no way we're going to get him now with the Kazekage fighting at his side. We're outmatched.'

Hidan gripped his scythe tightly, his desire to spill blood temporarily overruled by his common sense actually making an appearance, "What's your call Kakuzu? This was actually a good idea at first but with this guy here now we can't take them both."

Kakuzu nodded, "Agreed. But maybe we can get some updated intel on these targets for a bit. Our information has been rather lax since the blonde brat took out Sasori."

Hidan chuckled, "Whatever you say." Hidan rushed from his spot with an intense shriek and swung his scythe at Naruto and Gaara, the latter blocked the attack with his automatic sand defense and started creeping his sand up the arm of Hidan. Gaara stuck his hand out and turned it to the side before closing it, "Sabaku Sousou (Sand Burial)."The force of the wind jutsu from Naruto forced Hidan back to the ground violently, kicking up a huge cloud of sand from the impact. Naruto however once again got slammed into by the wind mask, knocking him away harshly as it followed up by releasing a powerful gust to push Naruto towards the ground even harder and keeping him from turning himself upright.

"Not really the best plan to come out here alone was it?" Kakuzu taunted as he rushed in towards the falling blonde. He launched a punch that extended due to his special technique with the black threads in his body. In mid-flight of the punch, his fist turned dark colored as he hardened it with Doton: Domu and nailed Naruto right in the body.

Letting blood and spittle spew from his mouth, he was sent flying once more, getting knocked around like a ping-pong ball. Naruto hadn't even touched the ground for thirty seconds and had switched direction and altitude at least three times. Before he could impact with the ground and slide along the sand, he found himself caught by the very thing he could see for miles and miles. Naruto then found himself turned around and came face to face with a familiar pair of seafoam green eyes with black rings outlining them with a messy mop of red hair adorning his head.

XxX

Back in the arena, attention had been grabbed for a moment as a loud lightning storm had kicked up out across the outskirts of the village. "Man the desert has some weird weather..." Kurotsuchi chimed, "Makes me glad we live in the mountains."

Akatsuchi spoke up next trying to interject helpfully, "We have lightning storms in the mountains too Kurotsuchi."

The girl blushed in embarrassment and pouted, "S-Shut up Akatsuchi!"

Kankuro looked around, "Where the hell is Gaara? It's time for the finals and he still isn't here. And for that matter where is Naruto? Did he seriously get lost?"

Shizune waved off his concern, "Oh you Naruto-kun."

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Kankuro rubbed his chin, "Yeah, I think I do, because the last time he was here and he pissed off Temari he ran away, lost her, and hid for the entire day afterwards. He didn't come back to the house until Gaara headed out and dragged him back. There's no way that guy got lost in our village."

Gaara didn't tell them where he had gone, so Tsunade figured that when he left he came to the same realization that she did. Any talk about there being an attack would put the city in a panic, especially the currently jam-packed stadium so Gaara decided to -kage up and go defend his village himself. She had to respect that. And clearly Onoki did too since he hadn't breathed a word of the situation that she was very certain he was also privy to.

The old man currently in her thoughts put a smirk on his face, proving her right, "Wild exams this year huh?"

Tsunade laughed humorlessly, "You said it."

XxX

Naruto couldn't help but place a smile on his face as blood trailed down his lip, "Gaara I have never been so happy to be caught in your sand." He then put a dry look on your face, "You have cleaned this stuff since the last time I've been in it, haven't you?"

Gaara raised a non-existant eyebrow, "How does one clean sand?"

Naruto sighed, "Nevermind, just let me down." Gaara proceeded to do so by dropping Naruto abruptly on his back, "I meant gently."

"I don't do gentle." Gaara deadpanned as he looked out at the two opponents Naruto had been fighting coming back together, "So these are Akatsuki members?"

Naruto nodded as he stood back up, "Yep. I hope you got the memo about what these guys are after. Jinchuuriki like you and me. So if we lose, prepare to get your soul and your biju sucked out in a painful manner. How did you even find me anyway?" "Besides the massive bloodlust you were letting off when you accessed the Kyuubi's chakra and the random lightning storm that hit from the middle of nowhere in my desert?" Gaara answered sarcastically, "And there's no way we're losing here Uzumaki."

Naruto drew his sword from his back once more, debating on whether or not it would be prudent to use the Sen'nen Kougake in this situation since he couldn't guarantee a swift kill even if he was able to dice them up. Kakuzu could apparently sew himself back together with his black thread innards and if he cut off Hidan's head and he still got up to fight he wasn't sure anything else would put him down, "And why is that? Because you're the Kazekage? There goes that S-rank superiority complex I keep talking about."

Gaara let his lips quirk, faintly displaying his amusement, "Tell me Uzumaki... What is the one thing that I have complete control over?"

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Sand. Duh Gaara, I knew that. Stop rubbing in the fact that your primary jinchuuriki form is always on and I have to trigger my own manually to get any perks, I've been bitching to you about that for the last few years." Naruto then ended up with a mouthful of sand courtesy of Gaara, "Bleh! Gross! Once again I feel I have to mention the fact that you crush people with that shit!"

"I know Uzumaki. Now please tell me what kind of landscape we currently inhabit." Gaara requested with his arms crossed.

Naruto's eyes widened as he looked around and a manic grin slowly spread across his face, "At your cue Kazekage-sama."

Gaara's face mirrored Naruto's own on a smaller scale while Kakuzu and Hidan were sizing up the new situation. Kakuzu frowned, though it was unnoticeable through his mask, 'We may have quipped about coming for the Ichibi jinchuuriki, but we're at an ungodly disadvantage against him here in his own environment. And with the Kyuubi jinchuuriki running circles around Hidan and cleaving his body parts off at will there's no way we're going to get him now with the Kazekage fighting at his side. We're outmatched.'

Hidan gripped his scythe tightly, his desire to spill blood temporarily overruled by his common sense actually making an appearance, "What's your call Kakuzu? This was actually a good idea at first but with this guy here now we can't take them both."

Kakuzu nodded, "Agreed. But maybe we can get some updated intel on these targets for a bit. Our information has been rather lax since the blonde brat took out Sasori."

Hidan chuckled, "Whatever you say." Hidan rushed from his spot with an intense shriek and swung his scythe at Naruto and Gaara, the latter blocked the attack with his automatic sand defense and started creeping his sand up the arm of Hidan. Gaara stuck his hand out and turned it to the side before closing it, "Sabaku Sousou (Sand Burial)."

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