Chapter 42 Another Fight

Konoha.

Death Forest.

"What a pain… how did we get ourselves in this mess?"

Hiding behind thick bushes were three kids, as one with a lazy look in his eyes spoke, dejected.

"Choji… if I die without having a boyfriend, I swear... I will haunt you as a ghost."

Ino angrily blamed the fatty beside her, who got them in this mess.

From a narrow gap in the bushes, the situation that scared the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio was visible.

The figure with red hair and gourd on his back was the source of their fear, and its reason was before him.

In front of the red hair kid, three corpses were lying as they seemed to be crushed by some huge force turning into meat loft beyond recognition.

"… Gaara, we should leave; you should be satisfied by now."

Kankuro, with a slightly scared expression on his face, tried to persuade Gaara as even he was a bit uncomfortable by the sight before him.

"Yes! Gaara, try to control your anger lest any accident occurs."

Temari, the older sister of Gaara, also persuaded Gaara who's killing look, finally began to disperse, returning to calm.

"Hey! Shikamaru, what should we do?"

Ino said to Shikamaru as she hoped this guy would come up with a plan.

"Why… did I even... participate in this exam?"

Hearing her words, Shikamaru cursed the moment when he agreed to participate in this stupid thing.

"One of us needs to act as a diversion, while the other two will go and call for support, even if we quit, I doubt he will let us go"

Though regretting participating, Shikamaru knew he needed to do something; otherwise, they might really be killed.

"We will decide it by Rock Scissors Paper."

As soon as they heard the word diversion, both Ino and Choji had some hesitation on their face.

They knew the person who acted as a diversion would definitely have a chance of getting killed.

Perhaps sensing the hesitation in their eyes, Shikamaru quickly came up with the plan as the three of them looked at each other for a moment before nodding.

"Rock"

"Scissors"

""Paper

"Haha!!~ I won"

The three of them closed their eyes, betting their lives, and after a second of hesitation to know the result, they opened their eyes but were stunned seeing the extra hand.

"Ahhh!!"

Seeing the extra hand, the three of them were shocked, and the following voice completely scared them as Ino jumped back in fright.

"Who's there?"

Gaara, who was about to leave with Temari and Kankuro, heard the scream and stopped immediately.

Temari took out the Kunai and looked towards the bushes with an alert look.

"It's you."

Shikamaru, who finally calmed down, immediately recognized the figure before them.

"Hehe~ it seems you are in trouble."

Gojo laughed seeing the stupefied Shikamaru and pointed towards Gaara and others.

"Oops!!"

Cried Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru in their heart as they knew they were spotted by the sand monster.

"It's that arrogant guy."

Kankuro immediately recognized Gojo, as only a fool would fail to recognize him after how the latter acted outside the death forest.

"Some Konoha Genin are also hiding."

Temari moving forward a little, spotted the scared Shikamaru Trio.

"I will… kill…him."

Gaara, who spotted Gojo, immediately declared his prey as he was interested in this guy who had completed an A-rank mission.

"Gaara… we should retreat…."

Temari tried to stop Gaara from fighting Gojo; she wasn't a fool; someone who can complete an A-rank mission alone and even uninjured must be strong.

She believed Gaara to be stronger in her heart, but she didn't want to take the risk of foiling their plan.

"Haha!!, Kill me…. I have heard that many times."

"Another kid with a story… Sigh~…am I in some manga world?"

The statement of Gaara made Gojo laugh, but in his heart, he was thinking about the lonely look he saw in the eyes of Gaara, just like Naruto of the past.

So many guys with stories can only be found in a manga world.

Had to admit Gojo was really intelligent; even his nonsense sometimes makes sense.

"Move back…"

"Quickly…"

Hearing the laughter of Gojo, some anger appeared on the face of Gaara as Sand began to float outside from the gourd showing he was ready.

Shikamaru seeing the situation knew the battle was about to begin as he said to Ino and Choji, and it was the same for Temari and Kankuro as they moved back.

"Sand Heavy Fall…"

Gaara raised his hand as the amount of Sand began to increase as; it soon covered a vast area in the air, and the next moment he waved his hand down.

"Hmm~ I don't want this to end quickly… so let's... have some fun."

Seeing the massive amount of Sand over his head, Gojo wasn't afraid as he smirked and began to make hand signs.