Jinchuriki Showdown

"Fire Release: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Naruto called, sending an average sized fireball at Gaara, who easily dodged. Cursing, Naruto fired off two more, which Gaara deflected. "Is that all you can do?!" Naruto taunted, "Kit, not a good idea!" Kurama yelled.

Gaara roared and launched several Sand Shuriken at Naruto who was barely able to dodge, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled, as twenty clones materialized.

"Yes! More people to kill!" Gaara shouted gleefully, before dispelling all of the clones.

'Kurama, update!' Naruto shouted as he dodged a couple stray Sand Shuriken.

"Good news is that Gaara is still mostly in control," The fox reported. "However the brat is losing more and more control as time goes on."

"Of course he is!" Naruto shouted, before summoning another batch of clones. "Multi Shadow Clone Rasengan!" Half of the clones roared, as they charged from all directions.

Gaara laughed maniacally as he dispatched several clones, "Yes, come to me! Come to me and prove your existence!"

"You asked for it!" Naruto yelled from behind Gaara, "Rasengan!" He thrust the blue sphere of chakra towards Gaara's lower back, a place Kurama had informed him was a weak point.

Gaara roared in pain and perverse pleasure, "That hurt!" Naruto's eyes widened as Gaara's sand tail whipped forward and struck him in the chest.

Naruto landed on his back and coughed up blood, "I think I cracked a rib…" He groaned, as he launched several fireballs at Gaara, all of whom were easily deflected. "You are a worthy opponent Naruto Uzumaki!" Gaara shouted gleefully, as he sent one of his sand arms towards the still dazed Naruto. "Kit dodge!" Kurama yelled, but it was too late. Naruto cried out as he was crushed against a tree, pinned and unable to move. "Kit, attack the joints, they are the only weak spots!"

"I got you! I got you!" Gaara shouted in a crazed frenzy. "Now to kill you…"

Loud cracks and screams filled the air as Naruto's ribs and left arm were slowly broken.

"Yes scream! Scream all you want! Mother loves it!"

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled desperately, and drew a sigh of relief as his clones formed Rasengans and attacked the joints in Gaara's sand hand freeing him.

"That was to close." Naruto breathed. As Kurama tended to his wounds.

"Kit! Hurry and finish the brat off, the Tanuki is closer to taking over!"

'How do you suppose I go about doing that?!' Naruto shouted angrily.

"Fire. Turn the bastard into glass!"

"Is that even possible?!"

"It's worth a try! Now do it!"

Naruto grumbled and went through the hand signs for his strongest fire jutsu, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Naruto blew out a searing hot fireball that Gaara was unable to dodge. 'I'll have to remember to thank Ao for teaching me that.'

"Kit it's not over!" Kurama warned.

"That was fun…NOW IT'S MY TURN!" The demonic voice of Gaara spoke from the dust cloud, and as he walked into Naruto's field of vision, Naruto blanched. Standing before him was a miniature Shukaku, with only Gaara's feet signifying that the transformation was incomplete.

Naruto went through a couple more hand signs, "Water Release: Gunshot!" He then spit out several high speed water missiles, which Gaara took in stride.

"That tickled," He taunted.

'That was my strongest Water Jutsu, and my strongest Fire Jutsu is equally ineffective.' Naruto cursed. Naruto went through several more hand signs, before unsheathing his sword "Wind Release: One Thousand Blades!" He called, as he sliced his blade through the air several times.

Gaara howled as the blades cut through his sand and cut into his body, "You are a fun match Naruto Uzumaki! Sand Shuriken!" Naruto was unprepared for the attack, and was launched into a nearby tree, where he collapsed.

'This guy…is really strong…'

"Kit, what the hell are you doing?! Summon the damn Toad Boss!" Kurama shouted angrily.

"Right," Going through a few hand signs, and biting his thumb, Naruto cried out "Summoning Jutsu!" A small poof of smoke appeared, before Gamakichi became visible.

"Hey Naruto!" The small orange frog greeted.

"Kit what the hell was that?!" Kurama asked, turn between laughing and wanting to strangle his Jinchuriki.

'I'm under pressure, what do you want from me?' Naruto replied angrily.

"I want you to summon Gamabunta so we don't DIE!" Kurama replied scathingly.

"Sorry Gamakichi, I was trying to summon your father." Naruto explained.

"Dad? What could you possibly need dad for…WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" The orange frog shouted, pointing at Gaara, who was watching in crazed amusement.

"That, is the problem I have to deal with," Naruto replied, "sit this one out, I don't want you getting caught in the crossfire." Gamakichi nodded, and hopped to a safe distance.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto cried, summoning dozens of his exploding clones.

"Charge!" Naruto yelled at the clones, which made a beeline towards Gaara.

"Sand Shuriken!" Gaara yelled, before being blown back from the force of the exploding clones that were hit. "Got you!" Naruto shouted triumphantly, as twenty of his clones tackled the downed shinobi, who disappeared in a massive explosion.

"Way to go Naruto!" Gamakichi yelled happily.

"Why do I get the feeling that this isn't over?" Naruto asked himself.

"KIT!" Kurama shouted panicking.

"I'M FINALLY FREE!"

"Oh dear god…" Naruto said horrified as a massive Tanuki rose above the tree lines.

"Summon the Toad NOW!"

"Summoning Jutsu!" Naruto shouted, and grinned as he felt himself rise above the tree lines.

"What the hell do you want brat?" Gamabunta asked the blonde teen moodily.

Naruto merely pointed to Shukaku, who was still celebrating.

"Ah yes…Shukaku the Sand Spirit…I still don't see how this is my problem." Gamabunta said.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Naruto shouted angrily. "You are loyal to Konoha right?"

"Yes."

"Then if we don't stop this thing right here, then Konoha is going to be its first target!"

"Come on Dad," Gamakichi said, having hopped onto Naruto before he summoned his father. "Naruto is right; if you don't stop that thing here then everyone in Konoha can die!"

Gamabunta growled, "Alright fine. But next time you summon me I expect a hundred bottles of sake."

"Deal."

"Hold on brat, this could get bumpy," Gamabunta warned, as Gamakichi hopped to a safer area to watch the fight.

Naruto immediately sent chakra to his feet to keep himself steady as Gamabunta charged the Biju, intent on finishing the fight before it even began. Shukaku, who had been preoccupied with celebrating, dodged the would-be-lethal blow, but not without a price. "You bastard!" He yelled as his arm fell to the forest ground below.

Gamabunta cursed, "Damn! The Tanuki's sand is heavy. Water Release: Water Bullet!" Gamabunta spat out several water missiles at the Biju, who countered "Wind Release: Wind Bullet!" The mist that ensued was so thick that Naruto's hair began to stick to his head.

Gamabunta charged the Biju and thrust his sword through his body, startling Shukaku. "That tickles! Get it out!" The demon laughed.

Gamabunta heaved and managed to slice from Shukaku's sternum to his left shoulder, which hung uselessly. "That wasn't very nice!" Shukaku complained, as he repaired the damage and grew the arm that Gamabunta had recently cut off.

"Kid, get ready to use a fire jutsu!" The Chief Toad warned.

"Right, Fire Release: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Naruto called, as Gamabunta released a massive amount of oil, which ignited and engulfed Shukaku.

"Is it over?" Naruto asked, already knowing the answer.

"That was hot! " The one-tailed Biju exclaimed, as he shattered his right arm, which had been burned severely enough to be turned into a glass-like material.

"Don't you ever die?" Gamabunta roared as he launched himself at the Tanuki.

"Wind Release: Wind Bullet!" "Water Release: Water Bullet!"

"Kid listen up" Gamabunta called, as he jumped away from Shukaku. "You see that red-headed brat sleeping on Shukaku's head?" Once he got an affirmative, Gamabunta continued "Good, all you have to do is get close enough to him and hit him hard enough to wake up. That should force Shukaku back into his cage."

"'Should'?" Naruto asked unsurely.

"Fifty-fifty shot, but it's all we have! Water Release: Water Bullet!" Gamabunta released another mouthful of water missiles which Shukaku blocked, "Get ready brat!" He roared as he launched himself at the Biju.

Naruto tried to jump onto the Tanuki, but Gamabunta was thrown from it roughly. "I can't get to him! Try holding on longer!" He called to the toad.

"I don't exactly have any teeth or nails to grab on with! Henge me into something that does!"

"Kit, henge into me! It meets his requirements and it might surprise the sand rat long enough for you to punch the other brat."

"Henge!" Naruto called, before he and Gamabunta were enveloped in a smoke screen.

"Now this is more like it!" Gamabunta yelled happily, as the smoke cleared to reveal a massive nine-tailed fox.

"Ku-kurama?" Shukaku asked hesitantly.

"Think again sand rat!" Gamabunta called as he hooked his nails and teeth into the surprised Biju. "Now!"

Naruto launched himself forward, and landed several feet from where Gaara stood.

"Nice try! Wind Release: Wind Bullet!" Shukaku roared, launching a wind bullet at Gamabunta, who took it point-blank. "Gamabunta!" Naruto yelled as he watched the henge drop, and Gamabunta disappearing in a poof of smoke.

"Now your turn runt!" Shukaku cackled, and Naruto yelped as he felt tendrils of sand wrap themselves around him. Naruto cried out as he felt three of his ribs and his left wrist shatter.

"Kurama!" He called desperately, the fox immediately supplied him with chakra, but warned him that that was all he could do.

With a yell, Naruto broke free of his binds, and charged at the sleeping Jinchuriki. "Gaara time to wake the HELL UP!" He yelled as he punched Gaara as hard as he could, before he was once again restrained. "Wh-what?" Gaara asked still dazed, only to see Naruto only inches away from his face. "Glad to see you woke up," Naruto said before head butting him, cracking both of their skulls. "NO! I JUST GOT OUT!" Shukaku yelled angrily as he was once again forced into the seal. Naruto and Gaara both screamed as Shukaku's body broke apart, causing them to free-fall for over fifty feet.