Chunin Exams Part 6/?: Gaara

-Gaara-

"Wind Style: Cast Net!" A mass of intersecting wind blades was swung from Temari's fan, surrounding Orochimaru that was standing on a branch of a tree, an interested look on his face.

"Needle Barrage." Hundreds upon hundreds of Senbons flew out of both of Kankuro's puppets, each Senbon going in between the intersecting wind blades of Temari, filling the gap of her still slightly in proficient usage of the Jutsu caused.

"Sand Tsunami." From the ground sand rose out, surging towards underneath from Underneath, perfectly attacking Orochimaru from all angles

As the three Jutsu went out multiple Sand Clones formed out of Gaara's body before beginning to hop through the trees, beginning to work on their own tasks. 'That won't be enough.' Cold calculating eyes twitched throughout the area as the Jutsu landed, seemingly killing Orochimaru. "Temari cut down the forest. Kankuro, poison." With those words said his hand twitched upwards causing sand to rise into the sky, before spreading out in a thin layer covering the area above them.

"On in it Gaara! / Got it."

"Great Sickle Weasel!" Twirling in a circle Temari waved her fan, causing thousands of sharp wind blades to buffet out, beginning to cut down the trees surrounding them. At the same time...

"Poison Mist Bombs!" Kankuro's puppets Karasu and Kuroari began to shoot out poison gas bombs, far enough away so that they still had a clear view of any ambushes, yet still encircling them. 'Orochimaru the Snake Sannin, Kankuro's poison will probably be meaningless, so the main attack will come there. Especially with Orochimaru being so silent, but first....' 

Gaara's hand clenched and the ground shifted the work of his previous clones showing as it turned to sand. "Sand Burial, Crush." His jutsu and commands to the sand were spoken out loud, and there was a sickening crush before a pile of mud slid out of his newly formed sand beneath his siblings and his feet.

"Kukukukuku, it appears I've underestimated you. I won't make that mistake again, but I'm afraid you're stalling me from my target." Orochimaru's sickening conniving voice echoed out surrounding them, from the sky, and from the ground.

As an amused smile flashed by Kankuro's face and Temari remained stone-faced, Gaara let out a 'feral growl'. "You got in our way!" 'This is pointless. Father truly has gone insane.' His sand armor shifted showing an insane look of glee, even as his true face remained blank, with a hint of disappointment.

His hand which had hints of blue markings on it rose up, "Sand Drizzle!" The sand in the sky began to fall like little blobs of rain, yet with all the ferocity of a kunai enhanced with wind chakra.

There was silence for a moment... then a titanic blast of wind coming from each direction appeared, pushing the poison gas surrounding the Sand Siblings, causing it to rush directly toward them!

"I got it!" Spinning once more on her heel a titanic blast of wind spread throughout the area from Temari's fan, dispersing all the incoming gas.

The area now clear, Gaara dispassionately surveyed the destroyed surrounding forest, and the four Orochimarus now surrounding him and his siblings. "Kukukukuku. It seems you've delayed me too long. In that case, why don't you all amuse me?" With those last words, a horrifying Killing Intent was released from Orochimaru, the ground beginning to creak and crack.

Not even blinking even as Kankuro began to sweat and Temari took a slight step forward to cover Kankuro, Gaara began to 'madly cackle' "GAHAHAHAHAHA! No! You amuse ME!" 'Let's hope he decides to end this quickly...' With those dispassionate thoughts, both of his hands which were now covered in blue markings and obvious sand rose up, before with a flex of his will a tsunami of sand spread out from him, towards each of the clones.

"Wind Style: Blade Cyclone!" A titanic cyclone made out of razor-sharp spinning wind blades appeared from one Orochimaru's hands, beating back the sand coming towards him.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!" A titanic water dragon crashed into the sand coming towards the second Orochimaru, before with a bite snapping it all up and turning it into mud.

"Fire Style: Searing Migraine!" A brightly burning gout of flame turned even more sand into glass, before causing it to crack and then shatter into tiny little shards.

"Lightning Style: Snake Lightning!" Yellow crackling lightning appeared around the fourth and last Orochimaru, and with a thrust of his hands forward the lightning snaked through each particle of sand, seemingly causing it to simply drop to the ground, unable to be controlled.

'Just as I thought... He's prepared for everything I or Father do.' With a grim look hidden by his sand armor's look of madness, Gaara met Temari's eye who realized the same thing. Slightly nodding, she quickly grabbed Kankuro who was still dealing with the Killing Intent, and while holding onto him jumped into the air.

"Desert Suspension." As Temari leaped into the air holding onto Kankuro, a pile of sand appeared in the air below her feet, catching her.

"Kukukuku, even as insane as you are, you're protecting your siblings? We can't have that now, can we?" Each of the Orochimaru's began to weave Jutsu, yet Gaara simply called on more sand to enclose both his siblings in a perfect sphere, before with a single thought it began shuttling through the air away from them. Pumping more Chakra into the Jutsu, blue curse marks appeared all throughout the sand sphere. 'This should protect them... I can't trust Orochimaru not to hurt them.' 

Each of the Orochimaru's hands finished flying through seals as all four of them took a deep inhale...

Fire, Lightning, Wind, and Water once more spewed out of their mouth, and as Gaara went to respond...

"Adamantine Barrier!" A tri-pronged Kunai appeared out of nowhere in the sky, and with a flash of orange a figure appeared out of nowhere, thick golden chains spewing out of their back, forming a barrier that instantly blocked and snuffed out the Orochimaru clones Jutsu. 'Is that?!?' 

"Oy, oy! Orochimaru. Orochimaru pick on someone you're own size! What do you think you're doing picking on little Gaara?!? He's only got the weak, pathetic, and incredibly tiny Shukaku inside of him after all, y'know!"

'Aah... Fuck.' 'FUCKING KILL HER! KILL HER! I WANT HER BLOOD GAARA! WHAT IS THAT FOX BITCH TALKING ABOUT? WEAK? PATHETIC? TINY?!?!?!? I'LL SHOW HER!' 

Naruko Uzumaki landed on the ground, a wide grin on her face, even as the chains coming out of her back encircled the Sand Sphere holding his siblings, and dragged it to the ground with her, perfectly encasing them inside. 'To protect... or holding them hostage?' 'WHO FUCKING CARES! KILL HER! BREAK HER BONES! MAKE HER SEEP ALL THAT PATHETIC BLOOD OUT OF HE BODY, AND MAKE THAT FUCKING FOX CRY IN AGONY!' 

"Kukukuku... How nice to meet you again Naruko. Why, I was just in the forest looking for a race specimen for my experiments."

"Playing Pedomaru and trying to give my student and the Kazekage's children hickeys isn't looking for race specimens Orochimaru, that's just being a creep."

As the two bantered back and forth, Gaara's thoughts churned as he did his best to ignore the increasing amount of Shukaku's unpurified chakra in his system, alongside the mad rantings and demands for murder. His hand flexed, trying to control the sand entrapped by the Adamantine Chains, and a heavy feeling akin to a weight in his gut sunk in as the sand didn't react at all. 'STOP HOLDING BACK. JUST KILL THEM ALL!' 

Gaara's eyes turned into something akin to a golden star as a sand tail grew out of his back, sand claws forming around both of his hands. More and more of Shukaku's chakra pumped through him, even as he tried to remain logical to try to figure out a way out of this for both him and his siblings, as the two titans from Konohagakure continued to speak with each other.

Yet, eventually, his mind faded. "I'LL KILL YOU BOTH! GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD!" 

A second later before he could even react chains shot out, wrapping him up before squeezing tightly. A moment after that, his vision began to fade.

"Well, that's enough of that. Now, are you going to run like the snake you are Orochimaru?" Gaara's mind turned blank. 'Am I really... that weak?' He was knocked unconscious as Shukaku's chakra was stripped from him, sucked up, and then sealed away by the Adamantine Chains.