Naruto: Fourth Hokage

"After her defeat to me, she begged me to end her life, believing that she no longer could prove her purpose to exist. After much effort I managed to convince her not to end her life and to start her life anew here in Konoha where she could make new friends and family and find a new and better purpose to live, not as somebody's weapon or tool but as someone who could put her skills into great use in helping others. I offered her my friendship and trust and a better way to prove her existence to everyone.

"You can do likewise if you'd let me help you Gaara. Please, let me be your friend. You don't have to carry this burden alone. The pain can be coped with easier if you'd let me carry it with you not as a fellow Jinchuuriki, but as a real friend."

Those were words Gaara never heard in all his life. No one has ever offered him friendship, even when he begged and cried to it. Now here it was that a total stronger and foreigner was offering him something he had so longed for all his life, but was always denied it.

"DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!," Shukaku roared, "HE'LL TURN ON YOU LIKE ALL THE OTHERS! DON'T LET HIM HAVE HIS WAY! KILL HIM AND GAVE ME HIS BLOOD!"

"Shukaku, Shut Up!," Gaara retorted as he faced the bijuu, "You've been a thorn at my side long enough!"

Gaara turned and faced Naruto, and saw the sincerity in his eyes as the blonde extended his right hand to him. Slowly, Gaara walked over to him and reached out for his hand before he embraced it.

"I accept," Gaara said before everything went white…

(Back In The Real World)

Gaara and Naruto woke out of their trance. The red-haired Jinchuuriki found himself being held by the blonde Jinchuuriki. There was a moment of silence between the two bijuu containers as Temari and Kankuro quietly looked on wondering what was going to happen next.

"Gaara," Naruto said as he looked at the boy. Gaara looked back at Naruto calmed before he nodded. Believing things to be in the clear, Naruto was about to turn and face the older ninjas when Gaara reached out and grabbed Naruto left arm. The blonde Leaf nin turned to see the look in on Gaara's face. What Naruto was looking at wasn't Gaara's previous facial expression. That expression was replaced with maniacal one that strongly desired the death of many and mindless chaos as sand from Gaara's gourd started pouring out and covering over Gaara's form.

"This isn't over yet Kyuubi," Gaara said with Shukaku's maniacal voice, "I'll show you who's truly weak after I'm drunk with the blood of your Jinchuuriki."

"Shit!," Naruto cursed after realizing the situation as Gaara's deformed sand-covered arm grabbed and held Naruto as he thrust him into the air before slamming him down to the ground.

"…The…Ō Fūin," Naruto said between his coughs, "…I placed it on Gaara's head…I don't understand what went wro-"

Naruto's train of thoughts was derailed when the Shukaku-possessed Gaara, with his now enlarged arm, punched him harder into the ground, forming a crater into the ground with Naruto's body.

"Gaara," Temari yelled in hopes that Gaara's mind would hear her voice. But as both siblings saw that wasn't going to happen since Shukaku took control of his container.

"SHUT UP BITCH!," Shukaku roared through Gaara's mouth, "WAIT YOUR FUCKING TURN! I'LL KILL YOU IN A MIN-"

The possessed Suna nin wasn't allowed to finish when Naruto burst from out of the ground and delivered a solid right hook to Gaara's jaw, sending him flying from off the ground thus sending him airborne. While airborne, Gaara caught himself before thrusting his sand-covered arm out at Naruto, speedily catching the blonde by his leg. With much force, he pulled Naruto into the air over him before he flung him down hard into the ground. After the impact, Naruto turned to see Gaara's massive claws plummeting down at jet speed toward him. The blonde rolled away at the last second before the enlarged razor-sharp claws plunged into him and deep into the ground.

Temari and Kankuro knew there was nothing they could do to stop this fierce and deadly fight that sparked for reason unknown. They knew that getting between the two Jinchuurikis during their fight would have promised certain death. All they could do was watch 'safely' from the side. While on his back, Naruto kicked into the air and landed back on his feet before charging at Gaara directly. Tackling and grabbing him firmly, Naruto performed a seal, causing both himself and Gaara to teleport away from the scene, thus leaving both Kankuro and Temari alone in the demolished forest.

"What the…?," Kankuro yelled, "Where did they go?"

"Your guess is as good as mine," Temari replied, having no idea where the two Jinchuurikis went…

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