Night Night!

Soon as those words passed Gamabunta's lips, the Shukaku attacked, as he seemed to puff himself up. "Air Style: Drilling Air Projectile!", the giant sand demon yelled as it fired orbs of compressed air right at his targets. "I'm going to jump!", was all the warning Shisui got as the giant toad lept into the air with his two passengers on his head, holding on for dear life in the process.

"Water Style: Bullet!", Gamabunta yelled as his own body grew a bit before firing balls of water at the sand spirit below him, to which the Shukaku merely fired more air bullets back at him. The two attacks collided in the air and the explosion ripped through the forest almost like a fierce storm as the water and wind blew through the area around them after fighting for dominance over the other attack.

"Hey Gamabuntas, be careful! I don't want this fight making its way into the village! Why do you think I summoned you way out here in the first place?! Shisui yelled over the sound of the fight as he and Gamatatsu tried to hold onto the giant toads back as best they could.

"Bah! You're a pushy, aren't you?! Fine then, how do you suggest we beat this guy if you're so smart!", Gamabunta asked in an annoyed tone as he jumped away from each attack the Shukaku sent his way.

"Hey, Gamabuntas, can you get us closer? If I can get Gaara to wake up, then this thing's history!", Shisui yelled

"Very well, but that's not going to be easy.".

"Nothing ever is, but it hasn't stopped me before!" Shisui replied with a grin as he looked more determined then ever

Gamabunta gave a nod before reaching under his coat and pulling out a short sword. "But first, let's see if we can shave off a few tons of sand to lighten the work!", Gamabunta said before jumping at his opponent, weapon in hand.

The Shukaku was visibly surprised by the toads sudden leap towards it, and even more as the sword managed to cut its left arm clean off in a single swing. The Shukaku gave an angry roar as it started to regrow the lost limb only for the other to suffer the same fate. "I can't keep this up forever, you better do something before this guy has a chance to do some new trick!", Gamabunta yelled to Shisui as he kept trying to weaken the Shukaku enough to keep it distracted for the plan to work.

"Got it Gamabunta" Shisui yelled as he started to run down the giant toads head and jumped off of Gamabunta and landed on the Jinchuuriki

" Shisui How interesting you are!", Gaara muttered even though his eyes were closed, "Even now you fight. What a wasted effort!".

That statement made Shisui grit his teeth. "You're the one who can't get it into your thick head when someone cares about you! Temari-chan tries to help you and you treat her like that!", Shisui yelled as he stared at the cold, emotionless eyes of Gaara.

Seeing as he got no response from the psychopathic Gaara, Shisui shook his head. "I guess there's only one way for someone like you to understand it!", Shisui muttered. "I'm going to have to kick your ass so hard you will have to listen to what I say!", Shisui said before he focused chakra in his hand and started running

" Rasengan!!!!" Shisui yelled as he brought the attack right towards Gaara and hit the sand connecting him to the sand demon. The **** of the attack pushed Gaara to awaken, and the Shukaku roared as its containers state **** it to return back inside him.

Gamabunta watched as the sand spirits form turned to dust, the sand falling into a pile as the two fighters kept at each others as they fell. "Hmph, it been a while since I last fought. I guess I should start getting used to it again. this kid and the other one are going to be a handfuls.", Gamabunta mumbled to himself. "Gamatatsu, I'm leaving now. Make sure Shisui is safe 'till he gets back to that village of his.", Gamabunta said as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke, seeing as his role in the battle was over.

Shisui struggled to stand, barely managing to as he stumbled towards the form of Gaara who had landed against a tree and could only look on as the Konoha ninja slowly approached him.

Finally the two were within a few feet of each other as Shisui kept staring at his opponent. Not a word passed between them before Gaara whispered out "H-... how... how are you so strong?"

Shisui only stared at Gaara for a moment before he felt his legs give out as well and he landed and rested against a tree. "Because I have friends who care about me and love me. Shisui said as he looked right at Gaara as he spoke. "And you have a family too Gaara. Temari and that brother of yours, Kankurō, they're both still willing to love you if you let them and you have me as a friend." Shisui said as he suddenly felt so tired from the battles.

"Love...", Gaara recited the word as he seemed to think it over before he whispered out "... maybe... someday.". And that was the end of the conversation as Gaara found himself feeling so exhausted he just laid there like Naruto did.

Gamatatsu, seeing how neither fighter was moving to hit the other, guessed the fight was finally over, at least between these two. "Guess I better tell someone these two are out here.", Gamatatsu said as he turned and started hopping back towards the hidden leaf village.

Damn it, what is this sand made of, steel?", a Jonnin asked as he, along with several others under Kakashi and Kurenai were atttempting to free the girl Temari from Sunagakure from the stadium wall. The fighting around them had died down, but they needed to secure the foreign kunoichi before they could join the rest of the fighting, if not, something could happen that could make this situation even worse.

"Well, keep trying! We need to get this girl down.", Kurenai yelled as they worked furiously to make a dent in the sand without resorting to Jutsu or explosives.

"Kurenai, it's not like yelling is going to make the sand easier to break up.", Kakashi chided her. Suddenly, the sand fell loosely and one of the chunin there caught Temari just before she fell.

Kakashi stared at what happened before looking back at his book boredly. "Well, I have been wrong before.".

Kurenai gave a look at Kakashi as she shook her head. "Be serious Kakashi! Why did the sand suddenly come loose like that?", Kurenai asked as Kakashi shrugged.

"Well, I think that's obvious. It means Shisui won his fight.". Kurenai couldn't help but feel like a weight was lifted from her shoulders at that statement. The fact that her student was alright seemed to make her energy return as she turned to face the other Konoha ninja gathered.

"Orders?" A Chunin asked as they waited for their new instructions.

Smilingly Kurenai took Temari from the Chunin and replied "We have done good so far, but there is still much to do. Spread out and show these trespassers why you don't mess with Konohagakure!". Then they disappeared in flash of speed as they moved out to fight the remaining enemies in the village.