Clash of the two demons holders! Nine tails verses one tail!

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

"Suiton: Teppoudama (Water Element: 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 firece storm as the water and wind blew through the area around them after fighting for dominance over the other attack.

"Hey boss toad, 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 firstplace?!" Naruto yelled over the sound of the fight as he and Gamakichi tried to hold onto the giant toads back as best they could. "Bah! You're a pushy runt, 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.

'Temari-chan told me to get the Shukaku back into Gaara by waking him up! He can only be possessed if he is asleep!', Naruto thought as an idea came to his head. "Hey, Toad boss, can you get us closer? If I can get Gaara to wake up, then this thing's history!", Naruto yelled as Gamabunta gave a grunt. "Very well, but that's not going to be easy.".

"Nothing ever is, but it hasn't stopped me before!", Naruto replied with a grin as he looked more determined then ever as 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 Naruto as he kept trying to weaken the Shukaku enough to keep it distracted for the plan to work.

"Got it, Toad boss!", Naruto yelled as he started to run down the giant toads head and made the familiar crossed hand sign as he yelled "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!". A bridge of clones formed atop the giant toads head as the real Naruto was tossed the distance between them, and to the head of the Shukaku. Looking up, Naruto saw the form of Gaara appear from the forehead of he giant sand demon.

"You bastard, now you've really gotten on my nerves!", Naruto yelled as he started running up towards him, only for the sand of the demon to grab at his legs. "Uzumaki Naruto! How interesting you are!", Gaara muttered even though his eyes were closed, "Even now you fight. What a wasted effort!". That statement made Naruto grit his teeth. "You're the one who cant get it into your thick head when someone cares about you! Temari-chan tries to help you and you treat her like that!", Naruto yelled as he stared at the cold, emotionless eyes of the red head before him.

Seeing as he got no response from the psychopathic Suna-nin, the Kyuubi-Jinchuuriki shook his head. "I guess theres only one way for someone like you to understand it!", Naruto muttered. "I'm going to have to kick your ass so hard you will have to listen to what I say!", Naruto yelled as he focused on drawing out the fox's chakra again. This time he drew so much it was visible around him as the sand burned away from the intensity of the firey red Chakra.

"Now wake up, you bastard!", Naruto yelled as he out of reflex had made a clone and as they charged towards the Suna ninja before them, he was already preparing his ultimate attack. " Rasengan!!!!" Naruto 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 Uzumaki-kid is going to be a handful.", Gamabunta mumbled to himself. "Gamakichi, I'm leaving now. Make sure Naruto 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.

Naruto and Gaara hit the ground hard as they bot felt drained from the long battle, and Naruto especially after having to fight two hard opponents before even facing the regular Gaara, not the Shukaku possessed one on top of that. But still, Naruto 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 Naruto kept staring at his opponent. Not a word passed between them before Gaara whispered out "H-... how... how are you so strong?". Naruto 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.", Naruto said as he looked right at Gaara as he spoke.

"I might have ended up like you if things went differently, but I found people who cared about me, and I guess one by one, I have made a family.", Naruto grinned a bit. "But then again, you have a family too Gaara. Temari-chan and that brother of yours, Kankuro, they're both still willing to love you if you let them.", Naruto said as he sudden 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.

Gamakichi, 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.", Gamakichi said as he turned and started hopping back towards the hiden leaf village.

"Damn it, what is this sand made of, steel?", a Jonin asked as he, along with several others under Kakashi and Kurenai were atttempting to free the girl 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 losely and one of the chunnin 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 Naruto 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 Chunnin asked as they waited for their new instructions. Smilingly Kurenai took Temari from the Chunnin and replied "We have done good so far, but there is still much to do. Spread out and show these tresspassers why you don't mess with Konohagakure!". Then they disappeared in flashs of speed as they moved out to fight the remaining enemies in the village.