Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 50-52

~~~Chapter 50
Kimimaro and Komacki lunged at Honz, who swerved left and right and back again, dodging the slices of scythes. Capturing the moment, Denma came up behind Komacki and used a scalpel to slice him up. Komacki cringed and jumped over Honz.
Thinking irrationally, Honz grabbed for Komacki’s ankle in vain, and Kimimaro took the chance to slice off his arm. Honz yelled in agony, grasping his stump of an arm, blood spewing all over the ground.
“Astral lock!” He yelled out, pointing a finger at Kimimaro.
A ring of light encircled Kimimaro, squeezing down on, immobilizing him, making him vulnerable. Luckily, Komacki was there for him, Honz had forgotten in his rage.
Komacki sliced off Honz’s head, killing him in a fountain of scarlet red. The ring of light vanished, giving Kimimaro just enough time to flip out of the way of Denma oncoming attack. Denma scowled and went for Komacki.
“So what if you killed him, neither of you can kill me!”
One slice. In fury and irrationality, Denma lost track of Kimimaro, and lost his life because of it.
Kimimaro and Komacki powered down, and, hanging Komacki over his shoulders, Kimimaro took Komacki back to Konoha, where he was locked up until the story was told by Komacki.

Deep inside the underground halls, problems had already arose; Naruto, Gaara, hunter, Shibo, Kisara, and Chihiro were the only ones left; the others had been in fights, and won, but were injured badly. So with each fight, someone had to take back an ally, basically going down in pairs. But only more battles were to come. Inside, Ikuji, Orochimaru, and Sasuke (being held captive and being made to fight for Orochimaru against his will), still waited.
“Two for each enemy, whoever we encounter, Gaara and I fight Orochimaru, and the rest of you go as you can!” Commanded Naruto.
“Sasuke…” muttered Chihiro as she dashed along side her friends.

The first enemy encountered was: Ikuji. The soul hunting witch that had somehow evaded death’s eyes time and time again. She was in the middle of eating a soul whole, swallowing it with a loud ‘gulp’.
“So… the entertainment is finally here!” She said, “Who do I fight then?”
“Us!” Replied Kisara and Shibo.
“Well then, I guess the rest of you can go on… that Sasuke person is waiting nearby.”
At the thought of Sasuke, Chihiro cringed. Although a bit afraid, Naruto, Gaara, Chihiro, and Hunter all continued into the next hallway.
“We’re going to have some fun!” Said Ikuji sadistically, her body already covered by purple souls…

~~~Chapter 51
Shibo and Kisara both pulled out their swords, ready to fight Ikuji, but they really had never even met her; her entire being and abilities were a mystery to them. Ikuji charged through the air at them, and punched Shibo in the face, while, at the same time, kicking Kisara in the stomach. The two kunoichi both coughed up a little blood, but the impact wasn’t all that hard. After all, Ikuji wasn’t the type of woman to end a battle quickly; she’d rather prolong her enemy’s pain and suffering to their maximum lengths.
Kisara and Shibo turned to each other, both with a slight grin, and nodded in agreement. They both jumped toward Ikuji, who began to counter, but the two had pulled a feint. Right before bringing their swords down, they disappeared, and Ikuji’s counter attack missed. They both reappeared on either side of the witch, and went into a frenzy of quick stabs and slashes.
Ikuji screamed in pain, fore within her power-up was a down-side; her soul was vulnerable, and that was something she couldn’t heal. Ikuji used her particle ability to disperse and reappear away from the two girls. She held up a palm at each of them and fired off a beam of violet light, striking the two girls, no matter how hard they had tried in vain to dodge. But, the two had managed to somehow lessen the impact, and they weren’t harmed too badly.
“You’re gonna have to do better than that!” Remarked Kisara confidently.
“How about this than?”
Ikuji held out her hand, and souls began to gather. Instantly, they solidified into a black-handled scythe with a shining silver blade.
“Soul reaper.”
She flew at Shibo, dodging whatever upchucks Shibo could manage, and sliced her arm. But, strangely, Shibo felt no pain. In fact, Shibo had no feeling in her non-sword arm at all!
“The soul reaper hits the part of your soul in whatever it hits, immobilizing it. Basically, your arm is dead unless you kill me!” Ikuji explained.
One thought went through Kisara’s head: If I steal that scythe and use it… I can reap her soul!
Kisara Pounced at Ikuji and grabbed onto the soul reaper, and began to struggle to pull it away.
“I won’t let you,” said Ikuji, kicking Kisara off of her scythe.
Kisara turned to Shibo and whispered something in her ear.
“Gastro Cannon!” Yelled Shibo, spewing stomach acid from her mouth.

Ikuji swiftly dodged and said, “That won’t hit me!”
But, in her distraction, Kisara was able to steal the soul reaper away from Ikuji.
“No!”
“Oh yes, time for you to experience the pain that you pushed on people for all this time!” Yelled Kisara, lunging for Ikuji.
Slice! The soul reaper cut right through Ikuji, destroying her soul. No amount of unique ability could save her at this point.

Deeper into the halls, just a bit before where Sasuke stood in wait, the last four dashed. Chihiro only had one thought on her mind: I miss you Sasuke… do you miss me?...

~~~Chapter 52
Sasuke sat in a chair in the middle of a large room, ready and waiting for the group of ninja. But, deep in his heart, he didn’t want this. And that became his decision, he would join them and return to Konoha!
What happened next was obvious. Hunter and Chihiro went back with Sasuke…

But Orochimaru still lurked within the underground base, ready to kill the first person to walk through the door. But, instead of walking, Gaara burst the door open with his sand.
“You! You’re the one behind what happened to the Sand village!”
“Yesssssss… now then, are you going to kill me?”
“Yes, we are,” said Naruto, walking in behind Gaara.
“Oh… it’s you, the nuisance of Konoha… well, I can’t have you fighting right now, so just stay put! You can bury this man’s body when I kill him!”
“Why you-“ Naruto said, before getting cut off by Gaara.
“Do as he said… I’ll defeat him, and avenge my village!”

The battle commenced; the ruler of the sound versus the master of the sands. Snake. Sand. Snake. Sand. Snake. Sand! There was now obvious victor, it seemed as though Orochimaru and Gaara were evenly matched. Gaara would kill or block all of Orochimaru’s snakes and hits, while Orochimaru easily dodged the sand that tried to crush him.
“You’re better than expected.”
“That’s because I have a purpose!”
Suddenly, Gaara’s sand grasped Orochimaru’s ankle. It swung him around wildly, before flinging him into the wall. Orochimaru rebounded and flew at Gaara, stopping right above him. The ninja could feel each others breath.
Orochimaru punched Gaara several times before punching him into the ground. The cracks on Gaara alone proved just how strong Orochimaru really was. But Gaara was in no way about to lose. His sand instantly spiraled at Orochimaru and attempted to crush him, but a snake emerged from the sand and Orochimaru climbed out of its mouth, just before the sand clenched hard.
Orochimaru pulled the grass blade out of throat. He began to hack through the endless torrid of sand, until he reach Gaara, slicing him across the chest.
Gaara’s shirt flew off, and blood splattered to the floor, creating a puddle of red. Gaara was not hindered. He actually went into a series of punches and kicks on his own, launching Orochimaru away with sand afterwards of course.
Orochimaru held up his hand, and three snakes shot out of his sleeve and bit Gaara. Gaara grasped the tiny holes on his left arm, and Orochimaru smiled with superiority.
“You think you’re stronger than me?” Gaara asked, “Well then, let me teach you something: YOU’RE NOT!”
Gaara crossed his arms in front of him and a wave of sand flowed through the room towards Orochimaru, burying him. But, before Gaara could use his sand to crush Orochimaru, five large snakes shot out of it and wrapped around him.
Orochimaru slowly rose from the grains and began to furiously punch and kick Gaara, ending with a swift upper cut to his gut. The snakes released their grip and disappeared, letting Gaara fall to the floor. He sat on his knees, hugging himself as he coughed up blood. Not for long though, because Orochimaru wasn’t planning on giving him even a second of rest. He kicked Gaara in the face, sending him flying into the ceiling.
Gaara was ready though; his sand caught him just in time and let him gently down. But his onslaught continued. Gaara was on the offense now, slamming Orochimaru into the floor with his sand. He then grabbed Orochimaru by the back of the head and grinded his face against the floor.
“Heh… not good enough,” said Orochimaru once he had stood.
“Well then, time to kick it up a notch.”
Both Ninjas increased their chakra greatly; it lashed out in all directions from both of them.
They both slammed their palms on the floor and said, “Summoning…”
“…Manda!”
“…Shukaku!”
The two giants appeared. Gaara’s giant raccoon of sand, and Orochimaru’s giant purple snake.
“I wondered what had happened to that thing, I guess you can summon it at will now, can’t you?” Asked Orochimaru.
The beasts went into battle. But Gaara and Orochimaru weren’t a part of it. Gaara jumped over to Manda, and the two leaders exchanged punches and kicks as the skidded down the huge reptile’s back..
Gaara finally caught Orochimaru in a tight grip of sand and squeezed hard. Orochimaru apparently felt pain, fore he screamed in agony. Orochimaru coughed up blood into his hand, and Gaara stomped his head into Manda. He then threw Orochimaru off and jumped after him, kicking him downwards, making him plummet to the ground.
Slam! Orochimaru impacted with the ground, and Gaara smashed into him not long after. The hit was so strong that a hole opened through Orochimaru. But, the maniacal snake wasn’t done yet. His tongue shot out of his mouth and grabbed Gaara. It slammed him into the ground and then threw him into the air.
Orochimaru jumped after him, punching him rapidly. Left, right, left, right, the barrage went on, until Gaara’s sand caught both of Orochimaru’s hands.
“You hurt my friends, destroyed my village, and killed my entire family… although my sexiness could get me a new one in mere seconds… but that’s not the point! I’ll never forgive you for that, and this is judgment!”
Gaara’s sand rushed into the hole in Orochimaru’s body. Orochimaru couldn’t even breathe, let alone do anything about. Orochimaru slowly began to expand, and then, suddenly, his body exploded, sending blood every where.

Gaara went back to Naruto.
“We did it…” said Gaara.
“Yeah… now we can go back to life!”
~~~End, Trouble in the Sand 2! The Return of the White Snake!~~~