Mangetsu roared angrily. "Dammit, we got treated like scrubs. We're gonna need revenge. I'll kill them all myself."
"We will need points. But first, we need to regroup." Kankuro said with a frown.
"Go ahead, cowards. I'll show you how it's done." Magetsu said as he raced off.
"This is not good Kankuro-sama." Hinata said quietly. "We can't move with only the two of us."
"We'll hide for now. If we're lucky, he'll return, not dead." Kankuro said with a frown. "Besides, we need to be more careful. I don't have any more mannequins for my puppet show."
"Hai."
X-X
Gaara's POV (Trial of Nio - Land of Iron)
Gaara sat calmly on his horse. He was only a short distance away from camp. He was on the horse to make it clear he was the lord. As well as to keep them away from the camp. There was no need for him to share his prey this time. His past had been one of violence. First against him, then him against others. These days, he doesn't kill as much as he did in the past. No need to kill every pest he came across. But he undeniably missed it; the feeling of killing gave him a rush. Made him feel alive. And while he had found a new goal to live for than merely killing. Tonight, he would enjoy things the way he once did. After all, he was only hurting humans.
The team arrived with stealth and barely contained intent. They scouted him from the forest to his left. Hidden twenty feet into the woods about seventeen degrees to the left shoulder. They were determining if they could take him. More than likely, one or two were gung-ho about him, while the intelligent ones would sense the trap. But both parties would elect to launch an attack. After all, how could they resist a lord left in the open in the dead of night?
The four rode in confidentiality. He saw the redhead cloud girl he believed was named Karui, the female Uchiha Yuno, a more petite woman from the river named Mubi, and a man from the Mist named Raiga. The man stalked forward, drawing his blades, which sparked periodically. The redhead and small girl jumped behind him to ensure he had no safe escape. Yuno climbed off her horse with a smile.
"Hey there, cutie. Surely you realize you might've cost your team the game? You're interesting for sure, but not that smart." Yuno said with a flirty smile.
"Enough. I think it's time for his funeral!" Raiga roared as his sword crackled even louder before a bolt of electricity flew toward Gaara. He did not move, but the sand in his gourd intercepted the bolt. There was silence for a moment before Raiga roared angrily. He charged in screaming, Karui and Mubi charging in behind him. Raiga led the assault by loading his blades full of electrical turrets, unleashing the energy with a double slash. A massive wall of sand met this assault, and Karui appeared behind Gaara with a smile as it did.
"You're wide open!" Karui screamed excitedly. Cloud Style: Front Beheading!" Her blade flew out, shining with chakra. But similarly to Raiga, another wall of sand rose to meet the attack, stopping it in place. As both jumped back, suddenly, four Mubi moved in from different sides. Gaara merely smirked as he raised a hand sign.
"Sand Pellets!" he called gruffly as the walls shot off small amounts of themselves towards the copies. But Mubi ate the shot without effect, merely having holes blown through their bodies, leaking water.
"Prepare yourself for a River Village special!" Mubi called sweetly. "Water Style: Meeting of the Seas!" The four clones suddenly lost their human form, becoming mere waves flying towards Gaara. He merely flew up into the air upon a pad of sand.
"Right into my hands!" Raiga shouted with glee. "Fangs of Lightning!" He called as his blades were struck with lightning, the energy gathering around the man before a bolt flew in from above. Gaara looked up as it was being smacked by it directly. It smacked him into the ground before the form of Gaara became sand.
"I see your weaklings," Gaara said simply. Rising from the ground behind the three. All three turned to meet the powerful man. Karui and Mubi with fear and Raiga with excitement. He smiled darkly before flinching and looking up. He saw Yuno above Gaara, already flowing through hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" She called as she shot the blast of flames towards the immobile Gaara. Her three teammates flew back as the fire hit. The area was filled with smoke before revealing a dome of sand with glass specs due to the flames.
"You have a bit of power." Gaara comments. His head is visible through a patch of glass. "Merely an insect still." Two large hands flew from the dome as he finished, chasing the shinobi around. "You're out of your league messing with me." He informed as the four dodged the lightning-quick sand. Suddenly, the entire ground shuddered as it was lifted and surrounded by sand. "Die," Gaara said simply as the sand attempted to crush them all.
Yuno managed to body flicker out, seeing it coming somewhat. Her two tomoe Sharingan barely made out the sand trap closing at the start of it. She managed to grab Karui on her way out. Raiga blasted his way out with lighting, but the group flinched when they heard screaming inside the crumbling mass of sand.
"It seems one of you died there. But I don't intend for any of you to survive." Gaara said as he stalked from the pile of sand. They could all see blood leak from the sand, hinting at the fate of Mubi.
"Fine by me. In the Mist, we fight to the death!" Raiga cackled madly.
"We need to retreat, you bastard!" Yuno called, realizing they couldn't beat Gaara. Karui nodded, as being so close to death made it clear to her.
"Then go ahead! This is a duel, anyway! A woman like you could never understand." Raiga said with a smile. "My name is Raiga Kurosuki! What is yours? I need it for the funeral!"
Gaara ignored him, raising a finger. Yuno yelled as she was suddenly flung toward him. Gaara slapped her away cruelly. Yuno slammed into the ground hard. Gaara then turned to face him. "I got my points, so I may as well kill you first."
Yuno was caught by Karui, who threw her onto the horse and got out of there. Leaving the two men sized each other up.