Naruto stayed back in the corner, listening as Genma called for Kankuro and Shino's match. Naruto narrowed his eyes at Kankuro when he gave up without even stepping foot in the ring. He knew the Invasion was going to happen, but couldn't figure out why Kankuro would just give up.
As much as Naruto wanted to get right to his match with Gaara, he went over to Shikamaru who contemplated giving up. "Your mom is watching Shika, and I could have sworn she was polishing a cast iron frying pan yesterday." It was a blatant lie, he didn't see Shikamaru's mom at all, but Shikamaru didn't know that.
Shikamaru twitched before jumping over the railing, showing more movement than Naruto had seen of the lazy Nara in well... Ever. Naruto watched the fight go on. It was… boring in a sense. It took a long time, and it was clearly the battle of the mind. It hurt Naruto's head just watching. But as Shikamaru caught Temari, Naruto knew he would have lost to the lazy Shadow User. He shook his head as he watched Shikamaru give up, claiming to be out of chakra.
Naruto leapt down as Genma called for both him and Gaara. Naruto moved a fair distance away, to where he would be able to make his Chakra Chains if necessary. Naruto's mind was going at a thousand miles an hour, trying to figure out what he could do, how he could beat Gaara. He was confident he could, but there were so many unknowns… Still, Naruto calmed himself down, ready for the fight.
"Semi-Finals Round 1: Sabaku no Gaara versus Uzumaki Naruto!" Genma called out and looked at the two. 'Ready?" they both nodded. "FIGHT!" he then jumped away
Naruto then jumped away from Gaara, surprising everyone, even as Gaara's sand came out. Naruto landed by the closed doors to the arena and pulled out some sealing tags. He slapped them onto the door, in a three by three style. Naruto channeled his chakra to the tags. "Seal." He said, a basic barrier forming along the seals, making sure no one and nothing could get in or more importantly out.
Naruto pulled a dark blue scroll from his chest and flicked it open all the way, showing 10 seals on the paper, the seals done in the Kanji for Water. Naruto then tossed the scroll into the air, putting his hands into a hand seal. "Seals: Release!" Naruto called out, channeling his chakra to the scroll that was in the air, fluttering. All ten seals burst open, pouring out a rushing torrent of water like ten dams being broken.
It had taken Naruto two weeks, and every source of naturally flowing water in Konoha that he could find to fill the seals up with enough water. He couldn't just go and drain a lake after all, that would be harmful to whatever was living there, so he had to set up a relay that would drain the water from rivers and such in a way that wouldn't be too much water taken.
The scroll landed in the water, and the torrent was silenced but not stopped. Naruto had used every precaution he could, to make sure that the scroll would last long enough to empty the water. Already, he could see the confusion on Gaara's face as the water level was already up to their ankles. Naruto put his hands in the Tora hand seal. "Water Style: Liquid Bullet!" Instead of coming from within, Naruto made the technique come from the water around him. Three orbs of water shot through the air, aimed at Gaara
Naturally, the sand moved and took the hit, getting soaked as the three shots hit it dead on. Gaara frowned as he watched the sand move away, slower than what it usually would. He commanded the wet sand to attack Naruto, and it still moved slowly.
Naruto shot out another three orbs of water, slamming into the sand and making it break away, too soaked with water to maintain shape. Naruto stayed serious, even at Gaara's furious face. No doubt Gaara figured out what Naruto was planning. The water was up to their knees and still rising, with Genma standing on the water
Gaara hardened his sand, knowing it wouldn't last long in the water. He shot it down and under his feet, before making it rise up, water running off of his sand, taking a lot with him. Still, he had plenty to float on. He commanded the soaked sand up out of the water, and this time made it disperse into particles. He then had to exert his control with his hands, to keep the particles in the air while the water flowed away.
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Naruto stared up at Gaara, watching his fellow Jinchurikii return his sand. Still, with the water at waist deep, Naruto had the turf advantage. Gaara however had the high ground. Naruto would win this, slowly if he had to. Naruto only knew two other Water Techniques though. The Hidden Mist Jutsu wasn't going to help in this match, even if he could use the lack of visibility to his advantage. The second one was purely defensive, and wouldn't work in the situation
Gaara was much in the same boat as Naruto. He wasn't sure how to proceed. Even if he made his sand the densest it had ever been before using it on the Uzumaki, the waist deep water would allow the blonde to struggle and fight, freeing his legs and waist long enough to get under water and get free from the rest of the sand. But the Uzumaki couldn't throw off Water Jutsu at Gaara; he'd just disperse the sand again into the particles, and bring it back when it had no water in it.
Naruto stared up at Gaara debating as the water kept rising. On one hand, he could just use his Chakra chains and destroy the sand cloud that Gaara was standing on, but he doubted the boy knew how to swim and the water wasn't stopping any time soon. Naruto glanced around at the murky water before pulling another scroll from his pocket. He made sure all of his scrolls were water proofed the night before. He unsealed a breather and tucked it into his mouth. He then went under the water, the seals in the breather allowing for the oxygen in the water to move into his mouth. On one hand, Gaara couldn't see him; on the other he couldn't see Gaara.
Still, Naruto swam around and soon poked his head up out of the water. "Water Style: Liquid Bullet!" Three orbs shot straight up, aimed for the cloud Gaara was standing on. Gaara's shield moved and guarded it, getting soaked in the process. "Hyoton: Crystal Ice Mirrors!" he called out and instead of forming a dome, or using the water around him, Naruto concentrated the ice on the soaked sand which began to crystalize, before breaking off and falling into the water, floating a bit. Naruto then quickly dove under the water, Gaara shooting some Sand Shuriken at him
Gaara tried to draw the sand out of the ice, but it wasn't responding to his call. He tried lifting the entire thing with his chakra in the sand, but it didn't respond to his call. His sand reacted to another three shots of water, before the soaked fell, once more frozen.
Orochimaru watched as Gaara was systematically taken down. First the unstable Jinchurikii lost the turf advantage, now he was losing his sand. He sent the signal to Kabuto to start the invasion.
Naruto paused as a smoke screen enveloped the Kage's box, and a Genjutsu began to fall around them. He released it and quickly stood up on the water as Temari and Kankuro moved over the water towards Gaara.
"Get Gaara out of here!" Baki called out, blocking the Senbon launched at him by Genma.
The three headed his words, and quickly took Gaara way while Naruto moved over to Genma. "Orders?" the blonde asked launching a few shuriken at Baki.
Genma looked at the blonde before looking at the Suna Genin leaving. "Go get them kid, stop whatever they're planning."
Naruto gave a salute before rushing off. He had a Jinchurikii to stop.
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