Chapter 01

Lee vs Gaara

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The two genin faced off. One in green with his hitai as a belt. One in desert robes, his hitai wrapped about the strap on his gourd. At the proctors signal the green clad youth jumped to attack.

Only to have a crude wall of sand erupt in front of him blocking his assault, only to crash down on the boy. A quick back flip brought him out of reach of the sand. A few more passes, and Lee ended up on the folded hands above and behind the proctor.

With a nod from his sensei, Lee removed the weight belts. When he dropped them, the impact crater raised a dust cloud as large as the sand cloud... Now the green ninja was a flash, a flash that got through the sand shield.

Gaara's eyes started to flicker with yellow and brown flames. The sand reacted.

Four the next ten minutes the fighters pushed them selves and each other to the next level... and the next...

First it was the SAND SHIELD, then the SAND ARMOR. No matter what the green ninja could break through the sand defense. It was like an onion of sand, peel back one layer, and there is another...

But the same could be said for the Suna weapon. This pathetic had beaten the shield, cracked the armor, had even drawn blood...

Then the battle reached a new level...

The green ninja had opened his chakra gates, and was moving to fast to be seen. He pounded his target into the ground...literally.

But at great cost to himself. He could no longer move on his own.

He was at the mercy of the elements...

And one of those Elements was Sand!