18 Heading to the village (1/2)

Naruto said his goodbyes to the Eagles and resummoned himself to the Village. A nostalgia broke through his mind as he looked at the sword marks around the nearby trees. With one of the tree's having his growth of height carved in by Yugao.

Naruto traced his fingers through the tree marks and smiled. As he was remembering his days with Yugao, Naruto's attention was pulled by a large sound from deep in the forest. Naruto quickly jumped to the treetops finding a Gaint Raccoon Dog towering over the trees.

Seeing Shukaku in the near distance, Naruto activated his Sage Mode and flew towards him in high speed. Huge golden wings formed behind his back as the speed multiplied by few times arriving in front of Shukaku in mere seconds.

It was easy for Naruto to figure out what was going on here. He had been gone for 4 years now and the students from his years had already graduated to become a genin. This was the Chunin Exam arc where Naruto summoned Gamabunta to fight against Shukaku.

Naruto's sword cut apart Shukaku's foot as he cried in pain and fell to the side. Naruto was already expecting to see Sasuke but seeing three tomoe Sharingan and Curse Mark Level Two mode gave him a huge surprise. His disappearance had caused some major changes in the timeline but it didn't really matter at the moment.

”Who are you? I'll fucking tear your apart.” Gaara's voice echoed out from Shukaku's body as his leg quickly regenerated.

Gaara slowly emerged on top of Shukaku with bloodshot eyes. ”Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu” With a single hand sign Gaara entered deep sleep letting Shukaku take over.

”Yahoo, I'm finally out baby. It's even more perfect as there is a guy in front of me to kill” Shukaku said in a delighted voice.

”Wind Release: Wind Bullets” Shakuku started to spit out air bubbles at the high speed. Naruto's face held a smile as all the sand bullets changed direction after coming near Naruto. Not a single one managed to hit him.

It would be a matter of great shame if he Naruto got hit by the wind as he trained with the Sage of wind and the ruler of the sky. Having learned how to shape wind according to his will from Fuyumi it was easy for Naruto to change the course of Wind Bullets.

”I don't have time for childish fights. I'll take to you later Shukaku” Naruto said as he disappeared from sight and appeared before Gaara. Naruto touched Gaara's head and sent a stream of chakra making Gaara awake from his sleep and again a sent a heavier chakra making Gaara lose unconscious.

Shukaku's sand Avatar disappeared breaking into sands and flew along with the winds. Naruto flew down holding Gaara in one of his hand and headed towards Sasuke.

”I know you're there. Come Out.” Naruto called out looking at a certain direction.

Temari and Kankuro came out from the shadows with a defeated and worried expression. Their brother had been defeated just like that despite using the power of Shukaku. And it was done by a single move from a kid similar age to theirs.