Genma lays down the rules, which is fitting because Sasuke got here so late. Gaara doesn't waste a minute to break into a gleefully psychotic chuckle. Kakashi joins the crowd on the benches, asks after Lee, and cheerfully blows off Sakura wondering where the heck he was. Sakura doesn't get as mad at that as one thinks, she's more worried about Sasuke's Curse Mark. Kakashi tells her the problem's been taken care of, which brings our girl some relief. His ninja senses tingle at the Anbu scattered throughout the crowd, and wondering what Hokage's got in mind. Guy playfully tells Kakashi that he'll be checking out the training he gave Sasuke, you know, as his eternal rival and all. The Copy Ninja wasn't really paying attention, though. Guy: "Why must you be so avant-garde!?" BWHAHA.
Genma calls Sasuke and the evilly-slouchy Gaara to the center, and every one in the arena can feel the tension. At the start, sand erupts from Gaara's gourd, but Kakashi's warned him. Out of nowhere, Gaara clutches his ask and asks for somebody to not be so mad, possibly his mother. He's sorry he had her(?) suck awful-tasting blood, but this time it'll taste better. Squicked. His breakdown apparently relates to the strength of his opponent. Gaara shakes it off as the sand falls around him, and tells Sasuke to bring it. Shikamaru takes the chance to remind naruto that Gaara said he'd kill everybody in Lee's room, and didn't even seem to see Naruto and Shikamaru. Naruto says now the only one who can make Gaara feel alive is Sasuke, and he's got the shakes again. Go time! Sasuke throws a pair of kunai at Gaara, blocked by the Sand Shield into a Sand Clone. It throws Sasuke's own weapons back at him, and Sasuke hits a backfist into the Clone's neck. The Clone starts to suck Sasuke in, but Sasuke's able to destroy it with another hit. The Last Uchiha feints, drawing up Gaara's Sand Shield, but then vanishes and reappears behind Gaara in a most Lee-like manner. Lee can see the overlap of his own Taijutsu over the kid. Sasuke lands a monster overhand punch on Gaara that cracks Gaara's Sand Armor and sends him flying.
We break from that to Kiba thanking the Anbu who helped Hinata earlier, but Akamaru senses danger! He recognizes the Anbu from the earlier Exams, but before Kiba can do anything the Anbu knocks him out with a Chakraed-up palm. Since Gaara's unwilling to stand back up, Sasuke goes to him, circling around the desert demon to catch him on the face with a kick, and Sasuke promises to tear his Sand Armor off. Sasuke Wally Wests a cyclone around Gaara, before flipping in with an awesome two-kick combo. Lee's impressed that Sasuke got his speed in only a month. Gaara's on the ground and panting from using the Sand Armor, and his sister gives the Kazekage a significant look. Guy asks how Kakashi did it, and Kakashi answers with Sasuke using his Sharingan to copy Lee's Taijutsu. Which, soley used, can't beat Gaara as we have seen. Guy figures Kakashi saw the fight between the hateful Gaara and lovable Lee, and wonders what he has up his hip and galling sleeve. Gaara's back on his feet and angry, summong up the sand around him into a shell. Naruto's dwelling on Gaara's stated purpose in life is to end the lives of others, and decides that he needs to tell Kakashi what sand-wrought psycho Gaara really is. Sasuke's charging in, and Kankuro's freaked out by the Jutsu he's using, which looks to be a kind of spiny Sand Shell, which Sasuke bloodies his knuckles on. Our heroes are watching to see what happens next, when Naruto and Shikamaru stomps up to demand they halt the match. He gives the reasons we already know - Gaara's sandshit insane and lives only to make other people dead, and that's not a good thing, especially because Gaara's next. Inside the Shell, Gaara's chanting something, which results in another Sand Eye forming outside the Shell. Naruto asks Kakashi again to stop it, but I think everybody's too confused to do much. Gaara grins a little inside his cocoon, and my fingernails are all bitten off.
Next Episode: Sasuke's got to break the shell!
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