What if Series: What if I was in...Naruto/Naruto Shippuden??

Chidori!

As Shikamaru and Temari's match has come to an end, people comment on Shikamaru's strategy and skill. With Sasuke and Gaara's match needing to start, the Third Hokage sets a time limit for Sasuke to arrive. Sasuke arrives at the last second with Kakashi Hatake. Gaara kills a pair of ninja who are attempting to fix the match on his way to enter the arena. The match commences.....

Just after the match started Gaara had another brutal headache and started talking about his mother. This scene changed to Naruto and Shikamaru in a flashback of the hospital events. Then Sasuke and Gaara officially started fighting. As Lee did previously, using the speed and taijutsu abilities he gained during his training, Sasuke is able to bypass Gaara's sand-based defences with ease. While the match continues, Naruto and Shikamaru both reflect on how Gaara thinks that his point in life is to kill others. Naruto decides that if the match continues, Sasuke will die, and rushes upstairs to tell Kakashi to stop the match. However, this time Gaara, determined to kill Sasuke, retreats inside his Shield of Sand to begin his transformation.

With Gaara unable to move while within his shield, and Sasuke unable to break through its defence, Sasuke decided to use his new technique: the Chidori. With it, Sasuke was able to pierce Gaara's shield, stopping his transformation, and becoming the second person to ever injure Gaara. At that moment, Kabuto Yakushi used a genjutsu to put the audience to sleep, signalling the start of the Konoha Crush.