Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
need i remind you the sand in shika's timer? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

besides, if he can only use the sand in his gourd.....then he'd be screwed.....just consider all the times where he probably left at least a little bit behind (like when sasuke was pursuing him, he saw a trail of sand)
eventually he'd run out

and if you've seen gaara's final form.....i dont think he'd have even 1/100th of the sand it must take to form that.
he was created with an incarnation of sand jutsu. for all we know, his own body can create more sand from chakra + shukaku can create it. I TRUELY doubt he can control any sand... and I think Shikamaru's sand hourglass was meant to be a bad omen or something. I could be wrong.... I guess... -.- but why would he control sand that was rooms away for no reason whatsoever?