What would've happened if Chiyo could use her life jutsu on both Gaara and Sasori? Resurrecting her beloved grandson and her village's kazekage may seem like a good idea, but what about Sasori? Can this former bad-boy learn how to be good again? And what of his numerous crimes? Can he be forgiven? It becomes up to Gaara to change and get past his grudge against this genius puppeteer. It's all for the woman who saved his life in exchange for hers… Is it even worth it?
A/N: In the beginning, Sakura will do something actually purely useful for once. I hate her… So useless! Anyway, I was so upset when Sasori-Dana had to die in his short manga appearance and when I re-read the chapters; I felt inspiration flicker upon me! Enjoy. Also… The chapter is very long. I have to do this first chapter mainly in accordance to the manga save a small section in Sakura and Sasori's argument before his death.
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Chiyo panted gently. She looked at Sasori and said warily, "Sakura received a fatal wound but she didn't die. So I… also came to her level…"
Sasori snorted. "Well… That's a pity."
Sakura clutched her fist in anger.
TWACK!
The wood on Sasori's cheek cracked.
Chiyo just stared at Sakura. "…"
The pink-haired kunochi panted, glaring at Sasori.
The puppeteer looked at her expectantly, "Give it up… This body feels no pain. If all you do is hit me, your fist is all that will hurt." He spun his head back into place. "Women like to do useless things don't they…?" He chuckled. Sasori continued, "Even connected by blood ties as we are, I won't feel a thing if my grandmother here dies. My heart… Is the same as this body. Of all the hundreds and thousands of murders I've committed… She's just another one of them. It's that simple."
Sakura clenched her fists tighter. "What do you think a human life is?!" she yelled angrily. "What do you think blood ties are?!"
Sasori looked at her. "Hey…" he asked, "Are those words of a shinobi?"
Sakura asked him, exasperated, "Why…? Why can't you think any other way?"
Chiyo sighed. "That's enough… Sakura… What made him this way is the terrible customs and teachings of Suna…"
Sakura looked at her. "… "
Sasori offered sarcastically, "Want to become like this? If you do, then you'll probably get what I'm saying." He paused. "An undecaying body… A puppet's body can be built as many times as one pleases, unfettered by a mortal lifespan… I can just make as many people as I want out of puppets…" He grinned. "If I want them, that is. I don't just add for the sake of numbers. Collections are ab—"
Sakura yelled, "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU AND YOUR BLABBER! JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!" She grabbed his collar. "Don't you think it's sad?! You just got pierced in the heart by your grandmother using puppets YOU made of YOUR PARENTS!"
Sasori quieted.
"The only reason Chiyo-Obaa came out on this mission is because she heard YOU were involved! Are you that heartless?!"
He looked at her. "Yes. Yes I am."
Sakura fumed. "I wish you could live just so I could prove you wrong!"
Sasori coughed. "That makes two of us. Just so I could prove myself right."
Sakura growled. "So be it. I will prove you wrong, you bastard."
"I'll be waiting in the after-life. I doubt you can do it though. I'll make you a deal." He added, "I heard you wanted information on Orochimaru."
Sakura snapped up. "!"
"Revive me within ten days, and you'll get your information…" Sasori drifted off and fell limply to the ground.
Sakura pulled the swords out of Sasori's heart and lifted it out of his chest. His head followed.
"What are you doing?"
"He promised information on Orochimaru. I'll get that information… For Sasuke." She placed his heart in her medical bag and held his head in her hands. "Let's go… We've finished here."
Chiyo picked up Sasori's headband and ring. She summoned her puppets into their scrolls. She turned to Sakura and buckled in pain. "GRAGH!"
"Chiyo-Sama! The antidote! I'll make one immediately!"
"No!" she grimaced. "There's no time. There's still something I must do."
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Sakura and Chiyo landed gently beside Naruto and Kakashi. Sakura sighed in relief. "Finally caught up…"
Kakashi commented, you found this place well…"
Sakura explained, "We saw where the enemy was flying before."
Chiyo noted. "You are still having trouble here, it seems."
Naruto asked Sakura, "What's that in your hands?"
She hushed him. "I'll tell you later. There's something much more important."
"Yes," Chiyo agreed. "More importantly… What of Gaara?"
Naruto glanced upwards, towards his clones with Gaara in their hands.
Chiyo nodded. "All right…"
Deidara watched cautiously from the bushes. "…" Sasori-Dana's head, un. What did these witches do, un? Well… It was a fitting end for an artist, if I do say so myself. He stood. "!!!"
"Well done, Neji," Gai complimented.
Kakashi and Naruto looked towards them in surprise.
SHINK!
Ten-ten grimaced when her shuriken were deflected.
Deidara thought to himself, a kunai in his mouth, There's no way I can escape… Wait! Over there!
"Team Gai! WATCH OUT! HE'S A LONG-DISTANCE TYPE WHO ATTACKS WITH EXPLOSIVES!"
Neji, Ten-Ten, and Lee landed near Deidara and his broken clay bird.
Deidara discarded the kunai and bit down on the clay, ripping apiece off. His cloak quickly began to inflate largely. "Take a look at my ultimate work of art! Art is a bang!"
Neji started in surprise. "!!" The chakra's gathering in one spot at once! He couldn't be… "EVERYONE! HURRY! GET AWAY FROM HERE!"
"!!" All of them escaped quickly.
Deidara's body swelled a considerable amount before BAM! It exploded.
Neji angrily thought to himself 'Too late!'
Naruto's clones moved Gaara to safety from the explosion.
Gai looked in Deidara's direction and asked, "What's going on?" It looked as if everything was being sucked into a small wormhole, softening the explosion by multifold.
Kakashi's mangekyou sharingan was seen in his left eye. Somehow… I made it in time.
Gai smiled. I expect nothing less from my rival…
Kakashi collapsed. Naruto grabbed him and asked urgently, "Are you alright, Kakashi-Sensei?"
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Interruption: OMFG! This weird ass noise just came from the bathroom!!
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Sakura asked, eyes wide, "What in the world did you do…?"
Kakashi warily answered, "Him and the explosion… I sent them to another dimension." He asked, "More importantly, is everyone safe?"
Naruto's clones came down with Gaara's body. One said, "Sakura-Chan…"
Sakura and Chiyo looked at it.
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Some way, some how, they end up in a field of grass.
Sakura is seen hovering over Gaara's body, examining it.
"Sakura…" Naruto asked.
She sadly shook her head.
Gaara lay there, eyes closed, unmoving and unbreathing.
Sakura stood.
Naruto clenched his teeth, tears spilling over. "…Why was Gaara… Always Gaara… To die like this! He's the kazekage! He didn't just become Kazekage."
"Relax…" Chiyo commanded, "Uzumaki Naruto."
He lashed around and snapped, "SHUT UP!"
Chiyo froze.
"IF YOU SHINOBI OF THE SAND HADN'T PUT A MONSTER IN GAARA, THEN NOTHING LIKE THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED!!! DID ANY OF YOU TRY TO ASK GAARA HOW HE FELT?!! WHAT IS THIS "JINCHUURIKI" ANYWAY?!! YOU JUST ARROGANTLY MADE UP THAT WORD TO CALL THEM!!!" Naruto rubbed his eyes with his sleeve, sobbing heavily. "I couldn't save Sasuke and I couldn't save Gaara… For three years I trained desperately, but nothing's changed since three years ago, has it?"
Chiyo frowned. "Sakura… Tell my brother to use that jutsu on Sasori… You need your information…"
Sakura started, "Chiyo-Sama!"
"I hope when my grandson is revived… He can change his ways. I will leave his care to the kazekage as a favor for saving his life." Chiyo dropped down to Gaara's level and gathered formidable amounts of energy. She placed her hands on his chest and began the life transfer jutsu…
Sakura yelled, "CHIYO-SAMA!"
Naruto asked, "What are you trying to do now?"
Gai asked, "That's?"
"Yes." Kakashi answered.
Naruto yelled, enraged, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
Sakura looked at him seriously. "She's bringing Gaara back."
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After the prayer, Sakura stopped Chiyo's brother. "I need a very large favor. Chiyo asked me to ask you to do this…"
He nodded. "Just tell me what you need."
"I need a dead body and you to use the life-transfer… by request of your sister for her grandson."
He hesitated. "Why?"
"He holds key information that I desperately need… Plus, Chiyo wanted her grandson to live."
"When we arrive at the village."
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Sasori groaned. He felt a pressure on his chest… Heart? Wait. He was alive? He sat up, tousling his red hair, obviously transferred onto a donated body. He looked in a mirror. His eyes were the same too. He looked around, catching the four scowls surrounding him.
Sakura demanded, "Talk! Tell us everything you know about Orochimaru!"
He scowled. "Fine… I'll tell you everything, as promised."
