Chapter 2: The First Domino to Fall

The desert was a horrid place to be for many people. It was hot, dry, and barren. It made it worse though that when the wind kicked up it would through the sand around and when that sand hit someone it had the ability to scratch away at their skin like sandpaper. The person who was experiencing that horrid sand scratching the most was one Uzumaki Naruto, our blonde… character. He walked at a slow pace, dragging his feet through the sand; leaving trails that were slowly erased as the wind slowly blew little handfuls of sand over the tracks. Next to him walked Sasori, he was wearing the standard Akatsuki cloak, the collar covering half of his face leaving only his eyes visible. On his head he wore a straw hat that had little strings all around the rim that hung down and shaded his face. Next to Sasori walked Deidra wearing a similar outfit only his collar wasn't buttoned up all the way so that it allowed people to actually see his face. Naruto sighed as he reached up under his own straw hat and wiped a bit of sweat off of his forehead.

The three walked in silence which made the entire trip very boring but at the same time it was peaceful. Naruto was able to reflect on the events that had taken place in Konoha and he thought about different ways that he could have approached the situation. He had wanted to finish everything faster but Danzō, being a traitorous coward, had a few tricks up his sleeve one being the multitude of Sharingan and two being the ability to use the Mokuton element; not that it had helped the man any. Naruto took a deep breath and let his mind wander over to Sakura; he had given the girl, his final team mate, a chance to leave the corrupted village with him but she chose to instead stay there. He remembered hearing from her that when Sasuke had left the village she had offered to go with him. It made him angry that the girl had thought about leaving the village for the traitorous Uchiha but when the team mate that actually cared for her gave her the chance to escape she rejected it. Naruto realized that Sakura still loved Sasuke, even after all the years had gone by.

I don't see how she loves him… he hasn't done anything but hurt her. Naruto thought as the image of Sasuke appeared in front of him as though the desert could read his mind and was casting a mirage upon him. The boy was walking slowly and Naruto glared at the fake image. He watched as the boy turned, his pale skin shining in the light, until finally his entire head was turned and Naruto could see that half of his face was covered by his cursed seal. Naruto and the image of Sasuke stared at each other until finally a strong gust picked up and the boy seemed to be blown away into a million grains of sand that floated on the wind. I'm going to find you... I just hope you don't remember my promise because I've made a new one. Naruto thought as the Uchiha left his mind.

The blonde turned towards Sasori who had his gaze set straight ahead, his eyes never wavered, even as the scorching wind blew across them. "Hey Sasori, how much longer until we arrive?" Naruto asked in a voice that was almost so quiet that it was lost in the god forsaken desert.

At first the man, or boy, didn't answer and let the question hang in the air. Naruto was about to set his attention back to the sand in front of him when he heard Sasori's deep yet light voice respond. "We should arrive by nightfall, I have already broken the seal on my man's mind and he knows his orders. We should be able to enter the village after defeating the main guard." The red haired boy said and Naruto nodded.

"So after we get in the village am I going to show them my true art, or is the blonde brat just going to go rampant and get the demon brat, heh?" Deidra suddenly asked and ignored Naruto clenching his fists at the name 'demon brat'. Naruto knew for sure that when the time came he would undoubtedly kill the blonde clay user due to annoyance and irritation. Naruto's head slowly turned towards Deidra who acted as though he didn't see the blonde.

"Jinchūriki, Gaara isn't a demon brat. He is the container of the Ichibi no Shukaku, get it right." Naruto said in a cold voice. Deidra snorted and looked over at the teenage blonde who posed no real threat to him.

"Who cares if I call him a demon brat or a hell spawn? The point is-"Deidra was silenced as he felt a cold sting at the base of his throat. His eyes traveled forward as he halted his walking and met the crimson red gaze of Naruto. The boy was glaring at him with bloodlust and anger, Ketsuki was drawn and pointed straight ahead. Deidra could feel the pulse in his neck thrumming, the blade had already made a small nick and a single droplet of ruby red blood ran down his neck, disappearing inside of his cloak.

"The point is…that I don't really like you and wouldn't mind to see my blade embedded inside of your chest. The point right now is that you can either shut the fuck up, or you'll find your voice box gone." Naruto said in a deadly tone, letting a small amount of killing intent, which was amplified by Kyūbi's own bloodlust, roll off him. He saw Deidra shiver once before the man shook the cold feeling off.

"You touch me and you'll have Leader to deal with." Deidra said and Naruto blinked slowly as his eyes reverted back to their normal color and shape.

"Do you think so? I do believe you piss Leader off also." Naruto said as he quickly sheathed his sword and walked back to his spot and continued onward. Sasori hadn't stopped walking at all and was a bit farther ahead then the two blondes. Naruto picked up his pace while Deidra hung back a bit and wiped the blood off his neck and glared at the retreating boys back.

"I can't wait till I have the chance to kill your worthless ass." Deidra muttered and started walking again.

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"Report!" Tsunade barked as Asuma and Kakashi appeared in front of her. She had bandage around her arm due to a deep gash she suffered during Naruto's attack. She had healed it but it still was sore and tender so she had it wrapped so she didn't aggravate it any. The last thing that she needed was to worry about having a sore arm while she went about her business, which there was a lot of due to the blonde ninja who had gone rogue 4 days ago.

The silver haired Jōnin, Kakashi stepped forward; his one visible eye held no happiness in it, just seriousness. "We traveled around a lot of Fire country but we found no trace of Naruto. Where ever he went is almost impossible to find without any leads." Kakashi said and Tsunade nodded. She sighed sadly and pressed the palms of both her hands on either side of her temples and closed her eyes, her head angled down towards the desk.

Why? WHY did he betray us all like this? She thought sadly as she opened her eyes and looked at the white page before herself. It was a single page with a very familiar picture of Uzumaki Naruto. The page was laid out like this…

Gender: Male
Age: 16
Height: 5'11"
Class: Genin
Status: Missing
Rank: B
Hair: Blonde
Eye: Blue
Distinguishing features: Three whisker marks on each cheek.
Description: Holder of the Kyūbi no Kitsune, has small arsenal of Jutsu, Summons Toads, Large Chakra reserves.
Mission: Capture, Do not kill!

Tsunade stared at Naruto's page in the bingo book and sadly reached over and grabbed her stamper. She dipped it in the ink pad and then slammed it down in the middle of the page and tucked it in an envelope. She then set it in a basket that Shizune would grab and deliver to ANBU Headquarters later that day. She sighed and looked up at Kakashi and Asuma who were looking at her sadly.

"I don't see why he did it… now he's out there alone with the threat of the Akatsuki looming over him." Tsunade said and Kakashi nodded in agreement. The one eyed ninja was feeling just as bad as Tsunade was; he had lost another one of his students and the only one he had left was now in an emotional spiral and he wasn't exactly sure she would be completely okay afterwards. Kakashi turned away from the Hokage and began to leave the office.

"Me either Tsunade-sama, I just can't figure it out." Kakashi said with sarcasm in his voice. Tsunade could only watch as he left, she wasn't able to call out to him and demand him to come back, she could only watch a sensei walk away after losing another student.

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While the village was taking actions to repair the damage caused by Naruto's sudden betrayal, one single pink haired girl sat in her room, in the bed, under the covers, in the same clothes she wore the same night Naruto had left four days ago. She was curled up in a ball as she buried her head in her knees and her arms crossed in front of her chest. She had no more tears to cry after losing her final team mate so she settled for trapping herself in her room to escape pitiful eyes. Everyone already knew by now that both her team mates had abandoned her, she even heard whispers about how she would be next. Would she though? Naruto had offered her a chance to escape but she denied it, the village was to important. She couldn't believe what Naruto had said but yet… it all made sense.

The only thing she couldn't figure out is WHY Naruto had killed Danzō and the elders and then brought about his operation Hi no Ame? That was the question that most people were probably thinking but she herself still couldn't find the answer. Sakura let out a sigh that was infused with the dying remains of a sob and she opened her eyes to see sunlight streaming in through her window. It had been fixed the day after the attack by her father. Surprisingly her house only suffered one damage, broken windows. On the inside things were thrown about but other than that her house had fared much better than those caught in the vicinity of Naruto's bombs. Sakura slowly pulled the covers off herself and swung her legs over the bed. Her hair was a mess, her eyes were still puffy, she could still feel dirt on her body from when Naruto had placed the seal on her, driving her into the ground, and finally she felt like she hadn't bathed in days. Technically she hadn't bathed in four days.

Sakura let out another sigh and pulled herself from the bed and walked to the bathroom. She opened the door to the rather large room and slowly dragged her feet over to the large counter top sink she had. She placed both hands firmly on the edge of the marble counter and looked into her mirror; her haggard reflection looked back at her. Her once bright emerald eyes were duller due to her sorrow; her lively face looked stressed and tense. She closed her eyes as she straightened herself and walked over to her shower. It wasn't a fancy shower like some people had; it was just a walk in shower that was tiled. She reached out and turned on the water and watched as it came out, steam rising from its hotness. She slowly turned the cold water on so that she didn't burn herself while she bathed. She stepped out of the shower and stripped out of all her clothes so that she stood in the middle of the bathroom naked and exposed. Sakura turned and looked in the mirror as the gentle sound of water crashing down onto the tile in the shower slowly thrummed behind her.

She had a few bruises that were very light in coloring as they faded; these were from the concussion she was hit by. Other than those bruises her body was fine, but that meant very little to her at the moment. She turned from the mirror and stepped into the shower pulling the curtain closed behind her. She slowly inched forward with her head down, her eyes closed, and felt the warm water start to crash down onto her head, immediately soaking her hair, making wet strand soft pink stick to her forehead. She felt the water run down her face and neck washing away any remaining dirt and her dried up tears, down her breasts, making her heart jump from the sudden feeling, until it raced down her stomach and then down her legs. She opened her eyes and stared at the drain where she could see clean water swirling around with dirty water and she made a face of disgust. Had she really gotten that dirty in four days of doing nothing? She brought her arms up and ran her fingers through her hair, feeling it part into smaller strands of wet hair. She tilted her face up and let the water splash down into her face, waking her up, refreshing her.

Sakura took a step back and let the water crash down onto her feet; she reached over and grabbed a small bottle of shampoo and squirted some into her hand. She lathered the white soapy hair wash up and started to scrub it into her hair; she could almost feel the dirty being washed out. After a few minutes she finished and wiping the soap that had run down into her face off, and pulling her soapy wet hair back as to stay out of her eyes, she reached for the bar of soap. She held it under the water for a second and then began to run it around her body, enjoying the feel of getting clean. After she finished washing she stepped back into the water and rinsed herself off.

"How dare you do something like this…" she whispered as she turned the water off, feeling the last dying stream of the clear liquid splash on her breasts. "Who does he think he is? He had no right to do that!" Sakura muttered angrily as she clenched her fist tightly and grabbed the shower curtain with her free hand. She ripped it open and reached out for a pink towel that was hanging next to the shower. She pulled it off the rod and wrapped it around her body, tucking it in above her left breast and then holding it with her right hand. She stepped out of the shower and into the bathroom again. Steam had filled the room and the mirror was slightly fogged up so that she could barely see herself. "Why…?" she asked the blonde who wasn't there.

As the words left her mouth the steam seemed to swirl around her and gather around the mirror. She watched as a figure formed on either side of her reflection only her reflection had its back turned and it was clothed in her normal ninja attire. To her reflections right, and her right also, was Naruto; his face set in a cold blank stare. He stood staring at her, accusing her of something she didn't do. Her gaze then flickered over to the second image, Sasuke. He stared at her with his same judgmental look he had 3 years ago. In his eyes she saw him accusing her of being weak still, worthless. Sakura's head dropped and the images quickly faded leaving the reflection of a wet pink haired girl with her head bowed, her shoulders rising up and then dropping down as she sobbed silently.

"I'll show you both… I'm not weak Sasuke; and I'm still your friend…Naruto!" She whispered as a single tear fell to the bathroom ground.

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The sun was just starting to set and Naruto could feel the temperature already beginning to drop in the desert. In the distance he could see the large rock face and stands that Suna ninja used to keep guard. Sasori walked next to him while Deidra soared high in the sky on one of his clay birds. The older blonde man was hidden within the clouds so that no one could see him coming, only problem was that no matter how high he got the guards could still see him due to the fact that by the time they reached Suna the moon would be out completely and the clouds in the sky would be gone; so as the silvery light of the moon was cast out the man would be an easy sight atop his obviously not normal bird. Sasori grumbled beneath his breath as they drew closer and closer to the village.

"You don't have to enter if you don't want to." Naruto finally said and he heard a low rumble which he realized was Sasori's laugh. He didn't look away from the ledges the guards were stationed on but he could see out of the corner of his eye that Sasori was looking up at the sky.

"I don't want to… I would much rather wait for you and Deidra to capture the Jinchūriki. I made my vow that I would never enter this village unless I was there to finally destroy it." Sasori muttered these words and Naruto nodded his head. He could almost feel where Sasori was coming from but he didn't think that the man should go to such extremes, or try to avoid the village so much. If anyone should be making that vow it should be Naruto making it on Konoha.

"Sounds fine by me, I figure that Deidra will be able to distract Gaara long enough for me to sneak up on him to finish things. The only thing that I am afraid of is that Deidra might over do it and then the plan goes to shit." Naruto muttered as he let his eyes flicker up to the man on the bird for a brief second.

"I fear that the dumbass most likely will. He feels as though he needs to express his self through what he thinks is true art. Sadly enough, he is mistaken. True art isn't found in the beauty of an object made. It is found within the age, the time, the patience put into making the art. What he considers as art is nothing more than lumps of exploding clay. My art is truly the most beautiful thing there is." Sasori said in his normal tone but Naruto could tell that the man was by no doubt being overconfident on the fact that he was the most artistic person alive.

"Sasori, have you ever wondered if true art could be a mixture of both yours and Deidra's views? A mixture of passion, imagination, time, and beauty?" Naruto asked and Sasori turned his gaze over to the blonde. The red head was looking at him curiously and Naruto continued to walk forward with his gaze set on the guards that had seen them by now and were probably freaking out at the sudden threat before them. "Because I know of a girl, a couple years older than myself that can create beautiful art…only it's real. What she paints is reality, she is gifted with a rare talent and I think you guys would get along." Naruto said as they heard sudden orders to halt. They were only fifty feet away from the entrance to Suna.

"She sounds interesting, maybe I should meet her one day." Sasori said as he raised his hands up at the ninja, his cloak sleeves sliding down to reveal normal hands. They were closing in on the ninja who were frantically ordering them to halt. Naruto was slowly counting down the distance in his head, waiting for Sasori to make his move. "I think you're good now." Naruto said as they stopped twenty feet away from the wall.

"Doku Hairikomu no Nami!" (Wave of Penetrating Poison!)

Naruto watched as Sasori's 'hands' shifted and transformed into two large funnels with multiple barrels within. As soon as the last syllable left Sasori's mouth a large barrage of needles shot out of the barrels at rapid paces. Naruto listened as he heard a soft sliding sound as hundreds of poisonous needles flew towards the Suna ninja guard. Naruto could see the moon reflect its light onto the flying needles and he saw a liquid on them glisten brightly as though beckoning to cause death. He watched as Sasori moved his hands from his left all the way to his right which resulted in a mass majority of the ninja guard being turned into pin cushions. As soon as a person was struck they twitched violently and then collapsed. Normally, as Sasori had explained to him, the poison would take a few seconds to kick in but when it did the results were very effective; all skills to move would shut down and the person would collapse as their internal organs slowly shut down and then they'd die within three days. Of course these ninja were collapsing as soon as they were hit, which could only mean one thing; a large dosage of the poison would bring people down instantly.

Naruto chuckled as Sasori's hands shifted and returned to normal and the man put his arms back down at his sides; once again concealing the hands that held so many weapons within his cloak. The blonde continued walking forward while Sasori stopped walking stood stock still. "I will wait here, don't take too long." He muttered and Naruto shrugged.

"I'll try." He said as he took off at a dead sprint suddenly. He ran at the wall of the cliff and dashed up, being careful to avoid any needles that stuck out. As he ran up the rock face he saw the faces of men who were most likely dead by now. Their mouths were open in silent screams, their hands stuck in awkward positions as they tried to rip the needles out until the poison completely immobilized them. Naruto shook his head at how easy the people were killed. It reminded him of another reason that he hated Konoha, it was weak. Most hidden villages were to tell the truth, they had grown over confident that large numbers would be better then skill. They were wrong, if three people were able to destroy a village's guard and penetrate the village that should tell them that they had to up the quality of the Shinobi they were producing.

Naruto neared the edge of the cliff and as he reached it he shot a hand up and grabbed it, applying chakra to his finger tips as he kicked off the rock ledge with his feet. The result was him doing a back flip and landing in a crouch on top of the cliff top. He looked up and watched as Deidra circled above him slowly and then started to decrease in height until finally the man landed in front of him. Deidra stared at him blankly for a second until he opened his mouth and asked the one question he needed to know.

"Shall we begin operation Sabaku no Kogasu (Burning of the Desert)?" Deidra asked and Naruto nodded. This wasn't the time to mess around and tell the man that this wasn't a game and so Naruto held his tongue and ran forward towards the village that had no idea what was about to happen. Deidra chuckled and his giant clay bird flapped it's wings once, the wind from the wings making sand fly into the air as Deidra sped off towards the village. Naruto watched as Deidra dived straight towards the Kazekage tower and the blonde could see the older blondes hand suddenly fly across himself in an arcing movement. The bird pulled up and as Naruto began to wonder what just happened he wasn't able to finish he mental thought as the side of the Kazekage tower suddenly exploded. Naruto felt a blast of wind fly across his face but he didn't flinch, only stared at everything, watching for his opportunity to end things as quickly as possible.

As the Kazekage tower crumbled and slowly caved in a sudden geyser of sand shot from the flames and flew past Deidra, nearly hitting him. The sand geyser stopped flying upwards and began to swirl around and create a small platform and when it was finish being made Gaara, the Kazekage and the mission objective stood staring at Deidra with an empty look. Naruto took in every little detail of the platform; he had to figure out a way to get past Gaara's perfect defense. The sand platform had a flat top that was spherical while the bottom looked like it was pulled from the ground; there was no real shape to it. All in all Gaara had about twenty feet to move in all directions until he'd have to increase his surface area or he'd fall. Naruto sighed as he crouched down and covered his mouth with the area between his thumb and pointer finger, his thumb resting on his cheek bone as he tried to think of a plan.

BOOM!

Naruto chuckled as Deidra's clay explosions ran into Gaara's perfect defense and did no damage. He heard the man shout in anger but otherwise he kept his distance in order to dodge any attempts by Gaara to capture him within his sand. Deidra reached into a pouch at his side that held all his clay and began to make more explosives while Gaara flicked one hand. Naruto watched with amazement as a spear of sand shot from the ground and before Deidra could move, it speared the bird he was standing upon. Naruto was forced to cover his eyes as the bigger clay creation sent a large gust of wind sweeping out, kicking up small sand storms nearby. Naruto brought his hand down just as he heard Deidra land next to him.

"Little bastard, he just fucking sits there and uses that sand." Deidra muttered and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah but I think I have an idea. Lure him on to this cliff and I'll take care of the rest." Naruto said as he pulled out his ink brush from an inner pocket. He hadn't had to ever test this seal but he would have to hope that it worked properly. "Make sure you don't get caught in this attack though." Naruto mumbled and bent down and slowly drew a seal. He ran to his left and drew another one and continued this process as Deidra yelled stupid insults to Gaara. Naruto rolled his eyes at the way Deidra thought Gaara would just respond to the insults he was tossing out.

"Then I'll rape your fucking sister in the ass as I send a wave of my art to destroy this piece of shit village!" Deidra screamed and a slow breeze of wind suddenly swept across the cliff. Naruto finished the last seal and turned to Deidra with wide eyes.

"Are you stupid?" He almost screamed and pointed at Gaara who was slowly lowering himself down into the area that Naruto and Deidra were at. "Why did you insult his fucking family you idiot?" Naruto demanded but he didn't get an answer as sand suddenly crashed down on the spot he was standing, forcing him to back flip and land a few feet away from the area Gaara had just landed.

"Which of you is going to die first?" Gaara asked in a cold tone. Naruto looked over at Deidra, getting serious once again, and then returned his gaze back to Gaara. He fell into a fighting stance and waited for Gaara to attack.

The first move came from his right. He ducked as a whip of sand aimed at his head came close to cleaving it off and then he charged forward at the red headed Kazekage. He threw a punch at the boy's face but found his hand blocked by a small wall of sand. Naruto cursed and jumped backwards, barely dodging the sand spikes that had shot out of the wall. He looked at Deidra who had already created a bird and was flying around in circles above making clay explosives. Naruto charged chakra to his feet and in one leap he jumped up and landed on Deidra's bird stumbling as the clay creation rocked form the sudden passenger.

"What the fuck? Deidra yelled and Naruto looked at him with a serious look that showed his deadly intentions of what he wanted to do to the man.

"Shut the fuck up for once and listen!" Naruto ordered and Deidra scowled at him before he became silent. "Those seals down there, there are eight of them and they all form a barrier around Gaara who actually landed just where I needed him to. The only problem is that I can't just use this seal yet, I created it awhile back but I haven't field tested it properly or used it while in battle so there is a certain condition that has to be met." Naruto said and Deidra rolled his eyes and snorted.

"Great, what the fuck is it?" he muttered as his bird suddenly banked to the right to avoid another large spike of sand. Naruto stumbled but he felt Deidra's hand clamp around his shoulder and hold him in place so he could apply chakra to his feet in order to stick to the birds back.

"Thanks." Naruto mumbled and continued. "I have to apply my suppressing seal to him so that I can stop his movements. Thing is, he has that sand to protect him so I can't touch him. We have to find a way around his ultimate defense. After I place the seal I have to charge each of the eight seals with chakra which I already have a plan for. All I need to you to do is distract him so I can get the seal on him…" Naruto finished and Deidra nodded.

"Okay, I have my own plan then. You keep him busy eh, and I'll take care of the distraction… I'll show him that I don't make empty threats." Deidra said and Naruto nodded and did a back flip off of the bird. As he fell to the ground he saw a sand spike shoot up at him and he rolled to the right in mid air, grabbed the sand with his right hand and swung himself self down and around, away from Gaara. Naruto landed on his feet and slid back a couple feet and let his eyes briefly flicker over to Deidra who was rising higher and higher into the air.

"Why have you come here Akatsuki?" Gaara asked in his cold empty voice. Naruto stared at him blankly and didn't answer. Instead the blonde ran at him and jumped high into the air. He did a front flip and brought his right foot down on Gaara's head but he only met a barrier of sand. He planted his hands behind him and pushed off the sand wall and as he landed in a crouch he brought his right leg, outstretched still, around in a sweeping motion. Gaara jumped backwards and thrust his hand down at Naruto's face. A pillar of sand shot from behind Gaara and smashed into Naruto, sending him rolling backwards until he came to a stop. The blonde groaned and cursed his own stupidity for allowing himself to be caught by the red headed boy.

He jumped to his feet and let out a low curse again as he was forced to dive to the right as a arm of sand shot from Gaara's gourd on his back. A hand that was on the end of the arm tried to grab Naruto but the boy had managed to dodge in time but as he landed he felt something suddenly grab his leg. He turned and saw Gaara, sand covering his entire left arm, glaring at him. Naruto was about to yell out but Gaara's quick movement sent him flying skywards and then he found himself racing back down towards the rock.

Fuck this is going to hurt! Naruto thought as he clenched his eyes closed and as soon as he did he felt his body scream in pain. There was a large explosion of shattered rock as Gaara sand hand slowly retracted from Naruto and came to rest at the boy's hip. Naruto let out a painful groan as he pulled himself from a small crater that had appeared when he was slammed into the ground. He looked at Gaara and cursed. The boy had sand covering both of his arms and they ended in large clawed hands that resembled those of a beasts. Is he losing control? Naruto thought and looked at the boys face for any sign of anger or unusual expressions but he found himself staring into Gaara's same cold eyes. No, he is just mimicking the Shukaku's cloak, only I don't think he can afford to do the whole thing because he would be ultimately slowed down. Naruto grimaced as he considered the new complications this problem brought forth.

"Hey Sandy the fire crotch!" a sudden yelled from above cried. Naruto saw Gaara turn around and look up so he allowed himself a glance and his jaw almost dropped at what he saw. Floating next to Deidra was a giant penguin looking doll and it hovered directly over Suna. He saw a muscle tense in Gaara's neck and he knew that this was the distraction he needed. "Say by to this sand pit, I think I want to make some glass and crystallize everyone down there." Deidra yelled and then laughed as the giant doll of clay fell down at the village.

"NO!" Gaara screamed and threw his sand arms up. Naruto felt the rock they were standing on shake as a large wave of sand began to rise into the air. It was the ground of Suna and sand that surrounded the village. Naruto watched as the doll fell and the sand rose higher and higher until it was high above the village. Then, the clay explosive touch it and the world was engulfed with a bright white light. Naruto was forced to drop to the ground close his eyes and apply chakra to his hands and feet to stick to the rock and even then he felt himself sliding backwards as gale force winds pushed at him. The blast was worse here then down in the village because there were no objects to slow the wind, they had only bare rock to travel across.

Naruto grunted as the light died down and he opened his eyes. Gaara stood slightly slouched and panting with his arms out still, using his remaining chakra to hold up the giant platform of sand hovering over his village. Naruto realized that this was his only time to act and so he did so. He jumped to his feet and ran at Gaara, his hand down at his side as it began to glow blue. As he ran he saw the giant sand barrier over the village starting to move and he realized that this was the perfect time to finish the capture. He was a few feet from Gaara when he jumped into the air and slammed his hand into Gaara's back between the boy's shoulder blades. At first Gaara's sand had slowly began to rise up to protect him from the attack but the red head had drained to much of his chakra on the sand guarding the village so he wasn't able to use the sand to protect himself.

"Eien no Atsuryoku!" (The Pressure of Eternity)

Naruto, using his momentum, propelled himself forward and flew towards one of the eight seals surrounding Gaara. He was already doing a corkscrew so that he would land with the seal directly in front of him along with Gaara in front of him also. Before he even started on the downward journey of his arc though he made a cross seal while he watched Gaara collapse to the ground with the force of gravity working against him.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" (Shadow Clone Technique)

Seven shadow clones appeared in midflight, all of them going a different way. They were all doing the same as Naruto was; corkscrewing so that they landed with a seal in front of them and so that they were facing Gaara. It all happened in a few seconds and as Naruto and all of his clones hit the ground they charged chakra into their right hand, held it palm open, and then slammed it down onto the seal; all in perfect unison. All eight Naruto's sat there for awhile pouring chakra into the seal while the real Naruto muttered under his breath, praying that the seal would work. Gaara lay motionless on the ground, his arms still outstretch towards the village and Naruto let his eyes briefly flick over towards the village that should be doomed. Instead what he saw was the sand barrier almost over the entire village, even though it was moving much more slowly, it was still moving. Naruto returned his gaze to Gaara and gritted his teeth and pumped more chakra into the seal until suddenly the black ink of all eight seals glowed bright blue.

The seal itself was designed to capture, bind, and restrict. Naruto had also thrown on a special overlaying seal that made the seal siphon the chakra of the prisoner and reroute that chakra to the seal in order to fuel it. That being the case, Jinchūriki were the perfect targets of this seal because the more chakra they poured out while trying to get out of the seal the more chakra the seal took and the stronger it became. On the downside, someone like Tsunade or Sakura could easily escape the seal by staunching the flow of their chakra which would mean that either the seal would wither away in a few seconds or Naruto would have to use his own reserves to fuel the seal, which would be hard since he didn't incorporate something like that into the seal. This was his most advanced seal so far, since he only knew how to make about ten seals, 6 of them being basic seals while four were a bit more complex.

Naruto watched as a thin blue line that was as thick as his pointer finger shot from his seal to the next seal in the sequence of eight. Soon each of the eight seals were connected and formed a glowing pentagram and Naruto knew that the seal had worked properly. He closed his eyes and he focused on the next step; the seal was special because he had to guide its actions instead of it just doing everything by itself also because it took eight people to fuel it but since he could use the shadow clone jutsu and not waste any chakra he was alright.

He opened his eyes and watched as each corner, or the seals, of the pentagram began to glow a darker shade of blue until a spear of blue light shot from each corner towards Gaara. They all struck the boy who cried out in pain and then became silent again. Naruto had to wonder what kind of pain the seal caused to make someone like Gaara cry out in pain, it had to be brutal. After a brief second a plate of glass began to rise up from the ground along the pentagram borders. All eight of the panes of blue chakra glass were vertical and when they grew to full height they began to slant inward. This was the part Naruto was worried about now. He had to make sure that the clones were all pouring in the same amount of chakra for if they weren't then the chakra glass would fall and shatter and the whole seal would most likely explode, effectively killing Naruto and Gaara.

Naruto bit his bottom lip as the chakra glass began to fold inward and he waited and waited until finally all eight points were about to touch, and that's when things went wrong. Call it a stroke of bad luck or too much good fortune but as the points were about to touch something happened that Naruto wasn't expecting. The seal was meant to restrict chakra usage and movement but since it took time to actually make the seal that meant that people could move and effectively use chakra while the seal was being set. That was why Naruto had used the Eien no Atsuryoku on Gaara, to immobilize him. What he didn't take into consideration was Gaara finally using the Shukaku's chakra.

"Come here you annoying brat!" Gaara screamed as sand crept around his face. His body began to rock as the Shukaku used it's chakra and force to try and break out of the seal. Naruto swore as the chakra glass began to push apart and he knew he was fucked, if he tried to pour more chakra into the seal it would explode due to the sudden influx. Naruto gritted his teeth but he need not worry for long. Gaara hadn't actually began to transform all the way yet, he had only started to lose control.

"I don't feel like dealing with an enraged Jinchūriki!" Deidra suddenly screamed and Naruto watched in shock as a large volley of explosives flew into the blue barrier. The blonde teen's eyes opened wide and he did the one thing he knew how to best. He looked at his clones and they all got the message. At the same time everyone of them jumped back and away from their seals letting the blue fade away, and also allowing Naruto to get far away also. He ran as fast as he could over the rock ledge but he didn't get far until…

BOOM!

Naruto found himself flying forwards at high speeds, he hadn't thought to make himself stick to the ground with chakra, and instead he was at a dead sprint which meant it was easier for him to be thrown. He mentally cursed Deidra for his stupidity and as he flew over the edge he sighed. Of course he was going to die like this; fate was a bitch sometimes and probably thought this was the best ending for him. As he got ready to cross his arms and say 'fuck you!' to Kami he felt something wrap around his stomach and yank him backwards. Before he knew what was happening Naruto felt himself rolling across rock again and when he came to a halt he was looking up into the face of Sasori.

"You guys have taken too long." He said dully and Naruto stared at him in shock. The man had just saved his life and all he wanted to say was that Deidra and Naruto had been taking too much time.

"Yeah, he was stronger than we thought." Naruto grumbled as he got to his feet and started to walk over to the area Gaara lay motionless. At first Naruto thought he would be dead but then he remembered that when the boy was hit by the explosives while he was using Shukaku's chakra so he should be fine. Naruto stopped a few feet from the smoking crater just as Deidra landed next to him with a smirk on his face.

"Showed that bastard eh?" he asked as he jumped off his bird. He landed next to Naruto just as Sasori walked up to them and became still and silent. "Told you I'd blow up your stupid little village!" Deidra said angrily and walked towards Gaara and held a hand out at him accusingly. "But you had to go and stop it!" Deidra screamed and flicked Gaara off.

"Deidra wait! He might not be-" Was as far as Naruto got until suddenly a wave of sand shot up and engulfed Deidra's entire arm, the very one the was flicking the red head off. Before Naruto could react he saw the sand clench, the blood splatter, and Deidra curse in agony. "Stupid fucker!" Naruto yelled at his partner and jumped forward, driving the heel of his foot into the back of Gaara's head; knocking him out good this time.

"Shit, my arm!" Deidra groaned as he slowly pulled his mangled limb out of the sand that had fallen to the ground as it's user was knocked unconscious. "Little fuck!" he screamed and kicked Gaara in the side, making the boy roll over, his arms tossed to the side uselessly. Deidra used his good arm and grabbed Gaara by the collar of his clothes and threw him up into the air. The bird he had been riding shot its tail out and caught the boy before he hit the ground.

"That's what you deserve for being so rash." Sasori said and turned away from both blondes. "Let's go, we have wasted enough time in this good forsaken area." Naruto chuckled and turned away from the hidden village Suna, the village that had just lost their Kazekage.

"To bad my seal didn't work, I should probably work on it." The blonde muttered and Deidra was about to reply with a wise ass comment when a voice behind them halted them.

"Stop right there Akatsuki! Hand over Gaara!" a male voice said and all three looked over their shoulder at none other than Kankuro, brother of the red headed Kazekage. Naruto sighed in disbelief; he didn't want to deal with this annoying fuck in the same day. In fact he was about to respond when Sasori suddenly spoke up.

"A puppet user, how interesting. You two go on ahead, I'll take care of the trash." Sasori said and Naruto and Deidra nodded and walked off with Gaara.

"Get back here with Gaara!" Kankuro said and stepped forward but a tail erupting from the ground in front of him, almost ripping him in two, halted his advance.

"Your fight is with me." Sasori said as his tail retracted quickly, cutting through the rock like butter.

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As you can see the quality of the chapter went down when Gaara saved the village. I had taken to man breaks and lost the feel for writing at the time and a whole bunch of other things. Anyways, I found out that I love writing about appearance and I like to be detailed. One thing I like talking about is clothes for example! My characters have to have certain clothes because, yeah, I want them to look bad ass if they are going to be an important character. Also when it comes to writing about girls I really love to focus on describing their bodies. As you could see with Sakura I took the time to explain things, truth is I had the scene a lot longer taking the time to explain things. But anyways, they caught Gaara…yay! I'll try to update soon…er or later.

Doku Hairikomu no Nami (Wave of Penetrating Poison)Basically Sasori just uses his transformed hands as a gun to shoot needles coated with his special poison out at foes. It can be used as a mass destruction technique such as he already used it, or it can be used for stealth missions.

Eien no Atsuryoku (The Pressure of Eternity) - [I know I had Naruto explain in briefly to Sakura in the last chapter but here is a better explanation from me, the creator.] The seal was originally invented by the forth and it was a gravity seal used for training and would slowly help ninja to build speed and strength. It was also used to slow enemy ninja down but Naruto re-made the seal so that it worked differently. Instead of just placing the seal and making it pertain to the predestined weight Naruto can place the seal and change the weight on it as long as he is able to see the person who the seal is placed on. When applied the Eien no Atsuryoku takes the body weight, of the area applied to, and completely eradicates it. Then depending how much chakra Naruto used on the seal it can alter the force of gravity around that area so that a person literally can't move pretty much. If applied to the legs they will be sitting ducks, able to use their upper body but their lower body is screwed. If it's applied to the arms then they become dead weight and will most likely drag the victim's entire body down to the ground. If applied to the shoulders, spine, of chest the victim just goes down and cannot move their entire body. Now if Naruto were to place this on someone's head, their brain would most likely be turned to mush if it wasn't destroyed when their skull smashed into the ground. Could you imagine having three tons pressed against your head?

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