"You're in for it now, Sasori has quite a few tricks up his sleeve." Deidara said with a smirk.
"Secret Red Move: Performance of a Hundred Puppets." Sasori said before a hundred puppets in red cloaks appeared.
"So we're up against a puppet master with a hundred puppets under his control." Gamabunta said calmly. "Naruto do you have any fire style techniques?"
"No, but I might have something that can work." Naruto said.
"Alright kid, I'm going to launch some oil at those puppets, you're going to have to light it." Gamabunta said.
"Naruto, you and lady Chiyo take care of the puppet master." Kakashi said calmly. "Hinata and I will deal with the other one."
"Ok." Naruto said just as Gamabunta shot a stream of oil out of his mouth. "Now."
The moment he said that, Naruto throw a bomb kunai into the oil, setting it ablaze.
"Impressive, now to deal with the rest of them." Chiyo said while pulling out a scroll. "Secret White Move: Chikamatsu's ten puppets."
As the flames faded, sixty of Sasori's puppets were still in the air.
"Deidara, go ahead and take care of those two." Sasori said calmly. "This won't take much longer."
Suddenly four of Sasori's puppets fell from the sky.
"What, how did that happen?" Deidara asked before being knocked out of the air by a kick.
"Sorry for the delay Kakashi." Guy said calmly. "We had a quick situation to deal with."
"No you're just in time." Kakashi said.
"Guy-sensei, something strange is going on with these puppets?" Lee said suddenly.
"I can see that Lee, this isn't going to be easy." Guy said.
"Don't worry about that, I'll handle this." Chiyo said calmly.
"Is that so, I may have lost a few of my puppets but I still have myself." Sasori said flying into the sky. "Now then, it's time to see just how powerful those ten puppets of yours are."
"Neji, knock him out of the sky." Guy said quickly.
"Right, Eight Trigrams Sky Palm." Neji said.
Just before Neji's technique hit Sasori, one of his puppets got in the way. "Not bad, but you're out of your league." Sasori said calmly
"Sasori above you." Deidara said suddenly.
"What?" Sasori asked just before noticing the giant toad above him. "When did he get above me?"
"You were so focused on the battle on the ground you didn't see me jump earlier." Gamabunta said. "Now that's one down."
"I wouldn't be sure about that." Deidara said just as Gamabunta hit the ground.
"What do you mean?" Kakashi asked just before a sword pierced him from behind.
"Kakashi-sensei." Hinata said in shock.
"You shouldn't underestimate your opponents." Sasori said calmly. "It's going to take more than an overgrown toad to take care of me."
Suddenly Kakashi disappeared.
"The substitution jutsu, clever move." Sasori said.
"That's enough, it's time to end this fight." Chiyo said opening another scroll.
"Those symbols, why am I not surprised you would still have those two." Sasori said calmly. "My first two puppets, The Mother and The Father."
"Hold on my man, you never mentioned those puppets." Deidara said. "They don't look very useful in a fight."
"I assure you that there's more to these puppets than you know." Chiyo said calmly.
Suddenly the two puppets appeared behind Sasori.
Got you, Chiyo thought as her puppets drew blades and pierced Sasori through the chest.
"No way, how is that even possible?" Deidara asked in shock.
"Impressive, I should have expected you to improve those two." Sasori said weakly. "I guess I still had a few things to learn."
This is not good, Deidara thought nervously. "You guys are strong, you want him you can have him."
With those words a clay bird flew down from the top of the cliff with Gaara in it's mouth.
"Gaara." Naruto said running towards the bird.
"I'll just be taking my leave now." Deidara said flying off.
"He got away, but how is the kazekage?" Chiyo asked calmly.
"Byakugan." Neji and Hinata said simultaneously.
"Well, is he alright?" Guy asked.
"No, the kazekage is, Gaara is dead." Neji said weakly.
"Let me see him." Chiyo said calmly. "I can handle this."
"What do you mean, it's impossible to bring someone back from dead." Guy said. "Any jutsu with that power would be forbidden."
"I'm well aware of that, however this jutsu of mine is far different from the jutsu created by your second hokage." Chiyo said as she placed her hands on Gaara.
"What do you mean, how is this jutsu different from the reanimation?" Guy asked. "You're talking about bringing him back from the dead."
"This is a reanimation ninjutsu, but I am the only one who can use it." Chiyo said weakly. "I'm going to give my life to him, this jutsu was originally created to breath life into puppets. A jutsu to give my grandson the parents he lost in the war."
"Wait, you mean you're going to die?" Tenten asked. "There's no other way is there?"
"No, though it's for the best." Chiyo said quietly. "The hidden sand needs its kazekage, he's still young and can influence the world for the future."
"Even so, you should not be forced to give up your life like this, there is always another way, we just have to find it." Lee said.
"No Lee, this is the only option we have." Neji said. "She's willingly giving up her life to save Gaara, we should honor her decision and let the villagers know."
"He's right Lee, this is her decision." Guy said. "All we can do is respect that."
The moment Guy said that, Chiyo fell to the side as Gaara slowly opened his eyes.
"What's going on, where am I?" Gaara asked weakly.
"That's a long story, but we'll fill you in on the way back to the hidden sand." Kakashi said calmly.
"Right." Gaara said before noticing Chiyo. "How is she?"
"She gave her life in order to bring you back." Lee said. "She is dead."
"I see, I'll inform the villagers and we'll honor her memory once we get back." Gaara said calmly.
(Chiyo has killed Sasori, and she then gave her life to revive Gaara. Next chapter the eight leaf ninja will return to the hidden sand to complete their mission. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)