Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 21: Enter Naruto
The group of Leaf ninja and the elder of Suna, Chiyo entered River country the following day, led by kakashi's summons Pakun they were making good time in catching up to the Akatsuki.
"The scent is getting stronger, we are only a couple of hour's away now" Pakun said not looking away from the path.
"Good we can not let them remove Shukaku from Gaara" Chiyo said, determination in her voice that had never been there before.
"Um Chiyo-sama what happens if a demon is removed from there host, surely it would be good to not have to deal with it anymore, right?" Sakura asked, not knowing the consequences if a jinchuuriki lost his bijuu.
"A bijuu can only be sealed into a new born child, no more than a few weeks old. This is because the demonic chakra needs to integrate into chakra coils that are not developed yet. Often this is done before birth to get the full effects of the demon's chakra, however the demonic chakra more often than not results than the death of the jinchuuriki's mother in childbirth. Because the Bijuu and its host are so closely linked through there chakra coils the removal of the bijuu results in the death of the jinchuuriki" Chiyo said shocking Sakura
"Why would they do that to an unborn child and mother" Sakura said shocked that they could be so cruel to the host's of the bijuu" Sakura asked
"Because often villages don't care about the children they only care about there own strength and a jinchuuriki is usually seen as a weapon, Gaara was made a jinchuuriki by his own father the Kazekage just to strengthen Suna, he didn't care what he was doing to his own son. They took Shukaku out of the urn he was sealed into, and placed into Gaara, using only a three pillars seal and no dampeners, its like they wanted him to be bloodthirsty like he was as a child" Naruto said causing Chiyo to wince slightly, she had been the one ordered to seal the Ichibi into Gaara and told what seal to use.
The group continued on towards there destination with Naruto becoming worried for his friend.
(Sealing Chamber)
Gaara was suspended above the ground by a steady flow of chakra heading to the mouth of a giant stone face that had nine eyes all of them closed, however there was one eye on the far right that was opening slowly.
"Pein-sama we may have a problem I can detect two separate groups of shinobi approaching the cave, I cant be sure but I think there from Konoha" Zetsu said
"How far away are they Zetsu, will we have the Sealing complete before they arrive" Pein said
"It is unlikely, at there current speeds they shall arrive before we can completely seal the Ichibi" The plant man hybrid said
"Then we need to stall them Kisame, Itatchi I will need you to take care of them we will require one third of your chakra for the clone" Pein ordered.
"Why should we bother its not like they will be able to stop the sealing in time anyway, and besides we have Deidara and Sasori here, they can deal with a few Konoha brat's. We wouldn't have to do anything" Kisame said
"Whats wrong Kisame it is only a third of your chakra its not like you will even notice it with your chakra levels, and I thought you would love to have a good fight you never have complained before" Itachi said in a monotone.
"Fine, lets just get this over with. Zetsu where are they" Kisame said
"There are two groups, the closest is coming from the North east in the direction of Konoha, the second is in the direction of Suna but I have felt the chakra signature of Kakashi Hatake, so they are most likely a group sent from Konoha to aid in the recovery of the Kazekage" Zetsu said
"very well Kisame you will stall the first group, Itatchi is more suited to deal with the copy ninja" Pein said
"As you wish leader-sama" Said Itachi before fading from view followed by Kisame.
(With Naruto's Group)
Naruto knew they were getting close, they had just jumped down from a tree into a clearing when one of the shuriken shaped tattoo's started to spin and change color from black to bright blue. Dark red markings formed around Naruto's eyelids, his eyes themselves changed from blue to yellow and his pupils elongated into horizontal bars.
Naruto stopped running and stood still, 'there was a genjutsu in this clearing but who cast it' his thought was answered as a figure with black hair framing his face wearing a black coat with red clouds steped out from the other end.
"Sasuke!" Sakura shouted thinking it was her long time crush
"Sakura that is not Sasuke" Kakashi warned
"Then who?" the young medic asked
"That Sakura, is Itachi Uchiha, member of the Akatsuki, he was also responsible for murdering his entire clan in one night... … Nice job by the way, well that is if your brother is anything to judge the rest of them off and everything I have heard says they were all, arrogant, self absorbed Teme's well except for a few exceptions like Obito and yourself... Make's me wonder why one of the only Uchiha that never craved power and was well liked outside the Uchiha would kill his entire clan just to prove himself" Naruto said lazily
"You are well informed but who are you I do not know of any blonds in Konoha with yellow, frog like eyes" Itachi said expressionlessly
Naruto chuckled "Guess you wouldn't recognize me after all the markings of a sage make me look different and change my chakra signature, tell you what check out my cheeks and tell me who I am"
Itachi was slightly confused but carefully observed three thin whisker marks on each cheek "It has been a long time Naruto-kun, I am going to need you to come with me, Leader-sama will be most pleased we have found you"
"Your not taking Naruto" Kakashi said getting into a defensive stance and raising his headband to reveal his sharingan eye.
"Relax Kakashi sensei, Itachi couldn't take me even if he was actually here, well not on his own anyway don't fancy my chances against both you and Kisame" Naruto's statement got a look of shock from Kakashi, Sakura and Chiyo, and a raised eyebrow from the Uchiha. They couldn't believe that Naruto was not in the slightest bit worried about facing the S ranked missing ninja who apparently was not even here.
"Uh Naruto that's great and all but what to you mean He isn't here, he is standing right in front of us" Sakura said
"Yes Sakura he is... you have a firm grasp upon the obvious, however this isn't really Itachi I'm sure you can feel something is off right Kakashi sensei" Naruto stated
"Yes he does not feel right and he hasn't activated his sharingan" Kakashi informed the group.
"I would say he is a type of clone powered by placing some of your chakra and consciousness into another body. As they are still required to do the sealing which must take tremendous amounts of chakra, I would say this Itachi here would be no more than half his strength at most" Naruto said confidently.
"you are full of surprises aren't you Naruto-kun, well I didn't come here to talk so shall we get to it" Itachi said not moving an inch.
Kakashi acted first flying forward and engaging in taijutsu, Naruto just watched on impassively until Naruto felt something move behind him.
Spinning around Naruto could sense the chakra signature of Itachi meaning the one Kakashi was fighting was a clone.
Faster than Sakura of Chiyo could see Naruto kicked off into a nearby tree and a loud crack could be heard Itachi came out just holding his own against Naruto who looked like he was barely trying at all.
Naruto then decided to pick it up a notch the threw a punch that he was sure Itachi would easily dodge to the right to make an opening.
Itachi saw the punch coming and was able to avoid it with little concern however upon evading the sloppy punch he felt a massive force hit him in the side of the face sending him flying.
"How did Naruto do that I saw him miss and by the looks of Itachi trying to stand he took one hell of a hit" Sakura asked but Chiyo just stared shock evident on her face at the young blonds strength.
Kakashi had just ran his Itachi threw with a Raikiri and was looking around for the real Uchiha when he saw him, getting to his feat Naruto slowly walking towards him
"I want you to do something for me Itachi" Naruto said no emotion in his voice.
"Yes? What would that be" the Akatsuki member queried
"I need you to take a message to your group its a very simple message as well" Naruto said noticing Kakashi move behind the Uchiha and prepare his attack.
Naruto gave a small shake of the head and Kakashi stood down but was still ready to strike if needed.
"Yes go on what is it" Itachi asked
Naruto rushed in and delivered massive punch to Itachi's gut who without the sharingan couldn't react in time, Naruto leaned into the Uchiha's ear and whispered his message to the Akatsuki "RUN... run away because if you harm my friends or anybody I care about again, I will kill every last one of you" and with that Naruto jumped back and began running through hand sign's
"Here's a little parting gift for you one of my own creations Fuuton: Great Chains of Wind" Naruto called out
Thick white chains extended from Naruto's arm and wrapped around Itachi holding him in place and pinning him to the ground.
Itachi raised an eyebrow at this 'I cant use kawrimii to substitute myself out... why?' he thought
"Supprised?, nothing can escape this jutsu all chakra that gets used is just added to the strength of the technique, in a way it is a lot like the Nara clan's Shadow Possession jutsu in that if you can overwhelm my chakra with the strength of your own you can escape but there are not many people with more chakra than me" Naruto taunted
"Very well you have won Naruto-kun, we shall meet again but I will pass on your message" Itachi said
"Wind chains Sharpen" Naruto said and the chains that pinned the Uchiha down turned into blades and sliced him up.
Walking over to what remained of a body they could see a suna hetai-ite.
Naruto, kneeling down beside him removed the headband and gave it to Chiyo "Here he may have been used by the Akatsuki but he still deserves to be grieved by his family" Naruto said
"You are an unusual person Naruto Uzumaki" Chiyo said.
"How do you figure" the blond responded.
"you show compassion to people who do not deserve it like this man, and you go out of your way to help others even though they are from other villages" the elder said.
"Well of course I would help them if they need help, I guess that's just who I am... come on we have to get to Gaara before it is too late" Naruto said and with that the group took off at top speeds again.
(Sealing Chamber)
Itachi returned slightly before Kisame and looked around to see all eyes were on the pair "Uh we may have a problem" Itachi said
"So you got your ass kicked, yeah!" Deidara said "Its not surprising seeing as you didn't have your pretty sharingan to help you"
"Deidara that's enough Kakashi Hatake is a high ranking shinobi and would not be defeated by a clone" The leader said
"pfft what ever when they get here they wont be able to stand up to my art" deidara said but was then cut off with a glare from his leader
"It was not Kakashi Hatake who defeated me altho I have little doupt he would have been able to in the condition I was as a clone" Itachi said
"Huh if it wasn't the famous Sharingan Kakashi then who was it" Kakuzu asked
"It was Naruto Uzumaki but he was different, it must have been some technique he has he had yellow bar like eyes with red markings around them" the Uchiha said getting a surprisingly pleased look from his leader
"This is good, we have found him at last now we must act soon so he does not slip away again Itachi how would you rate his skills" Pein asked
"He did not show many of his talents or techniques, however, the boy is easily S class he took my clone down without even trying he almost looked bored... if I was to face him at full strength with my sharingan I would most likely loose more than just the match, he has a message for us... he told us to run and that if we hurt his friends again he would kill us all" Itachi stated plainly
"We have to seal the Kyuubi last anyway, we will leave the fox for now, Zetsu I want you to keep an eye on him do not loose him again" Pein said slightly disturbed by what he had heard about the boys strength, he was not worried after all what chance did a boy have against a god.
(Outside The Cave)
Naruto and his group arrived at a riverbank with what appeared to be a large boulder with a tag on in blocking a cave.
"Ah Kakashi my eternal rival, it is good to see you were not held up by our most unyouthful oponents" came the call of one Miteo Gai, causing Kakashi's group to sweat drop at the antics of Konoha's 'Green Beast'.
"Uh well we were held up actually, Itachi Uchiha managed to stall us for awhile" Kakashi said
"Well it seems your as youthful as ever to have defeated such a worth opponent, I to had a difficult challenge, in a tall blue man, he seemed familiar but his youthfulness was different to any I had felt before" Gai said
"Uh huh well Gai we were just about to look at getting through this boulder when you showed up" Kakashi said with a face vault
"Why don't I just smash it" Sakura said
"well that would be alright usually but there is what appears to be a five point seal guarding them, we will need to tear all the seals off at the same time to be able to get in... Neji can you use your byakugan to find them" Kakashi said
Naruto had so far gone unnoticed and had moved to inspect the seal.
"I have located the other tags, they are spread out in a pentagram formation out from this point, the closest one is on a rock two miles to the east" Neji said
"Hm ok Gai I need your team to go take care of the tags we will wait here and pull off the main one remember all of the tags need to be removed at the same time" Kakashi said
As team Gai were about to leave they were stoped... … "WAIT" Naruto called from on top of the caves barricade.
"The seals are a trap, its true they are a five point barrier but they are also trapped I would say when this tag is torn down the trap will be triggered on the others, its subtle but you can see the defense trigger here in this seal" Naruto said pointing to a small area on the tag that's meaning flew over everyone's heads, even Chiyo who was considered Suna's best seal expert despite the villages lack of skill in that art was talented enough to understand most seals.
"Uh Kakashi who is your new youthful teammate of yours his knowledge of sealing is quite extraordinary for one who seems so young" Gai said "Hello stranger I am Miteo Gai the Green Beast of Konoha"
"Uh I know who you are Extra Bushy Brow's Sensei" the blond said.
The statement was short, but it told everyone on team Gai just who this was, "Naruto!" They all yelled together.
"Uh hi guys" Naruto said with a sheepish grin and rubbing the back of his head
"So anyway for this seal I would recommend just disrupting the matrix with a chakra suppression seal, this will have the added bonus of blowing this damn rock sky high" Naruto informed the group.
"We don't fall into a trap, and we get to blow stuff up. Sounds like a good idea to me" Kakashi said with an eye smile.
"Alright, Just give me a minute to recharge my senjutsu seal that I used when fighting Itachi and the boulder will be no more" Naruto said before sitting down and gathering Natural energy for sage mode.
There was one shuriken tattoo on Naruto's arm that was currently red, it had changed from blue to red when it no longer had any charge left. As Naruto added senjutsu to the seal the Tattoo would spin changing slowly to blue then finally to black.
He then collected some for himself to enter sage mode so he wouldn't need to waist a seal entering the first time. Standing up Naruto walked over to the giant stone and took out a brush and some ink.
"OK its done once I put some chakra into this we are going to want to stand back" Naruto called causing the group to jump back and Kakashi to hide behind Gai sticking his head out over his shoulder to see what happened.
Naruto ran back to a safe distance before charging a kunai and throwing it at the activation seal before... …. BOOM! the explosion sent rocks flying and kicked up the earth leaving nothing but a crater in front of the teams from Konoha and Suna
"Wow fuck me that was awesome did you see that what a blast!" Naruto yelled out ignoring the fact he was being pelted with bits of rock, in his sage mode they felt like small flicks
"That was a good expression of your art kid …. finally somebody who appreciates that 'Art is a blast' yeah!" A blond with long blond hair tied back in a ponytail called out he was standing next to a short ball like object with a head and metal tail, both were wearing the standard Akatsuki cloak.
"Sasori how could you have fallen so far" Chiyo called out saddness in her voice
"Hello Grandmother it has been awhile hasn't it" The small ball like creature, Sasori said
Naruto and the others jumped down and stood in the entrance blocking the Akatsuki members escape.
"Give us Gaara!" Naruto yelled
"What do we have here Blond spiky hair yellow eyes and red markings... you must be the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki, Itachi will be rather upset when he finds out I have already captured you for him" Sasori said but on the inside he was shaking in his little wooden box.
"I said Give us Gaara, Now!" Naruto yelled again
"you want him come and get him" Deidara taunted as a giant clay bird swallowed the Kazekage and took off with Deidara on his back.
"Fuck Kakashi Gai can you take care of him make sure he doesn't escape with Gaara's body" Naruto said surprisingly calmly shocking the other members of his fellow former rookies, but the only recognition he received from the two experienced jonnin was a quick nod before they left to chase the airborne escapee.
"what you think you can beat me, your nothing but a bunch of punk kids and my elderly grandmother" Sasori sneered behind his hat.
Lee acted first jumping at great speeds for an attempt to take the head off of Sasori, it was in vain however as the scorpion tail easily blocked the brash and excitable Rock Lee's attack with ease.
"So are you ready to be added to my collection Chiyo-Baachan... it, will be a rather welcome addition to my collection" Sasori said trying to get into the heads of his opponents he removed his hat and left just a small cloth hiding his face. Getting down on all fours he extended his tail over his body.
"Chiyo-sama what is that thing" Sakura asked feeling intimidated by the site of the wooden man.
"That is not his real body Sakura, his real body is inside it. You see us puppet masters are not good at close range combat so Sasori built that to compensate... It is his armor, and his weapon... I know everything there is to know about that puppet" Chiyo calmly stated
"Yes that is an unwelcome truth Chiyo-Baachan but do you know how I prepare my new additions. First I cut them open and take all there organs out, then I wash them till they are all nice and clean, then once I have preserved the body against decay the final step is, to fill it with hidden weapons... as the old hag said this one is called Hiruku, and once I add all of you other than the jinchuuriki, I will have over 300" Sasori laughed
Sasori extended his tail causing the group of ninja apart from Naruto to tense.
"So basically all we have to do is crush his stupid puppet" Naruto said still relaxed
"Stupid brat do you think it will be that easy" said Sasori before his mouth shot wide open
out of his mouth hundreds upon hundreds of senbon came flying at the group causing the ninja to dodge in there own way.
Lee used his great speed to easily run out of sasori's range of fire. Neji used a kaiten to shield himself and Tenten. Chiyo used Kunai on chakra strings to block the incoming wave with sakura's help doging and weaving when they had to.
Naruto however just stood there, in sage mode sebon needles were not powerful enough to even scratch his skin, this shocked everyone in the cave Sasori included "How... how is that possible" Sasori asked both curious and infuriated at how the boy mocked him.
"well it's simple really, Senjutsu boosts my healing and shields me from minor annoyances like senbon needles, and I don't think I will tell you anything else as it would be stupid to give away" Naruto said
Sasori was annoyed at this and extended his tail to swipe at the blond, this time Naruto did move sage mode or not you cant just get impaled by a giant sharp tail and go home with a smile.
Sasori was now using the tail to attack Naruto while shooting his senbon at the rest of the group and it was obvious that they were getting tired.
Sasori's head began jerking around which caught the group busy trying to dodge by surprise. At the back of the puppet was Naruto, he had grabbed the tail between the blades and was snapping them off one by one before jerking him away so he was unable to fire at his comerades.
"Sakura now... use that strength you told me Baa-chan taught you and crush this thing" Naruto yelled out causing Sakura to charge forward destroying the large puppet.
A man in a black cloak covering his whole body jumped away from the remains of Hiruku and stood with his back to them.
"so is this his real body now Chiyo-sama" Sakura asked
taking off his cloak over his head there stood a man with a wooden face and red hair that spiked out at all angles.
"Yes it is but its also a puppet... oh Sasori what have you done to yourself" Chiyo said as a small tear fell from her eye
"I have found a way to last for eternity Chiyo-Baachan" Sasori said his voice no longer as deep as when he was in the other puppet but now almost sounded kind and warm
Sasori slowly picked out a scroll and unrolled it, Naruto instantly recognized it as a summoning scroll and prepared for anything.
"Its time you pesky little fly's met the Sandaime Kazekage" Sasori said summoning a puppet out of the scroll
Immediately black sand began to fall from the roof "What is this black sand?" Lee asked looking as it began to form clumps of iron.
"The third Kazekage had the ability to control Iron sand through magnetism, the walls and roof of the hideout will be taking the roof out and walls to create more sand, this is a dangerous battle indeed" Chiyo said
The iron shot like a bullet at Naruto who just dodged it but the attacks kept coming from all angles.
Naruto had to create clones to help pull him out of the way dragging him to safety taking the hits for him, Naruto was facing the brunt of the Kazekages iron the rest of it was holding the others off from helping the struggling blond.
"Oh no Naruto-kun is in trouble and he needs our help this damn wall of black sand wont let us through" Lee called out
'Damn this sand, there is way to much of it I need to smash that damn puppet... huh whats this, my senjutsu is being drained what could cause that... the sand! It must be poisoned' "Guys don't touch the iron sand its poisoned I have to end this now restriction seal's KAI!"
Several seals glowed on his hands arms and legs appeared and glowed before fading away "ok Sasori no more games im going to ruin you Fuuton: Great Breakthrough" Naruto growled beginning to take a deep breath in and with only one hand seal Exhaled a large gust of wind kicking up the sand disabling all vision.
Using the cover of the sand Naruto sped off in a blur that would make Lee at the chunin exams look like an old lady with a walking frame.
Sasori was trying to find his oponent but soon felt something at the end of his chakra strings. Turning to check on his puppet he saw Naruto standing there the puppet of the Third Kazekage shattering around him. 'how is the boy still able to move so fast he should be disabled from the poison right now'
"you are starting to annoy me you damn jinchuuriki" Sasori spat.
Those words brought Sakura to a halt 'Naruto... Jinchuuriki but then which bijuu could he hold the only demon that could have been sealed since he was born would be... Kyuubi!. it has to be his birthday October 10 the day of the attack 16 years ago. That must be why my mother told me to avoid him as a child and he never had any friends'
She was soon brought back to reality as the sky filled with at least 100 puppets "uh not to be a downer but I could use some help now guys" Naruto said jumping back to stand with them.
"I thought this might happen, so I brought us some back up" Chiyo said unsealing 10 puppets.
"well I hope you guys don't mind I think I better even out the numbers aswell Kagebushin no jutsu" and 50 Naruto clones appeared receiving questioning looks from his friends.
"uh Naruto why did you stop at 50 we could have used a whole lot more" Tenten said
"oh come on guys where is the fun in that gotta let you do something" the blond said cheerfully getting a face palm from most of the people in the cave, the only exception was Lee, who had anime tears in his eyes thanking Naruto for allowing him to prove his youthfulness to the blond.
The puppets attacked and the group went through them like butter, from the back Chiyo was controling her puppets while Tenten ever the weapons mistress was raining Kunai, shuriken and anything else she could fit into a lengthy sealing scroll .
Lee, Sakura and Neji were swiftly dodging and weaving the pupets shattering as many as they could while Naruto and his clones had a sort of eternal struggle going on deciding wether or not to use Nin or Tai jutsu.
Half would attack from range with various Fuuton jutsu's while another group would engage in hand to hand until one group inevitably got bored and moved to change there attacks.
The real Naruto was currently performing ninjutsu destroying a Puppet with a Violent bust of wind from his arms. The blond then took out what looked like two miniature shuriken and threw them at a large group of remaining puppets "Fuuton: Shuriken Wind Blade" large wind blades extended from the small shuriken, the puppets were torn apart leaving only small remains of what avoided the deadly spinning disks.
Sasori was sweating now, or at least he would be if he wasn't made of wood, Naruto had just cleared a large section and what was left of his puppets had only just finished off his clones while the remaining ninja and Chiyo's puppets still were causing a problem. Sasori decided to group them in a defensive formation around himself … this turned out to be a bad Idea.
"Oodoma Rasengan" the blond roared as his Sage mode finally faded he had used two of his senjutsu seals and he did not want to use any more incase he had to fight the other member of the Akatsuki after this.
Sensing his defeat, charged at the boy his arms detached and large blades extended out ready to stab the blond jinchuuriki to end his existence for destroying so much of his art, however he did not get to move as two blades from either side extended out and through his chest, puncturing the only part of his body that was still human flesh... the heart.
"I see I am defeated... well let me give you some information that I was never able to use" Sasori said in a calm voice, the voice of someone who had accepted his fate. "In ten day's time at Tenshi Bridge I was supposed to meet an informant, a spy I have in Orochimaru's organization" he said
"We can have a chance to get Sasuke-kun back that's amazing, but why are you telling us this it might be a trap" Sakura said squealing like a fan girl at first before turning serious.
Naruto didn't care, as far as he was concerned the only Uchiha that he found interesting was Itachi and it wasn't just because he was the Akatsuki member that was supposed to be after him. There was no saving Sasuke, Naruto knew that as soon as he had hit him with the first chidori.
"Why did I tell you... maybe its because if you can kill me I hope you can kill that traitorous whelp and put and end to him once and for all... Or maybe its because the information is of no use to me and it does not effect the Akatsuki" Sasori said, his eyes slowly closing and in the end, his life left him.
"Well it's done, but I think it was a little bit hypocritical to call Orochimaru a traitor considering he was a missing nin as well. Anyway lets go see if Kakashi and Gai saved Gaara" Naruto said his mood changing from sombre to serious in an instant.
They found the Infamous copy ninja in a field with Gai, Gaara was laying on the ground his eyes closed he looked in peace.
"Kakashi sensei is he..." Naruto couldn't say the words they just wouldn't come to him
"I'm sorry Naruto" Kakashi said looking crestfallen.
Chiyo walked forward and decided kneel next to the young Kazekage before her hands started to glow green as she placed them over Gaara's chest.
"What are you doing Chiyo-sama" Sakura asked
"There is a Kinjutsu that I know, puppeteers would use it in the past to give life to there puppets sacrificing a small amount of there own for the wooden being, because Gaara is only recently deceased I can bring him back" Chiyo said determined to succeed.
Naruto heard the last part and almost jumped out of his skin, then the realization of what she was planing to do sunk in... Chiyo-Baachan you cant" Naruto said despite his inner turmoil, a large part, larger than Naruto was proud to admit wanted her to complete the jutsu so Gaara would come back.
"That's enough boy, Suna needs Gaara because if Gaara has a friend like you, then Suna's future is safe... The new generation is coming along nicely isn't it" the elderly lady finished speaking mostly to herself in the end
"Well at least let me help you" Naruto said, placing his hands on top of hers and starting to feed her chakra.
After a couple of minutes the clearing started to fill, teams from Suna arrived to assist the retrieval, and Chiyo's brother came to see his sister in the arms of Sakura, for the first time in her long life not pretending to die.
"Welcome back Gaara" Naruto said as the former jinchuuriki opened his eyes and stood up to find people all around him cheering for there revived leader.
"Naruto Uzumaki, it is good to see you again my friend, but what happened here..." Gaara questioned
"We had to save you from the Akatsuki but we were to late they got Shukaku. You died but Chiyo was able to bring you back... but she, uh... she died to save you" Naruto said, saddened at the loss of the old village elder.
"I see we should get back to my village" Gaara said before turning to some of his jonnin "Carry Chiyo-sama back to the village we will give her a guard of honor and a funeral when we return" the red headed Kazekage ordered before turning to Naruto "You will stay for the funeral and to catch up... it has been to long Naruto Uzumaki" Gaara said as they walked away heading to Suna.
Naruto and Gaara talked all though the walk, about being a Kage was like, how Naruto found training with the toads in isolation, they talked and spent time together until the funeral.
Naruto sat next to Temari and Kankuro by request of Gaara, saying that Naruto was part of his family and always welcome in Suna.
After the funeral the leaf ninja slowly made there way out of the sand walls and began to leave only stopping for Naruto to shake Gaara's hand.
END CHAPTER!
And just in case anyone finds that Naruto was able to win to easy, just remember that in the cannon Sakura! won that fight. Now I'm not saying she is useless, she does a pretty damn good job at that herself... I am saying that Naruto training with clones for thee years would be far stronger than Sakura was in the cannon.