Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, and Chiyo all jumped from branch to branch. She had seen them fight off Sasori and Deidara...To say she was impressed was an understatement. They had fought well enough to drive them out. Naruto was dashing forward a little quickly and Sakura called out to him.

"Naruto...Where are you heading?"

"I'm going to catch up and engage them. I could take one of them down by the time you guys catch up. So I want you guys to be prepared when you get there. Target that guy with the giant scorpion tail. No doubt he's going to be more troublesome." Naruto stated before launching forward in a burst of speed. Sasuke and Sakura nodded, with Sasuke activating his Sharingan. Sakura tightened her gloves as Chiyo reached for a scroll and took it to he side.

"If I may ask young lady...Why does the Leaf care about our Jinchuriki so much. Is it for the better standing of our village?" Chiyo asked. She was confused as why Leaf was so adamant on sending these three to deal with the issue here. Maybe it would increase the success of their alliance that they currently held, but in all honesty this wasn't really Leaf's burden to shoulder. Sakura looked at Chiyo and bit her lip a bit, wondering if telling her would be a bad idea.

"Naruto is like Gaara, he's a jinchuriki himself." Sasuke stated, beating Sakura to the punch. "While it would increase our alliances holding, it's somewhat personal as well. Naruto has been dealing with tracking Akatsuki as well to some extent if what i've heard was right. He wants to take them down so really this a bonus for him." He finished up as sounds of an explosion rang through the area. They were trying to escape Suna but Naruto made sure to cut them off.

Chiyo nodded as she looked ahead, sensing the amount of chakra that the three of them were putting off. It was slightly unnerving, any battle usually was. But to feel three S ranked shinobi clashing was a rare thing. Kages rarely fought each other any more. It was a bit like the old days for her, and she could feel her youth returning, her want for battle. Something she hadn't felt in years. She couldn't help but allow a smile to grace her features.

Naruto launched a punch towards the explosive using Iwa ninja. He jumped back, as he had used up the last of his clay and had a few bits left. There wasn't time for him to do much except just stick with Taijutsu and utilize his explosion release. He wasn't a member of the blast corps for nothing back in Iwa. Sasori was launching multiple senbon and kunai at Naruto, each dipped with his deadly poison. Naruto himself was batting them away with Wind techniques and fighting off the duo of Akatsuki shinobi.

"Come on, you guys can do better than this." Naruto stated trying to egg them on. "I'm not even breaking a sweat here." Naruto stated as he removed a kunai and spit wind onto it. The wind took the form of a wicked scimitar, curved and deadly. Naruto held the blade in his hand as he lunged forward and released a swipe of the blade. The blade seemed to glow as it released a crescent shaped blast from its blade that sliced Deidara clean in two. As the smoke cleared it revealed a broken log that was clearly bisected. "Quick little bastard isn't he." Naruto stated looking at Sasori.

"It appears so..." He said before releasing another barrage of ninja tools towards the blond Konoha ninja. "We've heard a lot about you, Kyuubi Jinchuriki." he added while the blond dodged. "Your capture would be a benefit to us at the moment." he continued. Naruto smirked at him.

"The name is Naruto Uzumaki. It's best you remember the man who is going to take your life." He stated pulling out a tri pronged kunai as he batted away the offending ninja tools while dodging those that would get through. He released the kunai as Sasori and Deidara noticed it. Deidara was waiting for the right time to strike as his options were minimal at the moment. Sasori jumped back from his branch as he landed on the forest below. The boy was beginning to be troublesome. He would have hated for something to happen that could add more trouble to the situation.

"OKASHOU!"

Someone cried out hitting him square in the back as he could feel his outer shell cracking and breaking. How did he not sense the attack. He was pummeled into a crater as he had no choice but to abandon his favorite puppet. This battle was costing him more than he hoped.

"Chidori!"

"The hell!"

A massive bolt of lightning cried out as a tree fell in the distance. Deidara had been found out too. Sasuke noticed the chakra gathering over in the corner of the forest, the blond had made it a good distance but now things were about to become an all out battle. Naruto looked at the broken puppet on the floor as he felt a presence jump out.

"It's not over yet Haruno." he stated as he looked at the red head before him.

"It's been a while since i've had to step out of that thing for a battle...but with it broken...I don't have a choice any more. Your lives are forfeit, Jinchuriki or not. I will kill the both of you." Sasori stated with a bit of anger. His features and voice didn't show it, but he was mad. No one destroyed his artwork with such brutality and disrespect.

"You'll have to get through me...Sasori." Chiyo stated as she released a pair of puppets from her scroll. The mother and father puppets. These puppets were no joke now that she modified them. Sasori smiled as he released a scroll summoning a puppet as well. Chiyo looked on in shock. "That's!"

"The third Kazekage...I haven't used him in a fight in such a while, but I'm going to kill you today, grandmother." Sasori stated while the puppet crackled to life as his chakra strings began to come to life.

"You two stay out of this...This is between me and him." Chiyo stated. She didn't know if she could beat the boy on her own, but she would try. Sasori's puppet lashed forward as did Chiyo's as a battle began in the middle of the forest between the two puppet masters.