Well, here is the latest installment. If you'll notice this chapter is longer, don't think that will be the case, I'm not trying to spoil you guys. I just wanted to get the fight all in one chapter. I'm kinda anxious about what everyone thinks and I hope I did this fight justice. Let me know what you guys think and enjoy the chapter. I also put in some notes at the end so hopefully they'll help.
I don't own Naruto in any way shape or form, but if I did this is how it would go.
SASORI'S FIGHT
Naruto was almost finished taking care of all the birds when the final two that were right behind him exploded. Naruto stopped and looked to see what happened. His first thought that the bastard on the bird had come back. He spun around instantly ready to attack. The sight that met his eyes though was a welcome one. There standing before him was Neji and Rock Lee. A giant smile spread on Naruto's face as he began running towards his friends. "Neji, Lee, man it's good to see you guys!What are you guys doing here!" He asked as he came up to them. He swung his arm in a wide arcing motion and slammed it open palmed into Rock Lee's hand. Rock Lee saw what Naruto was doing from the get go and swung his hand to shake Naruto's as well. They both were standing there smiling.
Rock Lee responded to Naruto's question. "We were sent to help you. The hokage-sama said that your tr-" Neji had put his hand on Rock Lee's mouth preventing him from telling Naruto the truth. He held out his other hand to Naruto to take while he pushed Lee to the side.
"It's unfortunate we had to meet under these circumstances Naruto, but what Lee is trying to say is. The Hokage believed your team would need back-up as soon as possible." Neji didn't feel to bad about this because it was true. He didn't like holding information from someone he respected, but he knew that if they told Naruto it might compromise the missions. He was glad he had been able to stop Lee from doing so. "Tenten and Gai-sensei were with us as well, but they ran into an obstacle and may or may not be able to catch up to us." Neji hoped for the former, but didn't want think about it, he didn't want to be distracted. "They briefed us at the village of sand, but we need you to tell us what's going on now and how we can help." Neji said, all business. Right behind him stood Rock Lee listening to everything that was said. He was just coming to understand why Neji hadn't allowed him to tell Naruto their mission and was once again impressed by the genius of his partner.
Naruto was amused by Neji's actions, but that amusement quickly passed as he listened to what Neji had to say. He wondered if whatever trouble they had run into was of any consequence to their mission, but trusted that Gai would handle it. He couldn't worry about that as it was, they had their own mission to take care of. "Hai, Neji, this is what's happening."
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Chiyo had not expected to run into her grand-child on this mission and briefly thought if it was fate that made this happen. She quickly got over that as she realized what he was doing as he came towards them. He was preparing to attack. She quickly tried to brief the others on what was happening. "Kakashi, Sakura this is indeed my grandson, however that which is in front of us is a puppet. He's operating it from within. There are various devices and traps to be weary of. Don't let them touch you, they all more than likely are poisoned." She wanted more time to explain more to them, but she would have to buy them more time. Sasori was now before them speaking.
Sasori had seen Chiyo speak to them before he got close to them, but he disregarded it. Knowing wouldn't really do them much good. He then told them why they would die. They all looked at him extremely tense. He had so hoped they would try to make the first move, dealing with three people that were waiting for the attack was so bothersome. He finished telling them why he would kill them and said. "Now, die." He fell forward catching himself with his hands and launched his tail at Chiyo. This was done in the blink of an eye, however Chiyo managed to flicker out of the way. Sasori wasted no time in redirecting the tail and swinging it towards the girl. She seemed foolish enough to think she would break it with a punch. Before the tail landed though it was pulled to a stop. He knew what had happened almost immediately. Chiyo must have left chakra threads where his tail passed through before she flickered. His right arm shot out and instead of a hand on it there was what appeared to be a cylinder with holes on it. He pointed it at Chiyo knowing she was going to have to make a choice either she released the tail or she would die. The cylinder launched at her with great force and she moved to dodge it. Once she realized what it was she released the tail. The cylinder shot darts and small spiked balls through the holes. Chiyo was barely able to dodge them all. Holes appearing on her robe where darts and spiked balls had gone through. Sasori pulled it back immediately and used it to block Kakashi's attack. Sasori didn't turn to look at Kakashi as he did this, but focused on the girl who was now rushing at him. He opened the puppets mouth and a flurry of needles shot out towards her. However, she was pushed out of dangers way by Chiyo who had seen what he was going to do. They both tumbled to the side. Kakashi leaped back suddenly as holes appeared on the edges of the shell on Sasori's back. The tail was coming out through a hole in the center of the shell. Long steel spikes shot out barely missing Kakashi by centimeters. The right arm which had launched the cylinder was reconstructing itself to form a fore arm and a small crude hand.
Kakashi had been moving at full speed and was stunned at Sasori's reaction speed. He had blocked him and attacked all of them at almost the same time. Kakashi knew now that their opponent was probably on the same level as Itachi and that did not bode well for them. It seemed that Sasori was not going to let up and Kakashi had to think of a way to beat him. He hoped the chidori would be enough. He didn't want to resort to his other jutsu's yet, but only the situation would tell how far they would have to go.
Sakura had realized her mistake almost to late. In her desire to not be useless she almost used her strength to strike at the enemies tail. She remembered the warning Chiyo had given them. "They all more than likely are poisoned." She couldn't let herself feel bad about it right now, she knew she had to rely on all her skills if they were to get through this and one of those skills she possessed now was evasion. She had been prepared to dodge Sasori's attacks when she rushed at him, but realized she wasn't quick enough to change directions when she saw the darts. She was grateful to Chiyo, but she was more determined then ever not to fail. She had to get quicker. She couldn't let any attacks aimed at her land. Chiyo and she quickly got to their feet and looked at the situation.
Sasori was going through a transformation. He knew it would be troublesome to handle all three of them and as much as he wanted to give each of them his full attention, he saw it would be more effective to change tactics. The tail on his back returned inside, disappearing from sight. Then the shell with a face on it with the spikes sprouted six legs and stretched them out, looking like a daddy long legs spider getting off Sasori's back. Once the shell was on the ground Sasori stood up straighter. He pulled off the robe revealing what looked like a normal sleeveless black karate outfit. His arms were not well defined, but were thick. Under the large shell was a much smaller one. Out of which the tail came out of once again. Sasori was not quite upright yet, but there was no mistake with the shell of his back, his style of attack would be greatly different. The tail was coming out longer and was hanging in front of Sasori now. He reached out with his left hand and grasped one of the connecting bars of the tail. He twisted it a certain way and pulled separating it from the rest of the tail. He then attached this to his right hand, the crudely made hand attached itself to the tail and fit in perfectly. The tail contracted and made a large broadsword appearance. He repeated the operation and now had two swords and a tail. The tail was not as long without the the pieces Sasori took off, but that didn't help our heroes because they didn't know how long the tail was in total. The shell wasted no time in rushing towards its target, Kakashi. Sasori meanwhile began heading towards Sakura and Chiyo. The way he walked towards them gave the impression of a scorpion headed towards it's prey.
Kakashi watched as the shell came towards him alert for whatever it was going to do. The shell shot out one of the spikes, immediately the spike was replaced. Kakashi dodged the spike by jumping to the side, another spike shot at him. He began having to run. It took him only moments to see that the biggest weapon of the shell was the spikes. He needed to get close enough to destroy it. He jumped hoping that the spikes couldn't catch him. He was wrong, the spider shell leaned down on it's back legs and angled the edges skyward. Kakashi pulled out a few kunnai's and threw them at the oncoming spikes. The kunnais made contact, but it was only enough to slightly change the spike's trajectory. He needed to land and hope that the shell would run out of spikes soon. As he was running around he ran past a spot where the spikes did not fire at him. He quickly backtracked and found the spot. The shell didn't fire and he looked around to see what might have been the cause. He saw that he was between the shell and Sasori. He didn't have time to be impressed by Sasori's strategy, because the shell stood up vertically and began to spin like a wheel rushing at him at an even faster pace. The spikes were no longer flying at him as the shell seemed to be trying a different tactic. Everywhere Kakashi moved the shell angled itself so the spikes were always aimed at him. As he looked at it moving he began to see its weakness. He need to get it airborne to eliminate its maneuverability. Now that he saw what he could do he had to begin working on his strategy.
Sakura was determined not to loose. She looked toward Chiyo, but she looked to be lost in thought. That was not good, Chiyo snapped out of it, but it was too late to communicate anything to her now. Sasori was getting closer. Chiyo had been amazed at all the modifications that Sasori had done with his puppet. She knew he would modify it, but this had taken her completely by surprise. She snapped out of it quickly as he drew closer. She threw a glance at Sakura, but she was already preparing to face Sasori. Chiyo realized her moment of distraction had cost them an advantage and the thought that they had an advantage because of her knowledge of Sasori's puppet had also vanished.
Sasori lunged at Chiyo with surprising speed. She dodged the first attack successfully and he swung the other sword at her. She flickered out of it's reach. Sasori didn't stop spinning though he now stood facing a charging Sakura. Chiyo was about to lunge at Sasori when out of the corner of her eye she saw the tail also swinging in her direction. She jumped back once again avoiding the tail and saw two cylinder's flying at her. She quickly flickered to the side twice in order to put enough distance between her and his cylinders which exploded and sent darts and spiked balls everywhere. When she turned to look Sasori was already fighting Sakura. Sakura had began charging at him when she had to stop seeing him turn to attack her. She remembered Tsunade's lessons and evaded his attacks. Unlike with Chiyo though Sasori didn't turn his attention away from her. Instead attacking with both swords and tail. Sakura began picking up speed as Sasori kept attacking. Her mind was on trying to move quicker. She kept telling herself, I have to be quicker, I have to evade an attack quickly enough to create an opening. She dodged all Sasori's attacks successfully. Sasori didn't give her the opportunity however as he picked up the speed of his attacks as well. He had hoped to dispose of her quickly so he could concentrate on Chiyo. However the damn brat was proving to be more formidable then he had anticipated. He sensed Chiyo begin to charge towards him and knew he had to take one of them out quickly otherwise he would not be successful. He felt he was so close to killing the brat, but Chiyo was almost on top of him. He swung his sword at Sakura in a horizontal arc spinning his body continously. He missed Chiyo by inches with the swing only cutting her robe. His tail rose in the air and struck the ground in front of Sakura. She jumped back just barely avoiding the attack. The tail struck the sand and buried itself, but quickly began to pull out again. Sakura saw her chance, it wasn't a big window, but she didn't miss it now. She charged all her chakra into her fist and struck at the flat side of the tail. The punch had enough force to break the tail. However she kept pushing down slaming the remainder of the tail that was attached to Sasori to the ground. Sasori had made Chiyo jump back and had released a barrage of poisoned darts from his mouth at her when he felt what Sakura had done. Sasori's eyes widened from within the puppet. He quickly knew he had lost momentum. He quickly detached the tail from his body as he felt her put her foot on it and begin to charge at him running on the tail. He jumped away from her spinning and swinging both of his swords at him. She blocked the first on, but the second one would cut her in half. Suddenly it stopped and Sasori immediately saw the near invincible chakra threads on his sword and knew exactly what Chiyo had done. It was to late however as Sakura's chakra filled punch blindsided him in the midsection of his puppet. The midsection where Sasori was struck dislocated as the rest of the body followed. It seemed as if the body was going to stay intact, but suddenly it tore at the seams and shattered as it traveled to the ground landing on his robes and tumbling a ways. Sakura did not follow the path of the body as she quickly went to Chiyo's aid. She had not avoided the darts in order to maintain contact with Sasori's sword. A sense of joy spread through Sakura as she bent down over Chiyo. She felt more useful than she ever had before she felt a sense of fulfillment. She couldn't bask in it as how she was carefully pulling darts out of Chiyos skin. She looked down at the old shinobi and asked. "Why didn't you let go?" Sakura asked as she tended Chiyo's wounds and took out a vile and injected it into Chiyo quickly. "This should deal with the poison."
Chiyo looked up at Sakura, being tended by somebody from Konoha was never something sh thought would happen. "I just want to stop Sasori. We have to be successful...the kazekage is the most important person in our village. We can't afford to loose him like we have others. There is nobody in our village right now that can step into that position." Chiyo held back a tear, never did she imagine that she would have to fight her grandchild to succeed in the mission. She felt emotional, but reeled in her emotions and spoke to Sakura in her harsh voice again. "Have you forgotten we aren't done here. We've only been able to take out his puppet!"
Kakashi began throwing kunnais at the ground under and near the mask puppet. He waited until the puppet walked into a position over the kunnais and set of the explosive notes off. The force of the explosions made the puppet airborne and vulnerable. He took the opening without hesitation and struck the mask with his chidori. The puppet fell to the ground in pieces. Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief and headed towards Sakura and Chiyo.
Sakura's eyes widened at that realization. She immediately felt inadequate for having overlooked such vital information. Her head snapped around towards Sasori robes and she saw the robes begin to shift. Kakashi was now standing beside them. "It looks like he's about to get up again. Is there any information you'll give us that will assist us in this fight?" Kakashi asked.
Chiyo was standing up slowly wincing a little at the pain that she thought she would feel, but wasn't there. She was impressed by Sakura's medical skills, but said nothing. Instead she waited to see her grandchild. "Hai, I may. I need to see him first." She didn't have long to wait as a small pale hand reached from under the robe and began to pull it off as he straightened. Beneath the robe stood a young man shaking his head in disbelief. "That body of his is a puppet. It has to be, he hasn't aged since last I saw him. That was many many years ago." Chiyo said. As she stared at his body she made another observation. "The face may be artificial, but underneath that his brain must be real. His chakra is still controlled by his mind and he must have also manipulated his chakra flow. That is his weakness, however he must know that as well and have set up countermeasures to avoid having that exploited." She finished. Kakashi and Sakura had listened to her every word. Sakura made sure to mark it so she would not forget it as did Kakashi.
Sasori looked up at his enemies and spoke. "I underestimated you. I feel like I'm beginning to make the same mistakes as Deidara." A smile formed on his false face as he continued. "I never imagined a shinobi so young would possess such ungodly strength. I had hoped to dispose of you and Chiyo quickly and then handle the white fang's child at my leisure." He now looked serious once again. "I will not underestimate you again. This time I will kill you all." He took out a scroll and unfurled it while performing seals in quick succession.
Chiyo recognized what he was doing and knew she would have to break her promise not to use the same technique as his. One she had created and forbade herself from using. "Kakashi, Sakura. I will handle what he is about to throw at us." She said as she took out a scroll. "Hopefully you two will be able to get to him." She said as she began forming her seals as well.
"I see you recognize your own technique, Oba-chan." Sasori said as there was a huge explosion of smoke and from the smoke appeared and army of puppets They were all wearing black fur coats and came in varying designs and sizes. Numbering at least fifty. Chiyo's eyes widened when she saw the number of puppets he had summoned, but she was not about to back down from this challenge after all they had gone to get here. She knew that her battle experience still overshadowed his and she would count on that to give her the edge. She also hoped that he wouldn't be able to control so many puppets as well. She finished her seals and there was an explosion of smoke behind her as well. As the smoke cleared there were walked out of the smoke roughly thirty puppets also of different designs and sizes. The biggest difference was the puppets outfits. Chiyo's puppets wore light brown robes of simple material. Which contrasted greatly to Sasori's puppets. Kakashi and Sakura saw this would be easier to navigate the impending war zone. They were amazed by the power being displayed by both shinobis.
The battle began fast and furious with the puppets charging each other. The puppeteers finding areas where they could survey the battle safely as they controlled the battling puppets. The puppets were almost evenly matched in battles each striking with speed and power Chiyo's had an edge in skill though. Sasori saw this and began to strategize he needed to account for the two Konoha ninjas as well and even though he knew he would beat Chiyo the two ninjas from Konoha were unknown variables. He sent puppets after them as well to slow them down as they tried to make they're way through the battle field. He was buying himself time to think.
Kakashi and Sakura had seen Sasori's location at the beginning of the battle and marked it well in their minds. They slowly worked their way towards him fighting off puppets which were stronger opponents then they had thought they would be. They were backed up by Chiyo's puppets so it was not too lopsided for them. They struggled to maintain Sasori in their field of vision, however he didn't look like he had the intentions of moving so they kept pushing forward. The battlefield was beginning to be littered by puppet parts and Sakura and Kakashi had to maneuver around these new obstacles as well. At one point Sakura let out a small squeak of surprise as a puppets hand grabbed her ankle. The shock passed quickly as she disposed of the severed limb. They were now running through the area and finally made their way to get behind Sasori. Once they were set up Kakashi struck Sasori with his chidori. The puppet fell to pieces to the ground. Sakura quickly came forward and inspected the fallen puppet. She quickly turned to Kakashi, "This isn't him." She had barely touched him when she said this. Kakashi looked at her waiting for an explanation. One that when said was so obvious it made Kakashi feel foolish. "The puppets haven't stopped fighting. If this were him there would have been at least a break in the fighting while he adjusted." Sakura said.
Kakashi saw the point in this and quickly saw the deception. They had been separated from Chiyo. "We have to get back to Chiyo as quickly as possible!" Kakashi yelled breaking into a full run. With the lower number of puppets still fighting they made their way back extremely quicker. On the way Kakashi lowered his mask to reveal his sharingan eye.
Chiyo was focusing on the battle in front of her. Helping Sakura and Kakashi get to Sasori and maintaining the battle with Sasori's puppets. It was no surprise that she didn't notice the figure behind her that snuck right up behind her back and whispered in her ear. "Hello again, grandmother. This is good-bye as well. Chiyo's eyes widened in shock and in pain as a sword pierced her back. It cut and pierced through the spinal discs and pushed through her stomach. Blood began to flow from her mouth. Anger and frustration rose in her.
She tried to turn her head and asked. "W-why has it come to this?"
Sasori replied quickly. "I thought that was obvious, after all it was you who taught me. A shinobi can't show weakness or emotion. A true shinobi always fulfills their mission, I made the decision to become the strongest shinobi. Like you said, get there by any means necessary." Sasori leaned in close to Chiyo's ear and asked a question. "Are you proud of me now, oba-chan?"
He looked up too see her comrades approaching and pushed Chiyo off the swords blade. She crumpled to the ground. He flicked his wrist and knocked the blood off the sword. His expressionless face was set as he looked at the enemy. Taking a deep breath he acted.
Sakura was running at full speed her adrenaline fully pumping. She saw him push Chiyo of the blade and flick the blood off casually and her anger rose. She sped up to get there, but was shocked by Sasori's speed. She did not see him move, but he suddenly appeared right in front of her with the sword raised and coming down quickly. The adrenaline did not let her think and she went on reflexes, which may have saved her life as she shifted to the side and raised her hand with a kunnai in it. It met the blade, but did not stop it. Instead the blade pushed the kunnai down against her skin with enough force to make the kunnai pierce her skin and make her start bleeding. She had no time to evade Sasori as he shifted his feet and weight and with the hand holding his sword thrust his fist at her to deliver a blow that sent her sprawling back a few feet. His puppets wasted no time in beginning to converge on her before she could get up. She saw her situation and let out a yell of frustration. "DAMMIT!"
Sasori quickly spun to face the child of his parent's killers, but was confronted by something he did not expect. There headed towards him was a sharingan eye. He was able to begin the trap before he fell prey to Kakashi's eyes. There was an explosion in his mind. Sasori had been hit by Itachi's mangyuku sharingan before and instantly knew this was different. He didn't know if it was better or worse though. The reality in front of him was warped and all his senses were thrown into chaos. There was none of Itachi's psychological innuendo. This sharingan was more precise and to the point debilitating his mind and ability to fight back. There was no suspense there was only confusion, pain and anguish. However he cut of the chakra flow to his mind just as he was hit by Kakashi's sharingan and hoped it was fast enough to avoid contact with this new foe.
Kakashi hit Sasori with his mangyuku sharingan and pulled out his kunnai closing in for the kill. He was about to stab Sasori through his eyes and pierce his brain when suddenly the chest cavity opened up and a spear shot out of it. Hitting Kakashi with great force and sending him flying back as it pierced the right of his chest and flew out his back. Kakashi let out a yell of pain. Sasori quickly regained his senses after that and picked up the sword that had fallen out of his hands. He walked over to where Kakashi was, shaking his head. "I never would have expected another sharingan user. Even using a technique I've only finished developing and am still testing, I was still taken by your surprises. I see you didn't take after your father's foolishness though. He killed my parents and forfeited his mission in order to save a friend... I am glad that you at least see the importance of completing a mission. I will admit you were a worthy opponent." Sasori raised his sword and placed on his shoulder casually and kept speaking. "You know your father was my motivation for becoming stronger, I wanted to kill him to avenge my parents. Unfortunately after he failed in his mission out here he decided to take his own life. You have no idea how angry I was when I discovered that. I never intended to come after you, but now that the opportunity has brought you to me... I will gladly take your pathetic life." Kakashi, was in utter anguish at this point this was not how he wanted to die not with this information laid out like that. His father...Kakashi refused to believe what Sasori had said and sadly there would be no time later to process this information. Kakashi closed his eyes to wait for the final blow. Sasori then began lifting the sword up in order to take Kakashi's life when a something crashed into Sasori and sent him flying the sword dropping harmlessly to the ground. Kakashi weakly followed this when he heard the noiseand saw that it had been Sakura that had punched Sasori. Sakura gave Sasori no time to recover. He had forgotten about her when he had been attacked by Kakashi and she wasn't about to let this opportunity slip away. She was on top of his body pinning his arms to the ground and jamming her hand under his chin to keep him from opening his mouth and releasing darts. In this position she cocked her arm back to deliver the final blow. Sasori saw that he had lost he looked into Sakuras emotional face and his final thought were, 'How careless of me to be beaten by such weak shinobi. They can't even hide their emotions.' Sakura's fist came crashing down with and incredible force crushing crushing Sasori's head and breaking it into tiny splinters. Sakura pulled back her fist and saw gooey grey matter on it. She began throwing up immediately, realizing all that had happened.
AURTHORS NOTES; Unlike the cannon story, I didn't think it made sense having the same basis for the chakra system in Sasori after he manipulated his own body so much. Also I changed the locations because I think it is the mind which controls the chakra, hence strategies and so forth, though I like the romanticism of the heart controling his actions, I changed it so it would be more fitting and realistic. Please don't hate. I didn't include the Sandaime because I felt it would be biting of the cannon to hard and I wanted to do some things differently, I didn't change the past. So, yes Sasori did kill him, but no I didn't want to use him, because I wouldn't have been able to fit it all in the same chapter. Sorry if you think I'm lazy. Let's see I feel like I forgot something, but I'm sure someone will point it out to me. Oh one more thing, next chapter will be much like this one with all the focus now being on Naruto and their rescue mission, and don't worry I haven't forgotten team 8 I'll dedicate the chapter after next solely to them.
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