Chapter 12: Gaara Returns! The puppeteer's demise
Prewarning: If you have not seen the entire series of Desert Punk, you should skip the Ask Column.
Nxh592: Hey Hey Hey Peoples! The next chapter is away. Today, I have one of my favorite mercenaries of the Kanto Desert, Desert Punk!
DP: (Half- heartingly) Hey good to be here, and whatever. Now give me what I came here for Nxh.
Nxh592: heheh, you'll never change will you Kanta?
DP: I don't think I'll ever change. Now where are those pictures of Junko takin' a shower?
Kosuna: Like Nxh592 said Master, you'll never change from your Pervy ways
Nxh592: And my other two guests are here as well. First the Ultra Babe of the Kanto Desert, Kosuna!
Kosuna: He said it!!! Thanks Nxh592.
Nxh592: No problem Kosuna. And my other guest is my producer Rayman21!
RM: Hey! I never asked to be on here again!
Nxh592: well too damn bad, this is payback for setting me up with Itachi and Sasuke as my guests.
RM: Ah fine!
Nxh592: So DP, what have you been up to lately?
DP: Oh, just taking any job I can, makin' my living as the demon of the desert.
Kosuna: and training me to be the deserts sexiest ultra babe.
Nxh592: I can see that. Since you hit puberty, you've really taken after your mother.
RM: indeed
Kosuna: yep, I am now almost an E-cup. Bigger than Junko's!
RM: Wait how old are you now?
Kosuna: I'm almost eighteen.
Nxh592: wow, so you and Kanta here have been together for a long while now huh?
DP: yep I can't give up these babies now. (Cups Kosuna's breasts) I have raised these sweater cows from when they were budding.
Kosuna: Master if you know what's good for you, you'll let go of my tits before I pump you full of lead. (Cocks gun)
DP: Right! Right! (let's go Quickly)
Nxh592: wow she must be good with a gun if she can scare you Kanta.
DP: Yea, but I have to just wait a little while and I can do whatever I want to you my dear apprentice.
Kosuna: ...(growl)
RM: wait I thought you went to the other side Kanta, What happened?
Kosuna: he came running back to Miss Melons once he said he could Fuck her.
DP: I never did it. Although I have used those knockers of hers for things that cannot be said out loud.
Nxh592: Really? Tell me.
DP: (whispering)
Nxh592: Jesus Christ! Can she bend that way?
DP: (nods)
Nxh592: Were there really Alien Tentacles?
DP: (nods)
Nxh592: well... I've got some new 'Research' for the Pervy Sage now. (takes out notebook)
Kosuna: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..., Eighteen!
RM; uhh, I think you mean zero.
Kosuna: no, I Mean I'm Eighteen now!
DP: Yahoo! That means your legal!
Nxh592: well, while I try to get into Kosuna's pants, read the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Naruto or Desert Punk or any other Anime, or Manga I will use in this story. Those lawyers who try and sue me will pay dearly. Very dearly...
(Demon or Summon talking)
(Thinking or flashback)
(Arashi's Mind talk)
Deidara looked surprised as did Sasori "Why didn't we sense him, un?" Deidara asked Sasori.
"I don't know, usually we sense them coming so we could kill them." Sasori said, "He must be hiding his Chakra signature somehow."
"Well, it doesn't matter, un. Because now it's challenging." Deidara took his clay out of the pouch on his right and fed it to the mouth on his hand.
Neji looked befuddled by the strange clay. Sasori jumped back into the corner. "This is your fight Deidara, don't mess it up" he said
"That won't be a problem Sempai, un." Deidara said as his mouth spit the clay back out. "Tell me... your a Hyuga aren't you, un?"
"That's correct," Neji said activating his Byakugan 'hmm, it seems that chakra is being transferred into that clay by the mouth on his hand' Neji thought 'the bird that they are riding is made of the same material.'
"Tell me Hyuga, what's your favorite animal, un?" Deidara asked playfully
"It's an eagle, but I don't see how this relates to our match." Neji said
"Hmhmhm, an Eagle un?" Deidara laughed, " Then you should enjoy... This!" The clay he was holding expanded and formed into a giant White Eagle.
Neji focused on the eagle 'it seems as though his Chakra lets him control the figures from afar.' he thought as the Eagle flapped its wings.
The eagle swooped down from the air and went for Neji. Neji stood his ground and tried to hit the Eagle. Neji hand went straight trough the clay. Neji smirked thinking that it was done with as his fist went in, but the Eagle glowed a blood red and exploded.
Deidara laughed, "Well, that was a lot less than I had expected, un."
The smoke from the Eagle Bomb was clearing. Neji stood in the middle unscathed. The ground looked like it was hit with a giant sphere that surrounded Neji. "You can't touch me with such a pitiful Jutsu. My Rotation will counter it every time."
"Hmm..." Deidara thought. After awhile, he had a smirk on his face "Alright, un. If that doesn't do you in, than maybe this will." His hand spit out more clay than before. Deidara raised his hands as though controlling the clay with his hands.
"That Byakugan won't protect you against an Atomic Explosion!" The clay formed into the giant creature that had almost destroyed the village before. "Take this!!!" The figure moved closer to Neji
Neji put his arms down and deactivated his Byakugan as he let his head hang down in defeat.
Deidara smirked "Is that all you've got Hyuga?!" he made the creature go faster toward Neji.
As it looked to be the end for Neji, he smirked. Millions of black creatures stopped the clay creature in its tracks.
"What?!"
The creatures covered the figure. And once they flew off, the clay fell to the ground.
"What is going on?! Where is my art?!" Deidara yelled at the laughing Hyuga
"It has become food for my insects." A voice said behind Neji. Shino walked up towards Neji "As will any other 'works of art' you throw at us"
"Than try and eat this!!!" Deidara pulled out Black clay from inside his cloak. He didn't even chew it with his hand. The Black Clay transformed into a giant wolf. Unlike the others, this looked like it had a mind of it's own. It's red eyes pierced through.
Shino tried to send his bugs, but they were easily taken care of by the black wolf. It growled at Neji and Shino. It looked like it was about to charge toward them, but an even bigger creature attacked the wolf. It looked like it was a giant growling dog.
The wolf tried to attack the dog but the dog swirled around in a blur. And it left an enormous trail of where it went. The black Clay deformed and it became just clay again.
The giant dog disappeared in a smoke, and it transformed back into Kiba and Akamaru. "Yahoo!!! We can see in that form now! Great work Akamaru!" Kiba said
Akamaru barked happily at Kiba.
Deidara looked frustrated "I WILL NOT LOOOOSE!!!" Deidara swallowed his own clay in his regular mouth. His body expanded more and more. "IF I GO, YOU'LL ALL GO WITH ME!!!!!" Deidara shouted as he expanded to the point that he was about to explode.
Tenten came from behind and lodged a broadsword into Deidara's body. "Got it Neji!" She said as she backed up.
"Wh-What is this?" Deidara asked
"That sword will backfire the Jutsu that you initiated. Lee! Now!!!" Tenten yelled.
"YOSH!" he said as he lifted the bomb-like Deidara and threw into the sky as far as he could.
The only thing they heard was Deidara's last scream, and an explosion that rocked the Earth.
"That's one down," Lee said as he looked fiercely at Sasori.
"And one to go!"
Naruto, Arashi, and Hinata were heading towards the South gate. The explosion shook them.
"What was that?" Naruto asked Arashi.
Arashi just smiled. "It looks like someone took out Deidara." he said
"Who's Deidara?" Hinata asked
"Deidara is one of a group of Bingo Book S-class criminals called the Akatsuki." Arashi said "their the enemy that's attacking"
"How many members are there?" Naruto asked
"Besides Deidara, there are eight members. Each of them has a teammate. There's Zetsu, a plant like member. He is known for eating Humans." Arashi said
"E-Eating humans?!" Naruto said surprised.
"Yeah, guy's a real nut-case. His partner is Tobi; we really don't need to worry about him. Another team is Hidan and Kakuzu. Hidan worships a Death god. And Kakuzu can split his limbs. Then there's Sasori and Deidara. Deidara was someone who liked to make things explode with clay. He calls it 'Art'. His partner Sasori is probably one of the toughest of the Akatsuki. He makes human puppets into 'Art'. It's a theory that he actually killed the third Kazekage."
"The Third Kazekage? Wasn't he one of the best leader of the sand village?" Naruto asked
Arashi and Hinata looked at Naruto in amazement.
Naruto looked at them "What? It was the only question I got right on my second final exam in the academy"
"Yeah, your right Naruto, he was one of the best. I've only seen him in action once. He was amazing." Arashi said "But that's beside the point. There's another team, Itachi and Kisame. Itachi... is Sasuke's brother."
"Sasuke's... Brother?! I didn't know Sasuke had a brother." Naruto said
"It was said that he was the one who killed all of their clan." Arashi said
"Killed...Their entire clan?" Hinata said horrified. "That's...That's horrible. I've heard that his family was murdered, I didn't know it was by another Uchiha."
"Yeah, and his partner's no better, Kisame Hoshigaki. He's is one of the Seven Swords Of The Mist."
"Seven Swords Of The Mist? I've heard of that." Naruto said
"Where Naruto?" Hinata asked
"Remember I told you about that Mist Ninja Zabuza Momochi, Hinata?" Naruto said, "He said his sword was one of The Seven Swords Of The Mist."
"Yes Zabuza was one of the Seven, and so is Kisame. And the last is their leader. He's..." Arashi looked down, as they were Jumping from tree to tree. "He is Lord Pein."
"Dad?" Naruto said looking at Arashi. "Are... you alright?"
Arashi looked at Naruto with a fake smile "Y-yeah! I'm alright, It's just... I knew Pein when he was still good. It's just... so hard to fight an old friend." Arashi said
"W-wait, doesn't Pein have a partner?" Hinata asked
"Not that I know of." Arashi said "But if he does, it might be problematic."
"Let's hurry then, let's not let them hurt anyone else." Hinata said
"Right," Arashi said. He stopped Naruto and Hinata stopped as well "And it looks like Orochimaru is apart of it too."
"Orochimaru? Wasn't he one of the legendary Sanin?" Naruto said "The Ero-senin said something about it once."
"Yeah, and he was the one who tried to kill the old man." Arashi said as he looked back "And he's gracing us with his presence now."
They heard cold laughing "Not bad Arashi." someone said.
The Snake-like former senin came out of the forest. He was wearing a long black cloak with red clouds on it. "But you will not beat me this time!"
"What a fool Deidara was." Sasori said laughing. "Him and his primitive art form."
Tenten scoffed "So this guys tougher huh?" she said as she made a single giant sword appear in her hand.
Neji activated his Byakugan again. "Yes, this guy is much tougher. His Chakra is much more fierce." he said
'That's weird, his Chakra network is gathered in one spot.' Neji thought
Sasori chuckled coldly "your all seeing eyes will not help you here Hyuga." He lunged toward Shino.
Shino wasted no time in avoiding the attack His arm was caught on the end of his tail. "Careful, his puppet is lined with poison." he said looking at his arm sending his vaccine bugs in.
"Puppet? What puppet?" Tenten asked
"His outer layer is nothing more than a puppet body." Shino said
"He's hiding inside it!" Neji said "but his Chakra signature is strange. It seems that it's tied in one spot, be careful."
"Then let's crack this puppet, before we get to the puppeteer." Lee said charging in. Sasori was about to whack him back with his tail, but he appeared behind him and hit his center leaving a single crack. He jumped back next to Kiba.
"Grr, what is that thing made of?" Kiba asked, "It can't be made of regular wood can it?"
Neji ran forward. Once he got there he tried to hit its Chakra points, only to find it had none. 'How is he controlling the puppet then?'
Neji was almost hit with the tail. He blocked at the last second. He was knocked back.
"Alright our turn! Ninja Art: Beast Mimicry!" Akamaru changed into a clone of Kiba. "Fang over Fang!" They swirled in a circle and went toward the puppet. Sasori took out his hands and stopped them by their heads. He pushed them into a boulder hard.
"Okay" Kiba groaned as he dropped off the Boulder "That was Stupid"
Neji was looking over Sasori's body and discovered Lee's crack.
"Tenten, Drive your sword in that crack in his back." Neji said
"Right!" Tenten swung the giant sword behind her and broke out in a run. She jumped out of the tails range at the last minute and stabbed the crack causing it to expand. Tenten took the sword out and the puppet fell to the ground leaving dust. Tenten jumped back and was at the ready.
"I don't usually come out of Scorpio." a voice in the dust said. This seemed different than before. This one sounded young and soft. Out of the dust, appeared a young red headed boy with an Akatsuki cloak on. "But now I must add each of you as an addition to my collection. A Hyuga, An Aburame, A Taijutsu master, A young curvaceous female swordmaster, a dog lover and a stuffed mutt."
"What does he mean by adding us to his collection?" Shino asked Neji
"No clue, but I don't want to find out." Neji said
"Is every enemy I'm going to meet today going to try and Harass me? First the Spiderman wannabe, now this guy?" Tenten said to the remark Sasori made.
"Did he just call Akamaru a 'Mutt'?" Kiba growled fiercely
"It seems I touched some nerves." Sasori said shrugging.
'It's weird, even in his human form, His Chakra network is still bunched around his heart, why is that?' Neji thought
"Let's start shall we?" Sasori said putting out his fingers like he was about to play the piano. Chakra strings went straight down into the ground. He pulled his arms up and he pulled out a Puppet. This puppet had black long hair and it's face looked human.
"Meet the third Kazekage," Sasori said as the puppet clattered its teeth.
"The...Third Kazekage?" Tenten seemed confused "What you modeled a puppet after the sand lord?" She asked
Sasori laughed as he shook his head "No my dear, this is the Third Lord. He's just a little...stiff" He said as he knocked on the hollow head.
"That's... The real Kazekage?" Neji asked, "That's impossible!"
"I think I'm going to be sick." Tenten said grabbing her mouth instinctively.
"Behold the Third Lords Black Sand!" Sasori said as black sand rose from the ground.
Everyone saw how the black sand moved and reacted, how it twitched, how it almost seemed alive. It reminded them of a certain sand ninja.
The magnet sand rose in mass quantity. It sharpened and trapped them all in it's spikes.
As hard as they tried, they could not break the metallic sand. The sand closed in on them and when all hope was lost, brown sand grouped around them like a shield. It broke the metal sand. Neji looked up and the regular sand fell.
Tenten had her head down her hands over her head. "Are we dead?" She asked
"Your not dead yet." a familiar voice said,
They all looked up at the painted face of Kankuro who was trying to take control of the Third Lord.
"You again," Shino said remembering Kankuro from their fight
"Shino, right?" Kankuro asked "Don't worry, we're on your side now."
"Do you really think you can break my Chakra strings?" Sasori said sending another puppet directly toward Kankuro.
The sand rose up from the ground and destroyed the puppet.
"Do you really think you're gonna attack my brother with such a weak puppet?" Someone said
Sasori looked at the source of the voice. On top of a tree was a smooth faced smirking red headed boy.
"Who's that?" Neji asked Kankuro
"That's my little bro, Gaara." Kankuro said
Everyone looked surprised "That's Gaara?!"
Everyone remembered what Gaara looked like at the Chunin exams. He had Black Lines around his eyes like a panda, He had a giant gourd on his back, he had an emotionless face, he looked like he had never slept in his life, and he had bloody murder in his eyes. They looked at him now, He has lost the marks around his eyes, He had discarded his gourd, he had an excited look on his face, and his eyes were a dark turquoise blue.
"Look different?" Gaara said smiling at them as he jumped down "Thank your Lord Hokage, Arashi. He fixed my broken seal on me. Got some sleep for the first time, and I have been able to control my beast within."
"Yeah, and you snore like your beast within." Kankuro joked
"Wait, where's your sister?" Tenten asked
"Temari? She's helping your other friends." Gaara said "But were worried about this S.O.B right here"
Sasori laughed coldly " A Son of a Bitch am I?" He said smiling at Gaara "By the way you speak of a seal, you must be another Jinchiruki, right?" he said pulling back the third lord.
Gaara looked at him "A spirit vessel? Yeah, I am." He said smirking
Sasori smiled "Another besides his own blood in the leaf. Interesting, very interesting"
"Another besides his own blood? What does he mean?" Neji thought
Gaara smiled "Now I remember where I've seen your ugly mug before."
"Hmm?"
"Chiyo-Baasama showed me your picture when I asked about it. Your Sasori aren't you?" Gaara said
Sasori laughed. "You must be a higher up if you know Granny Chiyo."
"I'm the next Kazekage." Gaara said the smirk growing wider
"Really? That must be due to the fact that asshole of a fourth Kazekage was killed" Sasori said
"Yeah, That asshole was my father." Gaara said wiping the smile from his face.
"Let's see what you can do Jinchiruki." Sasori said
"The name's Sabaku no Gaara"
Gaara had the sand flowing around him. Kankuro motioned everyone to get out of his way. Everyone except Sasori and Gaara jumped back to a nearby stone. Gaara sent the sand in at Sasori. Sasori used a puppet to block it. Gaara came in after him with his sand formed a Giant claw.
"Sandy Claws!" The sand rammed into Sasori, protruding from his back.
"uhh... Kankuro..." Tenten started as she watched the move
"Yes he does watch Nightmare Before Christmas." Kankuro said smacking himself in the face. "He just loves that movie... so much he names his moves after some of the characters."
"This fight's gonna be... Interesting at best" Neji said
Sasori looked as though he was dead. He hung over Gaara's Claw very loosely.
"Come on, That's not all you got, you're holding back you puppet." Gaara said
Sasori smiled "So you figured it out, Huh Jinchiruki?"
The sand fell as Gaara pulled back. Pieces of wood fell to the ground from Sasori showing his Hollow interior
"You're holding back too." Sasori said "I know you have access to your demons Chakra. Call it out."
Sasori did a couple of hand signs. "Summoning Jutsu, 100 warriors of the sand!" Puppets darkened the sky. Each rattling their limbs.
Gaara jumped back to the boulder that the others were on. "Looks like I will need his help today."
"Huh?" Tenten said
Gaara put his hands in a ram hand sign. "Will you behave?" Gaara said as though talking to himself
"Behave? What are you..." Neji started
"Just watch kid." Kankuro said
Gaara started laughing. "Alright deal, Shu."
Sand formed around the empty spot on the boulder as though a mini sandstorm was happening in that spot.
as the sand subsided, A man was in the middle. His hair was dark orange and spiky. "This guy must be pretty strong if you hafta call me, Gaara."
"Holy crap!" Tenten said "It's Ichigo!"
The man looked back angry "I am not that asshole, Strawberry! I am Shukaku the sand spirit!"
"Oh... M-my mistake" Tenten said
"Looks like another Puppeteer" Shukaku said, "I haven't seen this many puppets for a long time." He said making a Katana out of sand; Gaara did the same; only he had a much bigger sword. "Looks like... this is will be a great warm-up." Shukaku said
"Can you keep up Shu?" Gaara said
"Can you Gaara?" Shukaku said
They both jumped down and started swinging. Shukaku took down ten at once as they surrounded them. He jumped up onto the hilt of his sword and lifted it up to take out five more. Gaara who was on the other side, had his giant sword on his right side and ran through the puppets, cutting down twenty more. Shukaku took his sword and slammed it into the ground creating a small shockwave, which took out fifteen puppets. Gaara swung his sword up as it cut ten puppets, and slashed their remains. Shukaku, swung his swords cloth making a giant razor out of it, it cut up twenty more puppets. Gaara blasted his sand at the last of them.
"Time!" Gaara yelled, "How many did you get Shu?"
"I got Fifty," He said smirking
"And so did I" Gaara said smirking just as widely
"That means..." Shukaku pointed his sword at Sasori.
"...This bastard's the tiebreaker" Gaara said as he pointed his as well.
Sasori didn't move "You idiots! Taking my puppets so lightly. I have thousands more! Summoning juts-Gyahhhhh!!!!"
Gaara swung his sword down and snapped off Sasori's Right hand. "You know what asshole?"
"You talk too much" Shukaku said as he put his hand up.
Gaara put his hand as well.
"Sand Coffin!"
"Sand Coffin!"
The sand rose up around Sasori and picked him up above the ground. "This is not the end Jinchiruki!!!!"
"The name... Is Sabaku No Gaara." Gaara said smirking
"Sand burial!"
"Sand Burial!"
Sasori cracked under the giant sand particles. "Gyyyyaaaahhhh!!!!!"
The sand dropped there was nothing there.
"Sawdust" Gaara said smirking "Good job Shu," Gaara said
"You too Gaara," Shukaku said as he went back into Gaara.
Neji and the others jumped down.
"That was amazing Gaara!" Tenten said
Gaara laughed "Thanks... uhh..."
"Tenten" Neji whispered
"...Tenten" Gaara said
"why wouldn't you let us help?" Shino asked
"Well... Gaara's still learning self control." Kankuro said "You would have been killed if you had tried to help."
Gaara rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "By the way... Where's Naruto, And Sasuke?"
Nxh592: Hahahahaha! 12 Chapters complete! Now it's time for the ask column, this time Kon free!
Kon: Don't be too sure!
Nxh592: (Le Gasp) It's you!
Kon: That's right! I'm back!
Nxh592: aahahahahahahah!!!!!!
Kon: What? What so funny?
Nxh592: H-have you seen your new body yet?
Kon: No, why?
Nxh592: Maybe this will help. (Holds up mirror)
Kon: Holy Crap! I'm in a Barbie doll!!!!
Nxh592: Hahahahahahahahhaha!!!!
Kon: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Runs in embarrassment)
Nxh592: Anyways, Today I got three new guests, the Avatar, Aang, and the most skilled waterbender in the water tribe, Katara, and one of the fiercest firebenders in the world, he would burn you into a crisp if you fucked with him, The fiercest former Prince of the Fire Nation, Zuko!.
Katara: Ohh thanks.
Zuko: The fiercest former prince? I like that.
Aang: What? Nothing on me? I've done loads of stuff Nxh!
Nxh592: I'm sorry Aang, here, This kid has beaten every firebender that has come his way, he loves gettin into trouble, and he...*Cough* *cough* loves Katara *Cough* *Cough*.
Katara: What was that last part?
Nxh592: Nothing, nothing, Anyways, I've got some questions to ask you guys.
Aang: Alright
Nxh592: Now this question is about your brother Katara, Who exactly does Sokka like?
Katara: ......well...uh... Aang?
Aang: Well... There's Suki...
Katara: ... Princess Yue...
Zuko: And I think one of Azula's friends likes him as well, if memory serves right, her name's Ty Lee.
Nxh592: Man Sokka's a Pimp!
Katara: To be honest... Yeah he is.
Nxh592: Heheheh, next question, Aang, Katara, in that cave that led to Omashu, did you two... you know.
Aang: uhh...
Katara: That's uh... Top Secret...
Nxh592: (whisper to Zuko) Which means she gave him tongue.
Zuko: Heheheh
Katara: I heard that!
Nxh592: Ohh... uh... I meant... uh... Zuko, what did I say?
Zuko: Oh... Uh... He told me a joke that King Bumi told him.
Nxh592: Yeah let's go with that. Anyway, Zuko.
Zuko: Yes?
Nxh592: What would you do if you could return to the fire nation?
Zuko: Well, there was a time where I would say I'd return home, but I just can't now.
Nxh592: Well Why not?
Zuko: A-Azula knows a secret that should never be uttered.
Aang: You mean that you got Mai pregnant?
Zuko: What!
Katara: Yeah, everyone knows,
Zuko: But... Azula said she wouldn't tell.
Aang: Zuko, Haven't you figured it out yet?
Aang, Katara, Nxh592: Azula always lies!!!
Nxh592: (whispering to camera) Actually, I'm the one who spread that.
Katara: Why are you whispering?
Nxh592: Oh just telling my viewers a couple of things.
Katara: V-viewers? (Face turns red)
Nxh592: Yeah this is my ask column I have at every end and beginning of my story Yondaime Returms.
Katara: Y-You mean... we're being watched right now?
Nxh592: In a sense yes.
Katara: (faints)
Nxh592: Camera shy?
Aang: Yyyep
Nxh592: Oh well, Join us next time for Chapter 13: Ino-Shika-Cho Vs Hida-Kakuz,
Nxh592, Zuko & Aang: Stay tuned!