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Hinata Hyuuga struck down another poison kunai with ease. The man before her team was an enemy unlike any they had faced before. Half man, Half puppet, heartless with no compassion for anyone. His name Sasori of the Red Sands. Shino Abarame stood back any analysed the man's movement as his team-mate Kiba Inzuka and his trusty companion Akamaru, attacked with everything they had with no success, he moved too quick for them and without any degree of human scent he could not be tracked easily.

"Akamaru! Dainamikku Mākingu" Kiba yelled, Akamaru used his trademark move to cover the area in a sickly covering of Urine, if Sasori stumbled upon it, finding him would be far too easy.

"Good work buddy, now let's get him. Jinjū Konbi Henge: Sōtōrō!" Akamaru flew toward his master and within an instant they became one menacing force. They were now pure beast and ready for the hunt. Hinata had found their opponent and had sent forth a flurry of chakra absorbing blows, but to no avail as his hard shell did not have any visible chakra points. Hinata stepped back with a smile on her face. Shino took this as a sign and bit his thumb drawing blood.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu" Out of nowhere hundreds of thousands of beetles appeared in the area. Kiba and Hinata stood shocked and amazed at the power of the summoning. The beetles swarmed in toward Sasori. He simply shook his head .

"Aka Higi: Hyakki no Soen" The winds direction changed slightly and suddenly dozens of puppets appeared around Sasori shielding him from the beetle's feeble attacks. Shino did not seem distraught and simply smiled. The beetles slowly ate through the chakra infused dolls to Sasori's dismay, but this wasn't his biggest issue. There was someone missing. The bug boy was still there commanding more and more waves of insects to attack. The wolf-man was still there attacking several of the puppets ferociously and the girl with the Byakugan was in plain view attacking another two puppets. It struck him. The sensai of these three was no longer with them. He was right to be slightly pissed off as he looked around the valley they were fighting in as suddenly Kurenai Yuhi seemed to melt out of Haruko, Sasori's puppet body, plunging a kunai straight into his neck. Shino yelled over to his master something that due to the distance she couldn't hear. But Kurenai already knew something was wrong, there was no chakra in the puppet she had just stabbed through the neck, and the chakra of their enemy was now faint and to everyone's dismay didn't even seem to be in the immediate vicinity. Kiba's eyes glazed over when he realised what Shino had yelled.

"Kurenai sensai! Hinata, she's gone!" He was right, the Hyuuga girl had vanished and even the tracking beetle Shino had implanted into his team-mate before the mission was unsenseable.

Sasori had escaped and he had kidnapped a member of their team. Kurenai had never lost a comrade on the battle field, and she wasn't going to lose one today.

"Hachimon Tonkō: Dairoku: Keimon: Kai" Gai yelled activating the Sixth Gate of The Eight Gates of Closing. Deidara's eyes narrowed. He knew many people who could increase their chakra by huge amounts but this was ridiculous. He had already defeated a Byakugan user and a trainee weapons master and was left with two powerful Taijutsu experts. One who was now a crimson red colour with a power he could only compare to his fellow Akatsuki member Hidan and what seemed to be a drunken teen. The only reason Deidara had not destroyed the younger of the pair is because of his sensai. "Asa Kujaku" Deidara was caught off guard by his opponent this time being kicked up into the air leaving a puddle of blood behind him. "THE POWER OF YOUTH COMPELLS YOU!" Suddenly over a millisecond Deidara was hit dozens of times all hitting the same part of his body. He couldn't breath, he couldn't think. He couldn't even reach for his clay pouch to try and defend himself, or at least to take this madman with him into death. He simply mustered a sigh before plummeting at least five-hundred feat into the ground below.

"Gai sensai..hic, you did it!

"Yes Lee, but I couldn't have done it without the power of Youth, and my youthful squad here."

"Oh Gai sensai" Lee yelled to his master with tears welling in his eyes.

"Lee..."

"Gai sensai!"
"Lee!"

"Gai sensai!"
"Lee!"

"Gai sensai!"
"Lee!"

"Gai sensai!"
"Lee!"

They both jumped up and landed in each others arms.

By this time Tenten and Neji had already recovered from the fight slightly and looked on in disgust.

"How we did get stuck in this pitiful squad?" Neji said looking to the ground.

"Oh Neji, hey may be insane but, ya gotta love their dedication." Hearing this Neji slammed the palms of his hand to his face. Tenten giggled slightly before picking herself up and helping Neji up.

It was time to check on Kurenai's group and to see how there fight had gone.

"Gai sensai!"
"Lee!" The sun set slowly before Gai had noticed that they had been hugging for well over seven hours. With Neji and Tenten having set off over six hours ago.

"Lee! It's time to catch up with the other team. So we shall race, the loser must do a lap around the fire country!" Lee agreed and the two sprinted on.

"Guh..it seems Dei-san has failed."

"Master will not be happy with this"

"That is true" The two voices came from a large Venus fly plant which seemed to have popped up from the harsh desert ground.

"Time to dispose of him".

"Indeed"

"Zetsu-sama, if Dei-kun is dead, that means there's a space in Akatsuki right?"

"I believe so Tobi, I believe so"

The man in the orange mask grinned slyly and laughed to himself. "Perfect."

Don't worry this chapter does have a hell of a lot to do with the story to come so it's not filler. I would just rather not start Naruto's first big battle just yet.

AUTHOR'S ALERT!.

I am seeking fellow writers to write short Omakes to add to the end of my stories, just for an added comedy value so just add a little on on the end of a review if are interested, also if you have any ideas about what you want to happen later in the story just tell me. Who you want to die/not die etc. What additional pairings would you like? Just buzz in, and make your reviews count to the quality of this story!

Move List:

Dainamikku Mākingu (Dynamic Marking): Covers the area/target in Urine so they are easily trackable

Jinjū Konbi Henge: Sōtōrō (Man-Beast Combo attac): Merges the two users creating a two headed were-wolf like creature with heavily increased attack power and speed.

Aka Higi: Hyakki no Soen (Red secret technique: Performance of a hundred puppets): This jutsu summons a hundred puppets. Sasori once used it to defeat an entire country

Hachimon Tonkō: Dairoku: Keimon: Kai (Eight Gates Release: Number Six: View Gate: Open) Gives the user an astounding amount of speed and power.

Asa Kujaku (Morning Peacock): Using this tremendous burst of power and speed from opening the View gate, he will approach his opponent in a distinctive "crane" stance. When near enough, he will kick his opponent and launch them into the air. He will then strike them multiple times, causing the distinctive peacock fan to develop. His opponent will then fall back to the earth, covered in the strike's aura.