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YuPoV

When I was training a week later, I got a visit of Shadow. He told me I needed to leave for Suna right away. That Gaara was in trouble.

"I'm coming." I had trained on my transformation jutsu and could change in a lot of animals. Including a dragon. I had met a dragon but he didn't want to fight at my side until it was life-threatening to the world if I lost. I also had trained on speed and Stamina. Father trained me in puppetry though I didn't have my own puppets. I could use the chakra strings but not for long. Only short quick things.

I went somewhere where I was alone, transformed in a dragon and I left for Suna I would arrive in two days. I hoped I was in time.
I told Shadow to go to Shino and tell him what I was doing and that I'll be careful. The flight was taking a lot of energy and I had to rest for half a day. That's why it took two days. I could only fly for six hours at top speed. Once I had reached Suna I landed on the roof of the Kage building next to my favourite Kage.

"The sand is sensing trouble isn't it?" I had seen a lot of storms. which was unusual for this time of the year. Temari told us about them too.

"It is. I presume you were told of it?" Gaara asked

"I was. I suggest looking out for red clouds in the night." I hinted I still had a spider spying on Pein. She was in the room when he assigned the pairs to a Jinchuuriki. Father and Deidara were assigned to Gaara. The spider was killed before I could hear more then the three-tails. "We might get some firework here and there."

"It's good to have you here. I assume you never told Tsunade?" Kankuro butted in. I shook my head

"I think she doesn't mind once I tell her that it was family bussiness. Since mom is still in Konoha, she knows what I was talking about." I said.

"Who is your father anyway?"

"You know him. I am half Suna half Konoha, though he isn't exactly loyal to you guys."

"It isn't Sasori the puppetmaster is it?" Kankuro gasped. I nodded sadly. I wish I had a father that wasn't a mass murderer. That I could walk through the village with him without people running away from us. That he had raised me from baby until now with mom.

"Kankuro I want you to keep a close eye on the guards. For all we know there might be a spy." Gaara said.

"Right I'll keep an eye on them."

"I'll take my father, you take Deidara. Be careful for his larger bombs. he might try to hit you where it hurts the most. The village." I thought out loud.

"We will evacuate the village then." Baki said announcing his arrival. Gaara nodded his approval. We prepared for the Akatsuki. I slept horribly the coming days. I was worried as hell about Gaara for I had the feeling that things weren't going to go as planned. We were proven right when the enemy arrived at the third night. We had evacuated the village so Gaara could go full-out attacking Deidara.

I ran through the streets checking if everyone really was gone when I stumbled on my father. "Yuri, why did I expect to find you here. no don't answer that I knew you would warn your little kazekage-friend. You do realize that we had indeed a spy in the closest contacts with the jinchuuriki." Father said smugly. "What you didn't count on is when you evacuated the people you not only gave the one-tails a clear field but Deidara too." I widened my eyes in fear and worry. Father tried to stab me with his tail. I dodged with ease. I let shadow built a trap around father that if he did one step in whatever direction, he would be buried until his chin in the sand. Father seemed to know what happened though because he stepped right over the trap. I did some hand-signs. "daikoudan no jutsu." I released a shark and released Jaws right after it attacking father to distract him. Kankuro and Baki were coming my way which meant that Gaara wasn't doing well.

"You can have your go at him. I'll try and help Gaara." I said I was more of a mid range close range fighter than either of them. I jumped on a roof and looked up. Deidara was avoiding several attacks from Gaara who sat in his sand ball using the sand eye to see outside it I waved at the eye once it looked my way. Once Deidara made a sharp dive I jumped and used my chakra to get a hold of the bird Deidara was on. I missed. I fell though landed on my feet and shot forward doing the hand signs for transformation. Deidara had noticed me and threw a few bombs my way. I avoided them and came out of the smoke as a giant eagle. I flew after Deidara soon catching up and grabbed the bird with my claws pecking at Deidara. He used substitution and I had clay in my beak. I threw the bird against the outer wall flying under Gaara. He let himself drop on my head. being able to use the sand for the ball for attacks now. Deidara created his bird again and came at us with this strange look. a mixture of hurt, insanity and betrayal.

The fight took a long while and I was almost out of chakra I had to use soldier pills. Gaara had managed to rip one arm off of Deidara's body. Gaara was back in his ball and I had transformed into a dragon. That way I could use water bullets, air missile's and earth missile's. Deidara threatened to destroy the village dropping a very large bomb. when it exploded I was blown away. I flew back after the explosion and the shocks were over and saw Gaara unconscious wrapped in the tail of Deidara's bird. I was so angry and scared that I got an adrenaline rush and attacked Deidara from the front.

He avoided me and I made a turn to follow them but a barrier stopped me from going. All I could do was fly circles over the village sometimes trying to break through. I refused to transform into myself again. I kept flying and roaring. Baki tried to talk me into landing and rest. I ignored him. On the third day, Team kakashi and team Guy arrived to help Suna get their Kazekage back. They saw me flying but in the evening of the that day I collapsed. I landed on the wall falling down each step breaking a few bones. Finally I fell on the ground. Naruto picked me up. "He's gone...Gaara's... gone." I whispered.

"Don't talk like that. I promise that we will get him back, alive and well." Sakura had healed Kankuro and he told them who the attackers were and which direction they took. I couldn't come with them because I broke an arm and a leg. so I would leave a few days later with Temari and Kankuro and the reinforcements.

Two days later we left. I had fully rested and my arm and leg were healed properly. I was ready to go so I left without waiting for the others. I followed Shadow's directions riding on Tora. We found the others near the Suna base. DUH of course they would be here. I spied on them hiding my chakra. Kakashi and Pakkun looked up. Shit my scent. and Tora's. Of course Kakashi would notice the change in chakra signatures.

"You can come out, Yuri I have seen you." Neji said. I came out embarrassed I was caught. "Yuri, why are you here without anyone."

"I hate to make people wait and to be kept waiting." was my answer. Father's words. The old hag Chiyo looked at me strangely.

"Well never mind. Yuri you stay with us and Team Guy will do their thing. Move out." kakashi said. Team Guy moved to their places and we removed the seals at the same time. Then Sakura smashed the rock in a thousand pieces. The five of us moved in. I stood next to Naruto with Kakashi on his other side. On the other side of the entrance Sakura was with Chiyo.

This would be hard if we had to fight. I wouldn't know who to choose to fight for. Father or Gaara, they are both on my mental list of precious people. I wish this kind of thing wouldn't be so difficult. I was taken out of my thoughts by Deidara creating yet another bird and it took Gaara in it's beak. Then they flew away. Naruto went after them. Kakashi ordered me to help Chiyo and Sakura fight Sasori.

"Yuri, come. This is your chance to show me what you learned. To make me once again proud of you." Father said.

"Yes father." I sighed and went to stand on his side.

"Sasori, you're a father?" Chiyo asked.

"Yes grams, I am. Shall we begin to fight?" He suggested.

"Father you know this woman?" I asked

"Yes. Yuri, grandmother. Grandmother, Yuri." He introduced with an annoyed sigh because of the interruptions. So this woman was something like my great-grandmother? Interesting but since I didn't know her enough I didn't care for her so I would actually fight for my father.

I think Sakura noticed my inner-fight. "Yuri, if you fight for him then Gaara might not come back. even worse Naruto might get caught too." She shouted. I looked away in shame and pain.

"Don't you think I know that? as if it's so easy for me to choose." I yelled back. we started to fight. Father fought Chiyo and I fought Sakura. I didn't fight to kill just to protect father. Soon father revealed his real puppet body. He said to me that if he died I had to make sure to take his Akatsuki ring. That would protect Naruto for a while longer. I promised that I would do that but only if I couldn't protect him anymore. I made Tora and shadow shred through the puppets chiyo used except for the father and mother puppet. they were father's first puppets.

Things were going bad for father. Sakura managed to help Chiyo without hurting me. She was given something that didn't look good and both puppeteers revealed their ultimate weapons. Chiyo's ten puppets against a hundred of father's. I got one under control for a bit. I took it apart and used several parts as shields for other puppets. Sakura got close to father and threw something. I tried to let go of my puppet parts but I wasn't fast enough. The thing took hold of my father and put a seal on him. I didn't recognize it. I knew it was bad though. Sakura and Chiyo cheered. Sakura tried to capture me but a hand of a puppet prevented that. Father had slipped into another body. Chiyo was poisoned and Sakura had only one antidote left. She healed herself and used the antidote to Chiyo. They left. I went to search for father's ring but I couldn't find it so I went after Sakura and Chiyo. They killed my father and they would pay for that. I let Tora out too.

We chased them for a while before arriving on a large field where Naruto was with Kakashi and Gaara. Temari and Kankuro had arrived with the reinfocements. Naruto was trying to wake Gaara up but Sakura stopped him and she tried to bring Gaara back. She failed saying that Gaara was dead. That broke Naruto's heart. He broke down crying while Sakura held him. Gaara is dead? no I can't believe it. "Naruto!" I called. he looked up and I flew in his arms sobbing about the loss of two of my most precious people. Chiyo went to do something and Naruto tried to stop her. "Don't touch him." He said.

"Just let me be, boy. I will bring him back." And she sat using healing chakra on Gaara, but she was weak from the poison. She is trying to bring him back. but at what cost? Will I lose another family-member? Naruto saw that Chiyo was weakening and he lend her his chakra. I wish I could do the same but my chakra-level was too low. I was exhausted. Chiyo finished and Naruto and I both checked for a heartbeat. Thump-ta-hump. There it was. Chiyo laid a little away from Gaara. She was dying. Sakura tried to heal her but it wouldn't work. "daughter." Mom walked through the crowd. When she saw Chiyo laying on the ground dead she gasped and rushed to her side. She gathered strange chakra.

"Mother? what are you doing?" I asked.

"The only other forbidden jutsu next to seeing the future. It will resurrect Chiyo. The down-side is that you have only one chance to use it, it has a small chance of actually working and when it's used the user will die. That is why it is forbidden." Mom explained while doing a long string of handseals. "Fire release. Phoenix life no jutsu." She said and used the chakra she gathered on Chiyo. We waited for a while and nothing happened. Chiyo stayed dead.

"Mom NO!" I caught her when she fell forward. her eyes turned in the colours of flames and she started burning up. Literally. I laid her down and she started burning. Someone splashed her with water but it evaporated not even coming close. The flames rose.

"Goodbye my child, I will greet your father for you." Neith said fading in the flames.

Yuri tried to grab her hand but Neith was gone. My family. all gone? I just lost my family in one day? No I can't believe it. It can't be true. Why is this happening to me? This is all Gaara's fault. He shouldn't have lost to Deidara then Father wouldn't be dead, Chiyo wouldn't be dead trying to bring Gaara back and Mom wouldn't be dead trying to bring Chiyo back. Chiyo, I am sorry that I fought against you. It's just that I loved my father more than anything else. I wish you didn't die. I would've loved to get to know you. A hand on my shoulder brought me back to reality. I hadn't noticed it but I had moved to Chiyo's body. The hand on my shoulder was Gaara's, He offered to help me stand up while Naruto held him up. I pushed the hand off of me. "Don't touch me! This is your fault!" I yelled. Both Gaara and Naruto were surprised with my reaction.

"Why do you think so?" Gaara asked after he was over the surprise.

"If you hadn't lost that night, father wouldn't be dead, Chiyo wouldn't be dead trying to bring you back and mom wouldn't be dead trying to bring Chiyo back! I hate you!" I yelled again getting up and running away wanting to cry but I couldn't. I let Tora carry me to the village since I was too tired to get there in one run. Once I arrived I ran to the room I shared with Sakura, packed my things really quick, wrote a short note and left.

NoPoV

When Gaara and the others arrived at the village they were welcomed with open arms by the villagers. They held a funeral for Chiyo and mourned her death. Then finally someone had the mind to wonder where Yuri was. Sakura went to her room and saw that only her things were there. Kankuro found a note on the kitchen table.

Everyone except Gaara because I still hate you.

When you find this note I am long gone.
Don't look for me I will be fine. We will probably meet again though I don't know when or on what terms.
I am going to properly mourn my family's deaths, train some more and I might try to kill Orochimaru or something.

Azura Yuri

"This is my fault." Gaara said. "Her family died because of me. Had I been just a little faster and stronger then I could have prevented from being captured."

"You're wrong. This is Akatsuki's fault for wanting the tailed-beasts. Yuri doesn't see it that way because of her father." Kakashi said beginning to understand Yuri's thoughts. the konoha ninja decided they had to go home. The three sand ninja waved them goodbye and they left with Guy carrying Kakashi on his back.