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The Tsuchikage stared at Tsunade.
"I have a resolution," he said moving back and starting a hand jutsu.
"What are you doing Saiganki-sama?!" Kat yelled.
Rocks of all sizes came through the wall behind him. He sent them flying at her. Sand came up quickly knocking them away while Tsunade punched some back at him. The Raikage stood up.
"Do you know what happens to sand when it gets struck by lightning near metal?" he asked in a deadly tone.
Gaara's eyes widened realizing the Raikage was going to help the Tsuchikage and seeing the metal rims of the desk. The Tsuchikage grinned hitting the metal at the sand.
"It turns to crystal…something so beautiful…produced from someone like you…ironic eh?" he said as lightning came through the window shattering it and struck the sand as the metal did.
The sand shield turned to crystal and the Tsuchikage sent his rocks flying at it. Gaara grabbed Tsunade pulling her under him as the crystal shattered. He didn't feel anything though. Nothing cut through his skin. He looked up and slowly turned.
The crystal and rocks were engulfed in water. Kat's eyes were glazed over in a light shade of blue. She had her hands up and Gaara knew the technique took concentration. Kat threw the rocks and crystal shield at the other Kages. The Tsuchikage and the Raikage blocked them and it turned into another stare down.
"This is going to end nowhere. We are all equally matched. We will just keep deflecting each other's jutsu until we all tire ourselves out. And then what good are we?" the Raikage said softly.
The Kages all stared at each other. The Tsuchikage grinned and Gaara knew he was up to something.
"What are you planning exactly, Saiganki-sama?" he seethed and Tsunade growled lowly.
The Tsuchikage held up his hands having been caught.
"Okay, you caught me. This was no meeting. Akatsuki is back though they are weak and my village is harboring them until they are stronger…"
Gaara and Tsunade's eyes widened. Kat glared at the other two Kages.
"Why would you do something that stupid?!" Tsunade yelled.
Saiganki grinned.
"Once they are healthy they will resume their plans of destroying your three countries. They would give us immunity if we helped them. See Gaara-sama? I did look out for my country…by handing them all of yours…" he finished smirking.
Gaara looked at him intently. Tsunade heard it then. The Tsuchikage raised his finger.
"Oh and one more thing…my army has come to destroy your village in preparation for the bigger war…" he grinned.
The Raikage stood by his friend obviously in on it. Gaara looked at Tsunade.
"Don't even think about leaving this room to help because if that door opens this place will blow up…" he said.
"Then we all die and you wouldn't want that…" he chuckled.
Gaara closed his eyes. When he opened them he looked at Kat who understood immediately and then looked at Tsunade who nodded once. Tsunade grinned for the first time in a while.
"Oh we won't touch that door. We plan to make a grand exit…" she smirked at the two other Kages who looked perplexed.
Then Gaara, Kat, and Tsunade, ran for the broken window and jumped. Gaara's sand hit the door open before they jumped and that floor of the tower blew up. The three Kages fell as sand swirled around them. It created a trampoline of sorts and Kat wet it with a water jutsu making it soft. Tsunade powered up her fist and hit the sand breaking it as they fell. They landed on their feet swiftly. Great teamwork. They saw that the group Saya put together didn't even make it out of the gates.
Naruto was fighting with about ten guys and Temari was literally sweeping about fifteen guys off their feet. Hinata had just hit a guy in the neck with two fingers, killing him instantly. Lee was taking on many shinobi as well but doing well. The three Kages searched more. Kankuro had his puppets flying everywhere killing off shinobi. Gaara's eyes found Saya. She had just sliced a guy's throat open and knocked him far away.
She turned around to another when lightning struck the sky. Tsunade froze up. She turned looking up and the Raikage floated down with the Tsuchikage. They looked angry. They started attacking the shinobi of Konoha and Suna angrily before they spotted the other three Kages. Gaara glared at them. Suddenly his head shot up when he heard the voices of his niece and nephew. Then he heard the voice of his son and Jiro. His body stiffened. He tried to regain his composure but the Tsuchikage had already spotted it. He looked to the kids and grinned.
"Children should not be on the battlefield. They could get hurt!" he said doing a jutsu that raised the ground towards them.
The Raikage smirked sending lightning to hit right where the children were. Screams rung out and the kids went flying into the air and hit the ground hard. Saya whirled around seeing her son fly through the air. Gaara's heart stopped. Saya knocked a shinobi to the floor and ran towards the kids. Temari and Naruto had headed over there too. Saya turned them all over. They were all pale and motionless. She checked their pulses. They were faint. The bastards really tried to kill them! She leaned down pressing her ear against her son's chest. She was shaking without even realizing it. Temari was holding her twins close. She was scared but she put on a brave face.
"Ryuzaki, wake up," she said smacking his cheek softly.
The little boy didn't wake up. Gaara's eyes widened and he was about to head over there when he was blocked by the Raikage. Gaara was in no mood to fight anymore. He just wanted to get to his wife and son. A rock wall came up behind the Raikage effectively blocking Saya and Ryuzaki from view. Tsunade had punched the floor and the wreckage headed towards the Tsuchikage. He smirked.
"That won't work! I am Earth!" he yelled deflecting it.
A loud scream and a painstaking cry caused all of the Kages to stop. Naruto was one of the screams and Saya was the other. Gaara felt himself go numb and he started to breathe heavily.
"Let me go…" he said to the Raikage almost pleading.
It took the Raikage back somewhat.
"Gaara-sama…" he said softly.
"Please…I am asking you…from one father to another…let me go to them…" he said, his exterior mask fading to one of concern and panic for his family.
The Raikage seemed to falter at this. It was true he did have a son. He eyed Gaara for a while before having the lightning strike the rock wall crumbling it. The Raikage stepped to the side and Gaara ran passed him. Saya was lying over her son protectively as she continued to breathe into his mouth. Tears flowed freely from her eyes. Naruto was doing the same thing to his son. Since the twins were walking behind the other two, they were still breathing faintly. They would hold out because they were older as well. Saya breathed into her son's mouth again. Gaara dropped to his knees near his wife. She looked up at him fearfully.
"H-He's not breathing G-Gaara!" she choked out and continued breathing into his mouth.
Gaara felt hot liquid brim at the bottom of his eyes but let none spill out. He looked at the small boy and took his hand gently holding it as Saya continued to breathe for him. It felt like hours but it was only seconds when Ryuzaki and Jiro seemed to cough at the same time. Gaara let out a long held breath and tried to calm his nerves. He was shaking tremendously and he couldn't take his eyes off his son. Saya, on the other hand, broke down. She tried to get a hold of her nerves but they were shot to hell. She started coughing and felt sick.
Temari tried to grab her but she got up quickly and ran over to the side throwing her guts up. She felt horrible. She tried to steady her breathing but it was no use. She was having a major panic attack and she had earned one. She hovered in a corner trying to regain any kind of composure. Gaara smiled seeing his son open his eyes. Ryuzaki was shocked. He had never seen his father look like that before.
"Dad, are you crying?" he asked quietly.
Gaara leaned his head against his son's forehead.
"You scared me for a minute there…" he said a hushed whisper.
Ryuzaki's eyes widened some.
"You got scared? How can you be scared when you're always so brave father?" he asked shocked because he thought his father wasn't scared of anything.
Gaara chuckled at his emphasis.
"I'm only brave because I have to be. If I wasn't I wouldn't make much of a good Kage now would I?" he asked softly.
Ryuzaki nodded.
"Is everyone okay? I tried to block them…with the sand…I don't think it worked…" he mumbled and Gaara scooped him up gently.
"It's alright, they're okay. Let's get you somewhere safe…" he murmured looking for Saya.
When his eyes spotted her she was holding her head and looked like she was in pain. He looked to Naruto, Hinata and Temari who were looking for some kind of escape with Jiro and the twins. He walked over to Naruto quickly.
"Naruto…please take Ryuzaki with you somewhere safe…" he asked his friend calmly.
Naruto nodded quickly and handed Jiro to Hinata and took Ryuzaki from Gaara. Ryuzaki whirled around.
"Father, please be careful!" he yelled before Naruto and Hinata took off with Temari and the twins.
Gaara ran over to Saya. Lightning lit up the sky and rocks were flying everywhere. Tsunade and Kat seemed to be holding their own. They now had the Raikage on their side. Gaara grabbed Saya's wrists and pulled them away from her face.
"Saya, you can't break down now! Get a hold of yourself!" he felt bad yelling at her but she was cracking and that just couldn't happen right now.
Konoha and Suna needed her to be in the right state of mind to fight. He picked her up by the shoulders and she whimpered softly.
"Ryuzaki is okay, he's fine…" Gaara said quickly.
"You saved him Saya. You saved his life…so try to relax. We must continue to fight," he said firmly.
Saya finally met his gaze.
"Alright…" she said weakly.
They both turned to the Tsuchikage, who was enraged that the Raikage joined forces with them. He was letting boulders and earth collide into people killing them instantly. Konoha almost had a different look due to the huge mess everyone was making. It was going to look like a different village soon. Saya ran to help Sakura with a few shinobi and Gaara crushed several shinobi with his sand attacks. The battle went on for hours and everyone was getting tired out. Konoha and Suna had the upper hand until things changed drastically. One of the shinobi went to grab Sakura but was stopped by Saya, who flipped him over and went to stab him. She brought the kunai down but when she saw his face she stopped.
"Father!" she yelled and Pein smirked at her while pulling off his hood.
She went to bring the kunai down quicker but a hand grabbed hers. She turned and her eyes widened.
"Damn it!" she yelled.
The shark man grinned and flung her into a nearby wall. She cried out loud catching the attention of Gaara and Kankuro quickly. They turned to see the Akatsuki members. Saya slid down against the wall slowly. Her body ached. Kisame didn't waste any time and ran at her grabbing her by the neck and ripping her off the wall and slamming her into the ground. Saya let out a yelp of pain and coughed up some blood. Gaara and Kankuro both raced towards her. Kisame grinned.
"You want her? Go get her!" he yelled flinging her into the air.
Her back hit another wall and she dropped to the floor in pain. The wall shook and began to fall. Saya covered her head but when nothing happened she looked up slowly. Gaara was standing over her, his sand guarding them both by holding up the wall. They got out as the wall collapsed. Saya groaned and Gaara held her up.
"Gaara, they're back. They're back to kill us…for good this time…" she murmured still out of it.
Pein's chuckling caught their attention. They looked up and the Tsuchikage joined the two members of Akatsuki.
"I learned something while I was away…" Pein said looking at Saya.
"I learned a forbidden jutsu that could resurrect the dead…as long as I had a sacrifice…in exchange…" he muttered smirking.
Saya winced slightly and stood up with Gaara next to her. By now the fighting had stopped and everyone was watching the Akatsuki members and the Tsuchikage.
"I had Asuma Sarutobi sacrificed by Hidan to complete this jutsu…so my thanks go out to your dead jounin Tsunade…" he said grinning.
Tsunade growled angrily.
"You son of a bitch! What have you done?!" she roared angrily.
Pein smiled and began the jutsu. A light shone down and everyone's eyes widened in terror. Deidara stood before them all. He grinned.
"Brought back from the dead to die again…but this time…I'm taking company…" he seethed.
He put a vast amount of clay and fed it to the mouth in his stomach and smirked.
"Let's see how you like it when you all lose everything!" he said doing a jutsu.
He started expanding and Pein grinned. Saya felt the color drain from her face. He was going to detonate himself! She grabbed Gaara's arm tightly and he looked at her. They were both pretty banged up.
"He's going to blow up the village…" she said stunned.
Gaara swallowed hard trying to think. Saya ran out and up to the still expanding Deidara. She looked him up and down calculating in her head. Gaara was going to go to her when a hand grabbed his shoulder. Tsunade looked at the Kazekage.
"Help me try to get the people to safety!" she yelled holding some small children.
Gaara turned back to Saya. She did a jutsu and a huge barrier surrounded Deidara. Everyone watched as the barrier expanded as he did. The two Kages ran up to her.
"Saya what are you doing?!" Tsunade asked quickly.
Saya winced slightly.
"I'm going to try to contain it…but I don't think I can hold the whole explosion…so get everyone away…" she finished breathing heavily.
Tsunade nodded and ran off. Gaara didn't move.
"Gaara go help Tsunade-sama!" she cried.
Gaara shook his head.
"I'm not leaving you here…" he said firmly.
She groaned as Deidara kept expanding. This was going to end badly. Even if she could contain some of it the blast would be incredibly devastating. She turned to Gaara again.
"Gaara please…this blast is going to be huge!" she cried hoping her stubborn husband would just listen to her.
He shook his head slowly.
"I'm not going anywhere…" he said just as firmly.
She bit her lip and increased the length of the barrier. Pein smirked at his daughter's attempts at preventing the huge explosion. He walked up to them and stopped only a few feet away. Gaara stood in front of her while she concentrated on the barrier.
"I win this time Saya. There is no happy ending for you all now…" he said grinning and the Tsuchikage smirked as well.
They both backed away.
"The only thing that would make this better is if your substitute father was here to die with you all…but I guess it's better this way…now he will be all alone…" Pein seethed.
Saya closed her eyes trying to keep her focus on the barrier. Pein was too busy paying attention to her that he didn't feel the light sand wrapping around his leg. When he did it was too late and before he could do much Gaara closed his fist tightly. Pein screamed in agony as his leg was ripped off. Saya flinched slightly when he screamed. Gaara continued to send his sand but Kisame knocked it away. He handed Pein to the Tsuchikage and they both disappeared. Kisame stared at Gaara.
"You hurt my leader…your going to die now…" he said and something in Saya's body went cold.
It was the way he said it that sent shivers down her spine. She looked at Gaara, whose reaction never faltered, and tried to think of something she could do. Tsunade was somewhere rounding up the people of her village and trying to get them to safety. Kakashi and Gai were on a mission. Shikamaru went after an Akatsuki by himself. She had no clue where Temari had gone with Naruto, Hinata and the kids.
Kisame charged at Gaara, whose sand went up immediately shielding him. It went on like that for a while before something terrible happened. Gaara felt it first and froze. A raindrop hit his cheek. His eyes widened as he had to let his sand armor fall off. Could it get any worse than rain? His sand retreated into his gourd, which then dissolved deep into the soil to stay dry. Kisame grinned. Water was his specialty and Gaara's weakness. Another drop fell and Saya felt it this time. She looked at Gaara in horror.
"Gaara—" she said softly but he cut her off.
"—don't worry about me just focus on containing Deidara…" he said sternly.
She was sweating heavily now and her chakra was diminishing by the seconds. She gasped as Deidara finally stopped growing. It was around that time that Kisame decided to charge. Gaara prepared himself but what Saya said next stopped them both.
"Oh my god…no…" she said in a whisper.
Deidara exploded.
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