Chapter 39: Save Gaara

Naruto smiled as Hinata landed next to him he said, "Your idea worked."

Hinata smiled and the two headed towards Itachi to see him slowly stagger up.

Itachi exclaimed amazing, "you broke my ultimate defence Naruto what was that?"

Naruto answered, "Its called the Rassen Shiriken."

Hinata asked, "Itachi where are the bells?"

Ricky shouted, "Over here!"

Ricky held the bells and grinned causing Naruto, Itachi and Hinata to laugh Kakashi arrived following the crater.

Kakashi said, "I guess you pass…"

Itachi interrupted, "Not yet I want to see more of their jutsu."

Kakashi sighed and jumped away after taking the bells. Itachi grinned and sent a fire ball towards Naruto and Hinata only for it to be stopped by a water wall. Naruto moved sending four shadow clones at Itachi who kicked one in the face causing it to disperse as he jumped back he slammed his fist into another clone causing it to vanish then he moved Kicking another one this time it took the hit and charged back at Itachi who grinned and set the other clone alight with Ameratsu he quickly cancelled the jutsu when the clone vanished as he caught sight of the real Naruto he dodged the clone's swipe to his head and set the clone alight only for nothing to happen he then proceeded to create a fire ball and destroy the clone.

Itachi smiled and asked, "I can see you have used chakra armour on the clones and I'm guessing it has a seal that makes it only dispersible if the jutsu is cancelled or the enemy uses an attack you haven't seen right?"

Naruto answered, "yep but I can only keep them up for five minutes at a time."

Itachi grinned as the real Naruto charged towards Itachi swing his left arm at the side of Itachi's head causing him to block. Itachi proceeded to move his knee up only for Naruto to hit it away with his hand. But Naruto continued with the attack as he tried to upper cut Itachi in the jaw forcing Itachi to look up to see another Naruto about to release a fire ball Jutsu Itachi smiled as he slammed his Kunai into the Naruto currently fighting him and jumped back knowing it was a clone. The Naruto in the air sent four giant fire balls towards Itachi all four of them missed causing itachi to laugh suddenly before the fire balls vanished on the ground they exploded sending flames everywhere soon the flames disappeare showing Itachi with small burns on his arms grinning.

Itachi said, "That was close a second later and it would have been third degree instead of first."

Naruto smiled as he landed on the ground and created a rasengon while itachi smirked and created a Chidori

Naruto asked "How?"

Itachi smiled and answered, "Kakashi and Sasuke."

The two grinned and charged towards each other at full speed. The two clashed Jutsu creating a massive dome of blue light around them lightning sparked outside the dome followed by wind braking the lightning. The two looked at each other grinning as Itachi moved his fist over to Naruto's chest while Naruto did a left hook to Itachi's head sending them both crashing to the ground.

Hinata rushed over to both of them to see them on the ground grinning the two started to laugh slowly getting up.

Itachi said, "I haven't had a good fight like that in ages since sensei was alive."

Naruto asked, "What about Mira?"

Itachi answered, "She just…. Id rather not say she can be very cruel when me and her are sparing."

Suddenly Hiashi arrived he looking tired as Hinata looked up grinning.

Hinata asked, "So how did I do Father?"

Hiashi grinned and answered, "you're as strong as me right now in the Hyuga arts and that's without combining it with anything when you do combined them with your Jutsu you surpass me and your mother who would be very proud."

Hinata smiled as Naruto stood up and hugged Hinata.

Hinata asked, "Are all of the elders accepting me of becoming hair to the clan."

Hiashi sighed and answered, "Tabitha Hyuga he is the main problem at the moment I have two members of Shinato's guard watch him in case he pulls something but I fear he has already done something but we can't point out which along with some other old activists."

Hinata nodded and walked over to Itachi and healed his burns smiling she helped Itachi up.

Mira arrived and said, "Tsunade wants to see both of you and Ricky for a mission right now."

Hinata and Naruto nodded. The two then moved away leaving the others and dashed across the leaf village smiling as Ricky joined them all three of them arrived at the Hokage mansion and went up into the office to see Sakura and Kakashi.

Tsunade smiled and de briefed the group, "Good you're here we have urgent news it seems the Akauski has made its first move and taken Gaara the sand village's Kazakage you five are to go and provide as much help as possible you all meet at the gate in ten minutes."

All five of them nodded and left the office. All of them headed towards the gate after gathering their gear they met Kakashi at the gate and headed off into out of the village the group speed on for two days and arrived at the sand village to meet Baki

Baki asked, "Good you're here. Did you bring the medic ninja?"

Kakashi answered, "yes we did where is the injured people."

The group walked towards the sand village hospital

Baki explained, "it's Kankaro he has been poisoned by Sasori of the red sand when he went to save his brother."

Sakura said, "Ok then we need to extract the poison and use it to make an antidote…. We need water fresh water this is going to be hard but it can be done."

Baki nodded as they entered the room to see Kankuro in pain. Sakura and Hinata moved and started to heal him while Baki brought in more water after an hour they managed to extract nearly all of the poison when an old lady walked into the hospital and froze looking at Kakashi

The lady shouted, "Die white fang!"

Kakashi turned around to see the lady about to attack him only for Naruto to parry her Kunai and throw her back

Baki said, "Lady Chiyo its not the white fang look closer."

Chiyo looked closer at Kakashi and realized it wasn't the white fang she grinned and apologised. Hinata and Sakura both entered the room smiling

Hinata said, "Sakura found an Antidote for him."

Sakura smiled and started to apply the medicine and slowly Kankuro awoke he looked around the room then asked, "Where is Gaara?"

Hinata answered, "Sorry we don't know."

Kankuro closed his eyes and said, "Get me crows hand I got a piece of one of them's cloths."

Baki nodded and raced out of the room as Kakashi summoned Pakkun his ninja dog Baki returned with a cloth and handed it to Kakashi who let Pakkun sniff it and the dog raced out of the village. A few hours passed and Kakashi smiled and gathered the group.

They were about to leave the gate when Chiyo said, "I want to come I want to correct the mistake I made years ago."

Kakashi said, "ok then lets go."

The six arrived at the edge of the land of rivers they jumped to the tree.

Chiyo asked, "Tell me Naruto why do you have such strong feelings to Gaara."

Naruto answered, "Because he is like me yet different we both have a family but he grew up alone while I learnt what a mother's love is or a father's protection yet he didn't properly it took him ages."

Sakura asked, "So what do they do to Gaara and the tailed beast?"

Chuyo answered, "I guess they extract the tailed beast which takes three days it's a very exhausting process… I should know since I was the one who put it in her before Gaara's birth the procedure slowly killed her she got to see him once before she died."

Naruto speed up as Demon chakra flared around him. Hinata speed up following Naruto's lead she was right next to him she placed her hand on his shoulder and said, "We will save Gaara."

Chiyo continued, "people call them Jinjuriki or Buji there the holders of the tailed beasts."

Hinata turned around and snarled, "Cut this conversation out now or I will paralyze your mouth and I don't care if you're an elder…. Sakura I will personally beat you if you carry on got it."

Ricky grinned said, "The land of lightning hold our hosts as heroes."

Kakashi sighed and ordered, "I think we should just focus on the mission."

The six landed in a clearing to see Kisame grinning as he pulled out his sword the six spread out ready to fight Kisame.

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Guy

Guy, Neji, Tenten and Lee raced across the rocky terrain to stop when they saw a blue faced Akauski member standing he pulled out his sword and grinned.

The man said, "Well if it isn't the green beast."

Guy said, "Kisame former member of the seven swordsmen."

Kisame grinned he made three shadow clones and sent them at Guy and his team one for each member the Real Kisame charged at Guy with his sword slashing it down only for Guy to jump out of the way Guy spun around in the air and aimed a kick towards Kisame's head who dodged it bringing his sword up forcing Guy to jump back as his foot hit the sword.

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Naruto

Naruto stepped back after sending Kisame into a massive rock with Rasengon he grinned as the smoke cleared the group then raced off towards the Akauski base when Pakkun arrived Kakashi smiled.

Pakkun said, "Team Guy has just finished fighting Kisame and will be their shortly."

Chiyo said, "I see so both of them were puppets."

Pakkun nodded and raced off to meet back with Guy's team. As Naruto and the others headed onwards as time passed they came to a small lake sitting next to a massive cliff face.

Hinata activated her Byakugan and said, "Yes they are there... its protected by a five seal barrier... Hello Brother."

The others looked around in confusion as team Guy arrived Neji smiled and said, "It seems you have gotten a lot better with your eyes."

Hinata smiled blushing slightly and said, "Did father tell you how strong I became."

Neji nodded and activated his Byakugan he looked at Hinata then at Naruto and smiled

Neji said, "I see both of your chakra points are much more refined you have both got a lot more chakra control than you used to and I see those four seals west, east, south and north of here one hundred miles from here."

Guy nodded and said, "Ok Kakashi we will go deal with the each tag and let you know... then we pull it off at the same time."

Kakashi smiled and said, "Sakura you will smash the bolder when I pull the seal off then everyone else moves in."

The six waited for an hour when team guy sent the signal Kakashi removed the seal as Sakura punched through the boulder the group entered the cave to see Gaara on the floor. Two Akauski members stood next to him.

The man with the blond yellow pony tail asked, "Sasori do you mind if I fight the Jinjuriki?"

The man hunched down answered, "If you must Deidra... it seems my grandmother has tagged along."

Chiyo said, "Sasori..."

Deidra created a clay bird that swallowed Gaara up as Deidra climbed on its back the bird arose in the air and took off Naruto and Ricky started to give chase as Kakashi sighed.

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Hinata

Hinata activated her Byakugan as Sakura dodged Sasori's attack she watched Sakura and Chiyo fight and grinned she had found what she was looking for she made a few hand signs suddenly Sasori couldn't move as Sakura punched through only to find it was a puppet a few meters back stood a man with red hair his hands were connected to a new puppet by chakra strings as Sasori grinned.

Chiyo said, "That's the third how... so you killed him."

Sasori smiled and said, "So I take it you like my new puppet it comes with an added effect... iron sand."

Small spheres of sand were made floating around Sasori. Who smiled as they changed into spears and when towards Sakura only to be blocked by a earth wall. Hinata stood back up smiling as Chiyo pulled out two puppets of her own. Sasori then sent two spears of iron sand towards Hinata who charged forwards and jumped in the air the spears followed Hinata into the air only for her to repeal them by spinning around she landed on the ground and continued the charge the iron sand moved trying to stop her only for Hinata to dodge each attack.

Sakura jumped over the iron wall seeing what Hinata was up to Sakura started to dash forwards when two puppets were next to her the two puppets blocked each iron sand spear as she moved closer to Sasori the two were the same distance when Hinata made a few hand signs throwing Sakura towards Sasori with even more speed. Sakura managed to punch right through the Third Kazakage puppet and hit sasori sending him crash into the wall.

Hinata sighed and said, "I think we did it."

Sasori taunted, "Nope I am still here now where was I."

From Sasori's back six mettle blades came out each of them held over a hundred chakra strings. He moved his hand and summoned six hundred puppets each attached to the string. Hinata re activated her Byakugan to see that for some reason neither of them had any chakra points realizing her Hyuga attacks would be nearly pointless. Hinata looked over to Sakura her attacks were best suited all and then there is lady Chiyo another puppet master she should have some more tricks up her sleeve which could even the odds.

Hinata thought, "Kankuro has puppet ability as well and you can't just simply break a peace off since it will attack you anyway you have to destroy it completely... Knowing Sasori every puppet will have the same poison he used on Kankuro... it's like a game of shadow clone Shogi with Mira the only way to win is destroy every piece. My earth Jutsu will have to do for now."

Chiyo opened another scroll summoning enough puppets to match Sasori. Sakura looked at her teammates and then to Sasori who moved the puppets towards Her and Hinata only for Chiyo to block every single one. Hinata charged towards Sasori grinning as two puppets went towards her she created two rasengon and jut through both of them as the ground around her swallowed what remained of the puppets whole crushing them under Hinata moved closer.

Sakura raced forwards slamming her fist into each puppet as she continued towards Sasori while Chiyo moved her small army of puppets towards him helping protect the two leaf ninja as they closed in on Sasori.

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Naruto

Naruto, Kakashi and Ricky chased Deidra who flew above them in the sky Deidra sent down Clay birds at them trying to slow them down when Ricky sent a barrage of Lightning Kunai at the birds stopping them in their tracks. Kakashi lifted his Headband and focused on Deadra smiling.

Kakashi said, "Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Suddenly Deadra was hit the attack took his arm off completely as he plunged towards the ground Naruto created four shadow clones and sent them to save Gaara from the fall as the others followed Deidra as he crashed into the forest. Deidra looked around to see two shadow clones of Naruto holding Gaara while Naruto Ricky and Kakashi surrounded him.

Naruto roared Rassen Shiriken!"

The attack went flying at Deadra pushing him through several trees before expanding ripping him to sheds. In the bushes two figures moved away conforming their target heading back to Iwa.

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Hinata

Hinata moved as Sasori was sent crashing into a wall being pinned to it by Chiyo's puppets. Sasori looked up his life was drifting away when Hinata using the earth crushed him to death.

Sakura sighed and said, "We did it,"

Hinata ordered, "Good now lets get to Naruto I felt a strong wave of chakra over there."

Chiyo nodded thinking, "There is still something I must do."

The three ninja dashed off in Naruto's direction. They soon arrived to see Naruto along with all the other ninja from Suna looking at Gaara's lifeless body. Chiyo walked over and knelt down next to Gaara opposite of Naruto she made a few hand signs as her hands started to glow green. After a few minutes the jutsu failed.

Shinato ordered, "Give her some of our chakra trust me you will sort of like where this is going."

Naruto asked, "What is she trying to do?"

Shinato smiled and teased, "Sorry spoilers."

Naruto placed her hands on top of Chiyo and started to give her chakra as she started the Jutsu again. Hinata smiled as Naruto helped Chiyo trying to save Gaara.

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Gaara

Gaara looked around to see he was surrounded by white light. Nobody was around him he was completely alone.

Gaara asked, "Where am I?"

Slowly a new figure appeared she had light brown hair she stood tall wearing a white robe.

Gaara asked, "Mother... is that... you."

The woman smiled and answered, "Yes Gaara and guess what I am so proud of you, you rose up even with a heavy burden and now all your friends are helping you. Wishing you to live with every ounce of there being."

Next to Gaara's mother Raven appeared just in front of them both was Matsuri and Naruto holding out there hand to Gaara behind Raven was the rest of the sand village smiling cheering Gaara on. His mother and Raven vanished. Gaara smiled and closed his eyes he opened them again to feel Matsuri hug him Naruto smiling at the two as he put his arm around Hinata causing Gaara to smile most of Suna was their cheering him on.

Sakura held Chiyo who had died from performing her special Reanimation Jutsu. Tears down her face as two Suna ninja took her away. Matsuri and Naruto both helped Gaara to stand up and slowly the entire group headed back to the Sand village only to see the rest of the village cheering on Gaara's return.

A few days passed and Naruto along with Team Guy departed from the sand village and headed home. The group made it in two and a half days.

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Shinato said, "This chapter is a small change to the first Shippuden arc."

Saratobi asked, "what will happen next chapter?"

Shinato answered, "If I told you It would ruin a surprise."

Hizashi asked, "Did you know Hanna Hinata's mum was one of the few to survive the injection of the first Hokage's cells."

Shinato explained, "Hanna doesn't even realizes it but Hinata one of her elements is earth I wonder is the other one water."

Saratobi asked, "Can it be."

Shinato answered, "Maybe she could use wood style like Yamoto."