Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

"What the hell are you doing Gaara get up!" Naruto yelled.

"Stop it Naruto." Sensei said "You have to understand."

He hasn't so much as breathed…we were too late…

"You get it don't you?" Deidara asked "Mhm…he's dead."

"Give him back!" Naruto roared.

He tried to attack but Kakashi-Sensei quickly stopped him "Go rushing in like that and you'll be killed."

"I'll look after this one." Sasori said "The Jinchuriki are looking for a fight."

"Master." Deidara smirked "I think I'll handle the Jinchuriki."

"One person to one beast." Sasori growled "That's the deal, don't push your luck Deidara."

"Without inspiration an artist's works will falter." Deidara said "You say one to on…but you intend to take on two yourself."

"Two?" Sakura asked.

"I heard Seven an Nine have incredible chakra…Mhm." Deidara smiled.

"You call those explosions art?" Sasori grumbled "Art lasts forever, something lasting into the future."

"I respect your opinions." Deidara said "But true art lasts only a moment before fading away."

"They're having a debate about art at a time like this?" Fu glared.

"Stop screwing with me!" Naruto yelled throwing a large shuriken.

Sasori's tail extended and swatted the weapon away.

"Are you trying to piss me off Deidara?" he growled.

"I told you it was gonna make you angry Mhm." Deidara said standing up and having the brad pick up Gaara "My art is the fine skill of explosions, far different than you puppet show."

Sasori tried to attack him but Deidara got on the bird and flew off "See you later!"

"Get back here!" Naruto yelled running after him.

"Dammit." Sensei hissed "Fu you're with me, we're going after Naruto. Sakura, Kale you guys and Lady Chiyo deal with him."

"Good, that's what I wanted." I smiled.

"Until Guy and his team get back don't overdo it." Sensei warned.

Fu's POV

"How fortunate." Deidara smiled "I'll be taking on three Jinchuriki in less than one week."

"GRR!" Naruto glared "You're an idiot, Gaara and I make two, even I'm not that dumb."

"Oh!" the Akatsuki member laughed "You don't know?!"

"Huh?"

"Tsk." I clicked my tongue.

"Hey Nine Tails!" Deidara called "You're standing right next to the Seven Tails Jinchuriki…that's the truth Mhm."

I could feel Naruto and Kakashi looking at me.

"Fu?" Naruto was looking at me "You…"

I frowned "Yes…Fu is the Jinchuriki for the Seven Tailed Beetle. She has kept it a secret…because of this, you will now hate me, just like everyone else."

Kale's POV

This guy took down Kankuro, I can't afford to get lax…but Fu and Naruto are running right to Akatsuki…what do I do.

"You two have no reason to fear." Lady Chiyo said walking forward "I'm here, so just stay back."

She suddenly pulled out a string with kunai tied to them and launched them at Sasori who took them and let his cloak be ripped.

We now had a true view of him, a large tail, some sort of face on his back, and a gauntlet that reminded me of Dosu's amp.

"If you oppose me I'll be given no choice, I'll kill you and add to my collection." He growled "I'll rip out your innards and peel off your skin slowly."

"That is not his real body." Chiyo warned "It's just a puppet."

"I'll put you with the rest of my collection." Sasori told us "just like this one here, once I do you three, I'll finally eclipse 300 bodies! That is my art!"

"So where is his real body?" I asked.

"Don't you usually control a puppet from the back?" Sakura said.

"He's inside the puppet." Chiyo told us "Because the master is open when the puppet is in operation they are weak in combat. So in order to circumnavigate that issue Sasori wears the puppet like armor. That is his favorite puppet, Hiruko, I know it well."

"So what's the plan?" I asked pulling out my crystal staff.

"We have to get him out of Hiruko." Chiyo said.

"Seems simple enough." Sakura nodded.

"That thing will be riddled with traps." I said "Just like Kankuro's puppets. I've sparred with him enough to know secrets of Crow, Black Ant and Salamander but I don't know anything about this one."

"Lady Chiyo you said you knew this Puppet well, so we have an advantage right?" Sakura asked.

"I thought I could handle this myself but I guess not." The old woman said "He's made modifications, the shell, the arm, those weren't there before. If he added those he likely reworked the traps as well."

"Where do we start?" I asked.

"We need to destroy Hiruko." Chiyo said "But I don't have the strength for that…however, Sakura has the same superhuman strength as Tsunade, so she will have to get close and smash it, but to do that she must avoid the traps."

"It's poison right?" Sakura asked me.

"Yes, you saw what it did to Kankuro." I told her pulling out the Dreamcatcher Staff "I'll be here too back you up though."

I had the Dreamcatcher in my right hand and the Crystal staff in the left, I was ready to fight along with Sakura.

The two of us are not the frontline fighters of the team but here we are…

"To avoid his attacks you need to know the ins and outs of that puppet and avoid in an instant." Chiyo said.

"Knowledge of the traps and an instant reaction." Sakura sighed "I don't have either of those."

"Of course, you'd need years of fighting experience." The old woman said.

"So how?" I asked "How can we fight."

"You two kids still think I'm some useless old woman." She laughed taking her hat off and letting her hair down "Leave it to me, his experience compares to mine, besides the first move is on the board, if you listen to me…the three of us can defeat him."

Chiyo leaned over to Sakura and I to whisper the plan.

"Got it." We both nodded.

"Finally ready?" Sasori asked "You know I hate to be kept waiting."

"Clam down." Chiyo said "We'll kill you quickly."

"GO!" I yelled running forward and focusing Chakra into my crystal staff "The speed of the wind, Speed Aura!"

A white mist surrounded Sakura and I, allowing us to move even faster.

"HA!" Sasori pulled the mouth cover off his puppet and started firing needles at us.

I jumped to the side while Sakura danced around the needles, in the commotion Sasori launched the device on his arm out and I heard it whirling up.

"Freeze Solid, Cold Embrace!"

An Ice Cocoon surrounded the drum and contained the blast. With a path open Sakura ran forward, the tail on Hiruko shot forward but stopped right before her.

"Now Sakura break it!"

"HHHAAAAA!" Sakura jumped up and brought her fist down, shattering the shell of the puppet.

In the commotion I quickly saw a blur jump out and get to the shadows.

"Of course it was you grandmother." Sasori said speaking in a softer tone "No wonder they were able to dodge so effectively, you were pulling their strings."

So he caught on?

"You saw the attacks and used you Jutsu to control those brats." He said "You also attached threads to the tail on Hiruko and stopped my attack; you did it with that kunai attack earlier."

"Yes, still I had to significantly suppress my chakra to hide the thread." Chiyo explained "You worked it out, I'm impressed."

"Of course, you were my teacher." Sasori said "you taught me how to play with the puppets."

"We're not here to play." Chiyo said.

"Oh I know." Sasori said throwing his coat off and showing his body "It won't be easy for you."

"Impossible!" Lady Chiyo gasped.

"He's…so young." Sakura said.

Sasori's real body was that of a boy, around mine and Sakura's age, he had shaggy red hair and near perfect skin.

Kankuro told me this guy was a well know Shinobi from decades ago…yet he looks my age? It doesn't make sense.

"Why don't I show you a fun puppet." Sasori said pulling out a scroll and summoning a puppet "Killing this one took me a long time."

"No…that's…" Chiyo gasped "The Third Kazekage."

Fu's POV

"HYUP!" I fluttered my beetle wings and stopped against the wall.

"You know you're quite odd." Deidara said looking at Naruto "Most people hate Jinchuriki but this Gaara…this is the first time I've seen a Jinchuriki who actually cared about other people."

"Bee Stingers!" I transformed my fingers and shot needles at him, but Deidara flew around them.

"All the others we've trapped up to now, the ones defeated by my colleges, their friends, their villages, no one came to save them…isn't that right girl?" he asked looking at me "The Village Hidden Behind the Waterfalls threw you out like trash the second Itachi and Kisame came after you, I still don't know how you managed to get away six months ago, but this time will be different."

"Fu escaped…because someone came to save her." I said "Fu has finally found people who care about her, even if they don't know my secret; I know they won't let me be taken. So like Gaara and Naruto, I'm not rolling over to you and fighting alone, I'm fighting with the people next to me!"

"Oh this is pitiful." Deidara sighed "MHM…Well you'll all share the same fate soon."

"I'm going…to kill you." Naruto growled.

"Oh yeah?" Deidara smiled "How about this…HA!"

No POV

Fu looked next to as a small clay spider crawled onto her shoulder.

"HA!"

A concussive blast went off and engulfed her in flames.

"FU!"

"AHHH!"

The girl fell off the wall and crashed to the ground.

"Oh no!"

"See!" Deidara yelled "Art is an Explosion! She better not be dead though, I'll get in trouble." The smoke cleared and Fu's body was there, but there was a hole in the chest.

"Huh?" Deidara looked confused.

"HYAAA!" Fu appeared behind the blonde man "Bug Transformation Jutsu: Grasshopper legs!"

Fu kicked Deidara with two forceful blows.

"How did you…?" Deidara hissed flying back "It's not a substitution."

"It is simple." The girl said flying down next to Naruto and Kakashi "Molting Technique, Fu has shed her skin. I will need you two to watch me, Molting makes me weaker to attacks for a bit."

"Not a problem." Naruto growled "Let's go Fu!"

"Right!"

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