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(A/N): 102! WOOT! 200 FOLLOWS! *girly screams of joy*

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Chapter 102: Art Of A Kazekage!

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"Farewell Uzumaki! When I next see you standing, you will be one with my Art!" he shouted as the Sandaime Kazekage lurched forward and flew strait towards the blond. He readied his blades and stood his ground, ready to intercept the puppet.

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"Well...shit..." Naruto cursed after blocking the several attacks from the Puppet Sandaime. The pain in his leg was multiplying every time he moved and blocked the puppets scythe. Kurama growled in Naruto's head. "Can't do my job here if you keep ruining my work! Every time you take a hit it restarts the healing process!" he growled at the blond, struggling to fix Naruto's torn ACL.

Naruto grimaced in pain as he tried to adjust his stance so he could be ready for the Kazekage's next attack. The puppet flew through the air in a wide ark before swooping down towards the blond, scythe at the ready. Naruto grit his teeth and flexed his good leg. Just before the puppet got close enough to strike him, Naruto jumped to the side and rolled away. The blond fought down the urge to scream as he felt the pain in his leg increase again. "Dammit brat! Sit still so I can heal you!" Kurama roared at the blond, frustrated that he wasn't finished yet.

Naruto scoffed at the fox while he shook his head. "Would if I could..." he grumbled before his eyes widened. He looked over to the clone he sitting in the barrier. He smirked before turning back to Sasori.

The red head narrowed his eyes at the blonde before Naruto closed his eyes. The Puppeteer sent the Kazekage straight towards Naruto in an attempt to hit him while his eyes were closed, only to have his puppet blocked and then knocked back by the Uzumaki, all while his eyes were still closed. The blond had a strange orange pigmentation around his eyes. The blond took a deep breath before quickly opening his eyes, revealing a yellow iris with a bar like pupil. "There Kurama...in this form I should be able to heal quicker..." he grumbled to the fox.

Kurama huffed and got back to work. Naruto could instantly feel the pain in his leg begin to fade as he resealed his swords. He crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes into a scowl at the Puppeteer. "So, Sasori. You ready for round two?" he growled at the red head.

Sasori just chuckled in response before readying the Kazekage for another attack. The puppet raised its right arm before it opened up into four flaps. "Senju Sobu!" he called out as hundreds of arms shot out of seals within the arm. The arms elongated and charged straight for the Uzumaki.

Naruto scowled at the attack before raising his own hand. "Don't underestimate me! Senpou: Chou Odama Rasengan!" he roared as a Rasengan formed in his hand. Moments before the arms hit him the Rasengan expanded into the size of a small house, ripping the arms apart before they could make contact. Naruto winced slightly as he felt a dull pain in his leg, but it quickly passed as he canceled his jutsu.

Sasori growled before a smirk spread across his lips. "Fine, if this is how you want to play. Then I'll just have to show you this puppets ultimate ability." he said offhandedly while his fingers flicked and moved. The Kazekage puppet twitched slightly before it's mouth opened. After a few seconds and black, sand like substance started to fall from the mouth of the puppet, piling on the ground around it. Once about a foot of sand covered to ground around the puppet, its mouth closed and a compartment on its chest opened. Blue fire like charka began to spout out of the puppets chest and the black sand began to move from beneath the puppet.

Naruto's eyes widened as he readied himself for anything. "How much longer Kurama?" he asked the fox in a rushed tone. "Thirty seconds Kit..." he grumbled in return, concentrating on the injury. The sand around the puppet rose into the air and made odd cube and triangular shapes.

Sasori began to chuckle darkly. "This is Sandaime Kazakage's prized jutsu. His favored Iron Sands. Using this sand he could use it to destroy just about any defense and make just about any weapon with it. A true work of art..." he said as the shapes rose higher up in the air. "Why don't I show you it's power?" he mused as he flicked his hand forward.

A triangle of Iron Sand began to move slowly before it shot off towards Naruto like a bat out off hell. Naruto quickly used Hiraishin with a stray Kunai to dodge the attack. But, once he landed he felt a pop in his knee of his injured leg. "D-Dammit!" he hissed in pain. Kurama howled in anger in his mind. "DAMMIT KIT! I WAS JUST ABOUT FINISHED! FUCK!" the fox started in a string of curses and mild threats as he began healing the leg again.

Naruto winced a bit as he readied himself for another attack. He looked back to the triangle that attacked him and noticed that it embedded itself into the ground about eight feet deep, smashing right through the hard rock covered ground. Naruto gulped at the sight. Even in Sage Mode he wouldn't be able to take a single hit from that. But then an idea came to him.

The blond smirked as he crossed his fingers. "Kagebunshin no Jutsu!" he called and formed six clones. The clones each took a position around him, making a circle with the original in the center. The clones summoned their black Katana's and stood in a ready stance while the original sat with a open scroll and a ink well and brush.

Sasori scowled at the blond. "What do you think you are doing?" he asked the blond in a mildly annoyed tone. Naruto smirked at him before he began to start on a seal. "You like to talk about 'Art' so much, that the boss thought he should show you his 'Art'." one of the Clones said with a smirk.

Naruto's hand moved in a blur. Effortlessly taking ink and applying it to paper with a certain expertise only an Uzumaki could hope to match. Sasori growled loudly as his hands began to work his chakra strings. "Like I would let you use that inferior art!" he yelled as several of the cube and triangle shaped Iron Sands shot off towards the blond and his ring of clones.

The clone readied their swords as a blue glow formed on the blades. Kanji spread across the blades as the clones tried to block the sands. As soon as the sand made contacts the clones all shouted at the same time. "Fuinjutsu: Kyujin Fuken! (Sealing Style: Absorbing Blade Sealing Sword)" they called and the sand fell to the ground in large clumps as the chakra was sapped from the sands.

Sasori's eyes widened in disbelief as he watched all of his Iron Sand fall to the ground, devoid of his chakra. "What the hell!?" he roared in rage as he watched his puppets strongest feature crumble. The blond who had thwarted Sasori's attack snickered at his rage. "It's the same thing I used against Gaara. As soon as I removed the Chakra in the Iron Sand, it becomes useless. Just apart of the ground again." he said with a light chuckle.

Sasori was fuming. "DAMN YOU UZUMAKI!" he roared as he sent the Kazekage back in with its scythe, but on its other arm formed a large saw blade that began to spin. Naruto smirked as he let his clones dispel. He made a half tiger seal and waited for the Puppet to get close.

"Fuinjutsu: Dai Uzumaki Hakai! (Sealing Style: Maelstrom Destruction)" He called out as the puppet entered his range. The sealing matrix on the paper he was using began to spread across the ground until it came to the moving puppet. The matrix quickly moved from the ground and onto the puppet.

Sasori's eyes widened when his puppet stopped moving. The seal completely covered the puppet. The body the Kazekage began to shake as a small cloud formed around it. After a brief second the winds around the puppet began to pick up until the puppet was lost in a small tornado of destruction. The puppet shattered from the force of the winds. It broke into hundreds of pieces , rendering it completely beyond repair. Sasori watched in amazement as his most powerful puppet was torn to pieces by the isolated storm.

Naruto ended the jutsu and smirked at the red head. "Well Sasori, is that all you got?" he asked with a cocky bravado.

The red head snarled at the blond. "Hardly!" he growled out as he removed his cloak. Revealing something that made Naruto's eyes widen as a small gasp escaped from his lips.

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(A/N): To be continued...

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