Here's the new chapter. It's been a while. College has been and still is kicking my ass, but I'm still interested in finishing this story. I've made a minor change to Kakashi's Kamui. Here, he can open portals to and from the Kamui dimension at the location he looks at. So it doesn't have the same offensive utility as it does in canon, but it's useful in other ways.
On the way to the Akatsuki hideout, Asuma checked in with him to note that they were using the 5 seal barrier, and that they would be splitting up to get all the tags that Hinata had seen. When they arrived, they used the classic button hook entry. Choji broke down the boulder with a massive fist, and the charged in.
He quickly pulled down his mask to take note of the occupants. As expected, the two Akatsuki members were present, with the Kazekage lying dead on the floor. Well, former Kazekage, he morbidly noted.
The two Akatsuki members were, to put it nicely, weird. Though he supposed almost all strong shinobi were weird in one way or another. The masked man who he assumed was Sasori glared at the other Akatsuki member, who seemed to be the mad bomber Deidara, and said "You got to go up against the Kazekage Deidara. This group is mine. If you interrupt I'll kill you."
Deidara yelled back at Sasori, but before he could try to take advantage of what seemed like an opportunity, they'd come to an agreement of sorts. Deidara created a massive bird out of what seemed like clay filled with explosive chakra, grabbed Gaara's body, and rose up in the air. He then said "Very well then. I'll take this one. If some choose to follow me, then that's not my problem, Hmm ?"
As the man rose up and left, Chiyo whispered "Kakashi, we need to get the body back. You go ahead and get it back with your team."
He considered it. He didn't know why she cared that much for a dead body, but she probably had her reasons. But he wasn't sure about leaving her alone. He quickly came to a decision. He said "Alright team, me and Lady Chiyo will take on Sasori. You three can continue to track down the other one, while coordinating with Team Asuma. Do not engage unless you have a clear shot, and prioritize waiting for backup."
His students nodded and quickly left to follow Deidara, and he turned to face the puppet master they were now up against. He darkly noted the irony off the situation in his head. He was trying to kill the son of two people his dad had killed, with the help of said son's grandmother.
As Sasori pulled off his cloak to reveal himself as some weird scorpion resembling thing, he moved closer to Chiyo and asked "So what's the plan ? You know him better than I do."
To that, Chiyo replied by launching a barrage of kunai at Sasori, all of which were controlled by chakra threads. As Sasori blocked with his scorpion tail, she connected her thread to it. He could see all of it with his Sharingan, but Sasori seems unaware. Not bad at all. Chiyo then whispered, "That thing is Hiruko, a puppet he's inside of. I don't have the raw power to break it, so you'll have to do that. But you'll have to make sure to avoid all injury. Even a scratch could be lethal."
He considered it. He could probably do that eventually, but it would take a lot longer than he'd like. Plus, Sasori probably had some backup puppets to use. When he shared his thoughts, Chiyo smirked and said "I've got that covered. When it comes to experience, even Sasori is no match for me. I'll get you close."
As he saw the chakra threads from her hand move to him, he understood. As soon as the threads connected, he charged ahead. Sasori launched a barrage of senbon from the puppets mouth, with more senbon in the shadow of the first set, but Chiyo was able to maneuver him through it. However, for Sasori this was only the distraction. While he was distracted by this barrage, Sasori launched a senbon launcher, which fired them off in all directions, which he was directed through by Chiyo. As he closed in to a few steps in front of Sasori, the scorpion tail of Hiruko moved to strike him at lightning speed, but Chiyo stopped it with the chakra thread she'd attached at the beginning.
As he shattered the puppet with a strike with his Raikiri, a human shaped figure shot out, after deftly avoiding being hit. This time, he did recognize him. This was more like the reported appearance from the bingo book. A little too accurate, seeing as the last known image was from nearly two decades ago.
Chiyo's eyes widened as well as the sight. So she didn't know either then. What exactly was going on ?
Sasori laughed, calmly deduced the plan they'd used, and then proceeded to pull out a scroll. The puppet he pulled out next seemed eerily familiar, and Chiyo confirmed his suspicion as she said, "That's the third Kazekage !"
Well crap. This was just getting better and better. After a short bout where Sasori launched a barrage of puppet arms that nearly forced him into a corner, followed by poisonous gas which he blew away with some wind, Chiyo pulled out two new puppets, which Sasori recognized immediately. "So, you brought those wretched old things along."
Chiyo nodded and said, "Yes, these are the first puppets you made. The Mother and the Father."
Well that was fucked up, though kinda fitting. This guy was nearly as messed up as himself.
Sasori laughed at the sight of them, and said "I've long outgrown those toys. Though this is most fitting indeed. I can kill the son of the killer of my parents, and my senile granny, in front of my 'parents' themselves."
And then the third Kazekage puppet opened it's mouth, and a stream of iron sand rushed out at them. Well shit.
A/N
I hope you enjoyed that. It's really tough to write fight scenes tbh. That's the main struggle, since it takes up time to figure out a unique fight that doesn't rehash canon, and then come up with a way to present it properly. Anyway, this fight ends next chapter, and then I'll switch over to the rest of the team.
