Tamako huffed, twisting her body and moving her muscles to the ultimate maximum degree while midair. She took advantage of each and every crystal platform, using them as a springboard to dodge, sometimes as a shield, but they were quickly destroyed with a single punch.
She barely dodged an incoming punch that was laced with chakra, completely desecrating the ground where she momentarily landed for the first time in several minutes.
"Sasori no Danna," She started, taking a page out of Deidara before flinging herself into the air and landing softly on another floating platform she conjured. "This will be much more difficult than I initially reckoned." Her voice wavered, glancing at Sasori who's Hiruko was already smashed into bits. His red-hair danced at every moment, dodging each strike and using a few puppets as meat shields.
Sasori growled, "Girl, if you don't take out the other one, I must just kill the both of you.!" Then he deflected Chiyo's puppets with his own, knocking back a palm forward that released kaaton.
Sakura, the one who's supposedly the one she wouldn't have to watch out for just by judging by her performance beforehand, was just getting started. Her repertoire was much larger than just chakra-enhanced strength, the pinkette was also throwing out a few doton and suiton, which Tamako couldn't understand quite yet. Wasn't this girl still funneling her chakra into her Byakugō seal?
If this girl was only using half her usual chakra-reserve, she really didn't want to find out she was at full strength. It's been awhile since she's fought canon, but after sparing a few glances at Sasori who seemed equally frustrated, she coughed it up to her own interference.
Was it because she introduced the girl to teachers that would give her the time of day? Did she stay in contact with Kakashi and she absorbed a bit of his one-thousand jutsu repertoire? Was this the work of Genma? Every time Tamako sent out an attack, the girl easily dodged. Her reflexes were top notch and paired with Chiyo's experience on the field, she couldn't land a single solid hit. Sure, there were a few scratches and the like, but she was no Sasori, she had no poison.
She raised her forearms into a cross, creating a shield just barely in time to block an incoming fist. The impact sent the periwinkle hair skidding back several feet, her arms badly bruised. She should probably take this seriously now. She wiped her forehead, non discretely biting into a chakra pill.
"Observe" She whispered.
Haruno Sakura
Level: 320
Age: 15
Class: Battle Medic (Apprentice of the Slug Princess +20% STR)
HP: 25,750
CP: 17,760
A Konoha Kunoichi who specializes in Taijutsu and Medical jutsu. Don't let her appearance trick you, she's able to knock down a mountain with a single punch and heal otherwise fatal injuries. As the apprentice of the Slug Princess, she has excellent chakra control and her strength is something to fear.
Due to [The Gamers] interference with the training of Haruno Sakura, she has experienced the teachings of several. Her strength, stamina and dexterity being her stronger stats in comparison to her canon counterpart. Paired with a broader understanding of both ninjutsu and medical ninjutsu, she has a countdown of [90 days] until releasing the Byakugō seal.
She is well liked by her peers and villagers.
Oh great. She's nearly at the level of her Fourth Shinobi War counterpart. If just training her basics months before her apprenticeship with the Slug Princess impacted her this much, Tamako wondered how far Sasuke had reached. She hasn't seen the boy in almost a year, and he had nearly mastered his chidori chokutō by then. What other shenanigans did she create?
Her inner musing was rudely interrupted when Chiyo took advantage of her dazed look, throwing another array of poisoned kunai at her. With muscle memory alone, she snatched a few from the air and chucked them back, pulling her body into a handspring to dodge the rest before sending out crystal birds in the midst of everything.
It's time she's gotten a little more serious.
She formed a few quick hand-signs behind her oversized sleeves before slamming both palms to the ground, "Shouton: Crystal Golem!" At her call, a massive golem dug through the dirt, emerging from the ground with a loud cry. Its massive limbs stomped the ground, groaning at each movement before pulling out a hammer from its back and slamming it down.
The sound from the attack created waves and echoes of sharp claps, stunning the two women. With practiced motions, her hands weaved into the air like a mocking attempt of a conductor of an orchestra, using chakra at each movement to control the large monster.
Every punch Sakura sent to the monster, every break and crack and shatter, eventually disappeared, the damage healed away as the monster sapped Tamako's chakra to repair itself. She crunched into another chakra pill with a grin, fingers weaving into the air like a maniac.
The four danced with the Golem creating a solemn backdrop, each attack shook the ground, each step creating earthquakes and craters alike. She twisted in the air, dodging the poisoned senbon and sent out her own.
This dance lasted a bit, and her chakra levels were decreasing at a fast rate. But it was fun, there was a smile on Tamako's face as sweat dripped down her temple, she nearly ripped off her Akatsuki cloak from the high, but even then she knew that once an Akatsuki member took off their cloak during a fight, they would die in that fight.
She wouldn't fight the superstition.
After a red window appeared that warned her of her low chakra, she dismissed it. With a single swipe of the air, the Golem froze before malforming into a large hammer. "Let's finish this!" She cried out, taking the handle of the comically large hammer and slammed it down.
Sakura shouted back, nearly screaming out her vocal cords and she raised a fist and faced her attack head-on. She could respect it, she really could. There was this stupid expression on her face the entire time, and she enjoyed this battle every minute. She nearly forgotten about Sasori, but once the hammer shattered and Sakura's arm was nearly ripped off, she woke up from this dream.
This fight has gone far too long, longer than the original, and the two pairs were barely keeping up. It was this ugly standoff of mediocracy, now that each side was low on chakra and HP, and if Tamako would admit it, she was definitely not pulling her weight after her stunt, and Sasori spared a few glares at her. If Team Gai were to comeback, even in their beaten-up state, both Sasori and Tamako would die, and that was not in her game plan.
As much as she enjoyed trading blows, even if she wasn't using her full potential, she needed to leave.
She turned her gaze to the Pinkette who's figure straightened at her gaze. Tamako never really looked at her enemies during the fight so far, so Sakura knew something special was coming. If Sakura's reflexes were this good, she needed something instantaneously, close-range and impossible to counter without seeing the attack first-hand. She can't fight power with power, she needs agility for someone like her.
She stared at the girl's clothes, her pouch and her hair. She thought of the properties of her kekkei genkai, its ability to turn any particles into crystal, except chakra. She raised her hands into an unfamiliar hand-sign, her fingers forming a triangle shape before maneuvering them to fit Sakura into her point of view inside.
With a pulse of chakra, she shot her own like a whiplash, flooding the area around the girl so fast and in a blink of an eye, a pyramid of crystal enveloped the girl. She felt the swoosh of her chakra leaving her body at the move, severely draining her.
But it was done.
DING!
[+3 INT!]
[+3 WIS!]
"Good, now help me kill this old woman!" Sasori growled, deflecting another kunai and spitting out another fireball.
"Sakura!" Chiyo shouted.
Tamako nodded at Sasori, closing her eyes to focus on the presence around the cave. She felt only two, then she opened her eyes and focused them on the red-headed man. "My pleasure." She flickered behind Sasori with speed she had kept hidden, her palm reached forward and slammed down on the puppet's body.
His eyes widened at the betrayal, his "heart" pushed out with the mere force. She grabbed it before it could go anywhere and watched it squirm in her hands. It felt warm in her grasp, and she watched as puppet body fall limp to the ground, lifelessly.
She crouched low and picked up the marionette's body and threw it behind her, not caring if Chiyo's eyes widened when the body disappeared into the void, into her inventory.
She nodded at the older woman. "Chiyo-sama." Then glanced at Gaara's body, then back to Sakura. "Her body will be released from the confines within a few minutes. You should take this time and decide if you wish to resurrect the Kazekage."
She bowed lowly, a smile on her face.
Part one of her plan: Complete.
Reward: Sasori of the Red Sands.
Character Status
Name: Tamako
Class: The Gamer
Age: 16 Years Old
Title: Momma's Little Gem
Status: Fatigue (-5% Performance Stats)
Level: 379
HP: 18,570- HP Regen: 4 per 1 seconds
CP: 17,000- CP Regen: 3 per 1 seconds
Strength: 417
Vitality: 409
Wisdom: 448
Intelligence: 409
Dexterity: 411
Agility: 410
Luck: 380
Fame/Infamy: -5100
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Akatsuki accepts you (65/100) Akasuna no Sasori despises you! ( -500/100)
Money: 15,783,370 ryo
Unspent Points: 305