GaaSaku: Saving You

Chapter 7: Sinful Acts of Sasori's Strings

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Meanwhile back inside the cave, the Akatsuki group are almost finish extracting every last bit of Gaara's tailed-beast out of his body. Once it was fully absorbed, his body fell unconsciously as he slowly dropped down on the ground. Not even a single breathing was made from him ever.

On the other hand, Sakura's eyes got startled wide open as she felt her sand bracelet, beginning to dissolve down and cracked, much to her puzzlement and confusion.

"Huh?!" The pink-haired kunoichi stumbled off the tree branch, but luckily she was grabbed by her friend's hand.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Naruto asked worriedly.

"My bracelet... It's ruined..." Sakura murmured nervously and gazed intently at her wrist.

"Yeah!? So why...?" The blonde-haired ninja questioned quietly. Though, he didn't want to figure out any further, so he decided to pull Sakura up on her feet. "Come on, we got no time to waste. Let's hurry!"

"You're right!" Sakura nodded in agreement as they continued to hop along the branches, whereas Kakashi and Chio were following behind them, talking among themselves.

The blonde-haired ninja gripped his fist tightly as he kept moving faster without even having to trip or fall off the trees.

"Wait, Naruto! Slow down!" Sakura called out as she was trying to catch up to him.

Kakashi explained to Chio that Naruto's dream is to become a hokage. "Even without saying much, he can become friends with anyone."

"I've lived long and seen many things. I've even learned some of the way of the world itself. And when I learned alliances with other countries were just in name. I worked out a method to protect the sand. I was the one who used the jutsu and sealed Shukaku into Gaara. I did to to protect the village, but the result was it caused hardship for the village. Without trusting the alliances, a village we avoided is currently trying to save us. What I did was possible entirely mistaken. Furthermore, I've gotten senile to the point where I give up easily. Kakashi, youth is something that holds such possibilities. I'm envious..."

"Hey, hey, you've still a way to go from here and you're young enough, aren't you?" Kakashi asked hopefully.

Chio laughed hysterically and said. "Well then. Maybe a senile fool like me still has some ability."

Once they reached the area of where the cave is, Gai's team saw them gladly.

"Yo!! I hope you're not talking about me," Naruto pointed his thumb to himself after seeing their appearances.

"Everyone, you were one step ahead of us, weren't you?" Sakura said surprisingly.

"Who's that old lady?" Lee asked curiously.

"An adviser from the sand!" Gai noticed and continued on. "Right. Let's go for it, Kakashi!"

The white-haired ninja nodded in agreement and then, the others decided to make a plan on destroying the barrier in front of them. Neji insisted on examining the four tokens using his Byakugan. They are located in four different areas and they took them off at the same time. Sakura took her chance to use her inner strength of punch, breaking through the huge rocks. When Team Kakashi head inside the cave, their eyes widened in shock at the sight of the unconscious young red-haired Kazekage lying on the ground and being sat on by Deidara.