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Sasori's puppet is in pieces, and Sasori finally found out how Sakura managed to do it. Turns out that Chiyo-baa was controlling Sakura's movements using chakra threads. We switch scenes to the sand village, where they were having a meeting about Gaara's kidnapping. It turns out that one of their most powerful Kazekage was kidnapped a long time ago, and his body was never to be recovered. The scene switched to Naruto and Kakashi's fight, and we see that Naruto is hellbent in killing that Akatsuki member. The scene switched back to Sasori, where he finally revealed his true face, a boy's face. But whats even more frightening, is when he revealed his trump card, and Chiyo-baa got the shock of her life when she saw that the puppet is actually the Kazekage that went missing. Boy, are they in trouble or what?
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The battle commence! Team Gai is having a hard time fighting against their clones, while Sakura and Chiyo-baa are discussing strategy on how to defeat Sasori. Chiyo-baa said that it is not Sasori's real body that they see, it is indeed a puppet. So in order to defeat Sasori, they need to destroy the puppet first. The combination of Chiyo-baa and Sakura worked to perfection, and when the time comes, Sakura destroyed Sasori's puppet, much to the relief of Chiyo-baa.
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Team Konoha arrives at Akatsuki's hideout, but there's still a problem. They couldnt get in because of the barrier that was put up, so team Gai was in charge of breaking the barrier while team Kakashi enter the cave and rescue Gaara. After team Gai broke the barrier, a new problem arises. Meantime, inside the caves, Naruto and company saw a motionless Gaara on the ground, with two of Akatsuki's members standing over him. Naruto in an angry voice declared that he was gonna beat them to pieces and...we have to wait till the next chapter comes out =P
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Team Gai is in front of Akatsuki's base, but they cant get in, as there's a barrier thats being put up. In the meantime, team Kakashi is on the way, and Naruto is really anxious to save Gaara. The old granny took note of this and had a rather nice conversation with Kakashi about it. She decided that even though she is old, there's still something left for her to do. Team Kakashi met up with team Gai at the entrance of the cave, and Lee and his teammates are suprised to see how Naruto have grown. Now they look to destroy the barrier.
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Kakashi and the old granny speculates as to why they send 'clones' instead of fighting them, and came to the realization that they are actually stalling for time. Team Kakashi felt deceived but there's nothing they can do about it. The old granny then proceeds to explain that once the 'monster' inside Gaara leaves him, Gaara will be facing death. Hearing this, Naruto is even more determined to save Gaara. Meanwhile, team Gai arrives at Akatsuki's hideout, but are they too late?
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The battle continues with Kakashi and Itachi exchanging blows. The blows were evaded at the last possible second, and none of them hit their target. After some mind games with Kakashi, Itachi was suprised to see Naruto attack with his Rasengan. It hit Itachi head on, but we see Itachi grinning, and later we found out why. Turns out that the Itachi and Kisame that Kakashi and Gai were fighting were fakes. It was all set up to give more time to Akatsuki to remove the 'monster' inside Gaara.
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Naruto is caught in Itachi's genjutsu. Itachi then proceeds to play with Naruto's mind. Even though Naruto tried to counter the genjutsu, he is still unable to break Itachi's hold. It reached to an extent where Naruto couldnt take it anymore, and we can see tears fall from his eyes. But then, Sakura and the old granny broke the genjutsu, and Kakashi came back to check on Naruto. Kakashi instructed Naruto to show some spirit, because they are going to attack now.
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The battle starts, and Gai is overpowered by Kisame. Kisame's specialty seems to be water, and he used a variety of attacks on Gai. Sensing that he is in danger, Gai proceeds to use his trump cards, and opened one of the gate (im not sure how to explain this, but previously, we saw Lee use this move against Gaara ^^; ). Kisame got his ass kicked, and Gai truimphs.
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Uchiha Itachi is in the way between Kakashi's team and Akatsuki's headquarters. Kakashi warned the rest of the gang to not look Itachi directly in the eye, or else it'll be over for them. Kakashi also warned them about Itachi's trump card, the Mangekyou Sharingan. Itachi praised Kakashi for his observation when they have only fought once. Kakashi then asked how much has Itachi's eyesight deteriorated, which makes me think that Kakashi can use the Mangekyou Sharingan too. I might be wrong though ^^; Meanwhile it the other battle, Lee, Neji, and Tenten are trapped by Kisame, and its now gonna be the battle between Gai and Kisame.
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Kisame started attacking Gai's team, and Gai had to be saved by the rest of his team, as he looks so out of it, probably still trying to remember who Kisame was. Gai's team looks pretty impressive and strong, but this is only a 'warm-up' for them, as they didnt show their true capabilities yet. Meanwhile, Kakashi's team approaches Akatsuki's base, but was stopped this time by, Uchiha Itachi. Looks like we dont have to wait long for the awaited fight between Naruto and Itachi.
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The Akatsuki are shown trying to remove the Shukaku from Gaara's body, and Gaara looks like he is in immense pain. Meanwhile, Gai's team was told by one of Kakashi's pets that they were to head to Akatsuki's headquarters as they are nearer and to scout out the area. But the Akatsuki are prepared for any inteference, and Kisame appeared before Gai's team, to prevent them from coming further.
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Sakura proceeds to treat Kankuro. As the majority of the poison has been directly removed from him, his body is still in a state of 'paralysis'. When Kankuro saw Naruto, his thoughts immediately ran towards his brother, in which both Gaara and Naruto are almost similar. Then in a heartfelt plea, Kankuro asked Naruto to save his brother. The akatsuki meanwhile, has begun their preparations. As of now, we're not aware of what preparations it is, but one thing is for sure, it wont be pretty >_<
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The four of them finally reached the hidden village of the sand, and upon arriving at the place where Kankuro was being 'healed', this old woman tried to attack Kakashi, thinking that he is actually Kakashi's father. But Naruto acted fast to prevent the old woman from making any progress. All the misunderstanding was cleared in an instant, and Sakura proceeded to remove the poison from Kankuro. Meanwhile, Tsunade-sama thought that Kakashi's team could use a hand, and ordered Gai's team to support Kakashi's team.
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The three met up with Temari on their way to the hidden village of sand, and they informed Temari about what has happen to Gaara and the village. Naruto got upset because the Akatsuki is after the thing inside Naruto and Gaara, and that they've always been perceived as 'monsters'. And this time, Naruto is determined to save Gaara, no matter what. Meanwhile Sakura is also determined to help Naruto in his cause, and this time, she wants so save both Naruto and Sasuke.
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Jiraiya greets Naruto before they head to the sand village, and also gave some advice to Naruto. Jiraiya also warned Naruto to not use 'that jutsu'. Hmm, looks like Naruto has a few tricks up his sleeve. Things are getting interesting by the minute. I wanna see just how good Naruto is after training with Jiraiya.
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Kankuro attempted to rescue Gaara, but his efforts were in vain. The Akatsuki proved to be too strong for the likes of Kankuro. Meanwhile, the sand village sent an emergency message to alert the leaf village about the current situation. As the new team that consists of Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi are about to depart, Tsunade instruct them on a new mission, to go to the sand village and back them up.
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I can't freaking believe this. Gaara of the desert is defeated and captured! This is so not fair, I mean, Gaara is supposed to be super strong, grrr. This is making me want more of Naruto, and its not released fast enough. Also in this chapter, we get to see how Gaara became the sand's kazekage, well, sort of heh.
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The infiltration begins! The Akatsuki member did a good job at taking out the guards, but realized its harder to infilrtate when Gaara's around. We get to see the fight between the Akatsuki member and Garra. While reading this chapter, I cant help but to think that this Akatsuki member is dumb. I mean, she wants to take out Gaara, but she's doing it at Gaara's own turf. How dumb can she be? Not only she failed, Gaara totally kicked her ass. But thats expected, coz Gaara is really strong. I have a feeling that this fight is not ever yet. Next chapter please!
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The chapter starts off after Naruto and Sakura's 'training'. On the way to get food, they bumped into Shikamaru and Temari. Naruto was shocked when told that he is the only one who hasn't become a chuunin. What is more shocking is that Gaara is now the new kazekage for the sand village. And finally, Akatsuki has made their move. Their target? The Shukaku inside of Gaara. Its starting to pick up pace again, and I cant wait for the next chapter.