Bell Test
In the Sand Village...
Two Akatsuki members were heading towards the village, and a ninja guarding the gate noticed them right away.
"Those are black robes with red clouds... they must be the Akatsuki, just like Yura told us," the alert ninja said, looking over at Yura who was next to him. "Yura, looks like the people you've been talking about are here."
Yura responded without any worry, "I see. No need to make a big deal out of it. This will be over quickly."
As the Akatsuki members got closer to the gate, Yura stepped in front of them. It was a shocking sight to see Yura all bloody, his clothes showing signs of a fight he just had.
"Nice to see you remember your duties, Yura," one of the Akatsuki members said.
"Lord Sasori, it's impossible to forget you," Yura answered, bowing to the Akatsuki.
Back in Konoha...
Naruto and Sakura were gearing up for a spar with Kakashi, with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune watching over the match...
"Do you want to start? Sakura!" Naruto asked with a confident grin.
"I'd love to!" Sakura exclaimed, ready to jump into action.
Back at the sand village...
Sasori and his buddy were standing in front of Yura.
"Right, Sasori, this guy definitely remembers you. Otherwise, our plan wouldn't be working," Sasori's friend said.
With Yura leading the way, they walked towards the village, stepping over Sand ninjas who were down.
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Back in Konoha...
Naruto and Sakura were standing together while Kakashi kept an eye on them quietly. "They've really grown up since last time, Naruto especially. He's not rushing in headfirst this time." Kakashi felt a wave of pride and smiled to himself. "Alright, we know the drill, let's get this started!" With a quick poof, Kakashi vanished from sight.
"Trying the old tricks, huh, Kakashi-sensei? Not going to work on me this time," Naruto thought, a confident grin on his face. "You got the plan, right?" he asked Sakura, still smiling.
"Of course!" Sakura replied, her tone full of confidence. "He's really not the same as he was three years ago!" she thought as she slammed her fist into the ground with incredible force, cracking it open. As the ground split, they spotted Kakashi hiding behind a tree, which also toppled over.
"Found you Kakashi Sensei!" Sakura said with a grin.
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Back at Sand...
At the village entrance, Sasori's friend showed off a weird mouth on his hand full of teeth. He took out a bit of clay and squeezed it tight.
With a proud smile, this guy, Deidara, showed off a small clay bird. He let it fly.
"Keep your eyes peeled, Sasori," Deidara shouted as he made quick hand movements. The clay bird got bigger with a puff of smoke, and Deidara jumped on it.
"This is my moment," Deidara said, taking off his hat to show his face. He looked at Sasori on the ground and asked, "What do you think? Cool, isn't it?"
"Just hurry up, Deidara," Sasori said, keeping it cool.
Deidara laughed and looked down at the village below while riding his clay bird in the sky.
"Let's see what Gaara, the guy with the One-Tailed Shukaku, has got," Deidara thought out loud, flying above the Sand Village.
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Back at Konoha
Kakashi patted his head with a awkward smile, "Such brute force!" Kakashi thought.
Meanwhile Jiraiya who was watching close by, "No doubt she is the student of Tsunade!" Jiraiya thought.
"Good work , Sakura!" Naruto said as he took a step forward, "Now My turn!" Naruto said as he vanished from his spot.
"What! Where did he..." Kakashi thought trying to spot Naruto as he looked around him but couldn't find any trail of Naruto.
Suddenly, Naruto was standing behind Kakashi, "What...when he moved here!?" Kakashi thought confusingly.
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From up high, Deidara checked out the village's defenses and the ninjas on the ground.
"Only three guards up here...," Deidara noted, amused. "This village's design is pretty... artistic. Another reason to mess it up," he laughed.
Deidara took out three clay spiders from his bag, "Let's have some fun," he said.
Meanwhile, Gaara was in his office, just looking out a round window.
Deidara let the spiders go from the sky, doing the same hand signs to make the spiders get bigger as they fell. They landed near the three guards he saw, and Deidara chuckled again.
The spiders approached each of the three ninjas...
"What is this weird thing?" one of the ninjas shouted as a spider hit his face, making him yell.
"They're not weird, they're perfect," Deidara answered back.
"These guys just don't get art," Deidara commented as his spiders stuck to the ninjas' faces. "Art is supposed to make you feel something... and real art explodes," Deidara said, right before the spiders blew up on the ninjas' faces.
Deidara touched down gracefully, stepping off his clay bird onto a village roof.
"Slipped right in..." he thought, pleased with himself. But his smirk faded a bit when he saw Gaara standing there, blocking his path.
"You're stopping here," Gaara said, calm and in control like the sand at his command.
Deidara's smirk turned into a full-on grin. "Ah, seems we've got someone welcoming us."
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