NARUTO:The sealed shinobi.

Naruto faced down his opponent and drew his sword from his back, "Well you must be Deidara's partner. It sucks for both of you, because you're obviously strong or else you wouldn't be here. And now you're going to die, a long way from home or away from anyone that would even care in the slightest."

The gruff laughter from his would-be opponent raised the hackles on the back of Naruto's neck… man using Kyuubi's chakra made him super aggressive. It was taking everything he had to not rush him blindly like he had with Deidara, which was the main reason he was happy that there was another person to fight. The man began to speak, "I would say the same thing to you Uzumaki, except I can't. You technically are home. That and I'm not going to kill you, I'm going to drag your subdued carcass to have your demon extracted… then you'll die."

"Ha ha. Morbid humor, how quaint." Naruto lowered himself, "Not that I actually care, since I'm going to kill you and everything, but as I said to your friend when we first met; I try to make it a habit to learn the names of the people after my biju."

Naruto's Akatsuki opponent sighed in reminiscence, "You know, I don't remember doing most of this. I actually didn't. This village was mostly eradicated by the time I had gotten here, there were just still many of Uzu's ninja out and about. A remarkable amount come to think of it. It just goes to show how dedicated they were… but I can't believe I missed one… again. Tell me, how did you escape Deidara?"

"Not that it matters at this point, but we fell into the whirlpool where there were hidden underground chambers." Naruto's grip on his blade tightened, "Who the hell are you and what do you mean you missed one 'again'?"

He laughed deeply, "Underground chambers of course! I wondered how those last defenders popped up like cockroaches last time! How ingenious to use the whirlpool, a certified deathtrap, to escape ruin. And I mean I missed one again because the girl is obviously an Uzu survivor. Where else would you have gotten her?"

"Who the hell are you? I won't ask you again before I stop being so cordial and start cutting things off!" Naruto yelled at the man.

He laughed at Naruto's anger, "From the way you're yelling at me and gripping your weapon so hard, I think you know already."

Naruto bared his elonged canines at him, "You're right, I do. I just want to hear it from you."

"Very well then. I am Akasuna no Sasori."

Naruto smirked, "That's who I thought you were." Before vanishing in a blur of red, "Now die!" Naruto reappeared right in front of him, his sword drawn back to cleave him into two.

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(With Sai and Hamako)

"I have to go back to Naruto-sama!" Hamako tried to reason as she held on to Sai's ink bird tightly out of fear of falling off, "I have something he needs to know!"

Sai kept his eyes peeled for any sign of Deidara. The man was a right bastard when it came to sneaking up on them and attacking from a distance. He didn't spare the girl a glance as he kept guiding his ink bird, 'The only reason Naruto-senpai would tell me to leave the area is if he was planning on drawing on the Kyuubi's chakra. If that is the case then allowing her to return to him would do more harm than good, for everyone.' "I cannot let you go back to senpai Hamako-san. It would be best if you stayed with me for the time being."

Hamako's eyes darted back to where she had been placed on the bird from, "But he needs to know something, something important. I need to tell him how to use his sword!"

Sai peered back at her slightly, "His sword? The one he picked up inside of the vault? Why didn't you tell him about it when he first took it?"

Hamako frowned, "I didn't know he had taken it. I wasn't paying attention to Naruto-sama's weapons when you first found me, but when his clone drew the sword and I was able to see the markings on the blade I realized what he had. How did he even get it anyway?"

Sai remembered the events that lead up to Naruto getting the blade, "He pulled it from the wall. That triggered the entrance that led us to you. What is it anyway?"

Hamako sat up straight on the bird's back, "It is the Sen'nenki no Ken (Millennium Sword). It's an heirloom of Uzushiogakure. And-. Wait, what are you doing drawing?"

Sai looked back at her and gave her his forced smile, "Don't worry about it. Now please, continue."

XxX

(Naruto vs. Sasori)

Naruto's blade was blocked by an iron tail appendage stretching from Sasori's back within his robes. As Naruto struggled against the tail, it proceeded to stretch and maneuver over his head swiftly in an attempt to impale him. Naruto rolled aside and lashed out once again, the blade once more blocked his sword strike and pursued him in an effort to pierce him.

"You're a fast little bastard aren't you?" Sasori taunted as his tail retracted back within his robe.

Naruto set his sword in a defensive stance, staring Sasori down. So much of him was covered by that damn robe he couldn't tell what other nasty surprises he might have under there. What did this man have that could have possibly taken down the bulk of an entire shinobi village all alone? He rushed at Sasori again, slashing at him from any side he could get a favorable angle at. Each time he was blocked by Sasori's iron tail. For a guy that didn't move his body… at all, he had damn good reflexes with such an obscure appendage of his body. Was it even a part of his body in the first place? Damn that cloak.

Naruto got upset at his lack of any progress whatsoever even using his Kyuubi-boosted speed, "Block this. Raiton: Kaksen no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Livewire Jutsu)!" After making his hand-seals and placing his hands on the ground, a speedy stream of arcing lightning ripped across the ground at Sasori. Sasori finally found it prudent to move as he jumped away from Naruto's attack, lest he find himself with a few thousand volts of electricity running through him.

Naruto smirked, 'I finally got him to move. He's got some pep in his step when I actually get him to jump out of the way of something.' Naruto rushed in with his sword primed to strike at the oddly built enemy when Sasori gave him another surprise.

Sasori blasted senbon at him in a rapid spray from his mouth. Naruto thought about trying to use his sword to deflect them, but settled on that being a stupid idea the moment he realized he couldn't even count them all and rolled out of the way, 'What the hell? Did those things fly out of his mouth? Who does that?'

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