Naruto: Becoming Stronger by Pampering Your Sister

"The black-clad, red-cloud-like figure... is he a member of the Akatsuki?"

Gaara crossed his arms and stared coldly at Deidara. He had long heard of the Akatsuki organization and knew that their goal was the tailed beasts of various countries. As one of the Jinchuriki, he would naturally pay close attention to their movements.

But unexpectedly, they actually came directly to Sunagakure.

"Hey, you little brat, I advise you to stop struggling and come with us obediently."

"Humph!"

Gaara remained expressionless, but suddenly a large amount of sand poured out from the sand gourd behind him, turning into sand waterfalls that swept towards Deidara.

Deidara maneuvered the clay bird with incredible agility, dodging Gaara's attacks and continuously throwing clay to keep Gaara occupied.

"Clay Birds!"

Deidara flicked his hand, and instantly, clay birds flew out towards Gaara. However, before they could get close to Gaara, they were all blocked by Gaara's sand and exploded prematurely.

This surprised Gaara slightly.

"An explosion... I see."

Gaara has keen insight, and the power of this explosion startled him. He dared not be careless and controlled a large area of ​​sand to surround him, protecting him should any danger approach.

The battle here immediately attracted a lot of people. When they saw Gaara fighting the Akatsuki members alone, they were all shocked and immediately prepared to attack.

However, at this moment, many people in the village suddenly attacked their own people, causing chaos and forcing Maki and his group to deal with this trouble first.

And this, naturally, was Scorpion's doing.

"Although I don't know what you're thinking, since you dared to come to my territory for a duel, then this is the end for you."

Chapter 131 Sealing Shukaku

"The Hand of Sand!"

On the ground, a large patch of sand leaped up and transformed into giant hands that reached out to grab Deidara. Gradually, Deidara was put on the defensive. He not only had to find a way to counterattack, but also had to do his best to dodge the sand. This was in stark contrast to Gaara's relatively leisurely situation.

But if this continues, his chakra will soon be depleted, and he is no longer as adept at dodging the sand as he was at the beginning.

Just then, an arm lunged at him, and Deidara raised his hand and fired several explosives.

"Art is an explosion, drink!"

With a loud shout, Deidara blasted a huge hole in the sand arm and flew out before the sand could recover.

However, Gaara reacted quickly. Just as Deidara escaped, slabs of sand appeared all around him and covered him without warning. Instantly, a large amount of sand gathered on his left arm.

"Sand-bound coffin!"

Gaara, expressionless, clenched his fist tightly and ripped off Deidara's left arm. Blood splattered, but it was impossible to tell in the night.

"Whew~Whew~That was close." Deidara endured the pain and swiftly dodged far away, facing Gaara from a distance.

"This is troublesome, I'm running low on clay." Deidara's face contorted as he looked down. "Is there not even a speck of clay in this damn place?"

"Damn it, um, no, this guy isn't a perfect Jinchuriki yet. He can't possibly be unharmed after manipulating so much sand all at once. Right, he's almost out of chakra, um."

Deidara's eyes lit up, ready to make one last desperate attempt. He pulled out two clay figures of different sizes from his pocket, refusing to believe that Gaara, as the Kazekage, would disregard the lives of his men.

"Go, C3. Number 18!"

Deidara's face contorted in a ferocious expression as he immediately unleashed the larger doll. The doll rapidly grew larger after leaving Deidara, creating a truly awe-inspiring sight, its target pointing directly downwards.

"Oops!"

Gaara was startled. He had already guessed the other party's intention, but as the Kazekage, he couldn't ignore it. Without time to think further, he immediately raised his hand, causing the sand on the ground to gather together and form an extremely large sand defensive wall.

Empty sand wall!

"Art is...an explosion!"

boom!

The deafening explosion echoed above the village, and a mushroom cloud rose slowly. Soon, the smoke and dust dissipated, revealing the dilapidated and pitted sand walls.

"Hehe." Deidara grinned victoriously and tossed the last clay figure at Gaara.

"Oops!"

Gaara hurriedly used the Sand Shield to envelop himself, but his chakra was already running low...

boom!

Another deafening roar echoed through the sky. Gaara's Sand Shield shattered, and he became somewhat weak. Although he wasn't seriously injured, his chakra was almost depleted.

"call..."

Gaara took a deep breath, struggling to use his last bit of strength to move the sand that had just been lifted into the sky out of the village. Sand of this size, once it fell, would crush everything below.

Having finally accomplished this, Gaara exhausted his last bit of chakra and could no longer hold on, collapsing and falling downwards.

A cloud of dust rose, and Gaara was already unconscious.

"That was close..."

Deidara breathed a sigh of relief. He had run out of clay, which meant he couldn't fight anymore, but at least he had won.

Deidara forcefully threw Gaara onto the bird's back and maneuvered it away from Sunagakure.

Neji watched the whole thing from the sidelines without intervening. In fact, the outcome was already clear when Deidara threw out the clay figure.

This night was far from peaceful. The Sand Village was in turmoil, Gaara was captured, and even several elders died. But there was no time to grieve; they had to rescue Gaara as soon as possible.

Subsequently, Granny Chiyo temporarily took over the affairs of Sunagakure, requested assistance from Konoha, and simultaneously dispatched ANBU to pursue the enemy.

The next morning, there was a knock on Neji's door. The person who came in was none other than Temari. When she saw Shion, who was surrounded by a barrier, she immediately understood what was going on, but she did not lose her mind.

She knew that this matter had nothing to do with Neji, and he had no obligation to intervene. Although Sunagakure and Konoha were allies, Neji had left Konoha two and a half years ago.

"Neji, I've come here on behalf of the entire Sunagakure village to ask you for your help in reclaiming Gaara," Temari said, taking a deep breath.

Neji gave Temari a deep look, secretly admiring her. She was a smart woman, no wonder she was so popular. If she had come in and immediately started questioning him or crying, Neji would have definitely kicked her out. But now, she had been accepted by Neji.

"I accepted this request, but only because of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Neji disappeared, leaving Temari standing there in a daze, her cheeks flushed, lost in thought.

Neji had already left something on Gaara, which allowed him to clearly sense Gaara's location. His goal was to intercept Shukaku after it was extracted, thus completely freeing Shukaku. As for Gaara, with Chiyo around, he didn't need to worry about him.

Therefore, wouldn't it be a win-win situation to agree to take back Gaara and boost his favorability?

……

A few days later, in a dark and gloomy hall, a huge, skeleton-like demonic statue sat in the center, with several platforms distributed around it.

"Haha, Deidara, how come you've lost an arm?" Hidan laughed heartily.

"There's nothing we can do, this Jinchūriki is really strong," Deidara said helplessly, having almost died there himself.

"Black Zetsu, give me a few arms first," Deidara said, looking at his empty left arm.

"Alright, but you really are pathetic. Let's leave it like this for now. I'll give it back to you after the seal is complete, haha." Black Zetsu found Deidara's severed arm amusing.

"Alright, that's enough. Quickly seal the One-Tailed Beast," Pain commanded.

Immediately, the nine people leaped onto their respective platforms and shouted in unison, "Sealing Technique, Nine Dragons Illusionary Seal!"

However, everyone looked at Deidara with curiosity, wanting to know how he performed the hand seals, which made Deidara's face darken.

Getting back to the main point, the Akatsuki simultaneously began using sealing techniques. Instantly, Gaara floated up, his mouth wide open, his face pale, as streams of red particles continuously poured into the Gedo Mazo.

“This sealing will take three days,” Payne said, then stood still, while the others began to chatter amongst themselves.

However, they did not notice that another person had appeared in the hall at some point.

Chapter 132 Two Methods

"What should we do?"

Neji secretly hid in a blind spot, secretly watching Gaara floating in mid-air, constantly emitting red aura, and his eyes twitched involuntarily.

He calculated everything, from the heavens to the earth to the air, but forgot that the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon requires all members of the Akatsuki to unleash. He is not weak now and can fight anyone one-on-one without fear. Even facing the Six Paths of Pain would be a piece of cake for him. But he is not arrogant enough to dare to take on nine people by himself.

"Is it the butterfly effect?" Neji thought to himself. In his memory, apart from Sasori and Deidara, the other seven people should all be just chakra, and they should be standing on the fingers of the Gedo Mazo. How could there be nine platform-like steps?

"Damn it, how could we have traveled so many days and still managed to get all nine of us here?"

"No, none of that matters anymore." Neji narrowed his eyes. What he needed to do now was to find a way to snatch Gaara away right under the noses of the nine people and intercept Shukaku.

"Shall we use the power of words?"

He had already experienced the terrifying power of Words of Power. Even a Kage-level figure could not break free from the restraints of Words of Power in a short time. With Neji's strength, he could easily use Words of Power to control the unconscious Shukaku and the Gedo Mazo that had not yet awakened.

However, this is contingent on the nine members of the Akatsuki not interfering.

He had never tried controlling nine top experts simultaneously with words, but he felt the chances were slim.

Moreover, he doesn't want to be in the Akatsuki's sights right now.

"No matter what, there's still time. The moment Shukaku is completely extracted three days from now will be the time for me to make my move." Neji tossed down a small snake, then slowly disappeared into the vortex.

The scene shifts to Sunagakure...

At this moment, Naruto and the others have arrived and are treating Kankuro at the hospital. With the combined efforts of Sakura and Granny Chiyo, the toxins in Kankuro's body are gradually receding, and he has regained his peace.

Outside the hospital, Ebizo, Maki, and others were explaining the current situation to Kakashi, Might Guy, and the others, and formulating a plan.

"Um, is there anything we can do?" Maki looked so ashamed he wanted to disappear into the ground.

When their own village's Kazekage was captured, the so-called elders didn't seem to care at all. They said that Sunagakure was in a period of weakness and couldn't send too many people to help, so they handed over this difficult task entirely to the Konoha reinforcements.

Especially considering that Sunagakure had previously betrayed Konoha, it's enough to make one lose face.

"No need, we'll bring the Kazekage back," Kakashi said nonchalantly, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Ah, this is youth! Hahaha!" Might Guy clenched his fist and cheered, "I can't wait to fight them!"

At this moment, in Maki's eyes, Kakashi and the others seemed to have grown pure white wings on their backs, and their bodies were radiating holy light.

"So the people of Konoha are really this kind..." Maki thought to himself. Logically speaking, given the current attitude of Sunagakure, it wouldn't be a big deal if the people of Konoha gave up, but he didn't expect Konoha to be so understanding.

There was really no other way. The various countries were aware of the Akatsuki's motives, and Naruto was one of their targets, so Konoha naturally had to do everything in its power to stop them.

"Instead of wasting time talking about these trivial matters, you might as well organize more manpower."