Naruto - The Sannin.

[ Previously ]

The smoke dissipated over time. The lady was relieved to see the Kunoichi right between the puppet's prosthetic arms.

- "She dodged them all." - Chiyo thought as she pulled her by strands of chakra. The pink one, in the process, flew out of her arms, only for the enemy to laugh.

- Not so fast! - Sasori opens one of his arms with a ball flying towards Pink.

- "Damn, a bomb." - Chiyo thought as it exploded with a large purplish cloud enveloping Sakura completely. - "Poison." - Chiyo continued to pull her, but she felt something trapping her inside the cloud.

- SAKURA, I'M COMING! - Chiyo shouted where Sakura could hear very well.

- "No..." - Sakura had thought, her mind muddled and disconnected by the strong intoxicating smell of the poisonous mist.

And then she rummaged through her backpack:

- "I promised I'd go with you, Naruto..." - She picks up a kunai with an explosive paper - "I promised I'd make up for everything I threw at you..." - Finally, she thinks as she activates the seal.

- "I'M NOT GOING TO DIE WITHOUT TAKING THIS BASTARD WITH ME!" - Sakura thought determinedly as she saw a final image of Naruto in her mind.

The same image as when he arrived in the village, when he smiled at her, how he joked mischievously and even how he kissed her before coming to the mission.

He had certainly changed his ways a lot, and she didn't understand why, but she couldn't lie to herself, she was really enjoying it.

- "Many people see people they love when they're close to death..., but why Naruto?" - That was Sakura's thought as a warmth spread across her skin, only to be caught up in the great explosion that had occurred there.

It had taken her, along with a large crater in the ground that had enveloped both the Sandaime Kazekage's puppet and Sasori himself.

This caused the place where they were standing to tremble fiercely from the magnitude of the explosion under the incredulous gaze of the old woman at the sacrifice of the pink girl who had taken the Akatsuki in the process.

[ Currently ]

[ First Arc: Kazekage Rescue ]

Away from the two, in a situation that was almost impossible to avoid, Kakashi was chasing the enemy with Menma just ahead, the gray-haired man was worried and frightened.

He looked at his student, who was in front of him in pursuit of the blond Akatsuki. He didn't want to have to do that, to have to use "that" jutsu, but he had no other choice.

- Menma! - Shouted the masked man.

- "Damn it... the radio doesn't work anymore, I'm too far away from Sakura and Chiyo... and I can't abandon Naruto like this... I'll have to use it." - Kakashi thought of such power that he was only now able to use it for a moment.

- Wait, Menma! - He said, managing to keep up with his student's rapid pace. - Listen to me. This is a long-distance enemy. You prefer melee attacks, so you're going to have a hard time.

- So, what are we going to do? - The Uzumaki asked. - I can finish him off on the ground.

- Either we draw him close, or we attack him from a distance.

- We'll have to make a breach... and I know how... - The gray-haired man said doubtfully to Uzumaki, who didn't understand his sensei's strategy.

- What do you intend to do? - Naruto asked as he watched the gray-haired man close the eye where his Sharingan was located.

- I'm going to use my Kamui... - Finally, the gray-haired man said, as he and Naruto continued on their way, with the older man making a fixed hand seal.

== Sunagakure no Sato ==

Temari saw a familiar figure sitting on the steps leading out of the village.

It was incredible how many things had happened in just a few days.

First: The complete destruction of the village, along with the kidnapping of her younger brother.

Second: The appearance of Uzumaki Naruto, who had set out to speed up the whole process of cleaning up and rebuilding the village. He destroyed the walls, only for the ninja to rebuild new ones, giving the village a huge expansion.

And thirdly: the arrival of extra help from Konoha, who was incredibly skilled at what the sand village so desperately needed.

He had never thought that one village, until a few years ago enemies, would aim to help the other so much. The sand village now had its walls rebuilt. Both ninja and civilians were working all day to rebuild the houses, something that was bearing great fruit.

But even with all this, her chest still tightened when she remembered her little brother, just as it warmed when she remembered the Uzumaki who had promised to bring Gaara back.

- Took you long enough, sis... - A familiar figure said to Temari, who was getting closer and closer.

- Kankuro. What are you doing here? You need to rest! - The blonde said authoritatively.

- There's... - He gasps, sucking in air. - You'd think I'd let you go alone.

Temari closed her eyes and lowered her head, letting the air out of her lungs, only to say:

- I won't be able to convince you otherwise, will I? - She asked, already knowing that her brother would never let Gaara down.

- Of course not... - He said, standing up. Temari smiled as she stood next to her brother and patted him on the shoulder.

- Come on then... we have to save our little brother... - She said with her brother smiling, only for the group behind him to scream with euphoria.

[ ... ]

In a frantic race for a long time, Naruto aimed to demonstrate his skill in evading the clay bombs his enemy was throwing.

Likewise, he protected his sensei, who seemed to concentrate chakra in his eyes throughout the process.

It was only when Naruto heard a whisper of "Mangenkyou Sharingan" that he finally got out of Kakashi's way to see what he would do.

Kamui! - (Authority of the Gods!)

Naruto didn't know what it did, but Kakashi's eye was now in the shape of a retractable shuriken.

The gray-haired man, who had aimed to face the enemy's location, soon aimed to surprise both Naruto and the Akatsuki themselves.

The enemy's chest seemed to retract in a kind of temporal vortex that sucked everything in and caused the enemy to lose the air in his lungs, which seemed to be twisting.

It was clear to see the pain on Akatsuki's face, along with Naruto's surprise at never having seen such a jutsu.

However, it was also difficult for Kakashi to focus on the right place, as the vortex targeted the chest, legs and even arms due to the movement of Kakashi's body and that of the enemy.

That's when the technique finally came into play.

Cutting off the Akatsuki's last arm, it was soon possible to hear a great pained cry from the Hatake, who had stopped where he was, with apparent fatigue and excruciating pain in the eye area from bleeding.

- Gh... - They heard Deidara suffer, but his bird continued forward.

- Damn... I still can't aim that thing properly... - Kakashi had said where Naruto had smiled at him from under his hooded face. - It was supposed to split him in half.

- No! That was incredible, sensei... let's try something else. But for that, we have to do it together. - Naruto said with his hand on the shoulder of the kneeling Kakashi, who, upon seeing the Uzumaki's face, had had a brief flashback of his former sensei.

- "Naruto..." - Kakashi thought as he stood up with the Uzumaki's help.

He knew they had to beat this enemy, and if there was one thing he could beat, it was "it"... but only his student could because of his ability to withstand such chakra power.

[ ... ]

The explosion that had taken place in the dome of smoke was so great that it had even reached the ceiling of the cave.

Chiyo had to force chakra into her feet in order not to be blown away by the typhoon, she was sure that the Sandaime Kazekage's puppet was in tatters, and her fear was that Sakura would not survive being in the core of the explosion.

The roof of the cave was cracking more and more as it looked as if it would cave in at any moment.

A long way off, the old woman saw a burgundy-red figure moving away, where, given the chance, she finally entered the dusty area where Sakura's supposedly incinerated corpse was supposed to be.

- Uff... - A voice familiar to the old woman came out with a pinkish tinge as she snapped her fingers.

For a moment, the old woman swore she could see a kind of white tattoo on the pink-haired girl's forehead, derived from a dark diamond present in the center that spread across her face and body. However... such a thing soon vanished from her mind, as Tsunade's student was completely intact... only her clothes were torn, giving a better view of her abs, and she appeared more powerful. Somehow, this girl reached the same strength as when she used the Adamantine Punch, but without even activating that Ninjutsu.

No wounds, injuries, or the most obvious... Where were the excruciating and grotesque burns that anyone should be suffering from having self-exploded? Only a breathless state and a slight limp in her walk, as if her spine was demanding something extreme from her, forcing her to fall to the ground and just rest.

- "Impressive... I have to admit..." - Sasori thought, looking down at his arm, which had been caught in the explosion.

- "She blew herself up and escaped..." - Chiyo thought. - "That girl is crazy... right, Tsunade-hime? Gyaha!" - The old woman thought with a laugh.

- "Damn... why did I think of Naruto just then?" - Sakura thought, not understanding why her heart was pounding so hard at that moment.

The feeling of never seeing him again... something like that was completely new and strange to her.

It was a feeling she didn't understand, and one she would certainly keep under lock and key.

At the same time as she was thinking about it, Chiyo was formulating the best course of action for the fight... She had even thought about summoning those two, but now that the Sandaime Kazekage's puppet was destroyed, there was no point.

Soon, however, they could both hear Sasori extending both hands out to the side:

Satetsu Shigure! - (Iron Sand Rain!)

A kind of dark sand quickly flew out of the two sleeves of his cloak and rose above them all, resembling a great cloud.

Such a cloud that it formed a kind of grand pyramid, rectangles and a pair of wings on Akatsuki's back.

- Chiyo-sama... use me as a puppet. - Sakura said, standing in front of the elder. - I may not be able to move at full capacity now, but with you manipulating my movements, I can focus my full strength on the strikes.

- I don't think I can control you that well... do you really want that? - The old woman asked.

- He... don't worry... - Sakura said, adjusting her gloves. - Brute force will do... - Sakura said as she felt fine chakra connections in her body, along with a run with the sand pyramid, aiming to cut through the ground with speed.

Chiyo pulled Sakura up before the pyramid destroyed everything and went straight into the ceiling, which exploded and knocked part of it down.

Sakura pulled herself together and immediately punched a cube made of iron sand, sending it back towards Akatsuki, who was almost crushed.

- Damn you... - Sasori said through gritted teeth. - What cursed strength is this? She wasn't like this before. - He thought about how the girl didn't have any chakra imposed on her fists, as was previously the case.

- You haven't seen anything yet... - Sakura said with a confident smile. However, she was just saying that. She was very exhausted from something she had used to escape the explosion, an explosion that would surely have killed her. Her muscles ached, and sweat ran down her face from using something in its initial state, which, although it had boosted her strength to a small fraction of her sensei's, was still making every movement a hell, as if she was suffering from a herniated disc in her lower back and muscles being torn with the sensation of them stretching and compressing at the slightest movement.

- "Damn!" - Sakura thought. – "Now I understand Tsunade-sama's prohibitions." - Finally, she thought, continuing to fight as her movements were forced and she focused only on using brute strength, trying to avoid grunting in pain, in the quest to defeat her enemy.

- "That girl..." The cave was completely destroyed. - "You didn't have to do anything. She just punched and kicked it like it was nothing." - The old woman thought to herself as the ceiling collapsed into a hole where the sun now entered the cave completely.

Sasori was standing in place watching Sakura exhausted and soon an idea popped into his mind.

- "She won't last long..." - He thought. - "Whatever she's done, it's exhausted her... maybe if I use that attack... I can finish her off in one go, even if I spend a lot of chakra." - Deciding to act, Sasori immediately began to float with the iron sand wings on his back.

He reached a reasonable height, only to bring the two geometric shapes of iron sand crashing, scraping and merging together.

- Die! - Finally, Akatsuki dictated as countless branches formed, curved and thinned. Which promptly fell on the two.

- SAKURA! - Chiyo shouted as she pulled Sakura up by her chakra threads.

- "Thank ka..." - Chiyo had thought relieved, but that had quickly passed with a drop of blood dripping from the girl's wound.

- Damn... Sakura! - She said, getting up. - You're hurt... - The wound was very ugly, it was purplish, and the flesh seemed to be darkening as if it were gradually deteriorating to an alarming degree.

- Heh, looks like I won. - The Akatsuki said, taking off in a deep flight that carried him swiftly towards the girl. - You're going to die, now! - Still down, Sakura, who saw that she was in trouble, promptly forced chakra into her forehead with excruciating pain hammering her brain, where for a second white marks spread across her body, only for them to disappear with the girl brutally punching the Akatsuki in the face.

The blow had a huge impact, causing him to grotesquely break his neck, where he went speeding into another wall of the cave.

- Sakura... you. - Chiyo said something, only for her to fall to the ground.

- Are you all right? Chiyo-sama? - Sakura became worried, and to her concern, a thin needle of iron sand was stuck in her neck.

- How... how did you... - The old woman tried to ask, her mind lost in a dizziness like no other, only for Sakura to pull out a syringe and inject it immediately into the old woman's neck.

- You did it... - Sasori completed what Chiyo had been trying to ask; the sand fell and covered the ground, making the rosy-cheeked woman smile.

- I had three doses of the antidote... - whispered the kunoichi, as she healed the lady's wounds.

But that wasn't entirely true. It turned out that Sakura had healed the degeneration of her leg with some technique, and Sasori was the only one who could see it, even if only slightly.

- Back in the village... did you bring them with you? - The old woman asked, seeing Akatsuki stand up with a twisted neck and a crack on his cheek, something quite strange for a human body.

- Yes, and I have the last one here. Sasori can't find out. They last for three minutes, so...

- We have to put a stop to this... and quickly. - The old woman complemented the girl's sentence.

- "How is she moving?" - Sasori thought. - "I hit her, I'm sure."

- "Wait!" - Sasori thought back to the fight with that boy from the sand village. - "Could she have found a way to nullify the poison? In such a short time?" - Seeing that he couldn't waste any time, Sasori began to take off his Akatsuki robes. Revealing himself...

- "What the... is that?" - Sakura thought, startled to see him... for real.

- So that's why he's still young like that? - Chiyo had said. - And not killed by a broken neck.

- So he is... - Sakura says. - A human puppet?

- It's been a while... - Sasori said, unwinding the rope on his chest, which was dripping with poison. - That I don't use myself... but you two leave me no choice. - The Akatsuki, who stared at them without any emotion, promptly made one of the scrolls attached to his back disappear, only for him to raise his hands in front of his chest where he pointed at Sakura.

- "Pipes?" - Sakura thought confusedly, but as soon as she saw the slightest spark of heat spreading, her eyes widened as she hid behind a wall.

Chiyo, who already understood everything, had also done the same, only to have scorching flames collide with the walls and surround them, but without hitting them.

- "The antidote will only last another minute and a half." - That's what was going through Chiyo's head.

Sasori's back had numerous scrolls. With little choice, he disintegrated one of them, releasing the cord from his abdomen that lunged forward, its razor-sharp tip grazing Sakura's stomach, cutting a piece of flesh from the area.

- "Damn!" - Sakura complained with blood pouring from the large wound, the cord that had stuck in the ground promptly moved as the Akatsuki flew swiftly, having two rotating iron blades that would surely slice and shred the elder into pieces at that tremendous speed

- Chiyo-sama! - She grabbed the cord and began to pull it with all her strength and haste, feeling her body want to twist horribly from the pressure of a recent evolution being even more forced in Kangouken 2x.

Sasori, who looked at her, aimed to ignore her and accelerated his speed.

A centimeter away from slicing the old woman and ending all of this, the last link that connected to a hidden village, that connected to his murdered family, and especially the last thing that made him weak in this world, Sasori's flight was abruptly interrupted. He could only feel himself being pulled swiftly backward by his stomach, which now had the entire steel cable stretched to the maximum by the adamantine strength of the girl from Konoha..

- SHANARO! - Sakura shouted, feeling her entire body breaking as her enhanced base strength multiplied threefold by Kangouken, pulling with all her might the red-haired Akatsuki member, and punching him hard right in the center of his rigid body, shattering him into multiple pieces. - It's over. - Sakura fell to her hands and knees on the ground, gasping for oxygen for her compressed lungs, both hands on the ground in front of her, her muscles full of veins that seemed to cause cramps all over her body, with no intact area, and in a final act, her body was flooded with an emerald aura, seeking to heal her because her sensei always instructed her to never allow herself to be vulnerable near enemies, thus spending the last bit of her chakra in an attempt to stand up.

- "No doubt..." - Chiyo thought. - "It's Tsunade-hime's Byakugou no Yin, but where are those dark marks?"

Smiling at the old woman, Sakura promptly got up with effort, aiming to walk towards the elder:

- We did it, Chiyo-sama. - Sakura said as she walked, only for her face to show surprise and even fear as noises spread behind her. - No. - She looked back and saw Sasori, completely mounted and still alive.

- "I need to do that." - The old woman thought as she picked up a scroll. - "I forbade myself to use that jutsu..., but I have no choice." - At last it flashed through her mind as ten puppets emerged from within the outstretched scroll, only for Sakura to aim to prostrate herself beside her.

- Let's get this over with... - Chiyo had said with conviction.

- Well done, old woman. - Sasori said, taking a scroll from his column, where he threw it up and opened it. A gust of shadows came out of it, covering the entire view of the sky from inside the base. - I can't believe I'm going to have to give my best shot against an old woman and a child... - Sasori looked at them and saw surprise in both of them.

Akahigi: Hyakki no Souen! - (Secret Red Technique: Performance of the Hundred Puppets!)

As Sasori had said, they were both face to face with the enemy who controlled the hundred floating puppets.

Sakura only saw one chance for victory there, but the chakra stored in it was spent on those uses of Kangouken. Haruno aimed to keep the last fraction within herself, hoping it would be enough to sustain her movements, because after so much, she would not be able to stand up again.

Seeing the seriousness on both women's faces, Sasori finally launched the attack, sending all the puppets towards them.

Chiyo responded immediately, making two puppets hold hands. One removed its own head and created a chakra shuriken, which was immediately launched at them.

There were punches, kicks, puppet pieces, torn robes, and a sharp sound of blades clashing as part of the enemy's army fell to the ground.

Sakura, who quickly took action, promptly ran in a straight line where a dozen puppets came at her, only to succumb to destruction as the girl displayed an exquisite martial dance, with her strength being the main focus that destroyed both the puppets and the ground itself.

There were minutes of pure physical brawling, a tie, one could say, with Sakura being the support who aimed to shred puppets with pure Taijutsu, having another ten around her aiming to spread chaos and destruction.

A swordsman puppet that flew overhead promptly cut one after another that aimed to catch Sakura from behind.

At the same time, three puppets formed a strategic position with a vortex sucking in two dozen puppets and shredding them. However, as there were many, the process jammed, and unfortunately for Chiyo, she lost three of the ten puppets.

Sakura punched, kicked, lifted, and smashed. One after another. She had already lost track of her surroundings due to the number of puppets, simply never stopping for a moment to destroy them.

Her gaze sharpened as dozens of puppets flew towards her.

Thus, with all of them a meter away from Sakura and Chiyo's puppet stronghold, she acted, immediately punching the face of the first red-clad target that tried to slice her. The next act didn't stop, as her adrenaline rose to alarming levels at the signal of danger her body caused amidst so much pain and risk of death. She smiled, as it had been a while since she felt so much danger, for her sensei's brutal lessons were the only thing in life that made her feel truly close to death. She continued with fast and furious sequences of punches and kicks towards the rapidly approaching puppets.

There were kicks, punches, elbows, Sakura barely thought, her body just acted, staying on her hands while brutally kicking the opponents. It seemed that all this was like adding fuel to the fire for Sasori, who couldn't believe seeing such a challenge coming from someone who was clearly not at the same power level as him.

But if it were to work with calculations, the Akatsuki would understand that it was no use saying he was stronger, victory came to those with better strategy and combat method, not numbers or claims of how fast and strong they were.

Haruno's state was not intact, while she destroyed puppets under the coordination of Chiyo's puppets, which she manipulated as if it were pure mimicry art, the pink-haired girl also suffered scratches and injuries.

Blood splattered from her lacerated hands from so many blows, her red forehead clashed against the rigid foreheads of the solid enemies that, even being made of wood, seemed as resistant as a rock wall. Even so, she continued knowing the path she chose to follow when she begged to be the student of the strongest woman in the world.

Seeing a puppet fall in front of her, Haruno promptly pulled it by the legs and used it as a club against other puppets, taking advantage of its rigidity and resistance for the perfect use of a weapon that would allow her fists to rest a bit from so much brawling.

Barely noticing half of a dismembered puppet stealthily approaching her back, Chiyo promptly shouted:

- Go! - Chiyo protected her by sending the swordsman puppet. Little did she know that this would come at a high cost.

- "An opening..." - Sasori thought as he picked up a spear made of iron sand from the ground and swiftly threw it at the old woman.

Sakura, her eyes wide, was promptly taken by surprise by two puppets who held her hostage on the ground.

- Chiyo-sama! - The rosy-cheeked girl shouted, with a look that determined the old woman to use it.

Her cheek was slightly torn by the graze of the spear, and seeing that Sakura knew what she was doing, she promptly used the last antidote.

Seeing her well and standing up, Sakura finally decided to take the risk. She was going to fall on the battlefield, but this was her last card to end it.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the mountain of puppets that piled around her trying to land even a minimal blow were immediately taken to the skies, being destroyed at once.

Few movements were seen with the naked eye by the spectators; one moment there were twenty-five puppets hovering in the sky, the next all of them were falling, immediately shattered.

Sasori, who was the most surprised by all this, barely noticed when something extremely fast appeared in front of him, his attention entirely on his collection being exterminated.

Ninpõ: Souzou Saisei! - (Ninja Art: Mythical Regeneration!)

Sakura shouted one meter from the Akatsuki member, where now white tattoos spread across her forehead and body were noticeable. Her serious gaze was predominant, and the accelerated healing of her entire body was evident with her chakra draining drastically, but it served to propel her already evolved physical strength from the first use to its full potential when she used Kangouken 3x.

Now much stronger than when she started this fight and presenting the secret behind all the titanic strength that Senju Tsunade was able to obtain, it was clear that Byakugou no Yin was not just a healing technique that made these two the best medical-nin in the world.

It was a state of total evolution of the level their bodies had previously reached, always evolving their bodies to a level they had used before at full reach, making this their new base, which was why the Slug Princess was feared even by her fellow Sannin.

In such a way, it was a matter of milliseconds; in one moment Sakura was trapped by the puppets, in the next all the puppets fell to the ground, and finally, the girl appeared in front of Akatsuki member Sasori. All they could notice was the core supporting the Akatsuki member being brutally removed from his body in this total disintegration of his solid puppet structure. The destruction of the barrier was immense, with the remaining structure, whether lateral or upper parts of that place, collapsing in all directions in what was once the Akatsuki base, and now were only ruins that served for all the birds and animals of the forest to flee desperately away from the rise of another titanic force in the world.

- "Damn... am I going to die?" - Sakura thought with some panic at the horrible twinge in her heart, her tattoos threatening to fail and the last remnants of chakra wanting to leave.

- "That's Byakugou no Yin... No! It's incomplete... and still requires a lot of stored chakra." - Chiyo thought, not ceasing to be impressed by the girl.

Sakura, who was too weak to go quickly to the old woman, had promptly taken a deep breath while kneeling on the ground, in order to control her breath.

Little did she know that Chiyo's eyes widened at the image sneaking up on her.

And it was only a matter of milliseconds:

THIS IS THE END, YOU OLD WOMAN!!! - A voice startled Sakura, who turned to see Sasori in the body of another puppet.

His "heart," which had previously been in the original, now destroyed body, now occupied a practically deteriorated puppet. Sakura mentally blamed herself—how could this be possible? She was about to be hit by a fatal blow and had no way to defend herself, as the tattoos on her body had disappeared immediately, her chakra nearing its last spark before reaching absolute zero. In this moment, as the pink-haired girl was feeling desperate, the Akatsuki member froze his movements. He looked down only to notice the tip of two blades brutally pierced through his "heart," which, even mechanically, was still the only part of his body composed of living organisms.

He was sure. It was the end... Looking to his sides, he finally saw: His "Mother" and "Father," both with swords in their hands, piercing the cylinder with his name. On the ground, Chiyo's puppets formed a seal. "Imprisoned" was written, and then he realized... that he had finally lost.

Now, Sasori... - The elder woman said, breathing heavily. - I discovered where your weak point is...

This cylinder. A puppeteer needs a part of his chakra, and this part of your chest... is where your chakra is and, more importantly, where your heart is... - The old woman smiled. - You sought perfection... But it doesn't exist.

It seems this old woman can still learn new things... Gyaha! - Sakura, who was looking at both of them weakly, soon felt her consciousness wane, with her vision of the sky ending in a thud on the ground.

She was exhausted, exhausted from using a technique she had no control over. In her last bit of consciousness, she could understand what Kakashi-sensei went through on all the missions where she saw him fall to the ground after using the Sharingan—a powerful ninja who suffers from something that drains everything from him rapidly. And in that moment, the vision of Naruto appeared once more in her mind... when she saw the sun, as if it were his own chakra. Why did she see him all the time? Why did she feel a tightening in her chest when it seemed like she would never see him again? It was completely different from what she felt when she saw, talked to, or remembered Sasuke, so why?

And what was it that she felt for Uzumaki Naruto that allowed her to hold onto the last bit of her chakra, the last unit keeping her alive, wanting to see him again, repeat what they did before the mission, and go beyond that?

These were her last lucid thoughts before the imminent unconsciousness that spread through her being due to the excruciating pain of her body, which her mind could no longer remain active against. With such pain, the only response of her body was to shut down in self-preservation, hoping that this was indeed the end of the red-haired Akatsuki member.

And with that, I end another chapter of The Sannin. I hope you are enjoying it and don't forget to comment.

If anyone has questions about Sakura's potential for evolution, just ask in the comments and I can provide a more detailed summary. Anyway, I appreciate the attention. XD

-- Character Battle Power --

[ Haruno Sakura ]

Level: 50

Battle Power: 100

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Strength: 1,000 Kg (1 Ton)

Speed: 500 Km/h

Endurance: 1,000 Kg (1 Ton)

Chakra: 100,000

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-- Byakugou no Jutsu - Incomplete --

Level: 150

Battle Power: 300

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Strength: 3,000 Kg (3 Tons)

Speed: 1,500 Km/h (Mach 1)

Endurance: 3,000 Kg (3 Tons)

Byakugou Chakra: 200,000

Note: The Strength of a Hundred Seal is a Fuuinjutsu that has existed since the time of the Rikudou Sennin and holds many mysteries yet to be understood.

The user of the Strength of a Hundred Seal uses the Yin Seal: Release, but instead of spreading the "ribbons" only on their face, they spread throughout their body. When the technique is activated, it accelerates cellular fragmentation, aiming to regenerate wounds with a continuous automatic effect, instantly healing any injury or stagnation without the need to consciously activate the healing or use hand seals.

The seal, known to be the pinnacle of chakra control, is formed after the user concentrates a portion of their chakra in a point on their forehead for some time, in order to release it to perform techniques that would be impossible without this amount of chakra. While the chakra is stored, the seal does not manifest visibly on the user's forehead, however, after storing a sufficient amount of chakra, the mark on the forehead takes on a purple diamond shape, which disappears when all the chakra from the seal is used.

Special Effect:

1. Gain of Chakra. (200,000)

2. Cellular Fragmentation.

3. Exhaustion from overuse of the incomplete form.

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-- Kangouken 2x --

Level: 300

Battle Power: 600

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Strength: 6,000 Kg (6 Tons)

Speed: 3,000 Km/h (Mach 2)

Endurance: 6,000 Kg (6 Tons)

Chakra: 200,000

Special Effect:

1. Chakra Cost. (50,000)

2. Increase in Battle Power. (2x Base)

3. Cost per use is generated after one round of activation followed by deactivation of the Ninjutsu.

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-- Kangouken 3x --

Level: 450

Battle Power: 900

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Strength: 9,000 Kg (9 Tons)

Speed: 4,500 Km/h (Mach 3)

Endurance: 9,000 Kg (9 Tons)

Chakra: 200,000

Special Effect:

1. Chakra Cost. (50,000)

2. Increase in Battle Power. (3x Base)

3. Cost per use is generated after one round of activation followed by deactivation of the Ninjutsu.

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-- Byakugou no Jutsu - Incomplete --

Level: 450

Battle Power: 900

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Strength: 9,000 Kg (9 Tons)

Speed: 4,500 Km/h (Mach 3)

Endurance: 9,000 Kg (9 Tons)

Chakra: 1

Note: Sakura uses Byakugou no Yin to finish Sasori's puppets, risking destroying her body and neural system under all this pressure, having previously undergone a state of evolution. She is now once again forcing the use of this Kinjutsu, which is weakening her to a level of cellular fragmentation, seeking to evolve her strength to something even greater.

She is one chakra expenditure away from falling dead if it is drained.

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 [ Chiyo ]

Level: 64

Battle Power: 128

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Strength: 1,280 Kg (1 Ton)

Speed: 640 Km/h

Endurance: 1,280 Kg (1 Ton)

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[ Sasori ]

Level: 350

Battle Power: 700

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Strength: 7,000 Kg (7 Tons)

Speed: 3,500 Km/h (Mach 2)

Flight: 5,250 Km/h (Mach 4)

Endurance: 7,000 Kg (7 Tons)

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