Chapter 272: "Chiyo-baa VS Sasori...!!

" – As Sasori flies through

the air towards Chiyo, Sakura grabs his cable and pulls him back
towards her. Sakura lets out an audible "Shannaro!" and smashes
Sasori into pieces, barely finishing him before the antidote ran out.
However Sasori's chest casket draws the puppets parts back together,
reforming him whole. Chiyo pulls in her arm and withdraws a
summoning scroll. Swearing she would never use it again, Sasori has
forced her hand. Chiyo summons ten puppets, with one puppet for
each finger. It’s her ultimate master move, which is said to have
brought down a fortress. Sasori removes his second of four back
scrolls, and opens a chest compartment to help him summon over one
hundred puppets! Sasori states he still can't believe he was forced by
an old and a young woman to go this far to use the technique that
brought down a country. Chiyo tells Sakura it’s better to not get
involved, but Sakura says she should know her character by now as a
student of Tsunade. Standing confidently beside Chiyo, the two
kunoichi prepare for the final battle!

Chapter 273: "Last Battle!!" – It is a puppet onslaught, as Sasori

launches his final attack. Puppets come in from all sides, with Chiyo
deftly maneuvering her puppets in defense. Each of Chiyo's puppets
begin to unleash hidden cords, weapons and devices to begin to cut
Sasori's numbers down. The tide of puppets begins to get
overwhelming, Sakura does what she can smashing puppets to bits. As
Chiyo worries that one antidote makes things dangerous, she gets cut
by a poisoned blade! Chiyo yells for Sakura to go after Sasori as she
restrains the other puppets. A glowing orb is thrown to Sakura and she
hurls it at Sasori. The orb expands to a gaping maw which bites onto
Sasori and pins his body to the wall, cutting off his chakra with a seal.
Sakura yells for Chiyo to take the antidote, but Sasori isn't done. The
battered form of a fallen puppet rises from the ground with Sasori's
casket implanted in its chest. The two kunoichi react in shock as it
rushes with a katana toward Chiyo. With a desperate lunge, Sakura
jumps in front of Chiyo, and becomes impaled by Sasori's blade.

Chapter 274: "Ungrantable Dream" – Chiyo is stunned by Sakura,

who tells Chiyo to take the last antidote. Sasori is amused, and notes
Sakura already is trying to promote healing in her stomach. It is
pointless though, because the poison will deaden her body. Looking at
the two struggle, Chiyo makes her decision. She withdraws the
antidote and injects it into Sakura's leg to the surprise of Sakura and
Sasori. Sakura holds firm to the sword, realizing Sasori wants to
remove it and cut down the fallen Chiyo. It proves useless though, his
puppet arm detaches at the elbow to reveal a hidden blade. Sasori
charges for Chiyo and his grandmother makes one final puppeteering
act. The father and mother puppets come rushing in with swords from
either side, piercing Sasori's chest casket in a painful mockery of his
young flashback embrace. Chiyo tells her grandson that his mind got
too focused on killing. Puppet manipulation requires chakra from living
tissue and such was housed in his true form, the chest casket. Sakura
collapses to the ground and Chiyo moves to close her wound and
remove the katana. An immobile Sasori states its useless, the wound
is critical and even stopping the poison won't be enough. Chiyo states
she knows medical jutsu would be pointless, so she will not even try.
She will instead use a technique she developed just for Sasori, a
reincarnation technique that could breathe life even into a puppet. A
stunned Sasori looks on, realizing she meant it for his parents. Chiyo
sadly states in exchange for granting life, she loses hers in exchange,
to which the dying Sasori replies... "how stupid."

Chapter 275: "The Reward" – Chiyo finishes her jutsu and Sakura
awakens. An amused Sasori asks Chiyo why she isn't dead yet, she
replies Sakura wasn't dead, so it didn't require all her life in exchange.
Sasori states that was a shame, causing an angered Sakura to slug
Sasori across the face. Sasori states her actions do not hurt him, he
long ago left his physical body and emotions behind to gain a type of
puppet immortality. Knowing his time is at an end, Sasori offers to do
them one final useless favor. He states he was scheduled to meet one
of his underlings who has been a spy in Orochimaru's camp. In ten
days time they were to meet at a bridge in the Grass Country. And
with that, Sasori collapses alongside his parents... dead. Sakura
congratulates Chiyo but the older woman wearily states it was not her
doing; Sasori hesitated at the last moment and did not avoid the
attack. Chiyo then collapses and Sakura tells her they can return to
make more antidote, but Chiyo declines, saying she has one final act
she needs to do. Elsewhere Deidara flies on, noting Naruto has calmed
down. Naruto asks Kakashi if he's ready, but he states he doesn't have
as much chakra as Naruto. But he says he is getting there, forming a
handseal Kakashi reveals a new Sharingan form!

Chapter 276: "New Sharingan" – Naruto asks if that's what he was

referring to and Kakashi affirms. Naruto states even if Kakashi fails,
he'll take care of things. Kakashi focuses his eye and activates...
Mangekyou Sharingan! This new Mangekyou form focuses on the area
around Deidara's heart and the reality there begins to warp and sway.
Deidara is surprised at a Doujutsu attack, and the focus moves from
the chest to his right arm. Kakashi curses himself and Deidara's right
arm gets sucked into nothingness. Deidara winces in pain and Kakashi
states he's not skilled enough to properly control it. He begins to focus
again and Deidara moves to fly away, Naruto and a Kage Bunshin
appear in the air beside Deidara and attack with Rasengan. Deidara
jumps off the bird and Naruto cuts off its head, carefully catching it as
it falls to the ground. Deidara finds refuge in a tree. Kakashi's eye
returns to the three tomoe Sharingan and a Naruto comes to check on
him. The other two Naruto's peal away the clay to examine the dead
Gaara. Deidara states that with two arms gone, jutsu usage is
impossible. He is further surprised at a Doujutsu ability on par with
Itachi, but the Jinchuuriki wasn't much. Deidara boasts they may fight
again and Kakashi retorts Deidara's too careless. Right then another
enraged Kyuubified Naruto appears from behind Deidara and slugs the
Akatsuki member hard across the face.

Chapter 277: "Ultimate Art Form" – As Naruto falls, he forms four

clones to each grab onto Deidara. The clones slam Deidara into the
ground and the real Naruto begins pummeling. Kakashi watches on in
worry. Naruto forms Rasengan and then slams it home; however
Deidara disappears revealing a clay Kawarimi. As a chakra tail grows
from Naruto, Deidara watches on from the bushes, marveling at
Naruto's Jinchuuriki gift of strength. Naruto turns feral with a second
tail forming, and the Naruto beside Kakashi winces in pain at some
internal heat. Kakashi remembers how Jiraiya warned him to use a
sealing tag to cut off the chakra before a second tail appears. Kakashi
darts to Naruto and slaps the seal on his forehead, quickly weakening
the young man. Elsewhere Team Gai has finished off their clones. As
Naruto rests, Sakura and a weary Chiyo appear. Naruto welcomes
them and Chiyo worries about Gaara only to see him with the Naruto
clones. Deidara can't believe Sasori lost, his overconfidence in his art
was his downfall but it was a fitting end. He moves to escape only to
be cut off by Team Gai! Deidara bolts and TenTen launches projectiles.
He quickly moves to his headless bird and chomps off a huge portion
of clay. Deidara then ingests it! Neji sees Deidara focusing chakra to
the clay inside and suddenly yells for everyone to move! Team Gai
jumps away and Team Naruto watches in horror as Deidara grows
huge and explodes!

Chapter 278: "The Death of Gaara" – As the explosion expands

Neji is fearful they won't make it. Suddenly the dust settles to
everyone's surprise. Where Deidara stood the surrounding area
finishes being sucked into nothingness. Kakashi feels grateful that he
somehow made it just in time with his Mangekyou technique. Gai is
impressed and Sakura asks Kakashi what he did. He wearily responds
he sent Deidara to another dimension. The Naruto's arrive with Gaara
and the teams leave the forest for a nearby grassy field. Sakura
checks Gaara and sadly nods that he is gone. Naruto begins to cry and
asks why this had to happen to Gaara, right after he became
Kazekage. Chiyo asks him to calm down but Naruto yells for her to
shut up. He angrily demands to know why they made him a jinchuuriki
anyway, why no one ever asked how he felt about it. He states he's
failed two people so far, both Sasuke and Gaara. He could save neither
even after his three years of training. Chiyo moves to Gaara and places
her hands on his chest, and begins her tensei jutsu. Sakura recognizes
the technique and yells to Chiyo but she trails off in sadness. Naruto
demands to know what she is doing. Gai and Kakashi recognize her
plan but Naruto still demands an answer. Sakura responds that Chiyo
is going to bring Gaara back to life!

Chapter 279: "Wonderous Chakra" – Naruto asks in surprise if

such a jutsu is possible. Sakura responds that only Chiyo knows it,
while Neji contemplates the chakra manipulation. Kakashi watches on
with his Sharingan and Chiyo begins to falter. Out of chakra Naruto
offers to help, placing his hands over Chiyo's. Chiyo thinks over how
Kakashi spoke highly of Naruto and his character. Chiyo begins to smile
and thinks how good it is that there are good people like Naruto in this
horrible world the older generations created. Chiyo tells Naruto to
become an unparalleled Hokage, and for Sakura to surpass her teacher
with her fiery spirit. As Naruto and Sakura listen on in sadness, Chiyo
wishes for Naruto to help Gaara. We then go inside Naruto's young life
conception, being surrounded by all his friends and Konoha comrades.
Turning from the group the fantasy Naruto bolts away. Elsewhere
Gaara is awakening into his own life conception, realizing he has form
again. The lonely young Gaara sits alone crying in the desert
wasteland. We draw in close and a hand grasps his shoulder. It's the
young Naruto, who morphs into the older reality Naruto. A bittersweet
looking Naruto welcomes Gaara back, and Gaara looks around in
surprise. Naruto tells Gaara they came to save him. Surrounding the
group are scores of celebrating Sand ninja, including Temari, Kankurou
and Ebizou!

Chapter 280: "The Entrusted Wish" – Kankurou and Naruto begin

to chide Gaara for causing so much hubbub, so Temari chastises them.
The Sand ninja around the group begin to discuss Gaara, talking of
strength and handsomeness. The kunoichi’s girly words perturb Naruto
but Kankurou tells him girls can be like that. Kankurou thinks back to
how Gaara spoke kindly of the way Naruto changed him, so he thanks
Naruto. Naruto looks to the fallen Chiyo and says he should thank
Chiyo when she gets better. Kankurou sadly tells Naruto how the
tensei ninjutsu was developed by the puppet squad to breathe life into
puppets, costing the user their life. A stunned Naruto thinks over
Chiyo's previous words, including her wish for him to become a good
Hokage. Ebizou looks down on his sister and states she finally looks at
peace. Temari tells Naruto he's unique in that he can change people,
he did so for Gaara and for Chiyo as well. She was not someone who
cared for the village future, but Naruto changed her to believe that he
and Gaara could both ensure a better future. Naruto contemplates she
died in the same fashion as Sandaime Hokage, and sadly says he
finally understands what she meant. Gaara begins to stand and moves
to Naruto's side and looks down on the fallen Chiyo. The newly
resurrected Kazekage then asks everyone to pray for Chiyo. Elsewhere
a figure bursts from the ground... it's Deidara! Deidara is surprised he
had to use his self-destructing bunshin, fortunately it provided a
convincing enough diversion to allow escape. He then surmises he
better look for his lower arm and his ring. Back in the destroyed cave,
Zetsu stands over Sasori and his parents. Looking over his fallen
comrade in arms, he states it appears to be the real Sasori. A voice
elsewhere in the cave yells that Sasori's ring has been found. Sitting
among the rubble is a mysterious figure, fully covered in clothing
except for his hair, which sticks out from a mask with a swirling vortex
for a face. The young man politely asks if he can finally become a
member now that there is an opening. Zetsu yells that it is not that
easy, but Zetsu's alternate personality asks why not and chimes in to
say "Tobi" is a good boy. Tobi flicks the ring into the air, but fails to
catch it again