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As soon as Deidara begins feeding his mouth hands clay, Gaara goes on
the offensive and sends his sand after the Akatsuki member. Deidara
jumps onto his bird and begins flying all throughout the village with
Gaara’s sand right behind him. Just when Deidara believes that he is in
the clear, he’s attacked from all sides. While Deidara is a bit
surprised that Gaara was able to notice him so quickly, Gaara tells him
that birds like the one that Deidara is riding do not exist in the
desert.
Begin episode.
Gaara jumps onto a pillar of sand that begins to ascend into the air until he is level with Deidara.
A
Suna guard overhears the commotion and comes outside, only to encounter
one of the men who had been blown away by Deidara’s clay spiders.
Kankuro speaks with another guard about how nothing big should have
happened, since Yuura was known for keeping the village’s security up.
Yuura, however, is nowhere to be found, since he is currently with
Sasori, who tells Yuura that he should return to his village because
there will be even more problems if the villagers found out he was
involved with Akatsuki.
Back in the air, Gaara summons a large wave of sand to overtake Deidara.
Back
with the bell test, Naruto and Sakura still have not gotten the bells
from Kakashi yet, and dawn will be coming soon. When Sakura goes on for
the strike, Kakashi kicks her and its revealed that it was only one of
Naruto’s Kage Bunshins that transformed into Sakura. The real one comes
from above with her fist radiating with chakra. Kakashi narrowly avoids
the punch as it creates a huge crater in the ground.
It’s time
for Shinobi Tactic #3: Ninjutsu. Kakashi begins forming seals at a
rapid rate and uses Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Style, Grand
Fireball Jutsu). Naruto and Sakura avoid the fireball, but Naruto is
driven into the ground, quite literally, when Kakashi’s hand surfaces
from the earth and he uses Doton, Shinjuu Zanshu No Jutsu (Earth Style,
Decapitation Technique). While it seems that Naruto is stuck in the
ground, it’s only another Kage Bunshin. Naruto and Sakura charge at
Kakashi, who begins forming seals rapidly once again. This time, it’s
Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu). The huge
waterfall overtakes both Naruto and Sakura.
They didn’t call Kakashi a Copy Ninja for nothing.
Deidara
creates several exploding clay birds as the arm of Shukaku chases him.
The birds, once sent, detonate on various areas of the sand, but
nothing serious happens as a result of this.
In Konoha, Naruto
and Sakura begin contemplating another plan to get the bells, but
remember that Kakashi is no pushover: he’s smarter than Shikamaru, has
a better sense of smell than Kiba, knows taijutsu better than Lee, and
can use his Sharingan better than Sasuke, as well as having more
experience. It seems that the match is a bit one sided and Naruto and
Sakura are at an extreme disadvantage, since Kakashi has never shown
any weakness. While it seems that all is lost, Naruto comes to a
realization that Kakashi has had a weakness all of this time, and if
they had paid any attention to how much time they’ve spent with
Kakashi, they would have noticed the weakness a lot sooner.
Kakashi,
on the other hand, can’t believe that he’s been forced to use the
Sharingan this much. What he would prefer right now is to continue
reading Icha Icha Tactics, since there’s apparently something dramatic
involving the main character. As much as he’d like to read it, he’ll
have to hold off Naruto and Sakura until dawn before anything can
happen.
Deidara’s birds begin moving a lot faster and are able
to bypass all of the sand obstacles. Deidara yells out “Katsu” (A word
that is used to focus concentration) to detonate the birds.
Naruto
and Sakura make their move, but the difference is that Naruto threatens
to reveal the ending of Icha Icha Tactics and what the secret is about
the main character. Kakashi covers his ears and closes his eyes since
he could easily read Naruto’s lips with the Sharingan.
When he
opens his eyes, Naruto and Sakura are each holding one bell, quoting
their sensei: “A ninja must read what’s underneath the underneath.”
Despite actually losing the test, Kakashi, along with his students, have a good laugh at this predicament.
Gaara
has concealed himself within his ultimate defense and the third eye on
the outside, watching Deidara. Suddenly, Deidara is overtaken on all
sides and surrounded by sand claws.
The episode comes to a close as Gaara prepares to use Sabaku Rou (Desert Prison).
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