Destruction of Sunagakure
The wind howled through Sunagakure, whipping up spirals of sand that darkened the ochre sky.
The village, already weakened by years of tension, was plunged into chaos. The Edo Tensei summoned by Orochimaru—Deidara and Kisame—spread destruction, their silhouettes sowing terror wherever they passed. Suna's buildings crumbled, their clay walls pulverized by Deidara's explosions and flooded by Kisame's torrents.
At the heart of the carnage, Gaara, the Kazekage, and his sister Temari fought back-to-back. Their brother Kankurō lay a few meters away, the lower half of his body shredded by one of Deidara's bombs, his blood mixing with the sand. The Edo Tensei were silent and relentless—their black eyes gleamed with a thirst for destruction, their movements mechanical yet devastating.
Sand swirled around Gaara, forming a living shield that deflected flying debris. His face, marked by exhaustion and fury, remained impassive, his turquoise eyes locked on Deidara, perched atop a giant clay bird. An explosion obliterated a building to their left, hurling stone shrapnel with deafening force.
Beside him, Temari gripped her massive fan, her blond hair plastered with sweat.
"Gaara, they won't stop!" she shouted, her voice hoarse. "Kankurō's down—we have to end this now!"
Gaara clenched his fists, his sand vibrating with chakra.
"I know, Temari. Protect the civilians—I'll handle Deidara."
He raised his hands. "Suna no Tate!"
A wall of sand erupted, blocking another volley of clay bombs. The explosions shook the ground, cracking Suna's streets apart.
Deidara, hovering in the air, formed hand signs, his clay hands spewing explosive spiders that skittered toward Gaara. Their silence was terrifying, their faces frozen in hollow expressions.
...
Temari pivoted on her heels, her leg muscles straining to the limit. Her sharp gaze swept the battlefield before locking onto Kisame as he emerged from a churning mass of water, his bare feet gliding across the liquid surface.
"Suiton: Drowning Wave Technique!"
Kisame's deep voice barely registered before the artificial ocean surged upward, crashing down with monstrous force. The wall of water, several meters high, swallowed an entire row of houses in an instant. The sun-dried clay structures disintegrated like sugar in tea, reduced to sludge under the crushing pressure. The muffled screams of trapped civilians were drowned beneath the roar of the water.
"Gaara, look out!"
Temari's ragged voice cut through the air, laced with desperate urgency. Her fingers tightened around the handle of her giant fan, her knuckles whitening from the strain. With a sweeping circular motion, she slashed the air before her.
"Fūton: Cutting Tempest!"
A high-pitched shriek tore through the space as the concentrated gusts split the wave in two. The water exploded into a shower of iridescent droplets, casting a fleeting rainbow over the battlefield.
Kisame burst through the liquid curtain. The living sword Samehada grinned, its metallic scales rattling with excitement. The light of the setting sun glinted off the rogue ninja's jagged teeth, giving his smile a predatory gleam.
Temari sensed the danger a fraction of a second too late. She twisted aside, feeling the air tear where the blade passed. A searing pain shot through her right arm as Samehada grazed her flesh, opening a clean gash that immediately stained her kimono crimson.
"Damn it!"
...
Gaara, focused on Deidara, formed a hand sign.
"Suna no Shuriken!"
Sand shuriken shot forth, aiming for the clay bird. Deidara dodged, his mount zigzagging, and launched a clay dragon.
"C2 Dragon!"
The monster spat explosive missiles. Gaara raised a sand dome— "Suna no Yoroi!" —but the blasts cracked his defense.
"Temari, fall back!" Gaara shouted, feeling the pressure mount.
Temari, locked in combat with Kisame, panted as her fan deflected a strike from Samehada.
"I've got this, Gaara! Focus on the other one!"
She feinted, unleashing "Fūton: Wind Scythe!" A gust sliced through Kisame's arm, but the Edo Tensei regenerated instantly.
Kisame counterattacked.
"Suiton: Water Prison Technique!"
A sphere of water engulfed Temari. She thrashed, her lungs burning, but shattered the prison with a swing of her fan.
"Fūton: Hurricane!"
Kisame was hurled into a wall.
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Gaara intensified his assault against Deidara.
"Sabaku Kyū!"
A wave of sand swallowed the clay bird, crushing it. Deidara leaped, landing on a new mount, and hurled bird-shaped bombs. The explosions ravaged the central plaza, obliterating statues and houses alike.
Gaara growled, his sand forming a massive hand.
"Suna no Te!"
It crushed one of the birds.
"You won't destroy Suna!" he roared.
But Deidara, silent, prepared a massive bomb.
"C3!"
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Temari, exhausted, faced Kisame, whose strength seemed endless. Samehada slashed, gashing her thigh, blood spraying.
"Temari, hold on!" Gaara yelled.
"Worry about the other bastard, I've got this!"
Even as she spoke with confidence, a cold fear gripped her—this might be the end.
She unleashed "Fūton: Devastating Cyclone!" , a whirlwind shredding Kisame. But he reformed, summoning "Suiton: Thousand Hungry Sharks!"
Water sharks surged, roaring toward Temari. She dodged, her fan blocking several, but one clamped onto her arm, tearing a scream from her lips.
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Gaara, seeing his sister in danger, split his sand. One wall shielded Temari, blocking the sharks, while the rest pursued Deidara.
Deidara's C3 detonated, annihilating the sand barrier. Buildings collapsed, burying entire streets in rubble. The shockwave hurled Gaara backward, his shoulder slamming into a cracked wall.
"Gaara, behind you!" Temari cried.
Kisame charged, Samehada aiming for Gaara's chest. Gaara dodged, his sand intercepting the blade, and retaliated.
"Sabaku Sōsō!"
A sand coffin engulfed Kisame, but the Edo Tensei reformed, summoning a tidal wave.
"Suiton: Great Waterfall!"
The deluge obliterated another row of houses, drowning Suna shinobi.
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Temari, bleeding heavily, gasped.
"Fūton: Ultimate Tempest!"
A cyclone roared, slicing through Kisame. But he struck back.
"Suiton: Voracious Shark!"
A pack of water sharks lunged at Temari. She swung her fan.
"Fūton: Wind Shield!"
But the sharks broke through, tearing into her legs and torso.
She screamed, her blood mingling with the water. Then she collapsed, her fan slipping from her grip, her body ravaged.
In her final moment, she could only think of that infuriating, lazy face—Shikamaru . A faint smile touched her lips as her vision blurred.
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"TEMARI!" Gaara roared, his eyes brimming with tears.
His sand erupted.
"Suna no Arashi!"
A storm swallowed Kisame and Deidara. Kisame was crushed but reformed, while Deidara hurled one last bomb.
Gaara, shattered by his sister's death, channeled all his chakra.
"Sabaku Taisō!"
A tsunami of sand pinned the Edo Tensei, immobilizing them—temporarily. He knew they'd return, unrelenting.
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Suna lay in ruins, its buildings reduced to rubble, its streets flooded with blood and water. Gaara knelt beside Temari's body, clutching her broken fan, his voice trembling.
"I'll avenge you, Temari. I swear it."
But the Edo Tensei were already reforming—
Until, as if obeying an unseen command, their bodies disintegrated and vanished completely.