Setting Out

In the morning, Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi gathered early and headed to the Hokage's office together.

Today was Team Kakashi's first mission since its formation, Naruto was very excited, chattering away the whole way. Before long, they arrived at the Hokage's office.

Tsunade was handling official business when she saw Naruto and the others enter. She immediately smiled and said, "You've come." Just as Tsunade was about to announce the mission, a ninja quickly appeared in the office, hurriedly saying, "The Sunagakure just sent an urgent communication." He then handed the documents to Tsunade.

Tsunade reading the document, Tsunade's face turned serious, and Shizune next to her exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone at the scene realized that something big had happened.

Naruto asked, "What happened?"

Tsunade said in a deep voice, "The Kazekage of Sunagakure has been captured by the Akatsuki."

"What...?" Naruto and Sakura exclaimed simultaneously.

Tsunade said, "Because we have a lot of information about the Akatsuki, Sunagakure has asked us for help. It's an emergency. Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, we need you to go to Sunagakure and help them reclaim the Kazekage Sunagakure."

Shizune exclaimed, "Lady Tsunade, do you want Naruto to go to Sunagakure? But Naruto..." Shizune didn't finish her sentence.

A voice came from outside the door, "Teacher Tsunade, I'll come over too." Uzumaki Hane walked in quickly. Uzumaki Hane knew that according to the plot, the Akatsuki should have already captured Gaara by now, but he had killed Sasori of the Red Sand. He didn't know if the plot would change, so he came directly to the Hokage's office in the morning.

Tsunade looked at Uzumaki Hane and said directly, "Okay, you have experience fighting the Akatsuki, so you are indeed a suitable candidate. Now, Kakashi, Yu, Naruto, and Sakura, the four of you will go to Sunagakure, find out the situation, report to our village, and then act as our external support to reclaim the Kazekage."

The group quickly prepared, then gathered at the village entrance and left Konoha, heading rapidly towards Sunagakure.

A sandstorm raged, and several Sand Ninja lay dead on the ground, their fates unknown. Deidara, riding his giant bird, approached Sasori of the Red Sand and said, "Brother Sasori, you're so slow! Didn't you say you didn't like waiting?"

Sasori of the Red Sand said in a deep voice, "It's been a long time since I've been this happy."

Deidara frowned slightly and said, "What's this? Never mind, the One-Tail's mission is complete. Let's hurry back and report."

Sasori of the Red Sand said, "Let's go, I still have my mission to complete."

The two slowly disappeared into the sandstorm.

Uzumaki Hane and the others hurried on their way, only to encounter a distraught Temari. Temari had a bad feeling since morning, and Temari was extremely anxious because Gaara to be captured.

Thus, the team of four became five, and they quickly headed towards Sunagakure.

At this time, the seriously injured Kankuro was brought back to the village and immediately sent to the medical room for treatment.

However, despite trying various detoxification methods, the medical team was still unable to find a solution.

Buggy walked in, Kankuro said weakly, "Buggy, it's him..."

Buggy immediately rushed to Kankuro's side, Kankuro managed to say, "It's Sasori of the Red Sand." After saying that, he fell unconscious again.

Buggy was startled. He went to the office and said to the liaison officer, "Quickly recall the men who went to intercept the intruders."

The ninja said, "Lord Buggy, but we've lost contact with the personnel since just now."

Buggy's expression turned grave. The other party was none other than Sasori of the Red Sand. It seemed that those people had already met with misfortune, and it appeared that he had no choice but to seek their help. Buggy immediately headed towards a certain place.

At a pond, an elderly man and woman were fishing. The old man noticed Buggy's arrival and said, "Sister, it seems someone is coming."

Unexpectedly, the old woman was pretending to be dead, which startled the old man.

Buggy approached the two men and said, "I've come here because I need your help."

The two were too old and already enjoying their retirement; they didn't want to go out and declined Buggy's offer.

Buggy said to Chiyo, "Yesterday, two intruders kidnapped Lord Kazekage, one of whom was Sasori of the Red Sand, your grandson."

As soon as she finished speaking, ripples spread across the calm pond, revealing Chiyo's turbulent emotions.

The two followed Buggy into the treatment room. Looking at Kankuro lying on the bed, Chiyo said, "Who is this? He looks familiar."

Buggy said, "This is Kankuro, the Lord Kazekage brother."

Chiyo said, "Oh." Then she began to examine Kankuro's body for the poison. After examining him, Chiyo shook her head and said, "As expected of Sasori, he's so confident in his poison. I can't cure this poison either."

Buggy said, "What should we do?"

Chiyo said, "However, the only person more skilled in detoxification than me is Princess Tsunade of Konoha, who has cured my poisons multiple times during the war. If we invite her over, perhaps Kankuro can still be saved. Anyway, Konoha is now an ally of us, so we should be able to invite her over, right?"

Buggy said, "But Princess Tsunade has already succeeded to the Hokage Position, and it would take at least three days for her to arrive from Konoha. There's simply no time."

Chiyo knew that Kankuro was in grave danger and there was no time to lose, so she frowned and said, "I'll have to try myself."

After a long journey, Uzumaki Hane and the others finally arrived at Sunagakure. Temari learning that Kankuro had been poisoned, Temari immediately led Uzumaki Hane and the others to the medical room.

The five members of the Uzumaki Hane rushed to the medical room. Chiyo saw Kakashi and thought to herself, "Could it be..." She quickly rushed towards Kakashi and shouted, "Die, Konoha's White Fang!"

Kakashi didn't know how to respond, after all, the other person was calling out his father's name.

Uzumaki Hane had no time to pay attention to any of this; her attention was focused on Kankuro on the bed. Kankuro had been poisoned by Sasori of the Red Sand, which surprised her. She had clearly killed Sasori of the Red Sand; could it be that Sasori of the Red Sand's Perpetual Heart had survived in her Meteor Volcano? However, at the time, she was worried about the danger to Shion and the others, so she hadn't checked the battlefield before leaving in a hurry.

Furthermore, when he pursued Deidara, he was blocked by Uchiha Itachi and Kisame, and never saw Deidara at all. It's likely that he left with Deidara at the time.