Episode 20: Hiruko vs The Two Female Ninjas

Naruto followed Diedara who was hovering with use of his so-called-art of clay bomb, and Kakashi quickly followed making sure Naruto does not make any reckless moves. After careful analysis, Kakashi believes that they are facing a strong opponent, taking into consideration that even the Kazekage was unable to him fight alone. With this in mind, Kakashi is determined to keep Naruto with him while fighting their opponent, whom he believes might try to separate them in order to capture Naruto. Unfortunately, Naruto seems intent on taking Gaara’s body back and hopefully getting the revenge for his friend’s capture.

Inside the cave, tension is getting high as Sakura starts to get anxious on their situation. Chiyo-sama made the first move and was able to successfully let Sasori show their real opponent – Hiruko, who as Chiyo mention, used to be a shinobi of the Sand Village. Sasori was well-known in creating human puppets using the bodies of those he was able to defeat.

Chiyo assured Sakura that she has it under control, she explains to Sakura how Sasori was when he was younger and how he creates his puppets. Confident she can defeat her grandson with Sakura’s help, she whispered to Sakura the details of her plan on their fight against Sasori. They were able to dodge through the attacks he made, using his poisoned needles.

Confused on how even Sakura was able to dodge every single attack, Sasori made an attack similar to the one he used on Kankuro. Fortunately, Sakura was able to dodge it just in time, and continuing on to their plan, using her brute strength on destroying Sasori’s armor, Hiruko.