Ryu Hayabusa Versus Sasori

Welcome Back in the Fightclub for a shootout of the century. Two ninja will fight to decide who is the deadlier of the two.
In the fightclub today, we have Geoff Desmoulin, a karate blackbelt and biomedical scientist. Then there is doctor Armand Dorian, a trauma doctor and our medical expert. Last but not least, we have Max Geiger, our one and only computer expert. It will be his job to put all the data in the computer and run the simulations to see who will win the most in a 1000 battles.

This time it is a battle between ninja's to see who is more skilled in the art of killing. It is Ryu Hayabusa, deadly ninja from the Hayabusa clan versus puppetmaster Sasori of the Red Sands.

'Two ninja facing each other but neither really acts like a ninja. We have one who does not hide in the shadows but runs into action and battles anyone he meets fighting a ninja who uses puppets to fight his battles and knows all about poisons.' Geoff said.

'Because of the sheer number of weapons and techniques, we will see multiple weapons in every range. Also because Sasori uses puppets which have different kind of weapons, from long to short range, he will have puppets on the ranges they are best suited. That means that a long range weapon can pop up in close range.' Max explained.

'This is going to be one bloody battle. Not only are we dealing with conventional weapons here but we will also see poisons and ninpo attacks, with the latter including fire, cutting winds and even a black hole. I am not sure if my medical degree covers that all.' The doctor said.

Everyone is hyped for this third episode of Deadliest warrior and this might prove the longest and deadliest episode yet. Who will win this match between ninja. Is it Ryu or is it Sasori. We will find out. But first let us see what our hosts think will happen during this match. Who will take the victory according to Doctor Dorian?

'Who will win? Here is the thing. I suspect that it will be Sasori who takes the victory. Not only does he use a puppet as his own body, which is more durable and powerful then a human, but he also uses poison in almost all of his weapons. Even if a weapon only scratches, Ryu will be paralyzed and unable to continue.' The doctor finished.

'I am an old school ninja guy. Dressed in black, using a sword and special abilities to cut down the opponent. I think that the power of Ryu will give him the victory here. He has fought modern day army's, monsters and even demons. Puppets will not be much of a problem for someone like him.' Max said.

It is time to introduce the warriors of this battle to the death and see who will walk out alive. First off is Ryu Hayabusa.

Ryu is known as the Modern day ninja, the superninja, the singular ninja and the dragon ninja. 

He is the son of Jo Hayabusa, the leader of the Hayabusa ninja clan and part of the dragon lineage.

From childhood, Ryu has been trained as a ninja. He learned some crucial survival skills as a child and as he became older, the training became harder and tougher as he mastered a lot of ninja skills. He excelled at training and soon became one of the top students, ultimately giving him the honour to bear the Hayabusa name as his own. The man has traveled to different lands and  fought  all kinds of opponents, ranging from other ninja's, robots, fiends and even modern day armies, This man also competed in the dead or alive tournaments where he could only use his martial art skills to set himself apart from the rest and take the victory. 

Ryu is a man of opposites. Outsite of battle, he is the wise young man who is modest and refined. But during fighting, he is unforgiving and will crush anything. He is not without his flaws. Due to his youth, he can be hotheated and brash, heading into undesiable situations that he needs to get out of. If he is able to get his game together, he can use his flexible nature and ninja training to think on his feet and adept to find a solution.

Ryu has used a big arsenal of weapons during his many conquests and fights. Some of them however he used more then others and we have decided on selecting only a few of them. He will bring into battle: The shuriken (normal, incendiary and windmill), the Fiends Bane Bow, The Art of Inferno, the Art of Hurricane, the Lunar Staff, The Dragon Sword, The Art of Piercing Void, the Art of Wind Blades, the Art of Ice storm, the Art of Inazuma, the Art of fire Wheels and finally Spiritual Life Regeneration.

The opponent of Ryu is someone he would fight if the ninja had a chance. Sasori, a former member of the Village hidden in the sand.

He lost both of his parents at a young age when they were killed during a mission by a rival ninja. Learning the art of puppet Jutsu, Sasori became a master in them and creating new and deadly puppets. It was his skill with the puppets that gave him the monniker Sasori of the Red Sand, due to the blood of his opponents that flowed during his battles. Wanting more, Sasori began creating puppets out of the bodies of his fallen enemies. At the age of 15, the young man captured and killed the third Kazekage and turned the man into a puppet. wanting to everlast, Sasori finally turned his own body in that of a puppet with only a tiny bit of his real human flesh containing his soul in it. He became a missing nin and joined the dangerous band of criminal shinobi known as Akatsuki. 
As a mission of the Akatsuki, Sasori took down an entire nation by his own, using his many puppets to attack and destroy the nation. He then went on with his partner to collect the one tailed beast and fifth kazekage Gaara. A cunning and intelligent man, Sasori always had a battle plan and knew the use of spies to the greatest effect. He was however very impatient and quick to anger.

The weapons that Sasori will use in this battle are his chakra strings, his puppets: The Third Kazekage, Hiruko, sansahouo, his own puppet body and Secret technique, peformance of a 100 puppets. These all have all kind of weapons of their own, Bladed weapons, Flamethrower, Watercannon, Poison, Iron Sand and Sanbon.

To test all these weapons, we need experts for both sides. Ryu will be represented by two females who has battled side on side with the ninja.
The first one is Ayane. She has not only competed with Ryu in the dead or alive tournament but also aided Ryu several times during fighting. 

'Ryu is not only a master in ninjutsu and ninpo but also uses the dragon sword. He is unbeatable and will destroy this opponent with ease.' The purple haired girl spoke with a calm voice. 

The second expert is another woman. Rachel is a Fiend hunter who is cursed with the blood of a fiend herself. She has fought with Ryu multiple times and knows how deadly the ninja is.

He is sweet, caring and very social man but also ruthless in battle. He knows how to kill and is not afraid to finish anyone off who threatens those he cares about.' The sexy clad woman said.

Sasori has some confident experts of his own that will help him win this battle. Puppet masters of their own, they know the skill and the puppets he brings into battle. The first one is Lady Chiyo. Grandmother of Sasori and the one who has taught him the puppet jutsu technique.

'He was such a sweet boy once. However now he is a deadly monster who will crush all those who stand opposed to him. His human puppets are worse then he himself is, but they are very dangerous.' The old woman spoke as she said down on a chair with a cup of tea.

The other expert has battled Sasori on two occasions with one losing and the other one winning. Kankuro is a puppet technique user himself and employs puppets that Sasori has created. He even recieved the puppet  body of Sasori after their final battle. 

'I speak out of experience that he is one tough opponent. He was already dead and used his own human body when I battled him the second time. Otherwise I would not have won.' The man spoke as he moved two puppets around.

First we will test the medium range weapons, where Ryu brings his Lunar staff and two ninpo attacks: The Art of Inferno and the Art of Hurricane. Sasori comes into battle with his Chakra Strings and the puppet sansouo.

'Welcome ladies.' Max grinned as a schoolboy in a candy store. 'Both beautiful and deadly. What weapons do you bring for us?' The two woman walked calmly towards the hosts, ignoring Max for the moment. 

'We bring The lunar staff and two ninpo attacks' Ayane said as her fellow expert carried the staff.

The lunar staff, a staff with quarterstaff with the power of the moon.

The art of Inferno. A burning attack that leaves the opponent scorched.

The Art of Hurricane. This storm can tear someone apart.

'Can you tell me what ninpo is?' Geoff asked. 'Ninpo is spiritual energy. By collecting Ki in his body, Ryu is capable of using the Ki to form attacks to take out the opponent.' 'Wow.' Geoff uttered. 'I wonder how I am going to program that in.' Max complained. 

'Let us first see the staff.' Geoff spoke as he moved to take the staff from Rachel. The woman gave it to him and spoke. 'This is the Lunar Staff. A weapon that is said to contain the powers of the Moon.' 'Okay.' Geoff said, confused.  'As you can see, it is a quarterstaff with heavy maces on either end. It is made out of willow and covered in an animal tendons and oils. The shaft is encased in steel and both ends are made out of iridium, which comes from meteorites.' She explained. 'But what does the moon have to do with it?' Max asked as he did not stare at the body of the woman for a moment. 'It is said that this weapon becomes even harder and heavier with a full moon.' Rachel finished. 'Yes it is an heavy weapon. looks hard to move around.' Geoff said. 'Ryu is stronger then normal humans and would have no problem with it, he can move it around as if it was made of plastic.' Came the reply.

'How about the ninpo attacks?' Geoff asked. 'I explained the concept of ninpo to you?' Ayane started. 'Ninpo can be used in all sorts of attacks and I am going to explain two of them here.' She looked the hosts in the eyes. 'First is the one that Ryu uses most. The Art of the Inferno.' 'Sounds impressive.' Max commented. 'It is.' The woman said with a cool voice. 'He can either create three fireballs to hit multiple opponents or focus his ki into a large dragon made of fire that incinerates his target.' 'How about the other Ki attack?' Geoff asked. 'The Art of the Hurricane creates a storm that can tear opponents apart with ease.' 'Well If you look at the damage that hurricanes like Catrina did, I can fully understand that.' The doctor said. 'There is one more thing. Ryu can guide this hurricane.' Ayane said with a smile. 

'I see three tests here. I want to see the quarterstaff in action, which can be done here in the fightclub. For the two Ki attacks, we head outside. I see two tests for the the different kinds of fire attacks and we will see what the storm will do against a group of people.' Geoff explained. 'Very well.' Rachel smiled. 'When can I start?' The woman asked as she moved her staff around. 'When we have everything set up.' Geoff answered. 

For the first time ever in Deadliest Warrior, we can demonstrate the power of Ryu to the closest thing resembling Sasori. For this match, we are using the puppet version of Sasori, so our deadliest warrior team has worked together very hard with both Chiyo and Kankuro to create a large amount of Sasori puppets, based on the puppet that Kankuro has recieved from Sasori himself. This means that the damage done to the puppet is the actual damage that would be done to Sasori.

'Are you ready?' Geoff asked Rachel. 'Yes.' The woman smiled. 'Then go smash the puppet.' Geof yelled. She first hit the puppet on the the side of the head and then followed with a jab in the side. Moving the staff around like a feather, she gave two punches to the head and then moved her staff above the head to finish thhe battle and she slammer the Lunar Staff into the head of the opponent, breaking half of it away. 

'incredible.'Max said as the hosts reached Rachel, altough it was not clear if he meant the head or the female body who had been jumping around.

'You destroyed that head.' Geoff commented. 'HaHa. It is nothing.' Chiyo chuckled. 'Have you seen this puppet?' Rachel asked. 'Yes and the puppet felt no pain. Sasori is a puppet and will not feel pain either.' The old woman said. 'She destroyed that head.' Max came to the aid of Rachel. 'And the body has enough tools to keep the battle going.' Kankuro came in. 'Even if, it would be hard to see Ryu..But....' The woman suddenly stopped. She moved the staff around and everybody stepped back as she destroyed both arms and legs of the puppet to finally slam the quarterstaff with all her might and shattering the chest of the puppet. 'No more doll' She only said. 'You can say that, you destroyed it.' Geoff commented. The other experts however were not convinced. 'Sasori has enough other puppets to block it.' Was all the old lady said. 'Well let us go outside and test the other powers of Ryu.' Geoff said, curious on these powers.

Outside in the desert, there stood one single puppet Sasori, with the hosts and experts around it. 'Ayane, can you create the fire dragon and take out this puppet for me?' Geoff asked. The woman nodded silently. 'What do you think will happen?' The host asked as he turned to the two puppetmasters. 'We are used to strong fire attacks and every puppetmaster makes their puppets fire proof.' Was the answer of the old woman.

'We will see.' Ayane spoke as she observed the puppet. 'Everybody stand back.' The girl then said and when everyone was out of range, she started moving her hands in signs. Suddenly a large dragon made out of fire burst from the hands of the ninja and flew towards the puppet. it slammed into the puppet and consumed the target in flames.

When the fire was put out, only a few molten pieces of the puppet remained. 'I think your puppets are rather flammable.' Max said as everybody watched the damage. 'This would actually cook the piece of flesh still inside the puppet and destroy it. This would put an end to Sasori.' The doctor explained. 

The last test was the one of the hurricane and to test the damage, five puppets of Sasori were clustered together. 

'Send the Hurricane in and destroy the puppets.' Geoff said with a smile. 'Yes.' Ayane said and seconds later, a hurricane rampaged the puppets and tore them apart. 

'All these puppets miss parts.' Geoff said as he held a head. 'Need a hand? Or two?' Max asked as he lifted one hand and then another one. 'Is there a medical term for this?' Max then asked the doctor. 'Destruction.' Was all Dorian could say. 

We have seen three very lethal weapons in the Lunar Staff, the Art of Inferno and the Art of the Hurricane. Now let us see how the medium ranged weapons of puppetmaster Sasori will do in the tests.

'What toys do you have for us?' Max asked as the other two experts appeared. 'The chakra threads and a puppet named Sansouo.' It was the young ninja Kankuro who answered.

The chakra threats. The ideal tool to controll your puppet or your opponent.

Sansouo, A puppet for the defence

'Where is this sansouo?' Geoff asked. 'he would not fit here at the moment. I can only show it outside.'  Kankaru explained. 'And this is your weapon correct?' The host asked. 'Correct. It was made and used by Sasori and years later, I obtained it.' Kankaru explained. 'How about the chakra threads then? What is chakra?' Max asked. 'Chakra is the spirituel energy that flows through the body. A ninja can use it to create ninjitsu and attack the opponent. It is also the element which makes a ninja capable to walk over walls and water.' It was Chiyo who explained the concept of chakra. 'Yes and puppetmasters are able to create cords of chakra to controll their pup. On. They also can take controll of a human being.' Kankuro added. 'Wow.' Geoff said. 'It was I who tought my grandson this art of our family and he became very skilled and very dangerous with it, even being able to controll 100 puppets at one time.' The old lady said. 'Very skilled in the chakra strings can make their threats so thin that they cannot be seen or have controll of people against their will.' This time it was the young puppetmaster who spoke. Granny Chiyo then walked towards the hosts and put a small puppet on the table. 'This was the puppet I used to show a very young Sasori chakra threads.' She said. Instanly blue cords erupted from her hand and the puppet started dancing on the table and jumping in the air. 'Full controll over the puppet and every weapon inside of it.' She said. 'How does the controll of people work?' Max asked with doubt in his voice. 'Let me show.' Kankuro said with an evil grin. He turned to face the experts of Ryu, who were talking to each other silently. He moved his hands and suddenly Ayane gripped her sword, pulled it and put the weapon on the throat of Rachel. 'What happened to you?' Rachel yelled after jumping backwards. 'I do not know. I cannot controll my body.' The ninja uttered. Kankuro then released his hold. 'Wow.' Geoff said. 'Can these threats be cut?' Geoff then asked. 'Not with a normal sword it cannot, only if the opponent can create a sharp weapon out of chakra, it can be cut and even then, with a simple move we can create other chakra threads.' Kankuro explained. 'How many of these can be made and how many does it need to controll one puppet.?' The doctor asked. 'An expert puppetmaster can control a puppet with only one string and therefore could controll ten puppets at most. on each finger a string.' Chiyo said. 'However Sasori has been shown the ability to controll a hundred puppets at one time.' She added. 

'Okay to check out and test your puppet, we have come here on our outer test site in the desert.' Geoff spoke as everyone stood near the big puppet. 'This is sansouo.' Kankuro introduced. 'The name means Salamander, after its design.' He then explained. 'it is big.' Max commented. 'Yes and its main functionis defense. The shield on his back can be lifted up and used as a defensive tool. The user can hide behind it and be save from attacks.' The young man explained. 'What about weapons?' Max asked. 'Only two. Fire breathing and poison breathing.' Kankuro said. 'We will test fire breathing, as for the poison breathing. I have analysed the special home made poison of Sasori and it does exactly what it says. It paralyzes the body, which can take a few minutes to a few hours. That depends on how much poison is injected. The target will then be in great agony for three days after which he finally dies.' The doctor explained. 'let us test the fire.' Geoff spoke.

'This is the situation. We have an enemy ninja here and we want him medium rare.' Geoff explained to Kankuro as the host pointed towards a mannequin. 'Show what you can do.' The man added. 'Will be done.' The puppet master said. The others took their distance as Sansouo with Kankuro on top walked towards the mannequin. Suddenly, the mouth of the puppet opened and fire erupted from it. 

'Look at this, his face had melt away.' Geoff said as they inspected the target. 'If he is not dead already, he is in no way to fight.' The doc said as he too inspected the mannequin. 'It is not as bad as we have seen with Ryu but this fire does the job nontheless.' The man said. 'This thing will never stand up to the weapons of Ryu.' Ayane suddenly spoke. Not having forgotten what his opponent did earlier, Ayane said: 'I want to test my Arts against this toy. Only then it is a fair comparison.' 'Are you okay with that?' Max asked the puppetmaster. 'Bring it on.' The man grinned.

Minutes later and everything had been brought ready. Sanshouo stood ready with the shield up as Ayane stood as small distance away. For good measure, they had placed a Sasori puppet behind the large shield. 'Are you ready?' Geoff asked the female ninja. She nodded in response and when Geoff yelled fire, she attacked. The fire dragon headed towards the puppet and hit the shield, but as far as everybody could see. It did not damage the puppet nor the Sasori on top of it. 'It looks like the attack failed.' Geoff spoke loudly. Before anyone could come closer, Ayane was moving her hands in signs again. 'Art of the Hurricane!' She yelled and a hurricane erupted from her hands and headed towards the puppet. Where the last art got blocked by the shield, the hurricane past by and ripped both puppets apart. When the attack was done, pieces and parts lay everywhere. 'It seems she broke your toy.' Max said as he grinned towards Ayane and gave her a thumbs up. 'Hmmm.' Kankuro grunted as he realised he had to repair the puppet. 

As the two experts of Sasori started to collect all the pieces of the puppet, the three hosts gathered to discuss who would get the edge. 

'I go Ryu.' Max started. 'The chakra strings and puppet are nice but they are not really offensive weapons on their own. With Ryu you have three that can destroy a puppet.' 'Well the chakra threads are nice and can completely immobilise the opponent. Also the combination of the threads and the Sanshouo is a dangerous one.' Geoff said thoughtfully. 'You are kidding me? You have seen what the hurricane did with the puppet and the puppet sitting on it.' Max countered. 'Very well.' Geoff agreed.

For medium ranged combat, the edge goes to Ryu Hayabusa and his three deadly weapons.

With the victory of Medium range going to Ryu Hayabusa, It is time to reveal what the Long range weapons of both fighters are. The shuriken and Fiend's Bane Bow will go all out against the puppet of the third Kazekage.

'What weapons do the lovely ladies bring us?' Max asked as he walked up to the two woman. Ignoring the man once again, Rachel showed what she was holding. 'I have the Fiend's Bane Bow here.' She spoke. 'And I have three kinds of Shuriken. Normal, windmill and incendiary.' Ayane said.

The Fiend's Bane bow. A bow that can cause destruction from far away.

Shuriken. The most famous weapons of the ninja.

Windmill Shuriken. A cross between Shuriken and a boomarang.

Incendiary Shuriken. A burning touch to a classic weapon.

'Those are a lot of weapons.' Geoff commented. 'Yes and they are all deadly.' Rachel said with a fury. 'They can kill a man...Or a puppet.' She added. 

'Let us test these weapons.' Max said with a grin. 'I agree. I want to see these weapons in action. But first give me more information on these weapons.' Geoff spoke. 'With pleasure.' Came the answer of Rachel. 'Let us first begin with the bow.' She said as she held the weapon up. 'Yes tell us about that.' Max added. 'The bow is one of the deadliest weapons. Meant to take down fiends, this weapon has great range and even greater power.' She explained. 'It can be shot in mid-air, making the weapon very versatile. Also the arrows have two prongs, which is ideal for killing.' As she gave the last piece of information, the woman showed the arrows. 'Damn, these would hurt.' Max commented.

'What about the shuriken?' Geoff asked.  This time, Ayane gave the answer. 'Shuriken are swift dangerous weapons and a tool for every ninja/' She gave one to Geoff before she continued. 'Many can be thrown at a time for lethal results. Think about scalpels flying at you.' 'That is dangerous.' the doctor said. 'To add, there are these windmill shuriken.' She held up a large shuriken. 'This act more as a boomerang and can return to the thrower. Furthermore, it's accuracy is better and it can hack off limbs.' 'Auch.' Geoff said. 'Lastly we have the incendiary shuriken, which explodes when it hits target, doing even more damage and can kill small opponents with ease.' 

´First let us test out this demon looking bow.´ Max said and the small group made it towards the puppet of Sasori, standing in the middle of the fight club. 

'I want to see some accurate shootings and deep penetration.' Geoff said. 'Very well.' The woman with the long blond hair spoke as she stepped away from the target. 'Ready?' Geoff asked Rachel. 'Ofcourse.'  She smiled. 'Then shoot.' he continued. The first arrow hit the puppet in the chest. The second came in the face of its target and the third arrow hit the stomach. After these three arrows, Rachel turned and nodded that she was done. 

´Against a normal human, you would have three solid kills.´ Doctor Dorian began as he studied the puppet. ´But this is a puppet and not a real human.´ The old lady complained. 'We have to look how deep the penetration is.' Geoff said as he took hold of the shaft of a arrow. The man pulled the arrow out and concluded. 'This one in the face would have hone deep and disable every tool that would be in the head.' As he took out the other two, Geoff came to the same conclusion. 'This might not kill but it would take the puppet out of combat.' 'Well actually, the arrow here in the chest would pierce the flesh in the puppet and kill Sasori.' Doctor Dorian Explained. 

'Now for the different kinds of shuriken.' Max said as he showed three new puppets who had placed in the fightclub. 'Now my beautiful ninja. show us what you can do with those shuriken.' 

Ayane gave the host an angry look but still stepped towards the three puppets before her. 'You know what you must do?' Geoff asked. The female nodded and after getting the sign she started. the first target recieved several shuriken. She then took the windmill shuriken and threw one at the puppet. This one got lodged into the chest of the puppet and after seeing the weapon not return, Ayane grabbed three kunai and threw them in rapid succession. Around ten seconds after they hit target, they exploded. 

'Well this is a big bust.' Geoff said as he studied the three targets. ´The shuriken have not penetrated deep enough to do any damage.´ he began as he looked at the first target. ´The windmill got in deeper but got stuck in the puppet without doing actual damage.´ He continued as he came to the second puppet. When Geoff was at the third puppet he said: 'I can see these explosions blowing a hand or foot away but not a complete puppet.' 'Well these are more distraction while we kill with the bow.' Rachel said. 'Good idea.' The old lady chuckled. 

'What do you have for us then?' Max asked. 'A very special weapon. A human puppet. The third Kazekage.' She said with a sinister smile.

The third Kazekage. A puppet with human qualities.

'Okay what is the story behind this puppet?' Geoff asked the old lady. 'This puppet used to be a man.' She said. 'Whaatttt?' Max yelled. 'How is that possible?' 'Sasori found a way to turn dead corpses into puppets.' The old woman explained. 'You mean this was a man once?' Max asked as he touched the puppet. 'He was the most powerfull Kazekage that has ever lived.' The woman said nodding. 'Kazekage?' Geoff asked. 'Leader of our village. They are the strongest warriors of the village. My father was the fourth kazekage and my little brother the current one.' Kankuro explained. 'What happened to him then?' Geoff asked. 'More then a decade ago, this Kazekage went missng without a trace. Nobody could find him and it was only when I found Sasori ten years later, i learned about what happened.' Granny Chiyo explained. 'Sasori had at the age of fifteen killed the strongest ninja in our village and had turned the man into a puppet. After that Sasori left the village.' She added. 'It is said that this was Sasori's favorite human puppet because the Kazekage was very hard to kill.' Kankuro explained. 

'What is the difference between a human puppet and a normal puppet?' The doctor suddenly asked. 'The human puppet keeps its chakra. This means that the ninjitsu he had once been able to do, he can still do.' The granny said.

'Speaking of which. What can he do?' Geoff asked. 'Well, the puppet has retractable bladed in the formation of a claw and a retractable scythe in his right arm, a hidden buzzsaw in his left. His left arm has also several compartments that can be opened and each of them has a summening seal that summons a puppet arm with hand. These puppets arms are long and many can be summoned at the same time. This means that you have a lot of arms, following you around, that can tear you apart. Most of them also have weapons such as kunai and wires.' The woman pointed at the arm of the puppet. Lastly the puppet has iron sand in it. Which is grinded iron. Using the ability to transform chakra into a mangnatic field. the puppet can use the iron sand any way the user wants. No matter if he transforms it into weapons or spikes or sending it away at high speed.' 'Damn.' Max said. 'One more thing. All weapons, including the iron sand has been coated in the special poison of Sasori.' She finally spoke. 'That means every hit is a potential kill.' Geoff concluded.

With the fightclub to small to show off all the weapons of this puppet, the group has traveled towards the desert to test the human puppet out.

'We have set up seven puppets for you to destroy.' Geoff spoke to Chiyo. 'We want to see you use as many weapons as possible.' Geoff added. 'Very well.' The woman nodded. 'Three.....Two.....One...Puppetry!' Geoff yelled and at that moment, the puppet started moving. The first two mannequins were soon destroyed due to the chainsaw and claw in both arms. The scythe flew around and dismembered and beheaded a mannequin. Then suddenly a sand like substance appeared from the mouth of the human puppet and formed into large spikes that flew down and impaled all the remaining mannequins. Following that, Iron sand flew as bullets into the chests of all the mannequins and after the sand returned in the mouth of the puppet. Geoff was about to walk to the old lady but she moved her hand from him to stop and moved her fingers. suddenly a thick stream of arms came out of the arm of the puppet, destroying the remaining mannequins. 'Now I am done.' Chiyo said after that. 'You destroyed all seven puppets completely.' Doctor Dorian said, sounding impressed. 'I would not know where to start. This would be complete destruction.' He added as he lifted a head. 'And you did not even break a sweat.' Geoff said. 'I have seen multiple ways of killing and they all worked perfectly.' he added. 

With the weapons of both fighters tested, It is now up to the hosts to decide who gets the edge.

'The bow was good but the shuriken did not impress me.' Geoff began. 'The human pupper however did something I have never seen before and may be the most dangerous tool Sasori has.' He added. 'I don't know. With the puppet, we have a weapon that is away from the user. One good arrow will take down Sasori and the puppet cannot do anything about it.' Max said. 'The iron sand can be shaped into anything, including walls.' Geoff countered. 'But the shuriken were great tools of distraction. A important asset for a ninja.' Max came again. With two host disagreeing, it fell upon the doctor to make the final vote. 'Could the bow kill.... maybe. Could the shuriken kill....No. Could the kazekage kill.... Yes and in several ways. I have to go with the one that actually delivered.' He said.

For Long range, the edge goes to Sasori.

With Long and medium range settled, It is time to see what Close range weapons will be used in combat. For Ryu Hayabusa It is the dragon sword and for Sasori it is the puppet Hiruko.

'Now team Hayabusa. What close range weapons are you going to show us?' Geoff asked. 'A sword.' Ayane answered. 'The dragon sword.' She added.

The dragon sword. A katana that cuts you down with incredible speed.

'The dragon sword is the katana of Ryu and it is the weapon he has used the most.' Ayane explained. 'It is strong, fast and powerfull. It can both cut and stab and this weapon can turn into an even stronger weapon.' 'How that?' Max asked. 'The eye of the dragon. By inserting the eye in the sword, this sword turns into the true dragon sword. It can cut through anything and has higher speed.' She explained. 'Why doesn't Ryu use this weapon all the time then?' Geoff asked. 'Because of the power.' The female ninja explained. 'The true dragon sword is such a strong and devistating weapon that it can only be used in an emergency. At all other times, it is guarded in a shrine.' 'How does Ryu get it when he needs it?' Max asked. 'He can summon it.'  Came the answer as if it was the most normal thing in the world. 

'Well then. Normally we would use a pig or other meat to test blades but considering we are fighting a puppet here, You have to destroy a Sasori puppet.' Geoff said. 'My pleasure.' The purple haired ninja said with a grin. 

'Three...Two....One..... Slice and Dice.' geoff yelled. The sword moved through the air and cut off a arm of the puppet. The other arm was next and not even a second later, the head of the puppet fell on the ground. 

'You disarmed the guy.' The doctor said with a grin. 'And beheaded.' max showed the head. 'This sword is effective.' Geoff praised. 'With the eye of the dragon, the sword would be even stronger and I would completely destroy the puppet.' Ayane said with a calm voice. 'Bah. It is just a sword like any other.' The oldy lady said as she walked up to the katana. 'We have a weapon with a lot more destruction.' She added. 'Another doll?' Rachel asked. 'A puppet yes.' Lady Chiyo answered. 'Well what is it then?' Geoff asked. 'The human puppet Hiruko.' The old woman said.

The puppet Hiroku, for when a puppetmaster needs to get up close and personal

'What is that?' Max uttered as a half man monster stepped into the room. 'How are you controlling it?' Geoff asked as he observed that Chiyo was not controlling the puppet with her jutsu. 'This is Hiroku. Kankuro is inside of it.' She answered. 'How?' Max asked. Ignoring the young man, the ninja started explaining. 'Puppetmasters control puppets and are therefore very weak to close range attacks on themselfs. Sasori had found a way around it by creating a puppet he climb in and be protected against close range attacks and dish out damage.' The three hosts now surrounded the puppet to get a good look. 'You said human puppet. does that mean that this thing was a man once?' Geoff asked. 'Yes.' Came the answer from within the puppet. 'he was a great shinobi once but got killed and turned into a puppet by Sasori.' Kankuro spoke. 'Sasori usually wore this all the time and people started thinking of Sasori as this creature instead of the real one. Even the akatsuki did not know how the real Sasori looked like, only seeing the puppet.' Chiyo spoke. 

'How is your movement?' Geoff asked the ninja inside the puppet. 'it is okay. I can walk altough not fast. While fighting, I need to stand on all fours to be able to use the weapons to the best.' Came the answer from the puppet.

'What weapons does it carry with it?" Doctor Dorian asked. 'First off we have the tail.' Kankuro said as a steel pointy tail moved around. 'I can slash and stab with the tail or use it as a defensive tool. Then we have the shield in  the form of a mask that can absorb damage and keep the user inside safe.' The tail pointed towards the mask. 'i can shoot small groups of senbon from my mouth and my left arm can be fired as a torpedo, which then explodes and releases senbon in all different directions.' Kankuro finished. 'This is a senbon.' The old lady said as she held up a needle. 'Both the tail and the senbon have poison in them. If they hit anywhere on the body, the opponent is going to die.' She added. 

'Again multiple weapons and multiple ways to kill.' Geoff said. 'Yes.' The old woman nodded with a smile. 'As a real ninja.' The woman added. 'First we need to see the weapons of this puppet peform though.' Max said. 'That is true my friend.' Geoff commented. 'Let us test Hiruko.' He then added.

The group stood before two targets, with Geoff and Kankuro in the puppet Hiroku on front. 'You see here the pig. I want you to attack it with the tail.' Geoff explained. 'very well.' The puppet nodded with a gruff voice. Just after Geoff stepped backwards, the puppet lowered on all fours and the metal tail flew towards the pig. It sliced the pig open with one move and blood fell out of the pig. The tail retracted and got thrusted forwards again. The metal tail got thrusted through the pig and came on the other end out. It lifted the pig in the air and threw it to the ground. The head of the puppet lowered and small needles flew from it and hit the meat. 'That was some damage you did there.' The doctor spoke. ' He put on his gloves and inspected the meat. 'You can see here that the tail sliced through the toughest part of the pig. This is more resistent then human flesh the tail would cut through a human with ease. Being able to take of a arm or leg without much trouble.' He poked the meat and showed the neat slice. 'You then went through the pig witht the thrust and it came out the other end. Not only are you penetrating meat here but also bone.' 'Think about the opponent impaled on the tail of Sasori and at his mercy.' Kankuro said, who still was in the puppet. 'Also with every cut, there gets poison in the system of this Ryu.' Lady Chiyo said. 'Good point. The poison will be able to get deep in the blood. If Ryu survives the attack, the poison will kill him.' The doctor came back. 'This brings us to the senbon that you finished with.' Dorian spoke to the puppet. 'Sorry.' Kankuro grunted. 'well it does not mind for now.' The doctor spoke as he removed a senbon. 'You can see that half of the needle went in the pig. This is enough to release the poison to the bloodstream. However other then delivering pain, the senbon themselfs would do no damage at all.' The doctor explained. 

'Now to test your harpoon-arm.' Geoff spoke. 'This is to see how the needles will hit any opponent and therefore we have made a similair bomb that we will place in a small room with a four mannequins around it.' 'Fair enough.' Kankuro smiled.

With the puppetmaster out of the puppet and the plastic room placed in the fightclub, everybody was ready for the test. 'If you push this button, the bomb will explode and send the senbon in all directions.' The ninja nodded. 'The test is to see how many targets will be hit by the senbon and how deep they will get into the mannequins.' Kankuro nodded and when the host was done counting, the man pushed the button. The bomb in the form of the puppetarm exploded and the needles flew everywhere. 

'One..two..three...four...five...eight....nine....ten...eleven.' Geoff counted the first mannequin. 'those are  lot of needles.' He commented. 'The others are riddled with these senbon as well.' The doctor said.

Suddenly Ayane interrupted them. 'This is fine and all but the dragonsword is not tested correctly.' 'What do you mean?' Geoff asked. 'She means that the true dragon sword has not been tested. A weapon that can easily destroy this puppet.' Rachel added. 'Then we test it.' Max said joyfully. 'Are you okay with the sword testing this armour?' Geoff asked the male puppetmaster. 'Yes.' Came the confident reply.

'So what are you going to do to Hiruko?' Geoff asked. 'First I am going to take off that tail and then cut off the head. Lastly I will finish with a thrust through the puppet.' She finished.  Everybody stepped away ad Geoff yelled: 'Are you ready?' Instead of responding, Ayane placed the eye of the dragon in the hilt of the dragon sword. The power that was unleashed was could be felt by everybody in the room and the sword emitted a pinkisch glow. Rachel stood ready to assist her fellow expert if the power was to great for Ayane, who was dealing with it without a problem. She first sliced at the metal tail, which broke off. She then made an upwards cut that beheaded the puppet. The ninja then jumped in the air and stabbed the puppet in a downwards motion, where she landed on the shell as she pulled the the sword back and removed the gem. 

'Dude. I think she broke your toy.' Max commented to Kankaru. 

'You cut through steel and your thrust went through the protective shell. This would kill anyone inside.' Geoff said as he looked at the puppet. 

'Those were two incredible weapons for close range. The dragon sword is amazing and especially with the eye of the dragon. That thing destroys.' Max started off. 'I do agree Max but have you seen the strain of Ayane? The gem is a last resort and I wonder how many times it is going to be used when Sasori can kill as easily.' Geoff explained. Lastly it was the doctor who spoke. 'With the sword, even in his most powerfull form, it is still a sword and you know what to expect. With the puppet, all these different ways to kill.. Ryu just does not know what to expect there.' 

The edge for close range goes to Sasori and his puppet Hiruko.

We have tested the long range, medium range and close range weapons. This leaves us with only the special weapons. Different Ki attacks will face off against the puppet body of Sasori himself and a army of puppets.

'From what I understand, you bring us several ninpo powers right?' Geoff asked the two woman who had come up to the hosts empty handed. 'That is correct.' Rachel nodded.

Ninpo attacks for when regular weapons are not good enough.

 'What are those ninpo attacks then?' Max asked. As response, the blond girl started naming. 'First there is the Art of Piercing void. This attack creates a small black hole that sucks everything in that comes across it and only the strongest warriors can survive such an attack. Then there is the art of the windblades. As the name suggests, it creates several blades of wind that can cut through anything organic that surrounds Ryu. Then there is the Art of Icestorm, which creates a large storm of ice that freezes the opponent and cuts it with boulder sized shards of ice. 

Then there is the art of Inazuma, which changes his Ninpo into electricity and send it outwards, hitting everyone in the surrounding area.'We have the Art of Firewheel. This ninpo attack engulves Ryu in fire that both protects him from attacks and hurts any opponent touching him. Finally we have the art of spiritual life that can heal Ryu and would also prove a solid counter for any poison this puppetplayer may throw at him.' Rachel finished. She took a sip of water after speaking so much and looked at the hosts. 'Damn that is impressive.' Mas said. 'Yes.' Geoff spoke while thinking. 'It will be hard to test the Art of Spirtual life, Sasori is a puppet and he uses puppets so there is no need to test the wind blades and I think we are not allowed to create a black hole here....But the other ones we can test.' He said. 'However not here, let's head to the desert for these tests.' he added.

'Okay we are here to test the Icestorm, Inazuma and Firewheel.' Geoff spoke. 'Yes.' Ayane said as she looked at the field. 'We have two targets set up. First you send the icestorm at the first puppet and then create the fire wheel and hit the other puppet with it. when in close, you use inazuma to finish it off.' Geoff explained. 'No problem.' The woman smiled. After everybody had cleared away, the female ninja started with summoning a big storm that soon was engulved with large blocks of ice. As soon as the storm hit the puppet, it got sucked in, only to throw out a pieces of what once was a puppet later on. Ayane was already moving again. Her body surrounded by fire she ran towards the Sasori and rammed it. The fire dissolved and after moving hand movements, everybody could see the electrical energy that hit the target. Ayane turned around and smiled. Before everyone else could react, Ayane was moving her hands in signs and yelling something. A black hole appeared that went straight for the puppet and sucked it in, only to throw a destroyed version of the same puppet out the back again. The black hole then dissapeared. 

'Not entirely as I asked since i did not know how the black hole would react.' Geoff said. 'This still is one of his powers and should not be underestimated.' Ayane answered.

The first puppet was completely destroyed by the icestorm and because there was nothing left of the second puppet, the team had to rely on the the film of the attack to see what damage the fire and electricity had done.

'I do not see much damage done by either of these attacks here.' Geoff pointed out. 'But the black hole did incredible damage.' Rachel said. 'That is true and some of these ninpo attacks are very deadly indeed.' Max commented.

'Bring us your puppet.' Geoff said when everybody was back in the fightclub. 'What kind of puppet do you have for us now?' Max asked. 'Sasori himself and a hundred puppets.' Chiyo laughed.

Sasori, a puppet all on his own and his army of 100 puppets that can take out cities

'So now the real Sasori finally goes to battle.'Max commented. 'Yes.' The old lady grinned. 'However the real Sasori is a puppet.' She added. Seeing surprised looks, Kankuro explained. 'Sasori created art that stays long after the user is gone. He wanted to make sure that he would last forever himself. 'Incredible.' The doctor spoke. 'Being a puppet means you do not need sleep nor get hungry. You have no problem with poisons and you do not tire during a fight. 'The only weak point is the core of living flesh that ws in his body. If one destroyed that, Sasori would truely be dead.' Kankuro kept talking.

'What weapons does Sasori have?' Geoff asked. 'In his stomach, there is a pole with rope coiled around it. Sasori could use that as a stinger and attack or retrack if he felt the need.' Kankuro began. 'There are also poles at the back of his hips, with blades attached to it. sasori could send these blades out and attack or use them as propellor.' The man pointed towards the hips. 'From the palms of his hands, Sasori could shoot jets of fire and jets of water, both of these strong enough to destroy stone.' 'Okay.' Geoff nodded. 'Then there are the four scrolls on his back. The first three are just ammunation but the last one can summon a hundred puppets that Sasori can use in battle.' The puppetmaster spoke. 'How does Sasori controll those puppets?' Doctor Dorian asked. 'By the compartment in his chest that he can hold a hundred chakra strings with.' The ninja explained.
'I have a idea for a test.' Geoff spoke. 'By the way, is there a way to test the hundred puppets?' He then asked. 'Not really.' Kankuro admitted. 'Hmm okay then.' was the reaction

'As you can see Kankuro. We have here a ring of four pigs. Place the puppet in the middle and attack the pigs, each with a different weapon.' Geoff explained this test. 'Okay.' The man nodded. Using his jutsu, he got the puppet to jump in the middle of the four pigs. As soon as the signal was given, a blast of fire erupted from the handpalms of the puppet, roasting the pig. Following that came two water jets that hit the next pig. Sasori turned around  and blades came from the hips of the puppet that started schredding the pig. The last pig got hit by the rope that hit it and pulled it towards Sasori, who slammed it away again.

'The rope, not a killing blow but the poison might be effective.' Geoff started in reversed order. 'Do not forget the ability to trap.' Kankuro spoke. 'Ahh yes.' Geoff came. 'The second puppet has been mauled to bits.' He went again. 'Yes I have seen this kind of damage only done by wild animals or a chainsaw. this is a kill.' Doctor Dorian interrupted. 'Now for the water jets. Water seems innocent but high velocity can cut really well.' Geoff explained as doctor Dorian cut the pig open. 'Broken bones and everything got pushed inwards.' The medical expert noted. 'Not a direct kill but it would put the opponent out of the game and hurt a lot.' His assesment came. Lastly there was the smoking remains of the burned pig. 'This must hurt. when you burn to death, there is little you can do.' The main host spoke.

Now the three hosts came together to give their verdict on the finale weapons. 'I like the hundred puppets and I like the versatility of the ninpo attacks.' Geoff began. 'Look. Ryu can attack a single person, multiple enemies including all these puppets and defend and heal himself.' Max stated his cause. 'way more then Sasori can do.' he added. 'That is true..' Geoff admitted. 'Also Sasori brings yet another puppet as we have seen before. This trick is getting old.' Max defended the ninja. After a couple of seconds, Geoff gave in. 'You are right.'

For special weapons, the edge goes to Ryu Hayabusa and his ninpo.

With all the weapons tested, there is only one thing left to discuss. The X-factor. The X-factor is something special that cannot be measured in a test nor can it be compared.

For Ryu Hayabusa it is his ninja training.

'You see, the Hayabusa clan is a old clan, where training start from a young age. Only the very best are allowed to carry the name Hayabusa and Ryu was the very best. He had been training in ninjutsu, acrobatics, speed and all other sorts of things that would give him an edge. His abilities border on superhuman, being able to block machine gun fire with his sword alone.'  Ayane stated for Ryu.

For Sasori, his X-factor is his intellect.

'You have to remeber that he killed one of the greatest ninja who has ever lived at the age of fifteen and joined the Akatuski. This organisation allows only the strongest missing Nin. Sasori was a genius and loved battle strategies. He used traps and misdirections very well and could asses an opponent with ease. He also understood the human body and how to hit it best.' Granny Chiyo explained.

Now for the recap of the edges.

The medium ranged edge went to Ryu Hayabusa for his staff and two ninpo attacks.

'Ryu was able to be quick and hit hard with these weapons while his opponent mostly had to keep up the defense.' Max explained.

The long range edge went to Sasori and his human puppet of the third Kazekage.

'That sand.' Was the only thing Geoff said.

Close range edge went to Sasori as well and his puppet Hiruko. 
The sword is good but needs to get the extra boos to be very effective. Hiruko meanwhile. Multiple weapons, all with poison.' Geoff explained.

And finally, the special weapons went to Ryu Hayabusa and his ninpo.

'The ninpo could attack, defend and heal. besides is there a very good counter against the poison here.' Max said.

Now all the weapons are tested and all the edges given. who will win according to the hosts?

'Now I have seen everything, I have to give my final edge to Sasori. The puppets and the poisons will be too much to handle.' Geoff explained.

'My final edge goes to Ryu Hayabusa. It will be his ninja training that will deliver the victory.' Max said.

As Max walked to his computer to enter the final codes, he found a angry Ayane staring at the screen. Knowing why, he walked up to her and smiled. On the screen were two pictures of Ayane. One in bikini and the other in schoolgirl uniform. Max smiled and Ayane moved her hand to punch the computerwizz but before she could hit, Rachel grabbed her hand. The two left and Max made the computer ready for the simulation.

Both Ryu and Sasori stood in a small room, looking at each other. 'Your murdering ends here, you villain.' The heroic ninja spoke. 'I will kill you and turn you in a puppet. I will do the same with the rest of your clan and will have a whole army of Hayabusa puppets.' Sasori laughed. 'Not on my watchy.' Ryu said.

The puppet of the third Kazekage flew towards him but the ninja kicked the puppet aside and swung his sword to destroy it. He then turned to Sasori, dodged a stream of fire and used his own ninpo to create a large dragon of fire. It hit Sasori and killed the puppet instantly.

'It seems that 990 times out of a thousend, Ryu would win this battle. He is just too strong and powerfull and no puppet can stop him.' Max spoke to the camera. 'MAX.' Geoff barked. 'I am sick and tired of you trying to hit on our female experts. 'You are going to do the real simulation right now or you will be fired from the show and we will hire a old man who may or may not have been a Green Beret in the past. Understood!' The host yelled. 

'Yes...' Max gave in. He then altered quite a bit of information and started the sim again.

A large white eagle flew in the air. On it were a man with blond hair and another hunched figure, who was wearing a large straw hat. Both wearing black robes with red flowers on them. 

'Why do we have to do this job again?' The blond man complained as a small white spider walked from the palm of his hand. 'Because we have orders.' The other man growled. 'If this ninja reaches any of the villages, we will have trouble.' The other man spoke again. 'You just put me down and keep a lookout. Get me when the job is done.' The man growled. The bird landed and the hunched man jumped off. 'Do not forget the sword.' Deidara said with a smile. 'Just don't let me wait. I don't like to wait.' The hunched man spoke before he slowly moved away from Deidara, who took air on his bird again.

Surrounded by enemy ninja Ryu dodged a kick and punched one opponent away. He then grabbed another one and threw him away, only to turn around and kick a third in the knee and deliver a shattering puch. Now a ninja with a katana drawn ran up to Ryu. He took his own dragon sword, blocked a attack and beheaded the opponent. The other ninja ran away and when the Hayabusa clan member hurt a growling voice behind him, he turned around. 'You are a good fighter.' The man spoke. His face was covered by a straw hat and he wore robes that Ryu had never seen before. 'Who are you?' Ryu asked. 'I am Sasori of the Red Sands and I don't like to keep people waiting so surrender to me and we can go away.' The man spoke. 

'I will not surrender. If you want me, take me in a fight.' Ryu spoke just before he attacked.

Sasori threw his robe and hat off, revealing the puppet Hiruko underneath. The steel tail blocked the attack of the sword. The tail them moved downwards to stab Ryu, who jumped aside and the tail hit the ground. 

The mouth of the puppet opened and senbon flew towards Ryu, who used his sword to block all the needles. Another attack of the tail missed target and Ryu jumped away. He grabbed his bow and aimed an arrow at the large puppet. The tail come to attack again and the arrow was shot. Ryu managed to avoid the weapon of his opponent but his own arrow hit the mask on the back of the puppet without damage. Realising that he could not charge his Fiend's bow long enough to do good damage, Ryu swtiched to his Lunar staff and was just able to use it to block incoming senbon. 

Running at his opponent, Ryu slammed the staff at the puppet, only to have the tail block the attack. He turned away and tried from another side but the tail was there again to block the attack. The mouth of the puppet opened and Ryu jumped in the air to dodge another attack. 

'You are good.' Sasori hissed, who moved his left arm upwards, aiming it at his opponent. Suddenly the arm came off the puppet and flew towards Ryu, who smashed it away with his lunar staff. Just when he had hit it, the arm opened up and senbon came flying everywhere.

While still in the air, Ryu moved the lunar staff in circles in front of him so to block all the senbon that came at him. He did not see the tail that hit the ninja from behind. The sharp tail slashed the back of Ryu, who fell on the ground. 'It is over.' The puppet spoke. 'My own lethal poison is now injected in you. You will be paralyzed  in a mere minutes and will die in three days.' Shocked, Ryu looked at his opponent. 'I will take that sword from you now and leave you here to die while I am on my way.' The puppet growled as he moved forwards. 

Before it was too late, Ryu moved his hands in signs. 'Spiritual art of life.' He spoke. Just as the words left his lips, Ryu felt the pain on his back dissapear and the poison in his body being destroyed. He waited just for the opponent to come close and then slammed his staff in the face. 'How!'  The man yelled as he stepped backwards. The tail flew at Ryu again, who slammed it aside and aimed another attack at the head of the puppet. The mouth of the puppet opened and Ryu did a summersault to create distance and then blocked all the senbon. Before the mouth closed, Ryu threw a kunai knife with great accuracy in the mouth of the puppet before it closed. The tail flew towards the ninja, who had to dodge and block several jabs, when suddenly the head of Hiruko exploded.  Ryu took no risks and used this momment to make handsigns and create a hurricane out of ninpo. The hurricane flew towards the puppet and lifted it up in the air, only to slam the broken puppet down again a few minutes later. 

Ryu walked up to the puppet, which was mostly destroyed now. This had been a tough opponent but the Hayabusa clan had gotten victory again. Just as he was about to turn around and travel to the Village hidden in the leaves, the puppet cracked open. Holding his staff ready, Ryu saw how a young boy of around fifteen appeared from the shell of the puppet. Was that his opponent, a young boy? At further inspection, Ryu saw that this as well was a puppet, altough it looked eery human. 'I hate it when it comes down to this.' Sasori spoke with  higher voice. A chest compartment opened and a cable shot out that flew towards Ryu. The ninja dodged the cable  and saw how it followed him. He then pushed it away with his staff, only to see how the cable wrapped itself around the Lunar Staff. The cable suddenly started to pull and before he could do anything to avoid it, the staff flew away and hit the ground. The cable rolled in as Ryu took his bow again. He charged the bow and just before he could shoot it, a puppet appeared from a scroll. Ryu jumped in the air and shot the arrow, aiming over the puppet that had just appeared and hoping to hit the puppet with red hair. Some sort of sand suddenly appeared from the new puppet, that created a shield around Sasori and blocked the arrow. This sand then turned into daggers that flew at high speed towards Ryu. The ninja jumped away and as sand came from one side in a large tsunami, the puppet came from the other, who had now a scythe and a buzzsaw instead of hands. Choosing the better option of the two, Ryu took his dragon sword and blocked the scythe attack. He then kicked the puppet and used it to jump high in the air, just before the sand could hit. The iron sand hit the puppet of the third kazekage and Ryu dashed towards Sasori as soon as he landed. This might be a little kid, but he was dangerous and should be dealt with. Sasori did not flinch as Ryu headed towards him with dragon sword ready. 'Look behind you.' The puppet spoke. Ryu took a moment to look behind him and saw to his great surprise that arms and hands of puppets flew towards him. Ryu have to ran to the side but to his even greater surprise, the arms followed him in a thick stream. Several hands were empty while others were holding weapons. 'Art of Inferno.' Ryu spoke as he moved his hands. From them, three large fireballs spawned. The first one hit the puppethands dead on. The second hit the the stream from the side while the third flew towards Sasori. Not looking if the third fireball hit, Ryu slashed his sword at the arrms and destroyed them. He then turned around to see the puppet behind him and the iron sand. 

Getting close in would be suicidal so Ryu used his ninpo to create a large icestorm that met the iron sand and the puppet of the Kazekage head on. The iron sand froze and the puppet got destroyed by large chucks of ice. 

Tired, Ryu turned to fight the boy, only to find himself unable to move. 'Now you are my puppet.' Sasori said with a smile. Without wanting to, Ryu walked to the steel tail and picked it up. Straining himself, Ryu managed to drop the weapon and get enough controll to use a ninpo attack. Fire surrounded the ninja, which destroyed the chakra threats and the man rushed towards his sword. Grabbing it, Ryu now ran towards his opponent to finish the puppet off. Sasori lay a scroll on the ground and when Ryu was close enough to hit, he instead thrusted at yet another puppet. This one was very large. 'Poison breath.' Sasori yelled, who stood on top of the puppet. The mouth of the salamander opened and poison came out that hit Ryu just before he could act. Now fire came out of the puppet  and Ryu jumped away far enough to heal himself from the poison with his ninpo. 

Ryu took his Fiend's Bane Bow once again and shot several arrows at the two puppets. A large shield appeared and stopped all the arrows. Ryu now charged an arrow, hoping to penetrate the body of this puppet salamander, only to have the bow suddenly pulled out of his hands by a  invisible force. On further inspection, Ryu saw that the bow had been grabbed by threats so small that they seemed invisible. The same ones that had gotten him before. 'You are a good fighter and so I will resort to my ultimate jutsu.' Sasori spoke as the shield lowered. He knew this opponent was strong and he also knew that he had to keep up his defense and come with a ultimate offence to take this ninja down. Deidara would laugh at him, knowing that one opponent could push Sasori this far. 

Sasori picked a scroll from his back and as he opened it yelled: Red secret technique. Peformance of a hundred puppets.´ A hundred puppets suddenly appeared from the scroll. Then a compartment opened from the stomach of Sasori and chakra threats attached themselfs on the puppets. ´You will be destroyed.´ Sasori yelled just before all the puppets attacked. 

Ryu saw to his great surprise how all the puppets flew towards him. The ninja knew he could not take them all on his own now and he needed something stronger. Summoning the eye of the dragon, Ryu placed the gem on the hilt of his sword. he never liked using this but he had no choise. He needed to beat this opponent and reach the village. Instantly, Ryu felt himself becoming stronger and he cut straight through the first four puppets that reached him. He then summoned a hurricane that caught another ten puppets. dodging a sword, Ryu threw his windmill shuriken and saw to his delight how another two puppets got destroyed. Using his explosive shuriken, the ninja managed to take another few out. These were quantity before quality. A dragon made out of fire took care of another bunch and an ice storm destroyed even more puppets. Ryu then cut through the last ten puppets and catched his breath. Using the true dragon sword and so much ninpo had exhausted him, he did not even know if he had the energy to heal himself. 

There were parts of puppets everywhere on the terrain but his main opponent still stood on the large puppet. Ryu took a deep breath and hurried forwards. The salamander opened his mouth and fire spew from it. Just before it hit, Ryu moved away and cut the head off. Following that, Ryu stabbed the large puppet and ran it through with his sword. sansouo came down and Sasori jumped off, just as the Akatsuki member recieved a few kicks to his chest. These did nothing but push him back. 

Sasori jumped in the air, just as blades popped out of his side and met the sword head on. A jet of water came from the palm of Sasori and hit Ryu, who fell on the hard ground. The sword pieced the ground and stood straight up, the eye of the dragon still in it.´You have pushed me to the limit and destroyed my puppets. But I already have an idea for another one.´ Sasori enjoyed this. The ninja was good but he was better. Now it was time to finish it. Ryu tried to heave himself up and found the handle of the dragon sword with his hand. Just as he grabbed it, Ryu yelled out in pain. The steel tail had been rammed in his chest and pierced the heart of the ninja with the chakra strings. 

Sasori walked up to the dragon sword, removed the gem and picked the sword up. He then grabbed the still warm body of the other ninja and took it with him. 

At that moment, the white eagle landed. ´Had any trouble?' Sasori asked. 'No but it seems you did.' Deidara answered as he looked around. 'So that is how the real you looks like. Interesting.' He added. 'Just let us go.' Sasori said as he jumped up the clay bird. 'Do you have the sword?' Deidara asked. 'Ofcourse.' The man smiled as he showed the sword. 'Good. But why do you have that body with you? ' The young man asked. 'I have plans for it.' was the answer before the eagle flew away.

Winner:  Sasori of the Red Sand

Out of a thousend battles, Sasori won 680 times while Ryu only managed to win 320 times. The main reason for this is that Sasori had different puppets to fight for him and could not tire out himself. He could just weaken and tire out Ryu and then finish the battle.' Max sounded dissapointed as he said it.

Third Kazekage: 250                                                                       Fiend's Bane Bow:  50

           Sansouo: 20                                                                                        Shuriken:   5

             Hiroku: 110                                                                                   Lunar Staff:   57

              Sasori: 180                                                                              Dragon sword: 80

 Other puppets: 90                                                                                             Ninpo: 80

'I am surprised.....'  Rachel uttered. 'I cannot believe that Ryu would lose from someone who plays with dolls...' She added.

'No surprise here. I knew that this ninja had no chance against Sasori of the Red sand. One of the strongest Ninja from our village.' Kankuro smiled.

Next time on Deadliest Warrior. We will put a demon of the void against a christian who went to hell and fought the devil himself.

Next time on Deadliest Warrior we will have Jack of Blades fight Dante Alighieri