Being ninja, Gaara and Naruto were able to hide nearby unobserved while the martial artist and the puppeteer (with the aid of his puppets) exchanged blows.
"What color do you think he is?" asked the blonde 'Walker.
"I'm going to guess red," stated Gaara. "But the vibes I get off of him tend to tell me that he's got some connection to blue... a curse or enchantment, I think it is."
"Yeah, definitely red." Naruto looked closer at the wreckage around the impromptu battlefield. "Seems he's been breaking a few of Sasori's puppets."
Sasori could feel his master nearby, merely observing. He decided to pull out even more of the stops to give the blonde a show... but he'd better use one of the more disposable puppets - he didn't want his Sandaime Kazekage puppet ruined.
Using his two remaining Shock Troops, he blocked Ranma from attacking him with their bodies as he took another scroll out and unsealed another puppet - a Keldon Berserker. With a synthesized roar the muscle-covered puppet swung his gigantic broadsword at the pigtailed boy, disregarding the Shock Troops still standing in the way. The martial artist barely got out of the way in time, only to have to roll to the side as the Keldon puppet swung at him vertically. The puppet charged at him again, but the martial artist leaped over the mechanical man and went straight for Sasori.
The puppeteer, realizing the danger, shot his spiked cable out of his stomach, ripping a hole in his cloak, and managed to loop it around one of the martial artist's wrists before flinging the boy into a building. Through the wall.
When Ranma shot out of the rubble, Sasori was impressed by the speed, but he was able to use his chakra strings to drag the Keldon Berserker into the way of the boy's attack. The blue-haired puppeteer winced as he heard some of the metals creak and some of the wooden parts crack. Though the puppet was expendable, it still took longer than most to build, and even longer to repair.
Before anything else happened, a noise was heard. It sounded like clapping. In fact, it was clapping!
The Amazons and Ranma turned to regard this new threat - two teenage boys, one blonde and the other a redhead. They were clapping, as if this was all just a show.
"You may stand down now, Sasori."
"Thank you, master."
Then, all of the puppet pieces as well as Sasori and his Keldon Berserker were sealed back into Sasori's card.
The Nerimans glared at the two newcomers, but were unsure of how to fight these obviously powerful beings.
The blonde broke the silence.
"Is it too late to say 'hello' in a friendly manner?" he asked, scratching the back of his head with one hand.
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