Naruto Tenseigan Reborn: Toneri's Time-Traveling Romance

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Toneri unleashed a desperate barrage of 64 Palms, striking at the rogue ninja Sasori's tenketsu points. To his dismay, his Gentle Fist attack passed straight through his opponent, revealing the sand clone substitution technique.

"Pathetic attempt, little leaf mouse!" mocked Sasori's voice from above.

Toneri leapt away just as Iron Sand crashed down where he had stood a moment before. Sasori hovered in midair, held aloft by the Third Kazekage puppet.

"I was going to toy with you awhile longer before killing you. But it seems I must take this fight seriously if I wish to see the fear in your eyes as you die," snarled Sasori. The puppet raised its arms, an ominous aura gathering.

Seeing the incoming magnetic sand tsunami, Toneri urgently focused his Tenseigan. Delicate veins raised around his temples as the dojutsu evolved a step further in response to his dire stakes. Glowing blue lines spread across his vision.

There - those must be the chakra threads! As the crushing wave of iron sand descended, Toneri thrust out a palm, severing the puppet's connection to its master with surgically precise chakra.

Sasori yelled in surprise as his Third Kazekage puppet abruptly locked up in mid-swing before crashing inert to the desert floor.

"Impossible! To interfere with my control..." Sasori trailed off, glaring at Toneri's blazing eyes. Clenching his fists, he began refining Iron Sand from the disabled puppet back into his personal cloud.

But Toneri pressed the advantage, THIS was his chance for victory! Guiding his will through the glowing strands, Toneri himself seized control of the human puppet. The Third Kazekage floated upright once more at his command.

"I believe this belongs to ME now," Toneri declared, turning the puppet's fearsome powers back onto its stunned creator. Today he would rewrite destiny with his own hands!