chiyo

Chiyo is the grandmother of Sasori and sister to Ebizo. She was once a powerful shinobi for the Hidden Village of Sand but has since retired. Chiyo was a founder of the Sand Village’s puppet division, training many disciples and developing new puppets. She was responsible for sealing the One-Tailed Shukaku inside Gaara under the orders of the Fourth Kazekage. Besides being a puppet master, Chiyo was also a talented poison maker. However, during the last Great Ninja War, she was humiliated when Tsunade of Konoha managed to figure out and develop antidotes for every single one of her poisons. As a result, Chiyo harbors a grudge against Tsunade, referring to her as "that slug woman," a reference to Tsunade’s ability to summon giant slugs. Chiyo’s son and his wife were both killed by Kakashi Hatake’s father, known as the "White Fang of Konoha," during the Great Ninja War. This left their only son, Sasori, an orphan. Chiyo took on the responsibility of raising Sasori. When she saw his sadness at the loss of his parents, Chiyo decided to teach him puppet jutsu to distract him with a new interest. Sasori proved to be a genius in puppet jutsu and even had the ability to manufacture puppets out of human bodies. His first creations were puppet versions of his own parents. Unbeknownst to Chiyo, a dark hatred dwelled in Sasori’s heart. Twenty years before the events of Naruto Part II, Sasori fled the Sand Village and eventually joined Akatsuki. Chiyo confronted her grandson in the "Rescue of Gaara" story arc and defeated him with help from Sakura. Chiyo sacrificed her life to revive Gaara using a technique originally intended to give life to puppets at the cost of her own life. She possesses abilities like the Reincarnation Jutsu, which allows her to bring the dead back to life or even give life to a puppet. She is the only one capable of performing this jutsu, but it costs her own life. Additionally, Chiyo had access to the Ten Puppets of Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Monzaemon Chikamatsu was the inventor of shinobi puppet jutsus, and these ten puppets were his legacy. They are superior to regular puppets and are designed to work together, capable of performing powerful jutsus when combined.