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Hey, peoplz! Got this chapter out a little sooner than normal. Hopefully, it will make up for my previous chapter's lateness! Also, I'm sorry for not having posted anything at all for a few days. I just haven't had any inspiration.
Kyuubi no Yoko -- Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. The most powerful of the nine Bijuu
Bijuu -- nine beings of living chakra created at the beginning of the shinobi world
Baa-chan -- grandma
Nani -- what
Jinchuuriki -- the human host of a Bijuu
Genin -- the weakest rank of ninja. However, some Genin are extremely strong and simply have not advanced rank. Example: Uzumaki Naruto
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu -- shadow clone technique. A technique that allows a user to create solid clones, though they dispel when injured.
Ryuu -- dragon
Teme -- 'bastard' 'fool' An insulting way to say 'you.'
Gaki -- brat
Kami -- 'god 'deity'
Kunoichi -- a female shinobi (ninja)
Chapter 8
Deidara's eyes widened in horror as Tsunade leaped towards them, face twisted in rage.
I won't let you harm us again.
“BAA-CHAN!”
BOOM!
Nani?
Deidara glanced up cautiously from his protective hunch over the unconscious Kyo. His pupils dilated.
Kyuubi!
The Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko stood in front of them, panting. A bruise was already beginning to form on his left arm, yet he managed to keep both arms up with Tsunade's punch locked between them.
The blonde Genin's face was twisted in an emotion Deidara didn't quite know what to name.
“Baa-chan, what do you think you're doing?” he growled from between teeth clenched in pain.
The Hokage glared down at him in surprise, shocked into silence. Her lips opened and closed slightly as if to form words that no air would dare to support. “N-Naruto, what are you doing?” she asked, hurt hanging in her raspy voice.
He planted his feet into the ground, ready to go on defense at the slightest movement. “I asked you first.”
Tsunade chuckled nervously, attempting to lighten the murderous mood. “Are you really so childish?”
Silence.
The Godaime glanced over the boy whom she had come to think of as a grandson. Then she glanced at Deidara. “I'm trying to protect this village, that's what!”
The Akatsuki member winced at the self-righteous tone. However, she was right. In his opinion, Konoha would be better wiped off the face of the earth. A conscious smirk twisted its way across his face. Since when did you become so sadistic?
Tsunade hissed at the grin, taking it to be a sign of pleasure, when it was, in fact, anything but.
“And what did Kyo-san do!”
Naruto's barking voice cut through her thoughts, shocking her once again
“Kyo-san?” Who's he talking about?
The blonde Genin's blue eyes narrowed as he nodded sharply at the limp, green-haired form in Deidara's arms.
The Godaime's mouth parted subtly as she puzzled. “How do you. . . .?” The question died in her throat.
“Ichiraku's. She was looking for Pocky.” His answer. Short and to the point. Completely unlike him.
Her gaze trailed over him, eyes confused. Why would he betray her just to save some random ninja?
Naruto gave a pained half-smirk as he retracted one hand to flash a hand sign. “Let's just say she reminded me of someone. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!”
Tsunade leaped back, skidding slightly on the loose gravel, as dozens of Naruto's popped up before her, all crouched in various defensive stances.
She quickly estimated. 47. Why so few?
Glancing back at the original, her eyes locked with his as pleading flashed through his gaze.
The Godaime smiled, glare softening. So you want me to put on a good show? Fine. But you totally owe me.
BOOM!
The punch was only half-hearted, but that didn't stop it from reducing several buildings to crumbling dust.
Naruto grinned in return. Arigotou, baa-chan. Several clones were swallowed by the impact itself, their brethren quickly skipping back, careful to avoid the cracks that laced the ground.
Deidara hissed as he was forced to jump to the side, a large fissure splitting the earth where he had previously crouched. Above his head, Shichirou laughed joyously.
Baka, Ryuu.
“Well, teme?”
The Akatsuki glanced up at the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki's voice. The younger blonde was glaring at him with hateful eyes.
He's not saving me. Deidara realized as he unconsciously glared back. But just a few well placed bombs and the Kyuubi. . . . Another boom shattered the air as Tsunade launched another volley of punches. Kuso. His trail of thought disintegrated as he fled towards the snickering Shichirou. He rapidly scaled the dragon's side by using chakra to stick to the scales, ignoring the painful twang of his battered muscles.
Kyo hung limply against his chest as he positioned himself between the Ryuu's shoulder blades, wrapping one arm around her and the other around one of the monster's many back-spines. He opened his mouth to speak to Shichirou, however the dragon needed no such discussion. Deidara nearly bit his tongue off as the Ryuu leaped into the air, whipping out a massive, ebony wingspan at the peak.
Quickly recovering, the blonde glanced down at Naruto and Tsunade where the army of Konoha ninja had finally arrived. Too late. “Hey, Kyuubi!” Deidara couldn't resist grinning as Naruto stared up at him in surprise. “Maybe we can play later.”
Anger distorted the Genin's face as several of his clones leaped for the long-haired blonde, even though he was already far out of range.
A maniacal chuckle escaped Deidara's lips as his hand-mouths anxiously slid their tongues across their teeth.
I'm looking forward to it.
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You're so weak! Why not let me take over?
No, no! Me!
What? I'm by far the strongest.
Please don't fight. She's resting.
Oh, shut up!
Yeah, we're offering to help her.
She needs her rest after all.
No, no, you don't understand. . . .
“Kyo? Wake up already, un!”
“Huh!” The green-haired kunoichi shot up, eyes wide, good hand clutching her head.
Deidara sighed testily. “'Bout time, un.”
She turned sharply towards him, eyes momentarily frantic before quickly being shaded by her normal, cheerful indifference. “And what's that supposed to mean, baka.” She dropped her arm back to her side.
He waved his hands in what was meant to be a placating gesture. “Nothing, nothing, un.”
Kyo raised a suspicious eyebrow before scanning her surroundings. “SHICHIROU-KUN!”
Deidara nearly choked on air as the kunoichi threw herself against the dragon's neck, hugging it madly.
“I knew you'd help us. You're such a wonderful friend, Shichirou-kun!” She sniffed as anime tears brimmed in her eyes.
“Gackh! Get off me, gaki!”
The blonde Akatsuki member anchored himself to one of the dragon's spines as the Ryuu attempted to shake off the pestilence known as Kyo.
“. . . .I've missed you so much, Shichirou-kun! Nothing's the same without you. . . .” She continued to rant tearfully.
“Kami, no! Stop hugging me!”
Deidara gasped as Shichirou took a nose-dive, tossing his neck to and fro. The blonde had to admit, Kyo would be a great bull rider.
“. . . .it's just so lonely without my Shichirou-kun. Life loses all meaning. . . .”
“Shut up and DIE ALREADY!”
CRACK!
The blonde now had the spike in a death grip as Shichirou attempted to scrape Kyo off against a rather large pine tree. By the time the dragon was in the air once more, both Kyo and Deidara had a generous mouthful of pine needles.
However, this did nothing to hinder Kyo's rant. “. . . .mmm-mmmph mmm-mmphhhhhhh. . . .”
The Akatsuki member attempted to scrape his tongue of pine needles with one hand, but immediately had to grip the spike once more as Shichirou swerved haphazardly to the left, reducing his attempts to spluttering.
“Why won't you freakin' DIE, GAKI?!!!!!”
“. . . .but I just love my Shichirou-kun so very much that I. . . .”
“GAH!”
Why me? Why me? The mantra repeated itself in Deidara's as he was tossed to and fro. Now, the blonde was used to flying, seeing as his specialty included clay birds, but riding a ticked off dragon? Not really.
“. . . .Shichirou-kun would never leave me. Shichirou-kun is far too kind and generous and. . . .”
Suddenly, a disturbing grin crept across the Ryuu's scaly lips, halting Deidara's mantra in its tracks. A bead of sweat trickled down his forehead. He didn't like that grin. Not one bit.
Kyo, however, seemed oblivious as she clung tearfully to the Ryuu's neck with one arm.
The neon gaze shifted to Deidara, reproachful irritation clear. Unconsciously, the blonde's shoulders rolled in a subtle shrug as he attempted to avert his gaze to the rapidly passing scenery.
However, to the blonde's horror, Shichirou's serious stare melted into one of maniacal glee and, for a moment, Deidara could have sworn that the dragon's electric blue eyes flashed red.
“. . . .and Shichirou-kun is so powerful and awe-inspiringly sweet and. . . .”
The Ryuu's shoulder's tensed as he raised his scaly hands, flickering through a set of hand-signs.
“Bye, bye. Gaki.”
POOF!
Deidara and Kyo stared down at the empty air that was just recently occupied by their ride as they hovered almost cartoonishly.
“Well, crap.”
“GAHHHHHHHH!”
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“Why do things always have to be my fault?” Kyo pouted as she attempted to extricate herself from her perch in a 30-foot fir tree with rather pointy needles, a very difficult feat seeing as she only had one working arm.
“Because they always are your fault, un!” Deidara growled. He slammed his feet against the hazel branch that was trapping him against a blackberry bush. He winced slightly as one of the bush's vines managed to wrap itself around his left arm. Oh, she is so dead when I get out of here.
“But I was just saying hello to my Shichirou-kun! Is that really so wrong?” She tipped her head backwards so as to stare pitifully at the struggling blonde several meters beneath her.
“Yes, un. When you try to strangle your Shichirou-kun, it's WRONG.”
She stuck her tongue out. “You're so mean Deidara-baka. I was just trying to—AHHH!”
Well, at least she's out of the tree. . . .
“GACKHH!”
. . . .and into my gut.
“KEH!” Deidara started forward, eyes bugging out of his skull, as the questionably insane greenette rammed into his chest. Something cracked.
“Good thing I landed on a cush—“
“I”M NOT A FREAKIN' CUSHION, UN!”
“Oh, hi, Deidara-baka!”
He clenched his teeth. Deep breaths. In. . . .Out. . . .In. . . .Out. . . .
Kyo's face dropped into his field of vision, albeit it upside-down. “You alright, Deidara-baka? You look constipated.”
Silence.
She cocked her head as Deidara's left eye began to spasm violently.
“I'M GOING TO @!#$#%! KILL YOU, UN!”
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What is that idiot doing?
Tobi stared at the air space above Konoha, where large plumes of smoke were beginning to drift into the otherwise pristine atmosphere. Every few seconds, an explosion would shake the earth, though, this wasn't what perturbed him.
From inside the walls, he could have sworn he heard something growl, a deep, terrifying sound that set even the orange-masked Akatuski member on edge.
Suddenly, something black and twisting rose from the ground.
That's not clay.
His one eye flicked to the side as the tell-tale sound of rustling paper resounded through the clearing.
“Hey, Konan-chan! What can I do for you?”
Tobi twirled on his feet to face the blue-haired kunoichi just as the last paper sheets solidified into her torso.
Calm, gray eyes locked on his own single, hidden one. “Pein has called a meeting.”
“Then shouldn't we wait for Senpai? He'll be back soon!”
“This doesn't concern Deidara.”
“I see.” Tobi's bubbly personality melted away, leaving the being the most hardened shinobi would cower before. “Pein wishes to speak with me alone, eh?”
Silence
Madara Uchiha smirked under his mask. “Then we should get moving. Correct, Konan-chan?”
