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Deidara Grounded	By : seraserastuff Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1956 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Grounded
- 2-Confusion
- 3-hurt
- 4-Turn
- 5-Death
- 6-Restored
- 7-Memory
- 8-Truth
- 9-Time
- 10-Desire
- 4
- 5
- 6
Sorry if the last chapter was disappointing in any way, I'm finding the story a bit harder to write for some reason.
I feel like the chapters were getting better, chapter 2 was better than 1, and then chapter 3 was better than 2, but I feel like failed a bit with chapter 4, I am so sorry 0_0
I will try harder!
*angst*
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Chapter 5
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"What's wrong?"
"He won't eat or drink anything."
Now this?
"At least drink something, you need to drink." It was morning. Sakura was kneeling beside Deidara, Kakashi looked down at them. "You did yesterday," He did yesterday, even after what happened before that... "just not thirsty?"
Deidara's head was lowered, he did not look up at all. When he did finally speak, it was very quiet.
"So, we'll reach Konoha tonight, un."
That empty tone of voice, it was like the other night. It worried Kakashi.
"We should do, by the evening. Yes."
Deidara did not reply. He seemed thoughtful, staring at the ground. Was it sinking in to him finally, that he would not escape? The Leaf village was a very different place from the Sand, but Deidara would still be received there as a prisoner. A prisoner to be interrogated...
"I'm not sure what you're thinking, but it won't be as it was in the Sand Village. Our interrogation..."
"Gonna torture me, right?"
"If you tell them what they want to know, then--"
"I wont, un." He never would, they all knew that much.
"It's not really 'torture' - well, technically, they won't go easy on you, but it's more like mind jutsu's; mind probing."
"...and they'll kill me afterwards, un."
Sakura looked up Kakashi, the rejected waterpack still in her hands. Kakashi would prefer that she didn't listen to this yet, so he motioned for Sakura to leave.
"I-I'll see what Naruto's doing..." Sakura got to her feet and moved away, glancing back over her shoulder. Kakashi waited until she was out of earshot.
Was there any point in lying?
"It's likely."
Deidara said nothing for a little while. This reaction, it was...odd. "Well Yeah. Because we're enemies. I'd kill you too, un."
Not 'You'll never kill me!', not 'I will kill you'. Where had his anger gone, that emotional charge. Was he hiding it away now, withdrawn into himself? Outwardly, Deidara seemed to be accepting of the notion he would end up in Konoha; it was what Kakashi and Gai had been telling him all along. It was what Kakashi knew would happen. But there was something unsettling in Deidara's seeming acceptance of the idea.
Kakashi watched him, waited.
"Just...why all this then? What's the point, un. Like it matters if I drink or not. Why do you talk with me. I don't get it."
"Konoha aren't cruel to their prisoners, if that's what you mean."
"But why, un?"
Kakashi wasn't sure how to answer. How could he explain the concept of kindness to someone who just didn't seem able to understand it? Deidara didn't see practicality or purpose in the teams treatment of him, because there was none. It was just a choice, something they naturally did. The point of being kind to someone who was an enemy, to someone who was going to die soon... to a normal person, that would have needed no explanation.
Deidara shifted a bit, moving his bound legs uncomfortably; he did that very often. He'd given up asking for his ties to be loosened some time ago.
He spoke again. "You gonna be there, un?"
Kakashi guessed Deidara meant in Konoha.
"No. We'll leave you with the interrogation team."
Was Kakashi going to be there? Did that mean Deidara wanted him to be? Because he couldn't.
Had Kakashi been too kind to Deidara, given him the wrong message; confused him? Maybe he had..."You can talk to me," He should not have said this. He wasn't Deidara's family or his friend. Wasn't his teacher, he shouldn't think of him as he did with Naruto, Sakura or Sasuke. Kakashi had to remind himself again that Deidara was an enemy and his duty was to either kill him or capture and deliver him.
But, although Deidara had proven to be dangerous, ruthless, cruel; for all the front he put up he was just a scared kid still, that much had been obvious on the first day. Deidara had no one else, they'd killed that partner, and the rest of Akatsuki, wherever they were, seemed to have abandoned him. Kakashi was leader here... how could Kakashi just ignore his needs? How could any of them? Deidara was not aware of it, but almost every action he made, nearly every word he spoke was some kind of plea for help. Deidara's unstable personality and the severity of his wounds meant he took a lot of work looking after. How could they not talk to him during all this? Kakashi had asked Deidara again, if he had wanted to talk last night. Another mistake.
Last night...hopefully it had been just a one-off, a result of Deidara's fevered, shaken mind. Just something Deidara might have done to the nearest person, to anyone. He assumed that Deidara would forget that he'd even done it.
Kakashi hoped that he himself would forget it too.
Anyone could see that Deidara was beautiful. Kakashi had been aware that Deidara was attractive, but it was in the same way he was aware that Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke were attractive young people. It was just a fact, just something he was simply aware of and gave little thought to. But when Deidara had looked at him in that way, had given him attention of that kind...
Kakashi hadn't liked it.
Deidara's mind was a complete mess; it had probably been like that for a long time, even before the recent events which had worsened it. It was likely that from that deranged kind of mind stemmed the reason that caused people like Deidara to join Akatsuki, that chose to live in such a dangerous way. Deidara didn't think the same way as a normal person would. Deidara must feel desires like any another person, but to have directed them at his captor; there was clearly something wrong with him. Kakashi knew that much of the that problem had to be a result of what had happened in the Sand Village; a problem he had no idea how he could help solve. And it wasn't even his job, afterall, to help solve it. So why did Kakashi worry about it so much?
It was dangerous, to get close. For them and Deidara both.
The students, they had given it little thought yet, although Kakashi and Gai talked about it. They would find it very hard when Deidara would finally be left with the Konoha's interrogation squad, Ibiki, Inoichi... When Konoha had extracted what intelligence they could from Deidara, he would executed. He was simply to dangerous to be allowed to let live. He knew all that their students would find that hard to accept. Even Naruto. Especially Naruto.
Naruto forgave so easily, Kakashi had seen it time and time again. With the Resurrection of Gaara it seemed that he had completely forgotten that he ever felt so murderous toward Deidara, even that he'd ever held him responsible for Gaara's death at all. Naruto had an ability to bounce back like that, his capacity to forgive old grudges was huge. He'd seen him last night, talking to Deidara just as he would to one of his friends. Kakashi could see a little of Naruto in Deidara. That ability to bounce back, to keep going; Deidara had some of it. His reaction to losing both arms -horrendous- had not been much, he'd kept going. And even after what had happened in the Sand Village, he retained a little trust in people still. It was there. Although Deidara probably didn't know that it was. Yesterday when he'd talked to Kakashi, to the others, he'd tried to mask how he had really been feeling. How he must still be feeling now. It was unhealthy to pent everything up, and he wished Deidara would just let it out, but still; Kakashi had been impressed, how Deidara could still smile. It would take something stronger than that to shatter him...
Deidara's powers, when he was at full strength, must have been immense. They'd heard about the night Deidara had nearly destroyed the entire sand village. To produce enough force to destroy a city, that was truly devastating. And working at half capacity with one arm, and then with none, their team had still barely been able to capture Deidara at all, it was down to Neji's byakugan in the end, just a matter of finding him; Deidara had successfully fought and evaded them otherwise. That it had taken the maximum effort of all seven of them against this one with no arms, it would have felt shameful; had he not been Akatsuki and already defeated Gaara.
Deidara's technique was one that Kakashi had never seen before, and he'd seen with his sharingan that it was copy-proof; something unique to Deidara. Deidara had used the clay as a medium and himself, his own body as the tool to work it with, give it shape; art indeed. That such a skilled and creative mind should have to be wasted working for an organisation like Akatsuki, and that now he had to die, it was a huge waste of talent and of life. He remembered Haku, Zabuza...why did so many shinobi have to come to this.
That Deidara had to die in Konoha...it did feel wrong, looking after someone just for the purpose of allowing them to be killed later. To mistreat a prisoner, or to show them kindness only to let them down, let them feel betrayed later; which was crueler? Who was evil here?
'But, why all this...what's the point?' Deidara had asked. Was the question really so strange? He did understand Deidara's confusion a little...
Had they killed Deidara that first day, it would have been alright. But now it would be hard.
Kakashi realised he didn't really have anything he could say to Deidara. Deidara knew he was going to Konoha to be killed, and they were the ones taking him. Deidara had every reason to hate them, to be unhappy, to refuse food. It was the only thing Deidara could control in his life anymore...
"Gai-sensei! Kakashi-sensei!" Neji was shouting urgently.
Everyone was immeadiately on their guard.
"What is it?"
"Something is coming--I think it's Akatsuki!!"
The team gathered together around Kakashi and Deidara. Sakura and Tenten dropped their bags, readying themselves. Lee and Naruto looked eager; excited by this sudden commotion, but Neji seemed alarmed; if he suspected Akatsuki than whatever was coming had to be powerful. They made a formation.
"They must be after Deidara! Do we stay and fight, or make a run to Konoha?" Gai was stood over Deidara now, unsure whether to pick him up, or leave him down so he could be free to fight.
"It may be that they want Naruto..." Kakashi couldn't be sure of Akatsuki's loyalty toward one another. Deidara looked more alert now, would he know anything of this? Deidara looked up at Kakashi, and they met eyes. He looked a little surprised, as though he did not know what was happening either.
"How many Neji, and how fast?"
"Two, and they're nearly--!"
Kakashi could hear them now too. "We'll have to fight ---!"
A black blur moved around them, and slowed. Leaves and dust settled.
Neji had been right. Two members of Akatsuki stood there before them. Their distinctive uniforms left no doubt as to what they belonged to - but these two were not Itachi and Kisame, Kakashi had never seen them before.
"Finding you was easier than expected." The taller of the two, a masked one stepped forward. "We have somewhere else to be, so I'll get straight to the point. You have something that belongs to us," he pointed through them, at Deidara. So they were not after Naruto this time..."Hand him over immeadiately."
"That one's chakra," whispered Neji, "It's not normal... I can see five masses,"
"What do you mean by that?" whispered Gai.
"It's like- it's like looking at five separate people, in one body...I don't know what he is!"
"Hey Deidara-chan! You look more like shit than usual! They kick you around some?" The other spoke, he had silver hair and carried a huge three-pronged scythe.
"Shut the hell up Hidan, UN!" Kakashi heard shrieking down by his feet. Oh there it was. Deidara's anger seemed to have flared back up, he had to be embarrassed by his captive state in front of his teammates. Kakashi might have been glad to see it had the situation not been so serious.
"The second that Sasori's dies, you get captured! Not so great without him, huh? Not that he was much either, getting killed like that, hah! Your team is officially the shit one. Good thing we're here..."
"I said shut up! Just shut the fuck up! I have everything under control, un! And you know Master Sasori coulda killed you in a second, un!" Deidara was incensed, it seemed Hidan had touched a nerve by bringing up Deidara's dead partner. Deidara had never spoken of Sasori in all this time, not to any of them.
"And exactly how do you have everything under control Dei-chan? You---"
"Silence, Hidan. Or I will kill you." The masked one was also annoyed by his brash partner.
"Pfftt...Kakuzu..."
Kakuzu spoke to Kakashi specifically. "You would be the Copy-nin, am I right? If so, then I can tell that we would have to fight for a long time, something I'd prefer not to do. But, unfortunately, our leader has ordered that we retrieve that other loud one - the one that you have there."
Prefer not to fight? Kakashi and Gai looked at one another; What did this mean?
"Hehehe, '...that other loud one,'" chuckled Naruto. Sakura shushed him.
"How about a deal." It was obvious Kakuzu was the leader of the two. He spoke matter-of-factly, in a way Kakashi would even call business-like. But although his body language and words carried little threat of violence (yet) Kakashi didn't trust those eyes. His eyes carried real malice, and he had not blinked once. "You hand him over to us, and we won't kill all of you. We will just take him and leave. It would be more convenient for all of us."
His suggestion was not even a possibility.
"We have no intention of handing him over, and even less reason to trust you."
The masked one sighed. "We do have an engagement elsewhere, we're in a hurry. Look, we'll give you one minute to talk about it. One minute, and then we'll kill you."
"Kakuzu, you boring fuck..."
There was no way that they could hand Deidara over. But Kakuzu and Hidan, they really were waiting now. This was an opportunity for a little planning, at least. The group huddled close together, lowered their voices.
"A peaceful option? This is unusual for Akatsuki." Gai was just as surprised.
"I think if we handed him over, they'd release Deidara! And he'd just join the fight!"
"Wha- how?"
"I don't know, but they're Akatsuki! Maybe they have some weird healing stuff they can do..."
"You're crazy Naruto, that's the stupidest thing ever. Even Akatsuki can't grow back arms!" Tenten was not impressed with his theory.
"There is no option of letting them have Deidara," said Kakashi. That they all knew it, but the most important reason why seemed to have gone forgotten. "Gaara was understanding last time, but if Deidara became free and the Sand Village found out, after our promise to guard him; it could mean war."
"Oh my God, yeah..."
"These guys look like no pushover, especially with what Neji has said about the masked one."
"Kakashi, we should split up!" Gai spoke again. "If a few of us continue on with Deidara, and the others, with me and you, hold back these two; there would be less chance of him being rescued during the fight. Even if we cannot defeat them, just hold them off..."
"Right Gai, but one of us should stay with Deidara. You are faster, if your team take him on to Konoha, your team and Sakura, Tenten should stay here, we need some range..."
"I would be better fighting here!" Gai didn't want to leave them, Kakashi knew when he'd said it that this might happen.
"We can't underestimate Deidara, he is still part of Akatsuki. One of us still needs to guard him. Other Akatsuki may even appear to try and stop us! If you you can get to Konoha, and don't stop..."
"That masked one's chakra, his hidden powers... you will need me to see it..."
"All right," Gai saw where he was going now. "Fine, I will take Deidara on to Konoha with Lee and Sakura. Neji will stay here to see that one's strange chakra."
"Sensei-"
"Kakuzu! Hidan! They're gonna split up and--mmph!"
Gai threw a hand over Deidara's mouth. Right. Whispering their plans over Deidara's head, that had not been the wisest idea. Sakura supplied a strip of material, making a gag...
"TIME'S UP!" Hidan let out a loud yell and came right at them.
The group scattered immeadiately, diving apart to avoid the wide sweep of Hidan's sythe; swung a few feet ahead of him on a length of rope. Gai pulled up Deidara over his shoulder once more. To have charged straight into the midst of them, like that; what had Hidan hoped to achieve? Kakashi had never seen such stupidity...
"Stop movin' around!"
Hidan took a swing now at Gai, who leapt easily back. Gai still held Deidara on his back, had Hidan hit him he would have cut Deidara in half also! This guy seemed to have no plan at all, what was wrong with him?
The other, Kakuzu stayed exactly where he was. Why was he just watching? It worried Kakashi. Hidan seemed to pose little threat, if this was all he could do, to flail around like that...
Now he went for Naruto.
"RASENGAN!!" There was a brilliant flash of light and sound of crackling, Hidan was met in the chest with Naruto's rasengan! He fell to the ground, unmoving. Naruto looked completely dumbfounded, shocked that it had been so easy; was this really Akatsuki's power?
Kakuzu dropped his suitcase. He raised a hand to his head in frustration at the ridiculous scene before him.
"Enough."
They were all still so stunned by the clumsiness of Hidan's attack that they were not quite prepared when Kakuzu disappeared suddenly. That speed! It was almost instantaneous, Kakashi could only even track that movement because of his sharingan. The others, they couldn't even detect where he was...
"GAI, GO NOW!"
Gai leapt away with Deidara; Lee and Sakura followed right behind him. Kakuzu moved to chase them and Kakashi caught on to him, tried to hold him back. But something was bursting out from Kakuzu's coat now, something rope-like was beginning to twist itself around his neck.
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"Lee, you're bleeding!"
"Oh!"
Deidara strained to look around at Lee, who had just noticed his wound. Blood was running from a cut on his upper arm and dripping from his elbow, leaving a dotted trail of blood along the ground behind them. "I hadn't noticed! It is not deep. When that rude one ran at us with his scythe, I think he must have caught me with it."
"Let's stop for one second, we just can't leave a trail of blood like that, we could be tracked..."
"Good idea."
Sakura bandaged Lee's arm quickly, careful to make sure the bleeding stopped.
When would Kakuzu and Hidan catch up with them?
Deidara knew that Hidan wasn't dead. Hidan could do that immortality thing- because of his Jashin cult or whatever. Kakashi, Naruto, Neji, Tenten- they'd have to fight Kakuzu and Hidan both.
Deidara had never witnessed Kakuzu's skills himself but knew of his immense power, his immortality and five hearts; apparently Kakuzu was nearly one hundred years old! He didn't know much of Neji and Tenten's skills, but having fought Kakashi and Naruto; he knew some of their power; They were strong too. His jaw still hurt days later from where Naruto had punched him, that rage where he'd shown his Jinchuuriki, had grown two tails. And Deidara still suffered from where Kakashi had managed to remove his arm without even touching him! Would the leaf-nin have enough power to fight Kakuzu?
It had felt so close, that possibility of freedom. He had little affection for Kakuzu and Hidan; (especially not Hidan who was Bastard-Number-One) but, Deidara did not want to die. Even if it meant he had to be rescued by those guys, he'd take it! It had felt good back there, knowing that Akatsuki had remembered him. His belief that he could escape without help, it had been dying. As much as he had been denying to himself over the last few days that they'd ever even reach Konoha, that doubt was always there. That thought in the back of his mind; Death, execution.
This morning had felt like complete shit. Konoha was only a few more hours away and the thought of another prison, it chilled him. Kakashi had implied that they did not practice methods of that kind in Konoha, but...they weren't supposed to practice it in the Sand either, and they still had done so. And if Deidara couldn't get away whilst still in the woods, how would he be able to escape once inside a prison? It would all be over, if he was taken into the Leaf prison. Why did they pretend to want to help him still, at the same time as taking him to his death? Kakashi hadn't answered, maybe he didn't know either.
The Leaf-nin. Kakashi...it didn't matter how he felt about them now, didn't matter how confused he got. It had to be either him or them. And he wanted to live. That was all that mattered right now.
"Thank you Sakura-san."
"Lee, I'll get another suit for you in Konoha," Gai was examining Lee's ripped sleeve, "you cannot wear this damaged one, even though it does bear the marks of battle!" Deidara was getting dizzy. Gai sometimes flailed around when he talked, and to Deidara, still perched over his shoulder, it was pretty aggravating.
"Let's keep going--"
"Caught up with ya!"
It was Hidan! he leant against his scythe which he'd staked into the ground, he was panting heavily. The hole in his mid-section from Naruto's rasengan had already vanished.
"How did--!"
"Him again!"
"You! But we saw you die, you were hit by Naruto's rasengan!" The leaf guys, they didn't know of Hidan's immortality yet...
"Gai-sensei, do we keep going?" asked Lee.
"...Yes, we can't risk it, evidently he has some abilities we know nothing of,"
"No, no, wait. Wait," rushed Hidan eagerly. "I want you to see. Just watch this, I won't even lay a finger on you or him, you'll see."
They were some distance from Hidan. The leaf-nin didn't view him as an immediate threat as he not too close and in their knowledge, not very fast. They had to be wondering whether they should try to kill him or proceed with the plan and keep running...
"Ahhhhh," Hidan moaned creepily. He'd stabbed through own hand with one of the long prongs on his scythe, allowing blood to gush from it into a mess on the forest floor. He felt Gai recoil in horror, Lee and Sakura's faces were similarly disgusted.
It was Hidan's ritual.
Hidan now dragged his foot through the blood, tracing a circle around him. It was so crude, Hidans's ritual was no work of art to him, as long as it did it's job...
But, there was a component missing surely. If Deidara was right, Hidan's ritual couldn't work unless he licked up someones before creating the circle?
"I already said my prayers on the way here." Grinned Hidan.
"Prayers?" asked Gai.
Hidan said nothing at first. His skin turned black and skeletal markings appeared all over him, causing the Leaf-nin to gasp in surprise. "Let me show you," Hidan then plunged his sythe straight into his chest.
"ARGGH!!"
"Lee!"
When Hidan had cut Lee earlier! When he'd taken that clumsy swipe in the middle of them all!
"Lee! What's wrong?" Sakura put a hand on Lee's shoulder and he collapsed to his knees. Blood seeped through his clothes, the colour red quickly blooming all over his front.
"What have you done! What did you just do to Lee!" Shouted Gai, distressed.
The Leaf-ninja, they didn't know! They had not seen Hidan's ritual before, they'd probably never even heard of this jutsu.
Deidara was dumped down on the ground. Gai raced forward toward Hidan now, and he was aiming for a powerful kick to Hidan's head! Hidan didn't even move out of the way, he did not mean to dodge it at all...he smiled nastily at Gai. That kick will only hurt Lee! Gai didn't realise, how could he...
But perhaps Gai read something in Hidan's look at the last moment; something that gave him cause to doubt. The way Hidan fully intended to be hit. At the last second, he slowed his kick, and delivered it to Hidan's shoulder instead, less powerful, less force in it. Gai turned to look back at Lee who jolted and raised a hand to his shoulder.
Gai got it now, "How...!" He jumped back, away from Hidan, landing near Deidara again. He picked him up once more, Gai was taking no chances.
Hidan would be difficult for them to defeat now, once he got started in his ritual death was inevitable. Gai seemed at a loss for what he should do; attacking Hidan would mean further hurting Lee.
"Gai-sensei, he'll be alright!" Sakura had removed her gloves and a gentle blue light emanated from her hands as she held them over Lee's chest. She was concentrating hard.
"uugh--"
"Try not to talk,"
"Good work Sakura! Just keep doing that! We'll find a way to beat this guy!"
"Hey, hey! You're ruining it!" Hidan whined. "Stop that!" Hidan was healing at the same rate as Lee, his wounds easing up quickly. "I guess I'll have to do some more damage then!"
But Sakura was shaking already! Sweat ran down her face, it hadn't even been one minute! That wound, it should have killed Lee. Did it take nearly all of her energy just to heal that? There was no way she could heal something that severe over and over...if Hidan made another fatal wound...
"You can't keep that up that healing crap for long! But I can do THIS forever! It barely even costs me any chakra, see?" Hidan raised his sythe, prepared to drive it into himself once more...
Deidara was winded as he was slammed into the ground. Gai had thrown down Deidara in front of him. Shit that was rough!...one hand grabbed his hair and something cold and hard pressed against his throat, Deidara gulped a little, realising-
"Stop whatever you are doing to Lee, or I'll kill him immeadiately,"
Gai was holding a kunai against his neck.
"Sensei, don't--!" Lee spoke with effort. He lifted his head, a streak of blood ran from his mouth, identical to the one on Hidan's face.
Lee and Sakura looked frightened. Deidara felt frightened now too, and not just because of the threat of the knife.
Blackmail. Deidara would blackmail someone in an instant, he'd done it to Gaara, when he'd used the Sand Village against him. He'd actually done it to many different shinobi, to many different people in his life...
But, it was below Gai do it. Deidara could feel the hand grasping his hair trembling slightly, although the one holding the kunai was steady and controlled.
"Gai-sensei, please don't do it."
"Lee..."
Hidan stopped his actions, mid-stab. He looked so amused!
Was there a chance that Hidan would actually stop? Deidara knew Hidan was a crazy selfish bastard that would readily turn on him. But he was following orders from the Leader, to retreive him - that was a reason! Was it possible that Hidan might stop what he was doing if it meant killing Deidara?
"Ha. We have orders to either bring him back - or ensure he's killed! So do it, I don't fucking care!"
Ensure he's killed?
Deidara felt foolish suddenly, he really should have expected this, should have seen it coming. Akatsuki were all a bunch of FUCKERS!
True, Deidara had grown to kind of like working for Akatsuki - well, whatever, as long as he could still continue his art as he pleased, it didn't really matter what he was part of. But still, Deidara had never chosen to join their shitty club in the first place, never wanted to! And now they had just changed their minds like that, were quite prepared to kill him?
This meant it made no difference if Gai killed him now. It would not save Lee, but it would stop Deidara from being freed. And he would be, if the fight continued like this in Hidan's favour. It would prevent that war with the Sand, it would protect their stupid precious peace. It would save Konoha, some place he'd still never even seen. He braced himself.
But nothing happened.
The kunai did not tighten further against his throat, it didn't move at all. Gai's hand was as solid and steady as ever, but, when he spoke; he voice was filled with emotion.
"You would betray your own teamate like that, so easily! It's vile!" Gai practically spat every one of his words. Deidara was hit with a little of the spray. Eww, eww...
"Yeeeaah, isn't it?" Hidan grinned. He cocked his head to one side, impatiently. "You gonna do it now? Probably be more fun if you un-gagged him first, he's a noisy fucker. Something to listen to while killing."
Gai was taken aback by Hidan's crude words, he was disgusted. "Y-You're sick! You're insane...!"
"I know," Hidan smiled and then stabbed into his stomach once more, wrenching the scythe from side to side now, eliciting a terrible pained noise from Lee - it looked excruciating...
Gai let go of Deidara. He left him, and unable to attack Hidan, he ran to Lee and Sakura; Gai didn't how he could help Lee! No, you're supposed to force Hidan out of the circle! Had Deidara been ungagged, would he have shouted it? He didn't know, he did want Hidan to win! Right? Deidara didn't want to die in Konoha, that was definite! But he also knew he didn't like seeing Gai, Lee and Sakura in this way...what the fuck.
Sakura didn't look like she could keep i up, the blue light from her hands was dimming and the blood continued to flow from Lee and Hidan both, with no sign of letting up.
But Hidan broke from the circle himself now! Had he gotten bored, waiting for Sakura to run out of chakra? He was going for all three of them. Sakura and Lee were in no position to do anything, but Gai stood in front of them, ready to defend. Did Gai know that once out of the circle, damage caused to Hidan couldn't hurt Lee anymore? It didn't look like it!
A hand lifted him up off the ground by the back of his clothes.
"I can't trust you to do anything, it seems." Kakuzu had caught up with them.
"Oi, Kakuzu! Let me go! I can do this on my own! These guys are MY sacrifices! Hey!" shrieked Hidan. Kakuzu was holding Hidan still, pinned to the spot by holding his arms with tentacles.
"Idiot. You'll just get yourself killed. I'll take care of them, you take Deidara now. Get away from here." He dragged Hidan back roughly through the dust until he stood by him. Kakuzu thrust Deidara at him. ARRGH! It was nothing short of alarming to be thrust into Hidan's ugly face, especially when he was all skeletal and shit...
Deidara looked over Hidan's shoulder, toward the leaf-nin. Gai was taking the moment to fuss over Lee, he was kneeling down by him, along with Sakura, an arm around his back and bunching up a wad of material against Lee's chest, trying to stop the bleeding. Gai never looked away from the three Akatsuki, not once. He met eyes with Deidara. Was Gai regretting that he hadn't killed Deidara just now? But he didn't look angry, just worried, he was so worried about Lee...
"What about those last guys?" asked Hidan, "You finish them?"
"I took care of them. You take him, now. I'll see to these ones too."
Took care of them? Had Kakuzu killed them? But Kakashi, he had his mangekyo sharingan, and Naruto, being a jinchuuriki, those huge advantages...had Kakuzu really managed to do it?
"Urgh, fine!" Hidan grabbed Deidara from Kakuzu roughly, pulling him up awkwardly under one arm, so that Deidara faced forward.
Hidan looked down at him, and Deidara looked up. Great. Carried by you now. Hello bastard, I guess.
"Pfft not too heavy, well I guess since half of you is missing, on top of the fact you're a midget-"
Deidara could do nothing but let out a long, low growl. MIDGET!?
"Hidan, get out of here immeadiately, or I really will kill you myself!" He struck at Hidan with his briefcase.
"Ow! Fine, fine! But next time, you owe me sacrifices, remember that..."
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"I'm sorry, they took him...those two new ones, they were too strong."
Kakashi, Gai and...most of their teams. They were together again. A squad of Niju Shotai were with them now; Shikumaru and Izumo, being lead by Asuma.
Kotetsu, his fourth member had gone on ahead to Konoha with Lee, Tenten and Sakura. Lee had been very badly injured by Hidan's jutsu. Although Sakura had managed to stop Lee's bleeding, he had had to be sent on to Konoha immeadiately; Tsunade's healing was needed.
"Tsunade-sama sent us out here, we are hunting two that Akatsuki were spotted in this vicinity last night," explained Asuma. He seemed calm, but his voice held an air of urgency.
"We didn't expect to come across you, but it's a good thing we did!" Izumo looked at Neji, "Are you sure he doesn't need to return too?"
"I'm fine, I still have good control of my arm..." Neji had been injured where Kakuzu's tentacles had wrapped too tightly around his left arm, almost squeezing it off. But he was able to use it still, and had insisted on staying with Gai and Kakashi.
Kakuzu had spared them back there. Or was it just that he really didn't feel like fighting, if he felt he didn't need to? He had left, gone towards the way Gai team had been heading. But Kakashi's team had been unable to catch up! By the time they did, they'd found Lee in bad shape, passed out. Sakura and Gai had been trying hard to save him, unable to pursue the one that took Deidara.
But a squad from the Niju Shotai had come across them. It was their job to hunt and capture any Akatsuki that entered the land of Fire. Kakashi had been relieved, he trusted these four.
Asuma spoke, "These two Akatsuki, who were sighted within out borders yesterday." As he spoke, he drew out a cigarette and lit it. "They were not Itachi and Kisame. We have a description of a masked one, and the other carried a large red sythe; they the ones that gave you trouble, Kakashi?"
"Yes, we met them, it was only an hour ago." he explained "We were escorting another Akatsuki member, Deidara, the one who threatened the Sand Village and kidnapped the Kazekage..."
"We've had word from the Sand Village about that. We heard that you had captured him, killed the other, and restored the Kazekage. Impressive stuff."
"But where is he now? Did he escape from you?" asked Shikumaru. To the point. Shikumaru was blunt...
"Those two, 'Kakuzu and Hidan' their names were. They took him. We tried...I could have done more. I should have stopped them!" Gai was holding himself responsible, but this was Kakashi's fault again! It had been his decision to split up the teams.
But there was another matter... "You said there was word from the Sand Village," Kakashi had to know."Did they say anything about us taking Deidara within their borders, about him being taken into the Village?"
"No," replied Asuma. Just that you had captured him. Why? What happened?"
"It's just that the Kazekage was very understanding with us. The Sand Village wanted him too, but we came to an agreement. It seems that it was kept secret..."
"I see, well you know us, we won't tell. This is better for Konoha and Naruto that we should get the information on Akatsuki anyway."
That wasn't the problem, though. "....There is a complication with Deidara, we made a promise to the Kazekage that he would not escape from us. Now that he has done so, now that Akatsuki have him back..."
"That...this is very bad" Asuma widened his eyes, took a long drag on his cigarette. He got it, he got how complicated the situation was. Izumo and Shikumaru exchanged glances. This was more than they, more than any of them had bargained for.
"Gaara would still understand!" Naruto. Naruto and his unshakable faith in Gaara. "Are you saying he'd start a war over this. That's crazy, he doesn't believe in war, doesn't want it any more than we do!"
"Gaara may be the Kazekage, but he took a huge risk when he allowed us to take Deidara." Kakashi pressed, "The decision annoyed the elders and other higher-ups of his village. If it becomes known to the Sand Village that Deidara has escaped; Gaara may even have to step down as the Kazekage - a position he only holds by vote. There are always those waiting to usurp the position of Kage, they will jump at the opportunity to do so. What's more, with someone else as Kazekage, they are unlikely to be so understanding. There really could be war, especially if Akatsuki were to attack the Sand Village again; Konoha may be held to blame!"
"Craaaaaaap. I didn't even think of any of that!" Naruto finally understood, he was worrying now too, "I don't want Gaara to get in trouble, not because he trusted us!"
"So, we have to find Deidara." Asuma stood up."We'll split up, mix up the teams so you can explain those new Akatsuki's jutu's to us." He threw away the cigarette, put it out with his foot."I'll send for another squad of Niju Shotai from Konoha. We must Kill Deidara, and either kill or capture the others too, if we can. If the situation is too dangerous and you are unable, just track at a distance and use these mics to let us know where you are, and we'll send back-up."
"Wait, kill him? What about the capturing?" asked Naruto.
Shikumaru spoke again, he'd been quiet as he'd listened to them speak."Capture of a member of Akatsuki is still preferable, but very difficult. From what we know, it seems Akatsuki come after their own. It is easier to kill them then to keep them alive, because there is the risk of them escaping later. You had him for what, three or four days? And in that time you could have easily killed him anytime you wanted. But now, we have to go to all this trouble, we even risk a war over this now. It's bothersome."
"But, you are still saying, that if we can - we should take him prisoner instead of killing him?" Neji wanted to know too. It was like they were being told two different things.
"Our orders, directly from Tsunade-sama are still to capture first, if we can..." Shikumaru looked at Asuma for confirmation.
"Yes, but in this case..."
"Look," Said Shikumaru, "It would really be better for Deidara to die, and another, different member of Akatsuki to be captured for interrogation instead, if we can do that. From you've told us, it is specifically Deidara that risks our relations with the Sand Village. There are others out there we could capture instead. It's best that he's killed."
Kakashi and Gai looked at each other. Naruto and Neji were quiet too. What Shikumaru was saying made perfect sense, but none of them were happy with the idea. They'd gone through a lot to capture Deidara alive, to bring him to Konoha. To just kill him now, that would--
Izumo seemed perplexed, "Why are all of you so keen on capturing rather than killing this particular one anyway? You didn't bond with your prisoner did you?" he wiped at his forehead, frowned. "Never ever do that!"
"You don't need to worry about us." Said Kakashi. He rose now, as did the others. "We will find him, and we'll do whatever Konoha requires."
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To be continued...right now.
I hate writing action scenes, because all I really want to write is angst and conversation. I apologise profusely for the lame, contrived action in this T_T To make up for it, the next chapter is available immeadiately, hurrah! :D
Ahh, the Naruto-verse is revolving around Deidara, as it should do. But it's getting complicated. *Tries to wrap brain around it.*
Sorry if any of this is confusing. My writing and stuff.
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CkA: Hey thanks for reviewing! Glad your enjoying, hope future chapters don't disappoint :D

lividangel: *blush blush* Thanks for such a nice review! I'm really glad you think he's true to character, I worry sometimes about him being being ooc. Ahaha, yes you picked up on me swerving him away from Neji to Kaka, hehe. It was undeliberate though, I'm still not sure how it happened!
I'm glad you like the outtakes, Deidara in girls clothes..yesss..for some reason...
I added a little note about the revised chapter 3 to the end of chapter 6, you're not the first person to ask lol. Damn, why is everyone so curious, you are all eviler than meee...
I hope the new chapters don't disappoint :)

Sidhe: Thanks for the really nice review/s! Yess, upset, angry wounded Deidara, I'm happy you see him like that, I worry I make him a bit ooc sometimes. Deidara never gets a break, I will torture him forever :) Oh, ok, maybe he can have a few teeny moments of happiness for two seconds here or there. I'm glad you liked chapter 3! I always worry about that one, I'm so glad you liked it and the writing in it :) I'm trying not to upload chapters until I am as happy with them as I was with chapter 3 now. KakaDei, I know it's unusual but it just went that way :) Deidara will continue to get even more confused, bwaha XD
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