(I have checked this through 4 times but will probably edit it some more during the next 24 hours because I can't leave stuff alone.)
Longest chapter :D
Sorry it took a while to get this up!!! ugh, Life, you know....and the character stuff is getting kind of complex o__0 I hope the fic is still OK, having some difficulties with it T_T
And sorry the last cliffhanger was so mean....(hehehaha) But this one might be mean too...
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Deidara glared over his shoulder at the idiot pair who were ruining his plan. Shikamaru looked so fucking smug, and Naruto, well as usual he was...
"Sakura!" Naruto called out to her, encouragingly. "It's OK, we have everything under control!"
Deidara could tell that the kid really believed was he was saying too, ugh.
"And How exactly do you 'have things under control!?'" Sakura shrieked back, her fear now replaced by anger.
Idiots, all of them fucking idots. He had had everything planned, everything was fine; before they showed up! Now all of them were as good as dead, unless they let him go-
Shikamaru broke his train of thought. "Where is Kakashi?" He asked, casually - like he expected to just be answered!
Deidara bit his lip. So, it looked like Hidan got the message through, then. But like hell if he would tell them anything!
"Pfft! Like I'd just tell you," he sneered. "You'll see him again - if you co-operate with Akatsuki, un."
Deidara wasn't actually sure where Kakashi was...but most likely the bastard was probably free and far away from Kakuzu by now, knowing him.
Shikamaru sighed. "Then you'll stay like that - until you tell us what we want to know."
Forever, then, because he'd never tell them anything...
But time was running out.
"Shikamaru what's going on? Akatsuki have Kakashi!?" Sakura didn't know. "Hey Deidara, when I asked you, you...you..." She was going to hate him even more now. He could hear it in her voice. Fine, let her. It should be like that. And there were bigger things to worry about right now...
"Look, there isn't time for this un, my clay will explode by itself! Unless I'm free to stop it-"
"Then it's too bad that you lingered around and got caught right next to your own bomb then, isn't it? You should have thought about that."
Naruto looked from him to Shikamaru, looked a bit doubtful. "Uh, hey, Shikamaru, don't say crap like that, it won't really explode... will it?"
"No, because he's bluffing."
"But why didn't he kill her right away then?
"He enjoys toying with his victims like this, probably."
"But it really, really sounds to me like he's telling the truth."
"He's a fucking S-class missing nin Naruto, of course he sounds like he's telling the truth...."
Their voices droned out a little as Deidara tried to concentrate on moving his body. He found that he could control his extra mouths a little, if he really tried... Maybe it was because Shikamaru didn't have them? It made sense that he could only control the anatomy of his victim, that he himself possessed...Trying some more, he found he could move the tongues in his hands, the teeth too...
"Hey, you can't break out of this Akatsuki - so don't even try!" But Shikamaru's voice sounded a little strained. Just slightly. Deidara found himself able to tense his whole body a little. Was the shadow jutsu thing weakening?
Deidara grinned. "You've got a time limit on your jutsu too, un?"
Shikamaru smiled coldly at him. But Deidara could tell; this guy was the one who was really bluffing here.
Shit. Shit. Time limits. There had to be under a minute left on his bomb. Deidara closed his eyes. Breathed. He needed to convince them.
"Look, un. It's the truth." He didn't know how to sound, how to sound convincing. So he just tried to sound normal. "Let me go, and I'll deactivate it. Only I can do it; the clay is infused with my chakra-"
Suddenly his hands began moving, but he wasn't the one controlling them.
Shikamaru was reaching down to his waist. Moving his hands as if undoing a clasp, he made Deidara undo and remove the belt holding his clay bag.
"What are you doing-!" Deidara held his clay bag aside now, in one hand. What the hell was this guy up to?
Shikamaru just kept up that cold smile....He made a throwing motion, and then Deidara threw the bag to Shikamaru - who caught it in his other hand.
NO!
"Hey, hey! I just got that back un!" Deidara was furious. LITTLE BASTARD! He'd lost his clay again, it wasn't fair!
"I just had a thought, " Shikamaru looked smug. "If it's part of your jutsu, infused with your chakra; your jutsu should just... end - if you die."
"Wait-!" Shouted Sakura.
"But what about capture?" asked Naruto.
Deidara didn't know what more to say. He briefly toyed with the idea of telling them his real intentions; he would have let Sakura go all along. But, if they didn't believe him now; then they would just find that story even more hard to believe! It was pointless. And it just wasn't something that he wanted to share, anyway...
He hoped Shikamaru (apparently the self-appointed leader out of the the three now?) would listen to the others; but he could see that Shikamaru wasn't like Naruto and Sakura. He had a ruthlessness that reminded Deidara of his own. They stared at each other for a moment, and both of them seemed to acknowledge that about each other...
"No capture. Not this one. He's way too troublesome to keep alive, just look at this situation we're in-"
Shikamaru suddenly pulled out his kunai and threw it right at Deidara.
Deidara flinched; that was the only movement his body could manage. His extra mouths clenched their teeth. He closed his eyes, expected to be hit - but instead, his hand flew up and caught it...
He stared at the kunai in his hand; was startled to find himself armed, suddenly. Why was Shikamaru giving him a weapon? How exactly was giving him a weapon going to kill him? He looked at him in angry confusion, was this some kind of joke?
But Shikamaru wasn't smiling anymore. He looked fucking serious.
Deidara gripped the handle of the kunai even more tightly as Shikamaru clenched his empty hand. He raised it over his heart.
"This can't miss."
Shikamaru made Deidara drive the kunai into his chest.
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"RAIKIRI!!"
They hadn't been expecting that!
Kakuzu shouted and staggered back as Kakashi struck him. He quickly reached down and chopped through his leg ties, with chakra enforced hands.
But Kakuzu recovered quickly, his iron skin was too tough! He had run into this problem when he fought him before, with Neji and Naruto.
Although wound in his chest hurt, it wasn't serious enough to hinder him. But his head still throbbed painfully where he had been struck, and hit by sudden dizziness, he nearly tripped over his own feet. He kicked at Kakuzu, who blocked it with his briefcase...which promptly split open, showering papers everywhere; eliciting an angry roar from Kakuzu.
In the small space they could barely use their attacks, the ceiling was low and they were cramped, Hidan couldn't swing his scythe but settled for kicking Kakashi in the stomach - Kakashi delivered a punch back, sent him staggering.
He knew he couldn't fight them alone. He'd have to escape. Find the others, Asuma, Gai...
Ducking out under Kakuzu's threads, Kakashi used all the strength, all the speed he could manage to run.
But they were right behind him.
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The mouth on his chest, the powerful teeth over his heart; they locked around the kunai as it was forced in. It fucking hurt, he could feel a tooth dislodging. It cut through some of the stitches over his mouth, and cut his lips and tongue a little - but his teeth stopped it from reaching, from piercing his heart.
Ow, ow, this was new- a fucking tooth-ache in the chest!
The jutsu's power over him had to be waning, because he staggered a little. Shikamaru guy seemed to be loosening his hold over him - he thought that Deidara was dying.
The shadow around him withdrew as he collapsed to his knees.
At the same time, Deidara dropped the kunai and quickly made the hand-seals. But he got them wrong.
The bomb started to make a fizzling noise.
OH FUCK. OH FUCK! It took another try but he managed to get it right; and then his creation uncurled from around Sakura and fell to the ground.
It was the first time in five years he'd ever needed to deactivate one of his bombs; the only other time had been when he fought Itachi...
Sakura stepped over his fallen creation, and ran to him. What to do, what was the best idea? He still needed to get away. He stayed frozen there for now, hand clenched over his heart and aching mouth.
Shikamaru called out to her, warningly; "Careful, we need to make sure he's -"
Reaching him, Sakura knelt down. "You made it stop!" She was saying. "I saw...you stopped it." It took a moment for him to realise she meant the bomb, not the knife.
Sakura reached out a hand to his, to the one over his chest. She wanted to look at his 'wound'. So, she still wanted to help him, after all that? After all the shit he'd put her through? Didn't she know he could kill her, right now? If he wanted?
He looked up at her. "Don't be fucking stupid." He hissed. "That bomb had a range on it...I wasn't letting you go, I was just saving myself, un."
Remembering the clay he'd stuffed down his shoe, he quickly reached down, took a piece.
"Stop him!-"
He threw one at the ground, a small one - he leapt up over it, the force helping him to jump up, high and away, leaving a bunshin behind. He started jumping and racing away through the branches...
"He went that way!"
Ohh fuck.
Looking over his shoulder, he could see Shikamaru, Sakura and about twenty fucking Naruto's chasing right after him. They hadn't fallen for the bunshin and were gaining on him. They were going to catch up!
He turned and blasted out some small bird-like creations, they stuck into trees and branches behind him; the others would have to slow down if they didn't want to risk brushing past one and getting blasted!
"No Naruto!" Shouted Shikamaru and Sakura together. They had slowed, but the Naruto's kept on coming! Persistent little shits! He continued to scatter bombs behind him, and the Naruto's - one by one - started getting caught, and disappearing with satisfying bangs! Yeah! Deidara was so happy watching that he almost didn't notice when the real Naruto appeared right alongside him; strangely quiet.
"AAARGH!" Deidara yelped and threw one of his most dangerous creations in his face as Naruto raised his arm to make a rasengan...
It worked.
He continued on, unfollowed.
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They chased Kakashi.
"Bastard! How did he get free?"
"I don't know! My ties can't be broken easily...just catch him! He can't get far..."
"Hold on there."
Zetsu appeared, out of nowhere.
"Zetsu!"
"What the hell do you want? We're busy! Kakashi Hatake's getting away, the leader, he'll be..."
"The leader sent me."
"Get out of the way!"
"No, wait. He said to let Kakashi Hatake go for now."
"What the hell, he knows Kakashi got away?"
"How long have you been watching us for, you nosy fuck?"
"Long enough. He wants to know something. We think Deidara is betraying Akatsuki."
"Huh?"
"What do you mean?"
"He through cut Kakashi's ties back there."
"Are you joking?"
"I saw. But we can't tell exactly where his loyalties lie, it was very strange."
"But, why do we need to let Kakashi go?"
"Just follow him, for now. And don't kill him."
"He's fast - We aren't gonna find him again at this rate, you idiot!"
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Deidara eventually reached a river, he'd heard it from a little way away...
Checking the area cautiously first, he listened for any sounds before grabbing drink and washing his face.
Ahhh....
He collapsed down by a nearby tree, hidden by some undergrowth. He was so tired. Hadn't slept properly in days now. He'd caught three or four hours sleep after their last assembly with Akatsuki; and that was it.
Akatsuki, the others...
He'd let Kakashi go. Why'd he do that anyway? It seemed so stupid now. Kakashi...Deidara turned red, remembering what he'd done to him in the cave...nearly done.... It was hazy, hard to remember for some reason, but he knew it had been pretty bad. What the fuck was wrong with him. Why was he like this? Things used to be so simple...
Deidara felt a strange panic wash over him. What would happen if Akatsuki found out? They might guess that he released Kakashi! What would they do to him?
They'd throw him out of Akatsuki. He'd be like Orochimaru, they'd want to kill him. Sure, he'd been forced to join them in the first place; but he'd been with them for years now, didn't know what else to do. Didn't know where to go next, from here.
Or, they didn't know? Maybe they would assume Kakashi had released himself somehow? Damn, he just didn't know whether or not to return to the cave or not!
All he wanted was to just wanted to make explosions and forget everything. Go flying and make art.
But the woods were apparently fucking crawling with Leaf-ninja, and Kakuzu and Hidan were still around somewhere. If he made explosions, he'd be heard. If he flew up, he'd be seen. Those Leaf-ninja would be in some deep shit if word got back to the Sand Village he'd escaped. Not that it mattered...
No, flying was a bad idea because he didn't know all their abilities. Kakashi had that Sharingan-vortex thing, and Shikamaru seemed to reach pretty far with his shadow thing - who knew what the others guys running around here could do? Ugh, he'd have to lie low for now.
Deidara took a really, really small piece of clay. He had only grabbed a handful of C1 from his bag - no good for flying, then. He couldn't create his C2 dragon without the right kind. Dammit, if he'd had all his types of clay, C2, C3, C4; This whole place would be fucking leveled in seconds! All these woods, and everyone in them. He would have flown up, out of reach, of course.
Then again, destroying the woods wouldn't have worked anyway. The leader wanted Naruto alive - so really this was all Naruto's fault! Capturing alive was fucking 'troublesome', just like Shikamaru had said. It was the whole reason he was in this shit in the first place!
Well, not just the Leader wanted the idiot alive - Kakashi would want Naruto alive too. Hmph, stupid bastard would be so upset if his precious student died. And Sakura would be too. Deidara had let Sakura live - did he want to let Naruto live? He just wasn't sure anymore.
Fuck, he shouldn't even have to worry about this; Naruto was Itachi's target! Let Itachi handle him, Deidara didn't want to worry about it anymore. He'd already lost Sasori, and lost so much dignity aover the stupid pursuit of Naruto.
Not to mention Kakuzu, Hidan and anyone else who was still in the woods. They'd all be gone instantly, if he had used his strongest techniques...
He growled. The fact he couldn't make explosions right now just made the desire to make them even worse!
In the end, he settled for chewing on a little piece of clay for a while. It was so relaxing, when he chewed his clay. It had been too long. He got a pleasant shiver up his spine just from doing it.
A tiny creature came out of his palm and sat there, examining it's surroundings. It sort of resembled a bird, an insect and a lizard all at once; he hadn't come up with a name for what kind of creature it was called it yet. It's face had a slightly simple, dopey look to it. It gazed up at him with it's hollow eyes and then licked at his hand. They always adored their master...
It would only make a very small noise, when it exploded. But he decided not to, for now. Sometimes he let them be for a while.
They didn't really feel anything, had no brains. When he wasn't remotely controlling them they might flap around, preen themselves vacantly. But it was sort of good to have it's company for a while. It wasn't capable of making judgements... It padded up his arm, setting out on it's pointless little journey to wherever it thought it was going. He petted it gently, stroking under it's chin with one finger. It didn't make noise, but he could feel tiny purr-like vibrations from it's throat.
"Very cute, Akatsuki."
Deidara grabbed it in his fist and threw it at the source of the voice. It exploded immediately.
But his target was fast, he's moved away in plenty of time...
Deidara's face felt very hot suddenly. For fucks sake. No one had ever caught him doing that before.
Kakashi grinned at him through his mask, seeing his embarrassment. "Oh, it died. What was it's name?" he asked, teasingly.
"It didn't 'die' cause it wasn't alive un, and it didn't fucking have a name, stupid!" (Clay-chan, the little ones were always 'Clay-chan.') "... What are you doing here, bastard?"
Kakashi was just casually standing there with his hands in his pockets, watching him. It was unnerving. He would have preferred if Kakashi just attacked him...
Did Kakashi he think he was soft or something, for letting him go?
"What do you want, un? Don't just ...look at me, like that!"
"What do I want? Well, that depends on you."
Deidara scowled at him. "Depends on me?"
"Why did you let me go?"
"Ah, uh..." Oh shit. Oh shit. "I didn't, un!"
Kakashi anticipated his next move. He rushed to stop him as he went to use more clay, and gripped hold of his arm.
"Get off, now." Deidara ground out, warningly.
Kakashi spoke sternly. "Tell me why you released me."
Deidara tried to pull away. "No..."
"Do you really still want to be part of Akatsuki?"
Huh?
"That's none of your business, un!" What did that even have to do with anything?
"I don't think that you do."
What...what....
"What the hell makes you think that, un!?"
"I know that you hate being told what to do. And they tell you what to do. Surely you can't have really chosen to live that way? You're too proud..."
How fucking dare he...
"Bastard, un! you don't know me, you don't know anything about me..."
"They force you to carry out orders. You let me go; and that clashes with what they want...so, do you really want to be part of them, anymore?"
"They don't force me! I choose to do everything that I do, un."
"That's not what I saw. That Kakuzu, he's violent..."
"That's just how everyone is!" he growled. "Senior members always boss around newer members. Well, Hidan's newer than me but he's a twat to everyone. Kakuzu is just fucking old and miserable, he treats us all like kids, talks down to me like he thinks I'm still fourteen or something - it's normal!"
"You were fourteen when you joined Akatsuki?"
Ha, 'joined'...
"Pfft, 'join' as if I would fucking join! I didn't JOIN, they made..." arrgh! He glared at Kakashi. "Shut up, I wont tell you anything!"
"You're telling me quite a lot."
Deidara closed his mouth. Kakashi was such a bastard.
And why were they just standing here, like this, anyway?
"You aren't doing anything, un..." He said, quietly.
"And you aren't struggling."
"What are you going to do with me?" He asked. Again.
"Oh yes we were talking about that." Kakashi scratched his face idly, "It all depends on whether or not your goal is still to kill Naruto. You see, I can't really allow people to be after my students."
"So, you'd still chase after me if I was trying to hurt Naruto, un?" Fucking Naruto. "But...say I wasn't, what then?"
"...I would stop."
Kakashi's leave him alone? If he just said? Just said he'd stop chasing Naruto...
"Well, do you still plan on trying to capture Naruto?"
The answer was 'maybe not'.
But what came out was different.
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Deidara looked him right in the eye. "Sure, un."
Kakashi sighed. "Then, I guess I still need to get you to Konoha."
Neither of them moved.
Deidara still just stared at him. It was like he was waiting, for something.
Kakashi found himself remembering something, suddenly...
"If you were free right now, you'd still try and kill me, un. I know you hate me."
Was that why Deidara let him go back there?
"Deidara, are you testing me?"
He got a cold stare in return."Maybe." said Deidara, hesitantly.
"But you can't seriously want me to take you to Konoha?"
"I don't, un."
"...But, you let me go, and now you don't try to escape...you want me to keep chasing you?"
Deidara said nothing, just kept staring at him. His face went red, and he turned his face away from Kakashi. Embarrassed...
Yet another awkawrd moment between them.
Kakashi knew Deidara had a crush on him. Some teenage crush thing. It had been very obvious for a long time now, it was no secret.
Whether or not he realised it, Deidara wanted to test Kakashi; to see if he really wanted him dead. Wanted to see if Kakashi would chase him. But chasing him would mean capturing him and therefore wanting him dead - but, Deidara wanted to be chased by Kakashi? And not wanted dead by him? That just made no sense at all!
"I think... I think I have it."
"Have what, un?"
"I have it figured out."
"...and?"
"I don't get you, I can't predict you. Your way of thinking is too abstract... you're just weird."
"ARE YOU CALLING ME INSANE?!"
"Well, let's say we're opposite." Kakashi suddenly needed to scratch his cheek. " I can't even fathom how your mind works."
"So cause you don't understand me you think I'm insane! I'm not, un! You can't just hate me cause-"
"I didn't say 'insane'. And I already told you I don't hate you. It's alright. It's just how it is. Your... personality thing. It's ok." Sometimes. When you aren't stabbing me, or molesting me.
"Shut up!"
Deidara couldn't twist his arm out of Kakashi's grip, but he grabbed his vest with his other hand, yanked him down. Deidara started biting at his neck; with his normal mouth.
For a second, Kakashi thought Deidara was attacking him.
He tried to pull back, but Deidara grabbed his hair, holding it in place, pressing up against him, pushing his whole body into him, fiercely.
Oh shit.
He was having to deal with Deidara's repressed desires for him, again. He'd had to deal with this twice now.
But, evidently Kakashi harboured some for him too. Because he was actually getting turned on by this...
He jumped as Deidara slowly brought up a knee and brushed it between his legs. He grinned at Kakashi, victoriously. 'Hah! So you want me too.' His eyes seemed to say.
Deidara wasn't vacant this time. He seemed very much aware and very much vivacious; He pulled harder on Kakashi's hair. Very, very vivacious.
Kakashi shouldn't be letting him do this.
Shouldn't be thinking about participating in this.
Think about your mission Hatake. Loyalties, Konoha; this is fraternising with the enemy...
Fraternising with the enemy. For some weird reason that thought just made it all the more appealing. DAMMIT!
Think about the age difference then. Whatever it was exactly.
Think about the abuse that Deidara went through...
So Deidara's first time (Kakashi assumed it was his first time, for several reasons) had been horrible to say the least, a very negative experience. But, he still wanted to do it? It was good thing for him, that he still wanted to, right? It was normal. He was a teenager; all teenagers ever thought about was sex. But why did he have to pick Kakashi of all people to direct his desires at?
Deidara grasped his ass.
Oh god. Fine then. Just a little. They didn't have to go all the way...
Better him than someone who'd hurt Deidara, Kakashi trusted himself. Knew he could be gentle.
Kakashi listened again for noise. Tried to sense chakra - Nothing. Just his and Deidara's. They were alone.
He let go of Deidara's arm, tentatively moving his arms around his waist instead. Deidara shivered at the returned intimacy.
Deidara craned his face up to him; on his toes - he wanted to kiss.
Turning Deidara's face to the side; Kakashi pressed his lips to his jaw instead, through his mask.
"Kakashi, take the mask off, un..."
"No." I can't.
He never had. Not for anyone, not any friend, not any lover.
...Lover?
No, no way, not this. This was just to be some relief for both of them.
Deidara seemed disappointed, lowered his eyes. Kakashi felt a little guilty, but there was just no way he could reveal his face.
But he would make it up to him. Kakashi had skill in this area, he would show Deidara how it was done.
"Hey, Kakashi, I...."
"Sh," Don't ask me about my mask again.
Kakashi took hold of Deidara in his hand; caressed gently, expertly, causing Deidara a small sound. Deidara raised a hand and Kakashi clasped it, pressing them against the tree, stooping down to kiss his warm neck. He put his face in deidara's hair, feeling the texture of it.
Lost in what he was doing -what they were doing - he didn't realise it at first.
But then he suddenly became aware that Deidara had stopped doing anything.
"What's wrong?" He stopped. Was it too much? They shouldn't have done this at all. "I'm sorry..."
Deidara was staring at the ground.
But when he looked up, he seemed confused. "Why are you sorry? I'm ok... I didn't say stop, un."
"You don't seem ok."
Kakashi was mentally kicking himself. He was an idiot. Of course Deidara didn't really want to do anything with Kakashi; he was his captor; the man trying to kill him. Kakashi was the only one he'd been with much, since the incident. Deidara didn't even know what he wanted. It was some kind of way to cope with what happened, some kind of confused outburst related to it. Kakashi was wrong to have taken advantage of that.
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He tried to kiss him, to be kissed back; but Kakashi turned his aside, just kissed him on the jaw instead. He tried to tell him something important, but was silenced; Kakashi didn't want to hear it. Which was pretty weird, because Kakashi always said Deidara could talk to him. Deidara tried to put an arm round him, but it got put back. Held there.
It was all weird - he'd wanted this for ages, right?
So why wasn't he enjoying it as much as he thought he would?
It just didn't feel right somehow. It didn't feel bad; it felt good. Great. But just not as great as it should do? It was like Kakashi felt differently, about it. Differently than what he felt.
He must have looked so depressed, because Kakashi looked really concerned; he tilted Deidara's face up.
But, Kakashi misunderstood him, again.
"Look, Deidara. I feel some responsibility for you, for things that have happened to you. I think we are both at fault. I don't want to see you to get hurt even more...and you're surely being chased by Akatsuki now, for letting me go. The Sand Village, The Leaf Village, they're all after you. Things don't look good - you have to admit."
Huh? Kakashi didn't want to see him hurt more...did he want to help him get away?
"Where can you go, from here?" continued Kakashi. "If... you come back with me, I can try and arrange something. I can't promise it, but I'll try. If you can give Konoha information on Akatsuki, help us to take them down; I might be able to get you the protection of the Leaf Village."
The night felt even more quiet suddenly. Quiet as death.
Deidara's mind slowed right down.
It was like something dormant in him was coming to life.
Deidara was often angry, he'd always had a bad temper. And recently, he seemed to spend most of his time feeling pissed this was a new kind of anger...
It felt like it was going to erupt from him, explode. But, it was a quiet explosion. He kept his voice low. Spoke carefully.
"It's like you think that I don't feel fucking anything." He said.
Kakashi looked surprised, taken aback. "What? I know you do-" He began.
"Shut up. You think that you're so noble and moral and understanding or whatever! But you don't get it! You think that I don't...that I...can't feel..." Deidara tried to find the word, but he couldn't.
"Dei-"
"You think I'm 'just confused'. You think that I 'don't know what I really want', I 'don't believe in what I'm doing'... but you're just fucking describing yourself, and you don't even realise it! You have the sharingan; but you might as well be fucking blind un, for all the good it does you...it's fucking wasted on you, un!"
Deidara was shaking with anger.
"You say I'm too proud to be in Akatsuki; to follow orders that I don't want to, un. But what about you? You're following orders you don't want to either. You keep on questioning my loyalty to Akatsuki; it's fucking offensive! I don't question you about your loyalty to Konoha! I don't say to you 'Kill Naruto and Sakura, or help me kill them; and I'll let you go'. I wouldn't ever, I'm not stupid! OK, so maybe I fucked up Akatsuki's plans, our plans, by letting you go; but you think that I'd actually tell you Akatsuki secrets, help you destroy us? You really think I'm some kind of coward-shit that would just sell out my own team! Why would I betray my team anymore than you would betray your own? We're both ninja, so you should know-!" Deidara's mind was reeling. "...Maybe...maybe you are stronger than me...and maybe you are more in control, of yourself, or whatever...but you're not better than me... You see yourself as being on a higher level than me, and that's why I hate you!"
He was out of breath. He felt drained, suddenly. Kakashi still held him. What Kakashi was thinking, he couldn't be sure. He was probably thinking that Deidara was just being stupid and crazy...
"Let go, un." He said softly. He wouldn't look at Kakashi's face, he refused to look at the bastard ever again.
"I can't let you."
He felt Kakashi's arms being wrenched away from him.
"Thought you could run from us, bastard?"
Startled, Deidara looked up. "Kakuzu!?"
Of course he'd fucking show up...
Kakuzu had grabbed Kakashi in a vice-like grip, his tentacles helping him keep Kakashi pinned. Kakashi strained against him. Being his cool-bastard self, he had a cool bastard answer... "Yes, actually. I did think I could run from you - which I did."
Deidara's heart raced a little. Wasn't he in trouble? Kakuzu was ignoring him! Maybe he didn't know that Deidara let Kakashi go!
But if Kakuzu was here, then where was Hidan?
Deidara found the answer as he choked suddenly, the bar of Hidan's scythe colliding harshly with his neck. Hidan was behind him, pulling it back, pressing it down on his throat.
"H-Hey!" Deidara fought, he couldn't reach behind him, he grabbed at the scythe, tying to pull it off.
Hidan grinned by his ear. "Sorry Dei-chan, but Zetsu told us what happened."
Oh fuck.
"Didn't see much but...you two looked kinda close just now. Getting cosy with the enemy, Dei-chan? How was he?"
Deidara cringed away. OK this. This was his new worst nightmare.
Hidan was amused, but Kakuzu was angry. He turned his attention to Deidara. He jumped as Kakuzu directed his rage at him, just his eyes alone were terrifying... "'Just getting 'revenge' before, were you?" He growled. Dragging Kakashi with him, he towered over Deidara. Oh my God. "Think I'm a fool do you? We know it was you cut his ties and released him back there!"
Deidara struggled with the bar against his throat. "L-lo-" Loosen up I can't talk, dumbass!
"Tell us why you did it! Do you have some kind of alliance with them now? Are you spying on Akatsuki? What the hell's been going on!"
"I-I..." It was too hard...
"He did cut my ties. But I made him do it."
Huh...?
Kakashi was speaking up,"I made him do it. I put him in a genjutsu." He looked at Kakuzu, "You should have blindfolded me; once we were alone I used my normal eye to cast a genjutsu on him."
What the hell?
What was he doing?
Kakuzu and Hidan didn't shut him up. They were interested.
Kakashi kept going. "I got him to cut my ties in the cave. He woke up when you hit him, but didn't remember that he freed me. And, he was in a genjutsu just now too."
Kakuzu and Hidan looked at each other. "That sounds more likely, Deidara-chan fucking hates Kakashi."
"And Deidara has no apparent reason to ally with them..."
"Oh my God. The copy-pervert was just grabbing another chance to feel him up!"
WHAT.
What the fuuuck?
They were believing Kakashi's story.
Kakashi was making it so that Deidara could return to Akatsuki...at the expense of his own stupid precious fucking honour crap.
Why'd Kakashi do that for him? Why'd he make himself look so...
And they were actually accusing Kakashi of molesting him or some shit! How the fuck did they reach that conclusion? Why the hell would they? Especially when Deidara was the one who..he was the one that forced himself on Kakashi..back in the cave.
He felt ashamed, remembering it.
Shit, shit shit.
Stupid Kakashi.
Kakashi thinking that he was better than him, again...
"No," Deidara couldn't believe he was saying this, "...Y-you were right before, un." Oh god. "I did let him go."
"What!" Roared Kakuzu.
"And...and..."
"And what?" Hidan loosened the bar on his throat a little. Deidara took a deep breath-
"....And you guys are BASTARDS, un! As if a SHITTY BASIC GENJUTSU WOULD WORK ON ME! I'M BETTER THAN THAT!" It was fucking offensive that they thought he'd be so easily duped like that! You'd have to be fucking genin-level to fall for the average genjutsu!
Kakuzu was furious. "What's going on! Did you release him or not?" He shook Kakashi roughly.
"Yeah, I did un...!"
"Are you crazy Dei-chan?" Hidan sounded confused. "I mean, crazier than usual. Why the fuck would you let him go? He took your arm and made you...fuck knows what stuff they made you do...; you said you wanted him dead! You've got more against him than anyone."
" I do hate him, but there was no genjutsu! I let the bastard go un, I don't know why. And what was happening just now, when you guys showed up - I started it! I wanted to..."
"It's obvious he's not thinking clearly; he's confused." Said Kakashi. "Common after-effect of genjutsu."
"I'm not confused! I know what I'm talking about, bastard!" Arrggh! "I hate you! I HATE YOU!" He struggled to get free, wanted to kick Kakashi in his lying face!
"See? He hates me. Why would he want to do anything with me?"
"Stop twisting everything around, un!" Kakashi wasn't answering to him, he was only talking to them! He wouldn't even look at Deidara, why?!
Kakuzu put a hand over his face, grimacing. "You'd rather let us think you betrayed Akatsuki, than let us know you were caught in a genjutsu..."
Hidan laughed. "Everyone know's you suck with mind techniques anyway Dei-chan, it was how Itachi made you join Akatsuki in the first place, wasn't it?"
"Shut up, un! Shut up!"
"You're an idiot Deidara. You're already in trouble with the Leader over this, Zetsu told us about it. You'll have to explain everything to them, I can't remember all this ridiculous crap. Hidan, Let him go."
Hidan lifted up the bar, chuckling. "You are too funny..." Growling, Deidara pulled away from him.
"Now, shut up and calm down." Snapped Kakuzu. He returned his attention to Kakashi.
"What now?" asked Hidan.
"We aren't allowed to kill him...the Leader has to be in a bad mood already."
"Hey, let's break his legs! Stop him running away again."
NO!
"Don't be stupid un, he already can't run away!" What the hell was the point...why did they have to that? He didn't want to see that...
"Stay out of this." said Kakuzu.
"NO! Leave him, un!"
Deidara pulled up a small piece of clay.
Decided not to really think too much about was he was going to do. Or else he might not do it...
He gulped, and sent a small bomb straight at Kakuzu's shoulder...
Fucking Iron skin ability! It did nothing to him!
"Deidara, what the FUCK?!"
"He's either crazy, or he is on their side!"
"Kakuzu, let go of Kakashi, un..." He warned.
Kakuzu tilted his head. "I didn't ever expect this from you, of all people."
Neither did he! Why was he doing this again? "I said let go, un."
Kakuzu looked perplexed. "I'm warning you, if you must insist on going through with this - you're going to die. I'll give you two seconds t--"
Deidara threw another, it was small; but this was a strong one.
"KATSU!" It would have to break his iron skin!
But Kakuzu swept it away with a wind technique - No, not sweeping it away - he was deflecting it; sending it back-
"You'll regret this!"
Deidara ducked down - just as Hidan leapt up over and behind him to strike with his scythe; He was only aware because he felt a rush of air at the last second, Hidan didn't let out his usual battle-whoop.
Oh my God..
His deflected bomb hit Hidan, taking out one of his feet.
Shit. The noise from the resulting explosion was huge, it would bring anyone in the area straight to their location.
"ARRgh!" Hidan staggered. Deidara flinched when he saw- it was horrible. Hidan didn't feel pain, but he was pissed off- "LOOK WHAT YOU DID STUPID BASTARD KAKUZU! It's scattered, how are you gonna sew it back on!"
"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEAPT IN THE WAY, IDIOT!"
"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DEFLECTED IT, DUMBASS!"
"You are supposed to be handling Deidara while I take of Kakashi! I gave you the easier one!"
EASIER ONE!?
Distracted by their fight, Kakuzu didn't notice Deidara preparing a second bomb....Deidara caught Kakashi's eye, and they shared a look for a moment, before he threw it...
"KATSU!"
HA! The threads in Kakuzu's arm didn't sever, but they split and separted - loosened completely. Kakashi was able to pull them off!
Everything suddenly shook and jolted as pain shot through him - struck to the head, he fell on the ground; his vision swimming.
Hidan's scythe came down to meet him-
It stopped as Kakashi grabbed hold of the scythe, giving Deidara the chance to roll out from under it. But he rolled straight into a new trap;
Weird shadow hands were holding him fast. He could barely move! Oh shit, did this mean...
The noise from the explosions would bring everyone straight here...
"Kakashi-sensei, you're OK!" Shouted Sakura. Shikamaru was beside her - so his fucking shadows were attacking him!
Kakuzu still gathered together his threads. "More kids." He grumbled. "More time I'll need to waste..."
"Sakura, Shikamaru!" Kakashi called out to them. "Forget Deidara, you need to get--"
He didn't finish. They were interuppted by two new figures.
"Hello, are we too late to join in?"
"The Leader has asked us to assist you. You are too slow."
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"Hokage-sama!"
Tsunade whipped her head up from her desk. She was so not asleep just now. Had to look busy. She'd only had a few hours sleep in the last two days, too many damn reports to go through...
"Come in!" She called, shuffling papers and trying to look bright and alert. Shizune sighed beside her.
Kotetsu pratically flew in.
"What is it?"
Kotetsu was almost out of breath. "Captain Asuma and Neji Hyuuga, they have arrived back at the front gate..." he panted.
Her team of Niju Shotai had been instructed not to return back to Konoha without the news of death or capture of an Akatsuki member. With the recent return of Rock Lee to Konoha, She'd understood that the Akatsuki trackers had combined efforts with Team Kakashi and Gai, after they ran into serious complications while escorting Deidara...
"Did they find anything on the Akatsuki members?"
"They brought one back! He's one who attacked the Sand Village!"
Tsunade stood up.
"But, Kakashi Hatake, Shikumaru Nara and Sakura Haruno haven't been found, we believe they were taken captive by other members of Akatsuki."
Tsunade almost couldn't believe she was hearing this. That was one huge gain, but three huge losses! Three of Konoha's most important...
"What happened!?"
Kotetsu looked embarrassed. "Ah, I just came straight here with the message, they arrived two minutes ago, literally..." She'd have to get the details from Asuma.
"Alright. Send for ANBU, tell them escort Akatsuki straight to the Interrogation Centre."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
"Shizune!"
"Yes?"
"Send for Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka, tell them to meet with me immeadiately."
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TBC
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UPDATE: people have told me they are confused, this means I've FAILED! T_T
There is deliberately a scene missing
*fight scene*
*more characters show up*
-*missing scene*- (the fight scene.)
*tsunade scene*
chap 11:
-*missing scene will go here* - it explains the fight, explain what happened
- sera is getting too cocky and trying to be abstract with plot layout, but if it's confusing then it sucks, i'll do it properly in the future T_T
SORRRYYY!!!!
I AM SOOO SORRY I WANNA DIIIE T_T
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I got bored of the woods as a location!! YAY Konoha! YAY Interrogation centre! Yaaay IBIKI~! *evil laughter*
Notes: I hope this didn't suck... Sorry if the action scenes and escape parts were lame, action is not my thing, as I've said before T_T And how all of the characters somehow manage to coincidentally find each other in probably thousands of acres of woods/forest...ahh the laws of fanfic :D my plot devices are crappy, oh well. I hate action and love drama T_T
*fanfare* ~*~~~*~!! THEY FINALLY GOT TO KONOHA !!~*~~~~*~ And it only took 10 chapters, instead of it happening in the second chapter like I originally planned :D
Oh my god. I rewrote that eeevil thing that I said I wouldn't ever post, because I changed my mind. (I change my mind approx every 2 seconds.) Now I don't know where to put it in the story, so maybe i'll make it like an extra...sometime...
I think I'm getting eviler? Like seriously, a lot eviler?
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OMAKES:
Shikamaru was reaching down to his waist. Moving his hands as if undoing a clasp....
Undone, Deidara's pants fall to the ground.
No of them even tried to hide their laughter.
"I HATE YOU GUYS, UN!! T_T"
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*reads fic through fangirl tinted glasses*
"Things don't look good, you have to admit. If you come back with me, I can try and arrange....a marriage!!!!" :D
"WHAAAAAAAT!!!???? YOU'RE A BASTARD IF YOU ACTUALLY THINK I'M GONNA.......ok, sure un." ^^
:D
(haha sorry)
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Rip: Clay-chan T_T
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Next chapter: First draft done. Will take a while...
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