A Blood Red Lie
Deidara had never had it easy. He was an outcast of his village, cursed to bare the title of an S-Class missing nin. Sure he loved his art and there was nothing more satisfing then the sound of the horrid shrieks of his victims as they too became art in the most morbid way possible.
However with every plus there must be a negative and he had plenty. He dispised the Ucihias and their damned Sharingan which he swore he would one day personally make into 'art'. He had lost his best friend and favorite debater of art, Sasori. However his pet peeve of all his wohs in life was the thing that they got to replace his Danna. The thing that was at this point screaming in his ear for the third time today.
"Sempai!" Tobi exclaimed happily, playfully jumping up and down in unrestrained anticipation as him and Deidara walked down the rugged path back to their base.
With a sigh Deidara decided not to make eye contact, "What Tobi, un?" Tobi didn't seem to notice the tone in Deidara's voice that basically wanted him to shut the fuck up.
"When we get back to the base i'm gonna take a nice hot bath!" "Uh huh...now was that so damn important that you had to almost blow my fucking eardrum out?!" Deidara snapped and hoped that Tobi would get it. Unfortunatly for Deidara Tobi just laughed and he could just feel the huge cheeky grin under that retarded mask, "Hehehe your funny Sempai."
They were traveling back from a routine scouting mission in Konoha, pretty simple stuff. They were staking out the entrance to the small village hidden in the leafs to see which ninjas were being sent out on missions in order to see who would be left to defend Konoha and the Kyuubi.
Now when Deidara means it was a simple scouting mission he meant on a physical, hands on way. He didn't mean in a mental about to lose your insanity way because if that was the mission then it was the hardest mission he ever faced and was about to fail. Nonstop questions, childish demeanor, and arrogance to his superiors were always Tobi's strong points but at this point they were probably more deadly to him then any Sharingan could ever hope to be.
Deidara hate Tobi, there was no way around it. He hated his immaturity, he didn't know shit about art, and he would easily take credit for something that he didn't do. However the worst thing about Tobi was his bright orange mask. The bastard refused to take it off even when trying to camaflouge to avoid the enemy and because of it they were spotted many times because only the sun and Tobi's mask are that bright orange.
He wondered what he was hiding behind that mask. He was sure the boy was hideous or was disfigured in some way because why else does one walk around with a basketball for a face.
Another thing that pissed him off was that Tobi had no skills. He never once saw the boy fight and it always seemed like Tobi would try to find a peaceful solution. How did he ever get into the Akatsuki when all he previously was was Zetsu's little scavanger buddy.
Why couldn't that fucking plant man be partners with Tobi. The leader said it was because Zetsu was two diffrent people which was total bullshit. He was just a talking venus flytrap with schizophrenia.
While Deidara was pondering if it would work to pretend to be a schizo in order to ditch Tobi as a partner that very same person held a hand out in front of Deidara to stop him from walking, "What the hell are you doing, un?"
Deidara's question was answered a second later as a kunai with a scroll attached was thrown at their feet, "Shit a paper bomb!" screamed Deidara as both him and Tobi dove off of the trail on diffrent sides seconds before the seemingly innocent piece of paper turned into a fiery explosion that Deidara had to admit could be considered a true work of art.
As Deidara recovered for shellshock he rapidly paced the seemingly innocent forest for any sign of their attackers. He couldn't believe he didn't sense an attack while that idiot Tobi was not only able to sense it but also may have just very well saved his life. It sickened him to be saved by a weakling such as Tobi.
Finally three masked figures seemingly appeared out of nowhere right in the middle of the newly made pothole, "Anbu, un" muttered Deidara.
Deidara decided to lay sprawled out on the forest floor away from the trail in some futile attempt that the Anbu wouldn't be able to notice him.
"We know your there Akatsuki come out and show yourself" the one hissed, obviously the female of the trio. Deidara reluctently stood up and walked back on the trail an obvious snarl on his face, "What the hell do you want, un?"
The trio seemed lifeless with their stiff stance and those masks and it made Deidara wonder how Tobi was able to appear so full of life even with that orange swivel on his face, "We have been watching you Akatsuki and we know that you have been spying on our village. We are under special orders to take you out" "Heh you can try..." was all Deidara declared as he pulled some clay from his pouch, hell bent on making one of his signature clay birds.
The Anbu readied their kunai as Deidara prayed that somewhere in the bushes Tobi was lieing in wait for an attack. However as if reading his mind the biggest Anbu operative glanced over to a nearby tree and tossed a kunai, striking it deep within the bark and causing a suprised squeak from some unknown force hiding behind it.
Deidara sighed as Tobi sadly walked onto the trail next to Deidara, ashamed of being discovered so easily. The Anbu who through the kunai gave a small chuckle, "What a pathetic ninja. He didn't even bother to mask his chakra level or even hide out of plain sight.
All the Anbu simutaneously joined in on the laughter as Deidara glared hatefuly at Tobi, "Sorry Deidara-Sempai" was all Tobi muttered with his head hung low" "You should be you little shit" was all Deidara muttered before he finished with his clay bird.
"Anyway Tobi it doesn't matter, un. For you see now all of you shall become one with my art" Deidara gave a mad laugh before tossing the little sparrow so gracefully made of clay at the opposing Anbu.
As expected the Anbu easily dodged it which is why Deidara used the distraction to make more birds. With a couple good throws his flock of clay deathbringers were off following the individual black ops.
The Anbu scattered through forest dodging and weaving with the birds close behind. Even though Deidara seemed to have the situation under control he really hoped Tobi planned on taking care of at least one of them because he couldn't keep his eye on all three.
Just then Tobi tugged on his shoulder. Adjitated that Tobi would bother him at such a crucial time he growled as he turned to the masked idiot only to see him pointing straight up, "Sempai watch out!" Tobi screamed as Deidara glanced up in fear.
The female Anbu was stealthfully able to jump right over top of their heads without them knowing and although the bird was still in pursuit of her she was able to use this to her advantage after a few hand signs "Wind style!" she screamed before breathing deep and then blowing out a huge wave of wind that pushed the bird down towards Deidara and Tobi.
Normally this wouldn't have been a big deal until he heard the smaller of the men yell out "Sound Style! Voice Possession Jutsu!" As the man screamed jutsu Deidara was almost certain that the Anbu's voice sounded just like his. This all came together as the man screamed "Katzu!" before everything went black.
Deidara had felt pain before. However as he slowly regained conciousness laying on the dusty trail after the intense explosion he was certain he never felt so much physical pain in his life. The first thing he noticed as he opened his eyes was that a a mouth was laying next to him with the tounge sticking out.
At first Deidara thought that Tobi's mask was blown off and that he was laying next to him until he realized that it was his own hand that was laying next to him. It was the same one that he had lost before and reattached, 'The stiches must of come undone. Kakuzu's gonna be pissed' he thought and then quickly got back to the more important matters at hand.
Deidara's vision came back into full view as he layed there face down and he saw that the three Anbu ops were standing no more then 20 feet away. They seemed to be chuckling with satisfaction as they circled around a sunken figure and gave it a kick, 'Tobi' was all Deidara thought as he watched them kick him over and over again as Tobi feebly tryed to rise to his feet.
However about 30 seconds later they all stepped back and allowed poor Tobi to rise to his feet. "Well Akatsuki, it seems like we killed your little partner. And now your next." They all let out a sinister laugh that went on for ages but as it died down this time they seemed to be joined by someone else in their evil laugh, Tobi.
Tobi stood their laughing and not his typical childish laugh or a laugh when he heard a funny joke. This was a deep dark sinister laugh that seemed to defy ever coming from the bumbling idiot.
The Anbu were just as suprised, "What the hell are you laughing for you fucking moron?" "Fools. you really think that you had me? I just needed to buy enough time in order to find the fourth Anbu member you had hidden in the trees."
The three Anbu's attention turned fully towards a nearby tree as a screaming sound was heard followed by the thuding coming from a previously hidden Anbu black op, now with a kunai deeply imbeded into his back.
The shocked Anbu turned back towards Tobi, "What?! But how?!" one screamed before the Tobi standing in the middle of them poofed away into a cloud of smoke, "A shadow clone! We've been tricked!"
The same evil laughter erupted from the trees as the Anbu looked around frightened, "Very good now your starting to get it. It was really quite simple. After the pathetic paperbomb you threw I jumped off the trail and made a shadow clone as I hid in the trees. I purposely allowed you to find my shadow clone in order to draw attention from me finding your fourth member" "B-but how did you know we had another member in the trees?!" "Imbecile. Its Ninja-101 that a member of a group should always hide away in order to protect against ambushes. And sadly thats just what you walked into."
Deidara couldn't believe what he was hearing while he layed face down on the trail, seemingly unconcious to everyone around him. Not only had Tobi had a plan all along but now it seemed as if the Tobi he had always known was all a lie.
The Anbu all growled as their circle enclosed back to back to back holding their kunai up towards the calm forest trying to find any irregularity that could give away the masked man's position.
The evil laugh returned in a chuckle, "Still trying to find me huh? Well i'll make it easy for you" Tobi shouted before jumping down from the tree he was in, about 25 feet away from the Anbu.
"You fool its still 3 on 1!" one of the Anbu yelled "Yes and the odds are still in my favor you see" Tobi mocked confidently. "Hmn what are you talking about you idiot? So you killed are guardian. The guy was a fucking failure anyway. We are the real deal!"
Tobi just huffed, "Well then lets see shall we?" What happened next caused Deidara's chest to tighten almost to the point where he couldn't breathe. Tobi's eyehole began to glow red. But it wasn't just any red, but the deep blood red of the Uchiha's Sharingan.
'Tobi is an Uchiha' Deidara thought in disbelief as Tobi's newly formed Sharringan came into full view. It seemed to be in a peculiar shape of a ring with three individual circles around it However it wasn't just any regular Sharringan but the most deadly Mangekyo Sharingan.
The Anbu seemed to be having a hard time dealing with this, "What the hell?" "Hes an Uchiha!" "But how I thought they were all dead!" Tobi just laughed at this, "Yes most of us are dead. However that is only because me and my decitfile decided to purge to land of our kind."
The Anbu were highly confused at Tobi's words and came to only one possible conclusion, "I-Itachi? Is that you?" Tobi chuckled, "Not quite. However as much fun as it was to make your aquaintance I really must be finishing up now."
The Anbu, finally recovering from the intial shock that Deidara was still expreiencing from being partnered with an Uchiha readied their various hand signals and kunai, "Sharingan or no Sharingan your going down with the rest of your clan!" the biggest one yelled before charging.
The Anbu screamed bloody murder before making the appropriate hand signals, "Fire style! Fireball Justsu!" he yelled before dousing Tobi with a barrage of flames.
Tobi chuckled softly as his form gently walked through the pathetic flickering of the flames while the Anbu got ever closer with kunai in hand. However with the Sharingan one can know their enemy's moves even before the enemy knows their own.
Tobi easily dodged slash after kick after punch as Deidara watched on in utter amazement from his spot in the dirt. Tobi had such grace as he easily swayed back and forth making this Anbu look like a jounin.
"You easily bore me" Tobi muttered before headbutting the giant man with his mask causing him to double over in pain. As the man was on his hands and knees Tobi calmly placed his foot over him and used enough pressure to shove the Anbu's face in the dirt, "Your pathetic. I mean really. Aren't you guys supposed to be the best.
The other Anbu looked on in fear as Tobi sharply raised his foot up before bringing it back down with crushing force, crushing the man's skull and pulling off a perfect curb stomp.
The female Anbu finally snapping out of her trance stared down at her fallen comrade, "Brother!" she screamed as she charged towards Tobi with murder and revenge clouding her thoughts.
Deidara noticed that Tobi was still staring down at the body even as the girl charged and he couldn't help but wonder why Tobi wouldn't acknowledge the oncoming threat. That is until he noticed his eye glowing an even sharper shade red before he fully turned towards the girl and screamed, "Amaterasu!"
A horrifiying shriek echoed through the forest as the girl's body was cinged into nothing, not even ash was left behind to comemorate where the Anbu girl once stood.
The final Anbu was so petrified that all he could do was fall to his knees and stare up into the orange mask and that one glowing red eye mocking him. "Wh-who are you?" was all the man muttered too shocked at losing his beloved comrades by this devil.
Tobi seemed to just stare at him for a moment as if deep in thought before his hands came up to his mask and with one yank a mountain of hair fell and Deidara couldn't help but wonder how he could have hid such long and amazing hair.
Deidara looked over in awe at his partner who for the first time he saw without his mask. Sharingan eyes attached to a pale and lean face. A full mane of beautiful hair fell over one of his eyes and even though Deidara wasn't gay he could honestly say that this was the most beautiful guy he had ever saw.
The man just smiled as he stared at his victim's shocked expression, "You can call me Madara Uchiha, the leader of the Akatsuki." Deidara didn't think he could be anymore shocked by this point until he realized that not only was his partner an Uchiha but it was none other then the supposidly dead Madara Uchiha. This was the founder of the Uchiha clan and it now seemed that he was the leader of the Akatsuki.
The man just stared up at Madara and with great courage managed to change his expression to one of anger, "Well?! You fucking killed my teammates! Now kill me too! What the fuck are you waiting for?! KILL ME!" the man screamed hell bent on joining his friends in the next life then to live with the grief.
Madara just smiled, "No. Your going to live with it. Your going to live every day knowing your friends died horrible gruesome deaths and you were not given such a realease. In fact before I take my leave I will give you one last gift."
Deidara couldn't believe the cold-heartedness of Madara and wondered what final gift he would give him. Suddenly Madara's eye glowed a bright red again as he stared at the man, "For the next 72 hours you will relive this gruesome scene. You will feel the flames licking on your friend's body as she burnt into nothing. You will feel the crushing blow on your friend's skull as blood seept from his eyes. This is my final gift. TSUKUYOMI!"
Deidara watched in horror as the man clutched his head screaming bloody murder as he was forced to watch his friend's deaths over and over again. Madara decided to take his leave and casually strolled over towards Deidara.
Deidara quickly closed his eyes even before Madara turned to him because he knew personally that the Sharingan can pick up any movements. He suddenly felt himself being picked up by strong arms and he soon realized that he must have lost a lot more blood then he thought. Within seconds Deidara slipped into unconciousness the screaming from the Anbu slowly fading away.
When Deidara slowly regained conciousness some time later he opened his eyes only to be greeted by a familiar orange mask, "Sempai!" Tobi shouted causing Deidara to scream in suprise both from being watched why he was sleeping and because the day's earlier events slowly came back to him.
Deidara looked around frantically and discovered that he was in his own bed back at the base. He looked over to his arm and realized that it was resewn definitaly by Kakuzu because the bastard left a bill on the nightstand.
Suddenly Deidara was roughly hugged by Tobi, "You did it Sempai!" "Did what?!" Deidara asked frantically, "You defeated the Anbu!" Deidara couldn't believe what Tobi/Madara had told him. He defeated the Anbu? Hell no it was Madara who did that. However Deidara realized then that Madara must not have known that he knew of his true identity. If Deidara didn't want to get onto the wrong end of the dreaded Tsukuyomi then he'd better play along.
"What are you talking about you idiot?" "Well when that man detonated your clay bird he also detonated the ones that were following them and it blew them all to bits! Your the greatest Sempai!" Deidara sighed as it seemed that Madara had bought into his act. "Can I get you anything Sempai?" "Yeah get me a cola dumbass. The hero feels thirsty" "Right away Sempai!" Tobi/Madara exclaimed before running from the room.
Deidara let out a heavy sigh as he layed back and stared at the ceiling. All this time he thought he was paired with an idiot when all along it was a Uchiha legend and the leader of the Akatsuki. He wondered why Madara had gone under the guise of Tobi, a blubbering idiot who got no respect when he could have just as easily went as Madara and gained Deidara's full respect despite Deidara's strong dislike of Sharingan. What were Madara's true intentions?
Either way Deidara would definatly have to treat Tobi with more respect. After all...Tobi was his Sempai.
Author's Notes: Hoped you liked it. Please read and review. Just so you guys get the ending, Sempai means senior which Madara technically is to Deidara.