Summary: She had a haunting past that made her wary of men. He was determined to show her the true art of love. Past and future collide between the two opposites.
Deidara-21
Yumiko-21
Sasori-24(Even though he's 35?)
Itachi-30
Kisame-40
Pain-34
Konan- 34
Hidan-31
Kakuzu-37 (Even though he's 91!)
Black/White Zetzu- Unknown
Scarlet Memories
Pairing: DeidaraYumiko(OC)
Rating: M for all kinds of mature content
Hints of NaruHina, SasuSaku, GaaMats and TemaKiba
Chapter Two: Capturing Jinchūriki
Deidara scanned the village from above, dropping minor explosions to flush out the jinchūriki towards his two partners, smirking at the fact that he had two partners instead of one, even though Yumiko was in-training with him and Sasori. "Heh." He chuckled as, right on cue, a large beast appeared. "Been looking for you, jinchūriki... Or should I say Five-Tails?" He flew to avoid most of the beast's attacks, sighing. "This is no fun. At this rate, Yumiko and Sasori won't even get to touch you. Can't you beasts cooperate?" He questioned as more attacks were sent his way. "Yeah. Thought so."
An elderly man and two others appeared behind him. "Deidara?! What in stone's name are you doing?!" The elderly man asked.
Deidara raised an eyebrow and burst out laughing. "Old man Tsuchikage! You're still kicking, yeah?" He stated, luring the beast over to where he knew his teammates were. "Sorry to cut the talk, old man.. But, I have two inpatient people waiting for me."
The Tsuchikage looked ready to burst as he levitated over. "Don't sass me, Deidara! You have some nerve showing up!" He spat.
Deidara looked unenthused as he darted around the old man. "Tch. You have no idea what I've done." He muttered. "But, soon you will. Heh."
Yumiko tilted her head from her resting spot to see Deidara flying into range for her. "Well, he didn't keep me waiting long, eh, Sasori?" She stated, cracking her back before trying to figure out how much chakra she'd need to trap the giant beast in her Water Prison. Seeing Deidara having people attacking him from the ground, she sighed and used her Tearing Torrents to sweep them off their feet and grab their attention before using her Water Style: Exploding Water Shock Wave, focusing her chakra to her feet to send her up. "Sasori, you take care of them, I'll get Deidara to stop goofing off."
"Good luck." Was all that was heard from Sasori.
"Huh? Man, did Sasori send you?" Deidara complained, flying to hover beside her. "Here. If you want in on the action, hop on. I won't drop you, either, yeah." He maneuvered so she could hop onto the bird and dispel her jutsu, making a large puddle when it was over.
"Nope. I came on my own whit. Let's get the beast and head back already." Yumiko ordered, readying her Water Style: Hand of Waves jutsu. "Get me close and I'll show them what a Water Style user is all about."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm flying this thing, so pipe up." Deidara shot back as he flew to be within range of the Five-Tails and faced the Tsuchikage. He stuffed his hands into his pouches the create a few clay birds, which he sent out by tossing them and using his chakra to make them grow and fly into the Tsuchikage.
While Deidara focused on the Tsuchikage, Yumiko released her Hand of Waves jutsu and fired it at the Five-Tails' face, hoping the force would at least knock it over. When it didn't, she actually chuckled. "Stubborn son-of-a-bitch. Looks like it's time." She moved to part her bangs and start her Rat, Dog and Ox seal before creating two large water whips to wrap around the beast's neck, sending senbons into the stream to start making wounds so that either Deidara or Sasori could get a good hit in. After sending a good amount, she fused the two whips and dug into her pocket for a sculpture she had dabbled with, touching it to the water and watching it turn the whip a light purple.
Sasori watched in amazement as the beast slowly seemed to lose it's chakra, poofing into the jinchūriki, thus the whips turning into a tie of some sort. "I am impressed." He stated to himself as he went to meet the two outside, killing a few Iwagakure ninja who got in his way.
Deidara also caught glimpse of it and it was enough pause to have the Tsuchikage use his Dust Release to knock Deidara off the bird, which had grown accustomed to Yumiko's chakra so it didn't exactly vanish without its summoner on it.
Yumiko was reeling in the jinchūriki when she used another to grab Deidara before he ended up impaled. The water only cushioning the blow, which had hit him on the right side of his waist and had gone to halfway to his rib before she yanked him up at the same time, bringing the jinchūriki with. Making the bird land outside, she tossed the jinchūriki to Sasori and supported Deidara, who was conscious but weak. "Let's get out of here."
"Couldn't say it better myself. You sure you don't want to take the jinchūriki?" Sasori questioned.
"Keh. I think you deserve to help a little bit." Yumiko stated as Deidara came to. "Well, look who woke up. Don't fuss, we're almost there. Once we're there, I hope someone knows some medical ninjutsu."
In Sunagakure, a new Kage was being sworn in. Gaara no Subaku, or Gaara, was once known as a weapon of Sunagakure. He stood with his brother Kankuro and sister Temari as Matsuri, his former pupil, watched in amazement as he had the Kazekage hat placed on his head by the village elder, Chiyo. Gaara was known to house the One-Tail and once used the power to try and destroy Konohagakure. It took a very energetic blonde boy to have him rethinking his purpose. Standing up he turned and faced his people, those that would now look to him for not only guidance and leadership, but realize he is a human being like them and can relate to them now.
"Gaara-senpai, I'm so happy you're now the Kazekage!" A happy voice pulled him back from a trail that could have gone down a dark road soon. "I know you'll be a great leader." She was a fair skinned, dark eyed girl with medium length brown hair. She wore a blue-green blouse that hung off her left shoulder, a white and pink sleeveless shirt underneath it. She also wore long, thigh-high stockings, brown sandals and black gloves with a grey elbow-length arm guard on her right arm. Her Sunagakure headband was around her neck.
"Matsuri! Don't speak to the Kazekage like that." An elderly man scolded.
"It's alright. She is my recent student and a friend, I won't have her calling me 'my lord' anytime soon." Gaara replied calmly. "I wish to be the friend of everyone in the village, not just their Kage." He wore full-length dark trousers, with a pair of laces on each leg, respectively a few inches below the waist and the knees, a long-sleeved crimson coat with flaring hemlines and slits down on the lower half of the front and the back, a grey holster vest held in place by a single strap over his left shoulder and by two buckled belts which he uses to carry his gourd. He also wears another pair of casually worn belts around his waist.
"Hmph. Just recently the Kazekage and he's already going against tradition." The man scoffed and left.
Chiyo shook her head. "Ignore the stuffed attitude, my lord. He's just used to the coldness and stuff." She bowed and followed the other man.
Gaara looked up to the sky. "One day, I will be like him.. Uzumaki Naruto. He changed me and he is what I strive to be like."
Kankuro grinned. "Naruto will be shocked to find out you're the Kazekage. Don't forget he wants to be Hokage."
Temari shook her head. "I have no doubt he'll be able to reach that goal." A smile graced her face. "Besides, he'll also be happy for the other news you'll be giving him, no doubt... Which reminds me, when will you announce it to the village?"
Matsuri blushed while Gaara blinked before laying a hand on her shoulder. "I'll announce it once they're comfortable with me being Kazekage. That may be a while."
Back at the Akatsuki hideout, the group was sitting around a long table, Yumiko with her back on a wall as Konan exited a nearby door, the location of the Akatsuki medical wing. All eyes went to her as she went to sit down and Kisame asked the question all had in their minds.
"So, how's the little bomber doing?" He asked, grinning.
"He's stable. Give him a few weeks and he'll be making you wait Sasori. Until then, I think Yumiko proved her ability to keep up with you two. Oh, he wanted me to loan you this, Yumiko. Clay birds to help out in some way." Konan said, handing a few small things out towards Yumiko.
"Keh. I don't need them. I could make better ones in my sleep, but since I don't have time, I guess I'll take them." Yumiko grumbled, knowing she could indeed make better clay bird sculptures in her sleep. She placed them in her pocket and faced Pain. "What now?"
"Well, word is one jinchūriki just became a Kage, so that means it'll be harder to obtain." Pain informed. "I was planning of having Deidara and Sasori go retrieve it. However, with Deidara out of commission, I think Sasori and Yumiko will go and Kakuzu, you and Hidan will go after the Two-Tails, since they also succeeded in their latest mission of the capture of the Four-Tails." Pain added, looking at Konan. "I shall go capture the Six-Tails alone, you are needed here, Konan, to watch over Deidara."
"Understood." Konan replied.
"Alright. Where is the beast me and Sasori are getting?" Yumiko asked, putting on a straw hat as Sasori did the same.
"It is in Sunagakure. We'll meet up in our base in the Land of Rivers for the extraction again." Pain informed.
"Roger." Sasori replied as the two made their way to Sunagakure. "Yumiko, you must know poisons, correct?"
"Yeah, so what?" She said, staring ahead.
"What exactly was in the thing you used against the Five-Tails?" He asked.
"It was a mixture of my sleeping tonic and paralysis herbs in liquid form hidden inside statues I've made." Yumiko explained, digging into the other pocket to show a small frog-like sculpture. "I've made different sizes depending on how much I need. The Five-Tails I needed a bird-sized amount, which is a lot." She explained, scoffing as she noticed they were heading towards a wall. "Is that.."
"Our targeted area." Sasori replied. "Why not use the little gift from Deidara?"
Yumiko shook her head. "Later. Right now, I have another idea." She strolled forward and used the Hidden Mist jutsu to cover the village before using the Exploding Water Shock Wave to get her above the mist ever so slightly and look around, her eyes looking into the mist like it wasn't there, being raised to see through any mist. 'Now, where is this tailed beast?' She wondered before deciding to use Tearing Torrents to see if she lure out the person.
"What is... Mist? Since when do we get mist?" A guard above the Kazekage building noted to his partner right before the water busted a few houses on the outskirts. "We're under attack! Sound the alarm and protect the Kazekage!" He ordered.
"Ha. That woke people up. Well, time to use Deidara's gifts." Yumiko used a little chakra to summon a large clay bird and flew above the mist more, smirking as the mist made those on the ground run in literal circles as she used her Raging Waves jutsu to attack those higher than her mist. "Come out, come out wherever you are." She called.
Kankuro darted through the house, trying to find Gaara. He found Temari, but not Gaara. "Temari, have you seen Gaara?" He asked, clearly worried.
"No..? Why?" Temari asked, looking up from a letter she was writing.
"The village is under attack. And I was hoping he wasn't thinking of-" He was interrupted by screaming and shouts, getting both to run up to meet one of the guards. "What's going on?!"
"The Kazekage is fighting the assailants right now." The man pointed with his eyes.
"What!?" Both siblings looked up to see that Gaara was, true to that observation, flying in the sky using his sand.
"Well, if it isn't the Kazekage. Or should I say, One-Tail?" Yumiko sneered, knowing by the slight flinch of the person she was right.
"Why are you here?" Gaara asked, sounding as calm as anyone could be.
"Since you're not going to be alive much longer, I'll share a little bit. I am a member of the Akatsuki. Now, behave and just surrender to me, or else I'll be forced to be mean." Yumiko stated.
"The Akatsuki. I have heard of you from a dear friend. Two of your members went after him around three years ago now. Why are you needing Tailed Beasts?" Gaara asked.
"Three years ago? I have no idea who or what they were after, I recently joined the Akatsuki. Now... Silently hand yourself over." She said, smirking at the slight upper hand she had.
"Never. I must defend my village as Kazekage!" He raised a hand to move sand from his gourd.
Yumiko was beginning to get annoyed. Here she heard the One-Tail was supposed to be easier than the others. Hell, she helped get the Five-Tails and now she was having issues with the weakest Tailed Beast? She dug in her pockets and found the one other gift Deidara gave her: his C2. He explained it to her a few days ago about how, if there was ever a bind, this would get them out of it. Smirking despite her shoulder paining her from where Gaara's sand had nearly crushed her had she not maneuvered ever so slightly, she infused her chakra and used her left arm to hold it out, getting the Kazekage's immediate attention.
"You are proving to be more stubborn, so here. A gift from one of the Akatsuki's associates." Yumiko said, tossing it down and flew away, activating the jutsu with the Rat sign. She watched in amazement as is very quickly grew into the size of the moon before slowly dropping to the village. Glancing, she saw Gaara gather up all the sand to catch the C2 as it exploded, a slight grin on her face when she saw the signs of her poison slowly taking effect, the greenish hue to his cheeks as he held the sand over the village. "I'll give you time to move the sand." She held up the Rat sign again, delaying her poison from knocking him out. After he moved the sand out of the village, she swooped under and caught him as he passed out from chakra exhaustion and the small amount of poison that she used with Deidara's explosives. "Thanks for the gift!" She called to the villagers, including Temari, Kankuro and Matsuri, who were shocked speechless as she went out to meet Sasori. "Sorry. He proved more stubborn." She apologized.
"As long as you got the... What happened to you in there?" Sasori asked, taking in her appearance.
Yumiko panted slightly as she knew full well that she was looking like she had the first time she met Sasori and Deidara three years ago: battered, bloodied and pretty much bruised. "It's worth it. Let's get out of here.. I have a feeling Konan's going to chew me a new one when she sees me." She chuckled before inhaling in pain, before grinning. "You think they are hidden?"
Sasori turned. "Ahh, it's the young one." He stated as Kankuro appeared, to which another battle began, Sasori winning easily. "My poison is the most dangerous... I suspect three days and you'll be dead."
The Hidden Leaf Village, on the other hand, was welcoming back a very energetic friend. Uzumaki Naruto climbed up the nearest pole, announcing his presence before meeting his fellow friend: Haruno Sakura.
"Naruto, it's so nice to see you again!" Sakura announced, smiling. "Do I look more feminine now?" She asked.
"Nope! Still look the same as always, Sakura-chan." Naruto gave a thumbs up right before he heard a huff. "What?"
His mentor, Jiraya, a Sannin, shook his head. 'You still have a long way to go with women, Naruto.'
Another ran up panting. "Sakura! Lady Tsunade needs to speak to you and Naruto, immediately!" The ninja panted.
Sakura, Naruto and Jiraya followed the ninja, Shizune, to the Hokage's office, where the Fifth Hokage, a fellow Sannin, Tsunade informed them the Kazekage, Gaara, had been kidnapped by the Akatsuki.
Naruto clenched his fists and looked out the window, trying to temper himself least he rush blindly in. A raven haired girl walked in, distracting him with her stuttering greeting. "You look amazing, Hinata-chan!" Naruto informed, feeling the known change of Sakura's mood.
"R-R-Really? Y-Y-You do too, Naruto-kun." Hyuga Hinata said shyly, looking everywhere besides her secret crush. She, Naruto and Sakura went out to catch up with him.
"Yeow! Do you mind? I like having my shoulder where it is, Konan!" Yumiko shouted, wincing as Konan finished bandaging her, tugging one last time hard, getting her to yelp again. "What did I do? Me and Sasori got the One-Tail!" She complained as she got help getting into her clothes, since Konan put her arm in a sling.
"But you also left people alive. You're slipping already?" Konan asked as they rejoined the group.
"I'm not slipping, I just wanted to make them fear us." Yumiko said, sulking as she used her right hand to brush her hair back to being in front of her face, ignoring the grin from Deidara. Since she and Sasori returned and they extracted the One-Tail a few moments ago, the blonde had a smirk that annoyed her.
"Enough. It seems we have visitors... Deidara, Yumiko, Sasori. Take care of them." Pain ordered before all but those three left.
"What? No word of resting? Fuck." Yumiko sighed and went to sit on Gaara's body, pouting ever so slightly as Deidara stood beside her.
"Cheer up. At least he didn't yell at you, hm." Deidara said.
"Quiet, both of you.." Sasori said as the rock guarding their hideout exploded from an outside force.
A blonde boy, pink haired girl and silver haired man appeared, along with an old lady. The blonde looked more mad than Konan had a few moments ago as Yumiko sighed and closed her eyes. "Didn't your parents teach you to knock before destroying things?" She questioned.
"Give back Gaara!" The blonde demanded, the whisker marks a little darker.
"Naruto, stay calm." The silver haired man reminded. "Remember who we're dealing with."
"Sorry to say that we kinda can't give him back, heh. He does make a good seat, eh, Yumiko?" Deidara teased, looking smugly at her.
Yumiko glared right back before returning the smirk. "Actually, not that comfortable."
"Wake up, Gaara! Fight back!" The one named Naruto pleaded to Gaara's form.
"Nice try, brat. He won't hear you. We've taken what we need. So, he's no use now." Deidara said, bending to tap Gaara on the temple to prove his point.
"What!? What did you do!?" Naruto demanded, getting angrier.
Sasori nearly growled. "I hate all these questions... Let's eliminate them and get to the other hideout." He said. "You two, take that body with you. I'll deal with the rest."
Yumiko made an annoyed sound with her tongue. "Fine. Let's leave him to it, Deidara." She forced herself not to roll her eyes at the commanding tone in Sasori's voice.
Deidara shrugged and summoned a clay bird, Yumiko putting Gaara into the creature's mouth. "Well, we'll head out. Don't get killed, Sasori!" He called as the two flew out.
"I hope you know where you're going." Yumiko said, sitting down and tightening her sling.
"Heh. Of course I do." Deidara replied.
"Hmmm." She hummed a little before smirking a tiny bit. "We have fans." She tilted her head to look back. "Guess I have to do this quick." She summoned her Rippling Waves into her palm and held it on her shoulder, the water healing up the shoulder to a point where she took the sling off. "Ahh. Much better."
"Couldn't you do that before?" He asked.
"No. I was low on chakra, idiot. I had to wait and get more to heal up." She sneered before standing up. "Man, these two are like annoying dogs."
"Heh. We'll lose them." Deidara said as he released tiny spiders down onto one log. "A reminder to you two: art is an explosion!"
"Wha?" The two gasped before the spiders exploded, showing only Naruto had survived and was catching up.
"You're useless, Deidara." Yumiko said, sighing and standing up. 'It's time...' She moved her bangs out of her eyes and used the Ram hand seal, inhaling before spitting out water towards Naruto, aiming for his leg before quickly using her Snake and Ox handseals before she clappped her hands together. "Water Prison Jutsu!" She said, the jutsu trapping Naruto's leg. "Stay put, Nine-Tails. We'll come for you later on." She teased slightly.
"Heh. That was great." Deidara grinned before his eyes widened at the suction on his left arm. "What the hell?!"
"That must be a Sharingan technique. I believe that one is called Kamui." Yumiko said. "Better turn hard right least it make your entire body vanish!" She commanded.
"I'm trying, idiot!" He replied, doing as ordered, though it cost him the arm. "Fuck..." He panted as the two suddenly dropped from the bird, causing Yumiko to use her Water jutsu to cushion their fall a little.
"Warn me next... Hmm. Passed out... Idiot." Yumiko hid in the bushes by turning to a puddle of water. 'This idiot has terrible luck... Great... Now Nine-Tails is here.' She mentally sighed and quickly darted out to try and hide Deidara, only to get forced out by a Rasengan. "Brat!" She cursed.
"Why did you take Gaara?! Who the hell are you?! Answer me!" Naruto yelled.
"Tsk tsk.. Didn't Mama teach you not to yell at women, little boy?" She clicked her tongue as the grey-haired man landed. "Ahh... I've heard of you... Kakashi of the Sharingan..." She flipped her hair back and put her hand into her cloak, getting her flail out. "Behave and you'll see the One-Tails again..." Infusing her chakra into the weapon, she turned it to a heavy-looking mace. "Now, prepare to die!" She shot forward, using chakra to get a boost.
As she swung, Kakashi blocked and allowed Naruto the time to have another Rasengan ready. "Naruto, go!"
"Yeah!" He nodded and ran forward.
Yumiko smirked as the attack hit her, only revealing that it was a water clone. "Fools." She taunted as she summoned her Water Release: Water Quaking Pillar, only to be shocked as Naruto appeared behind her to kick her into a tree and making her plummet to be beside Deidara. She stood up and her eyes widened as she saw a larger version of the Rasengan heading right at her. 'This... can't be the end... Kotone... I'm sorry... I leave you alone...' As she was about to accept her death, one of Deidara's birds took the attack for her. "Huh?" She looked up and saw Deidara above her. "Deidara?"
"Hey, brat. Quit it." He replied, leaping down and standing in front of her, stirring up dust to create a slight cover. "You alright?"
"Y-Yeah." She nodded, blinking.
"Good. I may be many things, but I never abandon a partner on the battlefield." He stated, using his only hand to dig in his pouch. "I only have enough for one final piece..." Using his chakra, he transformed the piece into a likeness of them before they darted behind a tree, Yumiko using her Water Style to bring them underground via a puddle.
"Time's up! Rasengan!" Naruto said, attacking the Deidara clone while Kakashi attacked the Yumiko one. "You'll pay for harming Gaara!" He continued his relentless barrage, despite it being a clone.
"Shit.. He's strong..." Deidara groaned.
"What do you expect from the Nine-Tails?" Yumiko informed before glancing at him. "You look like shit."
"Hey, that's uncalled for, hm!" He quietly snarled. "I was caught off guard.."
Yumiko rolled her eyes before sensing they were gone, bringing them back up and going to try and find Deidara's arm. "I hate to see Konan when she sees you." She replied, finding the arm a little bit away. "Ahh. I found it. Now, let's go get Konan to repair you, idiot." She said, sighing and using one of the birds he had given her.
"I see you kept them." He commented.
"Shut up before I kick you off." Yumiko said, a tiny smile showing she wasn't serious. 'He might be annoying, but.. He saved my life... Now that I think of it, he saved me three years ago, too.' Shaking her head, she took off in the direction of their other hideout.
Vola~ Chapter two is done~
Deidara: Man, I got roughed up big time!
Yumiko: ... Cause you were distracted...
Me: Review before these two get love-dovey.
Deidara/Yumiko: YEAH RIIGHT! D8
