To all of you who thought that Deidara would be turning over a new leaf I sorry to say that that will not be happening, instead he will remain the insane artistic bomber we all know and love.
"And on to our next order of business." The current head of the magic council said before waving his hand and bringing forth five pictures of five different individuals. "As you are all aware these five are currently the five most wanted criminals in the kingdom." He pointed to the first. "Jellal Fernandes, wanted for deceiving the council and responsible for the misuse of the Ethirion Canon, holds a bounty of thirty million Jewel."
He then pointed to the next. "Erigor the Reaper, wanted for multiple assassinations, and conspiracy to overthrow the magic council, holds a bounty of fifteen million."
He moved to the next. "Ultear Milkovich, wanted for deceiving the council and responsible for the misuse of the Ethirion Canon, holds a bounty of thirty million Jewel, same as Jellal."
"Then there is the current guild leader of Tartarus who remains anonymous, current bounty is eighty million." He then gestured to the final picture. "And finally we have Deidara the Mad Bomber, wanted for the destruction of several military outposts, multiple assassinations, and billions of jewel worth of property damage. His current bounty is fifty million."
One of the other council members who was shrouded in shadow spoke up. "Our current information has told us very little about who this Deidara is or where he is from. To our knowledge he just appeared for the first time in Hargeon town about two years ago and has been wreaking havoc ever since."
"Lets also not forget the fact that he is an extremely powerful mage being able to defeat and terminate several S-class mages from several guilds who were sent after him over the past few years." Another added.
"Do we know anything about him, where he lives, his contacts, anything?" A female member asked.
"We do know the area but are unsure of exactly where, we know the he lives somewhere along this coast." The head of the council said as he gestured towards the coast near Magnolia.
With Deidara
As the birds began singing their morning songs Deidara yawned and lifted himself off of his pillow. After stretching his arms for several minutes and popping a few joints he lifted the blanket off his body and swung his legs off the bed and placed his feet down on the cold stone floor. It was never a pleasant thing to feel in the early mornings but Deidara was use to it, you got use to that kind of thing after living in a cave for two years.
Yes he lived in a cave, but he didn't live like some kind of animal, no he put a lot of time and money into making the place livable. There were only two entrances to the cave and the first was a large opening that was located on the face of a cliff overlooking the ocean, this made it only accessible to people like him who could fly in on one of his birds or could walk up and down on vertical walls. The other entrance was an escape tunnel that had an extremely well hidden entrance that was located within the forest that was located above the cliff.
The interior was also rather well furnished as well, he had several pieces of furniture such as two couches, a dinner table, a fridge, he even had lighting and a heater. His source for electricity were multiple lightning lacrima that he had to have refilled by a mage in a nearby town every couple weeks. He also had a set of large wooden door set in the main entrance to keep out the elements. All in all it was a rather comfortable living area, and with the money he made doing freelance dark mage work he had plenty of money to get his hands on whatever he needed.
Deidara walked over to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of orange juice and took a long swig from it before grabbing an apple and making his way to the dresser near his bed and started getting ready for his day. The only downside to his cave at the moment was the fact that he didn't currently having plumbing. This meant that he had to go to the river in the forest in order to bath and to the out house he built for if he had to go. Still this wasn't the big of a deal to him, he was a shinobi and would stuck it up until he could figure something out.
"Whats on the calendar for to day hm?" He asked himself as looked at the paper on the wall quickly before letting out a sigh when he saw what day it was. "Great, the meeting." He groaned before walking to the door. Every month Deidara had to attend a meeting the equivalent to his agent. At first he tried setting up his own jobs and do his own thing but he quickly realized that he had no contacts which lead to him doing simple jobs with barely any pay. After a few months he was approach by this person who offered him a steady stream of well paying jobs while taking a small cut of the profit for themselves as a middle man. He didn't really hate this person as much as he couldn't stand being around them for long.
Deidara jumped on his bird and began riding it towards the usual meeting point which was a shady bar at the edge of Margaret town that was a known hang out for criminals and dark mages. In fact it was so notorious for some of its regular patrons that the Rune Knights refuse to go into that area of the town. Interesting enough was that there were never any serious crimes taking place in or around the bar because it was considered neutral ground and anyone who attempted to start trouble would soon find dozens of the most dangerous criminals in the kingdom coming after them with wrath. This fear induced peace and order of this part of the town is the main reason that the local guild Lamia Scale hasn't tried to shut the place down or raid it for criminals. Bounty hunters also refused to target the establishment.
The flight was long and Deidara soon landed in front of the bar which had a large yellow sign that read 'LOMBARDI'S' in big letters, after stowing his bird away into his pouch he entered the bar. Upon opening the door and stepping in most of the patrons turned to look at him but quickly went back to whatever they were doing after recognizing him from either his many other visits to the bar or his wanted posters.
Taking a seat in a booth he motioned for the bartender and owner of the place, Max Lombardi, to bring him something to drink.
Deidara sat in the booth for several minutes before the doors opened again and the person he was waiting for entered, they looked around and quickly found him before shouting. "Hey Dede, whats up!" The person asked as Deidara became annoyed at the nickname they gave him. He examine them as they approached, she was a relatively tall woman with long black hair. She were very revealing clothes which consisted of a blue tube top that looked like it was about to burst at the seems from holding in her enormous breasts, and on her lower body she wore very tight jeans that Deidara wasn't sure she was able to put them on do to how tight they were. Finally she wore a pair of black high heels and had a bag hanging from her shoulder.
"Mel, what have I told you about that name?" He growled as the woman sat down across from him.
"I don't no, honestly I don't pay attention to what you say most of the time sense its usually threats." She said happily causing Deidara to gain a tick mark above his eye.
"Just give me the damn payment for last months jobs and the contracts for this months." He demanded from the infuriating woman.
Mel pulled out several large stacks of money as well as multiple pieces of paper. "Here you go, I already took my forty percent share, and here are the next batch of jobs. I must say its getting easier and easier to find you jobs with how famous your getting."
"Yeah, maybe I should start taking more than just sixty percent for doing all the hard work. Don't you think hm?" He asked smugly as he store the money away in his bag and began looking through the new missions.
"Not a chance, I still have to jump through hoops to keep all this on the down low. And don't even get me started on the negotiations!" She exclaimed as Deidara ignored her. He kept sifting through the papers until a certain job stood out to him, it caught his interest because of how different it was from all the others as well as the extreme risk of the whole deal. It was an assignment to kidnap the princess and only heir to the throne of the kingdom.
"Mel, this can't be a serious request." He said handing the paper to her which she immediately recognized.
"Thats what I thought, it was a request made by an unknown party but after I had some of my people do some digging it seems to be legit." She explained.
"Anyone who even attempts to pull something like this off will have every Rune Knight, Wizard Saint, and legal mage in the kingdom out for there head. Not to mention the entire Fiore military as well." He said brushing off the mere idea of ever considering something as foolish as taking such a high profile job. As things stood now Deidara was one of the most wanted men in Fiore, however he was really a top priority matter in the eye of the government. If he were to pull this off however, he would without a doubt become the target of a kingdom wide man hunt conducted by some of the most powerful people in this world.
"Yeah but did you see the reward?" She asked.
Deidara looked again before his eye widened greatly. "Fifty billion!" He nearly shouted as he was stunned by all the zeros.
"Yeah. I assume the one who requested the job will be demanding a ransom multiple times that or will sell her to another country who want to use her against the king for an equally immense amount." She explained.
Deidara went back to looking through the other papers when he had an idea. "Actually, I think I might be interested hm." He said with a grin.
"Seriously!?" Mel exclaimed as she never thought he would be interested in this request.
"Yeah. I think I have a plan for this." He explained as he kept thinking it through in his head.
"You are aware you will become the most wanted person in the kingdom and beyond almost overnight and will basically be signing your execution warrant right? And not only that but you will literally go down in history for this but also be vilified by said history." She explained flatly.
"Trust me, I have a plan hm." He stood from the table and started walking towards the door. "I'll need a week to prepare, meet me here in exactly seven days." And with that he left.
So Deidara is about to play with fire, though as a guy who explodes things for fun that probably doesn't mean much. Tell me what you guys thing in the reviews and give me ideas of what could happen, I always like second opinions.