I stared at it in awe at the giant doll that looked identically handsome like Deidara. Such a huge creation, it must have taken him a lot of clay and chakra to make this. He never failed to surprise me. I was just hoping he was alright, since I could just barely see him on his bird and I had no idea where Sasuke went.
I knew what this jutsu was, Deidara told me about it before: it was the C4 Karura which he had created to kill Itachi with, but I had no idea that it was this huge. Although I never doubted the hidden talents of my husband. I took a few steps closer to examine it more thoroughly.
The doll suddenly inflated and burst but there was no visible explosion, it just simply dissolved in the air which was not very like my partner but I knew what was going on. The bombs were microscopic so it was impossible to see them but I was positive that I was out of range. As for Sasuke, I couldn't say the same thing.
Speaking of the devil, he fled in my direction and upon seeing him I cast a genjutsu at him in an attempt to stop him but he proceeded to blast a fireball at me.
I don't know if he could see the bombs but if he was fleeing here that meant the range was continually expanding, but it wouldn't reach me. I think.
I decided to ignore Sasuke and believe in Deidara. He would be able to handle everything. Instead, I hid behind a tree and observed my surroundings before spotting a centipede on the ground behind the tree I hid, and a squirrel on the tree next to me.
If they were fine then I should be fine as well. After waiting for a while, my eyes shot open in shock as I watched the centipede disintegrate. I wanted to run but my legs wouldn't budge and I stared at the squirrel instead. It was still there, happily chewing on a nut.
I waited a few minutes more but the squirrel and I were still here, in one piece. Looks like we were just right outside the limit of the range. How lucky. I knew Deidara wouldn't let me get caught in his explosions.
I moved a few feet away just to be sure, and climbed on the next tree to see if Deidara was alright. Sasuke and Deidara were both on his bird but I couldn't really make out what was happening.
Deidara jumped away and Sasuke followed pursuit, and that was the last I saw of them.
Only silence followed after without a single hint of what might have happened. Was it over? Did Deidara win? I expected him to fly on his bird and flash me that triumphant grin he always wore when he blew stuff up but this time it would be prouder than ever. He would have overcome the obstacle that had defeated his art before. Yet, the sky remained empty, no soul present in it.
Did Sasuke get him? No, that couldn't be, Sasuke can't possibly kill Deidara, but the fear gnawed at me with each passing second. Why were there no more explosions? What was happening? Why was it so silent? Did Deidara run out of chakra?
Please… please be okay….
It felt like hours had passed even though it was probably only a few minutes but the silence drove me insane. I hate silence. Where was Deidara and what was he doing? Was he alright?
I know I made a promise but I couldn't take it anymore, I had to check on him. Transforming into my curse seal form I flew over the trees towards the direction I had last seen them.
It didn't take me long to spot them from a distance and Deidara bleeding from a fatal wound in his chest. My heart sank and I hurried. I told him I should stay so I could heal him! Why was he always so stubborn?
But then he ripped off his shirt and removed the stitches that held the mouth on his chest shut and fed it clay. My heart skipped a beat. Why would he do this? What about me and his son?
"Stop! You don't have to do this!" I yelled. I was still too far. Hurry up, Anjira! Damn it why did he ask me to stay so far away?
In just a short amount of time his skin turned dark, his veins black until all that was left of was a black ball emitting radiant light.
"YOU IDIOT!"
Then everything turned white.
I couldn't even immediately process what was happening, the only word that repeated through my head was 'why?' Why did he do that? Did defeating Sasuke matter more to him than Hiroaki? How could he just kill himself along with me?
Images of us floated in my mind. We had been so beautiful, so artistic but he destroyed it all because of his madness and ego.
How could he? Just how could he?
The white turned into nothingness and all I could think of in these last few moments was my son, my beautiful son who was now an orphan and I cursed his father. For the first time in history did I wish to be resurrected just so I could kick his arse for this.
Fools. We were all fools.
