Chapter 1
I'm back! Welcome to the first chapter of 'Artist of Konoha'. In this one I'll introduce a character that some of you expected, I hope so. I think that I gave enough clues last chapter and the title for you to find out. If you didn't; stay to find out. Also, about pairing, I received a PM with a really good suggestion. It is a NarutoxTemarixYugito. Thanks to Ezeakel for suggesting them. He also suggested more, that I'll reveal later. If you have suggestion for the pairing feel free to share them with me in the reviews or PM me. I'm good with everything, while it isn't incest or Yaoi. Another one that I liked was TemarixNarutoxTayuya. This one is original. One last thing, this chapter is based a little on the story "The Overlooked Prodigy" and another fic that I think that the author deleted it, because I can't find it and I don't remember the name. Now that all is said, let's go to the story!
Legend:
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Jutsu Name
Chapter 1: Learning About Art
"Finally, I'm free!" Naruto said getting out of his room and extending his arms. His punishment for making that ball explode, by accident he says, was to stay in the house for two days. He was punished on Friday, so he was released on Monday.
"You wouldn't be grounded if you wouldn't blow that ball up." Came a voice next to him and he turned to see his brother, Rin, standing next to his own room door.
Rin have red hair with yellow tips, making his hair look like if it was fire. He has Heterochromia, meaning he have one purple eye and one blue eye. He has a tanned skin and it's a little smaller than Naruto. He already changed and he wears some green shorts and a black shirt with blue sandals.
Naruto waved his hand in front of him "Rin, my dear little brother; accidents happen. It was just meant to caught fire. Besides, you weren't there. It was a cool moment in my history."
Rin rolled his eyes with a smirk planted on his face "I can imagine. So, now you can blow things up?"
Naruto shrugged "From time to time. I don't control it well yet." Then he got an idea "Hey, wanna test it now?"
"No, he doesn't want to see you try to blow the house up." Came a sweet voice behind him making him freeze and his brother face turned into one of panic.
He turned around to see his mother, Kushina Namikaze, formerly known as Uzumaki, smiling sweetly at him. The same smile she gave anyone, before she beats them down or scold one of the siblings.
"You're right mom. It was completely irresponsible from my part to suggest that." Naruto said sweating bullets trying to escape her mom's wrath. It worked.
Kushina smiled triumphally and puffed her chest out "Good! Now it seems that you're actually thinking correctly." She joked.
Naruto rolled his eyes at his mother antics but smiled anyways. "Sure, sure. I'll be a good boy."
Kushina nodded and turned to Rin. "And Rin-Kun, your father is looking for you. Probably to train."
Rin nodded with a smirk "Hey, can Aniki come too?"
Kushina was going to answer but Naruto cut in first. "Nah, I'm good. Besides, I don't think that dad or the old pervert will like me to be in the middle of the training of Rin."
"You wouldn't be in the middle! You're awesome!" Rin countered and Naruto shrugged.
"Maybe. Now go. I'll hate to take more of your time that you could use to be better." Naruto said and Rin nodded with a scowl and left.
When he was gone Naruto looked at Kushina with hope in his eyes, that Kushina notice "Heeeeey, mom-"
"What you want?" She asked and Naruto froze.
'She already knows!'
"Well, you see I wanted to know if you could train me?"
Kushina smiled softly at him and got to his level to hug him. Naruto already knew what was coming.
"Sorry Naru-Chan. But I have to train your sister. The Old Man trains you, your dad trains Rin-kun. And I train Mei-chan. I hope you understand."
Naruto shook his head and got free of the hug "Yeah, I know. Well; guess I'll go bug on the Old Man or maybe Grandma Tsunade. Bye Mom." Naruto said walking away and waving his hand.
Kushina nodded with a sad smile. Maybe she and Minato should make some time for him. Then she had an idea.
'Naru-Chan is going to love this!' She screamed in her head.
*Market District*
Naruto was walking at some part of the market district, feeling down. Once again, he was turned down by his parents.
Yes, he didn't ask his dad this time. But he had asked him more times before to always be answered with a 'No.'
Even once when he almost convinced him, the old pervert quickly said the opposite saying that right now, training Rin was more important.
He knows how important Rin training is. He needs to train his Kyuubi chakra. He needs special training from his dad and the old pervert.
But a little of attention wouldn't be bad.
He loves the Old Man, and he really appreciates his training. But he wants to be trained by his family also. When he unlocked his chakra, he ran to his family to told them. But when he arrived, they were celebrating Mei and Rin own chakra unlock.
Without him.
He would be lying, if he is not a little jealous from his siblings. After all, they got his parents attention while he gets almost nothing of it.
Shaking his head to get those thoughts out of his mind, he decided go to the Old Man house. He probably will have some advice on how to control his explosions. Besides it might be-
"You hear what happened?"
"Yes; I heard that the demon girl almost blew up some kids."
"I heard that too. They saw them running out of the park, crying, and then an explosion was heard."
"I don't understand how the Hokage-sama let that monster run free."
Naruto listened to those women talking about the demon girl. That he knew they were referring about his sister. Time to let out his frustrations on the mean ladies.
They were inside a store that Naruto didn't notice what it sell. But it didn't matter, because it was time to put his plan into motion.
He looked around making sure that no one was watching him. The villagers didn't know about his bloodline and he was told to keep it that way.
Why? He doesn't know.
Once he was sure no one was watching, he took one glove out and put his hand quickly into one of his bags.
The mouth on his palm started to munch the clay and it spitted a clay ball into Naruto's other hand. He quickly put his glove back to avoid anyone seeing his mouth.
He noticed that the door was open, so he threw the ball inside and it landed next to the leg of one of the shelf. One lady noticed the ball.
"Hmm? What's this?" She asked and Naruto smirked making the ram seal.
"Katsu."
The ball caught fire scaring the lady making her scream and making other people focus on the now burning fire
"Oh Kami!"
"A fire!"
"Someone turn it out!"
Naruto laughed a little at them. He knows he will be grounded again for doing this. But it was worth it.
Some one inside the store noticed him laughing and didn't recognized him as the Hokage son "Hey brat! Stop fooling around and go for help!"
Naruto was going to say something when…
*Boom!*
The small clay ball exploded and destroyed the leg of the self and making it lose balance. At that moment, Naruto saw what the sell at the store.
Porcelain. Lots and lots of it.
They were cups, statues, dishes all made with the same material.
And when the shelf fall , crashing against an opposite shelf making it do a domino effect and making it's contents fall and break.
The people inside stared at the destruction that was caused, some on the floor because they jumped out of the way to avoid getting crushed.
Naruto was chuckling nervously while scratching the back of his head "Hehe, that was on me. Oh! Look at the hour! I must go. Bye!" And he took of running.
And he was being chased now too.
The owner and his son grabbed a broom each, ready to make the brat that destroyed their merchandise pay.
So that is the reason why now he was running away from two men, that they lack the capability to connect the dots, and notice that he is the Hokage son.
Naruto looked back and saw that the men were closer now. He looked around, trying to spot any ANBU but he saw nothing. He knows there is one around. But he doesn't know where.
But he was sure that at any moment one ANBU will jump and save him from the villagers wrath.
And indeed, someone jumped to save him. But not an ANBU.
Out of the crowd, a blonde kid, around the age of 11 or 13, with long hair in a ponytail and one bang covering his right eye. He was wearing a turquoise kimono with grey baggy pants and blue sandals. On his hips, he had strapped some brown bags similar to Naruto's.
The kid grabbed Naruto from the waist and start running on a wall. Naruto looked at him and saw him smirking to his direction. He also noticed that he have blue eyes and the same tan skin that he does.
"That was an interesting show Little Artist, hm" The blonde kid praised him but it only confused Naruto.
"Show?"
The kid nodded "What you did down there. Really artistic. Hm."
They arrived at the roof and before Naruto could keep asking about the matter, they were surrounded by a squad of ANBU.
An ANBU with silver hair and a mask that looked like a dog, kind of, took a step forward. "Give us the child. Now."
The strange kid dropped Naruto that landed on his butt. The kid raised his hands in a defensive way. "Look; if it is yours, I have to say you're doing a horrible job protecting him. Hm."
To say that the ANBU got mad was obvious. The blonde kid didn't even notice when the ANBU knocked him out.
*Interrogation Room*
"So, you are Deidara, huh?" Ibiki Morino, a large man with an imposing figure wearing a bandana instead of a forehead protector. He had two scars running through his face and he was wearing a black trench coat.
Deidara laughed nervously "Is that something good? Hm."
Ibiki not even twitched his lips at the comment. He simply took a REALLY big file and threw it on the table. Deidara paled seeing his name on the cover.
"Let's see," Ibiki started opening the file "Deidara, no last name, the Tsuchikage disciple, leader of Iwa's Explosion Corps. Rank S Nuke Nin for bombarding the Tsuchikage Tower, and named in the Bingo Book as 'Iwa's Mad Bomber'."
A vein popped on Deidara forehead and his eyebrow twitched "I'M NOT MAD! IT IS ONLY THAT NO ONE GET'S MY ART. HM!" He screamed and Ibiki raised an eyberow.
"Art?"
Deidara cleared his throat "Art is something that doesn't last long. Because of this not many people see it. I'm an artist and I specialize on it. On the art of a single moment. Hm." He explained but Ibiki wanted to know more.
"And how do you do it?"
Deidara allowed himself to smirk. "The only way true art is accomplished. With a bang!" Ibiki looked confused so Deidara grinned ready to explain "Because art is an explosion!"
Ibiki frowned and stared at Deidara grinning face. "So, where you planning on making any... 'Art' here in Konoha?"
Deidara lost his grin and shrugged "Don't know yet. Everything seems so dull. It is like this village is inviting me to blow it up a whole. I was thinking to start with the Hokage Monument. What do you think? Hm."
Ibiki stared with narrowed eyes at Deidara that seemed to just notice that he admitted that he was planning a terrorist attack on Konoha. "What I meant was-" He was interrupted by Ibiki putting on the table a large brown briefcase.
"What is that? Hm." Deidara said pointing to the briefcase.
Deidara saw for the first time Ibiki smirk. But it wasn't a normal smirk. It was a sadistic smirk. "These? These are my toys to play with you."
"And if I don't want to play? Hm."
Ibiki's smirk grew wider "You don't have an option. Now, why don't we start with those mouths over there? I wonder if they have the ability to scream."
Deidara closed his fist trying to hide his mouths that he has due to his bloodline. He was curious on why he didn't ask anything about them.
"Look, I'll talk. Okay? Just, don't do anything crazy. Hm." Deidara pleaded and it seems to make Ibiki's face turn into a grin.
"If he says he is going to talk, Ibiki-kun, we should trust him." An elderly voice came from the door and Deidara saw an older, really older man on the entrance of the small room.
Ibiki saw him and immediately stood up on his two feet. "Sandaime-Sama!"
Deidara eyes widened "Sandaime?! Hm."
The Sandaime Hokage nodded with a warm smile "Ibiki-kun; would you mind leaving us for a while. I need to talk with him alone."
Ibiki nodded, grabbed his suitcase, shot one last glare at Deidara that stick his tongue out at him, and left the room.
Hiruzen sat in front of Deidara that was watching him warily. "Thank you Deidara-kun."
This caught Deidara by surprise "For? Hm."
Hiruzen smiled at him "For saving Naruto-kun of course."
Deidara smirked "Naruto? You mean the Little Artist?" Hiruzen nodded "It was nothing. Besides, we can't let a talented artist like him go to waste for the ignorance of some villagers, right? Hm."
Hiruzen nodded without losing his smile "May I ask, do you know who his father is?"
Deidara raised an eyebrow "Should I? Hm."
Hiruzen shook his head "Probably not. But you seem smart, Deidara-kun. So, tell me; Who else have spikey blonde hair, blue eyes, and a tan skin?"
Deidara looked up thinking. Then all the history class from the academy came back to him making him go pale and get to one conclusion.
"I saved the Yellow Flash son..."
Hiruzen nodded slowly "You see, that's why we can't let you go now."
Deidara somehow paled even more "Can't or won't? There is a difference. Hm."
"Won't. Now then, what should we do with you? Give your head to Iwa?" Deidara paled again "Maybe we can torture you first to get information of a possible enemy village?" Deidara shook his head frantically. "Or you can help Naruto-kun."
Deidara looked at the old man with suspicion "Help him? Hm."
Hiruzen nodded with his smile back on "Yes, you see; he was born with the same bloodline like you."
Deidara had a face that said 'I-don't-buy-it' "Really?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"I am."
"Prove it. Hm." Deidara challenged and Hiruzne nodded.
"How do you think he did that 'art' show from before?"
"Explosive tags of a low quality. Hm." Deidara answered quickly and Hiruzen shook his head.
"They don't sell that to children."
"He is the Hokage son. He should have the whole village kissing his feet for that simple thing. Hm."
Hiruzen shook his head. "Not many people knows or recognize him as the Hokage son. They are more focused on his siblings for good or bad reasons. And no. I can't tell you why. Not yet at least."
"Why are you telling me all this? Hm."
"Because just like you, he looks for attention and recognition." Hiruzen said and Deidara looked at the table thinking.
He is an orphan. He always looked for attention. He was born with a bloodline so he thought it wouldn't be to hard. He was wrong.
Almost no one wanted to adopt him due to his bloodline. Or better said, the mutation his bloodline brings.
Many people, both adults and kids, were grossed out or freaked out due to his extra mouths. He in the personal level, liked his mutation.
'It makes me unique…' is what he said.
Because of this he did many pranks as a kid. To call attention. To make people focus on him.
At the long run, it worked.
He once was making a prank with a clay spider that when it blew up, instead of destroying and killing, explodes throwing paint around and he was planning on using it against the lady of the reception of the orphanage.
The spider was inches from its objective when it was suddenly destroyed by an old tiny floating man.
He was expecting a speech saying what he did was wrong, but instead the old man said.
'That was a nice try…'
The rest is history.
He looked back at Hiruzen "Fine. I'll train the kid. Just give me a place to stay and a paycheck and tomorrow we start. I'll make him into a great artist. Hm."
Hiruzen nodded "They will be done. You'll have to wear chakra suppress seals by the way. You will not be able to do Ninjutsu but you will be capable of creating your art with your bloodline."
Deidara snorted at that "You know what; you are not as bad as Onoki described you. Hm."
Hiruzen chuckled getting to his feet "Glad to hear that. Now, where would you like to stay?"
*Next Day*
"So, you're not going to punish me?" Naruto asked Hiruzen that was smoking from his pipe.
Naruto's parents were mad at him for accidently destroying that store merchandise. Originally, they were going to punish him, but Hiruzen said that it was part of his fault, so he would see his punishment.
Hiruzen nodded "As you said, it was an accident. And those happens. Besides, there is someone I want you to meet."
"Who? If it's the store owners Old Man, I'm leaving now." Hiruzen chuckled at Naruto's warning.
"Don't worry Naruto-kun, you met him yesterday actually. Deidara-kun, you may come in now."
Said that Naruto turned to the door of the office and saw the kid that saved him yesterday coming inside the office with a smirk on his face.
"Hey; you're the one that saved me yesterday!" Naruto said pointing to Deidara that put his hand on his chest, smirk still on place.
"Glad you still remember me, Little Artist. Cause you're going to see me really often now. Hm."
Naruto raised a brow and looked at Hiruzen for an explanation.
"You see Naruto-kun; Deidara-kun here, was born with the same gift as you." Naruto widen his eyes and looked at Deidara for confirmation. Deidara only smirked and showed Naruto his open palm, to reveal an open mouth with its tongue hanging out.
"Pretty cool, huh? Hm." Deidara say coolly. Naruto only nodded dumbly, before taking his gloves off and showing him his own palms.
"You have those too..."
Deidara nodded "Me, you and a couple of more. We're unique. Let me guess; you use gloves because you're afraid what people might think right? Hm."
Naruto looked down. "Kind of. Also because mom and dad say that I have to wear them."
Deidara nodded with a smirk "I see. Well, when you're with me, you don't need to worry about little things like that. You know what they would think if they saw your hands? Hm." Naruto shook his head "They would think 'I wish I had one of those'. Hm."
Naruto looked at his palm uncertainly. "You think?"
Deidara nodded "Yeah. Now, why don't you show me the village. After all, I'm new here. Hm."
Naruto nodded his head with a grin, put his gloves back on, thing that Deidara didn't like, and he left the office followed by Deidara.
Hiruzen seeing them leave, leaned back on his chair and took a drag from his pipe.
'This could go either good or fail in a great way…'
*Ichiraku's Ramen*
Deidara was staring at his ramen in front of him and he noticed that Naruto was giving him nervous looks.
"You don't like ramen?" Naruto asked and Deidara smirked.
"Who said that I don't like it. Hm" After saying that he started to eat his plate.
Which was really good by the way.
Naruto watch him eat and then he dig in. Between breaths Naruto kept talking about the village. Good things, bad things, etc.
He talked about a lot of things on their little tour. At first look, he seemed like a sociable kid. But Deidara saw the sweat rolling down his forehead.
The kid was nervous.
It didn't surprise him. Hell, he would be nervous too if he just met someone with his bloodline. He probably was trying to impress him.
But he needs to ask a question to be truly impressed.
"Naruto-kun, what is art for you? Hm."
Naruto stopped eating and talking (How the kid even does that?) And looked at him "Art?"
Deidara nodded "Yeah. Art. What is it for you? Hm."
Naruto looked up at the ceiling "It depends for each person I guess. No one ever teach me, so I don't know what to answer."
Deidara nodded with a scowl "I see. Well don't worry Naruto-kun; that I will free you from your ignorance. Hm." Deidara told him in an exaggerated way.
Naruto looked at him confused "What do you mean?"
Deidara smirked "Naruto-kun; tomorrow I'll teach you what art really is. Hm."
*Next Day, Training Ground 25*
"You came. Hm." Deidara said seeing the blonde boy running towards him. The Sandaime told Deidara that they could use this training ground if they asked it first.
The difference between this ground with the others, is that this specific training ground, is completely made out of rock. Like if it was part of a mountain.
In Deidara's opinion; it reminds him from Iwa's normal training grounds.
In other words; it is perfect to do art.
Naruto shrugged "It was easy. You tell dad that I will go hang out with my friends and he believe me."
"Just like that? Hm."
"Just like that."
"Good by me. Now, show me your art. Hm" Deidara said pushing the thought of the Yellow Flash not caring about where his son goes.
Naruto at the order looked panicked "A-Art? I didn't know that I should bring something."
"And what are on those two bags? Hm." Deidara pointed at the bags on Naruto hips.
"Clay. You have too." Naruto said pointing to the bags that Deidara had on his hips.
Deidara nodded "Yeah, that's how we're going to make art. Hm." Deidara then took off a bandage that Hiruzen told him to wear in public and put his open palm inside one of his bags. The mouth on his palm start to munch the white clay inside the bag.
Deidara took out his hand and pointed to his other open palm. The mouth then spitted a clay spider on Deidara's waiting open hand. The spider landed on its legs and started to move on Deidara palm for Naruto amusement.
"So cool." Naruto said looking at the clay insect. Deidara smirked seeing his reaction.
"If you liked that, then you're going to love this one!" Deidara said throwing the clay spider into the air and making the ram seal with one hand.
"Katsu!"
The spider exploded in mid-air and Naruto just watched with awe the little show that Deidara just showed him.
"And that, is true art. An explosion. Hm." He was tackled into the ground by an excited Naruto.
"Teach me! Teach me! Teach me!"
Deidara grinned at the request. Finally, someone was admiring his art! "You got it kid! But first get off me. Hm."
Naruto obliged to the request and Deidara stood up and dusted himself. "Okay, first of all, what can you create? Hm."
Naruto scratched the back of his head with a slight blush on his face "A ball." He said embarrassed.
Deidara nodded with a scowl "Can you make an explosion with it? Hm."
"From time to time. It's hard to control."
'This is going to be harder that I thought...' Deidara thought. "How much chakra you use when you're going to detonate it? Hm."
"A lot. The more you put, the bigger the explosion, right?" Deidara sighed. That's the mistake.
"Not exactly. The bigger the explosion is, depends on the type of bomb you're using. We'll cover that later. To detonate the bomb, you need to use the exact amount of chakra. You see, when one of the mouths creates something, it develops an inner circuit that controls the explosion. Put too little chakra and nothing will happen except a little of smoke or maybe it will light on fire. Put too much, and the circuit will burn and it will not explode or will have an uncontrolled explosion. It means it will become a ticking time bomb that could blow up at any second. If you put the right amount of chakra into it, it will become a fine piece of art. Hm." Deidara explained and Naruto nodded.
"And how can I control my chakra?" Naruto asked.
"In Iwa we do the rock climbing exercise. Hm."
"What's that?"
"I think that here in Konoha is called the tree climbing exercise. It's basically to walk up on a surface. Hm." Deidara explained and Naruto looked with wide eyes.
"How can you do that?"
Deidara smirked "Watch. Hm." He then went to a wall made out of rock and he started to walk on it.
Deidara got to the top of the wall and looked down at Naruto that was watching with awe. He smirked and jumped down in front of the young boy.
"Now it's your turn. Hm."
Naruto looked unsure "I don't know..."
"Come on kid. It's perfect practice to create art! You need to focus chakra on the palm of your feet. Put too little and you will fall. Put too much and you will be pushed away. You'll be fine. I'll catch you if you fall. Hm."
Naruto looked at him "You promise?"
Deidara nodded "I do. And if I don't, I'll have to eat a thousand of needles or something like that." Naruto chuckled at the comment before turning serious and he looked at the wall in front of him.
"A tip: start with a sprint. That will give you momentum to climb the wall easier. Hm." Deidara said to him and Naruto nodded. He then starts running to the wall, the faster he could.
When he arrived to the wall, he jumped on it. He run a few more centimeters before slipping down to the floor. Luckily Deidara was there, ready to catch him.
"What do you need? Hm." Deidara questioned him.
"More chakra?" Naruto answered half-heartedly and Deidara smirked with a nod.
"Yep. Now try it again with a little more chakra. Hm."
Naruto run again to the wall and this time he focused more chakra on his feet. He got a little higher, before he was pushed away by the amount of chakra he used. Once again, Deidara made the save.
"The problem now? Hm."
"Too much chakra."
"Correct. Now try again with less. Hm."
*4 Hours Later*
It took 4 hours for Naruto got to the top of the wall. He was tired, hurt his feet because running so much, and bruised when Deidara almost failed to catch him but he still hit a rock. But at the end, he succeeded.
"Hey, Deidara! Check this out I made-" He was cut off when he suddenly fell from the wall. Deidara caught him again.
"Nice kid. Now you might want to stay stick to the wall. Hm."
Naruto nodded weakly. "Now, you will teach me?" He asked in a weak voice.
"Tomorrow. You seem about to pass out. And I would hate to be the one to be responsible for killing the prodigy son of the Yellow Flash. Hm." He joked and Naruto eyes widen.
"P-Prodigy?"
Deidara nodded smirking "Kid; You climbed a higher wall that I did on my first time. I took a whole day to get it done, and you got it on only 4 hours. That for me, is prodigy material. Hm."
He didn't expect what happened next.
Naruto got enough energy to jump and hug him, surprising Deidara for the sudden show of affection. "What the hell!? Hm."
"That's the best thing anyone ever told me." Naruto whispered before passing out into sleep.
Deidara only watched him from the corner of his eye how Naruto in now asleep, still hugging his neck. He felt himself smiling. "You're alright kid. Hm."
"You're alright Little Artist."
*Namikaze Compound*
"Okay Deidara; you can do this. You had done a lot of dangerous things, but this top the list. Hm." Deidara said to himself, carrying a sleeping Naruto on his back.
He at a start was simply planning on leaving him on the door, knock the door a couple of times, and then ran away before the Yellow Flash appears.
Thinking on it now, that was a bad idea.
So, he decided to man up, hope to all the gods that might listen that the Flash was in a meeting or something, give the kid to someone inside the house and leave. So he did.
He knocked the door and he waited for some seconds, before a red headed woman with purple eyes opened the door with a smile. That turned into a face of worry seeing Naruto on his back. That turned into a face of rage towards Deidara.
"You! What did you do to my Naru-Chan!?" She demanded and Deidara raised a bandaged hand.
"Wait! Before you do something irrational, let me explain; The Sandaime asked me help to train Naruto-san with his bloodline that I have also. Okay? That's why I am using bandages. To hide the mouths. Now, we were training chakra control and he passed out due to chakra exestuation. That's all. I swear. Hm."
"Oh really!" The woman said, somehow even more angry, "Then prove it!"
"He is saying the truth, Kushi-chan. Hiruzen told me today that he found someone to train Naruto on his bloodline. right Deidara-san?" A male voice said from inside the house and Deidara looked behind 'Kushi-chan' and saw the man of his nightmares. The only human being that Iwa hated and feared all at the same time.
The Yellow Flash. The Yondaime Hokage. Minato Namikaze.
Deidara paled and started to sweat. He doesn't want to be near this man. Yes, he was smiling kindly and looked like a decent guy. But he still massacred Iwa's forces during the war.
"That's right Ma'am! Now that all is settled I'll go to report my first day at work! Hm." He lied. He doesn't need to report every day. Just at the end of a month.
Minato smiled at him. "I understand. But would you like to come in first. I need to talk with you about something."
"Is it important? Hm."
"Very."
With a defeated sigh Deidara handed Naruto to Kushina and the three of them sat on the living room. Kushina and Minato side-by-side, Naruto on Kushina's arms and Deidara in front of them, sweating bullets.
"Okay, first I wanted to know why you wanted to train my son?" Minato asked in a serious voice tone making Deidara sweat even more but tried to keep his cool and calm attitude.
"To piss off Onoki is one of my reasons. Hm."
"And the others?" Minato kept asking and Deidara afraid that if he lies, he might get a Rasengan to the face decided to speak the truth.
"He reminds myself, when I was a kid. Looking for attention and approval. He looks calm and cool on the surface, but deep inside, he just wants to be recognized. Hell, when I called him that he was a prodigy for completing the rock climbing exercise in 4 hours he hugged me! Hm." He said and Minato smiled sadly and Kushina hugged the sleeping Naruto.
"I see. He was a lot of potential. Does he." Minato said and Deidara nodded.
"Yeah. I can't imagine how you guys trained him. Hm." Deidara said out loud and Minato smile became sadder.
"We didn't."
"Eh?"
"I focus on our second son, Rin. Kushina focus on our third daughter, Mei. And Hiruzen focus on Naruto. Well, now you do to."
Deidara nodded with a scowl. "A quick question; when did he unlock his chakra? Hm."
Kushina blushed embarrassed "He don't know. Probably when he was 4 or 5. Maybe?"
Deidara nodded. This left a sour savor on his mouth. "Okay. Well, it was a pleasure meeting you Yellow Flash-sama. You aren't as bad as Iwa thinks. Hm."
Minato chuckled "Glad that I changed one-person view of me. Maybe when we start training Naruto, you can still help us."
Deidara looked at them with a raised brow. "You're going to train him now? Hm."
"After his birthday. It will be a good gift for him. We want to bond more like a family." Minato explained his plan and Deidara nodded. He was happy that the kid family will train him now, but he still wants to teach the kid his art.
"I understand. Well, good luck with that. I'll take my leave now." With that Deidara left the compound.
When they were sure he was away, Minato said to his wife "I'll ask Itachi to watch him."
Kushina nodded and Minato looked at the sleeping form of his son. 'I hope you don't get mad at me for what will happen at your birthday...'
*Next Day, Training Grounds 25*
"Katsu!" Naruto screamed making the ram seal and the small ball of clay that he threw exploded leaving a satisfied Naruto.
"Good one kid. After some 35 exact tries, you finally got it down. Hm." Deidara praised and Naruto beamed.
"Now I'll explain to you the different types of bombs. Hm." Deidara said and Naruto nodded excited to be progressing quickly.
"The more basic is the C-1. What you just did can be consider one of those. They are small bombs that make small explosions. Used correctly they are great to distract, knock out and even kill your opponent. That's the reason I create small animals to use as explosives. With enough practice they will be able to move towards an objective and detonate at impact if you wish. Hm."
"The second is the C-2. It is a bigger bomb that creates a bigger explosion. About size, it can get big enough to carry two grown people. It is also my favorite. This are the two I'll teach for now. The other three I'll teach you on the future. Right now, work on giving shape to the clay. Hm."
"How do I do it?" Naruto asked his teacher.
"Focus on what you want to create. You remember the spider I created yesterday? Hm." Naruto nodded "Think of that. Try to create a spider like mine. Hm."
Naruto nodded as he put his hand inside one of his clay bags. He felt his mouth munching the clay and then it spitted two balls, a big one and a smaller one, that were connected to each other.
Naruto chuckled nervously at the failed attempt of spider that he just created. Deidara was about to comment on it, but he listened a slight noise coming from the entrance where they where a couple of trees.
"You keep working on that. I'll go to check something. Hm." Naruto nodded absent minded while he saw on his palms another failed spider.
Deidara walked to the entrance and looked around searching for anybody. He knows he was being watched. But he wants to know why.
"You know; I already know you're here. Hm."
After saying that an ANBU with a weasel or maybe a cat mask dropped from a tree. He had black hair made into a ponytail and he was wearing the standard ANBU uniform.
"Can you tell me why are you watching me? Hm."
"To make sure you don't harm or destroy anything in Konoha." The ANBU told him in a stoic voice.
Deidara smirked "You don't have to warn me Anbu-san. I know the rules. Hm."
The ANBU nodded and was going to jump back to his tree but Deidara stop him "Hey wait, how old are you? Hm."
The ANBU tilted his head. "Why is that important?"
Deidara shrugged "The only people I know that they like me is the Old Man and Naruto. So I guess that it couldn't be to bad to have a friend around my age. Hm."
The ANBU nodded. "I see. Well, I'm same age as you."
"How do you know my age? Hm."
"Hokage-sama gave me your file." The ANBU said.
"Hey, Deidara! Check it out!" Naruto screamed holding a clay spider in his hand.
Deidara smirked "Great job kid! Now time to create art! Hm."
The ANBU looked at Deidara for some seconds. He could see pride in his eyes. "For how long do you know him?"
"Naruto you mean? Hm." The ANBU nodded "A couple of days. Why? Hm."
"You seem fond to him."
Deidara shrugged "A little. He is a talented artist and-"
*Boom!*
They turned to Naruto when they heard an explosion and they saw a glimpse of an explosion and a grinning Naruto.
Deidara smiled "Talented indeed. Hm."
The ANBU nodded "I can tell. You better go to train him. I'll watch from here." Then he leapt back into a tree.
Deidara smirked "Of course you will. Hm." Then he walked towards Naruto to praise him and help him more.
*October 9*
"Hey Deidara." Naruto said to the older boy that looked at him from his work.
"Yeah? Hm."
"Why you want to help me? I mean; that everyone says that my brother Rin is better than me for different reasons. Some even don't know we're brothers. So-"
"Stop. Look Naruto; I'm training you because I grew fond of you. You're not like most annoying brats that just want to learn jutsu to become a cool ninja. You do things slow and calculating. That makes you a good ninja. And besides, you are artistic. That's enough for me to like you more that your brother. Hm."
Naruto smiled at him and then he blushed and looked away. "Hey, you know tomorrow is my birthday, and it is also Mei and Rin's, but I wanted to know if you wanted to come?"
Deidara blinked a couple of times before smirking "If you ask me so nicely, there's no way I could miss it. I'll be there. And, I'll give you some cool gift. Hm."
Naruto beamed "Cool!" He saw the sky and notice it started to get dark. "Oh no, I need to go back or mom will be mad. See ya tomorrow Deidara!" Then he ran back to his house.
When Naruto was away Deidara called his masked friend. "Hey, ANBU-san. Hm." Besides him the ANBU he usually talks with materialled.
"Yes?"
"Can you give me a Doton or Raiton jutsu? Hm."
The ANBU silently stared at him making him nervous. And the creepy mask doesn't help him calm down.
"Shouldn't you ask Sandaime-sama for that?"
Deidara shrugged "Probably. Care to take me there? Hm."
The ANBU nodded and put his hand on Deidara's shoulder and they both Shunshin away towards the Sandaime office.
And Done! This was chapter 1 of Artist of Konoha. I liked writing it actually, even if it was longer that what I usually write. First, I want to clarify some things:
The 'Hm' at the end of all Deidara's sentences is his verbal tick. Some other writers put 'Un' others put 'Yeah' I decided to put Hm.
I know that the C-2 is only the clay dragon that Deidara used against Sasuke, but this is a fic. So in this fic, all gigantic clay figure, except the C-3 and C-4, are C-2. The dragon is a special version of it.
Naruto will know jutsu. His secret weapon will be his explosive clay, but he will know some Doton (Earth) and Raiton (Lighting) Jutsu. Why those elements? Because they are the ones needed for the Bakuton bloodline.
Naruto's brother doesn't have a superiority complex. I noticed that in most of the stories that Naruto had a jinchuricki brother, he is always a dick to him. So, I decided to change that in this fic. Maybe later in the story, he will become a dick. Maybe not. Who knows? Not me for the moment.
And that's pretty much it. I know that many are not a Deidara fan but give this fic a chance. I see a lot of potential on this one and I would hate myself to see go to waste. Remember to leave your review that is important for me, PM me for any doubt or suggestion, Follow and Favorite me and the story.
Till Next Time.
Roy D. Harper.
Next Chapter: A Birthday Party to Forget