Chapter 2

Hello everybody! I'm back with the second chapter of 'Artist of Konoha'. Last chapter, Deidara was invited to Naruto's birthday and Minato was apologizing to Naruto in his mind? Why? What will happen at the birthday party? Stay to find out. But before we go to the story, the pairing options will be revealed. This are the following options.

Pairing Options:

Fu x Naruto x Tayuya

Fu x Naruto x Yugito

Kin x Naruto x Tayuya

Temari x Naruto x Yugito

Temari x Naruto x Tayuya

Your own suggestion!

The 'Your Own Suggestion!' Part is for you to give your own pairing for the story. This and the next chapter will be to vote. Leve it on the reviews or PM me. Now, let's go to the story!

Legend:

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Jutsu Name

Chapter 2: A Birthday Party to Forget

"…And that's why I need your help Anbu-san. Hm." Deidara told to his masked friend that was seated on his couch.

The ANBU nodded "That is the great emergency you said you had? To buy a last-minute gift to your apprentice? That you know for a week or so? Even after the Sandaime told you to don't do that?"

Deidara smirked "But it is an emergency, Anbu-san. He invited me yesterday, and I still can't think of an artistic gift for him. And the Sandaime don't want me to give his a jutsu. Hm."

"Why don't you just give him a sculpture?"

"I thought about it, but I figured out he wanted to create his own art. Hm."

The ANBU put his hand on his chin in a thinking pose. After some moments he looked at Deidara "What about a jutsu?"

"What about it? I'm pretty sure you were there when I was told I can't give him a jutsu yet. Hm. "

"What if you teach him a jutsu. A defensive one in case he needs to hide from his own explosions. I doubt the Sandaime will be against that." The ANBU explained and Deidara put his hand on his chin and nodded.

"I see. In that case I have the perfect jutsu for him!" He said pointing up with a smirk.

"Then I suggest you get a scroll or something like that. After all, the party is tomorrow."

"I know Anbu-san. Besides, don't you have some ANBU stuff to take care of?"

"I do. I came here because you used the seal, alarming the selected ANBU to guard of any kind of emergency, so I thought that you were in some kind of trouble. Which you're not. Goodbye and see you tomorrow." With that the ANBU shunshin out of the building leaving Deidara confused.

"Are you coming tomorrow also?! If you do, warn me with anticipation!"

*October 10, Namikaze Compound*

Naruto was sleeping peacefully on his bed until he felt a weight on him. Followed by a loud:

"Happy birthday Naru-Nii!" Mei screamed on top of him and he opened one eye and he smiled at his little sister happy expresion.

"Happy birthday for you too Mei-chan. The others are down already?" He asked and Mei nodded.

"Hmm. They are waiting for us at the kitchen."

Naruto nodded and both siblings headed downstairs where the rest of the family was waiting.

"Aniki!" Rin said spotting his older and Naruto sit down next to him.

"Happy birthday Rin. Hey mom, hey dad." He greeted his brother and his parents.

Kushina smiled at him "So you three ready to the party tonight?"

Mei nodded "I hope that Ino-chan and Hinata-chan can come."

"Yeah, I hope my friends bring good gifts. And you Aniki? Waiting for anyone?" Rin asked his brother that shrugged.

"It would be cool that Shika or Chouji could come. But I really hope that Deidara could come." That caught the family by surprise. But for different reasons.

His siblings, for not knowing who this Deidara is and his parents for not fully trusting the former Iwa Shinobi.

"Who is Deidara?" Mei asked him and Naruto smiled.

"He is the coolest guy that I know! He have the same bloodline that I do and he is teaching me all kind of cool stuff! And-" Naruto kept talking about him to his siblings and he didn't notice his parents whispering between themselves.

"Why you think he invited him?" Kushina whispered to his husband.

"I don't know. But let's keep an eye on him." Minato whispered back.

Kushina nodded and turned back to their kids and noticed that Naruto was gone already.

"Where is your brother?" Kushina asked to her others kids. Rin shrugged.

"He said he was going to find that Deidara guy."

"Why?" Minato asked.

"he said to ask him about art." Mei said confusing both parents. That was when Minato remembered what Hiruzen told him.

'He calls his explosions art...'

Minato sighed not liking what was going on with his eldest kid and the former Iwa nin.

For now, he will just let it go and see where it takes. If he sees his son becoming a psychopath that blow things up for fun, he will intervene.

Better keep thing good for what will happen tonight.

*Library*

"What do you mean by that? Hm." Deidara asked the librarian with a surprised face.

"That you can't go to the jutsu section."

"You can't or you won't? Hm."

"Both. First of all, you aren't a shinobi. Second of all you aren't from this village." The librarian started and Deidara decided to defend his case.

"I am a shinobi. But graduated from another village. And I'm actually residing in this village, making me a shinobi resident of Konoha. So I can go inside. Hm." In Deidara mind this were really good arguments.

But the lady still have an ace under her sleeve.

"And third, I received an order from Sandaime-sama to not let you enter, Deidara-san."

Deidara clicked his tongue 'Damn old timer.'

At that moment a kid that seemed to be his own age, with black hair made into a ponytail, black eyes, with a black short sleeved turtleneck shirt with a fan logo at the back, that was wearing the Konoha headband, got in front of him.

"Hey! Hm."

"My friend and I need to go this section. So if you will." The young Konoha shinobi said confusing Deidara. Does he know this guy?

"But Sandaime-sama said-" the librarian was interrupted by the kid putting a paper signed by the Sandaime, saying that Deidara had permission if he was under watch.

The lady sighed and made a gesture telling them to go ahead. The kid nodded and Deidara smirked and both went into the jutsu section.

"Thanks for the help back there. Say, do I know you? Because your voice is really familiar. Hm." Deidara asked this kid that helped him that didn't turn to him yet.

"You do. You usually call me 'Anbu-san'." The kid informed him and Deidara smirk became wider.

"So this is your real face. Much better than those creepy masks that you guys where Anbu-san. Hm."

The Anbu-san nodded "I know. But please, when I'm not wearing the mask, call me by my name, Itachi."

Deidara nodded "I will Itachi-san. So, how did you get that sign? Hm."

"Instead of trying to get a jutsu at the Saindaime's back, I went and told him for what use, the technique will be used for." Itachi told him and Deidara nodded slowly, taking the information.

"That was... much better idea than mine. Hm."

"I know. That's why I came to tell you."

"And without your uniform. Hm." Deidara asked curious on why his new friend have come with his regular clothes.

"Yes. I thought that if we're friends we need to know each other. If this goes well, I'll present to you to Shisui."

"And that's good? Hm." Deidara asked confused of his friend's antics.

Itachi nodded "Yes. It means that I trust you."

"And you don't now? Hm." Deidara asked smirking.

The comment made Itachi smile slightly "Just a little bit."

Deidara grinned "Very well. Now; what should I give him? Hm." He asked to himself outloud.

"Sandaime-sama gave his own recommendation." Itachi told him and Deidara smirked.

"Of course he did. Which jutsu is? Hm."

Itachi didn't answer. He just took a scroll from the Doton category and showed it to Deidara that nodded in approval.

"I like it. Hm."

"And let's hope he like it too. Now I must leave. See you at the party." Itachi said leaving and Deidara stared confused at him.

"You're guarding that I won't create any art there? Hm."

"No. I was invited."

"Really? Hm."

"Yes. My mother was, so she is taking me and my little brother with her. Goodbye." With that Itachi left and Deidara let out an amused huff.

"What a weird guy."

*Namikaze Compound, Party*

"Here you got your gift." Shikamaru said to Naruto handing him his gift and seating next to his blonde friend. Naruto grinned at him and opened the package revealing a shogi board.

"Thanks, Shika. When I learn how to play, I let you beat me in a horrible way." Naruto joked with his lazy friend that closed his eyes.

"Troublesome blondes."

"Hey *MUNCH** Naruto! Hey *MUNCH* Shika! Happy birthday Naruto!" Chouji said getting to them and handing to Naruto his gift. He was going to open when Chouji put his hand to stop him.

"Open it later *MUNCH* it is a special plate that I made *MUNCH*" Chouji informed him and Naruto nodded and put the gift on a nearby table and Chouji sit next to him, while munching his chips.

"Hey, one of you guys saw an older kid with long blonde hair, blue eyes, tan skin with bandaged hands?" He asked his two friends that shook their head.

"I haven't *MUNCH* see any guy *MUNCH* like that."

"If you're talking about a girly version of you, there it is." Shikamaru said pointing to Deidara that had a package in his hand and was looking around.

Naruto grinned spotting his master and run towards him confusing his friends that followed him at a lower pase.

"Deidara!" Naruto exclaimed and the older kid smirked at him.

"Hello and happy birthday Little Artist. Here, I brought you a gift. Hm." Deidara said handing him the scroll. Naruto read the title and saw that it was a jutsu.

Doton: Mogurakure no Jutsu (Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Tecnique)

Naruto smiled at Deidara that smirked back at him "I'm teaching you that in our next session. Hm."

"Tomorrow?" Naruto asked and Deidara smirked.

"Sure kid. Hm."

"Hey Naruto *MUNCH* who is she?" Chouji asked him and a tick mark appeared on Deidara's forehead.

"Is she Deidara? I thought that you said she was a guy." Shikamaru said staring lazily at Deidara as another tick mark appeared on his forehead.

"I'm a man! Hm." Deidara exclaimed and Shikamaru examined him with his eyes.

"Are you sure?"

"PREATY sure. Hm."

"If you said so." Shikamaru said before snoring.

"Hey everybody! Time to cut the cake!" Kushina screamed and the Mei run to Naruto ignoring Deidara, Shikamaru and Chouji and dragged her brother to sit next to her and Rin.

"Very well, before we cut the cake, we're going to give our personal gifts to the birthday kids. Starting with Mei." Minato said and Kushina walked towards Mei and handed her a sword with a red handle and a swirl pattern on the blade.

"This was my sword Mei-chan. And now it is yours. I'll teach you how to use it just like my mother teach me." Kushina said softly to her that nodded with watery eyes.

"To Rin, I got you two gifts." Minato said confusing Kushina. Wasn't he just going to give him one gift?

"The first one is the toad contract. We're going to add that to our training schedule." Minato said and Rin grinned of excitement. He can't wait to start summoning toads like the Pervy Sage and his dad do.

"And my second gift is to make you clan heir of the Namikaze clan!" Minato exclaimed and Rin grin was replaced by a look of confusion. Wasn't his Aniki clan heir?

He wasn't the only one. All the people that came was in silence, staring at their Hokage with confusion.

The silence was broken by the former clan heir.

"WHAT!? That was my birthright! How can you do this to me!? Why didn't you even ask me first!?" Naruto demanded before storming out of the house, not wanting anybody seeing him cry.

Minato was staring at his eldest storm out but snapped out of his trance when he felt the strong hand of Tsunade slap the back of his head. "What is the hell where you thinking?" She demanded with a pissed look on her face.

"Yes Minato! What were you thinking!" Kushina asked somehow even more angry that Tsunade.

"I-I didn't think he would react that badly." Minato said and Shikaku came to him.

"What were you going to give him anyway? If you take away something as important as being clan heir, I guess you were going to give him something important as that."

"We were going to train him." Minato said and Shikaku shook his head and Tsunade sighed before leaving.

"Did you talk this with someone at least?" Shikaku asked again.

"I did with Jiraya-sensei before he left. He said it was a good idea."

"And he also says that peeking on women is a good an idea!" Tsume screamed at him and he winced for the loud sound.

"I-I should go speak to him. Right?" Minato asked.

"Deidara-san already went after him. Because with all due respect Hokage-sama; I think you're the last person he wants to see." Itachi told him and left angry at his leader for doing that action against his eldest kid.

Minato sighed. He screwed up with his son, and the Deidara kid was going to comfort him.

He really screwed up.

*With Naruto*

"Hey Little Artist. Feeling okay? Hm." Deidara asked the crying kid that was walking on the deserted streets.

"Y-Yes." He croaked and Deidara put a hand on his shoulder.

"Then why are you crying? Hm."

"I-I'm not crying!" Naruto snapped at Deidara that pointed at his tears.

"Those things are called tears. The ussualy come out when you're crying. Hm."

Naruto looked down before asking "They don't care about me. Do they?"

"Why you say that? I bet that your parents love you! Hm." Deidara tried to cheer up the kid that shook his head.

"NO! They hate me! They don't want a freak with mouths on his palms! That's why they want me to hide them! For people not connecting them to a freak!"

"No. They're protecting you. There are bad people that will do horrible things to get you. They don't want to risk you. Hm." Deidara said softly and Naruto let out a sob.

"T-Then why did they did this to me?"

"I don't know. Parents do weird things from time to time. I'm not an expert on that. But know this; You and me, we're both freaks. So freaks united, will never get beaten! Hm."

Naruto laughed softly at the silly comment of the older kid. "You promise we will be united?"

Deidara nodded "Yeah. Or I'll eat a thousand needles or something. Hm." Deidara said repeating what he told Naruto on their first time training.

Naruto nodded and with watery eyes hugged Deidara that hugged him back.

And at the same time, an ANBU with a black coat and a 'Ne' symbol on the forehead of his mask left to inform.

*ROOT headquarters*

"So, how did it went?" Danzo asked his subordinate that was bowing in front of him.

"Before I could capture the target, the Iwa shinobi appeared. And you said to not casualties Danzo-sama."

Danzo nodded "I see. We'll get another chance. But first, we need to get that, Deidara, out of the way."

And done! That was the second chapter of Artist of Konoha. The birthday part was based on 'The Overlooked Prodigy', I hope they aren't too similar. If they are, I apologize. Because I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Now, Danzo. He will be clue on the story, for his obsesion on getting Naruto's bloodline. He will start slowly approaching him starting next chapter. And that's all. Review that it is really important to me, next chapter I'll start answering reviews, PM me for any doubt or suggestions, remember to vote for the pairing, Follow and Favorite the story and me.

Till Next Time.

Roy D. Harper.

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