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Chapter 3: The Magnet Style

Deidara couldn't help but smirk as Jishaku stared at him. Jishaku saw him reach his hand into his pouch and acted in response. The two containers on his sides opened up and out came a cloud of iron sand. He manipulated the iron sand to go at Deidara, who jumped up into the air to dodge. The large clay bird swooped in and caught Deidara on its back. It flew through the air as the iron sand chased after it. It even flew through the alleys of the village, but that did nothing in any attempt to slow the sand down. It did, however, gain the attention of a few Sand shinobi as they flew by.

"What in the world?" one asked.

As he flew, Deidara looked down at his palm to see it was still chewing.

"Not much longer now," he said.

He looked up in surprise to see the iron sand had somehow gotten in front of him. He flew up into the sky to dodge, but the iron was in hot pursuit. He looked down to see Jishaku was staring hard right at him.

"You're pretty good, aren't you? Ha."

Jishaku gathered the iron sand in front of him and formed it into a small upside down pyramid. He jumped onto it and flew up till he was leveled with Deidara.

Hm. That kid sure comes in handy, doesn't he? Deidara thought. "Tell me, how did you guess I was an intruder?"

"Easy, there aren't any birds like that one in this desert," said Jishaku.

"Is that so? Ha."

"Now let me ask you something, do you know where the Hidden Shadow Village is?"

(Insert Opening Here)

"The Hidden Shadow?" asked Deidara like he didn't know what Jishaku was talking about.

"We've received intel that you of the Akatsuki have been known to work for the Shadow."

"That right?" asked Deidara. "Sorry, kid, but the Shadow's the one who contacts us. I've got no idea where they are. Ha."

"Really?"

Meanwhile, back down on the roof, a shinobi's voice came.

"Hey, what's going on out there?" he asked as he came out. "Isn't anyone gonna tell me what's going-" He was cut off from shock though at the sight of the dead Sand shinobi with their face blown off. "Wha-What happened out here?" He looked up to see Jishaku in the sky facing off against Deidara. "Lord Kazekage."

In the Kazekage's manor, a teenage girl was sharing info on the situation with Yūra. She was around Jishaku's age. She had long green hair tied in a ponytail that went down to her back while she wore a rose dress with a slit up the left and the standard Sand shinobi jacket. On her head was a Hidden Sand headband.

"Well how the hell did this intruder get in the village? I thought you said you tightened security?"

"I did. Believe me, I'm just as surprised at this as you are. I'm waiting for a report on this from the men I had placed, but I've gotten nothing so far."

(At Sand Village Entrance)

"That blasted Deidara," said Sasori. "He had to make a circus out of it. Get on with it Deidara. You know I don't like to be kept waiting."

(Kazekage Office)

There was a knock on the door and the girl called.

"Hey Jishaku? You in there?" She opened the door to find it empty of people though. "Oh come on. He's gone now of all times?"

"Kogeta!" came a shinobi. "Ma'am, the Kazekage is fighting in the sky above the village!"

"He's what?!" She ran to one of the windows to indeed see Jishaku fighting Deidara. "Jishaku."

"Well, so much for a covert operation. Hm," said Deidara. He smiled as he pressed the button on the device that covered his left eye. "At least this way, I don't have to go looking for you."

So he came here for me, huh? thought Jishaku. That's good. That means his attention will be on me.

He then lifted up both his hands, causing something that surprised Deidara. From a select spot in the village, iron sand that was hidden by being buried beneath regular sand rose up into the sky, increasing the amount of iron sand at Jishaku's disposal.

"Well, looks like he made preparations incase something like this happened. This could get messy. Ha." As he said that, his left palm continued to chew the clay.

(In the Hidden Leaf)

Sasuke saw kunai coming at him and jumped to dodge them.

"So he's over there," he said as he threw some shuriken in that direction.

Kakashi saw them and jumped out of the way. When he landed, he soon found a shadow beneath him and looked up to see Sakura falling towards him with her fist cloaked in chakra.

If that even touches me, I'm done for.

He again leaped out of the way, allowing the fist to make contact with the ground. Upon said contact, the ground beneath Sakura completely shattered. The two teens soon chased him back to where they first started. They all now stood there, facing each other out in the open.

"Alright then," said Kakashi. "Shinobi Battle Skill Rule Number 3." The two got into a ready stance for what was to come. "Ninjutsu!" He brought his hands together and moved them at alarming speeds.

The speed of his hand signs, thought Sakura.

How can he be that fast? thought Sasuke.

When Kakashi finished, he brought his hand to his masked mouth.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

He breathed out a large fireball at the two youths who were forced to jump to the sides to dodge. As he landed, Sasuke looked up to see, at the head of the giant ditch made by the fireball, Kakashi was no longer there.

"Great, now where is he?" he asked as he looked around a bit. His attention was caught when he felt something grab his leg. He looked down to see Kakashi's hand coming out of the ground.

"Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu!"

Not again! Sasuke thought as he was dragged down into the ground. Kakashi jumped out of the ground and looked at his handiwork with Sasuke's head sticking out of the ground and an annoyed look on his face. "Very funny, Kakashi. Chidori Stream!"

There was a large electrical explosion that tore up the ground around Sasuke. Kakashi watched as he jumped over his head and landed behind him. As he stood there, his whole body was covered in lightning.

He's emitting Chidori from his entire body, Kakashi thought.

Sakura soon joined him and the two charged towards Kakashi. In response, Kakashi sped through more hand signs and jumped back so that he was standing on the water's surface.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

The water around Kakashi rose up and took on the form of a dragon. The beast dove towards Sasuke and Sakura who appeared to be washed away by the water. When the water cleared, neither Sasuke or Sakura were anywhere to be seen. Kakashi was feeling somewhat relieved at that as he needed a moment to catch his breath. With the two young ninjas, they were currently jumping through the tree branches to put some distance between them and Kakashi.

"Fire Style, Earth Style, and now Water Style," said Sasuke. "It's one right after the other. Only Kakashi could have that many tricks up his sleeve."

"Well, they don't call him the Copy Ninja for nothing," said Sakura. "He's giving us an expert lesson in just how good he really is."

With the spectators, they were still enjoying the show.

"Looks like this could take a while," said Orochimaru.

"I'm starting to get worried," said Kabuto.

"Don't be," said Tsunade. "They still have plenty of time before sunrise."

"True," said Shizune.

"In fact, just watch. I've a feeling it'll be over sooner than you think."

(In the Hidden Sand)

Kogeta was running to the roof tops with a group of Sand shinobi behind her. Ounce they got there, they all looked up to see the battle. Jishaku morphed the iron sand to look like lizard heads with long necks that exploded when they bit down on the clay birds, only to reform shortly after.

"Jishaku," said Kogeta.

Deidara continued to fly around on his clay bird with his hands still in his pouches as the large black lizard head chased after him, its mouth open and ready to bite down.

"Yes, it's almost time. Ha," he said.

When his palms were done chewing, they spat out the clay which Deidara molded into three birds each. He continued to fly around as the lizard head continued to chase after him. Ounce he got a chance to rest, he and Jishaku just stared at each other.

"The real fun's about to begin. Hm," he said.

Jishaku responded by having the lizard head lunge at him, which Deidara dodged. He through three of the birds out, which grew bigger in a puff of smoke, and had them fly around. They continued until they each came into contact with some of the iron sand flying around. Deidara sent out the other three and the same thing happened.

Odd explosives that are accurately guided to their targets, thought Jishaku. Are these ninja tools or some kind of weird Jutsu?

Deidara put his hands back in his pouches as he continued to smile.

"Think I'm getting the hand of this. Hm."

(In the Hidden Leaf)

Sasuke and Sakura hid behind a tree together to catch their breaths.

"I shouldn't be surprised but that Sharingan of his is something else, isn't it" asked Sakura.

"No kidding," Sasuke answered.

"And his hand signs are faster than the human eye can follow. There's no way we'll ever be able to get past them. We don't have a chance of getting near those bells unless we can slow down his hands somehow."

"This is the kind of thing you'd expect of Kakashi," said Sasuke. "He's smarter than Shikamaru, his sense of smell is sharper than Kiba's, his Sharingan's stronger than mine, his Taijutsu's better than Lee's, and he has way more experience than any of us. All of us in one."

"Ok, but even Kakashi-sensei has to have some kind of weakness. He has to, right?"

Sasuke closed his eyes and began to think.

At a time like this, he thought, you might find the difficult question has a simple answer.

Sasuke thought for a bit until he opened his eyes with a smile on his face.

Meanwhile, Kakashi was also hiding behind a tree to catch his breath.

"I never thought they'd give my Sharingan such a workout, but I should be able to hold them off till sunrise. Still got plenty of shuriken, and kunai, and Make-Out Tactics." He then reached for the book he had in his pouch but stopped himself before he could grab it. "No, I better not. It's not like the old days, when I could fight them off and read a book at the same time. But I'm dying to know what happens. It's obvious the main character has some sort of dark secret that's about to be revealed. Man, this is killing me. I don't know if I can wait."

Back with Sasuke and Sakura, the girl saw the smile on the boys face.

"Sasuke? I take you've thought of something?"

"Sakura, listen up," he said. Sasuke went and told her his plan.

"Gasp Of course! I get it. That's brilliant!"

"All you need to do is think about it and it's obvious."

"If you're right, that'll be the one moment where we won't have to worry about his hand signs or his Sharingan."

"And that's when we strike."

"Sasuke, you really are a guinness!"

Back with Kakashi.

"I was so impressed with how much those two have improved I let myself get carried away. From now on I'm gonna wait and let them make the first move."

"No sense just standing around here," said Sasuke. "It's time for us to make the first move."

"Well ok. Let's do it," said Sakura.

(In the Hidden Sand)

Deidara was still flying around on his bird as the lizard head made of iron sand chased after him. He took his hands out of his pouches and molded the clay into two birds that were longer than the others.

"Now then…" he said.

He through and birds out which grew in size. He then made a hand sign.

"This time, with feeling!"

As the clay birds flew toward him, Jishaku responded by having some of the iron sand try to grab them before they could reach him. With their quick movements though, they managed to get close to him. When they were close enough, Deidara had them explode. The blast being so big that it seemed to have completely swallowed up Jishaku.

"Jishaku!" cried Kogeta.

(In the Hidden Leaf)

As Kakashi lay in wait, he smelled something with his nose.

"They're here," he said as he got up.

Sasuke and Sakura then leaped out of the tree leaves and were flying right at Kakashi.

"A frontal attack, huh?" he asked. "Getting a little over confident, aren't you?"

"Now, Sasuke!" cried Sakura.

"Hey, Kakashi! Guess what?!" cried Sasuke. "I know the final plot twist of Make-Out Tactics!" That caught Kakashi's attention in an instant.

"Wh-What?! No! NO!"

"Turns out the hero is actually-"

"No! Shut up! I don't wanna here!" Kakashi quickly brought his hands up to cover his ears, not wanting that ending of his book to be ruined. Unfortunately, he soon realized that it didn't help much when he saw Sasuke's mouth still moving. "Oh no! Because of the Sharingan, I can still read his lips!" He quickly closed his eyes to counter this. Not long after, when nothing happened, he opened his eyes to see Sasuke and Sakura looking at him while smiling. "Wha? Oh." He soon realized they were both holding a bell in their hands.

"A ninja must see through deception," said Sasuke.

"Isn't that right, Sensei?" asked Sakura as she flashed a peace sign.

"Ha. I deserve that," he said as the three of them began to laugh.

(In the Hidden Sand)

As the smoke cleared, Deidara saw that in Jishaku's place was a large black ball. Flouting right next to it was an eye.

"It's like he's encased himself inside a cocoon." It's amazing he survived the blast, thought Deidara. If he survived it. Hm.

It was then that he noticed that a large amount of iron sand was rising up from below him and started to surrounded him as it took the form of a palace.

"Magnet Style: Palace Prison!"

(Insert Ending)

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