OTOGAKURE NINJA ACADEMY

Ironic how I chose Deidara to be one of the people to capture Gaara huh?
Whatever, I like Deidara.
I'm not too good with writing fight scenes, so I'll make it short.

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Chapter Twelve

"What do you think you morons are doing here" Suigetsu suggestively asked to the new threats. "Simple un, we want the good old Kazekage" the blonde Akatsuki member stated pointing to the red head. "Not a chance" Juugo yelled in an aggressive tone. "So we'll have to use force then?" the short member asked rhetorically.

The blonde summoned a large clay like bird using some unknown jutsu. "What the-" Jirobo said amazed. "Don't let him get away!" Kimimaro yelled as the blonde initiated his flight. The other two members scattered. "Sasori! Itachi! Watch it!" Deidara yelled as he flew in a safe distance. Tayuya automatically figured the blonde was a long-range fighter by the way he gained his distance like that.

The tough kunoichi attempted to stand from the ground, but fell down in a failed try. "Tayuya, don't hurt yourself!" Kidomaru said concerned for his teammate. "Ah shut it" she said as she pulled out her flute. "I only need this…"

"Okay guys" Karin nodded towards Juugo and Suigetsu. "Let's whoop their ass!" Suigetsu screamed. Juugo had the looks to kill. "Would you guys like to join the ass whooping-fest too?" Suigetsu asked Hinata. Hinata simply shook her head and got into a fighting position. "I'll help too" Sakon stated and backed up the Hyuuga.

The two Akatsuki members glared back at them. "I have this one Itachi" said the low voice that belonged to Sasori. "Whatever you say" came the cold reply from Itachi, and with that he disappeared in an instant. "Careful you guys! He is a human puppet!" Kankurou advised the ninja. "A puppet?" Karin thought out loud. They stared into the wooden structure of the suppose puppet master.

"I don't care what he is" Suigetsu said bravely. He drew a gigantic sword from his back and lifted it high above his head. "He's going down" he said flashing a smirk. "Hmph" Karin simply said in an unimpressed tone. "Where did the other one go?" Sakon asked. 'There!' Karin said as she pointed to the south. She didn't even take a glance in the direction, but knew the enemy was already battling Kimimaro, Anko and Sasame.

With the help of her Byakugan, Hinata turned around quickly enough in time to dodge a large, silver mechanical contraption that lunged her way. The tail like object took another aggressive swing towards them, but was frozen in its tracks by Suigetsu's sword.

Suigetsu gazed over at Karin to see if she was watching, but she was helping else where. "Juugo, go help out Kimimaro!" Karin ordered. Juugo immediately ran, and in turn, Sasame came to help out them. The puppet master stood stealth like, never once moving. 'This isn't going the way we planned. There are too many of them. This is pointless unless we can get our hands on him' Sasori thought fearfully to himself. His fear was well hidden from the dark lurks of his wooden exterior.

"What's this?" Deidara said quietly from the safety of his flying clay bird. Deidara could hear a soft melody being gently played, such a sound obviously came from a flute. The peaceful music soon took a turn as it was accompanied by the loud thumping noises of three mighty demon beasts. "This is not too good for me, yeah" the blonde said in a defeated tone. "Take that you shit" Tayuya muttered in between breaths on her flute. Kidomaru simply smiled knowing that this would obviously be the best way to deal with him at such a long range.

Ignoring the rage of Tayuya's demons, Kimimaro raged against the sharingan user along side Anko and Juugo. Itachi was not the shinobi to be messed with, but if you didn't stare directly at his blind sited eyes, you'd be fine. He was sure putting up one hell of a fight for being out numbered. Kimimaro was extremely skillful at Taijutsu, but he was still having troubles throwing in a good punch. He took a second to realize night had once again fallen, and they were already wasting too much time. He had no other choice but to end this now. "Juugo, Anko, NOW!" he cried.

With his command, all three teammates voluntarily activated the legendary cursed seals. This action caused Sakon, Tayuya, and Kidomaru to have theirs activated as well. The remainder of the group watched as each of the sound ninja transformed into devious and monstrous creatures, each having individual characteristics.

Without much effort, Itachi was being beaten to a pulp, which was all part of the strategy to have the cursed seal users gang up on him. Deidara fled from the forest in a bad condition in order to escape the beast's clutches, although, Itachi and Sasori still refused to leave.

Hinata was shocked to see her silver-haired shinobi teammate transform into such a disgusting looking creature, and worst of all, more the half of the others looked the same way, including Anko and Kimimaro. She was so stiff she couldn't even make a move when the tail's sharp point headed directly towards her.

The second level cursed seal Sakon and Ukon arrived just in time to save her. One of them turned around to wink at her, Hinata guessed it was Ukon. They both took a hold of the mighty tail and swung it around. Sakon signaled for Suigetsu to take a mighty swing, Hinata decided to help out by wielding her katana sword, and charge fully at the puppet that hung in the air. Two obstructive whacks were heard as they pierced through the puppet's main armor. Hinata smiled triumphantly as the hard protective shell cracked. Unfortunately, Sakon was stabbed by the large end point on the tail he was holding and cried out in pain. The puppet's eyes widened in horror, and then squinted.

"Itachi let's move!" Sasori yelled to his partner. Itachi nodded as Sasori left in a purple cloud of deep poison. Hinata and Suigetsu were immediately affected sense they were the closest. The other shinobi made sure the sand ninja were safe from harm and moved them away to safety. Hinata gagged a few times. She could feel her health slowly decreasing. Her shaky hands reached for the pouch she kept on her side. She reached for the poison antidote, but before she could apply it, she was knocked unconscious, leaving her with no last thoughts, but predictions of her possible untimely death.