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"Kyuubi"
Chapter 5
Art is a Bang
Naruto finally woke up after passing out at the entrance of Iwagakure. It was early in morning.
"You're finally awake. You've been asleep for a while, now." said Yasuko.
"What happened?" said Naruto as he was getting out of his sleeping bag.
"You passed out right when we got here. Now let me ask you a question. Where did that red chakra come from?" said Yasuko.
"Um…..Let's take a look around the village." said Naruto.
Naruto got up and ran outside of the inn they were staying at. Yasuko ran after him.
"Naruto, answer my question!" yelled Yasuko.
"Sorry, I can't hear you!" Naruto yelled back.
Both were running through the city. Yasuko was still trying to catch up to Naruto. Soon after, she gave up and waited for Naruto to slow down. A few minutes later, Yasuko was able to catch up to Naruto.
"If you didn't want to answer my question, you could've just said so. Well, where are we going to go now?" said Yasuko.
"I'm going to get some more supplies. You can go looking around the village if you want to." said Naruto.
"You said you wanted to look around the village." said Yasuko.
"I'll meet up with you after I'm done getting the supplies." said Naruto.
Yasuko went looking around the village. The village was very beautiful. The mountains carried a stream from its peak to the village. Many cherry blossom trees grew near the stream. Colorful flowers grew in the streets of the village. Yasuko sat down under a cherry blossom tree and fell asleep.
Naruto went searching through the village for a food store that sold ramen. There was only one store in the entire village that sold ramen. It was all the way at the end of the village. Naruto bought seven cases of ramen and a pack of water bottles. When Naruto came out of the store, he noticed a flyer about an art show.
'Maybe Yasuko and I could go today.' thought Naruto.
Naruto took the flyer and went back to the inn.
Yasuko woke up an hour later. She also went back to the inn.
"Hey Yasuko. Where were you?" asked Naruto.
"I took a nap near the stream." replied Yasuko.
"Oh, Ok. Look at this flyer. There's supposed to be an art show in the center of the village today. Do you want to go?" said Naruto.
"Sure, that sounds like fun." said Yasuko.
Both of them left an hour later for the art show. When they got there, they saw wonderful works of art. There were paintings and sculptures made of many materials.
"Wow. These paintings are beautiful." said Yasuko.
"I like this sculpture." said Naruto.
Naruto was admiring the sculpture that looked like a giant eagle.
"Thank you for your comment on my sculpture." said a man standing near the sculpture.
The man was wearing a hood over his head and gloves on his hands.
"Um….You're welcome." said Naruto.
As Naruto and Yasuko walked away, the man stepped behind the sculpture.
"Fools. If I want to get into the Akatsuki, this art show has to end in a bang…ummm!" said the man.
Naruto and Yasuko continued looking at more art. Naruto noticed many sculptures that looked like the bird sculpture they saw earlier.
'That guy must have a lot of time on his hands if he was able to make this many sculptures.' thought Naruto.
Naruto went closer to one of the sculptures. He could see that it took a long time to make. When he came closer, he smelled something familiar.
Flashback
Naruto was walking back home after finishing his work at the Academy. He got to his apartment, unlocked the door, and went inside. When he was inside, there was a strong smell in the air.
'What's that smell?' thought Naruto.
Suddenly, the apartment exploded. Apparently, there were C-4 explosives planted in Naruto's apartment.
End of Flashback
"Yasuko, come over here for a sec." said Naruto.
"What?" asked Yasuko.
"Stand near this sculpture." said Naruto.
Yasuko walked up to the sculpture.
"Do you smell anything?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, the sculpture sort of smells like gun powder." said Yasuko.
"I think this is made out of C-4 clay. Someone nearly destroyed my apartment using this stuff." said Naruto.
"This is really bad. I saw at least fifty sculptures like this one. We need to find the guy who made these sculptures." said Yasuko.
Naruto and Yasuko searched the entire city looking for the person who made all the C-4 sculptures. The last place they checked was the entrance of the village.
"He has to be here. We checked everywhere in the village and we still haven't found him." said Yasuko.
"Look! There he is!" cried Naruto.
The man was about to leave the village before Naruto created four shadow clones to block the exit.
"What's going on…ummm?" said the man.
"We know the sculptures are made of C-4. What the heck is wrong with you?!" shouted Yasuko.
"So you know about the C-4…ummm?" asked the man.
"Yeah. Why are you doing this?!" yelled Naruto.
"Why do you need to know…ummm?" asked the man.
"Because you're about to kill thousands of innocent people!" yelled Yasuko.
"Who are you?" asked Naruto.
"I am Deidara." said Deidara.
"You better not start those explosives or else!" yelled Naruto.
"Or else, what…ummm?" asked Deidara.
"Ninja Art; Nerve Confusion!" shouted Naruto.
Naruto appeared behind Deidara and shot a small amount of chakra into his head.
"Huh? That's it? You're really weak…ummm!" said Deidara.
Deidara tried to move his arm and one of his legs kicked into the air.
"W-What's happening…ummm?" said Deidara.
"The technique I used was called Nerve Confusion. By attacking the base of the brain with chakra converted into electricity, I am able to change the brain's movement signals to the arms and legs." said Naruto.
"What?! You mean I'm stuck like this?!" shouted Deidara.
"It only lasts for an amount of time. By the time your body's back to normal, the bombs would already be out of the village." said Naruto.
Near the location of Deidara
"Hm. Looks like Deidara isn't worthy of joining the Akatsuki." said a mysterious voice.
"No Kisame. Deidara already informed me of his plan. He made certain precautions in case a situation like this happened." said another voice.
"Deidara is just a boy. Why is he joining the Akatsuki so early, Itachi?" said Kisame.
"Because of his special ability." said Itatchi.
Location of Deidara
Deidara started to laugh.
"My bombs are activated by voice command. All I have to do is say the secret word and the bombs explode…ummm." said Deidara.
Yasuko ran toward the village center. Yasuko told everyone about the bombs. No one believed her. She took most of the sculptures out of the art show.
"Hey! Bring back those sculptures!" said a man chasing Yasuko.
The man chased her for at least five minutes before activating a trap that Yasuko had placed for him. A rope wrapped around the man's leg and hung him upside-down.
Back at the exit of Iwagakure
'Where is Yasuko? My Jutsu is about to wear out.' thought Naruto.
Yasuko was seen carrying a large bag.
"Bang!" yelled Deidara.
Suddenly, the bag exploded.
"Yasuko!!" yelled Naruto.
"Now your friend is gone and you're next!" yelled Deidara walking over to Naruto.
'Oh no! My Jutsu wore out!' thought Naruto.
Deidara removed his gloves, revealing mouths on each hand. Deidara took some clay out of his pouch, and the mouths on his hands formed the clay into small insects. Deidara walked unsteadily toward Naruto, still under the effect of the Nerve Confusion technique. It wasn't as powerful as it was when the full effect took place.
"I'm going to finish you off…ummm!" said Deidara.
'No…I won't let him do this! Kyuubi, please, I'm not asking for much, just give me enough power to protect the people of Iwagakure, please!' pleaded Naruto in his thoughts.
"Fine. You better not get us killed, kid." said Kyuubi.
The strange sensation filled Naruto's body once more. Red chakra surrounded his body. He also gained the momentary appearance of a fox.
"I will destroy you!!" yelled Naruto.
Naruto charged at Deidara at an incredibly high speed. Naruto scratched Deidara's face with his claws. Deidara threw an insect bomb at Naruto. It made a huge explosion.
"Hm. Stupid kid…ummm." said Deidara.
Naruto suddenly leapt out of nowhere and threw eight kunai at Deidara. Five of them hit his chest. Deidara started screaming. He held a spot on his chest where his heart was supposed to be. A kunai had landed there as well. Naruto noticed a large tear in his shirt. On Deidara's chest he noticed a scar, sown together with strand writings around it.
'That scar must be extremely sensitive. That's probably why he's screaming.' thought Naruto.
Deidara got back up and was still willing to fight. Naruto and Deidara fought for at least an hour. Naruto kept aiming for the scar. He would sometimes put some of the red chakra in the kunai to make the hit more effective. Deidara would send many bug and bird bombs to quickly expose of Naruto. Naruto would create a shadow clone or a shield of chakra to protect himself.
Deidara was running at Naruto and stepped on a trap wire. Millions of needles came out of nowhere and hit Deidara in every single part of his body. Deidara collapsed from the severe pain he felt on his chest.
"Nailed him!" yelled Yasuko.
"Yasuko, your alive!" happily yelled Naruto.
"I used a Substitution Jutsu. Are you okay Naruto?" said Yasuko.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" asked Naruto.
"You look like a fox." said Yasuko.
Suddenly, two men in black cloaks with red clouds on them appeared. One of them grabbed Deidara by his arms.
"Sorry, but we'll be taking him now." said the mysterious Itachi.
The three disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"I wonder what that was all about." said Yasuko.
The two men were already outside the mountain wall of Iwagakure.
"The leader will be glad to find out that we spotted the Nine-Tailed Fox." said Kisame.
"Let's help Deidara for now. To think he was dumb enough to fight the Kyuubi." said Kisame.
Back at Iwagakure, Naruto and Yasuko were packing their things.
"We need to go. Too bad though. This is a really nice village." said Yasuko.
"We need to start training for fights like this in the future." said Naruto.
"Naruto, you've been hiding something from me ever since we met. I think it's time to tell me what you've been hiding." said Yasuko.
