Okay, people! Once again remember that I'm still learning on the whole fighting scene's thing, so don't expect a great work of art, here. I hope you enjoy. If you don't, sorry!
Kakashi landed on a tree branch, and looked down at Pakkun, who was on the ground, his nose high in the air, sniffing. "Something wrong?", he asked the dog.
"No. Sakura came by here recently, though", Pakkun informed him. The dog took a final sniff, before he sped off to where his nose led him. Kakashi immediately jumped off his tree branch, and ran through the tree's, following Pakkun.
After a few minutes, Kakashi and Pakkun suddenly stopped, as the sound of an explosion was heard, letting them know how close they were. Kakashi looked down at Pakkun, who in turn looked up at him, questioningly. "Stay here", Kakashi said, shortly. He jumped into the next tree, and ran through a few tree's, before he landed in a sturdy tree, and surveyed the clearing before him.
Deidara was high above, standing on another one of his clay birds, while Sakura stood in the middle of the clearing, glaring up at the man above. Kakashi took a quick scan of the clearing, looking for Sasuke, but he couldn't see any sign of him. He sighed, a little relieved that the raven wasn't in the line of danger.
"Sakura", Kakashi called.
Sakura and Deidara both turned their hands to look at him, surprised at his sudden entrance. Kakashi ignored Sakura, and looked up at Deidara, who glared down at him, before smirking. "I guess you got past Kisame, un. I can't wait to tell Leader-Sama he failed", Deidara said.
"If you survive this fight", Kakashi said, lightly, before he looked down at Sakura, "Sakura, find Sasuke"
Sakura glared up at him, as she gripped her hands tightly together. "No deal, Kakashi! I may have left you before, but this one's my fight. You find Sasuke", Sakura told him. Before Kakashi could stop her, Sakura jumped up, towards Deidara, her fist posed, ready to deliver a lethal blow.
The bird swerved to the right, before Sakura could hit him. Deidara threw two of his creations at Sakura, and they poofed into two birds that quickly flew at her. She jumped down, away from the birds, and landed on the ground, before jumping into the tree's, as the birds followed her. One exploded close to her, but not close enough to do any damage, as she continued to dodge the second one.
While Sakura was running from the little clay bird, Kakashi let his attention drift upwards on Deidara, who was smirking down at Sakura, proudly. Kakashi took out a kunai, and jumped up towards Deidara. He threw the kunai at the bomber. The kunai dug into the back of Deidara's arm, driving a surprised yelp from him. Deidara whipped his head around, just as Kakashi punched Deidara in his face.
Deidara fell off his bird, and fell into the tree's, disappearing. Kakashi glared at where Deidara disappeared, before he looked at the clay bird that rose high in the air, away from him. He landed on a tree branch, and jumped down to the ground, as Deidara jumped out of the tree's, and up into a tree branch. Sakura flew out of the tree's, and her fist collided with the ground, heavily, breaking the ground up.
Kakashi jumped out of his tree, and flew at Deidara, who jumped back, into another tree. Kakashi barely set his foot on the branch where the bomber had stood, before he pushed off, chasing Deidara. A pink blur flew past him, as Sakura threw her fist at Deidara, who barely managed to dodge it, as a poor tree was smashed to pieces.
While Sakura smashed the tree, Kakashi quickly performed the hand signs for the first jutsu that came to mind, before he lifted his hand to his mouth. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu", he said. Flames of fire emitted from him, and engulfed Deidara in it's flames.
Deidara jumped out of the flames, unexpectedly, and threw one of his clay birds at him. Kakashi fell back, avoiding the bird, when it exploded larger than he thought it would, throwing him to the ground. Kakashi hit the ground, causing him to groan at the impact. Damn bomber.
He quickly pushed himself to his feet, and looked up into the tree's, an eerie silence settling upon him, as the forest grew quiet. Neither Sakura or Deidara were in his line of vision. Kakashi took out a kunai from his weapon's pouch, and put his back to a tree, as he examined the area, making sure no one would be able to catch off guard.
Kakashi snapped his head towards his left, as he heard quiet footsteps, before the footsteps died down suddenly. He kept a suspicious ear on where he had heard the footsteps, before scanning the area again. Wherever the other two were hiding, they were doing a thorough job of it. A shadow fell on Kakashi, as his visible eye flickered up to it. Deidara's large clay bird flew over him, devoid of it's creator.
Like a cat, Kakashi leaped up into a tree, and jumped to the top of it, as he used his chakra to help him balance upon it. He crouched down, and watched the bird for a minute. It was unusual that the bomber had completely abandoned his bird, without blowing it up first.
Before anyone could see him, Kakashi jumped back down into the tree's, and down to the ground. He leaned his back against a tree, and held his kunai out, ready to attack if needed. He listened to the silence, trying to find any and every tiniest sound that would alert him to where Deidara and Sakura were, but the forest seemed to be asleep.
After a few minutes of maddening silence, Kakashi finally heard something, as a song of victory drifted through his head. He threw his kunai towards the noise, just as Sakura jumped out of the tree at him, her fist headed his way. Kakashi's eyes grew wide, as he quickly jumped to the side. Sakura's fist destroyed the tree, before she stopped and looked at him, smiling sheepishly.
"Sorry, Kakashi", she said, laughing nervously, "You threw that kunai, and I thought you were an enemy"
Kakashi sighed, and smiled at her with his eye. "No harm, no foul", Kakashi told her.
"Do you know where he is?", Sakura asked, as she turned her back to him, and looked around, cautiously.
"No… But he'll have to resurface sometime", Kakashi said. He pulled his hitai-ate up, exposing his Sharingan eye to the world. Kakashi examined the forest with his Sharingan, but couldn't see any trace of the Akatsuki member. "Sakura", he said, to gain her attention.
"Yes, Kakashi?", Sakura asked, quietly.
"Are you sure I can't persuade you to go find Sasuke? If Deidara's here with us, then he may be alone somewhere, but we still need to find him", Kakashi said, trying to reason with her. He turned his head to look at her, as she glared at him.
"I'm not running away from a fight, Kakashi. I care for Sasuke as much as you do - he's practically my brother. But this is my fight. If one of us is going find Sasuke, it's going to be you", Sakura told him, angrily.
Kakashi sighed, as he nodded, silently letting her know that her point had won. Sakura smiled brightly back at him, before her face grew serious, as she turned her back on him.
"Fine, then. You go that way, and I'll go this way. Do you think you'll be able to land a punch on him?", Kakashi asked.
"I'm not sure. Before you got here, I tried as hard as I could, but I just can't land a punch. Why? Do you have a plan?", Sakura asked, curiously.
Kakashi nodded to himself, seeing as she couldn't see him, while he looked up at the sky, as the paper bird flew over them again. "Earlier when he had his attention on you, I managed to hit him with a kunai… When we find him, I'll distract him, while you attack him. Got it?", Kakashi asked.
Sakura hummed in understanding, and Kakashi turned his eyes on her, as she jumped up, and disappeared into the tree's. He jumped up himself, in the opposite direction, and ran through the tree's, as he examined everything around him, searching for Deidara.
Kakashi stopped suddenly, as he heard an explosion from the opposite way. He smirked to himself, as he turned his head towards the sound. Sakura found him. Kakashi ran back that way, jumping through the tree's, until he stopped, before he could expose himself to the others. Deidara had found his way back on his bird, as it circled above Sakura, who was at the top of a tree, glaring at the bomber.
Kakashi thought quickly, searching for a way to distract Deidara. He smiled, amusedly, as he done the hand signs for the jutsu he was going to use. Sometimes, it was a nice thing to go the 'Naruto way' around things. "Shadow Clone Jutsu", he said, quietly, as four clones of himself appeared next to him.
His clones jumped up at Deidara, all four of them attacking the bomber. Deidara threw clay spiders at them, and before the clones could act, the spiders exploded in their faces. All four clones poofed away, destroyed by the explosions.
Kakashi jumped down to the ground, and summoned his ninja dogs, excluding Pakkun, who was still waiting somewhere in the forest. "Hold the blond one down as long as you can", Kakashi instructed them.
The dogs all barked wildly, before they flickered away. Kakashi jumped up high into a tree, and watched as the dogs attacked Deidara. "Hey, un! Stop it!", Deidara yelled, as the dogs sank their fangs into his arms and legs, trying to hold him down.
"Sakura!", Kakashi called.
"On it!", she called back to him. Sakura ran towards Deidara, before she jumped up into the air, and threw her fist at him. Deidara struggled against the dogs, while his bird swerved away from Sakura.
Sakura landed on a tree branch, before she jumped back up at Deidara, aiming her fist at him again. But the clay bird managed to avoid her again, while Deidara kicked off one of the ninja dogs, freeing one of his hands. He held his hand up, and murmured something, before a small explosion knocked the other dogs off of him.
The ninja dogs all fell to the ground, whining, just as Sakura jumped back into the air, her fist ready to strike. By some chance of luck that decided they deserved a break here, Sakura's fist hit, although it only hit the large bird.
The bird was crushed beneath her fist, and immediately fell to the ground, while Deidara quickly jumped off of it and landed in a tree. Sakura landed in a tree a few feet away from him, and ran at him, attacking him again. The bomber jumped back and threw one of his clay creations at her. Sakura's eyes went wide, and she went to jump away, but before she could the clay exploded. With a painful cry, Sakura was thrown back, and her back hit a tree, roughly.
"Sakura!", Kakashi yelled, worriedly.
"Sorry, un. But she shouldn't have attacked me", Deidara said, with a victory smirk.
Kakashi glared at the blond bomber, as he focused his chakra to his hand for Lightning Blade. He had already lost a lot of chakra from his fight with Kisame, but they needed to get rid of Deidara, so they could get to Sasuke.
Once Lightning Blade was ready, Kakashi ran at Deidara, who ran from him, and jumped through the tree's, avoiding the attack. When Kakashi got close enough, Kakashi thrust his hand forward, as well as his body, praying to whatever Kami's that were listening, that it would connect. Inches from the attack, Kakashi buried his hand deep into a tree, as Deidara jumped away, uninjured.
Kakashi growled mentally, as he took his hand back, and ran after Deidara, snatching out a few kunai. He threw the kunai at Deidara, who dodged each of them, before landing on a high tree branch. The bomber smirked down at Kakashi, and stuck his tongue out at him, laughing to himself.
Kakashi glared murder at him, and put his hands up, ready to do the hand signs for a jutsu, when he paused, watching Deidara. The blond bomber's eyes grew alarmingly wide, before scrunching his eyes shut, as he cried out. Deidara clutched at his stomach, as he turned his head, and looked over his shoulder at someone that Kakashi couldn't see from where he was standing.
"You!?", Deidara asked.
Okay! I hope you like this fighting scene. Although, I don't think it's the best in the world, it's probably one of my better ones. Sorry about all the cliffhangers, but I just love cliffhangers! Aishiteru!