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"Good work you two." Pein said as Deidara placed the girl's rigid figure on the floor, "She served us good." He nodded for them to leave.
They both left the room hesitantly before heading back towards their room.
Deidara did a run jump onto his lumpy bed, stretching his limbs like a cat.
Sasori placed Hiruko's shell in the corner before running his hands through his tousled red hair and turning towards his desk,
"Is that all you ever do, yeah?" Deidara's muffled voice came from the bed
"What?" Sasori continued finding parts for his newest puppet
"You know, work all the time? Art it supposed to fast and limited, un."
The red head turned to face him, a look of pure disbelief displayed on his face, "Are you serious? Art is all about lasting a lifetime, to be admired for years!" he shook his head, "you have so much to learn." A cynical sigh.
"And just what is that supposed to mean, yeah?" he rose from the bed and stepped next to the smaller man.
"It means that you are totally clueless about art." He turned to face the blonde, smirk widening.
Deidara's cheeks flushed and he placed his finger inches away from Sasori's face, "Don't lecture me about art, un! What the hell do you know?"
"I've lived twice as long as you, therefore I win by default."
"That's hardly a reason-."
"Listen kid, what business is it of yours?" he grabbed Deidara's wrist, "just shut up and leave me alone." His voice was almost menacing.
"S-sorry Danna..." Deidara took a step backwards tugging on the arm that Sasori was still griping tightly
Sasori grinned at the reaction he had raised from the young boy. Letting go of his wrist, noting the red mark he had left there, he returned back to his work.
There was an awkward silence that lasted well over ten minutes before Sasori finally spoke again,
"I'm going to train, want to come?" he raised a brow, face looking bored
"Hai!" Deidara scrambled to his feet in order to follow
III
Deidara circled his position for the third time, trying to catch Sasori before he struck for him again. He had already moulded his clay ready for the attack; all he needed now was the signal-
A footstep behind him caught his attention but he was still too slow. He spun to see Hiruko about one metre behind him, the surprise causing him to throw the piece of clay forwards before jumping back a respectable distance and shouting,
"Katsu!"
A loud and applaud able bang shook the trees around him and a smug grin surfaced his lips. When suddenly an object wrapped around his shoulders.
"Not fast enough." Sasori's voice whispered from behind him.
Deidara turned his head slightly to see that Hiruko's tail was neatly tucked around his body, the sharp end pointing dangerously close to his cheek.
"You know what your problem is? You suck at sensing chakra, I don't even understand how you became a Shinobi." He laughed coldly.
A quick flash was all it took for Deidara to feel the sharp metal of Hiruko's tail slicing against his flesh, leaving a sting in its wake.
Sasori moved away from Deidara as he recovered from his latest injury. He wiped his hand across his wound, a purple liquid oozed from it causing his stomach to lurch,
"What the hell is this, yeah?" he coughed
"Poison. Oh, and I don't have an antidote yet so I guess you will just have to survive until I make one."
Deidara's pupils immediately dilated and his skin turned a sickly blue colour as he started to cough again, his hand pulling tightly at his throat and chest as he struggled for air.
Sasori sighed as he used Hiruko's tail to pick up Deidara and carry him back to the base.
III
Deidara woke to a frightening pain coming from his abdomen and lower back; his feet had gone numb along with his fingertips and the rest of his lower body. His eyes scanned the room slowly, looking for some kind of life.
Slightly to left a small figure was knelt beside his bed, a loud rattle of a metal tray on the floor. Sasori raised his head so that Deidara could now see part of his face as he fiddled with something on the tray. After a few seconds he brought up his hands and encased in them was a small needle with a green liquid inside it. Noticing that Deidara was now awake he smiled a little,
"Finally, you're awake! Leader would probably murder me if I killed another partner," he shrugged "but that doesn't matter now because I have an antidote." He quickly shoved the needle into one of Deidara's numb legs.
"You've been asleep for over four days and the poison has defiantly paralysed you from the waist down, but, I did get some good research from this." A smirk painted on his lips.
"Paralysed? But Danna-."
"Don't worry; the antidote will fix all of that." He moved away from the bed and disposed of the needle.
"Bastard." The blonde croaked
"I can just as easily suck the poison back out of you..." he warned
"You wouldn't dare, un." He sighed
Sasori levelled himself so that he was now facing Deidara's leg, a small hole could be seen where he had injected the boy. He made a glance towards Deidara whose breathing had now quickened.
Sasori's soft lips connected with Deidara's skin and began to pull out the poison, until he was grabbed by a large hand and pushed backwards,
"Hey now, don't do anything too hasty, yeah." Deidara caught his breath
Sasori rose from the floor and stepped towards his desk where he wrote down the results of his antidote.
Deidara sat up hesitantly; expecting pain to be remaining from the poison, but was surprised when only a small sting approached from his legs.
"Thank you danna, I mean you poisoned me in the first place and got me into all this," he looked into Sasori's amused eyes, "anyway, you know what I mean!" he shrugged.
"To be fair, on my defence I didn't think the poison would be that strong." He grinned
"That's no excuse, un!" the blonde snapped, hands on his hips.
"Well, maybe I should make it up to you..." Sasori grabbed both of Deidara's wrists and pushed him firmly against the wall.
"D-Danna-."
Sasori ran his nose against the boy's cheek until his lips met his ear, he whispered quietly,
"We have to leave; a new base has been prepared."
Deidara had just enough time inhale part of Sasori's scent before the redhead moved away back towards his desk, leaving Deidara staring blankly at the wall in front of him.
III
There were at least three unknown Nin following Sasori and Deidara. They both continued on throughout the forest until the forceful chakra got overwhelming.
"Danna what should we do, un?" the boy huffed
Sasori thought for a while before answering,
"Split up, then approach from behind." He said sternly before disappearing.
Deidara turned right towards the trees and circled backwards behind the pursuers. To the side he could see Sasori – In Hiruko's shell- moving flawlessly and wondered how he could move so freely in such a big puppet.
The pursuers were two men and one female, all from the sound village.
Sasori gave him a slight nod, signalling to attack before speeding ahead. Deidara pounced downwards like a stealthy cat, landing heavily on one of the men. The sound Nin gave out a startled roar and pushed Deidara away from his body.
Deidara landed quietly next to the Sasori, who was waiting across from the Nin. Once the three of them hand regained their stances the female spoke first,
"Where is Hiro Shin, secret spy of the Hokage?" the small girl shouted fiercely
Sasori's eyes widened before he answered, "Secret spy of the Hokage?"
"The Hokage used Hiro to infiltrate the Akatsuki base and gain important Intel." The dark haired man sounded
"That Bitch-."
"Tell us where she is!" the fair hair man screamed
"That failure died long ago." Sasori sighed
"Well then, we have no choice but to kill you."
"Deidara..." the redhead looked bored, "Hurry up, you know I hate waiting..." he started to walk away
"Hey wait-!"
Deidara threw forward three small clay bombs, too small to be seen at first glance, and they landed carefully on the sound Nin.
He jumped back quickly before shouting, "Katsu!"
The explosion that hit was so strong that it shook any nearby trees, and the shockwaves blew Deidara's hair from his face.
He turned and joined Sasori, knowing that there was no way any human could have escaped that blast.
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-Jesika