They hadn't been walking for very long when they heard a rustle in the bushes behind them. They all jumped and turned trying to find the source of the noise. Itachi spotted it first and ran towards the fallen Deidara. After the heat of the battle everyone had forgotten about Deidara's injured leg which seemed to have begun bleeding heavily since the group resumed their walk in the forest.
Deidara's face was very pale, almost white and he was shaking slightly.
"Guys...I think I'm fucking done for... I can't even see straight anymore..." he said.
"No Tobi can't let you die!" yelled Tobi and he started to shove every herb and leaf he could get his hands on in Deidara's mouth hoping to stumble into something with medicinal properties.
Kisame slapped Tobi across the head. "He's already bleeding no need to choke him to!" But the whole group understood how Tobi felt and they knew nothing more could be done. None of them knew enough medical ninjutsu to heal this much blood loss.
Deidara coughed out the plants and started to frown at Tobi but stopped as he saw how shaken his partner looked.
"You'll be alright... There's still four of you guys...I know you can still get that bitch.."
"Yes sir Deidara! Tobi will make sure the bitch is taken for you Deidara sir!" wailed the orange masked Akatsuki.
"Yeah," continued Sasori "We'll get her for you and we'll kill any leaf ninja that stands in our way." He looked into Deidara's eyes with his uncovered eye to show that he meant everything he said.
Deidara closed his eyes. "At least I can go knowing the fuckers that did this to me have been killed more than appropriately." he said with a faint smile.
They stayed by Deidara's side until they could no longer see his chest rise and fall. Hating to do so but knowing it was necessary to retain their cover, Itachi burned Deidara's bodie like he had done with those of Team 10. Tears were flowing out of under Tobi's mask and the group resumed their walk with noticeably less drive and speed.
They spent the next day walking in silence. Knowing they were approaching their objective but without feeling the same excitement that usually came with it. A few sentries had walked by them on the way but the group had managed to keep themselves out of sight without much effort due to the density of the woods they were walking through. Now they were facing the wall that surrounded the Leaf Village without a plan on how to proceed and not feeling like they could come up with one at the moment. They did the only thing they could. The group set up their camp hidden in the forest and hoped that the next day would bring with it inspiration on how to infiltrate the village and capture the jinchuriki.