It sure is windy today…
Dei: You ok Kari-chan?
I'm fine. Lack of sleep is probably getting to me. XD.
Saso: And yet, instead of sleeping, you start typing the next chapter?
Indeed. That's just how I am!
Dei: It's a good thing un. If not, you would never finish.
Very good point Dei! Disclaimer please?
Dei: Kari-chan doesn't own Naruto or anything previously owned!
I do own the plot! XD. On with the chap!
Chapter 15: The Odds
Hades was thrown across the room, the force that had suddenly burst from Sasori being too great for him to withstand. He grunted in pain as his head slammed against the wall. He looked up, his vision blurred due to the force of the blow, seeing a dark red glow coming from a figure by the window.
"You…" Hades heard Sasori say, his nephew's voice low, demonic. Hades had only heard a tone similar to that once…when Lucifer had found out who it was that had sent the Werewolves to Atisuto's home. "I will KILL you" Sasori himself seemed completely different; his hair was darker, more like blood. His bangs were casting a shadow over his eyes, but Hades could see the glowing red eyes and the ink black pupils. Sasori's fangs had also elongated.
But that wasn't the only difference.
Blood red bat wings were now extending from his back; a thin, red scorpion tail was moving threateningly behind him, and his nails had grown into sharp talons. Hades saw a strange glow coming from Sasori's chest (from under his shirt), where his heart was. It looked like a symbol…the glow was a strange contrast to Sasori's red, for it was blue. Hades only had a second to observe it before Sasori vanished and something came into contact with his face. He was sent flying into a wall, pieces of said wall falling on top of him.
Sasori walked over to the rubble slowly. He was sick of this. He had done nothing to Hades, nothing at all. But he still wanted to rip away everything he held dear. He had taken away his mother, his friends, and now….no…no...NO! Sasori focused his gaze on Hades, his rage beginning to consume him. Shooting his gaze to the left, Sasori sent Hades through another wall before bringing him back and slamming him into the ground.
This was the point where Hades decided he'd had enough of the games. Flames suddenly burst from the dirty blonde and shot at Sasori. With a strange new grace, Sasori moved to the side, side-stepping the attack and raised a hand at Hades. His black pupils dilated, a strange rumbling shook the mansion. Shuhan stood before Sasori, "Prince. Take this outside before you destroy my home." He said calmly. Sasori remained silent before vanishing. Shuhan turned as he heard a pain filled grunt and saw Sasori kick Hades out the front door…
~With our Favorite Blonde~
Power was suddenly flowing rapidly through Deidara's body, the dizzying effects of the Moon Silk vanished, and the familiar feeling of needing to be by Sasori's side was starting to drive stronger through him. He opened his eyes to reveal the silver orbs of a Wolf Demon. Itachi took a step back. What the hell was going on? There was no full moon tonight…
"What are you doing Itachi?" asked Kakuzu as his veins shot at Deidara, "He's weakened now! Kick his ass!" Itachi shook his head, his face blank as he watched Pein lunge at the blonde as well. They didn't notice the change, or the fact that Deidara was now walking towards them. No…they couldn't see the small details like Deidara's now silver eyes, or how he was looking up through his hair…
Itachi looked closer, suddenly seeing a strange red glowing coming from beneath Deidara's shirt. "What is….that?" he muttered. Pein jumped up, aiming a kick to Deidara's face. The blonde caught his foot easily. He swung him around once before tossing him into Kakuzu's veins. While Pein tried to untangle himself from the attack, Deidara continued walking forward. Hidan got to his feet shakily, looking at the wolf strangely. "Deidara?" he asked. Deidara looked up at Hidan with an un-amused glance. Hidan felt a shiver go down his spine as he saw a red glowing coming from the wolf's chest. "What the fuck is that?" he asked. Deidara blinked and looked down at his chest. He pulled on his shirt a little, the bright red glow shining on his face. "…heh…interesting…" he said. "What? What's interesting? What the hell man!"
Deidara looked up, "You wouldn't understand un." he said. There was a loud crash as someone grunted in pain. Deidara glanced to his right to see Hades flipping to his feet from the ground. "Hades is pissed off." He mused. Hidan blinked and turned to where Deidara was looking. It was true enough, shown by the flames that had now consumed Hades' head. Deidara snickered. It was really funny actually. Hades' looked so ridiculous with his head that way.
"ENOUGH!" he exclaimed, "I WILL NOT BE MADE A FOOL OUT OF BY A MERE BOY!" flames spewed from the man's hands into the air, as if he were trying to emphasize his anger. Hidan shivered. That Hades really freaked him out. He had remembered Itachi saying how Hades had left Deidara half dead…for someone to be even stronger than Deidara…it was a frightening thought.
On the other hand, Deidara wasn't the least bit intimidated by Hades' little display. He looked from the fire head to Shuhan's house, looking for his certain meaning of existence. "If Hades' hurt him…" he muttered. Hidan blinked again, "Wait, you think you can take him on? He fucking kicked your ass dude!" Was Deidara insane? Probably, but that didn't matter to the wolf. All he cared about was making sure Sasori was safe.
He started towards Hades, intent on ending this little game once and for all, when said man turned to him. Hades laughed maniacally, "Oh look, you're still able to move!" he laughed, "No matter…" he seemed to calm down a bit as he pulled out a long, white whistle with silver trimmings. In the dark night, it seemed to glow. Deidara narrowed his eyes at the man, "What do you expect to do with that Hades?" he asked, "I'm not a werewolf. Whistles don't work on me un." Hades' chuckled before blowing on the whistle once more. Deidara heard growls and frowned. "I never said I was trying to control you dear boy…" explained Hades.
Itachi, having heard them, turned. "Of course…" he whispered as he saw Hades' army of Werewolves starting to emerge from the shadows. He frowned and looked over to Kisame. The shark frowned as well. "This isn't a fair fight anymore…" he said. Itachi nodded in agreement. There were only two guardians; there was no need to bring in the whole army…though…Deidara was proving to be full of surprises…
With a gulp, Hidan searched around for his scythe. Where the hell had that thing ended up? "To your left, nine o'clock." The silver hair jumped and elbowed Kisame in the stomach. The shark grunted in pain, "Must you? I'm trying to help you man!" Hidan blinked at the shark and turned in the direction he had mentioned. He saw his scythe thrown carelessly on the cement. "Oh…wait…why?" asked the albino. Kisame shrugged, a grim expression on his face. "Well…I don't like the odds against you…" the blue man watched as half of the werewolves went pass them and headed for the blonde guardian, "Deidara is tough…but everyone has their limits…"
With a grim face, Hidan nodded. This wasn't a fight they could win…no matter how hard they had trained, there were just way too many. He thought of when Hades came up to him two weeks ago. He had been so pissed off that his car was stolen and that he had been made a fool out of by the kid he had tormented for most of his life as he walked down the dark alley that he had used as a short cut to his apartment. When Hades came and asked him if he wanted payback on the little blonde shit, he had agreed without even thinking of the consequences…he had been an idiot. This was something he didn't understand, and when he finally realized what was actually going on, he felt too guilty to help Hades anymore. Yeah, he and Deidara didn't really get along, but to try and kill Sasori when he didn't even know what he really was? That was just low.
A werewolf lunged at the albino, only to have Hidan's foot meet its face. As another one came at him, Kisame shouted, "HEADS UP!" Hidan looked up and saw his scythe flying towards him. He jumped up and once the weapon was in his grasp he started a battle which he himself felt had no hope of being won…
Deidara spun a roundhouse kick at the first werewolf to reach him before he saw a shadow lunge at Hades. He blinked as he noticed that the figure looked like Lucifer when he was pissed. After another second of wondering, he realized that it was Sasori, but couldn't put more thought into as he was surrounded by about fifty or sixty werewolves. One of them laughed, though it sounded more like a growl in this state, and converted back into a human. Deidara frowned, "Hello Imori. Long time no see, mongrel." Imori had dark brown hair that looked like he had been in a tornado, not even falling into his face. His eyes were a dark grey and his fangs peeked out from his smirking mouth. He was muscular, way more muscular than Deidara. But Deidara just frowned at him. These mongrels were in his way. Imori smirked, "Hello Deidara. How's life as a pet?" he asked. Deidara shrugged, "I wouldn't know. I'm no pet un." Imori frowned and rose to fingers to his lips, letting out a loud whistle.
Deidara saw, out of the corner of his eye, as even more werewolves came. They seemed to just morph from the shadows…the blonde smirked. "You think that scares me? I have a few tricks of my own." Imori scowled before he went for Deidara's throat. The blonde grabbed his wrist and flipped him into the air. He ducked to the side as another mongrel came at him. Imori transformed into his ugly form. "Of course. Hades gave you the ability to morph when you want…" He said. Deidara heard a noise and looked up to see a bunch of them leap into the air, a deadly look in their eyes.
And they slammed into each other, face first. Imori growled, "Where'd he go?" "Over here!" The werewolves turned to see Deidara standing next to Zero. "It seems that we have arrived in the nick of time." Stated the warlock. Deidara laughed, "Yea, thanks. But…how many are there? I mean, I know you said there were still followers if Lucifer around…" Zero smirked, "Yes. There are still quite a few." He snapped his fingers and a gust of wind blew around them. Deidara's eyes widened as he saw a large group of people standing before him.
They were knelt before him, the one in front looking up at him. He had shaggy, pale blonde hair and pale blue eyes and was dressed in what Deidara knew was the armor of Lucifer's old army. The cloth was red, the armor itself was black and guarded the more vital areas of the body. The man knelt before Deidara had a black sword strapped to his back. "General Katsu, it's an honor to finally meet you, the son of the great Atisuto-sama." He said, bowing his head as he spoke.
Taken aback, Deidara stuttered, "Uh, y-yea. Wait, General?" The man chuckle, "Indeed. As the guardian of Prince Sasori, you are automatically the Head General of this army. It is also your birth right due to the fact that you are the son of General Atisuto." Deidara stared at the man for a moment before he looked down at his necklace. The glowing on his chest had faded, though the sapphires in the words that made up his necklace were now shining brightly. He looked back up, his eyes ablaze with determination. "All right then! I…heh, I'm really grateful to you all for coming. I was in a real problem when you got here. As you can see, Hades and his army are a lot for just a few of us to handle, and your assistance is highly appreciated." Deidara looked beyond them, "Thank you. Now, LET'S KICK SOME WEREWOLF ASS!" There were some cheers as the group vanished, off to attack Hades' men.
Turning, Deidara was taken aback as he saw a young man with silver hair (the tips were blue) and the armor of Lucifer's army. He chuckled, "Do not seem so shocked my boy. After all, a warlock can change in appearance whenever he desires." Deidara laughed at Zero's response before the warlock vanished.
Deidara smirked. You wanted a fight Hades? You just got one. Deidara turned back to where Sasori was fighting, seeing the red headed prince dodge a blast of fire. "Sasori-no-danna…" Deidara headed towards them, only to have a shadow stop before him. "So you're my cousin's guardian?" Deidara looked into amber eyes. "Cousin?" Deidara questioned before a blade appeared at his throat. "Oh. Hades' son." He mused. He had the same dirty blonde hair, though his eyes were a glowing yellow instead of red. He wore black clothes with fire designs on them. He smirked at Deidara widely, pressing the blade to the blonde wolf's neck. Deidara felt a trickle of blood go down his throat and sighed. He didn't have time for this.
"It'd be best if you moved on Yami." He told the dirty blonde before him. Yami smirked, "You think that I'm afraid of a mere Guardian? You're highly mistaken." Deidara sighed, "I don't have time for you un." That got Yami to scowl. How dare this blonde treat him so lightly? He'd have to teach him a lesson. Yami gathered flames in his hand, shooting them at Deidara. The guardian leaped into the air, pulling out Tobi's crossbow and taking aim. Yami smirked, doing a back flip and kicking the crossbow out of Deidara's hands.
Deidara glared at the other teen, his claws appearing just as he slashed at him. Yami moved back, dodging and kicking Deidara to the ground. The wolf moved to get back to his feet, only to have Yami's foot slam into his back. "You're distracted guardian. That means you'll die." Damnit…I can't die this way… thought Deidara as Yami slammed his foot into his spine again. Deidara bit back a yell as he heard the sound of a blade being unsheathed. He ground his teeth. This was a really bad predicament. "Say goodbye little puppy." Deidara looked up as Yami raised his blade…
And saw an arrow go through his arm. Yami hissed in pain before a figure kicked him off of the blonde wolf. Deidara's eyes widened. For a fraction of a second, he saw Tobi, crossbow in hand. He seemed to hold a hand out to him. Deidara blinked and Tobi was gone, Hidan taking his place and asking, "You all right blondie?" Could that have been…a message from Tobi? Thought Deidara as he took the albino's hand. "I'm fine Hidan…Thanks." Hidan nodded and they both turned to where Yami had landed. The dirty blonde was getting to his feet, left hand clenched on the arrow driven into his right shoulder. "So Deidara has a new friend does he? Hmph. I guess I'll have to take care of you both."
"I think not." Deidara turned to meet faded blue eyes. "Soubi... what r u doing here un?" Soubi smirked, "Well, I wasn't about to let my little cousins have all the fun now was I?" Yami scowled, "You'd be smart to leave Soubi." "It's been quite a long time Yami. Why don't you leave the guardians alone and we can finally see who the stronger one of us is?" Yami smirked, "I'm not the same little boy you used to spar with Soubi." "I didn't think so Yami. Deidara. Go on and help Sasori. I can handle him on my own." Soubi looked Deidara in the eye once more before he lunged at Yami.
Deidara watched for a split second before the sound of a gunshot rang through the air. He turned, seeing that Hades had gone completely mad and started shooting randomly at Sasori. "Damnit." He muttered as he sprinted to help his danna. Hidan, not expecting Deidara to run off, blinks, "HEY! WAIT UP!" he exclaimed as he ran after the blonde…
Itachi kicked a Werewolf to the ground. "Hmm…this feeling…" he whispered, catching Kisame's attention. "What's the matter Itachi?" he asked, taken aback by the words that followed. "I sense there's something in the wind…that feels like tragedy's at hand…" "What's that supposed to mean?" "And though I'd like to stand by him…can't shake this feeling that I have…the worst is just around the bend…" "Itachi…you're creeping me out…" Itachi's face took on a grim look…
Sasori dodged another bullet as he flew up into the air. How dare he…how dare he hurt Deidara? He couldn't stop thinking of that. It was the worst feeling he could have. He wanted to look around, to see if Deidara was all right, but Hades wouldn't stay down! He growled as he focused on a group of bricks that had spewed across the concrete during the fight. He made them levitate and shot them at Hades. Hades in turn shot out flames powerful enough to melt them and sprinted for his nephew.
Hades was tired of this game. It was time to end this.
Sasori was thinking the same thing. He pulled out the sword that Deidara had given him when they were fighting against Hidan and Kakuzu…
Deidara felt an extreme cold in his heart. What was that? He looked up.
And saw something that he never expected…
(A/n) Nya, sorry it's shorter than usual, but I wanna save the things I'm thinking about for a chapter all their own! R&R! Flames to be used to give fevers to annoying people!