Soul: Wow, who woulda thought that watching someone blow up could be so entertaining.
Kid: Yes, I must agree. That was entertaining Deidara.
Dei: Heheh. And I got to get rid of someone unimportant to the world un!
Maka: *Sigh* men.
Heheh. Don't be so uptight Maka!
Crona: So, are you going to continue now?
Yes I am Crona! Who wants to do the disclaimer?
Soul: I'll do it. Kari doesn't own Soul Eater, Naruto, or anything else that someone else owns. Got a problem with that? Then you're not cool.
Heh. Thanks Soul. On with the chap!
Chapter 2: Sasori's Weapon?
Lord Death took another sip of his tea as he sat in his room, deep in thought. In front of him were Spirit and Sid. "So? Should we let him go?" asked Sid before taking a sip from his own tea. Lord Death thought for a moment. Was it wise?
It had been four years since the ten year old Deidara had been brought to see him. After being told the situation, he had asked Deidara quite a few questions…
~Flashback~
Deidara stood behind Sasori, wary of the Grim Reaper in front of him. Without Crona around, he clung to Sasori. "Hmm…What is your name?" asked Lord Death. Deidara looked up at Sasori, the redhead giving a small nod and a smile in response. Turning his gaze back to the reaper, Deidara spoke for the first time since they had gotten there, "My name is Deidara. Katsu Deidara un." he said in a small voice, obviously afraid of the Reaper. Death (since I'm getting tired of typing Lord Death) hummed. He had never heard that last name before.
"Deidara, Maka told me that you said you were Crona's little brother, correct?" he asked. Deidara nodded, "Un. Crona-nii-san was taken by mother four years ago, when she and daddy split up." Death stood quiet a moment. "And by mother…you mean?" asked Sid. Deidara looked at Sid; a bit frightened by the zombie, but answered, "Medusa of course. I'm sure Crona-nii told you that…you probably met her before she died un."
All of the adults were taken aback by the boy's answer. So Deidara already knew that Medusa was dead? Then was he here to- "Do you know who killed Medusa?" asked Sid. Deidara cocked his head to the side and turned to look at Maka, "She did, right?"
So he knew. Then…"Are you here to avenge your mother?" asked Spirit.
Deidara's eyes widened a bit, and his mouth twitched with the desire to grin, "Avenge Medusa? You've gotta be kidding me. That's not why I'm here at all." He said in an eerie voice. Spirit fell silent. Death then asked, "Then why did you come before Sasori? It makes no real sense. The son of Medusa, coming before the brother of the miester that killed her? And for what reason?"
With a small smile, Deidara looked at Sasori, "Actually, I was wondering who the person whose soul wavelength matches mine was. I followed it to see un." Sasori smiled back, not wanting to upset the child. A thought struck the redhead and he asked, "Hey Deidara, Ragnarok said you were a weapon…didn't he?" The blonde blinked and nodded. "What kind of weapon?" asked Maka. Deidara shrugged, "What kind do you need un?" All eyes fell on the blonde in confusion. What did that mean? Deidara blinked and sighed, "Maka, you're a scythe miester, right?" Maka nodded.
"Weapon number seven then un." In a flash of light, Deidara transformed into a shiny scythe. The blade was silver and blue while the rest was silver alone. Maka caught it, but let out a cry as she felt her hand burn and let Deidara go. Sasori caught him easily and said, "Cool. What else you got Deidara?" Deidara hummed, "Weapon number 10."
Sasori gapped as the scythe turned into a pair of twin daggers. "Cool." He said. Maka blinked. It wasn't bad. A scythe and twin daggers…
"Number 14." The daggers turned into a shot gun.
This seemed to catch all their attention. A blade that could turn into a fire arm? That wasn't possible… Death decided to ask, "Deidara, were you experimented on by Medusa?" Deidara turned back to his human form and clung to Sasori's arm. "Yes. That's why I can turn into any weapon I've seen before un. Medusa wanted to see if it were possible."
After a bit of silence, Death looked at Maka. "Since he seems to be very comfortable with Sasori, would you mind keeping an eye on him?" he asked before going and whispering in her ear, "A Death Scythe and his Miester would be better to watch over him." Maka nodded, "All right. I understand." She said…
~Back to the present~
Of course, whenever asked about his father, Deidara seemed to not know much. He only knew that his father was a scientist, much like Stein. Katsu Lucian.
On another note, unlike Crona, Deidara had no idea what exactly the black blood was. And so, they had decided to keep it a secret; saying that it was merely a blood condition, an infection if you would. Crona didn't like it. He thought that Deidara deserved the truth. But they had no idea how the boy would react. They still worried that the madness would affect him…though…the only type of madness that Deidara seemed to have was his love of explosions. "Art is an explosion un!" he would say.
He took classes at the academy, and had made a few friends. Everything said that Deidara was a normal kid.
But looks could be deceiving.
Marie walked in, "Ah, there you are Spirit! I was wondering where you were." Spirit looked up at Marie, wondering what it was she needed. The blonde haired woman walked over, "I would've thought you'd be all over Sasori about the fact that today his class was choosing their partners." Spirit jumped to his feet, "WHAT? Sasori already chose his partner?" he asked, tears streaming down his face at the thought of missing such an important decision. Marie nodded, "Yup. And he just left on his first mission too." Spirit cried loudly, "MY LITTLE BOY'S OFF ON HIS OWN MISSION!" pride swelled through him before he asked, "Who did he choose anyway?"
Marie smiled, "Should be obvious. He chose Deidara."
The room fell quiet.
Marie started feeling uneasy. "W-what? What's wrong?" she asked. Spirit asked, "You mean…Deidara just left Death City?"…
~Meanwhile~
Sasori sneezed as he went through a cloud in the sky. In one hand he held shiny sword, which chuckled at the sneeze, "Not getting a cold are you?" asked Deidara. Sasori glared at him, "No way! I'm not getting a cold on our first mission you brat!" Deidara laughed, "Right, sorry Sasori-no-danna!" he looked around at the sky, "It sure was nice of Kid to give you his skateboard un." "Nice…yeah, but it's not like he needs it anymore. He has the ability to fly solo now." "True. Still, he could've given it to anyone else…"
Sasori rolled his eyes, "Stop thinking so much Dei. We're almost at Tokyo." Deidara saw the city coming up, "Right! Let's get that soul and prove that we're gonna be the best of our class un!" Sasori chuckled, "One step closer to becoming as cool as Soul and Maka."
A few minutes passed and they landed in a dark alley. Deidara turned into his human form and stretched, "Damn, Liz and Patty were right un! Being in weapon form for too long makes you stiff un!" Sasori chuckled as he walked towards the back of the alley. Deidara followed as he glanced around, "Sense anything un?"
Deidara looked at Sasori, seeing the boy dressed in black jeans, a red shirt that said Eternity on it, and a black and red jacket that was similar to Maka's. His shoes were also black and red and Deidara thought the boy might have an obsession with those colors. Not that he minded really. He looked down at his own clothes. He wore a long sleeved, blue shirt that said Bang! You're now art! On it and black jeans. His sneakers were black. So different from four years ago…he actually hated wearing shoes. They bothered him. And covering his arms…
Sasori looked up and shook his head, "Not yet. But we just got here, give me a bit." Deidara nodded as he followed Sasori. It had been four years since he had been somewhere besides Death City. It was actually pretty exciting. At first, he didn't think they would let him be partnered with anyone, let alone given a mission. But then Sasori and Miss Marie came over to him.
"Deidara, it's been decided. Your miester is Akasuna no Sasori."
Sasori had such a smug look on his face too! Deidara smiled. It wasn't like he could be partnered with anyone else anyway. He was only able to resonate with Sasori. No one would even be able to hold him in weapon form…
"Got him."
Deidara looked up and smiled, "Ok un! Let's get rid of him!" He stepped forward before turning to look back. "Crona-nii, you know that I can sense your presence right?" There was a nervous sound as Crona stepped out of the darkness. The ability to sense black blood. One of Deidara's abilities. He had sensed it in Soul Eater too. "I'm sorry I just wanted to make sure everything was going to be all right…" said the pink haired boy. Deidara smiled, "I know. But just stay outta the way un! Sasori and I will handle this." Sasori held his arm out, "Deidara, now." He said, "Number 22." "RIGHT!" Deidara jumped up and turned into a rifle. Crona watched as a skinny creature walked into the alley.
Sasori smirked, "Miyuki Ishikawa. I'm here for your soul." He said. The creature looked at him, it looked like a skeleton with skin and long black hair. The teeth were serrated and its eyes were completely gouged out. "Creepy un." Sasori heard Deidara mutter. His smile grew, "Its ok Dei. It'll be gone in a minute!" And with that, he shot at it.
Moving with a speed Sasori had only seen from Black Star, the thing dodged the shots and reached for Sasori, arm extending and grabbing the redhead by the leg. Dragging Sasori down, the creature caused him to slam his head into the pavement.
"Damn. Number 7 Dei!" he exclaimed. The shot gun turned into a scythe and Sasori sliced off the creature's arm. The creature let out a mind numbing screech and Sasori flinched. Deidara saw the creature coming at the redhead and turned normal. He moved his hand in front of him holding out his thumb, index, and middle fingers as if it were a gun, and pulled his middle finger back. A shot of his soul wavelength hit the creature right in the face as Sasori got back on his feet.
"I said, number 7!" he exclaimed. Deidara turned into a scythe again and Sasori grabbed him, spinning him a few times before the creature lunged at him again. Sasori sliced the creature in half. "Like I said…I'm here for your soul." He said plainly. Deidara giggled and he manifested from the scythe, grabbing the Kishin egg soul.
Sasori smirked, "Easy." He muttered before he started rubbing the back of his head. Deidara rolled his eyes, "Yeah, which is why your head hurts so much un." he muttered before swallowing the soul. "Yum! Delicious!" he exclaimed with a grin. Sasori glared at him, "It WAS easy." "Whatever you say danna." Replied Deidara before he turned to Crona.
Crona smiled at him, "You did good Dei." He said as Ragnarok manifested from his back. "Nice save little one!" he said as he ruffled Deidara's golden locks. Deidara grinned, "Thanks guys! See? You didn't have to worry un!" he said. Crona nodded, "I just wanted to make sure you and Sasori worked as well on the field as you did at home." Deidara nodded, "I understand un. Oi! Sasori-no-danna! Let's go back home un!" he called out. Sasori nodded and walked over, the skateboard appearing in his hand…
~Back at the DWMA~
"I'm hungry un." whined the blonde weapon. Sasori chuckled, "Come on, we'll get you something to eat after we report that the mission's complete." Deidara nodded with a grin as he followed Sasori. "Well, I have to go and speak with Black Star about something." Said Crona, causing the two younger boys to turn to him, "I'll see you guys later." Deidara nodded and waved, "Ok nii-san! Good luck un!" Sasori nodded, "Later Crona." He said as he and Deidara walked into the building.
"Deidara, Sasori." The two looked down the hall and saw Marie, "Oh, hi Miss Marie!" exclaimed Deidara, "We accomplished the mission no sweat un!" Marie smiled briefly, "That's good. I knew you'd be able to handle it…Sasori…Spirit and Lord Death would like to see you." Deidara and Sasori exchanged a quick glance before Sasori shrugged, "All right then. I'll see you later Dei." He said. Deidara nodded, "Ok un. I'll go report in un."
With that said, Deidara headed off. Sasori sighed and turned to Marie, "What is it that they want? Is it about Deidara?" he asked, a little annoyed. He still didn't understand why his father and the others didn't trust Deidara. It wasn't as if he was mad or anything. Deidara was one of the most trustworthy people Sasori knew!
Marie nodded, "Let's not talk here. It's better if we head to the Death Room." Sasori nodded and headed in that direction…
Spirit sighed as his son looked at him defiantly. "Sasori, don't you understand?" he asked. Sasori shook his head, "No, I don't. Why can't Deidara be my weapon? It's not like he'd do anything to hurt me!" Spirit sighed, "Sasori, the black blood is very dangerous. We can't just let him run around. He could snap at any moment."
With a glare, Sasori said, "Don't give me that bull. Crona has black blood too, but he goes on missions on his own." That shut Spirit up. He didn't think Sasori would realize that…
Death went up to him, "I understand that you think that it is nothing different than what's happened with Crona, but you're highly mistaken. It's BECAUSE of something that happened with Crona that we have to make these precautions." Sasori blinked, "What do you mean?" he asked.
"You weren't here when Crona was first brought to the DWMA, so you don't know what happened. Yo see, Crona betrayed us at one point. He made Professor Stein's mental stability almost nonexistent. After that betrayal, he had to prove himself, almost dying fighting against Medusa while protecting Maka. But that was after he realized his mistake…we don't know if Deidara is planning to betray us as well. After all, we have no idea who Lucian really is…"
Sasori didn't know what to say really. He truly believed that Deidara would never betray them… "But Lord Death, Deidara is different than Crona. He's been with us for four years and nothing's happened. I know Deidara…after all, he and Crona moved in next door. And he spends all his time with me and our friends. I've never felt any malicious intent from him, ever. He's one of the nicest people I know…"
"Sasori, you have to understand that we don't trust-" "REAPER CHOP!" Spirit fell face first to the ground as Death chopped him on the head. "Now, now Spirit, it's not that I don't trust Deidara. I actually trust the blonde completely…it's the Black Blood that I don't trust. It's such a horrible thing…" Sasori sighed before looking at Death with determination, "I don't want any other weapon. It's either Deidara or I quit."
The room fell silent.
No one had expected Sasori to saw something like that. With a chuckle, Death said, "You really have your heart set on Deidara being your partner…fine. I'll let you and him work together. But from here on out, I will personally choose your missions. Understand?" Sasori grinned, "Understood Lord Death. Thank you so much!"
~Meanwhile~
"You cannot be reckless Deidara." Stated Stein as he wrapped up a cut on Deidara's wrist. Deidara remained silent. As usual, Stein was checking him and noticed something in his blood. "You have limitations, don't go overboard." Continued Stein.
Silence.
"I'm the doctor. I know best."
Still silent.
"Crona's worried too."
Nothing.
"He's your brother you know."
"I know."
"Well, that got an answer." Stein smiled and placed a couple of pills in Deidara's hand. "Take your medicine and go get something to eat. Ok? Remember? The last one was close. This one isn't that bad, but don't let your blood get the better of you." Deidara just nodded and stood. "I've heard this all before Professor Stein. Thanks for the check-up un." "You have her eyes." Deidara froze. "The determination she always had…" continued Stein. Deidara clenched his fists and headed for the door.
"Deidara"
He turned to Stein.
"Be patient. You'll thank us one day."
Deidara looked away, "Whatever un."
With that, Deidara walked out.
Stein had told him he shouldn't go on any more missions.
Why? It wasn't fair! He hadn't done anything wrong! All because of the Black Blood! He hated it! The stupid disease…
He looked down at his wrist, his black blood staining the bandages. He sighed.
"I'm…infected." He started, sighing again, "I'm infected…by her genetics!" He ran out the doors of the DWMA and frowned, "Deidara I'm the doctor." He said, mimicking Stein's voice. "Deidara, he's your brother…Deidara that was close! ...Take your medicine." He crushed the pills in his hands in anger and sighed.
He looked at some of the other students, envying their lives. "I'm infected by her genetics." He went down the many stairs that led to the DWMA and started mimicking Stein again, "Deidara you're my patient. Deidara be more patient! You have limitations, don't go overboard. We must be protective. You cannot be reckless. That's what is expected when you are infected."
Looking up at the sky, Deidara glared, "I'm infected by her genetics. I'm infected by her genetics, and I don't think that I can be fixed…no I don't think that I can be fixed! Tell me why oh why are my genetics such a bitch!" Deidara grabbed onto a broken pole and cut his hand. He stopped and looked at his black blood dripping. As he stared as at his blood, his anger grew.
"It's this blood condition. DAMN THIS BLOOD CONDITION! Mother can you hear me? THANKS FOR THE DISEASE! Now I am sequestered, part of their collection. That's what is expected when you are infected." He started running down the streets of Death City. "That's what is expected when you are infected. That's what is expected when you are infected." He stood at the edge of the city, looking out at the desert.
"How much of its genetics? How much of it is fate?" he thought of when he first came out before Sasori. "How much of it depends on the choices that we make?" He looked at the sky once more, "He said I have her eyes do I also inherit her shame?" Tears of frustration filled his sapphire eyes, "Is heredity the culprit cause stop it, or am I a slave?" He looked down at his feet, noticing that there was a small snake on his shoe.
"I'm infected by her genetics. I'm infected by her genetics. What hope does a boy who is sick?" He put his hand up and could feel the barrier that restricted Lord Death's movement. If he stepped through it, Lord Death would know…"My dream of a life pass this fence." He turned around as tears fell from his eyes, "It really makes no difference…CAUSE I KNOW THAT I'LL NEVER BE FIXED! Tell me why oh why are my genetics such a…bitch?"
He turned back to the desert, "Oh…I want to go…out there…out there…" He sat on the ground and stared out at the desert…
Hours passed, and he still didn't move from that spot, no matter how dark it got. He knew that Sasori was probably worried. Crona and the others too…but…he didn't want to go back just yet. He knew that Maka would probably lecture him about running off on his own and stuff.
He really didn't wanna hear it.
Someone walked up to him and he turned. His eyes widened. Was he hallucinating?
Before him stood a man with hair the same color as Crona. His eyes were sapphire blue like Deidara. He wore a white lab coat over normal jeans and a shirt, and black shoes.
"Sorry I haven't contacted you in such a long while Dei." He said as he placed a hand on Deidara's head, "There were things that needed to be done. Luckily, you were always smart enough to get somewhere safe." He smiled as he sat down next to Deidara, "Can I see your arms?" he asked. Deidara nodded and pulled his shirt off. The man ran a finger down the Snake markings on Deidara's arms. "You haven't used them in a while…"
Shaking his head, Deidara said, "It usually freaks the adults out when I use magic un…" The man nodded, "I get it. The DWMA isn't always nice to our kind…" the man's eyes fell on the blood stained bandages wrapped around Deidara's wrist. "What do they say about it?" he asked. Deidara looked up at the moon, "Genetics…" "But you know the truth." "Un…but they treat me different because of, not only the Black Blood, but because of me being the son of Medusa un…"
The man followed Deidara's gaze, "Is there no one you think is worth your time? Besides Crona?" Deidara nodded, "Sasori…and our friends. The ones that don't know about what happened with the Kishin Asura un." "I see. Is it because of the fact that they know nothing about Medusa? That they don't judge you because of that?" Deidara nodded. That was why he and his friends were able to get so close…
"OI! THAT YOU BLONDIE?"
Deidara turned and saw one of his friends. He looked back at the man, wondering what he was going to do. The man smiled softly and said, "If by blondie, you refer to Deidara, then yes. It is him." Deidara was a bit shocked that he would say it himself…
An albino boy with magenta eyes and wearing white and red walked over. "Huh? Who the hell is this Deidara?" he asked. Deidara said, "Hidan, can't you go at least ONE sentence without cursing un?" "Fuck no." replied Hidan with a grin. The man chuckled, "One of your friends Deidara? Well, Hello there Hidan. I am Lucian. Deidara's father." Hidan cocked his head to the side, "Ah, the asshole that doesn't call or write? Dude, no offense, but you should really keep in contact with your kids damnit." Deidara gave Hidan an unamused stare as Lucian laughed, "I see. I'm very sorry that it upset you Hidan."
"It upset all of us."
Deidara looked behind Hidan and saw Konan, Pein, Itachi, and Kisame. "What are you guys doing here un?" "We were worried about you Dei." Said Kisame. Pein nodded, "Sasori called us at 1 am to say you weren't home and he couldn't find you anywhere. He was frantic." Deidara felt a stab of guilt. He never liked upsetting Sasori. "Sorry…I was upset about something Professor Stein said is all un..."
Lucian chuckled, "There's no need to worry. Deidara is fine. Besides, if he wasn't out here, I might not have found him." Deidara smiled. "That's true Daddy." Lucian ran a hand through Deidara's hair. "It's not a disease, not genetics. Merely, an experiment done by your mother on both you and Crona. Also, it's not the Black Blood that causes madness. You control it. You balance it out. Never forget that…"
They all looked at him odd. "Why would you say something like that un?" "Because…it seems to me...that Madness is starting to return." The group stood silent in shock. Madness… "You mean the Kishin un?"
Before Lucian could answer, "DEI!" Sasori came over, "Thank god you're safe!" he exclaimed as he hugged the blonde. Lucian counted the children surrounding him. Six. One of them was most likely missing from this group. Hmm…judging by how they all reacted when seeing Deidara…
"So you must be Sasori, Deidara's Miester." He said. Sasori pulled away from Deidara and looked at Lucian. "What if I am?" he asked. "Calm down Sasori. This is Deidara's father." Said Itachi. Sasori blinked and looked Lucian over. "So you're Katsu Lucian…the one that just abandoned Deidara…" Lucian frowned, "Yes…I regret that. I didn't think I would be gone for so long…"
Sasori saw the pure guilt in the man's eyes and sighed, "Well, I guess it's all right. I mean, Deidara's ok right?" Lucian smiled, "You're all very kind hearted." He said, "I can see why Deidara likes you so much." Deidara smiled at his father's remark. He was glad that he approved of his friends. "Can I trust you lot to protect my son for a while longer? I am studying something that has to do with a Kishin, but I don't know whether or not it's safe…"
"A KISHIN?" asked Sasori. "Yes…I believe that someone has created a Kishin. I'm not sure who and I really don't have any proof…" "Just do what you have to Daddy." All eyes turned to Deidara, "I like living here un. I learned a lot, made friends, and I get to be with Crona-nii-san. You can take your time un." He smiled as he got to his feet, "But thanks for making me feel better un. I needed it."
With a smile, Lucian nodded, "Of course. Just know that I'm very proud of your growth Deidara…with the answer you just gave me…here." He handed Deidara a small bird sculpture. Deidara's eyes widened, "Ok un. If you need anything, give me a call!" he said with a huge grin. Lucian smiled once more, "Of course. You and Sasori are a balanced pair. Your Madness and Sanity are even. That's how it should be. If I run into trouble, I'll be sure to call you…but…would you be able to come?"
"I can answer that." Said Sasori, "Lord Death gave us permission to leave on missions. If we can get a mission, than we can head over there." Lucian nodded, "I understand. Well, please take care of my boy. And it was nice meeting you all. You kids should get some rest."
Jumping into the air, a large clay eagle appeared and carried Lucian off…
Deidara sighed, "Sorry I worried you guys un…" "It was Stein again wasn't it?" asked Sasori. Deidara nodded. With a shrug, Sasori said, "No big. You're all right, that's what matters…and I don't sense any malice from Lucian…" "My dad isn't evil un." "I didn't say he was, I was just reassuring everyone else…hey Hidan, where's Kakuzu?" Hidan shrugged, "I think he's still asleep the ass." Sasori sighed, "Let's go home…" he said…
(A/n) And done with chapter 2! XD.
Soul: Why didn't a cool guy like me come out?
Kid: I haven't appeared yet…
Crona: At least you were mentioned…
Maka: Crona's right, just stop complaining you two.
Wow…anywho, R&R, Flames to be used against Kishin Egg Souls!