Pain of War: Chapter 3
Hey everyone sorry for the wait; well here's chapter 3.
Deidara: Amatsu does not own the Naruto manga or anime. Those rights belong Kishimoto. But if he did there's no doubt my art would rule the world!
Sorry Deidara; not happening.
"RAAAAAAAH" BOOM! the two attacks canceled each other out. " What?! He dispersed my Raikiri!" Lightning and wind surrounded the two; Both were unable to guard or attack; the third fighter was an exception. Sakura was right below Naruto with a fist charged full of chakra. When Raikiri and Rasengan collided she decided to rush toward the skirmish in order to land a decisive blow. " TAKE THIS!" She yelled with confidence. "Damn it's no use; I can't stop it." Kakashi thought in frustration. He then remembered their first battle.
Three years ago.
"That's it! I'll take you on by myself, aaaah!" Naruto dashed towards Kakashi with a Kunai. In the blink of an eye Kakashi was behind him twisting Naruto's arm behind his head; pointing the weapon at the back of his neck. " I didn't say start yet. Pay more attention." Sakura and Sasuke were in awe over what they just witnessed. " Now, start" as soon as he said this Sakura and Sasuke hid in the shrubbery. Kakashi then threw Naruto in the nearby lake and pulled out his favorite book. Five Narutos flew out of the lake and instantly went on the assault. Kakashi took them down while reading the perverse book and then managed to trick Naruto with the bells; which resulted with getting hanged by his feat. He then moved on to Sakura; who was running around looking for Sasuke. Kakashi found her first and placed a genjutsu that made her extremely paranoid. She then saw a hallucination of Sasuke buried under ground with his head sticking out and she passed out. " well, that didn't take long"
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"They sure have grown, Haven't they Sensei?" Kakashi said with a now serene expression. The blow landed, crushing every organ in his body, as well as his ribs. He flew, crashing into tree after tree until he landed almost 70 feet away. Sakura then threw her fist in the air and screamed " CHAAAAA! WE WIN KAKASHI SENSEI!" Moment later; a battered Kakashi emerged from the forest holding his side and snickering. "Sure you beat me, but your objectives were the bells." He reached for the bells at his side only to find that they were gone. Naruto started laughing hysterically. He walked up by Sakura's side and held up the bells. Another Naruto was right behind him grinning. "While our attacks clashed a shadow clone from the batch that attacked you earlier took the bells." He explained as the clone disappeared. Kakashi then started to chuckle lightly, then it turned into maniacal laughter. His two students wore worried expressions. " I think you gave him brain damage Sakura" Naruto whispered to her. She just shrugged. " Naruto Uzumaki; the number one-hyperactive-knuckle headed-ninja of Konohagakur a fighting genius, who would have thought." Kakashi nearly bellowed as his laughter died down."Indeed" interrupted a female voice. Everyone turned around to see the Fifth Hokage and Jiraiya. "You two impressed me greatly" she continued as she approached the group. Jiraiya chuckled. "That's nothing; When it's just Naruto and myself its almost like fighting the third." Everyone looked at him in shock. Naruto scratched the back of his head while blushing profusely. "C'mon Pervy Sage stop it; you're embarrassing me, ya' know." Everyone laughed a little. After the laughter faded Tsunade spoke. "From this day forth, Team Kakashi is now reinstated and can take on missions at any time." She finished. "Hell yeah, mission time!" Naruto yelled. "Woe hold on there kid." Kakashi interrupted. "Can't we rest a week or two before all of that?" Naruto thought for a minute. "Yeah Naruto, I'm beat." Sakura added. He sighed. "Fine ok, I guess so. But as soon as You guys are at 100% we're head'n out."
One mile from the gates of Sunagakur
"Alright, guess I'll be back in a bit, Sasori my man." "Don't underestimate him Deidara, he is a Kage after all." Sasori stated. "Yeah Yeah I know already. Damn, sometimes you really get on my nerves." Deidara took his hand out of the pouch on his left side and lifted his palm to the sky. The mouth on his palm spit out a small clay canary that now rested on his palm. He then threw it and formed a hand sign. It expanded and flapped its wings twice. He jumped on his creation and saluted Sasori as he took off.
Deidara easily passed the security as he flew high in the night sky. When he entered the boundaries of the village he noticed some more guards on the roof tops. He grunted in amusement as he ascended further. He started forming clay spiders and dropping them behind the guards. The spiders gradually made their way to their targets. They then jumped on their backs and latched on; the fools didn't even notice. When all spiders took their places Deidara formed another hand seal and explosions filled the sky like fireworks. He smirked as he admired his artistic ability. "Help! Somebody...grunt...we're under attack." There was one survivor. "Damn, looks like I was sloppy in with this piece. Oh well. I guess I'll take care of him myself." Deidara jumped from the bird to where the survivor lie. He then pulled out a kunai and threw it at the man; killing him instantly. "Perfect art, hmm" Deidara was about to continue until he heard a strange rustling sound. "So, I see that the Akatsuki have no mercy. Not only that, but you call being merciless 'perfect art'." The new arrival had a gravelly yet serene voice. Deidara saw tiny grains of sand in the air and knew exactly who it was without turning. "Gaara of the sand I presume?" Deidara stated more than asked as he smirked. "I would give you a warning if you were anyone else. Unfortunately for you; the mark of the Akatsuki is your burden." Gaara folded his arms and closed his eyes as If he were giving the mercenary a prayer before death. "Hmm." Deidara swiftly turned to kick the Kage; only to have it blocked by a wall of sand. He exploded on contact. Gaara slightly gasped as he realized it was a clone. "Ha! Take this Shukaku!" Gaara looked up to see his opponent on a giant Bird; holding a clay bat in his hand. Deidara threw the clay object at Gaara, then formed a few hand seals. "Multi-clay clone explosion!" The one turned into hundreds. All made impact on the target. When the cloud of smoke vanished Deidara expected to se a mangled body in a crater; however, all he found was a human sized dome of sand. "Right, so you really do have an ultimate defense." The sand gradually crumbled to reveal nothing inside. Deidara's eye widened. "Is that all you've got?" Came a voice from behind. Deidara turned and came face to face with the young Jinchuriki riding on a cloud of sand. Deidara smirked. "Pretty nifty trick ya got there Shukaku." Gaara scowled. That was the second time that he referred to him as the devious sand spirit. "I suspect that you are after the great sand spirit; and if so, that means that I am your target." Gaara stated. His eyes were still closed and his arms folded; as if he hadn't moved since he began the prayer. "So what's your point?." Deidara asked as he looked at him quizzically. "Ha, now I see. Since you are my only target you want to change location in order to ensure the survival if your people. Well sorry, but I can't perform without a proper audience." He finished with a smirk. "Then I have no choice." Gaara's eyes flew open; determination was all that could be seen in the bluish-green orbs. He raised his arm and outstretched it towards his attacker. Sand rushed passed Deidara at lightning speed. "I'll have to crush you!" The tone in Gaara's voice drastically changed from serene to strong an commanding. By the time Deidara figured out what was going on it was too late. All he saw was darkness. "Giant sand coffin!" Gaara balled the hand of his outstretched arm into a fist. The giant sand sphere began to cave in at an alarming rate. An explosion was seen at the bottom. Deidara escaped through the opening created by the clay bird that he was on previously. He threw another clay object underneath himself and expanded it. He landed on the new clay owl and flew off. "Not so fast!" Yelled Garra as he opened his hand and waved his arm towards Deidara. The compresses sand sphere change into a wave and rushed towards him. It caught Deidara by the arm. "So fast!" Replied a shocked Deidara. Gaara closed his hand once more, crushing Deidara's right arm. Deidara then discarded his useless arm and flew towards the buildings. Gaara caught up to him in 2 minutes. They were side by side; 10 feet apart. Deidara then used his multi-clay clone explosion. Gaara predicted this. He took the sand floating around him and created sand shuriken. Thousand of projectiles on each side battled for daminance as the two flew through the village. They both stopped for a moment; starring each other down. Deidara reached in his poach. "Damn. I'm almost out of clay; chakra too." He then smirked. "Do you think yourself a great Kage?" He asked. Gaara scowled once more. "If so, then deal with this." Deidara pulled his hand out of his poach and opened it. A strange object that ruffle resembled a cross in shape sat at his palm. It then expanded to three time the size of an average human. "This is C3" he continued. He then looked down at the village. Gaara followed his gaze and for the first time noticed the people below. "You can do it lord Kazekage!" "I believe in you lord Garra!" He finally heard the cheers of the villagers; they were counting on him. He then realized what Deidara was planning. He turned his attention back to him and gasped. Deidara wore a malicious smirk. He then dropped the bomb. "No wait!" Gaara yelled, but it was to late. "Art, is an explosion!"
So chapter 3 is concluded. Hope you enjoyed the significantly long chapter. I will try to keep all chapters at this length and again, I am sorry for such a long wait; hopefully it won't always be like this. Well, thank you for reading and please give me some criticism by reviewing. = ]