A/N: Chapter 7 is here! After… another month…

"BOOM!"

Naruto quickly turned and looked behind him. He had heard an all-too-familiar sound; the sound of an explosion.

And sure enough, he was right. It didn't take very long before he saw smoke billowing up from behind some buildings, and by the look of it, the explosion hadn't happened too far away from Naruto. Most people just stood and looked at the pillar of smoke rising, and they, like Naruto, thought the explosion to be merely some children messing around.

"Probably some kids pulling pranks again." Naruto thought, chuckling a bit.

But he was far from right, as multiple explosions sounded right after the other. Some people gasped and others took their children, running off. Yells of panic tore through the air as the explosions continued.

"What's going on?" He thought.

Naruto once again had that paranoid feeling. And he didn't like it.

He made up his mind and ran towards the smoke, hating that feeling he had more and more.

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Hinata stared at the pillar of smoke that rose towards the sky. She had been walking through the streets of Sunagakure, looking casually at the things sold, but had been distracted by a booming sound. It certainly wasn't a fire, because although there was smoke, she had felt the ground shake a bit, as if something had exploded. Many other people around her stared at the smoke too, wondering what had happened. Fortunately, and unlike the rest of the people standing around her, she had a certain ocular tool that cool see farther than the naked eye.

"Byakugan!"

She gingerly activated her bloodline-limit, curious as to what was happening. But unfortunately, her Byakugan was not trained enough to see such far distances.

"I-I guess I'll have to t-take a closer look…"

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Deidara looked around at the mayhem he had caused. Sure, he wasn't proud at the lives he had destroyed, but surely admiring his art was no biggy?

People scurried off to find shelter. Coughs filled the air as the smoke intoxicated them.

Now, all Deidara had to do was wait for the Kazekage to find out what was happening, which he found terribly boring.

Sensing someone approaching, Deidara looked over his shoulder. A blond figure was running towards him, jumping over roof-tops. For some reason he looked familiar…

"Oh great, what now?" Deidara sighed, a bit annoyed.

The blond boy coughed as he looked around, not taking very long to notice Deidara.

"Hey!" The frisky teenager yelled. "Do you know what happened here?"

Deidara only chuckled.

"Maybe, maybe not." He smiled devilishly. "What's your name boy?"

"Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto stated.

The last-name "Uzumaki" struck Deidara. He knew he had heard it somewhere!

"Uzumaki, Uzumaki, Uzumaki…" He repeated in his mind, trying to remember.

And that's when it hit him.

"He's that thief kid!" Deidara fixated his view on Naruto.

"You know Uzumaki, you've been giving the Akatsuki quite some trouble." He said.

"The who?" Naruto tilted his head in confusion.

"You don't even know who's hunting you." Deidara chuckled. "I'll explain; The Akatsuki is the biggest, most complex group of crime in the whole world. With that said, any other crime group that even dares to rival us is exterminated. However, one individual has been able to escape us time after time. You are that individual."

"But what do I have to do with anything?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Currently, nothing. But it is quite possible that you will be able to overpass us if you keep your current rate of improvement." Deidara responded. "Not to mention, the people fear you almost as much as they fear us."

"Sore losers…" Naruto muttered.

"I must have a pretty high level of luck; I'll be able to kill two birds in one stone. You're first blondie, then goes the red-head." Deidara smiled.

"Gaara?"

"What do you have to do with Gaara?" Naruto yelled. He was starting to despise this guy more and more by the second.

"That's for me to know, and for you to never find out."

"Tell me!" Naruto snarled.

"You aren't in a position to demand things kid." Deidara jumped from the roof unto the ground. "Your last words?"

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Sasuke calmly walked on a road, looking around at his surroundings. A snake came out of his sleeve before slithering on the ground, looking for any sign of the Hyugga heiress' chakra.

The snake hissed to Sasuke, telling him his answer.

"She has been here." He thought, before walking along the trail.

Time was of the essence.

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"This guy is starting to seriously piss me off." Naruto thought. "He's under-estimating me beyond belief! Arrogant idiot."

Naruto balled his hands into fists in anger. Deidara wasn't slow to catch that.

"If you'd like, I'll let you strike first." Deidara smirked.

"You have already sentenced your own life." Naruto smiled.

Naruto quickly did the appropriate hand sign for Shunshin no Jutsu and in a blurred flash he appeared before Deidara. His hand naturally went to the back of his hip; a familiar sound rung through the air as he unsheathed his blade, and just as fast and natural as all his other movements he impaled the blade into Deidara's heart, the likes of who hadn't even had the chance to move or defend himself.

But something didn't seem right to Naruto. And it didn't take long for him to catch drift; Deidara wasn't spewing blood.

"You look surprised." Said a voice from behind Naruto.

Naruto looked behind him, just to see that Deidara was safe and sound, sitting on a roof that was a few meters away from him.

Suddenly, the figure he had stabbed melted into a little puddle of white liquid. Naruto bent down and touched it, immediately recognizing the material; clay.

"This guy's weird…" Naruto grit his teeth. "No matter, I'll make short work of him."

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" In a puff of smoke, three copies of Naruto appeared.

"He already knows the Shadow Clone technique? Maybe he's more talented than what I thought…" Deidara scratched his chin.

"Let's go!" Naruto's shadow clones ran at Deidara, while the real Naruto stayed behind.

"There is no point in wasting my time on these carbon copies." Deidara said. "If I can just get the real one!"

He jumped from the roof and ran towards the real Naruto, avoiding attacks from Naruto's clones. He quickly took out a kunai, and in a flurry of movements, he slashed the blade across Naruto's neck. A string of blood flew in the air for a second before following the laws of gravity and splashing on the floor.

Naruto fell on his knees before the rest of his body plopped on the floor, lifeless.

"Hmph, maybe you weren't so talented." Deidara said in a low voice. "What a disappointment…"

A/N: Sky here! Alright guys, please, please forgive me. There's just been a lot of things going on in my life (Not to mention that this stupid computer's recharger friend) and well, my fanfics have kind of come last. BUT, this school year is over, so I'll have much more free time. Therefore weekly (Maybe even sooner) updates will be more imminent. Now, for the reviews!

From my good friendo, Solvdrage:

"Great chapter! Good to see this story back. Don't worry about the gap, a month isn't that big of a break. We all understand that the real world has the annoying tendency to get in the way.

Overall, looking forward to the next chapter."

I don't know, to me a month seems pretty big. But that's just me.

XxookamassxX says:

Its okay.. i can wait :D

"sucks to be you"lolz i say that all the time

Same here!

Savage Immortal reviews:

"gettin better with every chapter"

Thank you! That's the effect I'm trying to give!

Mr. Christopher Scott says:

"Great chapter. I like how both Naruto and Hinata react to Suna. What's about to happen with Deidara? Don't answer that, I want to be surprised. Please update whenever you find most , Christopher Scott: A Gentleman Thief"

I didn't actually think you'd want to know yet Mr. Scott ;) Thank you for your review!

That's all for the reviews for this chapter! And remember, Reviews=Faster Updates.

-Sky