The Ninja Way: Chapter 4: Bird of Prey
Full Summary: What would you do if the world suddenly turned upside-down? Would you change yourself to adjust, and risk breaking apart, or would you keep on going the same way you always have? The ninja way you uphold must be flexible, but can it ever be?
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His eyes hurt. His head hurt. Everything about him fucking hurt. And he was pissed.
He rose, rotating his shoulders, his neck cracking into place. Fuck. There was an annoying buzzing in his ears that just would not fucking disappear. He was maybe three seconds from simply wrapping his fingers around the source, and squeezing the living fuck out of it. And to top it all off, he was soaking wet. FUCK.
"Tobi, shut the FUCK up, un," he hissed, rubbing his temples. He was so annoyed, he was almost literally seeing red. The little pain had been chattering on about absolutely NOTHING for four fucking hours. Not that he wasn't grateful. Sorta. Tobi had stopped him from blowing himself up. Apparently, he'd noticed the snake summon, and done SOMETHING to stop his ultimate art. Actually, he was pissed about that, too. The nerve. And he actually hoped for a moment there that Tobi had gotten away safely? Damn Tobi. But damn Uchihas more. At least being alive meant he could still blow things up. Eventually.
His hand chewed clay idly as two other sets of his teeth ground in frustration. Not going out with a bang like he'd planned had sponged up just about every speck of his chakra. Which was why he'd had to run, at a normal, chakraless, speed, for the better part of an hour, to find cover from the rain that decided to start pouring down in buckets. Fuck rain.
His chakra was so low, that if Tobi would just shut up, Deidara would be able to completely forget he was there. He couldn't feel someone else's chakra right now if they were sitting on top of him. Unfortunately, his ears still worked fine. The little hellhole they'd taken shelter in wasn't much comfort, either. It was tiny and damp, with just barely enough room for a fire, which meant Tobi was squishing against his back so that he wouldn't go up in flames. His jaw was starting to ache. He was grinding his teeth too hard.
"Tobi, seriously, shut up. I think someone is coming." That made him stop. Deidara's eyes narrowed, and he peered out into the low layer of fog. 'Tch. Bouncing green balls of light? I must be loosing it." But he wasn't seeing things. It was getting closer. He snuffed out their smokeless fire, taking out a kunai. Drained of chakra or not, he'd be damned if he let Tobi take care of it. Whatever it was, it wasn't fooled by Deidara's nearly inexistant chakra levels. It was beelining for them. The glow was green soft, but was slowly sharpening into a wicked blue as it sliced through the fog toward them. Deidara's blood pressure rose minutely, and he raised the kunai ever so slightly, preparing to strike
A little out of the village rendevous.