Hello and Welcome back. This chapter we see another one of Sasuke's mysterious new allies. Watch as he faces of against Kimiko. Please read and enjoy and review.
Deidara was watching as Kimiko used her teleportation Jutsu to clean up all the mess made by the previous attack on her.
"Sasuke Uchiha is getting way to powerful, hm" he thought.
As he watched Kimiko he thought of his relationship with her.
" When I first met her I thought she was an irritating, weak and annoying partner compared to Sasori-danna, but it turned out quite differently, she was, is and will always be my best partner, yeah" he thought gazing fondly at her.
Sensing his eyes on her Kimiko turned around and gave him a smile which he returned.
"Yup, she's the best, hm" he decided.
Just then a servant arrived saying that the Raikage wanted to speak with all the kages privately.
Kimiko went with her before giving Deidara a 'Don't worry' look.
Settling down again he got lost in thought till Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi came up to him.
Like with Kimiko and Chojuro, Kurotscuhi saw Deidara as a brother and often referred to him as Deidara-nii.
"So what have you been doing Deidara, since you left?" asked Akatsuchi.
"Blowing things up, what else, hm?"Asked Deidara.
Kurotsuchi giggled, "And it looks like someone's blown your arrogant personality away" she said suggestively.
Deidara's checks went pink but he said, "I have no idea what you are talking about, hm"
"We're talking about the oh, so beautiful Tsukikage" said Akatsuchi grinning.
"You have to admit she's very pretty, and talented and a kage" said Kurotsuchi.
"And she likes you, come on you can tell us, how far have you gone with her?' said Akatsuchi nudging Deidara.
"Damn you two, I told you we're just good allies and friends, yeah" said Deidara.
"Oh look he's going red, I don't think that's anger, do you Kurotsuchi?"Asked Akatsuchi.
A number of tiny noise making bombs went of like firecrackers beside Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi who jumped and clutched each other.
"Ha, ha, ha, that worked with Tobi as well" said Deidara bending over with laughter.
Then suddenly remembering who Tobi had really been, he sobered up.
"I have to be of more use to her, yeah" he thought as Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi jabbered on.
Just then a loud blast could be heard in the sky.
"What was that?" cried Kurotsuchi as she, Akatsuchi and Deidara rushed out to be joined by the remaining guards, the six Kages and Mifune.
On the sky, apparently floating in mid-air was the young man they had seen with Sensou when he had grabbed Miko.
"Who are you?" Demanded A.
"I am nobody important, to you however, I am your death" said the man.
"Our death indeed, why don't you go tend to the wounds we gave to the past two that coward dared to send into our territory" cried Onoki.
"If you know what's good for you, you'll retreat right now" ordered Tsunade.
The man merely glanced at them all when his eyes came to rest upon Kimiko.
"Ah! The Legendary Tsukiga, you must be very powerful to defeat Miko so easily" said the man staring at her.
Kimiko did not respond but only glared back at him, she seemed to have gone into that 'dark' mode again.
"Did he send you?" she asked in a low voice.
The man did not reply.
"Did Uchiha Sasuke send you?" she repeated.
"That isn't any of your concern" said the man when suddenly Kimiko appeared behind him and gave him a huge kick.
"What?" he asked in shock when the Kimiko on the ground exploded into water.
"Very well then if you do not answer me then I shall kill you" said Kimiko darkly.
The man at first did not respond, then he spoke, "Yes, I have been sent by Uchiha Sasuke to assassinate you, and I shall not rest until I have your head"
After saying that a huge barrier formed around him and Kimiko.
Deidara ran forwards and tried to get through the barrier but it gave him a large bolt of current and immediately the barrier became a little bit smaller.
"Don't touch that barrier, its small seal barrier, whenever something from the outside touches it then it becomes smaller from the inside till it's so small that no air can go in, and the ones inside die a painful, slow death" said Gaara.
"Damn him, yeah" cried Deidara looking at Kimiko and the mysterious stranger.
"Why is Sasuke Uchiha sending people one by one after us? Why is he not emerging from the shadows himself?" asked Kimiko her eyes glinting dangerously.
"I have no idea and if I knew I wouldn't care to display that to you" said the man doing hand signs and summoning a huge flying horse.
"Very well, since you've put it that way" said Kimiko her Tsukigan opening with a dark colour.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet" said the man creating a brown dragon which headed towards Kimiko.
"Lightning Release: Thunder of the Dead Jutsu" cried Kimiko as a huge bolt of lighting disturbed with earth dragon and sped towards the man.
"Earth Release: Earth Mud Wall Jutsu" said the man as a huge wall of mud formed between him and the bolts of thunder.
The lightning clashed with the wall creating a huge dent in it.
"I have underestimated you Kimiko Tsukiga, you're power excels mine by tenfold" said the man.
Suddenly in a flash of light Kimiko appeared in front of him and grabbed his neck.
"Answer me right now, or else I shall be forced to kill you in the most painful way possible" said Kimiko tightening her grip on the man's neck.
He didn't seem frightened in the least, but he still said, "Shoot"
"Why is Sasuke Uchiha gathering his people like you, Miko, Sensou?"Asked Kimiko.
"I don't know"
"What is his purpose?"
"I don't know"
"Is Madara Uchiha still dead?"
"Who?"
"Why are you allying with Sasuke?"
" A whim maybe"
"Do you know about any plans Sasuke Uchiha is making?"
"No"
"Do you have any information to offer that might be of some use to us?"
"I don't think so"
Everyone stared in uneasy silence as Kimiko glared at the mocking man in front of her.
Then suddenly she threw her head back and laughed. It was not the usual friendly laughter she had, instead it was pure evil.
When she looked at him again, for the first time the man showed an emotion, he seemed astonished.
The Tsukigan was becoming violet and grey markings appeared from it in curls and twists in a royal manner until it filled Kimiko's entire head.
Her voice had obtained a metallic tone.
One of her arms turned into steel and then into a blade. She pointed the blade at the man.
"Let's play a game shall we? I'll ask you a question and every time you can't answer satisfactorily I will have a slash at your body, not enough to kill you but enough to cause you immense pain, ok?"She asked.
The man merely stared at her.
"Ok, first question, what is your name?"
"Chikara Sanjou"
"Where do you hail from?"
"The Village Hidden in Waterfalls"
"Why are you a missing ninja?"
"I killed five people to steal food for my large family"
At this Kimiko's cold glare softened somewhat.
"Why have you joined Sasuke Uchiha?"
"On a whim"
Kimiko slashed his left thigh cutting through the cheap cloth leaving a deep gash.
"Wrong answer, I repeat, why have you joined Sasuke Uchiha?"
"I liked to see what would happen"
Once again slash, this time across his chest.
"Wrong answer again, we shall continue till you tell me the correct answer"
The man sighed and spoke, "He promised me food for my family and ten years worth wealth and shelter"
"I see, did you actually think he would provide you with this?" asked Kimiko.
"No I did not, but whatever he gave me to convince me at least will keep my brothers and sisters alive for some more days," said the man.
"Do you think you can kill me?" asked Kimiko.
"Yes"
Once more Kimiko slashed his right arm.
"No"
"Very good, you learn fast" said Kimiko.
Just then a whole shower of kunai's ascending from behind Kimiko.
The man she was interrogating turned into a huge spear.
"I see, so that's why Uchiha recruited you, I thought so, why would he recruit just any wandering missing-ninja"
Just as the kunai's were going to pierce Kimiko a black portal opened and swallowed in all the kunai.
Meanwhile the spear had been lingering in the air, it glowed once and multiplied into ten spears and flames burst from the tips of each.
Meanwhile the ground beneath Kimiko was turning into an acidic swamp while the air was clouded by poisonous gas.
" Hmm, nice effort" said Kimiko dodging the spears one by one till all of them formed into one spear ten times larger in size and with a blue flame extending from it.
Kimiko felt a piercing pain in her forehead and fell on her knees.
"This is chakra draining flame, he tricked me into thinking he was a weapon specialist and then used his real skills with traps and chakra draining to put me in this position" thought Kimiko.
"It's over for you, I will be the one interrogating now" said Chikara appearing before her carrying a sword.
Deidara tried to cross the barrier again but it only shocked him and shrank in size.
"Now you will tell me the secrets of the Tsukigan, its abilities, it's weaknesses in particular, its strengths, everything" ordered Chikara.
"The tables have turned I see" said Kimiko smiling calmly.
The grey lines on her forehead disappeared and her Tsukigan disappeared.
Suddenly Chikara slashed at her head and it transformed into a log.
Kimiko jumped up and a number of little specks of light began floating around her.
"Without chakra I am not useless, one can still use Taijutsu, Ninja Art: Moonlight Beauty Technique" she said before the little specks of light became more pronounced and began twirling over here and there.
Chikara tried to figure out their patter but as one after the other the specks exploded in great flashes of light Chikara staggered back, temporarily blinded.
Kimiko appeared as if out of the smoke beside him and kicked him up.
Then again using the speedy technique speed up, concentrated all her remaining chakra in her foot and slammed it down on Chikara as hard as she could and slammed him so hard that when he crashed with the ground he got embedded thirty inches deep inside the ground.
Kimiko walked up to him and placed her leg on his chest.
"Let me ask you one last time, why do think Sasuke Uchiha is sending people like you after us?" Asked Kimiko restored to her ordinary cold voice.
Chikara was now crying tears, "Please don't kill me, my family is too young to survive on their own, they will starve, I beg you, please let me return to them, Sasuke said he would chop off their heads if I didn't consent to assassinating you, I didn't want to do it, please spare me"
Kimiko looked at him for a moment as if deciding whether he was trying to make excuses or whether he was sincere.
Kimiko raised her legs and everyone expected her too slam it down hard on his already crushed chest.
Instead Kimiko did slam it down hard but on the ground beside him, causing it to crack.
"You will surrender to the kages, we will allow you and your family to live, in exchange for whatever information you give us, if you fail to co-operate you and your family will be cast away in the mercy of Sasuke Uchiha, the choice will be yours" said Kimiko as the barrier faded and three samurai's rushed passed her to take Chikara to the medical room.
Deidara went up to her, "I'm sorry, I always seem to be useless don't I, hm?"He asked.
"No you don't can't you see what gives me the strength to battle on? It's the sight of you, and all my friends, to see them lifts my spirits, that is why today I was able to continue fighting after almost all of my chakra was drained" said Kimiko embracing him.
"All we do is watch, I think what Sasuke Uchiha is trying to do is kill Kimiko" said Tsunade.
'That's true, this is the second attempt on Kimiko's life specially" said Mei.
"He is ignoring us" accused Onoki.
"Obviously he wants to get the strongest out of the way first" said Gaara.
Onoki stared at him, "Are you saying that she is stronger than me?" he yelled.
"Now, no, other times, yes" Gaara seemed to enjoy antagonizing the old man.
"Shall we increase protection around you, Tsukikage-Sama?"Asked Mifune.
Just when Kimiko was going to protest Deidara cut in, "Yes, thank you, we would like to have some help"
"What are you doing, I don't need anymore protection" whispered Kimiko.
"Oh yes you do, you're all drained now, Uchiha isn't keeping gaps between his attacks, if someone even stronger were to attack you again? Then?"Asked Deidara.
Kimiko opened her mouth to argue with him but fell silent seeing that he had a point.
Suddenly she started, "Where's Cherubim?" she asked Deidara.
Deidara blushed a little and said, "It's in my room"
"Aww, you like him as well don't you?" teased Kimiko.
"Well, it's not very bad" said Deidara
But as they went inside Deidara noticed that dark clouds were gathering up in the sky. Distant growls of thunder could be heard as well.
"I hope we can get out of here in one piece, hm" he thought, "Just wait till I get my hands on that brat of an Uchiha"
Deidara fumed at the mere thought of Sasuke, "He won't live if he comes up against me" thought Deidara harshly going into his room.
Well that's it. Whew, two chapters in one day. I think I deserve a commendation. See you all next time and don't forget to review please.