Chapter 15!: The Amerada Stand Tall!

Deidara

'Let go of her!' I yelled at the Sainan, who turned its large head and grinned darkly. A loud rumble echoed through the mountains and over Konoha. I looked around, but the clouds weren't thunder clouds, and there was no rain, only the occasional fall of snow. I gave the Sainan a sidelong glance, just as he arched his back, and choked. A large puff of smoke emanated from his large mouth, and he spat out bits of clay.

'Yuki!' Sasuke Shouted, and did numerous hand signs.

'Sasuke, there's no point!' Sakura said, putting her hand on his back. 'You need to let her go.'

'What?' He growled, and rounded on her. 'So you'd expect me to suddenly like you?' Sakura's face dulled.

'No, that's not what I-' She started.

'Just shut up, you stupid bitch!' Sasuke roared, and turned his back on her, his face reflected Sakura's, and she looked hurt, really badly.

'Sasuke.' Naruto said, gritting his teeth. 'Why did you say that?'

'Because….' He murmured and looked up at the Sainan, who was still choking. 'I can't let go of Yuki just like that.'

The Sainan gave one last wheeze and cough, then made a hacking noise, and spat out a black and blue wolf-like creature.

The Sainan sat back on its haunches, and whined, lifting its paw up and rubbing its throat.

'Yuki…' I murmured, and sprinted over to the bundle of fur, tears welling up in my eyes. I blinked them away as I approached the Juichuri. I knelt down beside it and found its face. 'Danna…' I murmured. 'Danna are you…?' Her large, purple eyes slowly lifted, and stared at my own, groaning as she lifted her head up slightly. She let out a low moan and she flopped it back down on the floor again.

'Ohh…' I whispered, and brushed my hand on the side of her face. She whimpered slightly, and rolled onto her belly, then heaved herself up, growling. 'Danna…?' I whisper, as her wide eyes roll round to glare at the Sainan, who was coughing sickly. She pushed her large nose into my chest, and pushed me backwards, then turned, and lunged at the Sainan.

'I've been following you for 13 years now, waiting for this moment…' Kaji chuckled blackly. I shot him a look and grinned.

'Don't under estimate my Danna.'

'Let's see what she's got against my Demon then, Blondie.' He hissed, his eyes like Orochimaru's.

'Ahah...' I said, avoiding his eye sight. 'So you're part of Hinote's "Amerada" Clan…' Kaji grinned darkly.

'Aye. I lived and served Hinote-Sensei on my life.' He laughed. I lifted my head slightly.

'Maybe you should count on others…' A Dark voice murmured behind me. 'Rather than on yourself and Ryu…' I turned, and Gaara was stood with his arms crossed, as usual. He glanced at me, and for a moment, I panicked. 'Let's see what our Juichuri can do, Deidara…' He stood beside me, and I nodded.

The Juichuri had clasped her Teeth around the Sainan's throat, who gasped and was clawing at her muscular chest. The Sainan roared, and pushed the Juichuri away, hissing furiously. Their claws dug into each other's skin, and they snapped their teeth in each other's faces. The Sainan suddenly whipped his paw around, and smacked The Juichuri in the face, who let out an ear piercing roar, and pushed the Sainan down.

I blinked and glanced at Kakashi who was stood beside me, looking up at them with his normal eye and sharingan.

'You're aware they have lost their human selves?' He asked, feeling my gaze.

'I- I….' I stammered.

'No need to fear.' Kakashi gave me a sidelong look. 'All will be well.' My jaw dropped. He was saying this when they were tearing each other's throats out?

'The Juichuri has a much Higher Chakra level than the Sainan.' Kakashi continued. 'I give most of the credit to that from her Uchiha Blood.

'Ah…' I murmured, and looked up at her. 'Will she remember any of this?' Kakashi's eyes turned pained.

'I'm afraid not.' He murmured, focusing back on the two fighting Biju. 'This is bigger than the times before.' He pointed at the Juichuri's large blue and black body. 'Literally.'

Naruto stood beside him.

'Kakashi-Sensei.' He said, staring at the Biju. 'Could I-?'

'Certainly not, Naruto.' Kakashi said, putting his hand on Naruto's head. 'You're precious to us, and I definitely do not want to have to try and bring the Kyubi to peace.' He looked up at The Juichuri again. 'I think the 11-tails is enough for me.'

'But Sensei! There's no part of them left!' Naruto exclaimed, as I looked at my feet. 'There's no way we could get them ba-' He fell silent, and I looked at Kakashi without moving my head, and he was staring at me with pitiful eyes. Naruto's gaze dropped onto mine, and his eyes widened. I began to wonder what they were looking at, but then something wet dropped onto my hand. I looked down to see a small drop of water dripping off of my index finger. I touched my cheek, and it was wet. I was crying, and I suspected Naruto hadn't seen a member of the Akatsuki cry before.

'Ugh…' I said, rubbing the back of my hand against my face.

'Sorry… Uhh…' Naruto Trailed off. 'What's your name again?'

'D- Deidara…' I stammered, still rubbing my eyes and sniffling.

'Oh, right. Deidara.' He repeated my name. 'I'm sorry.'

'No, it's fine.' I said, looking up at the Juichuri, my eyes stinging with tears. 'I deserve this.' The Sainan clawed the Juichuri's face.

'Uh, Why?' Naruto asked as his eyebrows rose. I looked at him with a slight smile of acknowledgement.

'I put myself in these situations a lot, and depend on other people.' I murmured. 'It's about time I did something about it… but In a situation like this, no one can. Not even me.' I stared at the grass. 'I'm nothing but a useless Kunoichi, who shouldn't even be classed as an "S-Rank Criminal" or "Terrorist Bomber", because I can't even save my best friend.' A hand clamped onto my shoulder, and I looked behind me at Tobi, who had slunk up between me and Gaara.

'It's okay, Deidara-Sempai.' He murmured, and rubbed my shoulder lightly. 'You can do it.'

'Tobi, I… I can't.' I said, and fisted my hair. 'I should cease to exist.'

'Sempai.' He said, pulling me round to face him, and putting his other hand on my other shoulder. 'You can. And I think you should know this now.' He said, quirking his head. 'I'm not who you think I am, and I think it's best if you knew something about Yuki that you didn't know before.' I raised my eye brows.

'What I don't know about Yuki?' I asked. 'I know pretty much everything about her.'

'But did you know I'm her father?' I froze.

'… What…?'

'You heard me.' Tobi said, taking one hand off of my shoulder, and clasping the bottom of his mask, pulling it up. 'I'm Uchiha Yuki Niiro's father.' Something in the atmosphere changed then. People froze, some gasped, other's quickly turned to others whispering, and others shouted out names. Always the same name.

'Uchiha Madara!'

'No way! I thought he was dead!'

'Great! Another nightmare to cause yet another catastrophe.'

'My goodness! This long?'

In front of me was no longer the scrawny, annoying and psychotic Shinobi that was known as Tobi. As his long hair trailed down his back, I felt my eyes widen, and my worries slide.

"If this guy is Yuki's father…" I thought. "Then what the heck am I afraid of?"

Uchiha Madara stood in front of me, smiling at my astonished face.

'What?' He asked in a Deep, unrecognizable voice. 'Never seen my face before?'

'N- Not in person…' I said, examining the ancient, but young looking face of Uchiha Madara. 'Omigosh. Gomen ne.' I said, and bowed my head. Madara smiled at me when I looked back up at him.

'Sorry for what?' He asked, cocking his head to the side.

'For being such a stupid Sempai.' I said, and slapped my hand to my face.

'Deidara.' He said, patting my shoulder again. 'You made my life worth living.' I froze.

'Really?' I asked. He laughed at me.

'I've lived for one hundred years, Deidara.' He chuckled. 'And you made it far more interesting.' I smiled at him.

'I…' I began, but trailed off.

'Now.' Madara Said, stepping away from me and turning to the Biju. 'Let's sort out this little garden problem shall we?' He grinned.

'Wha- We?' I said, staring at him.

'I can bring Yuki to her senses by controlling her with my sharingan.' He said in a more serious tone. 'You're gonna have to destroy the Sainan.'

'D- Destroy?' I asked, taken aback. 'M- Madara-Sama! I can't do that!'

'Of course you can.' He said to me, looking at me through his long black hair. 'You want Yuki to live, don't you?' My breathing stopped.

'Is her life… In my own hands…?' I asked, looking up at the large Blue and Black Biju, who was tearing at the other Biju's throat.

'Yes.' Madara murmured. 'But, Deidara.' He said quickly, and I turned to meet his steady glance. 'I believe in you. I trust you with my Daughters life.' He smiled softly, the corners of his eyes crinkling.

My eyes widened.

'After all we've been through…' I murmured. 'After how I treated you… You still trust me…?'

'Of course.' He said, closing his eyes whilst he smiled. 'Love is more powerful than death, after all.' I smiled at him, and grinned.

'Yeah.' I looked at the Sainan. 'It sure is.'

'Now we have to do this.' He said, and leapt forward, sprinting towards The Juichuri. I pushed my hands into my clay pouches, and formed four clay birds. I then threw two forwards, and did the two hand signs for the enlarging and animating jutsu.

'Inu, Hitsuji.' I said, as I did the hand signs for "Dog" then "Ram". The birds grew, and they immediately jumped up and flew towards the Sainan. I made sure they were around his eyes, then yelled; 'Katsu!' The birds exploded, and the Sainan retreated away from the Juichuri, which gave Madara time to leap onto The Juichuri's nose, and hypnotised her. I grinned, then launched the other two up and leapt onto one's back. I made the other soar into the Sainan's mouth whilst it roared in pain.

'If I'm gonna take it down…' I murmured. 'I might as well do it from the inside…'

I made sure I had put a Doppel Ganger of myself in there, so I could see what was going on.

I made the birds way down the Sainan's throat, and into one of its lungs. I put the bird near the edge of Sainan's lungs then shouted "Katsu!" again. The Sainan's reaction was just as I had anticipated. He reared up, backing away, gasping for air, and laded with a thud on his back, blood spurting from his mouth.

'Way to go, Deidara!' Naruto yelled to me. I grinned at him, and watched as the half alive Sainan pushed himself to his feet and stared at me with red, blood thirsty eyes.

'Oh shit…' I muttered, and Gaara appeared beside me on his sand.

'Let's do a combo attack.' He said. I nodded, and his sand shot out from behind him, smacking the Sainan in the face. I blended my clay in with the sand as it whizzed past, and Gaara smirked, covering the Sainan's body with flecks of sand.

'Sand burial…' He murmured, and The ground beneath the Sainan dipped, and sand covered it's body, and above him.

'Katsu!' I yelled, and the sand exploded with the clay.

'Ryu!' Kaji yelled. Myself and Gaara hovered above the pit in which the Sainan was incased in. I glanced over at Madara, who had brought the Juichuri down to about the size of a horse, and was rubbing its muzzle, calming it.

'Damn.' Gaara muttered. I looked at him, then followed his gaze down to the pit, where Ryu was clambering out of it.

'…Stupid Akatsuki…' He muttered, glaring up at me as Kaji ran to his side, making a fuss of him.

'Hey, Deidara…?' Madara called. I looked down to him, and he motioned with his hand closest to me to come over.

I flew down, and jumped of the bird; releasing the jutsu and making it disappear in a cloud of smoke.

'What is it, Madara-Sama?' I asked, standing next to him, looking at him, rather than the Juichuri.

'I think you need to remind her of who she is.' He said, not looking at me. 'I've caught her in a genjutsu. I can allow you in her mind and tell her who she is.' He looked away from the hypnotised Biju and at me. 'I can't do this alone.' I widened my eyes and nodded.

'What do I need to do, un?' I asked him.

'As soon as I catch you into my genjutsu, you should be in a room with a large cage.' He said. I gathered I had to get everything he was going to say. 'The cage will have massive doors, and they will be open. Closing them won't help, you need to find Yuki in there, and reassure her it's her, and not the Juichuri. Right now, she thinks she needs the Juichuri's power, but she doesn't. She needs to know that that is not the right way to go.' He handed me a slip of paper with the Kanji "Seal" on. 'Use this after the Juichuri leaves her, and get's hauled back into the cage. Put that right in the middle of the gate, and do not take it off once it's on.' I nodded.

'I got it.' I said shakily.

'Good. Are you ready?' He asked, a hint of fear in his eyes. 'You cannot afford to mess up.'

'Yeah, and If I do…' I trailed off, then grinned. 'We shouldn't worry. I won't let you or Yuki down!' Madara grinned at me.

'Then what are we waiting for?'