The blonde woke up early the following morning, and dressed put his headprotector on excited.
He wasn't going to be training with his team anymore, but it was okay anyway. Because now he would get the right training! Deidara was the only one after all that could do this, and it was going to be fun.
He left at nine'o'clock, and headed to the office. To be honest to himself, the blonde had never visited the Tsuchikage's office. It was a big, tall stone tower with the Tsuchikage mark at the top. Deidara stepped inside, and eyed the signs.
There were billions of different signs, but he only followed those who said Tsuchikage Office. Simple as that.
After minutes of walking stairs and passing people, the blonde finally reached the top floor. He knocked on the door, and waited for someone to open. Although he had to open himself as he heard a come in. The blonde stepped inside, and closed the door gently as he entered.
" Ah, Deidara-kun. Already here? " , the elder nodded from the table he sat at. Deidara nodded, walking to stand closer.
" Very well, want to start already? This will be interesting.. " , Ohnoki stepped onto the table that was stocked with papers. He then soared up a bit in the air, flying. Deidara eyed the other silent. So, where were they going to train, exactly?
" Follow me, young lad " , the Tsuchikage nodded. He then flew by the blonde, and headed downstairs. The Genin was surpised that he of all people was chosen to be offered training by the Tsuchikage himself.
They tripped down about five floors, until the older male opened a door to a stone door. The whole floor was empty. Deidara stepped in, and eyed the huge room stunned. For being such a slink building, how did this fit in here?!
" Wow.. " , was the only words he could perform.
Ohnoki soared deeper into the huge training room, closing the door.
The room was big enough for two long-distance shinobis to fight eachother, with three thin windows at the opposite wall from the entrance. So some sun light could enter the dark room to lighten it up a bit. If someone would happen to be there at night, there were lights in the ceiling and candles on the walls. There was a trone placed on the left side of the room from the entrance on a higher platform, but not that high. About two stairsteps higher up than the normal ground level of the room. Two pillars in the centre of the room appeaed too, placed about ten metres away from eachother.
The blonde stepped further in, while Ohnoki soared to place himself to the elbow rest of the trone.
" You do know how to concentrate chakra into objects, right? ". Deidara nodded, " Of course I do, un ".
" Good. Because that is what's this all about, almost. ". The blonde leaned against the pillar that was the closest to the trone, facing his new master.
" You need to create a relation to those mouths. It may sound ridiculous, but trust me. It will be useful. Because when they will work with you, you will become their master and they will listen. You need to use your mind to create the bombs, at any shape you wish for. You're fond of explosions, right? I know that everyone has been kind of quiet around you but, yeah. Do you know why your brother did it? "
Deidara took a deep breath some seconds after the rant. " He did it, because I like explosions. Because he knew that I loved it. He wanted me to be free to create however I wanted, without carrying tags with me everywhere.. ".
The Kage nodded, " I see... ".
Deidara nodded, " But.. Eh.. " he hesitated. " I mean... it's not like.. ". The blonde didn't feel comfortable to talk about his and Takara's stupidness, " Nevermind ".
The elder sighed. He knew that the older blonde that had passed away was a nice guy, maybe too nice, but that he didn't think of the risks it could have caused.
" Well. First off - I want to see your skills this far, Deidara-kun. "
" So, what do you want me to do? "
Ohnoki made a rock clone next to him, " Attack this clone with all of your strength " , he nodded. The clone flew to the blonde, staring to attack.
The blonde yelped at first, but jumped away to not take too much damage. He swiftly grabbed some shurikens, and took fight position.
His opponent rushed closer, so Deidara threw his shuriken at the stone. The ninja weapons didn't do any damage at all, and they fell to the floor.
The blonde actually had some problems with short-distance fights, but it worked out. It was just a bit rushing to block attacks and attack yourself when the opponent was that close. The blonde started to hit with fists and feet, trying to kick the clone away. He had fully recovered from the accident and was as skilled as before.
" You're convincing me good enough " , the Tsuchikage nodded after a while.
" I'm the only one yet that can use the Rock Clone Jutsu. Usually, normal clones would poof away by hits or shuriken. But I'm aiming at the thought of being a real person that you're suppoused to fight now. " . The clone fell into stones infront of Deidara's feet.
" I want you to build a relation with your mouths to get them to work with you, so we can start the training soon for real, okay? " the elder stood up. Deidara nodded, and eyed his hands.
At three'o'clock, Deidara was taking a walk again outside of the village. No one seemed to be fixing the injuries of the nature.
The Genin walked on the meadow from long ago, heading to the big tree he and dad used to walk to back in days. Takara too, of course.
It was kind of calming to see that the tree still growed by its roots, and not damaged in any way. So there he was again, trying to revisit his past. Alone, that was. Since no one was with him this time.
The blonde caressed the tree's cortex, wanting to feel the texture.