Shippuden Chapter 5: Explosions, Fire and Sand
"He's going to be hot now!"- Hono yelled, performing handsigns. Rat, Tiger, Dog, Ox, Rabbit, Tiger.- "Katon: Housenka no jutsu!"
"What the?"- Deidara muttered as he saw multiple fire projectiles going towards him. The current bird form that he was riding wasn't nearly as fast as he needed to be to dodge all of them, so he simply decided to fall down. He jumped back, falling and preparing a second bird statue after his first was impaled by Gaara's sand and exploded. As he fell, the fire projections fell with him, creating an orange circle around him.- "That was a nice attack, but what about this? Hmm."
"Watch out!"- Shino warned as Deidara let go of a bunch of little bird statues that quickly enlarged and flew towards them. The birds were very fast and elusive, dodging Gaara's sand, Hono and Akasha's fire and Shino's bugs at the same time.
"Mizore, could you help us out on this one?"- Hono asked. Mizore had the Raiton element, which was perfect to disable those bombs.
"Ok."- she quickly took hold of a bunch of senbon and manually threw them, hitting every bird. The birds simply fell, as if all life or energy had been sucked from them.
"What happened to them?"- Moka asked. Shino looked at her.
"Raiton is very strong against lightning. The lightning that Mizore infused the senbon with disabled the bombs in seconds."- he answered before turning to his girlfriend, giving her a tap on the shoulder.- "You know, I think that guy really likes bombs."
"What do you mean? Of course he likes bombs!"- Akasha replied. Hono smirked. Though she didn't get what Shino meant, he and Mizore did. Mizore quickly pulled her left sleeve up, revealing the wrist slingshot that was equipped with five senbon and was covered in seals. She pulled the rubber back, aimed and released it. Deidara was still falling and there was no way for him to avoid the strike.
"What do you party-crashers think this is going to do to me? They're just fucking needles!"- the blonde shouted. As soon as the senbon got close to him, they started to shine, to the point of blinding.- "What the?"
"Gotcha."- Hono smirked.
"Ninpou: Supernova Onslaught!"- Mizore exclaimed as the senbon exploded in the S-Rank villain's face. The boom was music for Hono's ears. God, did he love explosions. When the smoke cloud finally dissipated, it revealed nothing. Deidara was above them, on top of another bird, now taking them into account. He was about to throw some more bombs when he held back and reached into his pocket, taking out a small, fat statue that had two eyes and two arms, crossed.
"Oh fuck, that is C3!"- the white haired jinchuuriki warned them. Black symbols appeared on his body, starting to change it. His skin grew darker, his torso gained a black tattoo and horns grew on his head. Two black wings grew on his back, making him shout from pain. Shino was the only one that didn't react to that. Mizore looked curious, Moka looked surprised. Akasha looked delighted. The Akatsuki bomber was terrified and Gaara was wondering just what in the hell was Hono.- "Akasha, let's go."
"Yay!"- she said as she got on all fours. Her features grew feral, her long white hair became spiky and her eyes became slits. Her teeth became fangs and her nails, claws. She jumped on Hono's back as he flew over to Deidara. He was so scared that he accidentally dropped the bomb. Hono rushed at it while Akasha jumped off of him, aiming at Deidara. Hono saw the bomb enlarge and he knew that there was nothing he could do. His rage became overwhelming and his horns started glowing. After moments, they shot out a straight beam of pure darkness that cut the bomb in half, blowing it up in the middle of the air. He flew up to see that Akasha was beating the ever living fuck out of Deidara, pushing him and his bird back into a giant sphere of sand.
"SABAKU ROU!"- Gaara shouted, imprisoning Deidara. Hono ran over there, grabbed Akasha and threw her at Gaara before heading for the orb. His right hand started overflowing with dark chakra as he punched through the prison and hit Gaara.
"BAKUTON:JIRAIKEN!"- the sphere exploded as Hono used the secret art. Gaara was shocked, looking at what his "brother" had done after rescuing the Kiri girl. His sand was absolutely covered in chakra, no one could break it! Deidara fell in white pieces, showing that he had used Kawarimi and replaced himself with a Clay Clone. The real Deidara was now on a really small bird that could barely take his weight, and was flying away as quickly as possible.
Hono's symbols receded, his horns went back into his skulls, much like his wings went back into his, well, into his back. The tattoo disappeared and his dark chakra dissipated. He started falling, but Keegan managed to catch him meanwhile, just before he fell into unconsciousness.