Blow Me Away 7 (Deidara x Reader)

Blow Me Away
Chapter 7: Kidnapped

“Kunai, shuriken, wire, paper bombs, smoke bombs, sleeping gas…” you ticked off your list with your fingers, eyeing the small bags that held everything as you did. “That’s everything.”

You attached them to your belt, looping them tightly, and then tied your headband around your head.

It was nearly light out. You would have to meet up with the rest of the mission’s team and set out with the scouts. There was no time to waste and you were chockfull of energy. You had finally gained a good night’s rest. No fevers plagued your dreams or woke you with cold sweat; no coughs disturbed you; no achy bones throbbed until you woke. You would be in excellent health for the day.

The thought made you smile. Asahi had held you back for so long, but now you would show how much you benefited from your hard training.

You opened the door. It was foggy out, the sky dusted with orange and pink as dawn began to break. The tip of the sun broke over the rocky terrain, spraying the land with light. You jumped down the stairs and ran for main gate. You would be late if you lingered any longer.

It looked like a perfect day for a mission.

Or so you thought.

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The mission started almost immediately after your arrival.

Asahi was with the group specifically assigned to protect the weapon, and you were placed with the scouting team. He gave you a thumbs-up which you heartily returned, feeling, for the first time in weeks, elated. You had been subject to training for far too long, and you were itching to try out your new jutsu. And thanks to your goodnight’s sleep, you had energy to spare. The mark on your neck was nothing but a bad dream now, and fear of your health seemed a million miles away.

You were teamed up with familiar friends: Takumi, Hina, and Masato. Takumi had honed his sensory Kekkei Genkkai and was put as captain of your team. It was nice to see his soft smile after years of avoiding him for Deidara’s sake. He had grown a handsome face and seemed far more respectable than he had back at the Ninja Academy; he listened with rapt attention to his orders and turned to the three of you with a serious expression.

“We’ll be east of the main group; there are others north, west, south, and directly surrounding the group protecting the weapon. If we sense anything out of the ordinary Masato will summon a ninken” – Masato nodded – “to notify the other scouts and defense team, and Hina and [name] will be on high alert for the enemy. [name], you are good with long distant attacks, right?” You nodded. “Good. Hina is best with close-range as she surpasses in taijutsu. We balance each other out.”

“We’re not nearly strong enough to take down an Akatsuki member though,” you pointed out, not understanding the plan.

Takumi nodded. “You’re right, we’re not. But our job is to protect the weapon at all costs, even if we have to die buying them a little time.”

Hina gave you a solemn look. It was clear who the losing team would be, but you would have to try your best. The weapon meant a great deal not only to Iwagakure’s future but to the Land of Fire’s as well. Your deaths would not be in vain.

Masato bit his thumb and slammed his hand on the ground. “Kuchiyose no jutsu!” A black ninken appeared and looked at Masato expectantly. “Tomi, I want you to follow us and keep an open nose for enemy chakra. If we come across anything suspicious I want you to notify the others right away.”  

The ninken dropped his head once. “Hai!”

You, Hina, Masato, and Tomi looked at Takumi expectantly. He surveyed the four of you before turning to look at the mission leader. The leader nodded in understanding and asked if the other teams were ready. He turned back to Takumi.

“Whenever you’re ready.”

Takumi raised his hand. You crouched into a leaping position, ready on his mark. He dropped his hand and the five of you dispersed into the rocky terrain.


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Everyone was on high alert.

The Akatsuki were extremely powerful enemies, and the chance of you defeating even a single member was a slim chance to none. The only thing your team could do was hope they noticed them before it was too late.

You ran until you were standing beside Takumi. “What are the odds of us getting attacked by an Akatsuki member?”

His eyes moved to your face momentarily before continuing their constant scan of the landscape. “Very odd, but don’t let your guard down. They could have easily found out about this mission.”

“That’s what I’m afraid of,” you mumbled.

He gave you a soft smile. “Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to any of you.”

He had truly grown into a great captain.

Your feet slapped against stone as you fell back beside Hina. She shot you a glance.

“What he really means is that we will probably encounter one, won’t we?” she asked.
You shook your head. “No – I bet we’ll encounter more. The whole organization is after this thing; if they want it bad enough they’ll definitely try and take it.” Hina looked more uneasy than before. You smiled confidently and said, “But don’t worry, we have Takumi. He’ll make sure nothing happens to us.”

Hina swallowed and turned to gaze around her. You followed her line of vision and watched as the scenery went from rock walls and dirt to trees and greenery. You were in the Land of Fire. But you still had another few hours of travel until you reached Konoha, so even the sight of wild flowers and twittering birds failed to ease your angst.

Takumi ordered the team to move up into the trees – they provided with better coverage – and one by one you made your way up a tree until you were moving swiftly again, but this time jumping from branch to branch.

The air was cool and fresh outside of Iwagakure. You tired of the same old scenery and the lack of vegetation; the Land of Fire was a nice break. Everyone else seemed to agree as sunlight trickled through the overgrowth and bounced off your Iwagakure protractors. You smiled despite yourself.

Just as you were about to say something positive about the breeze, Takumi came to a stop and lifted a hand. Everyone dropped beside him, Hina and you crouching into an attack position. Tomi was prepared to run.

“I thought I felt an odd chakra…” he murmured, squinting further into the trees. After a moment he relaxed. “Sorry, I picked up the chakra of another scouting team’s member. Let’s move before we fall behind!”

Hina sighed in relief and the journey began again. This time you felt less and less at ease, like something was going to happen…

A kunai flew past your head into a tree; it exploded, tossing the five of you yards away from your original position. You saw a blur through the smoke and realized it was Tomi leaving to notify the others. You pulled yourself to your feet and grabbed a kunai. Takumi was beside you as well as Masato and Hina.

“How did I not notice them?!” demanded a flustered Takumi. “There was no sign of chakra anywhere!”

You narrowed your eyes as another three kunai shot from the shadows of a distant tree, scarcely missing Hina. You gritted your teeth as realization hit you.

“That chakra your felt earlier was another scouting member’s, but you first felt the Akatsuki’s before he masked it with another,” you explained, pulling out a handful of shuriken and tossing them.

“What are you saying?!” yelled Masato.

“She’s saying,” Takumi growled, “that they already got the other scouting teams.”

“W-why didn’t anyone notify us?!” Hina cried, twisting to toss shuriken at the shadow as well.  “Those were orders!”

You slid your foot forward and threw more shuriken, but this time making a seal as they flew. The stars multiplied and soared with deadly precision at the tree.

“Because they never got a chance too.”


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“Sasori no Danna, you were right, they have a pretty strong sensory type!” Someone said, laughing.

Whoever had been in the shadows was gone now, and Takumi was looking in the sky. You heard Masato make an annoyed sound, and Hina shrunk a little behind you. She was a close-rang fighter and the Akatsuki was in the sky, she had no chance of helping unless they came in for a hand-to-hand combat. However, long-distance was your specialty, and you felt comfortable with that thought. But unease was growing in your stomach tenfold the longer you stood. Something was wrong, but you couldn’t put your finger on it.

“Don’t you find it odd,” murmured Takumi, “That they would attack all the scouts and not the middle defense? They could have easily skirted past without us knowing until it was too late. In fact, they could have taken the weapon!”

You furrowed your brow. “So they have another objective…”

Something fell from the sky like rain.

“Crap –!” Takumi yelled, turning to push his team out of the way.

But you held your ground and placed two pinching fingers in front of your lips. “Katon! Goukakyuu no jutsu!”

A stream of fire came from your mouth and hurtled towards the falling items. You heard Masato cheer for you as the objects blew away. But you didn’t have time to be happy, because without warning the items began to pop and explode rapidly until a steady eruption blew you to the ground.

You grunted as your back smacked into a tree. The objects had been bombs and your fire style had lit them, causing them to explode. You hadn’t helped your team at all – you made it worse! You struggled to stand. If you had been knocked back like that then what of your team?

But in seconds an arm was around your waist, lifting you up. You turned your head and blinked the black spots from your eyes. It was Takumi. He was staring at you worriedly, warm breath dancing across your cheek as he spoke.

“Are you okay? Oi! Answer me!” His voice cut through your foggy hearing and you nodded, pushing away from him to stand on your own. He sighed, looking relieved. “You got the brunt of it, but luckily you’re not hurt.”

“Is everyone okay?” you asked, rubbing your eyes,

“We’re fine!” Hina said, landing beside you with Masato.

You turned to look back at the sky. It was hard to see anything through the thicket of branches, and you cursed. If he was dropping bombs than your fire style was useless against him. In fact, it would merely help his plan to murder you all. You turned to look at Takumi who was assessing the situation.

“We can’t see him,” you stated dumbly.

“Perhaps you hit your head?” Takumi joked at your obvious statement, but then grew serious. “We’ll need to move to an open area. He’s riding on something, but that’s about all I can see. We’re at a strong disadvantage under here.”

Everyone nodded and you began to run again. Bombs rained down, one nearly landing on your head. But the odd thing was… they didn’t explode. One stuck to Masato’s arm and he shook it spasmodically. You blinked. They were bombs… made of clay?

With a strangled noise you bolted ahead of Takumi until you were in a clearing, the voices of your teammates yelling behind you. You looked up.

“D-Deidara-kun…” you whispered, seeing a large clay bird with the blond haired ninja standing on top.

He brought two fingers into a one-handed seal. “Katsu!”

Masato’s cry reached your ears loud and clear. The bomb that had landed on his arm had exploded. You squeezed your eyes shut.

“Sasori no Danna!” Deidara yelled. “I got one! Un! Did you see? Did you see?”

“Urusei,” a voice answered back. “You’re messing around too much, Deidara. Just get what we came for and let’s get out of here.”

“Tch.”

Deidara looked down at you. A part of you was hoping he would look surprised, hurt, or even happy, but instead his face remained impassive as his clay bird dove towards you. It was like your muscles had frozen – you couldn’t move. Seeing him was too much. A long-lost friend that had been the one person you could trust more than anyone was standing before you in enemy attire, freely killing your friends. It hurt more than you could have ever imagined.

“[name]!” Someone yelled. You felt a heavy weight throw you to the ground.

After that everything erupted into chaos. The bird passed overhead followed by more yelling, and out of the corner of your eye you could see Hina – who excelled in both taijutsu and healing – trying to stop the bleeding of Masato’s missing arm. The man that Deidara had been speaking to, you finally realized, was sitting casually in the only tree in the field watching you and your struggling teammates. Takumi must have been the one on top of you, because he was nowhere else to be seen.

Deidara was swooping down again with an expression of greatest annoyance. You felt arms wrap
around you and someone murmur in your ear. But the words didn’t register, because all at once something wet and sticky was dribbling down your arm, Deidara was swooping again, and you heard Takumi give a wet, shuttering cough.

You had just enough time to peek at him and realize that crimson was oozing from his mouth before he was rolled off you and something picked you up, lifting you into the sky. You had one last look at Hina trying to heal Masato, and Takumi watching you with an expression of anguish and failure, his chest open and bleeding, before your world clouded over.

And Takumi’s final words reached your ears.

“They’re after you.”

~ omg you got kidnapped by Dei! ~