Fire style: Burning Love Jutsu

Chapter 34: Rivals Return

"Alright. Ready?" Azamuku asked. I nodded and watched her carefully. She took a deep breath in. "Remember. If you don't get this, we'll have to pay a visit sooner than friday." I said. She glared and exhaled, closing her eyes. She allowed for the seal to spread over her body. Her arms rested at her sides, the seal snaking its way around over her right half.

Gaara took a step back, the look in her eyes less than welcoming. "Almost there. Come on." I whispered to myself. The marks stopped crawling over her skin and quivered in place. "No, no, no. Come on. Almost!" I said through clenched teeth. The seal quickly retracted itself and sent her into a fit of pain. "It's no use trying to force it." She said. "Then we are left with no other choice." I said.

She hung her head. "I'm leaving Friday. No sooner." She ordered. "Fine." I said, sighing. She dusted herself off and sighed heavily. The day we dread is finally coming. The day where we surrender ourselves to Orochimaru. "You're rather far from your village, Lord Kazekage." A voice said. Azamuku tensed up at the new voice. "You're supposed to be dead." She whispered. I looked in the direction it came from to see what looked like a bird in the sky and a blond haired male on its back.

"And you're supposed to be working with me, un." The voice said. "What do you want...?" She growled. "I want you to come back to the hide out. Be the new leader. Start a better team." He said. "Don't you have better things to do? Like go explode a toy spider or something?" She hissed. "They're not toys. They're works of art." The deep voice said. "You always did hate when I called them toys." She said, chuckling.

"I'm sorry, Deidara. I'm not coming back. I have something better to live out." She said grabbing at her seal. "A dream, should I say." She said grinning and lowering her guard. The inky black marks snaked out from under her hand, up her neck and across the right half of her face. "And it DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU!" She shouted, jumping into the air and throwing kunai at the bird. It easily dodged it as she sneered.

"You know. I've learned a few things while with that little group." She said, grinning. Landing on her feet, she looked up at him, standing still. He looked down at her and began to speak. "What's wrong? Tired al-" He said, getting cut off. "That's right. Look at me, pretty boy." She said. "What's going on?" Gaara asked. "I don't know. I've never seen her do this before." I said back. We both backed away and watched. She raised her hands at her side, a pillar of sand raising us all to his level.

"You thought you were the best one there." She said. Deidara's mouth moved at the same time hers did, speaking the exact same words. "You thought that just because I was ten, that I was going to be completely useless to the Akatsuki." They both said. "She stepped foot off the sand, a swirling plate of air holding her up. Each step she took, the air swirled under her. "Truth is you were jealous." They said. "I was his favorite. He planned on making me the next leader!" She snarled, Deidara copying her every move.

"She's controlling him. Without a jutsu!" I said, impressed. She stepped onto the bird and ran her fingers along his jaw line before violently grabbing at his chin and yanking his head to the side. "You're very talented, you know." She said, his voice combating with hers. "If it weren't for me being there, you'd have taken the position." They said, their tones going icy. She made him look at her again. "Yet here you are. Trying to rid this world of my existence." They said.

"I've never seen her so heartless and calm at the same time. How is she doing this?" Gaara asked. "Should I have stayed and taken power at such a young age, I would have chosen you to be my assistant." She said, turning away after letting his jaw go. She stepped back onto the platform of sand and dropped it back to the ground. "Unfortunately. That didn't happen. And now I have to kill you like I killed Nagato." She growled, holding up her right hand. She made a fist then extending her index and middle finger.

Deidara's body copied hers exactly. "Now. Repeat after me, pretty boy." She said. The look of worry in his eyes escalated to fear as he watched her. "Katsu." She whispered. His mouth moved and as soon as it did, the bird exploded, sending him flying.