How I became an Akatsuki (Deidara love story * Naruto fan fiction)

Chapter 10 - Training with Dei

I couldn't sleep very well. It was unusal to sleep in a bed after those nights I had spent in forests. I was also excited about the training which Deidara had mentioned.

Pein would send me on some kind of missions, but before that I had to work on my abilities to perfect them. I have slept about 5 hours in total. When I woke up I was on the floor. My stuff was all messed up.

'Good morning, hmm.' Said Dei. He was already dressed up and it seemed like he had been waiting for me for quite some time. 'You would better hurry. We have to train, hmm.'

'We? I thought I'm the one who needs training to get in form.' I started to dress up in casual clothes which looked suitable for training. I hadn't wore my forehead-protector since I left my village and I saw it pointless to start wearing it again.

'Yes, we will train, because today I will be the one to help you improve your skills, hmm.'

'I'm ready. Let's go then!' We went out to train, because Dei wanted to test my speed first. He's "brilliant" plan was that he trew different sculptures from detonating clay at me, so I had to jump out of the way of these things.

At noon I was totally exhausted. I was having my break when a really good idea came to my mind. We continued training, but I not only got out of the way of the bomb birds, but I also made my counterattacks. I trew a kunai at him first.

'I won't let myself to be ordered around without fight!' I said to him.

'That's the spirit, hmm!' He was smiling. Our fight became much more like a long range battle than a speed training.

At one point I wanted to end it quickly, because fighting only from distance takes too long. I decided to use the Teishigan. I knew it was risky, but I had work on my abilities, right?

After activating the Teishigan I quickly ran behind Dei, pleacing my kunai to his throat. I relased my jutsu before the head-ache came so I could still stand on my feet.

'I won, didn't I?'

'Yes, you won, hmm.' He turned into clay. It was a clone!

I put down my kunai. Dei was standing next to a tree. He was surprised and looked at me in amazement.

'How could you do that, hmm? You had used this trick in the forest too, hadn't you? I had almost lost sight of you back then even with my scope.' I smiled as he said that.

'This is my ability, the Teishigan. I can stop time with it for a while, but it requires a great amount of chakra, so if I push it's limits I will be knocked down just as it had happened in the forest.'

'You are full of suprises, you know? Hmm.' He smiled then went back to the hideout.