Chapter 9/12. Later that night.
All seemed quite as Tobi lay on the grass, looking up at the bright balls of burning gas people called "stars." At least, to him it was quite. A great celebration had been thrown for the return of the feudal lord, great cheers arose into the heavens as people paraded down the street. Why was his return so important, he thought to himself curiously. Did he have somewhere to return to as well?
Tobi clenched his fist, feeling the jagged wood strain under his grip. He brought it closer to his face, examining it. What was it? Well, it's orange, hard and smooth... no he shook those thoughts from his brain, what was it to him?
He looked over to his left, to the figure lying on the grass beside him, half dozing off. He was orange, strong but a bit course... what was he thinking... he didn't quite know. He felt his eyelids droop slightly. To him, Naruto was his best, and only friend. At least as far as he could remember, he had either forgotten his friends or had lost them in memory. Memory. That's what the wood was to him, nothing but a stray memory. He closed his eyes finally, feeling to tired to leave them open. It felt nice, the cool breeze blowing past him, and the soft grass that he lay upon. Would things stay like this for ever? He wished, he wished so badly, but...
A large crack, than a bang filled the air. It was loud, it made both him and Naruto jump. He opened his eyes to whiteness. He wasn't laying on the grass anymore. He stared to breathe heavier, what was happening? He looked beyond the stale paleness of his surroundings, and her the stern voice float to him from beyond the white, stale air.
" Change of plan..."
Tobi felt a tightening around his leg and chest, squeezing him, chocking him.
"Oh, don't worry Tobi, I'm absolutely sure you wont remember this one, hm."
He writhed, constricting, his muscles tense, physical fear ceasing him...
Katsu...
A searing burning feeling shot through him, he started to seize
" Tobi...!"
Again, the familiar voice reached his ears, louder...
" TOBI!!"
Tobi's eyes snapped open, he was breathing heavily, laying on his side, the sweet grass brushed his face, and sweat was cooling on his brow. A hand was clamped firmly around his shoulder, he looked up at the whiskered boy, staring down at him.
" Calm down, it was only fireworks..." Naruto said soothingly.
He turned over to his side, and looked up into the sky, plastered with colourfull sparks, raining down from the sky, and dissolving just feet above people's heads. His hand clutched to his chest, easing the ebbing pain his half-conscious nightmare had brought him.
" You okay, Tobi? You look a little pale.."
" I'm fine," Tobi replied, his clutch on his chest easing. Another crack, bang... and a show of sparked once again lived their short lives. He clutched his chest again, it hurt every time something exploded like that.
Naruto smirked, " Hey, you're not afraid of a little light show are you...?" His smile widened.
" Not really, but are you thinking what im thinking?" Tobi smiled back, mischief sparkled in their eyes, as they Crept down to the fireworks tent. The plan was brief, Find the biggest firework they could, light it up, make a helluva bang.
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Deidara sat in a great oak tree about twenty kilometers from the town, watching the explosions of light. " they think that's art, hmm? Wait till they see mine." He pushed his golden hair out of the way of his left eye, the eery scope revealed to the world. Zooming and focusing, he studied the terrain. He would have to pass over the village to get to his next point, where hopefully he could catch so shut eye. He felt a little too lazy tonight to be taking cautions by flying around. As long as he made an owl, he should be fine, right?
" Damn... I'm tired hmm..." he said a bit groggily. It was either very late in the night, or very early in the morning.
He stifled a yawn as he shaped his tiny creation in the palms of his... well, we'll call them hands for now. Deidara enlarged the owl, making it large enough to support him in flight. After a few more minutes, he was drooped over the owls head, trying hard to stay awake. He would let the bird do all the rest.
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About 20 minutes later.
" Well, that's the biggest one I could find," Naruto said as he pushed up the ridiculously large firecracker.
" You sure we aren't going a little overboard this time?" Tobi glanced down at the village, a few feet away from them, and on top of a small hill. " Ah, hell, who am I kidding. This is going to be greeaat!"
The two stuck the firework into the ground, examining their work, for a moment, they set to light it...
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Deidara had almost reached the village, he was sure to have no problem getting over it if hadn't now. He could finally sleep, and when he'd sleep, he'd dream, and when he dreamed, he dreamed of nude...
( oo...Lets cut it off there.)
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The rope was lit, and they waited for the firecracker to go off.
" Say, Whiskers," Tobi said hands on his hips with a slight grin, he mimicked the voice of a British gentlemen "do you not suppose we should stand back a bit farther?"
" Why, certainly my friend," Naruto said, also mimicking the accent, " But I believe that is quite too late now, for this silly light bomb will most probably explode in less than five seconds, we couldn't possibly get far enough in such short time." he gave a slight gesture with his hand.
They stood there, unmoving for a moment, watching the spark climb higher to the gunpowder filled shell.
" I do say..." said Tobi.
" We shall jump on the count of three." Naruto said smugly.
They grinned at each other.
" 1"
BANG!
The fire works shot up into the air as both Naruto and Tobi jumped for cover. They rolled over to see the firework raise, screaming into the air.
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Deidara was half-way into a dream when he heard ominous screams fill his ears. He opened his heavy eyes, and look over the side of his vessel. A ridiculously large ball of light shot up toward him, splitting the are as fire and sparks spewed from its end.
He felt like he was about to cry.
" Why me...?"
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Crack, flash, BANG!
The sky was filled with multicoloured streams of sparks, Naruto and Tobi looked in awe at the light show above them. They watched the multiple explosions and the different shapes and colours illuminating the night sky.
Then Naruto pointed out something...
" Hey look... is that... a bird...?!"
Tobi looked just as the flying animal was engulfed by another explosion. His heart sank with pity for the bird.
Finally the fireworks' spectacular display was over, and the night set in once more, that's when they heard the ' thump,' which had landed rather close to them.
" Do you think..." Tobi began.
Naruto ran over to the medium sized mass of squishy, tan ... stuff.
" Oh man... That bird's totally fried!" Tobi exclaimed, resisting the urge to poke it with a stick.
" Poor bugger..." Naruto took a closer look.
Suddenly, the mass twitched violently, and Tobi and Naruto scrambled backwards.
" HOLY SHIT ITS ALIVE" Tobi cried.
" I KNOW I KNOW WHAT DO WE DO!?" Naruto fell backwards, obviously having no more intent to get closer.
"I DON'T KNOW KILL IT! PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY QUICK!"
" I CAN'T KILL IT!! WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM A MONSTER?!"
" WELL YEAH YOU KINDA ARE! AGH!! IT'S STILL MOVING!
" SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT..."
" WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!"
" QUICK FIND A REALLY HEAVY ROCK!"
" WHAT?!"
" THAT'S THE QUICKEST WAY RIGHT?!"
A very disturbing mental image of a half squished dead bird entered Tobi's mind... " Eww.. Now that's just insensitive..."
"AGH!! WHY DON'T WE JUST GET SAKURA-CHAN TO LIKE... HEAL IT OR SOMETHING!"
" ARE YOU NUTS NARUTO SHE'LL KILL US IF SHE FINDS OUT!"
After several minutes of screamfest, The two finally realized the thing formerly called a bird had stopped moving.
" Ughh... maybe we should leave now..." Naruto offered
" Good idea," Tobi agreed, The two scampered down the hill and raced to the village before some other stupid idea entered their minds.
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Deidara sat in a tree, finally over the village, but he knew now, that he wouldn't catch a wink of sleep, as if blowing half his owls tail up wasn't bad enough... but taking away his sleep!?
" Damn kids..."
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( writer's block angst)
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Authors Note:
LOL
Yeah sorry about that... It was like, 1 am and i was tired, and so where the Naruto characters, and i really had no idea what i was writing. i got about that far when i realised i probably couldn't make it extend to a full chapter, so i present to you all chapter 9 1/2! I'll continue on to ten soon.
Pluse to all my readers! Please review, fav etc, its what keeps me writing, what also confuses me is how chapter three has about 100 more view than chapter two..
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SO AGAIN! Please, Please review. it makes me feel like im not writing this story for nothing. I know its a really long story, but bear with me.