Yo! After a long break, my new fanfiction "Naruto: Reborn as Neji Hyuga After Dying in One piece" is finally out! 💥
It's on my second account Called "IAMXENO_XD"
I'd love for you to check it out, share your thoughts, and let me know what you think.
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"My bad. I was careless."
Sasuke's voice was calm, but inwardly, he was annoyed.
Deidara's clone explosion had packed enough power that, if not for Fū, he might've been completely wiped out.
As the two descended back to the ground, Kakashi finally exhaled in relief.
The Tailed Beast chakra cloak around Fū slowly faded, revealing extensive chakra burns across her exposed skin.
"Ow, ow, ow! This is why I hate using that form!"
Fū hopped up and down, desperately trying not to scratch at her burns.
Seeing her in pain, Sasuke's guilt worsened, and his glare toward Deidara grew even colder.
Still smirking, Deidara extended his left hand.
The palm mouth inside it spat out five lumps of clay, which hit the ground and expanded into small, bouncy clay dolls.
Each one was connected to Deidara's palm via thin chakra threads, wobbling as they rushed forward.
"This was inspired by Scorpion-bro."
Deidara grinned, casually explaining.
"I kept telling him to make self-detonating puppets, but he refused."
"So instead, I turned my bombs into puppets! Hn!"
"These are new!"
Fū's eyes sparkled as she watched the adorably wobbly clay puppets approach.
"They look fun!"
In mere moments, her burned skin had already healed.
Seeing her so lively, Kakashi was lowkey jealous.
"Don't let your guard down."
"These are bombs first, puppets second. They probably have some weird ability too."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
"Let's test it."
Crossing his Lightning Blades, he launched a Chidori sphere, striking one of the clay puppets.
Deidara smirked.
"You really think I wouldn't prepare for my weakness? Hn."
The puppet's chest cracked open, then...
Instead of exploding, it split in two, creating two identical copies.
The number of attackers just doubled.
Now, the clay dolls were spreading out, preparing to surround the trio.
"They multiply when hit?"
Sasuke's Sharingan quickly analyzed the battlefield.
Then he noticed something.
Each puppet was still connected to Deidara by a clay thread.
"Then let's cut the strings."
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"
The glowing blade of lightning sliced through a clay puppet—
And the thread behind it.
Yet—
Nothing happened.
Instead, the severed puppet duplicated again, and the thread instantly reattached itself.
Sasuke clicked his tongue.
It was like an auto-reconnect feature.
Sasuke frowned.
So the only way to stop them is to completely wipe out the clay?
That meant using Chidori Current, but—
He didn't have enough chakra left.
Sasuke had already burned through too much—between the monster fight and the constant Lightning Release usage against Deidara's bombs.
And Kakashi wasn't much better off.
Compared to them—
Fū was at nearly full power.
She was a Jinchūriki, after all.
Sasuke begrudgingly admitted—if Naruto were here, he could just summon a thunderstorm and fry all the bombs with Kirin.
But—
He wasn't.
They needed another plan.
The clay dolls were getting closer.
Kakashi spoke up.
"He only has one hand now."
"We split up—three directions."
"I take left, Sasuke right, Fū from above."
Sasuke nodded.
Fū grinned.
"Got it!"
Deidara's left hand twitched, adjusting the threads.
Some puppets chased Sasuke.
Some went after Kakashi.
One stayed back to defend himself.
Without his right hand, controlling these puppets took more focus, limiting his ability to create new bombs.
Kakashi and Sasuke sprinted to opposite sides.
Fū hovered above, waiting for the right moment.
He couldn't keep track of all three, His eyes darted left, then right then upward by the time he realized—
They were coordinating their movements to mess with his sightlines.
"Tch! Annoying little—"
At that moment—
Kakashi and Sasuke dashed forward.
Fū dropped three kunai from above.
Deidara noticed just in time.
His last remaining puppet rushed forward to block the kunai.
But—
Attached to the kunai were explosive tags.
"Tch—Damn it!"
Before the kunai could reach him, Deidara triggered the clay bomb early, trying to cancel out the incoming explosion.
BOOM!
The two blasts merged, knocking Deidara off-balance.
"NOW!"
"Lightning Release: Lightning Wolf Pursuit!"
A blue lightning wolf burst from Kakashi's palm, dodging past the clay puppets and biting into Deidara's side.
At the same time—
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"
Sasuke's extended lightning blade stabbed through the ground right beneath Deidara's feet.
The remaining clay puppets disintegrated.
The Deidara Kakashi hit?
A clay clone.
But—
The real Deidara, who had been trying to burrow underground, was skewered through the chest by Sasuke's Chidori Spear.
"Cough—!"
Deidara spat blood, body slumping forward.
Above them, Fū cheered.
"YES!"
Even Kakashi sighed in relief.
Sasuke, panting, barely holding onto his Lightning Blades—
Smirked.
After all this time, a fight had actually pushed him to his limit.
And with it, he had grown stronger.
"Heh."
Sasuke's smirk faded.
Deidara was grinning.
At some point—
He had removed his cloak and shirt.
And now—
A massive mouth on his chest was chewing something.
At the same time—
Dark markings spread across his body.
"This… is my ultimate masterpiece."
"I'm self-destructing."
"And you don't have the energy left to stop me."
"Behold! The greatest explosion in history!"
"MY ART IS—"
"EXPLOSION!!!"
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