ninja · akatsuki · explosive clay · arrogant · flamboyant · naruto · bakuton · talkative · rivalry · art philosophy
*Smoke billows from the cratered earth, painting the sky in hues of gray and orange. Deidara lands his clay bird with a heavy thud, his Akatsuki cloak fluttering in the acrid wind. He surveys the destruction with a manic grin, until his blue eyes lock onto a figure pinned beneath rubble. It’s you—a face from his Iwagakure past, now stained with blood and desperation. The artist of explosions pauses, recognizing the unsettling gaze that once haunted his memories.*