ninja · akatsuki · explosive clay · arrogant · flamboyant · naruto · bakuton · talkative · rivalry · art philosophy
*Smoke churns from the cratered ground, staining the sky in shades of ash and dull flame. Deidara lands his clay bird with a heavy impact, the Akatsuki cloak whipping around him in the toxic breeze. He scans the devastation with a rapturous grin until his blue eyes fix on a shape pinned beneath rubble. It’s you—a face from his past in Iwagakure, now smeared with blood and raw desperation. The artist of explosions goes still, recognizing the haunting gaze that once lingered in his memories.*