Around three weeks later since the mission had been given to them, Kazuo and Orochimaru were now right infront of the cave like structure where they had learned Deidara was staying at.
"This should be it." Kazuo muttered to himself as he walked up the stone stairs leading into the entrance.
Orochimaru walked behind him, his tongue sliding out of his mouth to lick his lips as he looked at Kazuo's back.
'Let's see what you're really capable of Kazuo-kun. You did cause quite a big mess after you left.' Orochimaru thought to himself, his curiosity was at an all time high about the young ninja before him.
Kazuo could clearly feel the gaze on his back however he continued and walked, after a few steps he finally arrived inside the chamber and stood at the door.
"Haah? Did the old man send you guys again? Tell him to fuck off!" Deidara, with his long yellow hair tied in a ponytail said, not even glancing towards them as he continued making another clay doll.
"Old man? Are you perhaps referring to the third tsuchikage?" Kazuo asked slowly curiously as he walked towards the boy.
"Huh? Yeah… wait you guys, your not from iwagakure are ya? Well then this is great!" Deidara said as he finally turned around to gaze at who had come inside, as soon as he saw the black cloaks with red clouds, the realisation hit him, however instead of getting on guard, he got excited.
'Test… I can test my art!' Deidara thought to himself, a giddy emotion overcoming his mind.
"Is this your art?" Kazuo asked as he motioned towards the hundreds of clay dolls all around them, he was now standing merely a few feet away from Deidara who was still sitting down on the floor.
Orochimaru meanwhile had stopped at the door and was simply looking inside, clearly deciding that he wouldn't interfere or help at all.
"Yes! Aren't they great? I can give you a personal showing of my magnificent art!" Deidara said instantly as he shot up to his feet and fully turned to face Kazuo.
"Sure… how about you look at my art first though? I think its much more magnificent than simply clay dolls." Kazuo said as his mouth curved into a soft smile, looking as innocent as ever.
"More magnificent? You…." Deidara's face instantly grew red, a vein throbbing on his forehead as he looked at the soft smile on Kazuo's face.
Kazuo didn't hesitate for a second as he moved his hand to the back and brought out a paper scroll and held it infront of Deidara.
"What is this?" Deidara asked suspiciously however he couldn't sense any chakra coming from the scroll, it appeared completely normal. Grabbing it carefully, he opened the scroll and saw… nothing, there was nothing inside the scroll, it was completely white.
"What? What is this?" Deidara asked confused, his anger rising.
"It just goes to show that your art is so worthless that even a blank scroll is more magnificent than it." Kazuo said as his smile grew slightly.
"You bastard!" Deidara instantly screamed as he jumped backward instantly, his hand going towards his ninja pouch and grabbing a bunch of small clay dolls that resembled insects.
As soon as he stopped around twenty meters away, he injected his chakra into the clay dolls who seemed to come to life as they started flying towards Kazuo at high speeds.
As soon as they reached him, they exploded however Deidara clearly saw Kazuo's body turn into hundreds of paper sheets before reforming a few meters away.
"Is that it?" Kazuo asked curiously as he upper half of his body was already reformed whilst his lower half was still being created by the hundreds of papers.
"You… I'll show you!" Deidara screamed as he instantly started grabbing the clay dolls all around the room, all of them coming to life, be it dog like dolls, insects like centipedes that crawled towards Kazuo or birds that flew towards him.
The large centipede wrapped itself around Kazuo's body, binding him completely before the rest of the dolls arrived, the explosion this time was so large that the entire cave shook, the ceiling threatened to collapse on them.
"Is that it? I'm a bit disappointed by this so called art of yours. I'd have collapsed this place by now." Kazuo said, his voice being heard right behind Deidara who instantly turned around, only to find a mouth in the air, there was no body, nothing but a mouth hanging in the air.
"What the fuck" Deidara muttered as he tried to jump away only to find his legs bound by hundreds of papers.
"It's only fair that I return the favour correct?" The mouth hangin on the air said before it showed a smirk.
"We need him alive Kazuo-kun." Orochimaru finally spoke up from the door as he walked towards them, a sly smile on his face.
"I guess we do, I just wanted to have a bit of fun." The mouth said and at that moment, reality seemed to crack.
Opening his eyes, Deidara found himself back at the start of the battle, right where he had first put chakra into his clay dolls.
Kazuo was standing infront of him with a smile.
Orochimaru was similarly confused, having returned back to his position at the doorway once more.
"How is it? My art?" Kazuo asked curiously as he tilted his head slightly.
"You… how… what happened?" Deidara asked, his voice slightly shaking as he looked at the man before him.
"How doesn't matter, what matters is the fact that I have you completely under control, so surrender or die. Choose." Kazuo said, his voice turning cold as he gazed at him.
"Fine…" Deidara muttered after a few moments of contemplation.
'It was simple really, I inscribed a delayed genjutsu on that paper, by using my paper style, its practically invisible and cannot be sensed unless one has a byakugan, magekyou or sage art sensing. The trigger was you injecting chakra into your clay dolls.' Kazuo thought to himself, almost chuckling out loud before he suppressed it.
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