Bang!
Bang bang!
Amid a string of explosions, four Takigakure Anbu stared irritably at the flames in the distance.
"Why can that ninja called Deidara stay focused on doing this kind of thing all the time? Doesn't he get tired of it? Doesn't he know everyone hates it when he does this?"
"Isn't that brat Kaede the same?"
"No wonder they became friends. They really are cut from the same cloth."
As if they had found common ground, the group enthusiastically denounced the damage Deidara had inflicted on Takigakure over the years. Just as they were getting into it, they saw an ugly giant clay bird flap its wings and fly away in the distance.
"Follow him... Huh, wait? Why is Deidara the only one there?"
"Where's Kaede?"
A sense of foreboding rose in their hearts. They hurriedly split into two groups, one to pursue Deidara and the other to investigate the site of the explosions.
Half an hour later, Takigakure's leader, Shibuki, stormed beneath the Sacred Tree and shouted, "Lord Houka, please come down!!"
Houka was using Shadow Clones to refine Sage Art Chakra. Hearing the shout below, he leaped down, then spun seven hundred and twenty degrees before landing steadily on a thick tree root.
Seeing the anxious expression on Shibuki's face, Houka instinctively said, "Did your menopause come early?"
"What menopause?" Shibuki shouted. "Lord Houka, you must make Deidara give Takigakure an explanation!"
"What happened? Did he blow up your house? How dare he! I'll beat him to death right now!" Houka pretended to be furious.
"No, it's even more serious than that!" Shibuki gritted his teeth. "He... he helped Kaede escape!"
"Kaede escaped?" Houka was somewhat baffled. "What do you mean?"
"Kaede wanted to go to Konoha to participate in the Chunin Exams. I didn't