"So what your saying is I have Explosion Release" Deidara said trying to act clueless listening to the man's explanation about the Explosion Corps.
The man coughed "Well yeah that's the gist of it"
"I need to ask you a serious question" Deidara said seriously.
The man narrowed his eyes "I will answer to the best of my abilities kid"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOUR STORE!"
"Rusty Kunai! Shurikens with a missing star! Don't even let me rant about that Katana that's on display.
The man sweatdropped "That's your question?"
The man sighed "I've been away on an S Rank mission for the last five months, guarding someone you needn't know th name of."
"I left my idiot nephew in charge," Gari muttered. Deidara glanced around. 'Yeah, checks out.'
Deidara stood up and went to leave the store.
"Boy!"
He turned around and the man had his hand out, he took his hand and shook it.
"Gari" the now not so unknown man spoke seriously
"Deidara"
"Deidara, you have a special gift, many Shinobi would love to have the power you now wield. Now what do you plan on doing with it?"
"I'm gonna make everyone know the name Deidara The Bomber" he exclaimed deliberately leaving out the mad part.
Gari chuckled,"Well then you have a long way to go." "Come back tomorrow at 8am" and walked off.
'Jesus what is with this guy, an hour ago I thought he was going to rip my head off and now he nice?' Deidara sighed and walked back to his apartment before stopping. "The suns still up" I guess it's time to train.
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Training Ground 46.
"Okay then, the first step of Chakra control is sticking a leaf to your head"
Deidara looked around, Rocks, Rocks, Rocks and… Rocks.
"Well that's a no go"
Leaf exercise? Great. Only problem—no leaves, just rocks. Fine. Rocks don't blow away, they drop. Which means if I can stick one of these bastards, I'm golden.
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Deidara was sat with 3 pebbles on his forehead, sweating a bit. It didn't take a lot of chakra but the key was to be extremely consistent.
Keeping chakra flowing while also not overdoing it as the chakra would shoot off.
'It would shoot off? At extreme speeds? When I get control of my explosion release could i possibly set a trigger such as it exploding when it touches something?'
'I'm thinking too much, one thing at a time, buuuut it was a good idea a explosion tag shooting off at extreme speeds is pretty op and it's basically the same thing.'
Deidara found that he had gotten his chakra control with the pebbles down quite well.
He walked up to a stone wall, completely vertical perfect.
Manipulating Chakra in your feet was a necissary step, firstly controlling the Chakra in your feet was quite difficult due to it being quite far from you chakra core. But once you had it down you could manipulate chakra better around your whole body.
Deidara decided to play it as smart as he could, he planted one of his feet on the wall slowly exuding more chakra until he found the correct amount of chakra that stuck his foot to the wall.
He took his other foot and tried to stick it to the wall as well before- Woah! Bang! He fell to the ground.
What the hell, what did I do wro- oh.
When Deidara put his left foot on the wall he placed all of his attention to his left foot, not realising he was not exuding chakra on his right.
"I understand it now"
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An hour later
Deidara ran around on the wall, after he got a feel for it he decided to try and practice it some more.
In a fight if your standing in one position when fighting on walls you are a sitting duck.
The excersise is pointless if you can't use it in a fight, that was Deidara's point of view.
Deidara had decided he was comfortable enough with his chakra control for now.
He sat down and decided to brain storm 'I can't use Explosion release with my hands, I suspect that Deidara stole the technique when he first left Iwa, but how can I use Explosion release without it?'
A lightbulb went off in his brain more like a triggering of a memory of when he was watching Naruto 'That guy in the Fourth War! He used it in his hands using it. He used in conjunction with his Taijutsu, he was a S Rank Shinobi. He had weird hair as well.
'Weird hair? Wait Gari!'
'Well I guess he is the only one in the village capable of doing an S Rank mission solo. So it must be him.'
'So that means between this moment and the fourth war he dies'
If that information was available in canon he didn't have it, it's entirely possible that the OG Deidara killed him during his escape.
"It's getting dark now" he muttered. "May as well head home and get some rest.
"Where the hell is my house from here"
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The Next Day
He stood in front of the Discount Kunai Shop that had somehow went through an overnight change, it seemed either Gari did it or he forced his nephew to do it, most likely he forced his nephew to do it.
He entered and saw a young man standing at the counter. The man had Grey-Green hair and dark eyes, the most recognisable thing about was the large black eye he had.
"Welcome to the Discount Kunai Shop how may I help you" the young man said quietly.
"Yeah hey, I'm here because Gari told me to turn up"
"Oh" The young man stood up straighter "He's just in the back I'll lead you there if you want"
"Nah it's fine I was here yesterday I know my way around" Deidara casually strolled into the back seeing Gari sitting in the same spot as yesterday.
"Whats up Gari" he waved.
"The ceiling"
"…"
"Was that your attempt at a joke? that was pretty bad"
Gari ignored him and spoke "Let's go to the training field it's time" before Deidara knew it Gari had used the Body Flicker and appeared at the training field.
Deidara felt himself go dizzy but he understood what Gari did, the normal body flicker was not great for long distances. So he had used it multiple times and since Deidara couldn't keep up with the speed it was like they teleported.
"Excluding us two, there is one other Exploding Release user in the village"
"This is why I am one of the only people taking S Rank missions, the others are simply too weak, due to lack of motivation I suspect."
"You should take pride in your work, not do it just for money. I enjoy being a Shinobi, the thrill of being in a battle. Others do not, that is why they are weak."
"You will be the newest part of the Exploding Corps, but I need to get you up to standards."
"Come at me"
"If you say so" Deidara grinned.
Deidara rushed at Gari with decent speed. Gari sidestepped effortlessly "You need to strengthen your body".
Deidara shot for a low kick. Gari didn't dodge—he danced. One twist, one blur of motion, and suddenly Deidara was staring up at a boot descending towards his face 'Not my Beautiful face'.He bent backward so far his spine nearly snapped—only to eat an uppercut that launched him across the field.
Deidara flew back Normally people would be panicking now, but Deidara was thinking of how to take him down with his minimal skills.
'He hasn't got any idea I can walk on walls so if I lead him over to one maybe I could land a surprise kick'
'Yeah that's a stupid idea, he's a S Rank Shinobi, he won't let himself freeze up mid battle, even if it was shocking for someone of my current age to be able to walk on walls'
Deidara didn't know any Jutsu, so this battle was purely Taijutsu based.
"You have good instincts, dodging my kick is impressive, even if I am not going at full strength"
'Even if I'm not going at full strength, did you really have to diss me.' Deidara thought sourly.
The beat down continued for another 30 minutes.
"You've got instincts. Strength, too. But your body's weak. Train it. With chakra awakened, you'll heal faster—no excuses. Build muscle, or you'll stay slow."
"Now I have some business to take care of so I want you to work on strengthening your body. People who have their chakra awakened's muscles recover quicker than those who haven't. So take time for recovery and work on it till I come back"
Gari disappeared in a body flicker so it was up to Deidara to decide what to do.
'I don't have to hit legs do I' Deidara thought with tears running down his face.
The Plan Deidara had came up with was pretty solid.
Cardio - Running.
Chest - Press ups
Triceps - Tricep Press ups
Shoulders - Handstand Press up.
Back - Pull Up.
Biceps - Chin Ups.
Legs - Squats.
Deidara had to work with what he has, and what he has was nothing. Something was telling him that not a shop in this village sells Dumbells, he hasn't seen a gym either.
With that-
Deidara got to work.
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Same time.
Gari Entered the Tsuchikage's office. Watching the old man complain about his back pain to his Son, Kitsuchi.
Gari held back a smirk, it was always like this when he came to this office.
"Huh Gari, you're not thinking about taking another mission are you, you've just got back from an Extended S Rank mission"
"No Tsuchikage-Sama."
"I've came to inform you that I have found an Explosion Release user that I wish to recruit into the corps."
Ōnoki frowned, there was an Explosion Release Shinobi that he wasn't aware of? He didn't like that one bit.
"And?" "Who is this Shinobi you speak of"
"Not a Shinobi Tsuchikage-Sama, a young boy"
Ōnoki frowned. "Another Explosion Release brat? I wasn't informed."
"He's not a brat," Gari said evenly. "He's a prodigy. Four chakra natures, Explosion Release, instincts sharp as a blade."
The room went dead silent.
Ōnoki actually stood—then winced as his back pain came in full force but he needed to focus. "Four natures? Most Jonin only have two"
Gari's eyes narrowed. "You want him wasting time in the academy? Or do you want him to make Iwa feared again?"
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Now it is up to you
YES YOU!
Do you want to see Deidara in the Academy, in my opinion he shouldn't be.
BUT
This is a fair and democratic process and I am just a servant of the people!
So do you want to see Deidara in the academy
YES
or
NO
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💥 KATSU! 💥