Chapter 141: CH 141
A sound of growls surrounding him alerted him to his current predicament. Deidara found himself surrounded by lions constructed of ink as Sai limped towards him with his tanto drawn, "You shouldn't have been paying so much attention to Naruto-senpai's battle while you were in the midst of you own, or did you forget about me?"
Deidara chuckled at the sight of Sai and his lions slowly moving towards his downed form, "I guess I should rethink my views on you shouldn't I, un?" He revealed one of his clay figures sitting on his shoulder, putting Sai on guard, "You have art that can both be here for long periods of time, or be gone in a flash. However I think that wishy-washy way of thinking is cheating and makes me sick! At least Sasori no Danna had the decency to choose one side of the fence while you balance in between." With that he picked up the figurine and placed it into his mouth, chewing and swallowing it, much to Sai's surprise.
Deidara smirked as his body began to rapidly expand, "I'll turn your little pencil drawings into art for you, because true art is an explosion!" Sai turned to run, but with his leg he had no way to escape no matter how big the blast was.
"Sai-san!" Hamako shouted as she ran up to the bulging Deidara, "Fuuinjutsu: Jikan Bunkatsu (Sealing Technique: Time Splitter)!" Hamako slapped the seal on Deidara's head and ran back towards Sai, "Fuuin!" She then leaned down and placed Sai over her shoulder as she began to run away with him leaning on her, "Come on, we have to go now!"
Sai blinked at her as she moved as fast as she possibly could to get them away from the bulging Deidara, however something seemed off. He was bulging far more slowly than he had been a moment ago. He looked at her as she determinedly assisted him, "What did you do?"
Hamako looked back, "That seal I just used slows things to one-fifth of their maximum speed. I don't know how potent it will be though, since I'm not used to using anyone else's ink for my seals."
Sai looked back to see Deidara slowly approaching critical mass, "So what are you saying?"
Hamako gave him a nervous smile, "Due to a disconnection between me and the seal it might break."
"By 'break' you mean..." Sai fished nervously.
Hamako looked back, "Utterly backfire and fail in about five seconds... and that's being very generous to my seal making."
Sai said nothing and simply pulled the rest of the ink he lent Hamako from her as he started drawing on his scroll, "Choujuu Giga (Super Beasts Imitation Picture)!" Sai quickly summoned up an ink bird that swept him and Hamako up and flew off.