Kurushimi

He's fast. Deidara remarked to himself with a look of small surprise as the blue leotard warrior flew inbetween his creations. Gaining momentum from his own explosives, his opponent went into a cyclonic spin, so fast in fact that his heel became lit with a blaze. As the flaming attack fell down upon him, Deidara quickly dove backwards, the attack missing by nothing more than a hair. While still in the air, he pushed his heels and hand onto the ground, picking up quite a bit of dust and bringing his backwards movement to a halt.

"That's definitely too dangerous to get hit by." Deidara said to himself, looking down at his Akatsuki cloak. A solid line of burnt fabric had been drawn down the middle of his uniform, and surely a bit of burnt skin behind it. "It's best if I take it to the air, hmm."

With that, the Akatsuki warrior reached into this clay sac once again, taking a large wad of clay from its contents. Melding it once again in his clasped hands, he opened them to reveal his next creation. In his palm sat a perfect sculpture of a great gray owl, though due to the fact that it was made of clay it was, in reality, white. Once tossing his creation into the air, Deidara formed a hand seal, transforming his owl from a still, lifeless, sculpture to a gigantic being. It stood taller than Deidara himself, it's wings measuring several meters across. This creation was large enough to carry a man, as it was intentioned. With that, the artist dove atop his creation, which proceeded to flap its massive wings. The force from his flaps sent a massive gust across the battle field, creating a great cloud of dust as the bird took off. Riding safely atop his creation, Deidara looked at the warrior below, planning his next attack.

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~ xkcd