A/N: Hope I didn't piss too many people off last chapter. I know it was sort of repetitive. That's what I get for being hyper and typing and not being able to keep still XD Anyways...the fight is on in this chapter! Rather long chapter too...That was just the start of the fight in the last one. I hope you enjoy the fight! Pull up a chair, whip out that popcorn! Here comes the fight! Not to mention Sasori-danna's hot evilness! Mwahahahahaha!!! ahem When you come to a number in parenthesis, scroll all the way to the bottom past the "TBC" to see what exactly they are. Also, this chapter kind of jumps back and forth between Sasori's and Deidara's fights. If you have trouble keeping up, PM me and I will explain it to you. Ja ne!

Art is Art No Matter How Corrupted

Chapter 14: A Fight to the Death and Kabuto's Reluctant Assistance

Sasori went to work at subduing Kabuto until he heard an explosion. 'Deidara,' he thought with alarm. He never knew if his partner's explosions were good or bad. But from his perspective, it certainly wasn't good. They never were. While Sasori was distracted, Kabuto took it upon himself to fling five shuriken and four kunai at Hiruko. Hiruko, following his master's orders, deflected them with his metal scorpion tail. The dull thuds of the weapons impaling the dirt was the only thing that was heard. Sasori returned his attention to Kabuto and glared through Hiruko. "You honestly didn't think you'd be able to hit me, did you?" Sasori asked with a bit of arrogance.

Kabuto merely grinned. He disappeared from sight and Sasori sighed in boredom. The medical ninja was too easy to predict. He would just let him wear down and the marionette would kill him. If Hiruko lasted that long. Sasori leaned his cheek on his fist, waiting for the four-eyed moron to attack. As if on cue, Hiruko's tail flew up to the right side. The Akasuna couldn't help but yawn at this. Too predictable.

What Sasori didn't predict, however, was that Kabuto was behind him setting an explosive tag onto Hiruko's back. It was only the slight thump that made Sasori aware of the subordinate's presence. The Akasuna's eyes widened. Kabuto leaped off and away to safety as the puppeteer was forced to abandon Hiruko. The puppet shattered to pieces from the tag, which turned out to be five tags. Sasori was thrown onto his stomach as he looked behind him. Hiruko lay in a heap of broken puppet parts. He looked on with regret and sadness. That was one of his favorite puppets...

Deidara was easily thrown against the wall by Orochimaru. His tongue was wrapped around the blond's slim waist and was manipulating him by swinging his head and whipping him into things. The Iwa-born was finally released upon the last impact. Deidara arched his back in pain. Blood spewed from the corner of his lip. He glared up at the snake-nin. What if Sasori was right? What if he really wasn't up to this? Too late now. All he could do was hold his own. If he were to die, he was going to do it his way. He was going to go out with a bang.

"What's wrong, Dei-chan? I thought you had more fight than this?" the snake-nin teased.

Deidara struggled to get to his feet, his fist still clenched while the hand mouth went to work at making his famous C4 creation. The blond finally made it to his feet and leaned his back against the wall. His lip was cut, his nose bled, his head was bleeding somewhere near the temple. He was a mess. That last attack really messed him up. He couldn't allow Orochimaru to get ahold of him like that again. If he did, it certainly would render Deidara useless.

The hand mouth opened and Deidara opened his fist in the concealment of his cloak sleeve. The mouth spit the creation onto the palm of the Iwa's hand. He quickly started to mold it into a sculpture. His eyes stayed focused on Orochimaru, searching for any signs of movement. He knew he was immortal. He knew a jutsu to reverse it. One he devised himself. He had worked on it many times since his escape. The only bad thing about it, was that he had to give up a third of his lifespan. This meant nothing to the blond. If he died, it was for a worthy cause. And Orochimaru would be dead. He would make sure of it tonight.

Deidara now clutched the C4 explosion in his right hand, a C2 in his left. He hid the C4 in his sleeve and threw the C2 at Orochimaru, detonating it on impact. While Orochimaru was distracted, Deidara started the jutsu to remove the snake-nin's immortality. He had to act fast. If he didn't it would have been for nothing.

The gods were not on his side tonight. He wasn't even half way done with the jutsu when Orochimaru emerged from the smoke. He froze Deidara with his Body Freeze jutsu. The blond found himself frozen and unable to move. He struggled to move the best he could. It was useless. He was trapped. It would wear off in a bit, but then it would be pointless. Deidara had to finish the jutsu. He would surely die if he didn't. Either that, or have the same horrific things done to him just like before. "Danna!" Deidara mentally called, hoping by some kind of divine intervention that he would hear him.

Sasori was distracted again by another explosion. His head twisted toward Orochimaru's castle and he squinted, as if trying to see Deidara. To no avail. While he was looking for Deidara, Kabuto decided to use him as a dartboard. Sasori just looked at the shuriken sticking out of his torso and raised a brow at the silver haired subordinate. He shook his head and ripped one from himself, chucking it at the medical ninja. Said ninja dodged easily and Sasori threw another before he hit the ground. It zoomed by Kabuto's right leg, scraping it a bit. The silver haired subordinate grunted and the marionette threw another one, aimed at the medical ninja's chest. Said ninja barely dodged and fell to his knees. Sasori used this to his advantage. He threw a shuriken aimed at Kabuto's head.

Kabuto's eyes widened as he saw the shuriken coming. There was nothing he could do. The shuriken impaled his forehead protector. The med-nin fell back on his back. Blood ran from under his forehead protector. It ran down the traitor's face as he blinked several times, trying to get a grip on himself. The blow had knocked the wind out of him. Not to mention, caused him to have a slight concussion. He heard Sasori approaching and backflipped to his feet in a crouching position. He glared at the Akasuna and narrowed his eyes. "I underestimated you, Sasori of the Red Sand," he grinned. The puppet master just stared. Kabuto started to perform a jutsu and Sasori threw one of his famous poison bombs at him. Kabuto quickly ran out of the poison smoke only to come face to face with the red head.

Sasori lodged a kunai in Kabuto's stomach, never breaking eye contact. The subordinate spit up blood and the red headed artist ripped the kunai from the silver haired man's stomach harshly. The man fell back, stumbling to keep his balance. He quickly performed a jutsu. His hands shone green as he hovered it over his wound. The wound started to heal slowly.

Sasori watched on. That kunai was tipped with one of his finest poisons. Even though he was able to heal his wound, he only solidified the inevitable death that could have been avoided. If only Kabuto knew poison was tipped on the kunai. He would feel the effects of his Black Fever(1) poison soon enough.

Kabuto started to perform his jutsu again as his eyes locked on Sasori. "Shadow Clone jutsu!" he yelled. Multiple Kabuto's popped up all around them. All of them bared kunai and shuriken. Sasori surveyed his surroundings. In another five minutes, Kabuto would feel the full effect of the poison. He just had to bide time for that long.

With that thought in mind, Sasori went to work at exterminating the clones. Two rushed at the right side of the puppeteer. Sasori didn't fail to notice this. He back-fisted one and punched another in the chest. They disappeared. His red hair fell in his eyes. He blew it out just in time to see two more rush at his back. He leaped in the air and twisted before throwing two shuriken at them. One landed on the clone's shoulder, another on the other clone's chest. They disappeared like the others. Sasori landed on his feet and knelt to the ground, looking back and forth at the others. He only had one poison bomb left. He wouldn't use that yet. It was considered a waste. Besides, the Black Fever poison would take effect in another four minutes.

A clone charged at his front while two more rushed at either side of Sasori. The red head sighed as he closed his eyes and lowered his head. He spun on his knee, tripping the clones in a quick swoop. As they were falling, he landed his foot to the back of one's head and his elbows to the others' backs. The three disappeared and Sasori looked around for the real Kabuto. He lost his sense of direction when he started fighting; it was useless. He would find him in time.

There were around twenty Kabuto's remaining. One of them had to be the real one. If not, Sasori would run on ahead to Deidara and Orochimaru. Five more clones rushed toward the Akasuna. One tried to land a kunai attack to the base of his neck. He was unsuccessful. Sasori grabbed his wrist and flung him into the other four. All five poofed away as they collided with the tree. The puppeteer's eyes went to work at trying to find Kabuto. Again, unsuccessful. He was too distracted.

Eight clones charged to Sasori now. The easily-angered red head felt his patience slipping farther and farther away by the second. He grabbed one by the shoulder and shoved him into the other two. As they disappeared in a puff of smoke, Sasori back-kicked another clone into three more. He then felt a clone land a kunai in his back. The marionette snarled as he flipped the clone over his shoulder onto the ground. He punched him square in the face and he disappeared. The Akasuna stayed on the ground, glaring up at the remaining seven.

The red head was getting angrier and more frustrated as these charades continued. He had to save his partner. He had to make sure Deidara was alright. Not waste his time fooling around with an idiot like Kabuto. The seven clones charged at the angered puppeteer. Sasori spun in a circle, knocking six off their feet, one jumping away. As the other six were in the air, Sasori threw shuriken at them, poofing all of them away. Only one left.

Deidara was thrown against the wall again. His head collided with the hard stone and he slid down limply. Inside his cloak, he started to perform the jutsu that would negate Orochimaru's immortality jutsu. The cloak didn't move. It didn't betray Deidara's movements, which was to his advantage. He could lure Orochimaru closer to him if the snake-nin thought him to be unconscious.

"My, my, Dei-chan. You certainly have lost all your fight, haven't you?" he mused. Orochimaru stepped closer as planned. He stopped suddenly and glared down at the "unconscious" Deidara. He started to snicker. "Clever, Dei-chan. Clever. I almost fell for your little charade. There is something you are planning, isn't there?" he asked, his golden eyes flashing dangerously.

Deidara remained silent. 'Damn! Almost had him! I have to think of another way...' Deidara thought to himself angrily. He had to think clearly. He had to study Orochimaru's movements. Otherwise, he had no chance in hell of getting close enough to do the jutsu.

Orochimaru sighed in boredom. "I grow weary of these games," he said musically. Snakes lashed out from under his sleeve toward Deidara. The blond leaped out of the way, the snakes colliding with the stone wall, knocking away the brick. The blond landed on a knee as he looked at the damage that could have been him. His eyes widened. He hadn't seen Orochimaru use that before. The Sound-nin laughed as the snakes recoiled back to his side, or rather, in his sleeve. "I knew you weren't unconscious, Dei-chan," he said whistfully.

Deidara glared at him. "You have no more power over me, un," he said seriously as he stood. He charged at Orochimaru quickly, all the while performing the counter immortality jutsu. He had to get it this time. He didn't know how much longer he could last.

Orochimary started to laugh. Snakes charged toward the incoming blond. They dove at his feet, trying to trip him or render him immobile. No use. The blond jumped over them and continued on. Orochimaru then sent them straight at the blond's chest. Deidara dodged easily to the left, continuing his run and his jutsu. The snake-nin grew tired of this cat and mouse game of theirs. He pointed both arms at him and snakes charged at him on both sides. Deidara's eyes widened. He stopped and jumped into the air.

The snakes dove into the air after him, one grabbing his right ankle. Deidara threw a tiny spider sculpture at it and detonated it on impact. The snake let go, only to be replaced by another. Another snake grabbed onto his left ankle, as well as his right. "Shit!" Deidara cursed as he blew up the other snakes. It was all a wasted effort. There was no end to these snakes. The Iwa-nin landed on the ground and had to jump back as soon as he hit solid ground. He spin-flipped off the wall and ran alongside the other wall, running away from the snakes chasing him. His hand mouth went to work on making many tiny explosives. Anything that would help.

Deidara ran out of running room and backflipped over the snakes. He threw multilpe spider explosives into the bunch, blowing the snakes to pieces. Orochimaru groaned in pain and retracted his arms. The blond landed on his feet in a kneeling position. His panting was heavy. He stared at Orochimaru, face covered in a thing veil of sweat. He was running out of clay. One pouch was completely gone out of two. His arm quivered as he held himself up. He couldn't give up yet. He had to perform that jutsu. He had to kill Orochimaru. He couldn't fail again.

Orochimaru found amusement in Deidara's facial expressions. His panting was a little heavy as well. "I see. You are exhausted," he grinned. Deidara swallowed to relieve his dry throat. He tried to steady his breathing. He needed a break. He couldn't rest, however, because if he had a break, so would Orochimaru. And he always recovered before Deidara. The Iwa terrorist quickly threw more tiny sculptures at the snake-nin. The spiders landed on the ground and the birds flew toward him. The room was now a mess. Debris was everywhere. Walls were crumbled. There was now a very huge opening in the ceiling. The castle was basically nonexistent, or you could say it was now in ruins. Both were correct.

Deidara quicky got to his feet and started the jutsu again. He ran at his target while the pale man fought off the explosive spiders with snakes. The birds flew dangerously close to Orochimaru's head and he soon swatted them away with more snakes from his opposite arm. This left plenty of time for the blond to get close enough to finish the jutsu.

Things would not go the blond's way, however. As soon as the Iwa-born got close enough in reaching distance, Orochimaru lashed out with his snake arm and struck Deidara's chest, flinging him back into the remains of the brick wall. The blond hit his head on the shattered brick, spilling blood onto the debris. His back laid painfully on a sharp brick. He was certain he either cracked or had broken a few ribs. Nonetheless, he was in some major pain. His leg was propped up on the small remains of the wall. His other laid limply over the rest of the debris. His arms were hanging on tall bricks, giving him the appearance that he had fallen from some height onto this stuff.

Orochimaru stalked closer to the motionless and beaten blond. He rummaged through the debris and saw Deidara waiting for him. A small smirk was on the blond's face. "You lose, un" he whispered. A sculpture flew out from his tattered sleeve toward Orochimaru. It carried him away into the sky and the snake ninja squirmed. The bird refused to let go, however. Once it was up far enough, Deidara smiled. "Katsu," he whispered. The C4 he had been saving to finish off the snake-nin exploded and Deidara watched it. "Such art, yeah," he said weakly.

He tried to get up. He knew Orochimaru's body would be hurling toward him any second. He recovered as fast as he could. Kind of difficult with the amount of pain he was in. Nonetheless, he did. Orochimaru's lifeless body fell to the ground with a loud thump and crack. The crack was no doubt a few bones breaking. Either way, Deidara had to get to Orochimaru to perform the jutsu. The blond crawled through the debris, hissing in pain as his injured body hit protruding bricks. His cuts and scrapes were being coated with sand and other things, causing him to be in severe pain.

He laid on his stomach and pulled himself weakly with his arms. He groaned in pain and grunted as he hit a brick on his right rib cage. It was definitely broken now. Cursing low under his breath, the blond continued his slow and painful treck closer to the beaten and broken Orochimaru. He saw the pale snake man still breathing. His eyes widened. This was risky, but it had to be done. The jutsu had to be cast.

As the blond crawled closer, he saw the blood at the corners of Orochimaru's lips. No doubt he had internal bleeding. If Deidara had the energy, he would kick him or smash his face into the ground. Too bad he didn't. It took all he had just to crawl to Orochimaru. Once he was at the snake-nin's side, he pulled himself to a kneeling, position. He sat back on his knees and performed the jutsu as best he could. It wasn't easy. All the movement only caused him more pain.

Just as Deidara did the last hand sign and the justu connected, Orochimaru opened his eyes. With what little energy the snake-nin possessed, he tackled Deidara to the ground. Deidara smirked. Orochimaru looked at him weakly with an odd expression. It was then that he realized he had fallen for a trap. Deidara jabbed his pointer and middle fingers of his right hand onto Orochimaru's forehead and his left pointer and middle fingers onto the snake's chest. "Reverse Immortality Jutsu,"(2) he whispered. He felt his lifeforce and energy leave him and Orochimaru felt his body go weak. The snake-nin collapsed on top of Deidara, unconscious. Deidara passed out as well, not having enough energy to finish his revenge. He needed rest. He would do it when he awoke, if Orochimaru didn't die of all his injuries first. What was important was that he succeeded in making Orochimaru mortal again. "Danna," he whispered before he fell asleep.

Sasori stopped his attack, his eyes wide. His head turned to the castle at the huge explosion. One of Deidara's C4 no doubt. It was confirmed when he saw the huge explosion and felt the shockwaves of it. Kabuto had stopped as well to look at the sight. His eyes widened as well. He knew Orochimaru had been caught in that explosion. "Lord Orochimaru!" he called as he ran off toward the castle.

Sasori followed. 'Stupid brat! Don't you dare die on me!' Sasori growled as he ran off ahead of Kabuto. They made it to where the other two were at the same time. Orochimaru was collapsed on top of Deidara, both unconscious. Sasori ran over to Orochimaru and Deidara, as did Kabuto.

Kabuto took Orochimaru off of the blond and laid him on the ground, looking over his injuries. He pressed his index and middle fingertips to Orochimaru's pulse point and hesitated. His eyes grew wide. "L-Lord Orochimaru?" he called quietly, shaking his Lord gently at first. When he wasn't responding, Kabuto shook him harder. "Orochimaru!" Kabuto called, stopping the shaking. "You're immortal! You can't die! Wake up!" Kabuto snarled.

Sasori watched on for a bit and looked back at Deidara. He really did it. He allowed a small smile to grace his cold features. "You did it, brat," he whispered. He saw a smile on Deidara's face in his unconscious state. Sasori noticed something not right about the blond. He pressed his ear to the blond's chest and could barely make out a heartbeat. He was near death. He shot up and looked at Deidara. "Dei?" he called quietly. He touched the blond's face and saw his breathing slow. "Shit!" he cursed.

Sasori quickly did hand signs and used his astral projection to contact Pein. "Leader-sama! Deidara is going to die if we don't do something," he said, almost too desperately.

Pein looked at him with apparent shock. Sasori had never felt this strongly about losing someone. Unless it was a puppet, but not even then. This truly was a rare sight. Sasori looked the same, but his voice was sort of desperate. Pein used his astral projection to survey the scene. He looked around and saw Kabuto and Orochimaru. He glared. His vision then came to an unconscious Deidara and a concerned Sasori knelt by his side. The hologram of Pein knelt down on the opposite side of Deidara and looked him over. "What happened?" he asked coldly in his deep voice.

Sasori explained the situation from the encounter with Kabuto to the fighting to the separation to this. Pein nodded. He looked down at Deidara. "I can't do much here. Unless you can somehow convince that medical ninja to help you, there is nothing I can do for him. If you can get back to base in an hour, I might be able to save him. If not, he will die," Pein said coldly.

Sasori blinked and looked at the leader. "You-"

"Do not argue with me, Sasori. You know as well as I that it is impossible to perform a jutsu on someone through astral projection. Not even I can do it. You're only hope is that medical ninja. If he won't help...Deidara will die." With that said, Pein disappeared.

Sasori rounded on Kabuto and had him by his shirt, holding him two feet off the ground. "Heal him," he ground out dangerously. "If you don't, I will kill you," he reasoned, eyes flashing dangerously.

Kabuto grinned. "We were just fighting and now you trust me enough to heal your partner? That's genius, Sasori. Besides, what makes you think I am so willing to help the one that killed Lord Orochimaru?" he asked with a hard stare.

Sasori whipped out a vial of a yellowish-amber liquid. "This is the antidote to the poison that flows through your veins. When I stabbed you with the kunai, it was tipped with one of my most deadliest poisons called Black Fever. In less than five minutes, you will die if you don't have this antidote. And I assure you, the death will be very painful and slow."

Kabuto stared in disbelief. "Y-You're lying," he countered.

Sasori stared at him seriously. "Does it look like I lie about my poisons?" he countered back. "In two minutes, you will first start to feel very uncomfortable. Your temperature will start to rise to above 104. If that does not kill you, your skin will slowly deteriorate. Once your skin has fallen off, your internal organs will begin to rupture. And if you are still alive after all of that, your brain will...short circuit in a way. This will cause all your blood vessels to pop and you will bleed out."

Kabuto's eyes grew to those of saucers. "Okay, okay! I'll heal him! Give me the damn antidote!" he squirmed.

Sasori dropped Kabuto and put the vial back in his cloak. "Not until you completely heal Deidara," he said sternly. Kabuto nodded and quickly went to work. Normally, it'd take five minutes to heal all these injuries, but Kabuto only had two. He went to work on the worst of injuries first. Sasori watched on, tapping his finger against his arm impatiently. He watched the blond's serious injuries being healed. This subordinate was as desperate as Sasori predicted. If he killed Deidara, Sasori would not give him the antidote. He had another three minutes before the painful parts came in. That should give Kabuto plenty of time to heal Deidara.

The two minutes were up and Kabuto started to feel a little hot. He didn't stop, however, knowing that what Sasori said about his poison was true. The poison expert wouldn't hype up his poison if it weren't true. Besides, Sasori was smart enough to really create a poison like that. Kabuto started to sweat and pant, but the healing never stopped or slowed down. Sasori watched on with interest. He looked over at Orochimaru and saw his finger twitch. His eyes widened and he quickly dipped the tip of a kunai into the Black Fever poison. He scratched Orochimaru with it and acted as if he never moved in the first place. How Orochimaru survived that, Sasori didn't know. But he most certainly wouldn't survive the poison.

Sasori glanced back at Deidara and saw his flawless pale skin completely healed. Kabuto was hunched over, panting heavily. The fever was well above 100 now. The poison was getting worse. Sasori grinned. He knelt beside Deidara and looked at Kabuto. "How can I be sure that you aren't tricking me into thinking he is healed?" Sasori asked stoically.

Kabuto looked at him, his eyes blooshot. "There is no way," he said panting. "To do that. Either you heal them or you don't...there is no inbetween...My ability will allow me to manipulate the dead for several minutes, not heal them," he said between pants.

Sasori stared at him. "How can I be sure that you did not find a way to do so?" he inquired. He would not take any chances. What if Deidara died and Kabuto just manipulated his dead body so Sasori could believe that he healed him just to get the antidote? Then as soon as the antidote worked, Deidara would die again. Sasori could not have that.

Kabuto shook his head, exhaustion taking over from the fever. "I can't...it's too much of a strain to both manipulate and heal someone...at the same time...besides...even though I can...manipulate the dead...I cannot put color back in their face..." he said with a smirk. That was sure to convince Sasori.

Sasori looked down at Deidara. He reached in his cloak for the antidote and gave it to Kabuto. He took Deidara in his arms while Kabuto downed the antidote shamelessly. He would live another day. Unfortunately. A deal was a deal. And Sasori was a dirty dealer. As Sasroi stood up, he heard Kabuto choke. He looked back at the medical ninja. He was grasping his throat painfully. Sasori smirked. "That will wear off once you are dead," he grinned.

"Y-You tricked me!" Kabuto yelled through the burning pain in his throat.

Sasori grinned. He looked over his shoulder. "No. That is the antidote. Just not the one you need," he smirked. Kabuto mouthed the word "why" and Sasori turned to him, Deidara in his arms, laying limply. "Why? You are the enemy. I kill all my enemies. Orochimaru will be going through the Black Fever soon enough. Somehow, he made it...I noticed it while you were healing my partner," he grinned. "That antidote acts as a stimulant when used for the wrong poison, speeding up the poison's process. So, in a matter of two minutes, you will die," he said, turning his back on the silver haired medical ninja.

"Sasori! You bastard!" Kabuto screamed as he broke off into screams. The poison certainly was doing its work. His skin was beginning to fall off. Behind him, Orochimaru's agonizing screams were heard.

Sasori continued on back to base. He looked down at Deidara and smiled. "Good job, Dei," he whispered as he kissed the blond's forehead. He was safe. Orochimaru and Kabuto were dead, or would soon be dead. Sasori darted in and out of the trees. He had to get leader to look at Deidara, even though Kabuto claimed he was fully healed. If anything, this bought him time until he could get to Pein in Ame.

TBC

(1) Black Fever – Black Fever is a poison I created for this story. Though Sasori already explained it to Kabuto, here is a mental note. The temperature will start to rise to above 104. If that does not kill the target, their skin will slowly deteriorate. Once the skin has fallen off, the internal organs will begin to rupture. And if they are still alive after all of that, their brain will short circuit, or another way of putting it is that their brain will go haywire. This will cause all their blood vessels to pop and the victim will bleed out. More symptoms of this poison include hallucinations, short term memory loss, seizures, and vomiting blood. Those symptoms only affects certain people. And they take place in the fever stage of the poison. Kabuto did not exhibit any of these symptoms due to his stubbornness to heal Deidara. Orochimaru, however, experienced blood vomiting, seizures, and hallucinations. It was not shown due to the fact that if I did, the chapter would be twice as long.

(2) Reverse Immortality jutsu – Orochimaru is supposed to have some kind of forbidden "immortality jutsu" that he uses as a sorce of not dying. It grants Orochimaru the ability to project his soul into the world, anchoring the spirit. Orochimaru can then find a new body, take control of it – and once again become young. It's a sort of reincarnation spell. The Reverse Immortality jutsu, something I created as well, allows Deidara to remove that Immortality, thus being able to kill him. The way this jutsu works is that you must do a series of complicated hand signs. Once those are completed and the jutsu has connected, you then have thirty seconds to touch the person you wish to perform the jutsu on. It can't be a normal touch, however. You must press your index and middle fingers to their forehead and the other pointer and middle fingers to their chest. Upon doing so, the brain will accept direct orders of chakra to cancel out the jutsu. The heart will stop beating for few moments until the jutsu is complete. If the heart does not stop beating, the jutsu failed. That is why Orochimaru felt his body go weak. His heart stopped beating. Upon completion of this forbidden jutsu, there is a major price to pay: 1/3 of the person's life. Seeing that Deidara performed this jutsu on Orochimaru, he had to give 1/3 of his life to the snake-nin, shortening his life. The reason 1/3 of the user's life is given to the victim, is because if they didn't give any life to the person, the procedure would have surely killed them. That is why Kabuto thought Orochimaru was dead and Sasori saw that he was not. It was not Deidara's choice to give a third of his life to him, however. Don't misunderstand. It is required. If 1/3 of the person's life is not given up, the performer of the jutsu, namely Deidara, would die.