A/N: Sorry for cutting it off there last chapter. But hey, you're still reading it! At least I posted it all together! Lol. Anyways. Before you continue reading past the numbered parts, scroll down to the bottom of the page to read the poison and antidote things. I don't want you to be left out. But anyways...no stealing my poisons!! This chapter if fluffy. Lemon next chapter! Enjoy. Ja ne!
Fated Reunion
Chapter 6: Complications
As they ran, the red head noticed his partner's consciousness slipping further and further away. "Stay awake, Deidara. We'll be back in Ame soon. If you go to sleep, I swear I will have each and every one of my puppets molest you in your sleep," Sasori threatened, his voice harsh. Though he had no intention of doing so, he wanted to get his brat to stay awake.
There was a weak laugh from the younger. "How do you know...I won't like that, un?" he teased back. He coughed violently, blood spilling from his mouth and down his chin. He took to silence after the coughs, afraid it would set him off again into another round of painful coughs.
"Keep talking, brat. Don't stop talking," the red head urged after a few minutes of silence, dashing past trees and bushes.
"You know...the first time I saw you...I wanted to be around you all the time, yeah. I was hoping...that I would lose that fight with Itachi...just so I could be near you more, un. I got my wish, danna...Ever since that day...I've tried not to let you down, un. I've tried...to be stronger any way I could," he whispered. Another coughing fit came over him as he leaned his head against his danna's chest. "I'm sorry if I've ever annoyed you, danna. I just wanted you to love me, yeah," he whispered weakly, his eyes closing on their own accord.
"Dei, stay awake. Open your eyes, brat!" Sasori hissed.
"Sorry...for any trouble I ever caused you, danna..."
"Stop being stupid, Deidara. The trouble has been minimal," responded the red head. Not very comforting words, but he wouldn't lie.
"Tell me...why did you really change your mind to be with me, un?" Deidara asked, his eyes opening a little to look up at his danna.
Sasori looked down at him briefly. He smirked with a small snicker. "You're easy to fall for, brat," he whispered.
"What?"
The puppeteer weaved through more trees, keeping an eye out for the Akatsuki base. "I said, 'you're easy to fall for, brat.' At first, I wasn't too sure, but as we grew closer and you started opening up to me...I don't know...I suppose my feelings grew."
Deidara smiled sleepily. Dark circles had formed under his eyes and his lips had grown paler. "Why me, danna? You could have easily...ignored me, yeah?"
The red head laughed and shook his head. He kissed the top of his blond's head softly. "I could have. But then, I'd only be lying to myself. I love you. No one else. Just you." The blond smiled warmly and weakly clutched his danna's cloak. "You're the only one that ever really accepted me for what I am," Sasori added in a softer tone. "What about you? Why me? Why were you so persistent on being with me? I'm nothing special."
Deidara shook his head and adjusted his head so his cheek rested on the red head's collarbone area. "You're wrong, yeah...you are special, un...At first...I was so eager to find out everything about you...to solve you...to understand you...I don't want to lose that excitement, yeah. There's so much about you that I don't know about, un...and I want to find out..." Sasori glanced down at him. If he were in his human body, he'd be blushing. "I knew you weren't really as cold as you let on, un. I knew you were hiding something...and I wanted to find out what...call it me being nosey...but I wanted to know everything about you, un. It just turned into me loving you so much," he whispered delicately.
Sasori couldn't help but grin at his partner's sentimental gooey love talk. "Anything you want to know, any question you have...I will answer it to the best of my abilities."
Deidara smiled. He was quiet for a few minutes until his eyes opened sadly. "When I left Iwa...I did some bad things, un...the thing I didn't tell you about so long ago...I killed half the village with my art, yeah...at the time, I really didn't care, danna...Now...I see my mistake and feel terrible, un..I think it's karma, danna...I killed people and Orochimaru kills me, yeah..."
"You're not dead, Dei," the red head reminds him.
"Inside, danna..." he whispered sadly. "Before all that happened...I was nothing like this, yeah...I was a normal, carefree person...but...those years with him...I forgot who I truly was, un. And then I met you...you reminded me of what I used to be, and am now, danna," he said as he nuzzled nose against his danna's cheek lovingly.
Sasori hesitated before telling his partner something. "When Orochimaru was my partner, he did the same to me as he did to you. That's partly what made me what I was before I met you. I couldn't trust anyone. I couldn't love anyone. I was dead. And then this brat comes along a few years later. He started to change me, little by little, until I started to feel human again. At first, he was broken beyond anything I had ever seen before. Leader gave him an invitation and he had to fight Itachi. All the time, I was secretly hoping he would lose."
Deidara looked at him at this. Sasori smirked. "I did. I was so protective over him. I was protective over someone I didn't know. When he got hurt, I wanted to kill who hurt him. When Itachi mentally tortured him, I wanted to brutally torture him in return for my mental anguish as well as the brat's. When he cried...I wanted to be his only source of stability." Deidara's eyes welled up with tears at his danna's confession. His pale lips curved into a small smile as he stared at the red head's profile. "Then...he starts to bring out the playful side I never knew I had. It started as just kissing. Some teasing. And then...he says he loves me."
The blond stared at his danna's face. His red head's lips were curved in a small smile as he said those words. As he looked closer, the Iwa-nin saw a look of happiness in his danna's eyes, accompanying the smile. "At first...I was so scared, I didn't know what to do, so...I turned to anger." At this, his smile faded to a small sad grin. "I kept thinking...how could anyone love me? I'm not human. I haven't been for a long time. I thought he was toying with me, so I thought nothing of it."
Deidara's face fell a bit at the thought of his danna thinking he was being toyed with. "Then he said it again the next day. And it all came together. He meant it. That's when I started to remember all the smiles, all the embraces, all the laughs and different moments. I realized that he only smiled for me like that. That he only laughed like that around me. And at that moment..." He looked at his blond in his arms. "I realized I loved him, too. And I always would." The sculptor gave his danna teary smile. "I love you, Dei."
"I love you, too, danna," the sculptor replied through tears. The red head gently placed his lips over his lover's. When he pulled away, he felt his brat wipe the blood from his lips. His eyes started to close and his body started to lose its energy. "I can't stay awake much longer, yeah," he whispered sleepily.
Sasori glanced up at their surroundings. They were still a ways away from Ame. He looked forward again and saw a small inn. How had he missed that before? He blinked and quickly ran to it. He let himself in to see an old couple at the desk. He walked up to them. "Oh, my!" screamed the old woman. The red head just looked at them. "What on earth happened?"
The red head shook his head. "Do you have any medical supplies?" he asked quickly, keeping his voice level and panic free.
The old woman nodded and ran in the back. The old man grabbed a key and nodded for Sasori to follow. He did. The old man led him upstairs to a room and unlocked the door. He let them in and ran over to switch on a light. "Go on and set him on the bed."
Sasori sent a small glare at him. He could have figured out that much by himself. He didn't need an old man to tell him that. He gently set Deidara down on the bed, the younger showing no signs of being conscious any longer. The elderly woman ran through the door with medical supplies. Gauze, antiseptic, bandages, etc. She set them on the night stand and stared on in worry. The red head looked back at her, warning her to give them their privacy. "Uh...if you need anything, don't be afraid to ask," she said, sending one last concerned glance back at the unconscious blond. Her and her husband left, leaving the two partners alone.
As soon as the door clicked shut, the Suna-nin went to work at removing both his and Deidara's cloaks. He was lucky the couple didn't recognize them as Akatsuki. If they did, they would be in more trouble. Shrugging that thought aside, Sasori quickly went to work at stripping his partner from his upper clothing. Once the shirts were off, the red head's eyes became fixated on the huge gash in the blond's side. Seeing the injury for himself made him realize just how stubborn his lover was. There was a hole the size of a dango ball in his right side. Blood leaked freely from it, but some dried and caked itself around it on his pale skin. The metallic smell was what hit Sasori the worst. There was so much blood.
The red head looked around and saw a bowl. He grabbed it and ran into the bathroom, filling it with warm water. He became impatient a few seconds later. Once it was filled up, he carried it back to the bed. He set it on the night stand gently, careful not to spill it. He held a rag in his hand and wet it quickly, wringing it out so it wasn't so wet. "Stupid brat," he muttered under his breath as he went to work at wiping the dried blood away.
The wound had stopped bleeding thanks to the pressure he kept on it on their way. As Sasori wiped it off, he heard his blond whimper in his sleep. He shushed him softly and pet his hair, trying to be as gentle as he could while he wiped away the blood. He dabbed the cloth on the wound, earning a small yell and arch. The red head held the brat down, continuing his cleaning. He saw tears leaking from his partner's eyes. He knew he was in pain. And lots of it. But he couldn't do anything about it, which angered him.
Once he was done cleaning, he threw the rag back in the bowl. He sat Deidara up, earning him a groan in pain. He sat him against the headboard before grabbing the antiseptic and bandages. This would be the difficult part. He sat Deidara up and leaned his head on his shoulder. He heard his blond mumble something in his sleep, but he just kept wrapping him up. "Danna?"
"Go back to sleep, Dei." Sasori finished wrapping him up and laid him down.
"Where are we, un?" he whispered, opening his blue eye to look around.
Sasori released a sigh, knowing the sculptor wouldn't go back to sleep. "We were attacked by two ANBU. We're in an inn a few hours from Ame. How are you feeling?"
The blond smirked weakly and sighed. "Fine, yeah..." He looked at his red headed seme and saw a few scrapes in his cloak. "Are you alright, danna?"
The red head looked at himself and shrugged. "I'm lucky I'm in my puppet body," he grinned. The blond laughed shortly before coughing and wincing in pain. "Get some sleep. We'll leave for Ame tomorrow." He kissed his partner's pale forehead and laid next to him on top of the blankets. Deidara closed his eyes and sighed a painful breath. Tomorrow, they'd be back at base and Pein would probably heal him. If not, they would be out of missions for a few weeks.
Hours passed and the blond slept, each breath getting harder and harder to take. Sasori laid there restlessly while his blond wheezed and moaned in pain. He could do nothing. All he could do was hope he got better and kept breathing. Which was not an easy, nor settling, task. He looked out the window and glared. It was dawn. He released a quiet sigh before sitting up, careful not to move his partner too much.
When he finally disentangled himself from the arms of his brat, he smoothed the hair out of his face. Before he could do anything else, there was a loud crash downstairs. Deidara woke with a start and yelped in pain at his sudden movements. No doubt he reopened his wound. Sasori put his hand over the sculptor's mouth, shushing him quietly. "I'll be right back. Be quiet." Earning a nod, the Suna born got up quickly. He stealthily walked over to the door and opened it. He looked around once outside his room and walked to the edge of the stairs.
"You are being taken into custody for housing two Akatsuki members," came an authoritative female voice. Sasori mentally cursed his luck. As he looked closer, he saw the ANBU outfits on four people. Three male, one female. "What room are they in? If you tell us, we will let you go," the woman reasoned with a hard face that resembled Pein's.
"You've got it all wrong! We don't know who the Akatsuki are. We just run this shop for any travellers. We've never heard of the Akatsuki," the elderly woman told her truthfully.
The ANBU woman crossed her arms over her chest and tilted her head to the side in confusion. "How can you not hear of them? They're only the most wanted criminals in any known village."
"We haven't been to our village in nearly two decades!" the elderly man replied.
The woman turned to him and lifted her owl mask. Her eyes were a soft violet and her hair was a deep black. "Hm...odd. They wear cloaks with red clouds on them. They usually travel in pairs. We have knowledge of a blond and a red head being here. They escaped from our trap outside of Kusa. Now what room are they in?"
"Oh my!" the elderly woman gasped, covering her mouth in fear. They had housed criminals. "They're in room six. Please try not to destroy this place. It's all we have left," she pleaded.
The ANBU woman smiled warmly. "You have my word that if we cause any harm to this place, we will pay for it all. My name is Kira. You can speak with my supervisor and he will make sure that you are compensated. We apologize for the harsh measures." The elderly couple nodded. "It's for your safety that you leave this place for a while. Just go outside and we'll call you when it's safe." The elderly couple nodded and ran outside.
Once they were gone, Kira pulled her mask back down, turning to the rest of them. "Shoki, Tasuki. You two stay down here. Talon, you're with me." The ANBU members nodded and separated.
Sasori quickly ran back to Deidara. He quietly closed the door and ran over to his partner. "Dei, wake up. We need to go. Now," he said urgently. The blond looked at him curiously. "ANBU," he explained shortly. Blue eyes widened. Sasori picked his partner up in his arms and ran over to the window. As soon as he got it open, the door burst open.
The red head whipped his head around to look, knowing it was the Black Ops. "Sasori of the Red Sand and Deidara of Iwa...I'm shocked," came a male voice, Sasori learned was Talon. "Now, I know you're not leaving so soon."
Sasori smirked. "We have other obligations than to waste our time with you." The red head jumped out of the window and landed on his feet with a grunt. He started to dash off east of the base, knowing it would be suicide to lead them there. "Deidara, I need you to make one of those damn birds. We need to lose them."
The blond nodded and reached into his pouch. A few seconds later, he pulled his hand out. "I'm sorry, danna...I'm out of clay, yeah," he whimpered.
"Damn it." The red head looked around as he ran, knowing the other four were on his heels. He couldn't hide Deidara anywhere. He couldn't go to the base. He was stuck. He'd have to kill them. The easiest way would be poison, but what if Deidara inhaled it as well? He didn't have the antidote on him for the one he planned to use. If his body took in the Dark Corruption poison (1), he would surely die. Especially with an open wound. He would have to wait until they were less than fifteen minutes away from base. If he didn't...Deidara would die before they got back.
A suriken lodged itself in the red head's back. He stumbled forward at the force, but paid it no mind. If he were in his human body, he would have fallen and been severely injured. He looked back before he continued running. He had to turn around. He was heading farther away from the base. If he planned on using the Dark Corruption poison, he had to turn around. But that would result in him having to fight them. "Shit," he cursed. He was stuck.
He looked down at Deidara, who was suffering quietly from all the movement. If he stopped, the ANBU might try to attack Deidara in his weakened state. He looked down at his blond once more. He didn't want to have to do this. "Danna..." the blond called through his whimpers. Sasori briefly looked at him. "Do what you have to do, un. I'll be fine, yeah." The Suna born hated hearing that, but if his blond said so...
Sasori skidded to a halt and dug in his pocket for his hundred-puppets scroll. He unrolled it and summoned them in a hundred puffs of smoke. He opened his chest compartment and chakra strings shot out to latch onto them. Once all the strings were attached, Sasori saw the ANBU skid to a halt. The three men whistled in amusement, just as the Minato woman had before. "I would expect nothing less from the Scorpion of the Sand," Kira smirked under her mask.
The red head raised a brow at the new name. Since when was he known as 'Scorpion of the Sand?' Nonetheless, he silently commanded the puppets to attack. The four ANBU went their separate ways, fighting off the puppets with ease. If Sasori were lucky, he would still have his puppet army to repair. He hoped they wouldn't get destroyed, but if they did, that would only aid in his temper. He looked on in silence, waiting for an opening. He could just run around the fight, but that would mean that he would have to temporarily sever the strings. He couldn't afford that.
Just as he was about to dash through them, Deidara screamed in pain. Sasori looked down at him and saw a kunai protruding from his right arm. The red head growled and angrily removed it. Blood ran from the blond's arm and into the grass. As the puppeteer looked on, he saw that an ANBU's mask had fallen off. He wore an arrogant smirk. No doubt he was the one who threw it. The man had forest green hair that reached to his lower back, and amber eyes. This was Talon.
Thanks to his temper flare, Sasori's puppets focused on him. One shoved its sword deep into Talon's shoulder, another into his thigh. The ANBU kept moving as if he weren't hit. The red head saw an exchange of glances between the four of them. They all nodded and in an instant, shadow clones appeared. Each ANBU member had five copies, totalling in twenty copies and four ANBU. Twenty four enemies to one hundred puppets. Sasori wondered who had the advantage (A/N: sarcasm).
"Dei, hang on. I'm going to go for it." The blond nodded weakly and clung to his danna tightly. The red head dodged another kunai that was flung at him. He dashed off through the chaos, dodging kicks and weapons. As he ran, puppets shielded him from harm, still fighting off the ANBU. If he had Hiruko, Sasori could just put Deidara in him and send him back to base, but he was destroyed by that fake informant yesterday. The red head had alot of repairs to make. Not only to Hiruko, but to his puppet army and Sandaime as well. He was not looking forward to that.
"Danna-"
"I know, brat. We're almost there." As Sasori ran, he kept glancing back, trying to make sure they weren't being followed. If they were, no matter. They were close enough to where he could use his poison and still be able to treat Deidara. He felt a kunai in his back again and growled. "Persistent bastards," he hissed. He quietly dug in his pocket for the poison bomb he prepared long ago, and looked back to see how many was following him. He called the puppets back to him, not caring if a clone was following him. He would dispose of them soon.
"Dei, look at me." The blond obediently opened his eyes. "I'm going to use one of my poisons on them. Try not to breathe until I tell you to. Alright? When I tell you to hold your breath, do it. If you inhale some of it...I'll still be able to treat you. Some will enter through your wounds, but we'll take care of it back at base. I have fifteen minutes to make it back and we're only ten away. Do you understand?" Deidara nodded quietly, fear showing in his blue eye. Sasori bent down and kissed him as he ran. "Don't worry. You'll be fine."
"Oh, Sasori!" Kira called in a flirty sing-song voice. The red head cringed at the sweetness of his name being used. "Aw. Why you running away from me?"
Sasori smirked and looked behind him once more. All four of them, plus their clones. He skidded to a halt and threw the bomb at them. It exploded, gas fuming everywhere. "Now," he ordered Deidara, telling him not to breathe. The blond sucked in a deep breath and covered his nose and mouth, closing his eyes. The marionette watched the ANBU soldiers looking around, appearing to be lost. He heard coughing, showing it was already working with the blockage of blood. He grinned. Not long now.
"Talon! What's wrong!?" Kira yelled.
"I-I don't know! I can't breathe!" Talon coughed. He fell to his knees. For it to work this fast, he must have had alot of injuries.
"Shoki! Tasuki! It's poison!" Kira coughed. She must have had injuries as well.
Sasori looked down at his blond. He seemed to be unaffected so far. He quickly put his puppets back in the scroll. The red head watched on as the ANBU suffered. He heard screaming and decided that they were starting to sweat. Bliss. Pure bliss. The puppeteer took great pleasure in their screams. He heard a violent cough erupt from his partner and shot his head down to look at him. He glanced back at the ANBU. They weren't going to follow if they were already in the later stages of the poison.
Deciding it time to go, Sasori darted off back to the Akatsuki hideout. He was only five minutes away, but he had to get there fast before Deidara's blood started to clot and block. He had two injuries. That wasn't good. That meant the poison started to work faster. Cursing his pleasure in others' agony, he increased his pace. "Hang on, Dei."
He rounded a corner and heard Deidara's coughing become more violent and rapid. He cursed again and kept running. He saw the Akatsuki base less than a yard and a half away. He glanced down at his partner. He didn't look too good. He sped off to it and burst through the door. He ran through the halls, past Itachi, past Kisame, past Konan, and past Zetsu. He ran into his room and sat Deidara on the bed. He ran over to his desk and retrieved his antidote. "Come on, brat. Drink it."
The red head sat his partner up and poured it down his throat, rubbing his neck to get him to swallow. The blond started to scream and curl up in a ball, holding himself tightly. The antidote was freezing. It had to be to cool the poison down. Deidara started to shake and whimper. The only thing worse than Sasori's poisons were his antidotes. He had to have people suffer. He took great joy in it. Now, however, he might want to rethink his antidotes.
The Iwa-nin started to thrash violently, clawing at his skin desperately. Sasori quickly grabbed his lover's wrists and forced them to the bed. He straddled him to pin him still. "You have to stay still!" he growled.
"Dude! What the fuck are you doing to him!?" Hidan yelled from the door frame.
"Shut your damn mouth, Hidan. He took in some of my poison," Sasori growled back, keeping his eyes on his blond partner. "Deidara! Stay still, damn it!" he growled, tightening his grip on the pale wrists.
Deidara whimpered and tried to keep himself still. Shudders rippled through his body with the tiny spasms and twitches. Hidan walked over to them, accompanied by Kisame and Itachi. They three looked on at the strange sight. Kisame and Itachi had no clue as to what was going on. "What poison?" Hidan asked, looking at the blond boy beneath the red head.
"Dark Corruption," Sasori said simply, keeping his glare fixated on the blond. His body erupted in violent thrashes once more. The red head growled and positioned both the pale wrists in one of his hands. He used the other to grab the blond's face and turn it to look at him. "Look at me, brat. Look at me!" he snarled. Sasori was really pissed if he raised his voice. The blond whimpered beneath him and looked at him weakly, his eyes relaying his pain. "Stay still or it won't work. If you keep thrashing like this, the antidote (2) won't do its job."
Deidara nodded and whimpered at his danna's tight grip on his face. The red head released his face and wrists, knowing he hurt him. Everyone watched on in silence. Sasori got up gently, careful not to set him off in his thrashing fit. "If he starts thrashing, stop him. Hold him down. If not, the antidote is useless," Sasori instructed as he went to the kitchen. He retrieved a glass of water before going back to the room. As soon as he walked in, he saw everyone's eyes on the door frame behind him. The red head knew it was Pein. He paid it no mind for now.
Without a word, the puppeteer walked over to his partner. He sat him up and handed him the glass. "Drink it or the antidote will cause nerve damage." The blond's eye fixated on him with fear. The red head glared, causing the younger to take the glass. He drank it quietly and winced.
"Sasori. What happened during your mission?" Pein asked, glaring at everyone in the room.
The red head turned to his Leader and glared shortly. "Your informant was untrustworthy."
"Explain," the Leader ordered, walking into the room and dismissing the others. He took his place on the opposite side of the bed, inspecting the blond's injuries. He did hand seals and started to heal him, much to his annoyance.
"He was an ANBU Black Ops in disguise. He attacked us. After I defeated him, I ran into another one. Once she was defeated, we stopped at an inn. We stayed there for a few hours. Four other ANBU members tracked us there. I had to use my Dark Corruption poison to take them out. The brat was infected as well through his injuries," Sasori explained rather irritably.
Pein just looked at him. His face showed no emotions. "This threat is more dangerous than I suspected." He turned back to the blond's injuries. Once his arm was healed, the Leader moved to the rib injury. "Did you get any information out of the ANBU posing as an informant?"
"He only said that the threat was a Sound ninja, following in Orochimaru's footsteps, with red hair and green eyes. He said that the threat was planning on attacking the Nibi first due to the other Jinchuuriki being too strong." Sasori shook his head. "How can we be positive that the ANBU was not lying? What if his words were just improvisation? We have nothing," Sasori reasoned as he looked at the Leader.
"Let me worry about that. I will have the others researching that information." Pein looked Sasori over briefly. "How is your weaponry?" he asked shortly, trying to get an insight as to how much he had to fight.
"Hiruko is destroyed. Half my poison is gone. My body sustained hazardous attacks. My puppet army has decreased in numbers. I will have to do alot of work if I plan on accepting another mission," he informed his Leader with slight anger boiling in him.
"Understood. You two will have a week off. Try to get it all done by then. If not, you are still expected to participate in missions. Do I make myself clear, Sasori?" Pein asked, his eyes narrowing dangerously at him. The red head nodded silently. "Good. His injuries are more or less healed. The only things I didn't heal were the bruises. He will have to put up with them." The orange haired leader walked past him and out of the red head's room, leaving the partners alone.
Sasori closed his door quietly and locked it. He released a heavy sigh. This week would be rather annoying. Deidara was still incapacitated and half of Sasori's puppets needed fixing. This week certainly would be stressful for the puppeteer. If only he had longer. It seems he would be missing alot of sleep. He looked at his blond partner. And he would have to deal with an intoxicated blond when he woke up.
TBC
(1) Dark Corruption poison - A poison equal in severity to that of the Demon Night poison. This poison is the easiest to enter the body. Though the Demon Night and Black Fever have to enter through the mouth, cuts, or inhalation, this poison is entered through the pores of the skin. Once it is inside the body, the poison starts to clog the pores and kill off the red blood cells, turning them a thick and dark red, almost black. These blood cells infect other blood cells, eventually turning the blood a thick black, almost like oil. Since the blood is so thick, it cannot circulate properly.
When enough of the infected blood cells accumulate in a certain area, cut off from oxygen and movement, they start to overheat, causing the blood cells to pop. When this happens, the target will begin to perspire, due to the overwhelming temperature change their body is going through. This perspiration mixes with the poison clogging the pores, making it an even stronger poison. The solution left to clog the pores is a concentrated, more deadly mixture. Once this combines with the poison sent to alter the blood, this, in turn, turns the body's blood and sweat into an acid. When the sweat leaks from the pores, it will begin to burn off the skin, just like any normal acid.
The 'blood' will eat away at the nerves and bones, eventually getting to the brain. Once the brain starts to come into contact with the 'blood,' it will not be affected by the acid. It will just infect it as it did to the blood cells. When enough of the brain is infected, usually a third, it will start to turn black. Once this happens, the brain will start to liquefy. As soon as the brain liquefies, the body shuts down and the person dies. This poison takes a mere fifteen minutes to completely run its course. The speed is increased when the target is in motion.
(2) Dark Corruption antidote- The antidote will make the victim's body erupt into violent shakes and tremors. The body will thrash. This is the body resisting its effects. If this happens, the antidote is useless. It's freezing cold so that it can cool the fiery blood cells. It acts as dry ice. Once the infected cells are frozen and back to normal, it will possibly destroy anything else it touches, unless it is washed away with normal water afterwards. Water dilutes it and treats it as nothing more but a useless liquid. This antidote may cause intoxication for anywhere up to six hours.
