Blood Is Blood Ch 18
Two days went by and Kabuto showed great improvement. What ever was wrong with him seemed to be leaving and he was looking better every hour. Konan had fawned over him continuously. She made sure he had enough blood or that his temperature wasn't too high, that he was waited on hand and foot.
Personally it was driving Pein a little crazy. He couldn't get her attention for a second unless it was to discuss the young boys' illness and where he came from. Pein knew it was a matter of time before she would ask to keep him. He rubbed his temples as an impending headache made its presence known.
Kakuzu entered the office and looked at their fearless leader. "I think it is important that we find out where he came from before we get attached." Kakuzu said. Pein knew that the "we" Meant Konan. Pein nodded and would have slammed his head on his desk but the pain was already getting bad enough without help.
"I know. We just have to do it in a manner that says we are trying to help him not because we don't trust him. Konan will castrate us all if we even speak ill of the boy." Pein said rolling his eyes and instantly regretting the movement. Kakuzu gulped. He remembered when they had brought Hidan to the mansion.
Nobody wanted to trust that he was a good guy what with his sacrifices and his rituals. Konan had been overly motherly then too. Pein had suffered greatly at her mercy for his insensitivity to the Jashinist. Kakuzu had done the digging to find out the information on him. It had only helped him trust and fall in love with the silver haired vampire.
Pein knew then that Hidan was a permanent fixture. He had learned to go with others instincts and so Tobi and Deidara had been safe acceptances. Kabuto on the other hand made him weary. Why was he laying in the forest? Was it a trap or was it an innocent act? Pein didn't know but he was sure going to let Kakuzu and whoever else wanted to investigate the boy have at it. He was going to stay on Konan's good side.
"By the way Konan asked me to bring these to you." Kakuzu said handing Pein a bottle of Aspirin. Pein smiled and took the bottle he would never know how she knew the things she did but he was grateful. "Thanks. Go ahead and see what you can find out. Just make sure Konan doesn't catch wind of it." Pein said popping the cap off the bottle.
Kakuzu smiled and walked out the door. He headed to Zetsu's room to talk to the plant loving vampire for a moment. He knocked once heard a 'come in' and entered. Tobi lay sleeping on the bed as Zetsu sat repotting a bonsai tree. He looked up to Kakuzu and seen the instant smirk. Kakuzu needed his help spying on someone.
He nodded and finished planting the tree. He turned and motioned for Kakuzu to follow him out of the room. Kakuzu filled him in on the new boy's appearance and told him what they were going to do. Zetsu smiled wanly. They headed out to the forest where the boy had been found.
"Danna, I'm bored, un. Deidara said as he watched Sasori fixing his puppet. He had scared Konan again only to have her brutally rip the puppets arms off. He was reattaching them and listening to the swishing of Deidara's feet as he bounced on the bed. "Go find Haku." Sasori said. Deidara shook his head. "Danna, I want to do something with you though, un." Deidara groaned.
Sasori turned to look at the blonde who now sat watching him with a pout and those big blue eyes that always made Sasori give in no matter what. Sasori sighed and stood from his chair. "Yay, un!" Deidara shouted throwing his arms around Sasori's neck. Sasori chuckled at Deidara's innocence. He grabbed his boyfriend's hand and led him from the room.
Downstairs on the couch Kabuto sat wrapped in a blanket getting past the last of the shakes. He had been doing better with the pain and the convulsions were slightly less. He closed his eyes and opened them a hundred or so times trying to fight off the tiredness. Courtesy of the drugs effects.
Sasori and Deidara came down the stairs and entered the main hall. They crossed to the main door and were heading outside when Deidara stopped. "Sasori, Danna wait a second, un. I forgot my ring." Deidara shouted from the hall as he ran to the room to grab his ring. Sasori stood in utter shocked annoyance. The brat had almost killed himself walking out in the sun. He rolled his eyes and sighed.
Deidara showed up and they left out the door. On the couch Kabuto fought off the remnants of sleep. 'Sasori? As in Sasori Akasuna? It can't be. He's here. I have found him Lord Orochimaru.' Kabuto thought as he fell asleep against his will. Konan came into the room and checked his fever. It was breaking and he was doing so much better.
Kakuzu and Zetsu stood in the forest as Zetsu did his duty. He touched the ground and ran his fingers over the dirt. He picked up a blade of grass and tasted it. He cocked his head to the side and thought. He tasted another blade of grass. He picked up a rock pebble and put it on his tongue. Kakuzu had once laughed at this but never again.
Once when they had ran into some trouble Haku had been taken and Zetsu had found him with this method. Kakuzu was no longer skeptical and just watched awaiting the results. Zetsu finally dropped the grass to the ground and the rock pebble tumbled from his lips. "Medicine, the boy has been around some type of medical facility. There are chemical cleaners and some type of narcotic pain medicines lingering on the grass where he laid.
Damp smells like earth and soil are present as well, indicating this facility is underground." Zetsu said looking around at the area. He walked further in the direction Kabuto had come from. Vomit lingered on a near by bush. Zetsu leaned down and Kakuzu was about to protest about Zetsu picking up a stick and running it through the vomit and lifting it to his face. Luckily Zetsu only smelled the contents on the stick.
Kakuzu wasn't sure how he would have felt watching the vampire consume someone else's vomit. Zetsu dropped the stick and stood straight. He turned to Kakuzu. "Do you have that blood sample you took from him?" Kakuzu nodded and they headed back to the mansion. Zetsu followed Kakuzu into the infirmary and took the vial of blood. He opened it and smelled it getting an odd odor from it.
Dipping his finger into the blood he placed it on his tongue. He made a face at the bitterness of vampire blood to another vampire and then rolled it around on his tongue. He looked to Kakuzu. "His blood was injected with something. No doubt it is what is making him sick." Zetsu said. Kakuzu frowned. Their boy was an innocent victim who by the looks escaped a medical facility who had done experiments on him.
Zetsu handed the vial back to Kakuzu and Kakuzu put it back on the table. They left the infirmary and went their separate ways. Kakuzu went to see Pein while Zetsu went back to his room. Tobi was just waking up and Zetsu couldn't resist the naked skin showing as the sheet slid away from Tobi's body. He quickly undressed and joined his raven in some vampire/ werewolf sex.
Kakuzu relayed what he and Zetsu learned. Pein sighed and nodded. "Well at least he is safe." Pein elaborated. Kakuzu nodded and left to go find his Jashinist. Konan entered the office and Pein was about to ask what was the occasion. "We are going to introduce him to the whole house tonight." She said excitedly. Pein smiled warmly. "Whatever you want dear." He said. She beamed and left the room.
That night Pein rounded up the house hold. Everyone slowly came to the dining room table. Kabuto had finally fought off the sleep and won. He was still a little weary but awake. Zabuza and Haku sat down and were joined by Kakuzu and Hidan. Kisame and Itachi showed up a moment later and were accompanied by Zetsu and Tobi. Deidara and Sasori were the last to join the table and Pein and Konan already sat at the head.
Kabuto smiled politely as Konan introduced him to the household. When she got to Sasori and Deidara. He paid extra attention to the red head. Deidara took this as a flirtatious thing and linked his hand with Sasori's. Kabuto just smiled politely. He was working out the details of his plan in his head. Sasori Akasuna was in for a great big surprise.