Blood Is Blood Ch 20
The mansion was full of tension. Sasori and Deidara had failed to return from their outing and Kabuto was missing. Konan paced back and forth as she thought of all the things that could have gone wrong. Zetsu finally got up and left the mansion. He needed to find the two vampires and locate the missing boy.
He followed the scent of Sasori and Deidara until it disappeared at a body of rocks housing water beneath them. His only thought was that Sasori had brought Deidara here and that they were swimming and lost track of time. He dived into the water to make a quick sweep and circled the rocks into a canyon.
What he found there was an unconscious Deidara floating face down in the water. Sasori was nowhere to be seen. Zetsu pulled Deidara from the water and headed back to the mansion. He laid Deidara on the table and began looking over him. Kakuzu was at his side doing the same.
They found the needle mark and immediately went on high alert. Kakuzu mixed a drug that would wake the blonde from the drug induced sleep. He injected the fluid into the blonde's arm and within a minute he began to stir. He opened his eyes and looked around and then a frantic panic took over.
He jumped up and was on defense until he saw the familiar faces. "Where is Kabuto?" He asked loudly. Everyone looked at him in concern. "Where is he, un?" He asked again. "He's not here. Is he in trouble?" Konan asked. Deidara glared hard.
"He is the trouble, un. He attacked me in the water. I tried to fight him off and he stuck a needle in my leg." Deidara growled. A gasp went through the room. Konan stood looking at Deidara skeptically. "Are you sure it was him? Maybe you hit your head or you couldn't see very clearly." She said.
Deidara slapped a vase off the table. It exploded against a far wall. "Don't ask me stupid questions like that. It was him. Where is Sasori, Danna?" He asked looking around. Zetsu shook his head as everyone turned to him. "I looked but there was no sign of him." He said sullenly.
Deidara headed for the door. Pein got to him just barely. "Wait, Deidara we need a plan before running out there half cocked." He said. Deidara reluctantly turned around and headed back to the others. Pein was right. After a few minutes of squabbling it was decided that they would all go out and try to find Sasori.
They would need all their noses to find the red heads scent if they were to find him. Zetsu and Tobi walked slowly. They looked at the foot prints that led to the water and then went from the water, where the foot prints were a little heavier as if someone was carrying something or someone.
The foot prints disappeared into the trees and Zetsu climbed up in the trees to pick up the scent. He looked down at Tobi. "I can smell them both here." He said moving along the trees and then back down to the ground after a while. Tobi smiled as he picked up the scent himself. It led them to a grassy area in the middle of a bunch of trees.
Pein and Konan showed up a moment later as did Kakuzu and Hidan. Kisame and Itachi weren't far behind and Deidara was with them. Zabuza and Haku arrived a little bit later. Pein and Zabuza looked around the area as the others tried to search with the scent. Pein reached down and moved some brush aside.
A trap door like a manhole cover made itself known and Pein pulled it open. The smell hit them like a ton of bricks. Not a bad sewer smell but the smell of other vampires. Sasori's scent was among them. They dropped into the underground corridor.
Pein and Zabuza allowed the vampires to lead as they had perfect night vision. The werewolves were good with scent but not so much sight. They moved down the corridor. Sasori's blood was thicker in scent as they moved. Almost to the infirmary corridor a vampire guard came in to alert them of the presence.
Kabuto reacted quickly by unhooking the blood tubes and picking up Orochimaru. He disappeared through a door and down a corridor to a hidden exit on the other side of the woods. He only hoped they had gotten enough of Sasori's blood to help his lord.
They burst into the infirmary. Sasori lay unconscious on a table, a blood tube hanging from his arm spilling his blood onto the floor. Deidara reversed the tube and hooked it to his own arm. His blood began to flow into Sasori. He sat on the opposite bed waiting for his red head to wake. It didn't happen.
"He has lost way to much blood. They must have planned on bleeding him dry." Pein said. Haku hooked up a blood tube to Sasori's other arm. He opened the pump and allowed his blood to run into Sasori. He reached across and took Deidara's hand for reassurance.
Deidara smiled at Haku half heartedly. He was grateful for his friends, no for his family. A half an hour later there was still no response from Sasori. Deidara was on the verge of passing out when Kakuzu removed the tube from him. Konan stepped up and Kakuzu nodded at her insistence.
He hooked the blood tube to her and then turned on the pump. Zetsu removed Haku's so it wouldn't cause him damage. He placed the tube in his own arm and turned on the pump. Kisame and Itachi took their turn as well but it seemed as though it was pointless. They had simply been too late. The blood tubes were removed and Deidara was now in a state of denial.
Haku hugged him as he cried and when he fell to his knees, Haku cradled him in his lap. Haku too was crying for the unfairness. Everyone stayed in a solemn silence as Pein stepped up to cover Sasori with a sheet. "Don't count me out just yet." Sasori said gripping Pein's hand.
Pein pulled the sheet back and looked the red head in the eye. Sasori looked rough to say the least but he was with them once more. He sat up and groaned at the nausea and the headache that racked him. A blonde blur came from nowhere, nearly knocking him off the bed onto the floor.
"Danna, Oh my god, un. I thought you were gone for good. We all gave you our blood but it didn't seem to work." Deidara sobbed. Sasori wrapped his arms around the blonde and held him to him. Haku was still a mess of tears in Zabuza's shoulder although now they were tears of happiness.
They all made their way back out of the underground hell they had come across and were glad to be above ground. The sun had begun to set and the woods looked like a fairytale out of a book. They all walked back home, glad that Sasori was okay but upset that Kabuto had pulled another fast one. Sasori had yet to tell them what this was all about.
"His name is Orochimaru and I was his sire. He and I were once lovers and then he went and became obsessed with killing priests. I grew tired of his sick obsession and I left him. I hadn't seen him again until Kabuto took me to his lair. Orochimaru contracted an illness. How I can't tell you simply because I do not know. My blood was his only cure." Sasori explained.
Deidara sat looking at the kitchen table as if in a trance. "Hey, there is nothing between him and I anymore." Sasori cooed in Deidara's ear. "I know, un. I just wish you had told me. I hate being blindsided." Deidara said softly. Sasori hugged him to him. "I am sorry Dei. I will tell you anything you want to know." He said. Deidara leaned on Sasori's shoulder.
"Okay, un. I want to be prepared if they ever come back." Deidara said into Sasori's neck. Sasori pet Deidara's hair as he kissed his forehead. Deidara fell asleep on Sasori's shoulder and Konan couldn't help but laugh. "I guess it has been a long exhausting day. We should have all been sleeping instead of vampire hunting." She said jokingly.
Pein smiled. "I say we all take a good nap and then we can do something fun so Konan won't kill us all for being depressing and boring." He said blocking a playful punch from Konan. Everyone agreed and headed to their rooms. Sasori carried Deidara into their room and placed him on their bed. He covered him up and turned to close the door.
He stopped short and glared daggers as hard as he possibly could. "Hello Lover."