Reality Check: A Deidara Love Story

Chapter 5: Blood

***WARNING***

Close to the end of this chapter it gets really gory and bloody. (TT.TT) If you don't like it, I suggest you skip to the next chapter, unless you can hold in your stomach. You'll miss a bit, but if you don't mind blood or lots of nasty content, then continue on. Also, you're in for a treat. This is definitely my longest chapter yet!

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Rai shrieked as she laid her eyes on her bloodstained fingers. She froze midscream, the terror etched into her face.

"What?! What's wrong, un?!" Deidara exclaimed, setting his hands on her shoulders. Beneath his touch, she shook violently, maniacal eyes stuck on her hand drenched in blood. Her face grew pale. "Rai, what's wrong! Tell me, un!" She used her clean hand to wipe away at her eye again. Even more blood. The deep red, gloppy blood started dripping down her fingers.

She finally broke her gaze and met Deidara's. His blue ones were wide open in concern and confusion. She whispered quietly, "I'm... scared... blood..." Then her eyes closed and his face faded into darkness.

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~Deidara's P. O. V.~

I gasped as Rai fell into my arms. Her usually sunkissed skin was now almost as white as paper. I started freaking out. Was she dead?! No, no, no, no, no! She couldn't be! Could she? No, she can't. She can't be dead.

I put my head onto her chest and heard a faint throb. I sighed in relief, earning a smirk from Danna. Why would he care anyways? I couldn't care less, just that Rai was alive. But the wound on her head wasn't even bandaged yet, the alcohol didn't do anything. Blood still gushed down her face. "D-danna, what do I do now, un?!" I exclaimed, desperate for an answer.

He scoffed. "Are you that dumb, brat?" he scolded. "You need to bandage her head or she'll lose to much blood and die."

"Die?!" I immediately grabbed the small box. How do you open this? There were two latches in the front with the handle in between. I unclapsed them to find some long bandages. Perfect! With slightly trembling hands, I grabbed them and began treating Rai's head. But I have no idea on how to heal someone if they're hurt. I think I wrap it around their head like this? With shaking hands, I froze and stared at it.

"Ugh, give it to me, brat." Danna said. His face looked so bored. How could he be at a time like this?! Rai could... she could die! He took the roll of bandages from me and set it down. What was he doing? He said I was supposed to bandage it and stop it from bleeding. I watched as he took a small tube out of the box. He twisted the cap off and squeezed it, a clear-ish paste coming out onto his fingers.

Danna lathered it onto Rai's wound, and she winced slightly while she was unconscious. Great, I feel horrible about not stopping the blood earlier. "What's that, un?" I asked curiously. Danna didn't bother to look up at me while he spoke. Baka.

"This is an ointment. If we don't put some on the wound, she could get an infection and die from that instead of bleeding to death."

My eyes widened. She could also die from infection too!? How did Danna know all of this? Oh wait, Granny Chiyo was a medical ninja, I'm sure he must have learned at least something when he was a kid. I grabbed the tube from Danna's hand and started squeezing the paste directly onto her forehead.

"What do you think you're do -" Danna started, but he stopped when he realized what I was doing. "Let me do this, un." I insisted. He went for the ointment again, but I pulled away before he could take it away. He relented and kneeled nearby as I applied almost all of it on. Was it enough? There was a huge glob on her forehead. She might need more... but she might need some later.