Zaer's Laboratory.

[Shadow Dragon]

Deep within the Akatsuki base, within the underground chambers lay one door. The door was at the end of a long hall, the way not even lit by a single candle. Deep within the room, bubbling noises, the scratches of a pen, the moans of frustration, and the banging of a fist on a desk could be heard. Within the door lay the lair of the Nightmare's Creations.

Within..

Within the room stood Zaer. Constantly walking between various desks, he measured contents in vials, ran his chakra through different substances, and took notes the entire time. Zaer took a sample of his blood, dropping drops into each of three containers. Seemingly unsatisfied by his results, Zaer let another sight escape his throat. "So d**n close.. why won't it work?!.. Ugh. Better check on experiment number two."

Zaer quickly walked over to another desk. He took his chakra and created a Kuro-Sesshou Bunshin. He began to channel chakra through his Akatsuki cloak. Putting the cloak on the bunshin, he gave it commands. The bunshins followed each command. Zaer nodded to the bunshin as he released his jutsu and took the cloak back. Performing three handseals over the cloak, he waited patiently as the new black color seeped into the cloak. Zaer wrote some notes down on a notebook near the cloak, writing quickly he finished the page and ran back over to his first experiment.

Zaer looked onto his vials, noting that they needed more time, he ran over to the back of the room. Zaer did some quick handseals and a door opened. Walking into the back door, Zaer entered a huge subterranean room. He quickly performed handseals, summoning the "king of hell" statue. Zaer began to check statue. Making notes about it, he returned to the laboratory room.

Within the room Zaer pulled out vials. He began to pour them into vials containing other liquids. As the liquids reacted, Zaer took notes and compared them to his notes about the statue and a third set of notes. Repeating the process three times, Zaer finally finished with a grin. With his grin still on, Zaer finished his notes and moved onto his third experiment.

Looking longingly at the necklace at the table, Zaer let out a small sigh. Zaer took a second blood sample of himself, pouring it into twelve different vials. Moving to another desk, he pulled out twelve vials of different substances. He poured the his blood samples into each of the substances and watched the reaction. Unsatisfied with unique reactions, he began to mix all together. His eyes opened with amazement at the reactions he saw. He repeated the test, this time using nine vials each time with different combinations per trial. Still satisfied, Zaer took quick notes with haste. After his notes, he ran back to his first experiment.

Zaer looked over his notes quickly, comparing them to his third experiment's notes. Zaer's eyes slowly widened as he worked, each word compared bringing a bigger smile to his face. Suddenly, Zaer returned his notes and looked at the "king of hell statue". With quick handseals, Zaer undid the jutsu and returned the statue to its home. Zaer closed the door with some more handseals and looked over his experiments. As Zaer looked over them, he began to chuckle. The chuckle slowly turned into a laughter that rang through the Akatsuki base. Zaer's laughter went on and on, his eyes wide with joy..

But.. What did he find?..

[Shadow Dragon]

Zaer took his notes from the first table, comparing them to the third. Pulling out spare scrolls, Zaer began to write things down neatly. When he was finished, Zaer moved to the second table and repeated the process. After all that was complete, Zaer made a handseal and opened the back door once more. Entering the room, Zaer began his work.

Zaer picked up the scrolls, manipulating his chakra and working on jutsus. He constantly did this for each scroll, working, tweaking, perfecting the jutsus he was trying to create. Deep into the night Zaer worked, still without success. Nearing around three in the morning, Zaer finally finished the first two scrolls. With another hour, Zaer finished his last scroll and fell asleep on the spot..

[Shadow Dragon]

As soon as Zaer entered his laboratory, his pain ceased. Zaer had a puzzled look on his face. He compared his blood with other samples quickly and found each sample he took within the last minute was slightly different. He also noted that compared to previous samples, his DNA had huge differences. Zaer began to think of all the things he did in the past few days..

After an hour, Zaer was positive what the problem was. Zaer's body was absorbing the blood of things around it. His DNA transference skill was self-activating itself and Zaer could barely control it, when he could at all. The new blood was changing his DNA but the fact was that he changed his DNA so many times that it became unstable. Zaer wasn't sure what the outcome would be in the end, good or bad. He sighed as he though of how long he might have to live. Determined to find a cure, or what would happen, Zaer began his work.

Zaer worked on through the night, various tests and calculations going on. Hypothesis after hypothesis was thrown out of the window as Zaer experimented. Looking over previous notes, Zaer couldn't find a solution. With a grim smile, he remembered he had one last option. Not giving up experimenting, Zaer decided he'd have to do it if he couldn't find a cure. He'd have to follow through with the plans of Akatsuki, cure himself through it, and then elevate Akatsuki into a position in sight of their final goal. Zaer's smile faded as he knew what he had to do. Zaer would have to do what was considered impossible. He had to.. before he could finish the thought, Zaer passed out from exhaustion.