I forgot to add this in the last chapter. Dx
Everything Naruto-related belongs to Kishimoto. Lithium belongs to me.

"I still don't see why Leader needs me to do this,"

A girl muttered as she headed down a hallway, shifting the small bag on her shoulder to the other. She stopped in front of one of the doors, giving two knocks on it before opening it. Sticking her head in, she asked,

"Sasori?"

"Over here, Lithium."

She spun around, eyes widened in surprise. Kisame had said that he had been in his room, not wandering around! She noted that she would have to get back at the shark man later.

"Leader's sending me on a mission. I wanted to know if you had any vials of that one poison left."

The puppet merely raised an eyebrow at her in response. They stood there in silence for a minute before she gave an annoyed huff.

"You know! That blue one!"

"'That blue one?' Lithium, I've taught you for how many years now?"

Lithium paused, and ticked off the years on her fingers as she named them off. When she finished, she repeated that she had been under the Akatsuki's care for fourteen years, and that she should have known the names to poisons by then. It wasn't her fault that she was lazy, and preferred to spend her days in the forest surrounding the base rather than in Sasori's room, reading out of dusty books and taking notes on information that was decades old.

"Besides, you know I have horrible memory!"

"That isn't an excuse. Even a person who forgets more than remembers can remember something if they are taught every year."

"Whatever. Now, do you have any left?"

"Yes, yes. Pushy as always."

She followed him into his room with a scowl, up until he handed her the small container. She swirled the liquid inside around, making sure it was still good before placing it in the pouch at her side. Now she had everything. If the mission went as planned, she could be back by the end of the week.

"Where are you going?"

Sasori's voice broke Lithium from her thoughts, and she looked up.

"Ah… the Land of Snow..." She replied, flashing the redhead a grin. Finally! She was going someplace where her powers were useful! Snow and ice only worked so well.

"Be safe, will you?"

His voice was the same flat monotone he always used, but his gaze obviously gave away a hint of his worry. She gave a small scoff in response, crossing her arms over her chest. Did he still think she could take care of herself?

"Sasori, I'm not three anymore. I'm sure I'll be fine. Besides, if I do get hurt somehow, I have basic medic training – you know that, right?"

The wry smile on his face told her that he did know that, but it hadn't completely soothed the worry that he had.

"Danna, I'll be fine. I promise."

She used the name she had picked up from Deidara (even though she didn't use it that often), moving to give the older male a quick hug before heading towards the door. Turning, she added,

"Try not to kill Deidara while I'm gone, 'kay?"

Then she disappeared, heading off down the hallway.

She was oblivious that she had left a very confused puppet behind, leaving only the books and notes she had always left in his room. Turning, he moved to go back towards his desk when a paper fluttered down out of nowhere. Picking it out of the air, he frowned as he opened it. It was all blank inside apart from a single line.

That line was colored in red.

I haven't had much inspiration lately. .__. I've been cramming in my report and tri-fold for the Science Fair (due Tuesday), and I still have to see what my teacher means by "needing visuals/graphs/tables" in the report. The whole description thing is confusing.
Now, if you excuse me, I'm gonna go listen to Davey Havok.