Kai winced as she stood slowly. Orochimaru had already left the training ground. Her shirt was torn to shreds, and she was beyond thankful that her chest was wound tightly with bandages. She grabbed the rock nearest and pulled herself up. The pain was unbearable.
"You are MINE." Orochimaru said. He leaned forward and whispered in her ear. "Go back to the leaf again, and you'll wish this was the only punishment you received." That's when the kunai began digging into Kai's back. She screamed out in pain.
Her hand went to her back, which was still bleeding. She could feel the wounds, so neatly done that they spelled "大蛇丸" down her back. Not only did this hurt, but the cursemark was throbbing. She drug herself to the nearest room, Kabuto's
He wasn't in there, thankfully. Taking off her torn shirt, she proceeded to examine the wound. 'Still bleeding…' she thought. A shower would help. She heard the door open and turned to look. Kabuto came in and popped his head in the door.
"Kai?" He said. She simply smiled faintly. He came in and looked at the wound. "What happened?"
"Punishment." She said. There was a tear or two forming. The word felt awful on her tongue and she wanted to it go away. Kabuto carefully ran his fingers against the wound, and Kai hissed.
"Easy Kai." He said carefully. "Here, get a shower and I'll get some ointment to put on it." Kai nodded carefully and finished undressing. Kabuto found himself staring at her and turned away before she looked. Her face was red, either from embarrassment or crying, he didn't know.
Kai shut the door and turned on the shower. She kept it at a warm, almost hot temperature and turned the water pressure as high as it would go. Stepping into the shower, she whined a bit as the water hit her back. It stung, something awful. Carefully, she turned so the water was only on that part. Within a second she had flinched away from it. 'Great, there goes that.' She thought. Turning back around, she let the water wash over her. She washed her hair, and then got out. Drying herself was going to be the hard part. As she bent to dry her legs, the skin pulled the wound open and it slowly bled.
"Need help?" Kabuto said, poking his head in the door. Kai quickly covered herself.
"No." She said. He raised an eyebrow. "Okay yes, I do." Kabuto took that as a welcome to come in. He sat the ointment down and came over to help her dry off. He took the bandages and helped her bind her chest again.
She flinched again, standing a bit tighter. "Too tight?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Just the wound…" She responded. Kabuto nodded and tied off the bandage. She had finished dressing her other half already.
"Come in here, I'll put ointment on that." He said. Sitting on the bed, he left room for Kai to sit as well. She walked over and sat down, bending a bit so he had a way to get the ointment on her.
"Ow!" She said, as the cold ointment touched her skin. It didn't sting, it burned. Kabuto chuckled.
"It's fine." He continued to put on the ointment. The burning sensation subsided and the coolness of it began to take affect. Kai turned to Kabuto.
"Thank you." She said. Kabuto smiled, and pulled her head to him and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"No problem."
