Surane: Okay, We are proud to present-
Muffn: -ahem-!
Surane: Muffn's special guest!
Muffn: Thank you. Now, here's Gaara!
Gaara: …
Surane: He sure is a talker…
Muffn: Yep! Let's start the interview!
Surane: Wait! What interview?
Muffn: Mine! Now…Gaara, what is your favorite thing in the world?
Gaara: Sand
Surane: This could be a while…Let's hear the third chappie! Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto, Itachi, or Gaara! We own Surane only.
Recap:
"The poison won't actually kill you for another few hours. The effects will drive you crazy. The longer you wait, the more the poison will spread and it will be harder to get all of it out. All that is needed is to get most of it out. I'll get it if time's up, but that will be the last second. Good luck…" he smiled.
Surane freaked out. She could feel the poison running through every artery now. Fortunately, the curse mark was developed enough that she would have a temporary immunity to any disease. Temporary is the key word, as in half an hour temporary.
Shiriki knew that too. If Surane suffered, she suffered as well. Maybe it was a good time for her to come out and teach Itachi a lesson about putting Surane in life threatening situations…
Now:
Surane calmed down and focused. The challenge was to get the poison out of her body, the arteries would be enough. A few hours was sufficient time for doing just that. If she wasted anymore time thinking all this over, it would be down to the wire when finished.
She focused her chakra on the arteries and forced the poison to travel to her left arm. That way, it could be removed easier. The bloodstream switched currents and flowed the foreign fluid to the arm.
Doing this was tricky, because if the flow went in a certain direction for a long time, there wouldn't be enough in the other systems and a good chance she would kill herself. This was one of Surane's first lessons.
She pinched a section of the arm with her thumb and forefinger. Drawing them away from the skin, slowly the black poison came out in a thick line. Surane kept pulling and pulling. Finally, to everyone's surprise, she managed to get every ounce of it out
Itachi came up to her and took the poison back. He threw it into the water and it dissolved slowly.
"Hey! I wanted to analyze that and develop an antidote for immunity." yelled Surane.
"You can do it later. Right now, Tobi needs your help with something." he mused.
She raised an eyebrow to him. Looking around, Tobi came running up to the Uchiha siblings. He huffed and puffed for air and sat flat on the ground.
"What is it, Tobi?" Surane asked him.
"Help! (huff) Sasori! (huff) He's- (cough)"
"Get on with it!" thundered Itachi.
"Sasori accidentally cut himself with his poison tail, a few days ago! The poison has gone through is whole body! I gave him Surane's antidote, but it's not working! He locked himself in his room and refuses to see anybody but her!"
"Sasori changes his poisons every few weeks. I haven't changed the antidotes yet. That explains it." said Surane.
"Sasori's dying! He needs your help now!"
"Alright…alright…, Surane may go help him."
She got out of the river and followed Tobi back to the hideout. He lead the way and she listened to his whole story.
"Well, after you told me to chase down Deidara with a camera, thanks for the tip by the way, we past Sasori's room and the door was open. I looked inside and saw him out of his puppet body, Hiruko. He was crawling back into it while I came in. He ordered me to get an antidote from your room."
"You went into my room!?"
"Actually, I went into closet where you keep all your potions, antidotes, and other medical junk."
Surane stepped in front of him and gave a fierce Uchiha glare.
"I spent many months making all those formulas. They are not junk!"
He lead the way again.
"Anyway, I gave it to him and it seemed to make him feel worse. Then, he forced me to get out and summon you. He won't let anyone else see his condition."
Surane pondered his story and busted into the Akatsuki lair. She ran up a flight of stairs and came to a certain closet. It was marked off-limits to everyone except to her and Itachi. Inside, there was an array mixtures by the hundreds. Both Uchihas had discovered many cures and antidotes for certain things, even one to cure curse marks of any sorts. (hint, hint)
She grabbed a bottle with a red-shade liquid inside.
A certain Akatsuki blonde got back in her way. He held out his arms to stop her.
"Nice joke you played. Your art is considerate, but I don't appreciate the way you make me a fool."
"I don't have time to mess with you! Your partner is dying, and if I don't help him now bad things will happen to the both of us.
Running down the hallway, Tobi was at Sasori's door showing Surane in. After he closed the door, she stepped slowly into the dark room. Clicking noises could be heard to the left. Suddenly, something lifted her off the ground and held her in midair.
"Who is it?" the voice sounded groggy.
"It's me, Surane. Tobi told me about your problem and I gonna help you. Just put me down please!"
Her eyes adjusted to the darkness. Soon, a small shape was clearly visible next to the bed. It was Sasori's body puppet, Hiruko. He gently lowered her, but ended up dropping her to the hardwood floor. The puppet tail just hovered over her head slowly. She was lucky that it didn't cut her.
Getting out the antidote, Surane noticed that Sasori was still in his puppet body.
"You have to get out of that body, Sasori. I can't heal you if you're in there."
Sulking, he got out. She saw his Akatsuki cloak crawl into the bed and sit still. Surane pulled out an injection needle and sucked as much medicine possible. When full, she came up to the bedside and pulled out his pale arm. He started moaning and groaning in pain.
"All that needs to be done is then needle injection. That would be it. There might be pain after the antidote is inserted. You know, it helps if you talk. Takes your mind off the pain."
Sasori was still silent. Surane proceeded with the needle and punctured the skin. Afterwards, she put a hand on the open skin and healed him. He looked up at her with thankful hazel eyes, but the pain made his eyes shut again.
"Talking helps, like I said."
More silence. Sasori reopened his eyes. This time they were empty. She grabbed a nearby chair and rubbed where she had injected the needle.
"I guess I'll start. Well, I'm originally from the Hidden Leaf-"
"I'm from the Village Hidden in the Sand." he blurted.
"Okay, go with that. You can talk about anything you want."
"When Mother and Father died, my Granny Chiyo raised me and taught me everything about puppets."
"Wow, you knew your grandparents. When I was young, the only people I knew were my household family. No grandparents, aunts, uncles, anybody else. Even no friends. But, you were talking first. Please continue."
"Well, there are many ways to make a puppet. It could be made out of wood or even dead bodies."
For two hours, Surane just sat there and listened to Sasori. He talked about everything he knew about puppets. Stuff he never told Deidara or anyone else before. Despite the fact that both of them never really talked to each other, this time it felt as if they were comfortable talking to each other. Kind of like best friends, or something more…
Glancing at the clock, Surane noticed that she needed to get back to the training field. Her hand was sore from rubbing Sasori's wound. She slowly came to a stop.
"Okay, I need to go back to Itachi Sensei. I mean, not that this wasn't fun or what. But I, uh, yeah….heh…" she stuttered.
"Please, don't stop. Your hands are smooth."
Surane blushed uncontrollably and went to the door.
"I'll come back tomorrow to check on your condition. Bye!"
She blushed even more while practically running out of his room. Sasori grinned and got out of bed. Instead of getting inside the puppet body, he walked in his true form out of the room.
Surane had already left the lair and was on her way back to the training grounds. On the way, Shiriki was teasing her.
"You like him, You like him, You…like…him!" she sang.
"No, I don't!" Surane countered.
"Denial! One of the many signs of lying about love!"
"How do you know about all that?"
"Uh, duh! First is denial, then you warm up to the idea of you liking him. Then you wonder if he likes you back! It's a madhouse of mixed emotions!"
"Fourth is mood swings, right?"
"Yeah, you think he likes you back?" Shiriki questioned, dazed.
"I think you're falling in love with him, not me…"
"But I'm you and we share your feelings. And we share the same interests, in this case, Sasori."
"Shut up, already. We're almost to the training grounds."
Itachi was leaning against a tree, with his eyes closed. Surane snuck up to him. She poked him in the arm a few times. His eyes opened in rage.
"WHAT DO YOU- oh, Surane."
"What were you doing leaning against a tree?" she questioned.
"I was taking a two hour nap, considering how long you were gone."
"Sorry…so, are we gonna continue with the lesson?"
"Your done."
"Done?"
"Yes, your done with the two year training. That's all I know, and now I will never teach another student again. Too much hassle."
And with that, the older Uchiha sibling rubbed his eyes of the sleep sand and walked back to the base. Surane watched him leave, thinking about what he said. Lastly, he turned around and yelled to her.
"Oh, Leader wants you to make dinner tonight!"
Surane gave a hand gesture that meant 'okay, I will do it'. As he continued to walk, she took off her lightweight jacket and the fingerless gloves. Today, training began at the stream.
She scooped up a handful of water and focused her chakra. The water was a difficult task to handle, and her hydrophobia was not helping at all. The water was either turning hot or cold, or turning into poison. Half and hour later, she threw the liquid back into the stream. Forget telekinesis, using it with chakra was hard enough.
It seemed that she had wasted all her chakra just doing that exercise. Disappointed, Surane put her jacket and gloves back on. She sensed three presences in the tree to her right, and one more to her left. Strangely, that one felt very familiar.
"Let's get her now! She probably knows something about Akatsuki."
Three Shinobi from the Iwagakure Village were watching the female Uchiha from the trees above. Every time her back was turned, they inched closer until they decided to hide in the bushes.
"If she was one of them, then she would be wearing a black cloak with red clouds. We should of attacked the last one that was just here."
"She's weaker, supposedly. Maybe we should wait for nightfall before attacking."
"No, you fool. It's already sunset. She wouldn't be here less than a mile away from the Akatsuki lair for nothing! Besides, she might be on our side."
"I don't see a headband on her anywhere."
Just then, a bright flash of light glistened on all their faces. It seemed to be coming from the female.
"Okay, before she draws us out, get ready to attack."
"I think she's trying to see us right now, with that headband."
"JUST ATTACK ALREADY!"
The youngest Uchiha brought out her headband from the Hidden Leaf Village. It still shined like new, ever since Hatake Kakashi gave it to her, her former sensei that is. Unlike the Akatsuki, there was no line strike across the symbol. As said before, she never joined the Akatsuki.
Walking back to the lair, three ninja from a foreign nation suddenly jumped out in front of her. They had weapons ready for use.
"Tell us what you know about the Akatsuki and we might let you live." said the middle ninja.
Muffn: Alrighty then, Gaara! If you would marry anyone, who would it be?
Surane: (smacks forehead)
Gaara: Myself
Surane: (smacks forehead again) Okay, here are the themes I choose for Surane's years of life
Childhood: Castle on a Cloud (Les Miserables)
14 years of age (Uchiha Secret Sister): Reflection (Michael Crawford's version)
16 years of age (Two Brothers and a Sister): Beyond Measures (Jeremy Camp) ((I think that's his name…help!))
Muffn: Interesting…
Surane: Thank you! Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or this songs or the artists.
