Tayuya's eyes fluttered open as she returned to consciousness after a deep rest. She flinched slightly when she felt a presence next to her, nuzzling against her side. With a blink, she shook away the sleepy thoughts and glanced at the person next to her, only to breathe a sigh of relief when she discovered it to be Beatrice.
Try as much as she might, it still felt weird to wake up so... relaxed. It wasn't normal for her. She was used to waking up in a hostile environment- her quarters in the Sound Village. It was never safe there. Every word, every thought, every movement was watched by Orochimaru. Feeling safe when there was a clear sign that you were under a genjutsu. No doubt one of the snake sanin's sick experiments.
A slight feeling of movement on her side and Tayuya's thoughts shifted away from her past. She lay her gaze on Beatrice, whose head was currently resting on the former sound-nin's chest. What baffled Tayuya the most was how relaxed she felt around the golden-haired doctor. At first, she'd assumed her relaxation was partially due to the treatment containing some form of sedative, but even after a long period of time after a treatment, she was still rather comfortable with the girl. It was all so new to her. The closest she'd been to a girl before was with a sound-nin named Kin, but even at that the two were merely acquaintances.
Beatrice shifted again, nuzzling her head ever so slightly as a small unconscious smile grew on her golden lips.
Tayuya sighed. To be honest, she was rather nervous about the whole situation. This was all new territory for her. She was currently in the middle of Konoha. The place where she'd helped Orochimaru assassinate the previous Hokage. Yet, she felt safe, simply because Beatrice was there with her.
"Mmm... Muh.. Morning..." Tayuya heard, her mind instantly realising the familiar bell tone as Beatrice. Curiously, her voice had a slightly stronger buzzing undertone.
"Ah, damn. Sorry. Did I wake you?" the former sound-nin asked, shifting a tad guiltily. Beatrice looked so relaxed when asleep.
Beatrice shook her head, mutter a 'Nuh-uh' and shifting a tad. The girl seemingly froze for a moment as her eyes finally snapped open and she jerked up with a golden blush, "Ah! Sorry. I didn't know where I was resting."
Tayuya smirked, a rather evil grin growing on her face. It was fun to see Beatrice flustered.
"Really? You seemed rather comfy." Beatrice sputtered in response and stuttered a denial, her blush increasing tenfold. "Bah, don't worry about it." Tayuya murmured, as she thought, 'Besides, it felt rather good to be honest.'
"R-Right.." the golden-haired doctor mumbled, the blush still present, "Anyway, are you feeling ready for the curse removal ritual today?"
Tayuya nodded hesitantly, "Yeah. Kinda surprised though." she admitted, getting a raised eyebrow from her doctor, "I mean, you just walked into my life and suddenly it's like all my problems are solved. It's kinda strange, to be honest."
Beatrice's cheeks tinged golden again, "U-Uh, arigato..." she mumbled nervously, her eyes darting away.
The red-headed Kunoichi grinned at the adorable look on the girl's face before she frowned slightly when the blond kept looking away, "Hey? What's wrong?"
"It's..." Beatrice sighed and seemed to steel her resolve before continuing, "I am worried. My... abilities aren't the most... friendly at the best of times. I've had many patients leave me right after I reveal them." she looked away again and mumbled, "I'm afraid you'll leave."
Tayuya blinked. She wasn't expected that. "Uh.. Bah I'm not good with this stuff..." she mumbled, getting a small giggle from the girl, "Listen, at this point I wouldn't care if you were some crazed killer or something. You saved my fucking life, Beatrice. Plus, remember, I told you about my team. I doubt there's anything worse than that."
Beatrice merely stared at her for a moment before nodding slowly.
For a moment, the two girls merely stared at each other. Tayuya's brown eyes gazing into Beatrice's golden ones. The sound Kunoichi had to marvel at the innocence flickering on the doctor's face. She looked so sweet.. those lips..
The sound of knocking interrupted their moment and Beatrice quickly scampered out of the bed, a blush on her face.
Tsunade walked in, a scowl on her face as she was followed by Kakashi and two younger shinobi that Beatrice didn't recognise.
But, Tayuya definitely recognised one of them.
"YOU! You're the rat! The one with the wind-fan-bitch!" Tayuya yelled angrily, pointing a finger at one of the younger shinobi. A male around their age that seemed entirely nonchalant about the entire situation. He had black spiky hair and.. well, he was overly unimpressive.
The other one, a girl with pale eyes and violet hair, seemed incredibly quiet, if not slightly surprised by the loud reaction and crass language. Apart from being rather well-endowed for her age and having a unique colouration, she seemed to be trying to blend into the background.
Beatrice cocked her head to the side, a rather small scowl growing on her lips, "Tayuya, is this boy the one who hurt you?" she asked sweetly. Too sweetly.
The boy paled slightly at the tone before shrugging and answering before Tayuya could, "Just following orders. She was an enemy at the time... Ugh, this is such a drag..."
"Even now you're STILL lazy. I can't fucking believe your bullshit shadow tricks. Why the fuck are you even here, rat? Get the hell outta here." Tayuya glared at the boy. Honestly, she didn't really care about his presence, but was more annoyed that they'd interrupted whatever was about to happen with Beatrice. Sure, she was pissed that he managed to hold his own against her for so long, but if it wasn't for the wind-fan-bitch jumping in at the absolute worst moment, she would have crushed the worm easily. It was only a matter of time.
Tsunade glared at the patient, "Shikamaru is here along with Hinata and Kakashi to tag along for the curse-removal ritual." Tayuya just scoffed and glanced away, whilst Beatrice nodded, introducing herself before speaking to the Hokage.
"We are ready for the ritual. Is the room ready?" when she received a nod from the Hokage Beatrice quietly added, "Is it near the forest?"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow suspiciously at that remark whilst Kakashi and the two Genin stared at Beatrice in confusion, with Tayuya quietly wondering why she needed that.
"It's in a small district near the southern wall, yes. Why do you ask?"
Beatrice smiled ever so slightly, "My ability is powered by gathered senjutsu chakra. My... method of gathering is easier to use near forests."
The Hokage nodded slowly, deciding that it'd be best to simply see the technique at first hand. Without another word, she gestured for the two girls to follow her, with Kakashi and the two Genin keeping a close eye on the two.
When they arrived, Beatrice quickly entered and began opening up all the windows and left the door open, leaving a wheel-chaired Tayuya at the door for a moment. The apartment itself wasn't furnished yet apart from a simple double-bed in it's single room, with a rudimentary kitchen on the side. Several more ANBU had gathered, with several guarding the door whilst others stood in the corners of the room's interior.
"Alright, brat. What do we need for this ritual?" Tsunade inquired gruffly, already annoyed from Beatrice opening up so many windows. It reduced the safety of the operation.
The honey-haired girl pushed along Tayuya to the double bed, allowing her to sit down before she spoke up, "First, I'll need you to lay on your stomach. From what I saw earlier, your curse mark is on the base of your neck, yes?" Tayuya nodded mutely and lay down as instructed, trying to hide the shiver of pleasure she felt as Beatrice sat atop and straddled her, her small hands inspecting the curse mark.
Beatrice paused in her ministrations and turned to the.. flustered group of Shinobi staring at her. She blinked. Why were they..? Oh. She blushed ever so slightly and attempted to ignore a few thoughts running around her mind as she focussed.
She held up a hand, "As a Kamizuru, my abilities are naturally revolved around the use of bees. Even though I do not possess the training, I have knowledge of many of their techniques. However... I do not summon them, as you shall see."
Much to the surprise and horror of the Konoha Shinobi, a large bee seemingly pushed itself out of the pale skin of Beatrice's palm, easily three times as large as a regular bee. It's fur was the normal black and golden stripes, but the stinger was far thinner and much longer than normal.
"Hmmm... Similar to an Aburame, no doubt.." Shikamaru muttered, but soon regretted it as both Beatrice and the bee immediately buzzed angrily and a rather large amount of killing intent flooded the room, focussed right on Shikamaru.
"I am NOT like the Aburame!" Beatrice hissed, her voice almost smothered by the buzzing undertone, "Those.. fiends enslaved the various insects of the area! Dominated them with their chakra!" she paused before sighing, noticing the tense atmosphere and the many weapons that the Shinobi around her had suddenly brandished, "Apologies. The Kamizuru have... history with the Aburame and I appear to have inherited such feelings." she glanced over to the lavender-haired girl and spoke, "You are a Hyuga, yes? Please use your Byakugan on me."
Tayuya had shifted slightly to stare at her doctor. The revel of Beatrice's ability was.. rather terrifying, but the verbal asskicking she did on the shadow dude was fucking hot. Still, she found that she wasn't nearly as surprised at her doctor's abilities as she expected given Beatrice's comments beforehand. The honey-haired doctor had been nothing but sweet to her. Weird abilities or not, she didn't mind. She offered a small little smile at Beatrice and the girl beamed at her happily. The two seemed to forget the moment again and stared at each other.
A soft gasp snapped them out of their moment. It was Hinata. She was staring at them with wide eyes. More specifically, she was staring at Beatrice. Almost fearfully.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow at hearing the soft-spoken girl gasp like that, "Hinata? Is there something to report?"
Hinata seemed to snap out of her trance and nodded to the Hokage, "Y-Yes, Hokage-sama. It's just..." she paused for a moment as she deactivated her Byakugan, seemingly trying to sort the information before speaking, "Her entire system... it's so different."
That got the attention of basically everyone in the room. "What do you mean?" Kakashi inquired curiously.
"There's... simply n-no way she can be h-human. It's like I-I-I'm staring at a beehive. There's... so many tunnels... So many b-bees. Various sizes and stages of growth. I can.. I can see them moving... They have unlocked chakra systems, Hokage-sama... It doesn't make any sense... She shouldn't even be able to move with t-that system.."
The group all stared at Beatrice with wide eyes.
The girl merely nodded, her expression blank as she explained, "I was born this way. Unique among the Kamizuru."
Tayuya merely stared, her mouth agape as she muttered, "Beatrice.." said girl's eyes snapped to her and the former sound-nin almost flinched. Beatrice looks so worried. It was clear why. The girl was nervous about her reaction. "I don't mind. Hell, that's fuckin' badass."
It was at that moment, when the Shinobi present realised that Beatrice's tears were also golden yellow.
A grunt from the Hokage snapped the two girls out of their moment, where Tayuya had been smiling and Beatrice letting her tears flow. They glanced at a deadpan Hokage, "We ain't got all day here. Come on. Let's get this curse mark off and we'll discuss your abilities at another time. If it works, I've got another patient that will need this treatment." Beatrice raise an eyebrow at that piece of information before she nodded slightly and turned back to Tayuya.
"Are you ready, Tayuya? We can still back out if you prefer."
The former sound-nin just grunted, "It's fine. I'm ready. Let's get this done."
Beatrice nodded and sent a metal command to her bee. Before anyone could react, the bee crawled onto the curse mark and stung with it's modified stinger, which glowed with a slight golden hue. Tayuya let out a grunt of pain as the curse seal reacted, spreading across her body and flooding it with senjutsu chakra. Her familiar horns grew on back on her head and the skin darkened, but the pain didn't recede. The former sound Kunoichi shut her black and yellow eyes in pain as the feeling spiked. She vaguely recognised Beatrice tilting her head slightly and mashing their lips together before Tayuya fell into a blissful unconsciousness.