After a bit of travel and awkward silence, Suki lifted her head to look around at the group; they all looked so at peace enjoying the quiet walk.. Time to disturb that. "Ay.. Uchiha, just where are we going anyway?" Suki looked at the road and noticed an upcoming split that lead down three different paths. Sasuke ignored her question for just long enough for the group to reach the split-roads before he stopped and looked around. The rest of the group followed in sync, stopping and resting for a moment..
"Eh..?" Suki again brought up the question, this time she got an answer. "Jugo got information on the western Akatsuki hideout location." He replied to her while sitting down on a rock near one of the roads, Suki gently swung Suigetsu's sword off her shoulder and set it down gently onto the ground with a chuckle. "Ahaha, really? The western hideout? You'll never find Itachi-kun with that kind of search.. Did you really plan to check every hideout?" Suki smirked as Suigetsu carefully sat down on the ground, allowing Suki to slip off his back and rest on the ground as well..
"And just what would you know about the Akatsuki hideouts!" Karin jumped into the conversation without invite, Suki glared over at her, "I'm sorry Princess, was I talking to you?" She looked back towards Sasuke and noticed the sudden glare in his eyes as well. "Stop calling me that, you.. You fucking dog!" Karin choked out the quickest insult she could come up with, which for once was very effective. "What..?" Suki lowered her head and spoke more softly, "What, you can't hear? For an Inuzuka you sure don't have the right-" Before she could even finish talking a Kunai stabbed her in the right arm causing blood to spurt out onto her shirt..
"..As I was saying.. The western Akatsuki hideout has been inactive for a few months now, the only one who would ever visit there would be Zetsu to check on things and destroy any former signs of information left behind.. It was also used as a burial ground for the bodies they didn't want to be found." Suki never raised her head, and the kunai-incident had shut Karin up and left Jugo and Suigetsu scared shitless at how quick and precise that was..
Sasuke blinked a few times and looked at the kunai that Karin was now pulling out of her flesh, he then looked back towards Suki and questioned her knowledge of the akatsuki. "I'm not going to ask how you know this, but I'll trust your judgement for now.." He shut his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest, ignoring Karin's screaming for him to no longer trust her due to the injury she just inflicted.
Sasuke stood up and faced the roads again, the middle would lead to the western akatsuki hideout and was about a days worth of travel, the left continued to travel off somewhere else and the right lead to a small town.. "That town might have people you can question about your brother, and possibly a hospital to get your bitch her arm bandaged properly.. Instead of wasting a day of travel to a hideout you'll find nothing at anyway.." Suki smirked and ignored Karin's screaming in her ear.
Sasuke hesitated for a moment before turning to the right road and beginning to walk down it, the group again calmed down and went through the process of following after him as if it was programed into their heads. "And possibly a place to get some damn water.. And you could get your leg fixed up, Suki." Suigetsu helped her climb onto his back and waited for her to lift the sword before they followed after the group. "Ha.. Yeah, the leg thing.. Almost forgot." She swung the blade over her shoulder and held it again like before while they traveled..
Before they knew it, they had reached the town; it was pretty much like the last one, a cluster of small businesses and hotel or two; Some restaurants and lucky for them, a hospital. It was really only a 10 or so minute walk, but it was worth it since now they could all get something to eat and maybe wouldn't have to stay the night outside again..
"Ah.. Finally we can stop for lunch." Suki sniffed the air filled with wonderful smells of rice-balls, ramen, sushi, and so many other delicious snacks. "Lunch? We haven't even had breakfast yet." Suigetsu rubbed his stomach and looked around for the best-looking food he could see. "Stop complaining, we're here now anyway, who cares what type of meal." Jugo was getting tired of the complaining, but really could use a meal right now.
Karin had already half-fixed her arm wound with a ripped piece of fabric tied around it, Sasuke noticed this and figured the hospital treatment could wait until they all had eaten. He glanced around a bit before a small little diner caught his eye, he headed in its direction as the rest of the group followed with huge smiles in preparation for the food; they all wandered inside and sat down at a table near the back.
Sasuke slid into the booth on the left side near the end, he could see the front door from here and didn't have to get up everytime someone else wanted to; Jugo then sat down next to him, much to Karin's angst. She huffed and sat down beside Jugo, which made that row uncomfortably squished together; this was because she refused to sit next to Suki after what happened earlier. Suigetsu let Suki slip into the booth on the opposite side of the others before he sat down next to her quietly..
The waiter arrived shortly and took everyones orders before leaving as quickly as she came, the next minute or so was another awkward silence that everyone was way too used to; then the waiter returned with the drinks for them all. Suigetsu didn't hesitate to instantly start sipping at the water she brought him, Suki and the others did the same with the hot tea..
"Hows your wound, Princess?" Suki sipped at her tea peacefully after asking the question, the Fuschia haired female glared but decided to act 'mature' in front of Sasuke, "Doing just fine, Bitch.. Hows your leg?" She replied rudely, Suki chuckled a bit at this and smiled. "Aha, so I'll call you princess and you'll call me bitch.. Another witty crack at my family, I see? Bitch, female-dog? Your so clever." She made sure the last part had a thick layer of sarcasm before she sipped her tea again.
Jugo and Suigetsu stayed quiet and simply enjoyed the little bitchfight that was going on between the two, Sasuke could care less as always; He was lost in thought trying to figure out how Suki knew so much about the hideout they missed, and if they should go back and check just to make sure.. The two females of the group continued to calmly bicker at each other until the waiter again returned; This time she had the food with her.
The waiter was female, and she apparently hadn't noticed Sasuke sitting there before now; because she suddenly froze and freaked out like Karin usually did. "H-Here you go, sir!" She began to shake ever-so-slightly as she sat the bowl of soup infront of him, Karin noticed this quickly and stiffened up with anger. After the waiter cautiously set everyones food down she put her hands to her hips and tried to make herself look cute, "And just where are you strangers coming from~?" She was looking directly at Sasuke, who wasn't looking back towards her but silently pulling his cheap-wooden-chopsticks apart; "And just WHY do you need to know!" Karin growled and sat up, the female was scared by this and quickly ran off, "J-JUST CURIOUS!" She shouted as she scurried away like a scared mouse..
"Stupid Bitch." Suki rolled her eyes and while she picked at a cluster of noodles with her chopsticks, Karin couldn't figure out if that was directed at her or the waiter, so she chose to just keep quiet for now and eat. Suki nommed down some of her noodles and decided to break the awkward silence that always seemed to befall the group. "I was referring to the waiter." She looked at Karin, who looked up at her through light-glared glasses, she stayed silent but nodded with a smile-inside that it wasn't about her.
"I hate women.. They're all just boy-obsessed idiots with no strength and no skill." Suki looked back down at her food and took a bite or two between her next sentence, "And why are women expected to be medics? Because thats all they ever show.. No real fight-worthy skill." She paused her eating to sip at her tea again before noticing everyone was now listening to her talk, even Sasuke who always seemed uninterested. Karin couldn't really help but agree, she hated most women around her for the reasons of competition.
"Well, that broke the creepy silence but I have nothing more to say.. One of you start talking now." Suki set her tea down gently, Jugo blinked after swallowing a gulp of food, "What do you want us to talk about?" He had nothing on his mind, he was usually the one listening. "I don't know, I don't care.. This group is too quiet, Its either screaming and fighting or just awkward silence." Suki felt something warm on her leg suddenly, she looked down and blinked a few times.
One of the many cuts made in her pants from the sharp tree branches had apparently ripped the entire pant-leg by now, the stitches had slowly been coming undone one by one until the last one had snapped. She awkwardly shuffled around and tugged the rest of the ripped-fabric off her leg; she was now wearing what apparently was shredded-black shorts instead of her regular long black pants. She sighed and looked at the dried blood on her leg along with the many cuts that could possibly be infected by now..
The group chattered randomly about where they were headed next while Suki did this to her pants; Finally after they had all finished eating they left money on the table and got up to leave. Suigetsu was helping Suki out of the booth when he blinked and stared. "Since when are you wearing shorts?" He helped her stand before she stumbled forward and he had to catch her.
She was now awkwardly leaning against his chest as if they were hugging, she quickly moved away and coughed hoping nobody saw that, "Erm.. Since my pants apparently ripped from the cuts and such.. If we end up having to sleep outside again its gonna be cold as hell unless I get these things fixed." She sighed and was about to have him turn around so he could carry her before someone interrupted them..
"Oh.. I see how it is .. This is why you rejected me, well you two are lovely together! I HOPE HE MAKES YOU HAPPY LIKE I COULD HAVE! DOES HE LOVE YOU LIKE I DO!" The random creepy guy who had stalked Suki in the diner a day ago suddenly appeared and joined in on the conversation, he began pointing fingers and bitching at them a mile-a-minute so that they didn't even understand what the hell he was saying..
"Who the fuck is this?" Suigetsu finally got a word in as the guy stopped speaking to catch his breath, "Uh.. My stalker I guess.." Suki sighed and facepalmed. "WHO AM I? WHO AM I? I'M THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HERES COULD-BE-LOVE! AND JUST WHO ARE YOU? MY REPLACEMENT? DO YOU MAKE HER HAPPY? DOES SHE LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I LOVE HER!" The man began to go crazy again before Suki quickly punched him across the face, he flew backwards across the building and crashed into a waiter and then smacked into a table before passing out from the massive blow.. "Uh.. Did he just say we-" Suigetsu was blushing lightly but awkwardly before Suki jumped onto his back and tugged on his hair.
"Shut up, just walk." She growled and watched to make sure the guy didn't get up again, Suigetsu had a huge grin on his face as he walked out of the restaurant holding Suki piggy-back-style; his sharp teeth all showing as he approached the others who were waiting outside. "Suigetsu, take the girls to the hospital and get them fixed up, Jugo and I are going to ask around for information and find a place to stay for the night." Sasuke didn't question the loud crashing sound or the odd smile Suigetsu had painted across his face.
"We'll meet back at the hospital in a few hours to go over information and then hopefully have somewhere to sleep by then." Sasuke looked at them before taking off, they all nodded in agreement with the plan as they split off into different directions. Jugo decided to ask the animals around the nearby area outside the town while Karin wanted so badly to chase after Sasuke but had to follow Suigetsu and Suki to the hospital quietly..
After a bit of talking to the nurse and convincing her she didn't need any information about them to simply heal the wound; the three were sent to the waiting room.. After another short wait a nurse arrived and took Karin into another room to clean and bandage her wound. After that another nurse approached Suki and Suigetsu; Suigetsu lowered Suki off his back and gently helped her waddle with the nurse into another room while he picked up his sword and went back to the waiting room..
"How cute! You really are lucky to have a guy like that! I wish my boyfriend would carry me around when I'm hurt.. Thats sooooo sweet!" The nurse squeeled as she began getting the supplies to clean Suki's wound, Suigetsu heard the comment she made and decided to take a seat near the door of that room so he could listen in on the conversation. "Uh.. Yeah.. He's um.. Really sweet." Suki awkwardly smiled and played along with the story so she wouldn't have to explain herself.
Suigetsu leaned back in his chair and shut his eyes while eavesdropping on the two girls; his face was covered in another sharp-toothed smile as he heard Suki try to randomly come up with a story to explain everything to the curious nurse.. "So how long have you been together? Does he carry you around even when your not hurt~?" She continued to burst out with questions Suki couldn't answer; but something caught her attention from the corner of her eye.. Suki glanced over out the doorway and saw the edge of Suigetsu's sword next to one of the chairs outside the room. "Oh so you wanna listen in eh? Fine.." She thought to herself before spicing up the story..
"Well actually, we're not together yet.. I guess he just doesn't have the balls to ask me out yet!" Suki giggled as the nurse finished cleaning her wounds, "Oh you know how boys are! They are always so silly and take way too long to realize what they could have!" The nurse sighed and seemed as if she was speaking from personal experience, "Stupid boy should've snatched me up when he had the chance! But he was busy chasing after a stupid dream and so I left for nursing school.. He doesn't know what he's missing now! Mwa!" The nurse looked at herself in the mirror and blew a kiss at the reflection..
Suki chuckled a bit at that and layed back on the table gently while pulling her leg up onto it as well; The nurse turned back around and took her white gloves off. Her hands began to glow a brilliant blue color with chakra as she laid her fingertips gently onto Suki's leg. "Oh my.. I don't know how you did it, but the bones in this leg are completely shattered! I-I'm so sorry, I can't heal this all the way.. But I can get you a cast and your silly man out there can have an excuse to keep carrying you around." The nurse winked at Suki and helped her sit back up while she got a measuring tape out of the drawer and sized up Suki's leg. After she was done she smiled, "I'll be right back with some more supplies to clean the rest of those cuts and scrapes Miss." She quickly left the room while Suki lay back down flat on her back to relax.
When she opened her eyes again after a split-second she was staring directly into the familiar violet ones of her team-member. "What the hell did you tell that nurse!" He was hovering over her with his arms pinning her down on either side, almost laying on top of her in the middle of the hospital bed. Suki blinked at the position they were in, "I simply went along with the story she started.. Besides, how would you know what I said unless you were listening!" Suki put her hand on his chest in an attempt to push him away, but he wasn't going to budge this time.
"So what? It sounded interesting, but thats not the point! Why did you tell her-" Suigetsu was cut off by the nurse walking into the room again holding some needles and bandages. "O-OH! I'll leave you two alone.." She quietly backed away and shut the door. "UH.. You don't hav-.. Erm.." Suigetsu tried to choke out an explanation before being caught off guard as Suki shoved him off, he fell backwards into a tray of medical supplies and tumbled onto the floor..
The nurse stood outside the door listening for a moment but all she heard was crashing sounds, Suki screaming and Suigetsu's groaning. "I hope they don't get too wild in there, I have to clean this place up.. Oh! That must be why she's injured.. Wow.. I wish my stupid boyfriend were like that.. He's too gentle!" The nurse silently sobbed to herself and waited for the 'couple' to finish. Inside the room Suki and Suigetsu were fighting, throwing things at eachother and bitching. Finally they stopped when Suigetsu accidently hit Suki in the leg with something he had thrown..
"S-Sorry!" He walked back over to her on the other side of the room to see if she was okay, she was clenching her fists and resisting the urge to scream with pain. She lifted her head to look up at him, "Unfair, asshole, you owe me." She sighed when the surge of pain finally stopped, he again resumed the position of pinning her on the table with his hands on either side, this time she was sitting up though; So they ended up a lot closer than before.
His violet eyes pierced hers as he gave her a questioning look, "And just what do I owe you!" As he spoke Suki began to smile, she leaned forward just a bit where her forehead was about touching his. "I never noticed.. My my, what sharp teeth you have.." She smiled and continued to stare at him without blinking, which made him nervous as hell. But he knew he couldn't show that, he had to keep his facade on and win another of these who-will-blush-first-battles; and this time nobody was there to see them..
"The better to bite you with, my dear?" He followed along with the storyline-quote, which made Suki curious as to what he planned to do next. Just as Suigetsu began to slowly lean forward towards her again they both were distracted by the loud voice of someone familiar. "Dammit Karin.." Suigetsu mumbled and began to back up slowly before something stopped him.. Suki suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer than before, his face lit up bright red as her soft lips touched his for the first time..