When the two were downstairs they noticed that everyone was already awake and eating. Suigetsu removed his grip on Yukio and ran to the small breakfast buffet and began stuffing his face. Yukio scoffed in disgust and walked away, taking a seat by herself in the corner of the room. She folded her arms and thought deeply to herself, ignoring anyone else that might have wanted to chat with her.
"Hey." said a deep voice.
Yukio wasn`t paying attention. The owner of the voice decided to take a seat next to the purple woman. Yukio was snapped out of her trance when she felt a hand being placed upon her own and turned to see that it was Jugo who was courting her. She made a face as Jugo held out a plate full of food. Jerking her hand away, she let out a confused expression.
"Sorry, I guess I was too forward, wasn`t I? Haha..." He mused. "Want some? You can have the whole thing if you want. `S cool with me." he said. Yukio shook her head, but Jugo shoved the plate into her arms nonetheless. He let out a charming smile and left for the table once again. Her eyes strayed from the plate of food to Jugo. Yukio let out a frown and placed the plate next to her. As she was about to get up, she saw Suigetsu make his way towards her.
"Mmpfh. Hey, dwo you wa` sum? Ay`ve got p`enty." he offered with a full mouth.
"Your lack of proper manners is very grotesque." Yukio said with a sour tone. Suigetsu paused and dropped all the food he had held. Everyone turned around to examine what all the ruckus was.
"Woah... You talk! You can actually talk!" he exclaimed. Yukio raised an eyebrow.
"Oh... Sorry everyone... Excuse me. ^^;" Suigetsu said. He stood before Yukio. "It`s just that I`ve never heard you talk before, ever since I`ve been stuck with you that is. You`re voice is so soft... It`s so cute, say something else~!"
Yukio rolled her eyes and got up and left, leaving Suigetsu with a mouthful of unchewed food. She awkwardly strolled to the buffet and looked at the food. The contents appeared to be very delicious and she wanted to try some. Grabbing her own plate, she began picking out various parts of the food that was laid out. Once she was satisfied she sat down at the table with everyone else, albiet in a chair that was seated away from the others. Everyone, with the exception of Sasuke, looked at her for a few moments before returning to their meals. Suigetsu ate by himself at the corner where Yukio was previously seated; not bothered or anything. As everyone ate peacefully, Sasuke took the time to think. He was facing the food on his plate, but his eyes wandered towards everyone and everything. He looked over to Karin then to Jugo and then lastly, to Suigetsu. Suddenly, the image of Team 7 popped up in his mind. Placing the food down, Sasuke quickly lost his appetite.
"Is everything alright...?" Nemu asked in a soft voice. Sasuke slowly nodded his head and sighed to himself.
"This is nice, right...? I mean, everyone`s content and nothing bad had happened yet... So, why do I feel so empty, Nemu? I feel as if there is something missing inside me." He whispered to his lover. Nemu`s eyes tilted. She placed her hand onto Sasuke`s and grip his apendages tightly.
"Are you having mixed feelings? Is it possible that you still miss her...? I`m fine with it, really..." She let out. Sasuke grunted.
"No, never. I`ll never miss her... I-I don`t... really..." His voice grew lower and lower.
"You need time to fix yourself, Sasu-kun. It`s okay to let everyone and everything go so that you have time to set yourself straight."
"I find it amusing, you seem to be making a valid point... But I won`t be 'letting anyone go' until after we capture the Hachibi."
"That`s fine."
Relieved, Sasuke found it easier to continue eating after talking with Nemu. He looked at her as she ate. Nemu was very dear to him, she was special and held a vast amount of importance in Sasuke`s heart. As much as he did love her, he needed to confirm for a fact that she wasn`t there just to fill the empty void inside his heart. That she was someone he wanted to spend the rest of his life with, to rebuild his clan with. The thoughts meshed together in his mind and he once again lost his appetite. A loud bang, almost like an explosion, had broken his thoughts and he stood up immediately. Everyone stopped eating and looked around for the source of the random noise.
"Are we under attack?" Asked Karin with a frantic flare. Another loud explosion occured south of their position and everyone was preparing themselves for whomever would appear before them. Suigetsu quickly ran from his corner and positioned himself beside Yukio, where she remained unaffected by the panick.
"Hey, we could be in trouble, whadya still eating for?" Suigetsu shouted. Yukio ignored him and continued to munch on a baguette. Suigetsu sighed.
"W-well, I guess you could use some food... Wait, no! Seriously, woman! Stop eating!"
"Don`t bust your balls all over me, calm down. If you panick, you`ll be the first one to die." Yukio informed. Suigetsu frowned at her blunt response.
"Karin, find out the chakras of these mysterious people." Sasuke demanded.
"Of course~" Karin let out with a giddy tone.
"Nemu and I, along with Jugo, will go outside and confront our unwanted visitors."
Jugo nodded.
"What will I do?" Suigetsu questioned.
"You are going to stay here with Yukio."
Suigestu`s visage looked like a kicked puppy.
"Whaaatt? Why? I should be going out there with the rest of you!"
"You`re main priority is protecting Yukio. You shall protect her and no put her in any danger."
"Uh, correction, dude? My main priority is getting my hands on all seven swords of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Yukio is no where near my first, not even second. She`s, like, all the way at 10 and I don`t even have 8 priorities to fill the spaces before the 10th!"
Yukio stopped eating and looked up at him. Sasuke glanced at her and it was quite apparent that Suigetsu had hurt her feelings. He sighed and glared at Water Boy.
"I don`t care! As leader, you will do as I say, understand?" He retorted.
Suigetsu grumbled and folded his arms. Since Sasuke was leader, he did as he was told and stayed by Yukio. Gazing down at her, he quickly found her to be quite cumbersome. It was bad enough that he was stuck caring for her when he had no idea who she was, now she was hindering his ability to do much else; this would simply not do. Yukio could tell his was upset with her. His aggravation was pouring out like tea from a kettle, steady yet quickly.
(Awww, is the little girl gonna cry?) Yasu let out in a mockful tone. (Are you seriously letting him get to you? You`re not supposed to give a rats ass!)
This was true. Under any other circumstance, Yukio could`ve cared less if Suigetsu tolerated her or thought of her as nothing more than mere deadweight. But, after His death, it seemed like no one wanted her around anymore. The moment He perished, she was tossed into a stone prision with no food or water, almost as if she was supposed to slowly dissipate into nothing more than a forgotten memory. Truth be told, she was sick of it. There was nothing that angered her more than being constantly reminded that she should`ve just disappear and never show herself to anyone anymore. She may have been a monster, but she was still a girl and she was still human. She had feelings just like anybody else and they still hurt all the same. As she glanced up to her caretaker, she saw his face was bleeding out annoyance. And she knew it was directed towards her. The tension thickened, and soon the sickly purple haired woman began to feel very lonely. She sighed and tossed her food onto the floor, catching the attention of Water boy.
"I-if I`m bothering you, then just leave me!" Declared Yukio with hurtful eyes. Suigetsu tilted his head as she crossed her arms.
"What?"
"I know I`m just dragging you down. If you don`t like me than leave me. I don`t care, I don`t need you anyway..."
The pale man gulped and walked closer towards her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"But if you leave and something happens to you, I`ll get blamed and my ass handed to me on a silver platter! That masked guy will kill me. Besides, I don`t think Sasuke wants me to give you up, either."
Yukio shot her head up and looked at him.
"What did you say...?" She inquired with a soft voice.
"Sasuke`s been giving me the stink eye ever since you joined along for the ride. I bet he expects me to go through with all this. It`s like if I screw up, he`s going to feed me to the vultures or sum'thin. Egh, it`s dumb. As much as I`m so totally not enjoying this, and I`m sure you`re not either, you and me are stuck together."
Yukio looked away at her spilt food and bit her lip. It did seem Sasuke was quite aggresive with Water Boy lately, but for all she knew, that`s how he could`ve treated him this whole time. But from the looks of it, this appeared to not be true. So, there had to have been something going on behind the scenes that Yukio didn`t know about. As intriguing as this whole mystery was, there was no time to waste thinking about it. An unexpected blast coming from the main door of the Inn jiggled Yukio out of her thoughts. She watched as Suigetsu pulled out his sword and stand in front of her in a defensive stance.
"Don`t worry, you don`t have to do much. Just make sure you don`t die, and all will be well." He said, looking back at her with a charming smile.