Aye, that was something. Just had a nice cup of good ol' bubble tea. On with the story :0

Recap:

It crawled forward towards her, now entering the lighted spot in the room. Kayuki finally got a view of what was holding onto her. It was big purple, and it had arms or tentacles-god knows wohat they were-all along its side. Kayuki shrieked as she felt herself being pushed up against a wall, the creature moving closer towards her. She furiously yanked at the tentacle to no avail.

"HELP!"


When Sasuke had heard her footsteps move away from him, he had two choices. He could either leave her to her investigations and return to his room, or he could follow her to make sure she wasn't poking around too much. Although the first option seemed more appealing to him, he chose the latter. Why? He didn't know. His body had unconsciously begun to follow in the girls direction.

Now, for the first time, he was thankful he followed his gut.

Normally, Sasuke would've put memorizing the hideout as his first priority when they changed location, however this time, he was a bit . . . preoccupied. So, the Uchiha was walking blindly through the hallway his only path being the sound of padded footsteps. When he heard the footsteps stop, Sasuke panicked and quickly stepped into the shadows.

Still no sound.

Now he was worried. For the first time, Sasuke Uchiha was WORRIED. God, what had she done to him? Walking some more, Sasuke found himself across a door, shut.

"She's probably not he-"

He was cut off by a large scream followed by a chorus of bloodcurdling "helps". Sasuke quickly slammed his foot against the door. breaking it off its hinges. He ran inside and pulled out his Uchiha sword, standing protectively in front of the black haired girl.

"Couldn't help yourself, could you, Kayuki."


For Kayuki, this was the end. She doubted anyone could hear her screams from far away, the door being closed and all. She closed her eyes, stopped struggling, and slumped on the ground. Well, it was fun, I supp- With a loud SLAM, the door fell down inches away from crushing her. Startled she used her good foot to try to push her body the opening, using this opening to her advantage.

"Could help yourself, could you, Kayuki." In the dark, Kayuki could make out a person standing in front of her, drawing out his sword. The voice was cold, and was harsh. Only one person she knew could give you such a chill.

"S-sasuke . . . " Kayuki's eyes widened in fear. She willed herself to move, run, do something but she was frozen to her spot. She cursed her knee for being so damn fragile.

Sasuke sliced the tentacle off her leg with a quick swish and a flick of the wrist. She was free. The Creature, angered even more now, rose up, preparing to attack the Uchiha. Kayuki backed up against the wall and supported herself up. She tried to walk forward, but with a dislocated joint, it was hopeless so she remained in the back. Damnit.

She watched as he moved his left foot back, put his sword away and do fast hand symbols. Lighting sparked in his palm as he jumped up and struck the creature directly at its heart. It let out a mix between a moan and a scream as it shriveled up, turning to ash. The Uchiha returned to his previous spot and spun on his heel to face her.

Kayuki felt goosebumps crawl up her arm. She felt captivated under his gaze as he moved towards her.

"Please. Please." She begged, tears falling down her face to show that she had finally been broken. The walls had tumbled down, exposing her and leaving her weaponless.

Sasuke simply walked forward and bent down to look at her now swollen knee. He lightly touched it, earning a hiss from Kayuki. He stood up and brushed off imaginary specks of dirt from his pants.

"It's dislocated so you won't be able to walk. I'll take you to Kabuto. He'll be able to do something." Kayuki shook her head and more tears fell down her face. Sasuke sighed. Inside, he was breaking, shattering to pieces, but he kept up his facade. He bent down and scooped up the tall girl into his hands bridal style, ignoring her protests.

"Put me down! What do you frickin want from me?" Kayuki pounded her fists against Sasuke's chest angrily. She was angry. Angry that she was the only one who was breaking down. Angry that he had brought her here. Angry that he completely ignored her and carried her down the halls. They passed the bedroom and eventually reached a more spacious and lighted area. Kayuki looked down at her hands. Her nails had cut into her palms, drawing blood because the fists were so tight. She figured that there was no way for her to go home right now, so she'd just have to accept the fact that she was tuck here whether she liked it or not. She laid her head against Sasuke's chest and heard his heartbeat, steady and strong.


"Kabuto! Oy, Kabuto!" Sasuke walked into Kabuto's "infirmary" room like thing and gently laid Kayuki down. He could feel her hazel eyes looking at him, watching him, waiting for him to snap. He shook his head, clearing those thoughts and went back to looking around for the silver haired medic.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be there in a minute." Kabuto hollered from another room. Sasuke massaged his temple with his fingers and returned to the black haired beauty. He sat down on the foot of the bed and rested his arms on his knees turning his head to her.

"Christ, can you ever stay out of trouble?" He lightly joked and smirked at her. Surprisingly Kayuki let out a little laugh, but it was cold and heartless.

"Then there would be no fun." Kayuki's eyes were puffy from crying and her voice was hoarse. He could tell she, like normal, had realized that begging and pleading were hopeless because she was stuck here, "Can I please go home? There's no reason for me to be here."

Sasuke could feel the anguish in her voice and he felt bad. But he couldn't let her go. Not now. Not yet. He prepared to answer, but luckily Kabuto had shown up at the right time.

"What did you want me for? If its relationship troubles, well, then go to town or something because I don't have time for such silly nonsense." Kabuto pushed his glasses up his nose and walked over to the two.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and got up from the bed, "She dislocated her knee. Screwed it up. Fix it." He demanded and walked around to the other side so Kabuto could see. Kayuki visibly flinched when Kabuto tried to lay a hand on her, "Let him. He's not gonna do anything." He could see her relax slightly but still seem a little tense.

Kabuto stood beside Kayuki and hovered his hand over her knee, a green healing light emitting from it, "It's definitely dislocated, but its strange because-" Kayuki had shoved her hand over his mouth and nervously giggled.

"Lets not, shall we?" Sasuke gave her a questioning look, but she simply smiled and removed her hand from Kabuto's mouth as he glared at her.

"Anyway, I'll have to fix it. Sasuke grab a towel." Kabuto removed his hands and clasped them in front of him, stretching his fingers, then his arms while waiting for Sasuke.

"A-a towel?" The black haired girl looked between Kabuto and the direction in which Sasuke had left in.

"We don't quite have pain medication, so my advice is to bite down on a towel."

"You're kidding."

"No, he's not." Sasuke returned carrying a white towel in his hands. He folded it a few times making it small enough and held it in front of Kayuki, "Bite."

Reluctantly, she opened her mouth and bit down on the towel. Kabuto grabbed hold of her calf and the top of her knee.

"3. 2. 1." Kabuto popped her knee back in place and at the same time, a half muffled, bloodcurdling scream emitted from Kayuki's mouth.

Sasuke immediately panicked. "What happened? What do you do? I swear to god Kabuto, if you screwed her up or something I will personally rip you-"

"Calm down, tiger. I just popped her knee back in place. See? Originally it was dislocated, and now it is located and you also have a fainted female here, so I suggest you return her to her room to rest after I bandage it up. And please keep an eye on her, or Orochiumaru-sama will be very disappointed."

Sasuke released his fists and bent down to remove the towel from Kayuki's mouth. He brushed her hair out of her sweaty face and wiped it with the towel. Kabuto grabbed some bandages and began to neatly wrap her knee, finished it of with a knot at the back.

"Don't let her walk on it. Or its possible she won't be able to walk again." He left the room, leaving Sasuke to clean up. The black haired boy threw the towel in the wash bin and but his hands beneath her shoulder blades and knees.

"God, you make me crazy." Sasuke lifted her gently, hugging her body close to his chest. Her hair fell limply down by his legs, its end brushing his calves. By the time he had reached his room, he was exhausted, so when he laid Kayuki down, he fell down on the bed beside her body. Unknowingly, his fingers automatically traveled to her hair and combed through it. "You still never cut your hair. Three years later, and you never cut your hair. Why?" He laid his head down on the pillow closer to hers, inhaling her perfume of Japanese cherry blossoms. (Imagine the B&B Perfume) Even after all Sasuke had done to hurt her, to make him completely forget about him, he didn't understand why everything he said he liked, stayed. As Sasuke leaned closer to her, his arm naturally snaking itself around her waist, he felt the final, and strongest wave of exhaustion hit, and his eyes slowly shut.


As far as Kayuki could remember, she was certain the last place she had been in was the "infirmary" if you could call that shabby thing an infirmary, that is, however, now that she woke up, she found herself in a familiar room, in an all too familiar bed, with a very familiar scent around her. Kayuki propped her self on her elbows and kicked the blanket off her using her good foot. she swung her legs over to the side, preparing to go an investigate some more today.

"I should probably pack some weapons today." She looked around for a bit, and scanned the area. "Seeing as there is nothing fighting worthy here, I suppose glass will have to do."

"I don't think that will be necessary. And If I were you, I'd rest for a bit." Startled, Kayuki lost balance in her arms and fell back onto the bed.

"I swear to god, who are you to freaking tell me what to do. Honestly-" Kayuki turned to face the direction in which the voice came from. And there he was. Standing in all his glory of course the arrogant asshole did not have any decency, therefore making the situation worse. The onyx-eyed boy, no he was no longer a boy, the onyx eyed man, stood in the bathroom doorway, with his wet hair dripping onto the carpet and the robe hung loosely around his body.

"Honestly what?" Sasuke smirked and stepped into the room, running his hand through his wet hair.

"N-nothing! I-it's really no big deal! Seriously . . . ehehe . . ." Kayuki swung her legs back on the bed and bent her legs towards her chest into a fetal position. A sharp gasp let loose from her mouth as she bent her bandaged knee.

Sasuke quickly dropped his arrogant facade, hearing her in pain and ran over to her on the bed, "What happened? Seriously, I told you to just rest." He wrapped his arms around her leg and slowly straightened it. Kayuki watched him, her round sunset colored eyes looking at him as he gently placed her leg down and ran his fingers over the bandage lightly. Sasuke loosened his hands and pulled them away from her leg. He raked a hand back into his hair and looked back at her.

"Please, just don't-" Their eyes met, and it was as if they had gone back in time, together, to the time when there love was harmless, and beautiful. It was as if they were in love all over again, falling for each other, whispering secrets in each others ears till dawn rose. It was as if the past three years hadn't happened, Sasuke hadn't left, and Orochimaru hadn't appeared. The secrets their words could not express were shown through their eyes. Onyx to lavender, lavender to onyx.


I...Like this chapter...A lot...Loads of Fluff I suppose. IS SASUKE falling for KAYUKI? IS KAYUKI falling for SASUKE? WHO KNOWS?

Anyway, After i get through like halfway or more, I might write the pre- of this story. Like the before Sasuke leaves. I only started with Shippuden cuz I didn't want to go through like the beginiing.

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~Aesthetic Sonata 3