shibby shits.. its thursday already.. and i havent posted a chapter! i apologize for my forgetfulness! ill try and keep my head on from now on. but for those of you who continue my story and are waiting for the entertaining parts (akatsuki) keep your hopes up... i can see those red clouds and black cloats in teh distance!! :) but for now, its the nice peaceful ways of a paintbrush! enjoy!!
"We have to go back to Konoha. Considering what happened, we have to report to the Hokage-sama and get new orders. I'm quite sure our team will be the one to continue the mission. How about it Sora-kun? Would you be willing to give us a helping hand? As you can see it's going to take Kawako-san quite some time to recover. As someone from the Fire Temple who has protected the hidden tombs. I'm sure you'll be able to fill in for Kawako-san just fine." Captain Yamato explained.
"I think seeing the outside world would be a good decision for you Sora."
We all stood in front of the Hokage office waiting for Captain to give his report. Asuma-sensei walked out. Sora sat there glaring at him. I smacked him over the head with my good arm.
"Oi...Be nice dammit!"
Sora jumped up and started to yell at me. Naruto pushed him and began yelling. Bickering, bickering bickering. Naruto and Sora grabbed each others hands and tried to push each other over. Smack. An elbow hit me in the face. I stood there fuming, when I had the chance of them just standing still for one second....
"Naruto, Kawako, Sai! Please bring Sora in!"
Dammit. I lost my chance. I grabbed him by the collar hoping he will say something wrong. Of course he didn't say anything wrong but Tsunade is old and losing her hearing I guessed cause she threw him through the door into the hallway wall.
"Go Tsunade-sama!" I cheered with a hidden sadistic smile on my face.
"Even a Buddha would only forgive you once! Who are you calling an old bag?!" She brings her fist up to bash his face in.
"I said Bodhisattva!" The black haired boy tries to explain cringing as far away from the punch as he can. A fist come slamming beside his head. A look like he seen 50 murderous ghosts was on his face. I couldn't help but snicker. Captain gave me a dark look.
"Bodhisattva? Well aren't you a cute little monk!" She pats him on the head then grabs his collar. "Good job you passed! Welcome to Konoha!" She drags him back in the office.
Later on outside.
"I have to go write a report so I'm off." Captain explained.
"Sai is coming with me to the hospital. So, Naruto, babysit Sora for a while kay? Good boy!"
I pinched his cheek. He gave me an awful glare. I laughed. Then me and Sai left with Naruto complaining to Yamato about why he needs to be with Sora.
I check into the hospital and wait for the antidote to finish being made. Another wonderful thing taught by the world's most amazing man.
"Thanks again for keeping me company Sai."
"No problem." He put on his fake smile.
"Hey do you want to teach me how to draw?"
He gave me a strange look.
"Well?"
"You only have one arm."
"So. I use this arm.." I wave my good arm around. ".. to draw."
He stares at me for a while longer. "I suppose I can."
"Yeah! You're awesome Sai!"
He rummaged around in his backpack for an extra scroll and paintbrush. Sakura walked in at this moment, with a tiny polite smile of hers. She had the antidote in her hand. God, I hate that stupid 'Ooo look at me! I'm a stupid nuurse' face, and that ugly pink hair. I scowl, but not enough to notice through my mask.
"It was a very weak poison so it's no wonder you're still able to move so much with it still in your system. It will take longer to heal from it afterwards though."
"Yes. I know that.... But thanks for repeating my knowledge."
Her smile fades and she looks at the ground.
"I'm sorry Kawako-san. I'll give you the antidote and be on my way."
She walked over and gave me the antidote, she left right after. I glared daggers in her back the whole time.
"Why were you so cruel to Sakura?"
I dropped my head and looked at my hands. She kept her end of the deal. But... The pain she put me through. I wonder what he would say to how I've been acting. But, how could I forgive her. How?
"Kawako?"
I looked up at him. "Hm?"
"Why are you so mean to Sakura?"
I laughed. "Don't worry about it it's old news! Going to teach me to draw now?!" Changing the subject.
"Yes."
He handed me a scroll and paintbrush. I rolled out the scroll on the bedside table that leans over the bed. I picked up the paintbrush and waiting for instructions.
"What would you like me to teach you first?"
"Hmmm?" I thought for a moment. "The bird!"
"Okay. Well its easiest to start from the head and stroke outwards, then that way you can let the brush flow towards the tail...."
I followed his instructions getting the top part of the bird drawn, We continued him drawing parts and me coping. It was tough thou, I kept miss placing lines or blotching it or just something to wreck it. four hours and a broken paintbrushe later I managed to master the bird. Painting for some reason just doesn't go well, the paint smudges or I get it on my hands or I put too much or little on the brush. It's sad really. But... I can now draw it without stopping in seconds! Of course Sai can do it in mila seconds, but that's his talent.
"I would be interesting to fight you Sai.."
He looked up at me, I was drawing the bird in different forms of flying. That took me longer but I wasn't complaining.
"You know... seeing how ink manages against water."
I glanced at him from the corner of my eye and smirked. He kindheartedly smiled once again.
"Now how about the lion?"
Sai's eye twitched ever so slightly. I don't blame him, it took me this long and I wreaked his paintbrush on such a simple thing. Trying to paint the lion he used to attacking was a whole other step.
"If you break that brush I will never talk to you again."
"Deal!"
He sighed. "Okay. So you begin-"
There was explosions outside. Sai got up and looked out the window. He shut the curtains and gathered his things.
"I should go see what's happening. I'll be back to check on you afterwards, okay Kawako?"
"Wha- Why? Whats going on?"
"Don't worry, stay here, get rest and I'll be back."
SAIS POV
Kawako had just checked into the hospital, we were sitting in her room.
"Thanks again for keeping me company Sai." She said
"No problem." I forced a smile
"Hey do you want to teach me how to draw?"
I gave her a strange look. Nobody has ever asked me that. How would I teach somebody that?
"Well?"
I looked at her and her sling. "You only have one arm."
"So. I use this arm.." She waves her good arm around. ".. to draw."
I stare at her. She was poisoned for so long, wounded with little medication and she still has this much energy. I notice she was still staring at me. I guess I could try. "I suppose I can."
"Yeah! You're amazing Sai!"
I began to look through my bag for the extra paintbrushes and an extra scroll. I got them out at that point Sakura walked in.
"It was a very weak poison so it's no wonder you're still able to move so much with it still in your system. It will take longer to heal from it afterwards though."
"Yes. I know that.... But thanks for repeating my knowledge."
Kawako's voice. It's so angry. What did Sakura do to deserve this. I remember seeing Sakura and Kawako around each other before, but I guess they never did talk. Sakura's smile fades and she looks at the ground.
"I'm sorry Kawako-san. I'll give you the antidote and be on my way."
She walked over and gave the antidote to Kawako, she then left. I could see Kawako glaring daggers in her back the whole time.
"Why were you so cruel to Sakura?" I asked.
She just stared at her hands. She seemed to be thinking intensely.
"Kawako?"
She looked at me. "Hm?"
"Why are you so mean to Sakura?"
She just laughed "Don't worry about it its old news! Going to teach me to draw now?!" She changed the subject.
"Yes."
I then passed the scroll to Kawako. She laid it out on the bedside table and I then passed her the brush.
"What would you like me to teach you first?" I questioned.
"Hmmm?" She sat and thought for a moment "The bird!"
Good I thought. Its one of the easiest drawings. I thought for a moment on how to explain it.
"Okay. Well its easiest to start from the head and stroke outwards, then that way you can let the brush flow towards the tail...."
Four hours and two broken paintbrushes later she finally managed to master the bird. She can now draw it in seconds. I couldn't believe it. It was a simple bird, and it took 4 hours. I just couldn't believe it. She even managed too break my paintbrush!
"It would be interesting to fight you Sai" She randomly stated.
I just looked at her confused. Why would she want to fight me?
"You know... seeing how ink manages against water." She glanced at me from the corner of her eye and smirked.
I smiled once again needing. It was a regular occurrence with her it seemed.
"Now how about the lion?" She asked
My eye twitched. It was strange, but the thought of sitting with her trying to explain how to draw the lion made me feel... Frustrated? She broke two brushes on the bird!
"If you break that brush I will never talk to you about drawings again." I stated.
"Deal!"
"Okay. So you begin-"
Explosions were heard from outside. The lights went out. I ran to the window to see what was going on. There was a weird barrier covering the village and a giant mountain at the main gate. I shut the curtains. Kawako doesn't need to be hurting herself more.
"I should go see what's happening. I'll be back to check on you afterwards, okay Kawako?"
"Wha- Why? Whats going on?" She seemed very panicked.
"Don't worry, stay here, get rest and I'll be back." I tried to reassure her.
She went to grab for my arm when I grabbed my backpack but she used the wrong one and she hurt her broken arm. Pain covered her face. My stomach twisted at this. I grabbed my bag and ran out. I couldn't let what ever was happening hurt her.
KAWAKOS POV
I went to bring my hand out to stop him, but I moved the wrong one and I cringed down in pain. My other muscles hurt a lot from the antidote beginning to go through my system. He left. The door was shut, I was left in darkness. The hydro was out. I could hear explosions outside, and the ground shaking. I'll admit. I was scared. I was in a hospital bed. Helpless. Oh god. How I wish you were here with me Sasori no Danna. There has to be a way to get him back. Thoughts play through my head as if they were in fast forward. I heard a hissing noise. The idea hit me. There is only one person with that much power. My mind gets weak and fuzzy, I pass out.
