I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own Naruto. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.


├Part Eight┤


"What? Didn't expect me?" he asked, looking triumphant.

"Actually, I didn't," I replied, trying to regain my cool, "You know, I was really hoping you and the gay snake died in that explosion."

His eyes narrowed. "You should know better than that. And he is legendary so you shouldn't call him names. It's stupid and childish."

"Well for you information, I am a child," I said, rolling my eyes, "And I thought you knew everything…"

Surprisingly, he smirked. "I really don't think you're much of a child now, Miya. Especially considering what you've been doing and what you've gone through," he said. He remained at least four feet away.

"Oh, what, a couple battles? Boo-hoo," I mocked. What did he take me for; a wuss?

He chuckled to himself as he looked at the ground. "You would be amazed at everything I know," he said quietly before looking around. "So Sasuke built this? Pretty impressive, I should say. I absolutely wouldn't expect something like this from him."

"Yeah, he did," I said. What the hell was he doing here? He could have easily just stayed hidden and undetected for a long time. He had to have some kind of purpose for coming out…

"I suppose I should be getting to the point," he said.

Ah-ha! I figured it out! He's definitely coming out of the closet! I knew he was gay! I mean, he practically worships the ground Orochimaru walks on.

"Are you even listening?" he asked, observing my facial expressions. I'll bet he was getting a kick out of it…

"Huh?" I asked. Seriously, what kind of guy hangs around some perverted old man most of his life?

"I'll tell you later," he said and tilted his head up, "Now tell me what you are thinking. You seem to be very deep in thought."

Eh? He expected me to just go out and tell him that I thought he was gay and he worshipped the creepy gay old fart?

"Um," I said, "I was just thinking how much you changed…yeah…"

He smirked and pushed up his glasses so they reflected what little light shone through the windows. "Oh please. I don't think you were thinking about that. You looked amused. I am going to take a wild guess and say it has does have something to do with my looks, but in a negative way."

"Actually, it's not negative," I said before cracking a grin, "It's downright hilarious. And amazingly, that wasn't what I was thinking about. I don't think you would take me…criticizing Orochimaru."

"He is one of the legendary Sannin. I respect him," he said while looking serious, "Now, I am going to ask you to keep living as you do. You will not tell Sasuke about me finding out about this."

"Oh, right," I said, "I'm just going to let you follow him around. And when he's visiting, I'll just keep on having fun while knowing you're out there somewhere in the bushes. Right."

"Yes, you will," he said, smirking again. What the hell is it with all these guys? Were they born smirking?

Man, I wonder what someone would do if they held their baby in their arms and it smirked. I think I'd scream and shove it out of my arms.

Just think about it! It'd positively creepy! Not to mention the baby would look incredibly evil…

"You're spacing out again," he said, "And I think you want to hear what I have to say."

"Oh, right," I said, looking at him. At the same time I was wondering what he must have looked like as a baby…

"Were you feeling oh-so sick this morning?" he asked, feigning concern.

"Yes," I said slowly, "Why?"

His smirk just grew. "Can you think, maybe, why that is?"

"Umm…food poisoning?"

"Nope," he said, "I am a medic. I can figure out things from the most simplest symptoms."

"Ugh, I should just blow up this house right now. That way you couldn't survive," I stated, getting aggravated. He was just taunting me now. He knew exactly what was wrong with me. No worries, it wasn't like I was going to beg him to tell me.

He swiftly stepped two strides toward me, ignoring the shattered plate. "You wouldn't want to do that. You wouldn't want to kill the thing inside of you," he whispered in my ear.


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-Jen-