AC/ I'm alive XD, though some dont wish it . Anyway here it is the LONG overdue and long awaited chap 10. I HAD to make it this long if only for the fact i havent written anything in like...4 months or so. Cant say when the next will be but it WILL be shorter then this one. As for my absense i blame the holiday rush and work. Besides that i have had alot of game dreams come true And so with out further delay or BS XD...i give you chap ten though i rushed the edit on it and need to rework certain segments as i go. On another note i had alot of fun doing Ino's lines, more fun then i originally thought so do not be surprised if you see her in the story or even play a bigger role. jIf theres any sections that REALLY need to be looked at or redone please please let me know, as big as this chapter is i STILL was unable to squeeze in everything i had orginally intended.
Eight in the morning, nothing was special about that in it self but this was the time that was chosen for Tayuya to see the Hokage about her Curse seal and how Orochimaru's outside influence could be prevented before he could twist her to his sick twisted will. The only problem was Tayuya was still asleep and somebody needed to wake her up and after last night Shikamaru wasn't up to the task.
"Come on Shikamaru just wake her up." Demanded Shikaku in an annoyed voice.
"Hey if its that simple why don't you wake her?" Added the younger Nara with a hint of disobedience in his tone.
"Well she already hates you doesn't she Shikamaru so whats the harm, I'm still neutral after all and id like to keep it that way."
"What a pain." Was the younger Nara's only reply as he moved closer to the door.
They had tried knocking on the door, calling out to her only to be replied with grunts and groans along with indecipherable curses.
"Quit being a pain Sound girl just get out of bed already."
"Nnnnghh" Was the only reply Tayuya could give.
"We have to leave to see the Hokage now." Announced a muffled voice behind the door to her room.
"...let the bitch wait my head is fucking killing me." Tayuya responded extremely groggy.
"...I blame you for this dad." The younger Nara said while giving a glare to his father who just happened to be looking the other way whistling.
"I know you got a headache so just walk it off or something, if we make her wait she is gonna make our lives twice as bad."
"Twice as bad?! Living with your fucking ass in this shitty village is as bad as it can get." Tayuya thought while turning over away from them to escape back into blissful slumber.
"...Give me five minutes rat."
Shikaku and Shikamaru backed off and left the room to give the ex-Sound nin her time.
"If your not ready in five minutes we will have to use our shadow imitation technique to force you to get out of bed." Nara announced much to the surprise of his father.
"We?" Shikaku asked.
"Its a drag but if I have to go down with her I will take you with me," giving his father a small smirk.
Tayuya frowned under her covers, she knew that the prick had the balls to go through with such a statement, after seeing her so low last night how couldn't he. Staying in bed and acting like a child who didn't want to go to their first day of school... Tayuya hadn't even realized how this made her look to them, it simply wasn't in her nature because if she wanted to be defiant this wasn't how she would go about it.
Not even a full minute after Shikamaru closed her door it reopened with a rather pissed off Tayuya standing before the two men clothed in jean shorts and a white t-shirt.
"Lets get this shit over with already!." With that she passed by them and made her way to the bathroom to properly present herself by freshening up in front of the mirror.
Outside the bathroom, both Nara's waited impatiently, both fully aware at just how long a woman can take to get ready for an important arrangement.
"Women, ehh dad?" Shikamaru joked lightly only to hear a suppressed chuckle from his father as a reply.
"Lets get the hell over there already!" Tayuya interrupted their bonding moment as she burst through the door nearly slamming it into the two Naras' faces and made her way down the stairs.
"Yeah Shikamaru...women," Shikaku said smiling as he scratched the back of his head and followed after her before she forgot that there were armed sentries just waiting for her to try and leave the house unsupervised.
On the other side of town, Iruka was busy with his own troubles due to his new students.
"I know its your first day in school for the both of you but attacking other students with books isn't tolerated!" Iruka scolded the short hooded figure and the tall gray vested one back and forth.
"But they initiated war with us with those spit balls, isn't it customary to retaliate when you are under fire from hostile sources?" Kuroshi dictated almost as if citing terminology from an invisible dictionary.
"Well yes I suppose it is under those circumstance... HEY WAIT!, this is a school not a battlefield so such actions are in violation of academy rules!" Iruka slapped both hands flat on his pedestal while almost being embarrassed they tricked him with such formal dictation of rules of engagement.
"Well I suppose we will have to retaliate during hands on training now wont we brother?" keeping his eyes dead center on the three children who assaulted both him and Kamui with small wads of paper and spit.
They gulped upon seeing the mischievous intent in both the shorter one and taller ones eyes. To them teasing the new kids was a natural thing and given the fact they were in a class full of seven year olds and that one of the new students looked to be seventeen and the other was a weirdly dressed quiet freak they could not help but instigate them in front of the entire class from small taunting to physical acts like throwing paper. How were they suppose to know that the taller one had the sick humor to chuck a three pound book dead center into their group leaders head the moment the teacher looked away. Such an action was met with great surprise.
"They're crazy I tell you!" one child added quietly to the other.
"I hear they were kept back because they were locked up in Ibiki's cell for seven years!" another added a little louder.
"No way!"
"Way! My dad is a chunnin who works under the Hokage her self and he says that they were with those Oto guys who attacked our village awhile back," the leader of the three children announced to his flunkies.
"Then they deserve to be made to feel like crap, I just wished that tall one wasn't such a good shot with projectiles," another child added from behind their row.
"We will get them at lunch, lets show those Oto supporting scum what it means to face future genin of Konoha!" their leader announced rather loudly to the class.
"You children up there cut the chatter, I am holding you all responsible for this matter as well!" Iruka shot them down causing them to retreat quietly into their seats and glare at the two students.
The students immediately shrunk to their seats at their sensei's voice and glare hatefully at the two transfer students who only smirked with their backs turned to them.
Meanwhile both Nara males accompanied by Tayuya had finally reached the doors to Tsunade's office within the Hokage Tower despite all the awkward stares they received along the way that Tayuya mostly ignored as being murmurs of the insignificant roaches.
As soon as they had knocked on the door the group heard a soft spoken womans voice called out from with in to enter.
Tsunade sat busy with paper work as Shizune bowed and greeted them warmly which surprised Tayuya seeing as how the woman was an advisory of the Hokage while herself was a prisoner of sorts.
"I'm so glad you all could make it today!" Shizune chimed in with happy enthusiasm while her Sensei merely looked over the stack of paper work and gave them a nod before rising from her seat.
"You know why you were summoned here right?" Tsunade asked in a husky voice.
"...Not really." The flutist responded semi truthfully since she didn't actually know but had a good idea why.
"To go over the business of that curse mark branded on you by Orochimaru." Tsunade said flatly.
"What about it?" Giving the Hokage a snarl.
"Shikaku here has informed me about it's circumstances and quite frankly your a threat to this villages safety more so then before if you are left as you are." Tsunade announced bluntly causing Tayuya to rise from here seat in anger.
"So?!, what the fuck are you gonna do about it?!" Tayuya roared until a hand calmly rested on her shoulder causing her to twist around to see Shikaku shake his head to her to calm down and wait.
"Honestly I could do nothing about it and let you suffer from it in a cell or kill you right now as an execution...however I have no such intentions." Tsunade boasted.
Tayuya sat angrily in her seat practically foaming at the mouth impatiently waiting for the Hokage to get to the point before she snaps and kills her.
"In short you have proved to be an asset to the village and I believe I have come to a conclusion as to how we can lessen or remove Orochimaru's direct control over you but for right now we need to wait till my massager brings back that fool Jaraiya so he can see what can be done." The Hokage announced with a confident smugness.
"...And how long will that take?" Asked the young kunoichi with bitter sarcasm.
"If I know that old pervert he will go there so...with in the week, two at most if there are difficulties."
"...Okay so where does that leave me?" Tayuya asked as calmly as she could.
"I have more questioning so if the Nara family will please leave us be for a few minutes?"
Both Nara's nodded respectfully and left their house guest in the clutches of their Hokage, Shikamaru gave Tayuya one last glance before exiting the room which didn't go unnoticed by Tayuya who only huffed her hair at such a queer jester.
"As you might expect Tayuya I have a lot of questions for you this time so do be honest with me, id hate to ruin our good standing with each other." Tsunade said while giving the ex Sound kunoichi a grin.
"What the hell are they already?!" Tayuya's patience was shot.
"First off I will hear about everything regarding Sasuke as much as you know." Tsunade's face was serious and grim.
"...Fine, Orochimaru-Sama has had his eye on the Uchiha brat since he created Sound as far as I know. He has been watching him since then and saw the chunnin exams as the best time to test his ass and see what he could do and being pleased with the results he apparently gave him the curse mark." Tayuya finished in an annoyed huff.
"Apparently?" The Hokage inquired with perked interest.
"We didn't know he had a curse mark till we confronted his ass the night he decided to leave this village."
"You are referring to the night you and the rest of Orochimaru's elite unite the Sound Four re-infiltrated our village to retrieve Sasuke...you say he decided to leave? On his own with out being forced?" Tsunade narrowed her eyes on the young red haired girl.
"All we were sent to do was persuade him to come with us, yeah we roughed his pretty ass up a little to show him just how weak he was and to show him how much we...benefited from Orochimaru." Saying the last part rather unsure with her self in tone.
"Well your benefit is looking more like a draw back to me." Pointing to where the curse mark was located on the side of her neck.
"...I told that shit the draw backs personally, that if he gave into our master he would be nothing more then a puppet devoid of will and a slave in his own body." Tayuya's voice was empty now lacking the anger her normal tone always contained.
"Is that what you all sacrificed your very souls for?, power to be handed to you?"
"Yeah but thats also what that Uchiha shit left your village for in the first place, a power you all couldn't ever give him." Tsunade was taken back by Tayuya's harsh words for a moment.
"...What does it mean to be a curse marked individual?" Tsunade avoided the Sasuke issue for now.
Despite the unease at the question Tayuya leaned back into her chair and took a moment to study both the Hokage's and her assistants expressions. As far as she could see the Hokage had a stern yet...sympathetic look about her and her black haired assistant showed more open emotion on the subject, as far as she could see the assistant genuinely cared.
"Receiving a curse mark means many different things, it means were stronger then average shit people. It also means there is a high expectation that we will survive receiving the mark itself else we would die from it outright. It also means we are prime choices for that sicko to use as host should it become necessary as it is with your precious Uchiha clown. On top of that we are his most trusted subordinates because the seals marks allow him to control us so while they greatly increase our ability's it also means he controls our use of them, if we were to disobey we feel pain you could not fathom to believe possible to the point of our deaths." Tayuya retained the empty soulless expression she had before as she spoke almost like a zombie besides the small surfacing of her personality on certain subjects.
"...Has he ever killed anyone with the marks before?" Tsunade asked carefully as to not hit a land mine in the girls mind.
"No, the pain is enough of a subduer that he hasn't needed to kill us to obey him." Tayuya replied simply.
"Does he inflict pain on you with out cause?"
"..."
"Tayuya?" Shizune stepped after seeing Tsunade's reluctance to press the question.
"She should know him better then anyone." Was all Tayuya answered to Shizune as she centered her gaze on the Hokage.
"...Moving on, after your battle with Nara Shikamaru what happened in detail?" Tsunade hastily decided to change topics since the current course was hard for both her and Tayuya to continue on.
"...They left me under the tree's to rot." Answering as coldly as she could as she decided to not mention her death directly.
"And the two that came with you here?"
"...They got me out and healed me, then those pricks went to Sound with me where I was pitted against that very prick who was made the Sound Fours leader...your Uchiha shit hole Sasuke!" The young kunochi yelled venomously at the mentioning of his name.
"They aided your escape correct?"
"...Yes for what ever reason." Tayuya turned her head away at the thought of anyone risking their own lives without a personal gain involved.
"I'm aware of the charade you three pulled over on Orochimaru and the Sound, faking your own death and using us as a diversion while you escaped." Tsunade pressed the point with added enthusiasm while she gave Tayuya a smug smile and a cross of her arms under her massive chest.
"...Yeah what about it?, it gave you a shot at Orochimaru and Sasuke didn't it or are you pissed because your asses failed?" Raising her voice defensively.
"Ohh we appreciated the shot at them which is one of the main reasons why your not on an execution list and your continued cooperation keeps you out of a cell, as for the other two how much do you know about them?"
"What do they fucking matter?" Tayuya became annoyed the subject changed to them when she was the important one.
"Answer the question." Tsunade insisted firmly.
"...Not fucking much, the little one smiles so much I don't think his ass has a central nervous system and the taller one acts like a god damed retard half the time!"
"How about their names or background Tayuya?" Shizune interrupted seeing Tayuya's reluctance to acknowledge even their names.
"Small one's ass is Kamui and the tall one's ass is Kuroshi and they said their useless village was destroyed...thats all I know alright?!" Letting her anger get the better of her.
"They said as much, are you aware that it was Orochimaru who destroyed the Hidden Village in the Dusk?" The Hokage's voice was neutral on the subject so that she could best gage Tayuya's response.
"Wait what?!, you mean those shits followed me to our base full knowing who my master was?!" The flutist cursed to herself loudly at the revelation that she was possible used as a way to get close to their enemy.
"So they choose not to tell you then?" Tsunade added with a nod.
"Those lousy fuckers!, they set me up?!, they used ME!?" Tayuya swore loudly inside her own head while physically bitting her lip in anger.
"By now it should be apparent to you that our being informed about the Sounds base was their idea and not yours so using that as your bargaining leverage isn't going to work." Tsunade announced to Tayuya as clearly as she could.
Shizune was shocked by this news, almost as much as Tayuya was.
"...So now what? My diminutive life with those damn Nara's is over and I'm placed in a cell from now on?" Tayuya asked drolly already knowing the answer.
"I don't see a need for that Tayuya now do you Shizune?" Turning her head smugly to her assistant with a grin.
"O-of course not Tsunade-sama!" Shizune practically stammered over to Tayuya in her defense.
"...Why?"
"Naruto-kun pleaded for you to have a fair chance not just because he is a nice guy, he has a good eye for seeing the potential of good that is hidden deep inside people and I would be a fool to ignore him now after seeing how you have progressed over the past few days." Tsunade tried her best to hold in a laugh at the image of Naruto standing before her saying "I was right, Believe it!" followed by his wide goofy grin and his custom thumbs up.
"...Ohh." Was Tayuya's only reply.
"I believe thats enough questions for the time being, I do have one further topic to cover at the time though." Tsunade's voice became serious once again.
"Yeah? What the hell is it?" Her voice lacked hostility though and sounded more confused then angry.
"When we first seen you it was reported that you were injured by Kamui correct?"
"Yeah that little fucker messed with my chakra network and paralyzed me!" The anger returned to her voice as she remembered back to him standing over her nudging her with his foot asking if she ever shuts up.
"For what ever reasons you have choose not to have your injury checked on and for safety reasons...we waited this long to mention it but would you like me to take a look at your injury?" Tsunade let her concern for peoples well being over take her once again.
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune added in surprised glee along with a wide smile.
"...Your gonna have to since I obviously cant trust those fuckers to fix me up any more." Turning her head remembering their silent betrayal.
"Fix you up?" Tsunade thought to her self for a moment.
"Alright then, please come back around three in the after noon." Letting a small smile breech her lips at seeing Tayuya's small nod of acceptance. "Good then, you may leave now Tayuya...Shizune please accompany her in the hallway while I talk to the Nara's in privet.
Shizune nodded and proceeded to accompany Tayuya out of the office while the flutist suspected things to get worst since it was a privet meeting about her between them.
The moment both Nara's entered the doors they gave their Hokage a bow before standing in full attention, Shikamaru less then his father though.
"So...whats your take on Tayuya's progress?" Tsunade asked as cautiously as she could to one in specific.
"If I may Hokage-Sama I think she has progressed rather well however Yoshino is a better person to ask since she has spent more time with her." Replied Shikaku honestly while standing attentive.
"And you Shikamaru?"
"Troublesome.." The younger Nara replied while scratching behind his pony tail.
"And whys that? Because theirs still tension between you two regarding your battle?"
"That and she is just so unstable, its a real drag trying to know where you stand with the girl because one moment she is busy spitting impurity's in heated rage and the next she is depressed...man women are so complicated some times." It didn't take for Shikamaru to remember that the Hokage was one of those unpredictable women and that she was practically busting a blood vain over his comment.
"I-is that right Shikamaru?" Tsunade had to grit her teeth to hold back the outburst that was boiling inside her.
"What my son means is she is torn between the two constantly and it can not be healthy for her." Shikaku hastily butted in to save his son from the fire.
"Is that right?, well it was my intention for that to happen in the first place but I understand now that the stress combined with her nature and emotional instability makes things far to flamboyant and we do not need her snapping and going out of control like before or else we will have no choice but to scrap the mission and execute her on the spot."
"That seems a bit troublesome don't you think Hokage-Sama?, I mean we don't have to go so far as to kill her do we?" Shikamaru suddenly pleaded at the thought of ending her life after all the effort they put into salvaging her from Orochimaru's clutches.
"Awfully sympathetic for the troublesome enemy arnt we Shikamaru?" Smiling widely at his sudden show of concern.
"It's just a waste is all, seems to troublesome to back out at this point." Nara defended himself as best he could.
"You are right though, we have taken an enemy nin into our village and have tried to free her from that snakes grasp in hopes that she will help us and I can honestly say all the crap and paper work has been worth it...take a look at this!" The Hokage grinned as she held a scroll in front of both Nara's as they looked blankly at it."This here is an acceptance for a joint mission between us and Suna to raid and destroy all of Orochimaru's Sound bases, because of that little red haired brat we are one step closer to wiping that snake bastard off the face of the planet!"
Both Nara's were speechless at the statement that Suna a hostile country that joined forces with Orochimaru to wipe them out was now fighting along side them to wipe out their former ally.
"If that fool Jiraiya gets back in time and is able to pacify Orochimaru's control on the girl I want both you and her to lead the assault against the first base along side Suna's Representative!"
Deciding not to stat the obvious reasons why he and Tayuya wouldn't work along side each other never mind the hostility Tayuya had for Suna for helping betray them and aiding Konoha in the Sound Fours utter defeat, something that she her self felt first hand he decided to press the more ominous question first.
"And just who is their representative?" Shikamaru asked weakly already knowing any of the candidates would spell doom for him and Tayuya.
"Your old friend Temari from the chunin exams, she was more then willing to step in to see to friendly terms between our two nations."
Shikamaru sweat dropped right then and there at the very thought of himself, the Sound Demon and that troublesome woman trying to not kill each other the moment they met.
"With all due respect Hokage-Sama...that Sound girl probably hates the Suna woman more then she hates me, if they meet the mission will fail before it starts."
"I am well aware of the volatile relationship between you three but if our two nations are to be at peace and join together to defeat Sound it is imperative that we get them to go one day with out attempting to kill each other however I do not think the Suna girl will risk our nations standings with each other over an unfinished fight." Nodding to her self confidently.
"Tayuya would..." Shikamaru spoke annoyed at the thought.
"See that she doesn't and besides Shikamaru the mission isn't going to begin for a few weeks so we will have ample time to drill it into the brats head that if she screws this up...well you understand the consequences, you will have terminate on sight orders are we clear?"
Shikamaru gave no verbal response because he knew full well he couldn't kill her out right, even in their fight he avoided lethal force even when his own life was at risk.
"Are we clear Nara Shikamaru?" Tsunade's booming voice knocked Shikamaru out of his thoughts.
"...Yes were clear Hokage-Sama." Shikamaru responded emptily.
"Shikamaru are you sure you can do that?" Asked his father concerned since he knew his son didn't have it in him.
"It's okay dad, it wont come to that." The younger Nara responded confidently.
"Good to hear Shikamaru, you both are dismissed and thank you for your time today."
"Hai Hokage-Sama!" Both Nara's replied while bowing before turning to exit the room.
Down the hall Shikamaru could see Shizune talking to the ex-Sound nin with an over enthusiastic tone with Tayuya nodding near lifelessly to all the positive encouraging things that flew out of the healers mouth. It didn't take long for the flutist to notice the two Nara's entering the hall since she was looking
for any distraction to free her from the pointless dribble the Hokage's assistant was spewing out about accepting this new life as a second chance as well as a chance to find peace and happiness but Tayuya already knew there was no such thing for anyone in the world never mind this village with all the fake smiles and back stabbing gossipers who turned and talked to the closest person next to them at the smallest things they found distasteful.
"Hey rat boy how did it go?" Tayuya immediately broke eye contact with Shizune and waited for his reply.
"We need to talk Tayuya." Nara's cold serious voice shook her for a moment but she soon recovered from his statement.
"...Fine, when?"
"While we walk home, hey dad can you head on with out us?" Taking a quick glance at his father who already knew the situation.
"Sure thing Shikamaru, I have errands I have to run for your mother anyway so doing them now will get her off our backs for the day." Adding a quick chuckle after his statement.
With that exchange of worth both parties went their separate ways while Shizune looked on in concern at the poor girls situation.
The sun was high in the sky now as afternoon quickly approached as both teens silently marched through the village of Konoha as Shikamaru constantly was trying to decide the best time to tell Tayuya about the up coming mission but one glance at her brooding demeanor told him otherwise. It wasn't until he noticed she stopped following him that he realized she had already decided.
"Spill it all ready chicken shit I haven't got all day to wait for bad news!." Tayuya erupted randomly near a small children's playground that she had stopped following at.
"Do you have to be so loud?" Shikamaru didn't wait for her heated barrage of curses this time and continued to speak. "I need to inform you about an up coming mission okay so it'd be troublesome if you interrupted me while I'm trying too got it?" She nodded but not without giving him an angry sneer.
"Because of the information you gave the Hokage both Suna and Konoha are going to make a co-op against a Sound base, further more they want you and me to lead the Leaf based Ninja force along side Sands force." He then stopped to see what she had to bitch about so far on the subject.
"Ohh so those Sand fags are teaming up with yous once again how nice, its just like them to shove their head up the ass of the ones pulling the shots just don't be surprised if they betray you like they betrayed us." Tayuya had a contorted smile on her face on the subject.
"Like I said, if the Hokage's plan is a success and they prevent Orochimaru from controlling you then you are going to be aiding them with me." Nara exhaled deeply as she hadn't even realized this concerned her even after he just told her.
"She must be on something if she thinks I'm gonna fucking aid them!?, or have you forgotten that suna bitch blind sided me and left me under a pile of timber to rot and not to fucking mention her retarded family helped kill my comrades!" Tayuya practically coughed on the saliva she was yelling out of her throat.
"Troublesome, I knew she was gonna respond like this." Shikamaru thought to himself with a groan.
"Look I understand you being pissed and whatever and I'm not asking you to forgive and forget but you need to let it go just for that mission understand?" Shikamaru literally had to force himself to try and sound reasonable.
"And if I don't?!" She taunted with a loud voice as she just waited to hear the threats the Hokage had thought of that he'd say.
"If you refuse to aid in the mission to begin with that I don't know but if you interfere or try to betray us we are issued kill on sight orders." Shikamaru's voice was empty of emotion not that he felt nothing about the subject of killing her but felt nothing for the orders he was forced to comply with.
Tayuya was silent though she expected as much since she was still classified as a high leveled security risk and high ranked enemy ninja of a village that was at war with them.
"That means your at the top of the list of scum too carry those orders out right Nara?" Tayuya crossed her arms while she glared at him waiting for a reply.
"Troublesome as it is yeah because I'm suppose to be watching you and keeping you in check I am the one who has to take action the moment you become a liability." Nara sighed heavily at the responsibility he was carrying on his back.
"You up to it prick?, think you can beat me in another fight just cause I had to spend a week getting weak in this shithole?" Tayuya scoffed at him at the very thought of him killing her.
"Actually I'd rather not which is why I choose to tell you this now because I don't want it to come to that." Keeping his voice as neutral sounding as he possibly could.
"So you choose to tell me this shit instead waiting till the last minute like the lazy prick you are?" Raising a suspicious brow at him.
"Pretty much..."
"Why the fuck do you care Nara?"
"After having to deal with you as long as I have it'd be a real drag if you just throw it all away over a grudge."
"Its my fucking life shithead so its my choice how and why I throw it away so don't try and give me that high and mighty shit you scum!" Tayuya thrashed her arms at Shikamaru who in his lazy comfort let down his guard around her which only raised her ire.
"Yeah I know it is but still orders are orders so try and follow them or don't participate in the mission at all." Letting a loud huff of annoyance at the fact he still needed to explain it to her again.
Before their arguing could further escalate a loud yelling got their concentration off in the distance.
"Oi Shikamaru there you are!" A blond headed girl yelled while waving her hand ferociously at him as she ran.
Shikamaru only stared at his teammate Ino as she made her way down the street to where he and Tayuya were standing in front of the park.
"Are you kidding me?...man what a drag, of all the places to bump into her it has to be now while this prisoner is with me." Naras face literally fell in thought.
"Who's this bitch?" Asked Tayuya in an annoyed tone.
"My teammate Ino, look she doesn't know about you and id like to keep it that way if its not too troublesome for you?" Nara gave Tayuya one last dirty look before turning to Ino who was just about to be upon them while Tayuya only grunted and lowered her head to cover the main view of her face with her long hair.
"Hey there Ino...no training with Asuma sensei today?" Shikamaru asked weakly trying to divert his teammates attention from the girl standing next to him.
"Don t give me that Shikamaru!, who is she?!, is she your girlfriend?!, how the hell can you find time to have a girlfriend when you should be training and checking how everyone is doing in the hospital!?" Her questions bombarded her chunnin teammate without end leaving him just to hold his forehead to lessen the verbal abuse his ears were taking.
"I'm not his girlfriend you damned bimbo!" Roared the ex Sound nin much to both their surprise.
"Well then who the heck are you? And who are you to call me a bimbo?!" Ino roared while pointing a finger at the unamused red head who to her own respect was containing the urge to pummel the broad to the ground.
"Ino its a long complicated story okay and I didn't want to involve any of yous in this troublesome affair if it could be helped but the thing is this...girl.. (hesitating at the thought of adding an unnecessary insult) Shikamaru began explaining rather irritated and regrettably.
"I am a friend of his family and they are gonna be taking care of me since my family are all dead." Tayuya finished his explanation before he could expose her unnecessarily.
Both team mates remained silent after the explanation as they looked at the red head with gazing eyes as they both studied her face to see if what she said was true. In Shikamaru's case technically what she said wasn't a lie at all since the girls family were dead to the best of his knowledge and his family was taking care of her regardless of her prisoner standing. In Ino's case the girl had no apparent outlook that she was lying since the red head had a somber look as if looking back at her lose.
"I'm really sorry to hear that, I didn't know the Nara's were looking after you, this blockhead doesn't tell me anything!" Adding a quick elbow to Shika's ribs.
The young genius only rubbed his ribs as he gave his team mate an irritated glare then looked back to Tayuya and gave a slight nod at her resourcefulness to which if she had noticed didn't give a reply since she was still deep in thought.
"Well Shikamaru arnt you going to introduce us already?!" The blond demanded seeing as how she didn't want to press the question to the girl since she felt slightly sorry for yelling and accusing her of things when she had no right to.
"Yeah yeah...Ino this is Tayuya a...friend of my family's and Tayuya...this is Ino a member of the same squad I am in." The awkwardness enveloped his speech so much that both girls stared at him momentarily but both dismissed it as him being too lazy to bother to form sentences right.
"I don't remember you from that retrieval squad." Tayuya added bluntly since she knew there wasn't a blond bimbo skipping through the woods in his all boy brigade.
"Retrieval squad?...OHH you mean the one sent out to take back my Sasuke-kun from those filthy Sound bastards that Shikamaru lead? And hey why didn't you ask me your squad leader to join to come take Sasuke-kun back as well HUH Shikamaru?!" Raising her voice as much as she possibly could.
It was lucky that Ino had turned around to stare at her teammate with her bombardment of questions because if Ino could see that glare of killer intent that the young Nara was looking at past Ino's head coming from Tayuya that moment there would have been spilled blood.
"Ehh Ino the Hokage has all been over that Sasuke left on his own free will to join Sound, he wasn't captured like we thought." Shikamaru's explanation was directed towards Tayuya more at his comrade to cool the red heads temper. To his surprise the ex-Sound Kunochi merely turned her head away and spat at the ground deciding not to antagonist a confrontation with his teammate after being called a 'Filthy Sound bastard'.
"I know she said that and I heard Sakura and Naruto tell me and you told me too but I cant believe that my Sasuke-kun would up and leave us like this to join our enemy." Ino's tone was genuinely confused and saddened which made both her and Shikamaru lower their heads since neither one knew what to say or more accurately Shikamaru knew the truth would be to much for her to accept.
"Pathetic." Tayuya hissed in a low tone to her self as she watched them.
"So Ino what are you here?, you said you were looking for me earlier didn't you?" Shikamaru forced himself to get to the point of her visit so he and his house 'guest' could leave before further incident.
"Ohh right well I came to look for you to ask if you wanted to come with me to see Chouji and the rest of them in the hospital and since your guest Tayuya is here I guess its okay if she comes along too if she wants." Saying that last bit roughly since she still didn't like the idea of any girl being around Shikamaru...not that she liked him or anything herself.
Both Shikamaru and Tayuya stared blankly at each other already knowing that her in a hospital filled with injured nins(many of which were put there via Sound related incidents) was NOT a good idea.
"Sorry Ino but I cant make it just now, my bossy mom has been nagging me to show this err Tayuya around so she will better know the town so I don't have to drag her all over the place every time." Needless to say Shikamaru's explanation sounded much more of an irritating annoyance then a cleaver lie.
"Well...if thats the case I will show you around Konoha myself as we save time and go to the hospital!" Both Shikamaru and Tayuya stared at her blatant cheery face as she finished with a smile.
"Damn it Ino stop persisting and take a hint already." The young Nara practically groaned in his head as he rubbed his forehead to her offer.
"Sure thing but mind if we go cloths shopping first?, this prick would rather have me wear his cloths then take me to get my own." Tayuya lied half heartedly as she worked this annoying blond bimbo's presence to her own advantage.
"Huh? Wait your not serious are you?" Shikamaru tried to interject as he was unable to see what possible positive outcome there was to her going with them to meet members of his squad that her squad injured...it confounded his mind to know end.
"No problem Tayuya we can pick out some new cloths for you and I hear you on Shikamaru here being a lousy choice to go cloths shopping with I mean can you believe we went bikini shopping once and he didn't even compliment ME on my stunning heavenly figure?! I swear Shikamaru your as dense as that Naruto but at least he has an excuse since he is all ways ga-ga over that billboard brow since birth and cant even notice my beauty!"
...Her rant went on for minutes with out end in sight which was lucky for Ino since she was so caught up in herself she didn't notice the rolling eyes of both her irritated comrade and the annoyed red head who possibly were both thinking the same thing.
"Enough all ready Ino..."
"Shut the fuck up bitch!"
"And you simply must see my family's flower shop which is the gorgeous in town just like myself!" Ino finally finished to check both thoughts about her tour only to see Shikamaru had drowned her out and the new girl had an irritated scowl which quickly was replaced as the two girls made eye contact with a cheery smile that kinda gave her the creeps.
"Sounds like a plan." Tayuya nodded while forcing that same smile then quickly dropped it like a horrid mask she wished to throw away the second the blond haired girl looked away to Shikamaru.
"Hear that lazy pants were going shopping!" Pointing a well manicured finger point blank in his face to press the point.
"Tch fine Ino you win, were going shopping." Looking to Tayuya with a scowl as to what her plan was.
"Then were all agreed!, so what kind of cloths would you like to look for first because I know this great shop down by the market district that has the most magnificent assortment of womens ware in the whole town as you can plainly tell by looking at my clothing which I purchased there and not for a little penny I might add."
"So you payed a lot to look so ridiculous?, you stupid bitch." Tayuya commented just low enough so that only Shikamaru who was standing directly beside her could hear which made him choke on his very breath at the comment.
"There some thing wrong Shikamaru huh?! You think I DONT look good?! Is that what your trying to say?!" Ino had stomped her way to his face and stared him down for insulting her and trying to look cool in front of a girl.
"No thats not it...I just got dust caught in my throat thats all." He had to stop the urge to point out the Sound girls obvious insult to get him self out of trouble but decided not to as involving her would only make things far worst then his mind could calculate.
"It had better be!, so Tayuya where did you want to shop again?" Turning over to the red head and beaming that wide sincere smile again.
"A hat shop." She said bluntly.
Both Konoha nins just stared at her in silence for a moment at her odd choice.
"...If you say so, though we really should do something about those horrid jeans your wearing after." Ino had turned and started walking out of earshot to the closest hat shop and had missed the not so silent "Bitch!" comment that force its way out of the Sound girls lips.
Else where in the Konoha academy lunch time had arrived and the classes were momentarily dismissed.
Four mini genin wannabes crowded them selfs in the same tree that had a swing connected to a branch as they over looked their targets with mischievous intent.
"On the count of five men we let out our stink bomb shrurikens and make them smell worst then the Inuzuka clan on a rainy day!" Their leader boasted villainously.
"But Monzo what if we get caught, who knows what Iruka will do to us!" One of the small boys nestled close to his leader spoke carefully so no others could hear him.
"Quit being a wuss Ibasi that Iruka wont know it was us if we use our stealth and even if we do get caught he will have to admit we were skilled enough to pull off such a cool attack strategy." Their leader Monzo spoke aloud quelling their now growing fears of failure and punishment.
"Nahhh you plans pretty dumb if you ask me." A disembodied voice spoke clearly to the group.
All four boys swung their heads wildly around in search of their eavesdropper but didn't have long to wait as a head swung its way down to show their gray spiky haired nemesis dangling upside down from a tree branch directly above them.
"W-w-w-what the hell are you doing h-here,Your d-down there with the other freak!" Monzo stammered while his three brave men had trails of snot running out of their noes at being found out by the enemy.
Kuroshi looked down at himself standing next to his brother as they both munched on food provided by the academy staff prior to their dismissal.
"Haven't you ever heard of shadow clones before?, honestly don't they teach you anything?!" He suddenly roared further scaring the children while gathering the attentions of the nearby students to the rustling tree.
"Apparently not it seems." A voice behind them spoke with displeased anger.
"I-iruka sensei!" All four boys stuttered in surprised to see their teacher sitting cross legged behind them.
"You four trouble makers are in deep trouble this time because I caught you in the act of clear assault thanks to those two students informing me of you childish plans." Iruka shook his head controlling his anger then looked too the four children who had twin trails of tears and mucus running down their faces.
"Get out of here and don't let me catch any of you attempting such deeds again or I will personally have you expelled from the academy and none of you will ever have the privilege of becoming shinobi's of the Leaf!" And with his decree all four boys ran from the tree ignoring the stares and taunts their fellow classmates were giving them as they ran to find a place to cry.
Once the ruckus died down Iruka looked to the gray haired pupil and grinned before using his hands to make the hand signs to break his henge revealing another Kuroshi who only joined in on the laughter of the supposed original.
Else where seven miles outside of Iwa's territory the remnants of a small battle of bandits were running away from a failed raid.
"Geez Naruto this is the kind of stuff I was telling you about!" Jiraiya shouted to his pupil only to see him lightly kick one of the bandits as he tried to grip the young ninja in a failed attempt.
"Well these guys are nothing compared to the great Uzumaki Naruto and the perverted toad sage hermit of the mountains!" Naruto boasted to himself as he remembered the bandits freighted expressions as his teachers identity was revealed to said bandits causing mass fear at the mere mention of his name.
"Yeah well Naruto there are far worst nin out here then these petty ignorant fools and from the looks of it theres still one brave one left to deal with coming this way." Remarked the hermit as he readied himself for the fast moving person who was at break neck speed running towards their position.
"Hey wait is that...yeah it is!, hey ero sensei I know that guy he is a friend of mine!" Naruto practically jumped to meet the very person he helped before Sasuke's defection into Sound.
"Idate hey Idate over here!" Shouting and jumping around as if he was crowded in the middle of a busy city when it was just one brightly orange kid and easy to spot old man standing among seven fallen bandits in the middle of nowhere.
"Yeah yeah I hear ya Naruto." Stopping his mad dash running just enough to skid by the sensei and student covering them in his dust.
"Yeah...this kids defiantly one of your friends Naruto." Said the Sannin as he waved the dust out of his face and hair.
"I knew when I found you that you would have gotten your self into some kind of trouble but don't you think this is a bit much?" Throwing a thumb back to the beaten and battered men that groaned and relished in their pain.
"Hey its not so bad Idate." Naruto sheepishly grinned while scratching the back of his head. "So what are you doing all the way out here Idate?, on another mission?" The young jinjurican continued since it was strange to see his so far from his new home.
"Actually yeah and my mission is you(pointing blankly to Naruto's surprised face) and you." Re pointing to the toad sage who only raised an eyebrow.
"I can understand coming to see Naruto here being the knucklehead he is but why are you here to see me?" Questioned the toad sage a little suspicious of the circumstances.
"This note I was given by your Hokage will explain everything I suppose." Idate quickly took a light brown envelope out from his belt pocket and handed it over to the sannin who carefully examined it before opening it.
The young blonds enthusiasm had gotten the better of him as he jumped around his teacher asking the same questions over and over again.
"Whats it say ero sensei?!, is it about me?!, another mission?!, did they find Sasuke?!" Each sounding more annoying to the toad sages ears then the last.
"Naruto!" Jiraiya shouted quieting his pupil for a moment. "Apparently were gonna have to put your training on hold for awhile.
"What?!, why in the hell do we have to do that...what did that old hag of a wannabe Hokage say!" He roared not even noticing Idate shaking his head in disappointment of his savior.
"Well if I am reading this right that 'old hag' Tsunade wants us to return to the village for two separate missions because apparently that girlfriend of yours was far more cooperative then she could have imagined." After his explanation Jiraiya looked to Naruto who had a dense confused look on his face.
"...Sa...ku...ra...?" The young blond spoke carefully not sure if thats who he meant but clearly wasn't after seeing his master deadpanned expression at the statement.
"That Sound girl Naruto the Sound girl that you bugged me about for like two hours about when we first started on our trip!" Jiraiya was trying as best he could to contain his anger giving his students natural density.
"She is NOT my girlfriend ero sensei!, thats just gross and wrong!" Uzumaki protested wildly shaking his head at the mere thought.
"Regardless we are being recalled so that I can use my immense knowledge of Seals to try and block Orochimaru's influence over her Curse mark." Raising one finger to his face as if deducting a big mystery.
"Whoa wait she has a curse mark like Sasuke does?!" Honestly astonished by the revelation.
"Don't you know anything Naruto?! All five of those guys you fought in that mission all had curse marks like Sasukes so having this chance to examine one of them on a hot live body is going to be great for our research!" Jiraiyas cheeks turning a light shade of pink as he grinned.
"What do you mean hot body and what the hell do you mean 'our' research?!" Naruto protested pointing an insinuating finger at his teacher.
"Hot body as in hers and 'our research' as in both study of the curse marks employed by Orochimaru and my own research of that hot body of hers!" Again grinning shamelessly at the thought.
"Who said she was hot?! Because I sure as hell didn't!"
"Well Naruto you did say she was a redhead with long hair, a mean streak and a dirty mouth and in my book thats H-O-T." To further elaborate the Sannin jumped back and forth stretching out his left palm showing five fingers as he danced side to side on said one foot.
"Hopeless old pervert." Thought Uzumake as he watched his so called teachers display.
"I never knew our great Sannin's were such great buffoons, he even makes Naruto look normal in comparison." Idate thought as he shook his head at the free circus show he got a front row seat too.
Back in the market district of Konoha after two hours of pain staking shopping...on Shikamaru's part, Tayuya had finished up her little shopping spree at Nara's exspence both physically and financially. Among the cloths she had purchased were short bycical shorts almost exactly like the ones she owned as a ninja of Sound, a slightly baggy tan shirt with no form of representation on it in any form, two new pairs of tan sandals which Shikamaru only groaned in the shop about aloud how women needed an extra shoe even though the first exact one is fine, two neko like hats which add a few oddly placed rope coming out of them would have been identical to the hat she wore during her fight with Shikamaru and that was a fact he didn't over look.
"Is she planning on dressing like she did in Sound to get ready and try to escape?" The young genius thought to himself as he eyed her from behind both his house guest from hell and team leader who wasn't to far off from that, packages of clothing.
"Thats everything you wanted right?" Ino forced herself to ask.
"Huh? Yeah I guess so..." Tayuya trailed off into thought. For some reason todays affairs were really unsettling and no matter how much she tried she couldn't pin point the cause.
"You okay Tayuya you look really spaced out?" Ino asked a little more sincerely since the only time she ever saw someone look that much in thought is usually when Sakura is distraught about something concerning Sasuke.
"Yeah I said I'm fine okay shit!" She had snapped suddenly quieting the blond girl in shock as well as grabbing Shikamaru's attention.
"...I'm sorry...I didn't mean it." The red heads voice was soft and halted Ino from becoming her usual self and getting into a cat fight with the stranger.
"Uhhh okay its okay I guess, you must have been through a lot since your family died I guess." Ino tried to reason with the new comers situation as best she could to avoid saying the wrong things.
"...You have no idea." Was the read heads only cryptic reply.
"I really hate how this troublesome woman can lie like that. Us guys are so much simpler' we just flat out lie but she twists her lies so much around the truth its scary." The young genius thought to himself as he carefully verified her words.
Once the group became silent again they made their way to the Konoha Hospital which was only a ten minute walk from the market district. Once inside Ino had greeted the nurse sitting at the front desk who already expected both her and her teammate to come today since both of them made it a habit to visit everyone who had been hospitalized. Once the three were allowed to visit they made their way to the floor Shikamaru had stopped causing Tayuya and Ino to stop behind him. It wasn't his style to lead a group but for this excursion to go off with out incident he needed to be at point to halt them.
"Chouji's room is just up ahead Tayuya so wait here while me and Ino check on him...i am trusting you remember." His eyes were oddly serious in Ino's view which made her protest.
"What gives Shikamaru why cant she check on Chouji with us?" Slowly her suspicion grew back at how they had been acting since she had run into them.
"Our family's are not on good terms so if he saw me it might agitate him in his critical stat." The Sound nin quickly responded having already expecting this out come.
"Ohhh...okay then I guess, family feuds suck like that. I swear cant our parents see how it messes up their children's lives?" Ino signed at such horrible conditions placed on the younger generations.
"AIII W-what are you doing here!" A startled voice called from the bottom of the stairs.
"Shizune-sama!" Nara shouted back in a startled voice.
"Nara ass and his Teammate Ino came here to see their friend in the hospital, I need to talk to you a moment if thats okay?" Tayuya quickly cut in as formally as she could to save her cover once more.
Dragging The Hokage's assistant away the young kunoichi quickly pacified her by explaining that Ino didn't know who she was in a low turn so Shizune wouldn't blab it with out realizing it. Once Shikamaru and Ino were alone atop the staircase the questions came.
"Whats going on Shikamaru!? Something is defiantly fishy here!" The blond shook her teammate violently by his collar now that they were alone.
"Geez Ino why do you have to be so troublesome, nothing is wrong." Responding in a dull lie.
"Then what was that just now!?" Taking her right hand off his collar to point down the staircase where the two went off too.
"She is probably asking Shizune about her living arrangements...or something. I doubt that troublesome woman likes the idea of having to live next to me." Letting a few groans to his half lie.
"Good point Shikamaru!. No sane woman in their right minds could stand your lazy, good for nothing attitude all day never mind everyday!" Ino ended with laughing in his face at the thought.
"Well its a good thing that troublesome woman is already insane then." Groaning deeply mentally.
Meanwhile down the stairs before the bickering teammates.
"Aii w-w-why are you here of all places Tayuya-chan?! Exclaimed Shizune as low as she could to the annoyed redhead.
"Geez are you all ways so dense? I said I got dragged here by his bimbo ass teammate so lay off. Besides she is too stupid to realize I am a former Sound ninja."
"Yes not to mention one of the ones who convinced Sasuke to leave and lead him out of the village, I do not think she could forgive you for that." Shizune added with no hostility.
"I didn't tell that bastard anything that wasn't true! Like I said I personally told him the drawbacks and things he would endure and suffer as Orochimaru's slave." Snapping back with full bile at the poor assistant.
"I believe you Tayuya I really do but its not easy for others to accept that."
"I already know that. Isn't that why your shitty Hokage issued orders to kill for the joint mission?" Tayuya gave a cold glare to Shizune who froze up at the mention of the mission.
"You...you know about that all ready?!"
"Of course I do! That Rat Nara is a weak pathetic bastard who cant keep secrets to literally save his miserable life. To think he thought confiding that information to me would make me cooperate!" Flipping the red bangs out of her eyes as she huffed in anger.
"Well Shikamaru is a little wet behind the ears mission wise but he is an effective leader who values his team above all else so its possible since your going to be part of his team for that mission that he was only looking out for you." Shizune's words froze the young kunoichi in her tracts.
"T-that bastard should watch his own back! I am twice the capable ninja he could ever be!" Yelled the Sound kunoichi with a slight blush on her face at the thought of being protected. Or possibly for the fact of being valued was causing her to blush though she would never consider such a thing. Shizune on the other hand did and put a hand on the young girls shoulder immediately snapping her out of her thoughts.
"It's okay to have people look out for you Tayuya. It doesn't mean they think your weak, it means they care enough about you to consider you before themselves. Despite your battle I can say Shikamaru doesn't hold a personal grudge against you." Shizune with her warm smile and confidant attitude had managed to silence Tayuya's rage to internal thinking.
"Come on lets wait out side their room, that way you don't have to be worried about being found out and I can say I kept an eye on you if Lady Tsunade tries to bite my head off for neglect."
"Yeah." Was the young kunoichi's simple reply as she followed the 'bleeding heart' up the stairs and plopped her self outside Chouji's doorway and waited along side the oddly cheerful assistant. Both kunoichi sat side by side silently in the empty hallway and if any passerby were to see them they would surly think it was a strange sight to be seen as the older woman hummed a melody to her self as she slowly bobbed her head back and forth while the young red haired kunoichi listened to her and reluctantly began to hum the same melody to herself only to gain a giggle from the dark haired kunoichi before turning and smiling openly causing Tayuya to scowl but continue humming the tune perfectly to match Shizune's. However their bonding was cut short as Tayuya's ears perked to listen to the laughter emanating behind her causing her humming to stop as she picked out their voices. It was fairly easy to pick out who was talking, the loud blond Ino was poking fun at Shikamaru's friend and ally from the mission and to her surprise Shikamaru was laughing in his allies defense making the blond angry. Tayuya rested the back of her head against the door and listened to their simple, stupid, useless and trivial conversation...with envy. In Sound her team never had casual conversations outside missions, and when they did it was nothing good just the bored perverted remarks worth absolutely nothing to her. Kidomaru always talked about everything like a video game and removed himself from reality as much as he could to get more amusement out of things where as Jirobu made it his life's mission to tell her what kind of woman she is suppose to be and to point out all her 'flaws' and if she wasn't sure he was such a sexist fatass bastard she could have sworn he had a crush on her which sickened her even more. Sakon was the most conversational yet he was a jerk and an asshole to the core who spent far too much time insulting her in his boredom which such dribble as calling her a man born in the wrong body or expecting her to shower in the males section during times when it was required for the great Sound Four to get ready for a mission. But of them all Kimimaru worried her the most with his intense focus and devotion to Orochimaru and after the Fours battle against him when he was made leader of them thus forming the Sound Five she often had nightmares of him killing her as a sort of zealot cleansing. It was bad enough every time they met he threatened to kill her, to impale her like a stick through a can that desecrates the beauty of a road, Orochimaru's road and she was sure if she had killed off the Nara brat and met up with Kimimaru he would gut her before his 'perfect' body shitted on him and he left the world as a final act to rid Orochimaru of her filth.
These people were her teammates, these people were her comrades and these people were dead leaving her alone again and if there was something Tayuya had learned in her life was it was better to be surrounded by absolute crazy ass holes then to be utterly alone in the world and by listening to Shikamaru and his teams happy tones behind the door made her feel worst about her current predicament. She was alone in an enemy village, captured and from what it appeared befriended by a few of them though deceitful eyes were hard to tell any more after she had dealt with Orochimaru and his 'virtuous' eye. She didn't trust the Hokage and had no reason too, She couldn't say she trusted the woman sitting next to her since she was both the eyes, ears and mouth of the Hokage herself. And the Nara prick...she had no idea where they stood since they were still mortal enemy's as far as she was concerned yet he made no attempts to prove himself anything more then her former adversary but he did give her chances, brief moments of trust. They were living together under the same roof after all, his roof and he made no attempts in trying to act like he had no problem with this, he did however give her one clue to go on that eased her mind, If she hurt his family or friends he would kill her and that made her feel more comfortable about the situation because she knew she could hold him to that. As for her former body guards they were now dead to her after them being exposed for what they really were by the Hokage and even though she was in their debt for saving her life twice it now became a debt she would shove down their worthless throats first chance she got.
"Tayuya-chan is everything okay?" Shizune asked as she had watched the redhead stare out into nothingness for the past few minutes with out so much as blinking.
"Y-yeah I am fine already!...B-but don't you think this is weird though?" Tayuya's voiced hushed down to a whisper.
"What is?" The Hokage's assistant inquired honestly.
"Me...being here in this village...alive and not being tortured in prison like a fucking animal. From the very beginning I thought this whole thing was some sort of a trick to break me and maybe it still is...but are you all really so cruel as to put your prisoners though such shit just to kick them in the face?" Her voice holding less hostility then she had originally intended.
"Well you are right to think that. We don't normally treat prisoners like your being treated and in fact your the first to be treated like this as far as I know and Lady Tsunade at first intended to treat you no differently then any other criminal or enemy but you became a unique case."
"A unique case?" Tayuya inquired raising a dark brow
"Well...for one thing even though you and Naruto and Shikamaru you haven't tried to kill them Tayuya winced and you get along with Shikamaru well enough you communicate regularly with him. From what I see it would be better to try and salvage you from Orochimaru's grasp then treat you like just another one of his pawns. I am happy there is a person under there you know." Shizune smiled wide to Tayuya's shocked expression.
"What the hells that suppose to mean huh?! You trying to say I don't have a personality bitch?!" Letting her insult slip in the quick heat of rage she immediately tried to control herself through sheer force of will, after all this person was one of the only ones who had thought of her as a real person in years.
"I-im sorry that I offended you I didn't mean it!" Shizune wildly waved her hands in a dismissive manner before composing her self to explain her self. "I only meant that mostly all of Orochimaru's followers are completely devoted to him so much so their lose their individuality, I do not mean challenge your devotion to him and say your a traitor Tayuya-chan I only meant that theres still enough of a normal human being inside you and not a ruthless tool for you to be saved from his brainwashing." To Shizunes surprise Tayuya had calmed down to her words and looked taken back a little.
"If thats the case then I truly failed my master. He doesn't need pathetic human beings, he requires ruthless blood thirsty weapons to be used as he See's fit. I was one of his best weapons but look at me, I am a useless bitch in his eyes and a traitorous one at that. Now more then ever I deserve to die." Tayuya hung her head down a little covering her face with her long hair obstructing her features from the concerned medic nin.
"You know Tayuya-chan we want the part of you that is human and not the part of you that was a weapon forged from that...bastards twisted desires so it is okay here in this village for you to be that."
"You just said bastard." Was all Tayuya responded with a straight face.
"AIII I am so sorry I didn't mean to swear I promise! Aii Lady Tsunade is going to kill me if she heard I used such language!" Shizune quickly panicked at her own foul language.
"What are you getting so worked up about? I honestly didn't think a goody-goody like you had it in her. Theres hope for you yet." Still remaining her straight face at Shizunes blank expression before cracking up and laughing in her face.
As confused as Shizune was it was good to see the redhead laugh, even if it was done at her own exspence. While not completely understanding what just happened she decided to laugh atlittle herself and rest herself against the wall with Tayuya who had quickly calmed down as quickly as she had started.
But what no one had counted on was Kiba Inuzuka bursting out of his room down the hall shooting a death glare at the red haired kunoichi who had jumped to her feet at the disturbance.
"You got some nerve showing your damn face here you rotten Sound bastard!" Readying a kunai in hand he dropped to the floor on all fours and dashed in her direction completely intent on eliminating the enemy.
"This time your dead!"
"Beginning of chap 11 lines
Kiba roared as he quickly closed the distance between him and the Sound kunoichi while she readied her self for the attack completely oblivious to Shizune who in a first and last ditch effort pulled the young girl out of the way of the attack as she saw Tsunade run out into the hallway to restrain her once calm patient.
A loud crash filled the hall way followed immediately by silence and the dripping of fresh blood.
The two kunochi lay on the ground with a small pool of blood forming in front of them while Kiba was wide eyed as he was pulled back by the Hokage and restrained against the hallway passage.
"W-why did you get in the way you damn idiot?!" Tayuya's frantic voice cracked as Shizune's blood ran down her own arm.
"D-didn't I just give you a speech about looking out for and protecting people you care about over your s-self?" Smiling weakly as she tried to move off the girl under her.