Kabuto had long since left Orochimaru and was presently running his own special KIY (Kill It Yourself) store. Many ninja's came in every now and then to purchase, kunais, shuriken and other deadly ninja weapons.
One of those glorious little days, Kabuto was sitting behind his wooden counter, reading 'Ninja World Gossip' magazine, when some of his usual customers popped in.
"Ohayo Kakashi-sama, Iruka-sama" Kabuto chimed as the two ninja's entered the store. Kabuto added 'sama' to everyone's name, must be a side effect from being with Orochimaru so long.
"Ohayo!" The two ninja replied, excitedly rushing through the little aisles of shelves. Iruka looked the most excited, he browsed the whip section for quite a while before saying to Kakashi, "Oh! This one looks good!"
Kakashi and Iruka walked giddily over to the counter with a long back leather whip and Kabuto stared at them curiously.
"Planning something special?" Kabuto asked cheerily.
"Oh yes!" Iruka replied happily and then flashing a naughty look at Kakashi, he added, "Something very special!"
Kakashi's eye went into an upside-down 'U' shape and he giggled awkwardly.
"Ahh…would you be interested in these fluffy pink handcuffs and candy kunais too then?" Kabuto asked suggestively.
Iruka's eyes widened, "Oh hell yeah! That stuff looks like fun!"
Kakashi eyed the items warily and then shot a look at Kabuto as if to say, "Thanks a lot pal, now I'm in deep shit."
Kabuto laughed nervously and then watched as Kakashi and Iruka left. Iruka clutching the bag of new items eagerly, the way a child would hold new toys and Kakashi patting Iruka on the butt whispering, "Calm down…or you'll hurt yourself!"
The next customer's that Kabuto had was a very distressed looking Shikamaru. He came in and didn't waste any time in picking up a few sets of kunais.
"Pink kunais?" Kabuto asked the frowning Shikamaru.
Shikamaru scratched his head and muttered, "They're for Temari."
"Ah…I see" Kabuto said putting the bright pink objects into a bag for him.
"You know…women are so troublesome…" Shikamaru grumbled, "I told her pink stands out too much…and the enemy will easily be able to see the kunai and dodge it…"
Kabuto smiled and leaned on the counter, listening with great interest.
"She said that pink is 'pretty' and y'know 'cause these are scented kunais…strawberry scented or something…she say's after you've stabbed your enemy with them…they'll smell 'nice and sweet', even if they're rotting away…" Shikamaru ranted on.
"Hmm…" Kabuto nodded, pushing his glasses up a bit.
"Women!" Shikamaru sighed heavily whilst leaving through the shop door, "So damn troublesome and so damn illogical!"
Kabuto went back to his magazine again and started reading about a ninja's top five tips to kill an enemy. There were some pretty gory pictures along side it and he grinned at the sight of it, looking at such things reminded him of the days when he worked with Orochimaru.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!" Kabuto heard a cold voice mumble.
"Ohayo Sasuke-sama!" Kabuto said to the customer.
"I've got to get supplies…Got to kill brother…DIE! DIE! DIE!" Sasuke muttered to himself as he grabbed an armful of kunais and shuriken.
"Hmm…hasn't changed a bit…" Kabuto thought to himself as he turned his attention back to his magazine.
Sasuke could be heard mumbling, "DIE! DIE! DIE!" like some sort of cult chant, when suddenly he screamed, "ITACHI DIE!"
Kabuto looked up in time to see a purple lavender scented kunai whiz past and towards the door.
"Excuse me Sasuke-sama…" Kabuto said quietly, "No trying out the goods until they're paid for."
Itachi was standing in the doorway, having caught the purple kunai, he was now cheerily sniffing it, "Hmm…that's nice, I'll have to get some of these!"
Sasuke growled angrily and flung many other kunai at his older brother and Itachi in turn caught each one.
"Hmm…lemony…roses…strawberry, Oh I love strawberries!" Itachi said happily gathering all the flying kunais.
"NO TRYING OUT THE GOODS UNTIL THEY'RE PAID FOR!" Kabuto yelled from behind the counter, as Sasuke reloaded himself with and armful of other assorted smelling kunais.
"Grr…" Sasuke grumbled as he quickly ran over to the counter and emptied his wallet. Itachi however had made his way to the kunai shelves and was cooing in delight as he sniffed every different magical scent.
"Oh wow! Coconut, that's really nice!" Itachi said, waving a white kunai in the air.
"DIE! DIE! ITACHI DIE!" Sasuke screamed, with his just paid for, bag of kunais.
Itachi sighed and caught every kunai yet again, "Hmm…foolish little brother…you're giving me all these kunais! What luck! I won't have to buy anything myself!"
Sasuke panted as he'd thrown all his kunais, "DAMN YOU ITACHI!"
Sasuke glared, as Itachi just laughed with an armful of kunais and left the shop.
"Yep…hasn't changed a bit!" Kabuto muttered sadly, as an empty handed, penniless Sasuke left the shop muttering, "DIE! DIE! DIE!" chasing after his happy brother.
"Hmm…mission blunders…" Kabuto mumbled as he read about a ninja who accidentally got a kunai shoved up his ass in battle.
Kabuto was laughing quietly to himself, when Orochimaru entered.
"O-Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto said immediately, blinking furiously as if to check if he was seeing things.
"K-Kabuto-kun…" He mumbled sadly, making his way over to the counter.
"Orochimaru-sama…are you okay?" Kabuto asked, quickly going to his old masters side.
"Oh Kabuto-kun!" He wailed, leaning over the counter, his hair covering his face, " I missed you so much…I-I can't live without you! I cant eat…I can't sleep…I'm miserable!"
Kabuto touched Orochimaru gently on the shoulder, it sounded like he was crying.
"Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto asked worriedly, "I-I…Is there anything I can do for you?"
"C-Come back and work with me!" He said sorrowfully.
"You know I can't do that…I love this shop, this shop is my life now…" Kabuto replied sadly.
Straightening up and looking Kabuto in the eye Orochimaru mumbled, "Well…You could give me some free supplies instead and I'll feel a lot happier…"
Kabuto pushed his glasses back up his nose, "Free supplies? Of course…anything for you Orochimaru-sama!"
Orochimaru grinned, one of those huge freakish wide mouthed grins and grabbed as many items as he could. Kabuto put all the items into bags, two bags, three bags…ten bags.
"Oh yeah…and throw in some fluffy handcuffs!" Orochimaru said, now having completely recovered from his state of supposed depression.
Kabuto watched as Orochimaru left the shops with an armful of freebies and sighed. Kabuto turned back to his magazine again and grumbled, "That's the third time he's done that!"