Six Arms To Hold You
Darkkinkachu: What are theses things in my inbox? –pokes reviews curiously- lookit! I'm updating again! Wanna know why? Its…MY BIRTHDAY! Yay! Actually I'm a bit depressed about it -.-' hey, want to know something cool? Today is also Zaku's birthday! Isn't that awesome? Me and Zaku share our birthday XD That's why this chapter is dedicated to him! I was also very tempted to do a little OroTsu side story but…I deviated from the story too much in the last chapter and I might in this one too…oh bother….
WARNING! This chapter will contain some….bad stuff…yeah that's it. But there shall be FLUFF at the end! So….um…
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Chapter Four
Come Into My Parlor…
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The first few days had been awkward, to say the least. Sakura discovered Kimimaru was prone to random glompings and hair stroking (a habit he picked up from being caged as a child, she later found out), the redhead, Tayuya, had the temper of a wounded hippo and a mouth that could make your ears bleed, Dosu was a dynamic pervert, Kin actually wasn't that bad, and Kidomaru was a very nice guy who was good at Shogi.
She actively avoided several people, including Orochimaru, Kabuto, Zaku and, had he been there, Sasuke. Kin had let it slip that the Uchila(AN: yeah…I'm not looking up the spelling on that) was on a long term mission somewhere in Rain. She tried to avoid Dosu but he always found her.
Within a week Sakura realized something very interesting. They were like a family. A very dysfunctional, messed up family where they sometimes tried to kill eachother but a family nonetheless. Kabuto was like the oldest brother, threatening them with, 'I'll tell Orochimaur-sama' where ever they got out of hand. It was really rather funny.
Of course there was still the tiny bitty problem of her being a prisoner. Maybe if the circumstances had been different she could have called these people friends. It really was a shame…
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Naruto glared down at his raman as if it had the answers and wasn't telling him, "Stupid snake bastared…a whole week and not even a trace of Sakura-chan is…" the whole town had been affected by the loss of their best pink haired medic but no matter how hard they looked, how many ANBU teams they sent out, there was still no sign of her, "Sakura-chan…" The normaly loud blond whispered, "Where are you?"
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At that very moment Sakura was sitting in her room, playing a game of Shogi with Kidomaru, and loosing rather badly, "How did you get so good at this?"
The six armed teen smirked, "I cant tell you…it's a secrect."
"I bet you're cheating." She pouted. He just laughed and leaned back in his chair, stretching his many arms, "So…when are you going to let me go?" she asked, moving a piece.
Kidomaru crossed his middle arms and rubbed his chin thoughtfully with his highest right hand, "That's not really for me to decide. Its not my place…check."
Green eyes glared down at the board, "Well could you please ask Orochimaru?"
"You really want to leave that badly?" He was grinning at her, joking, but Sakura could have sworn she saw hurt flash through his eyes.
"Its not that I don't like you guys…" She said slowly, examining the board, "I'm starting to really like Kin. And Kimimaru is pretty nice once you get over the random hugs and stuff. Dosu's pretty funny when he's not trying to steal my underwear…"
"And what about me?" He asked, resetting the board with his lowest arms while his middle pair was crossed over his chest, "How do you feel about me?"
Sakura fought back a blush. I think you're really cute and nice and strong and perfect boyfriend material. I think you're hiding a lot of pain and secrects and I want to help you with them. I think you're better than this…but all she said was, "You're good at Shogi."
BAKA! Inner Sakura scream, banging her head against a metal wall.
"Ah…" he said, amused and slightly disappointed, "Well…I know the others are growing fond of you as well."
"Really?" She asked, looking up into his face. She had made a coment about how unhealthy he looked a few days ago, but he had just laughed and told her it was none of her business. He was starting to look worse, "The other are starting to like me…do you?"
He looked away instantly, arms curling protectively around his waist, "I…You're good at Shogi…" His eyes flicked back at her, and she could tell he was laughing at her.
"Why do you have to be like that?" She shouted then slapped her hands over her mouth. She hadn't meant to say that…
"Like what, Kunoichi?" He said and she flinched. He only used that name when he didn't really want to talk about it.
Sakura bit her bottom lip, "Like your hiding…I want to…I…"
He was glaring at her like he had that first day, "I already told you…don't try and pry into my life. You would never understand."
Before she could tell him off for thinking that, there was a knock at the door. Kidomaru reached over, opening it and never taking his eyes off her, "What is Kabuto?"
"Orochimaru-sama has a job for Sakura." The older boy said calmly, pushing his glasses back, "He says he'll let her go sooner if you do a good job."
Sakuras eyes darted to the multi armed male, but he was sitting there with an impassive face plastered on. She frowned, fine…be that way… "Alright…what's the job?"
"Come with me." The other medic nin said turning around and walking down the hall.
"I'll see you later, Kidomaru-san." She said coldly, adding the suffix just to bother him. It didn't work. He just nodded and started to put the game away. Sakura stomped after the blue-gray haired man, glaring.
"Do you have something against my shoulder blades, Sakura-chan?" Kabuto asked, grinning over his shoulder at her.
She blinked, looking up. She hadn't really been paying attention to what was going on. She had just been thinking what a jerk Kidomaru was, "What?"
He chuckled, "Mind elsewhere, Sakura?"
The way he said it made her want to hit him, but she simply ignored his comment, "So just what is this mission? I won't heal his arms if that's it."
Kabuto took off his glasses to rub his eyes, "No, that's my job. You see, I spend all my time working on fixing the masters arms so I don't have time to help any one else."
"So you expect me to help some wounded Sound nin?"
"If you want out…" He put his spectacles back on and smirked at her, "You do want to go home, don't you? Not getting comfy here, are you?"
She just glared at him. He laughed and opened a door, leading her into a dime medical room, "Oddly enough you will be healing arms," Kabuto said, "Just not Orochimarus."
Sakura stared in slight horror at the sight before her. A shirtless Zaku was leering at her like a wolf that had found a lost lamb in the woods, "Hello there docter…"
Kabuto adjusted his glasses again, "This is how it works. I'm going to take off the Charka blocking ringlet so you can heal him." Escape plans began to bubble up in her mind, "And I'm putting this different one on you. If you leave this room before I take it off, you'll be electrocuted to death." And all the plans went down the drain. Bye bye plans… he switched the bracelets at breakneck sped and she glared at him. He just smiled back, "Have fun!" he said cheerily then walked out, shutting the door behind him.
"You've been avoiding me." Zaku stated with mock hurt, "Now why would you do that? Don't you like me any more?"
"I never liked you." She said curtly, picking out the various medical instruments she needed.
"Aw…that hurts, Sakura. What did I ever do to you?" He jeered, watching her take his pulse.
"You punched me in the head a couple dozen times for one thing…" Sakura grumbled, "Hold out your arm."
He did as he was told, bringing out his left arm shakily(AN: I'm going by the Anime not the Manga. He still has both his arms), "So? You were biting me…not that I mind biting…" he said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Sakura gave him a disgusted look, "Just lie down and let me check your arms." He obeyed and she pumped Charka into her hands, sighing happily at the firmilar warm tingling it brought, "I thought those medic nin in the Pelimiaries healed you."
"They didn't do a very good job." She heard him say as the edges of her vision faded. Her eyes became unseeing as she probed into his system with her Charka. She frowned slightly. They really didn't do a very good job…slowly she began pulling muscles back into place and re-growing dead cells.
It took her about twenty minuets on each arm, piecing back together nerves and tendions that had been out of place for years. It was also difficult to avoid the various bits of metal that had exploded in his arms. Had it been any one else she would have suggested a surgery to remove them but she already felt she was betraying her village by helping him.
"Ok…I'm done…"
"Could you please heal that cut on my stomach?"
Grumbling about what an inadequate medic Kabuto was, Sakura trailed her fingers down his chest seeking out said cut.
"It's a bit lower than that."
She felt around, eyes still clouded by Charka use.
"Lower…"
It wasn't until her hand touched the beginning of his pants that she realized where he was trying to get her to go. She looked down at him with a mixture of anger and annoyenece, "You're sick."
He switched the bands on her wrist while she wasn't look and sat up in one swift motion, "Am I?" he asked, face very close to hers, "Then you better heal me, doctor."
Green eyes widened slightly and she backed away, "I have to go."
"What's the rush? Stay and play a bit…" He said standing and taking a step forward, "I have a problem and I was hoping you could fix it."
"Get away from me…" Sakura had meant for that to be a strong demand but it came out more of a shaky plea, if only I had my Charka…I'd wipe that smug grin off his face…
But she didn't and all she could do was back up until she felt the cold wall against her back, "Just leave me alone, Zaku."
"But I wanted to thank you…" he was suddenly there, crushing her to the wall with his body, legs carefully pinning hers so she could kick him, "I wanted to thank you for healing my arms…" he whispered close to her ear, making her cringe.
When she brought her hands up to shove his away, he grabbed her wrists and placed her hands on his bare chest, "Don't you want me to thank you?" He asked, flicking his tongue lightly across her ear.
"S-stop it…" she whispered, struggling as he started placing kisses along her jaw line, "Please…"
"Do you wish I were some one else?" Zaku asked in an amused voice, laying the cold metal of his forehead protector against her own forehead.
Kidomaru…
Sakura blinked, taken aback by her own thoughts. Why, of all people, would she think of him? A sharp pain at the junction of her neck and should brought her out of her musings and she cried out. He had bit her! That bastared!
Zaku chuckled, now sucking gently at the red mark, "Sorry…that was just a little pay back."
Sakura squeezed her eyes shut as Zaku began nibbling her collar bone. He was grinding his hips against hers so she couldn't miss his intentions, "Just relax…this will be fun…"
And suddenly it was gone. A wave of cold washed over her body for a moment and she heard a crash on the other side of the room. Some one yanked her back and she felt what seemed to be three arms crushing her against some thing warm and solid, "What the hell do you think your doing!" an angry voice rang out above her.
Her emerald eyes shot open at that voice, "K…Kidomaru?"
Sure enough, there was the many armed boy, all three left arms wrapped around her protectively. Zaku was standing slowly from the other side of the room where the other Sound Nin had apparently thrown him.
"Orochimaru said not to hurt her." Kidomaru snareled, puling Sakura a little closer. She could smell his sweat and body wash along with some scent that was distinctly him.
"I wasn't gonna hurt her!" Zaku said, glaring at him, "I was just gonna…ruff her up a bit."
"I know what you were going to do…" the spider like ninja snapped, turning and dragging the quivering girl along with him, "Stay away from her."
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Thoughts were pounding through Kidomaru's head at a throbbing sped. Why did the thought of Zaku hurting Sakura cause him so much pain? He had opened the door to tell them dinner was in twenty miniuets but upon seeing the scean before him, Kidomaru saw red.
Its just because she's my friend…yeah, that's it. Just…friends… some how that thought didn't make him feel any better. He stopmed into her room and removed his arms, "Why cant you just-" any angry words had died in his throat as he saw her tiny frame wracking with silent sobs, "Er…S-Sakura?"
She just clung to his shirt, crying onto his chest, "Thank you…" she whispered, "I was so scaed…so…helpless…"
Kidomaru rubbed the back of his head with his top left hand while his middle right hand patted her back awkwardly, "um…its ok? You'll be fine…" he tried, unsure of how one comforted a crying girl, "I wont let him hurt you. I promise."
She looked up at him and Kidomaru felt his heart do a kind of flip-twitch, "Thank you…" she said one last time before letting him go.
"You're uh…welcome…" he tried not to think about how he missed the warmth of her body against his, "Now get some rest. I'll be back later with dinner." He was half way out the door when her voice called out to him.
"I think you're more than just a great Shogi player…Kidomaru-kun."
It was a good thing the wernt facing each other. Their blushes might have set some thing on fire.
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Darkkinkachu: Erg…this chappie sucked -.- and I meant to post it two days ago (The 14th) since that's my birthday but oh well…ha ha! Thanks Sailor Leo for calling my fic 'cracktastic' that's all I've ever wanted to hear! I might write you a KimiSaku for that yes, a compliment and request is pretty much all it takes to get me to write some thing for you…
Zaku: -burst into the room with a baseball bat filled with nails- YOU!
Darkkinkachu: me?
Zaku: YOU MADE ME A FREAKIN RAPEST! WHAT KIND OF BIRTHDAY PRESENT IS THAT!
Darkkinkachu: he he… -backs away nervously- well this is a KidoSaku…I needed him to save her from something awful…
Zaku: grrr…
Darkkinkachu: not that your awful! Eep…my next project will be a ZakuSaku! I swear!
Zaku: -lowers bat- really?
Darkkinkachu: I promise!...right after I try my hand at SakonSaku and then a KimiSaku…and maybe TobiSaku…
Zaku: -beats Darkkinkachu to a bloody pulpy mess-