Incurable
Chapter 2

Ever since the moment Sasuke strutted into the village, the daily going-ons became a living hell. Particularly for Kabuto. Yes there was still the daily jobs he had, had before Uchiha came along such as paperwork, lab duties, medical research and then more paperwork, making sure people were doing their own jobs, tending to Orochimaru, then of course his favorite part of the job even more paperwork. Now on top of that he had to cater to the little prince's whims which daily grew more and more ridiculous. From complaining about his room (that in reality was second best to orochimarus), to the constant demand that his clan symbol be placed on the back of anything he was to wear, to being the worlds pickiest eater and demanding that his food be completely remade should even the most pointless matter at hand was wrong with it. In short – Sasuke was being a royal pain in the ass.

Probably his biggest headache was the fact that no one else seemed to be on the receiving end of the never ceasing torment. As a matter of fact everyone else seemed to actually like Uchiha.

Even still despite everything Kabuto still forced himself to do as he was asked. The only reason behind it though was because to stay on Orochimaru's good side, was to get on Sasuke's by being sure he had every reason to let Orochimaru use him as a vessel, and Kabuto had no desire what so ever to not be on Orochimaru's good side.

"Hey Pony-boy" Sasuke's now ever present voice mocked from behind. Kabuto flinched, gritting his teeth before turning to face him forcing himself to hide a look of disgust with as much effort it would take to hide a look of pain if you got your foot run over by a truck. "You busy?" the mocking tone not leaving Uchiha's voice.

"Not that its any concern to a whiny little brat like you but yes" he snarled turning back around in his chair going back to looking over some follow up work from the last mission he had been on. It had been what seemed ages ago since he had been on a mission, once again all thanks gone towards Sasuke for that.

"Perfect then you won't be needing this then" he smirked grabbing the back of the chair that Kabuto was seated in.

"Wont be needing wh-"Without any warning Sasuke yanked the chair out from under him causing Kabuto to fall smashing his chin into the hard wooden desk with a loud crack. Whether the desk had cracked or his jaw or more then likely both couldent full be told.

Sasuke did little more then seer victoriously about causing pain to the village medic who was rubbing his jaw to be sure that it hadn't broken on impact. "Sasuke Im REALLY Getting Sick of You Damnit!"

"Yes well you know what Yakushi…Too bad. Cause you're stuck with me." He replied through a near sadistic chuckle walking off dragging kabutos chair behind him the back legs scraping against the stone floor making a horrible scratching noise.

Kabuto grumbled something to himself leaning onto his desk. After a moment or so the sound of splintering wood could be heard and before he had the chance to register what was happening the desk collapsed out from under him breaking in half without any reason and for the second time that day sending kabuto to the floor with a thud.

"Oh yeah I was training and ran out of targets hope you don't mind" the mocking tone of false innocents that clearly states "and if you do have a problem with it I don't give a shit"

"DAMNIT SASUKE THAT IS IT"

The raven haired teen turned around to see Kabuto storming out of his room and down the hall towards him, A gash on the side of his head healing itself on the way. Once said wound was gone nothing was left on his face but an expression of unrestrained rage.

For the first time the medic could recall, Kabuto had thrown away his mask completely. The first time he could consciously remember ever being pushed far enough to not show himself as others wanted to see him. At that moment he showed his real emotions, and he was ready to kill. Sasuke on the other hand just held a cool look about his face.

All of the commotion however had unsurprisingly drawn attention and there was quite a crowd behind sasuke at this point including the sound four. (Kimimaro was still in the hospital so they had for the time being lost a member of the 5 man team and upon discovering he was more then likely permanently bed ridden even after bringing him back after the incident with Gaara had decided to change their title back to four) Kabuto snarled paying no care towards those around the scene shoving an innocent bystander into the wall in order to reach his target only stopping when he was close enough to see even the tiniest scars from the senbon that had nearly killed him what seemed like centuries ago when he had fought Haku. Against the boys pale skin they were normally invisible and one would have to be nearly nose to nose with sasuke to even barely see them, which was just how Kabuto was.

"Since the very day you got here Uchiha you've insulted me, tormented me, and been nothing more then a fuckin spoiled little brat! If it wasn't for Orochimaru-sama I wouldent put up with you but remember Sasuke-kun I.out.rank.you."

Sasuke despite all that had been said wasn't even fazed by the comment or the tone it had been said in. "looks to me like someone feels like their place as the child molesters favorite lap bitch is being threatened" he hissed coldly

It took Kabuto a moment to stop stammering looking for a come back. Normally such things wouldent happen and a comment sharper then any blade would cross his tongue without any self injury but for one reason or another, such simplicity escaped him. "H-how dare you speak of Orochimaru-sama that way!?" Even in his rage he could hear how pitiful the retort sounded and was kicking himself for not being able to think of something, ANYTHING would have sounded better then that!

"Aw whats the matter Kabuto-san?" the 'san' part was slurred rather sarcastically. "Am I beginning to ruffle you up too much…or maybe you having feelings for him?"

"As a matter of fact its something called 'respect'. Something that YOU could learn a bit about" he replied sharply trying to hide how flustered he had gotten.

"I never knew enjoying being raped was respect" his voice low and cold

"For your information Uchiha he's never laid a hand on me" Kabuto snarled through gritted teeth, getting more and more upset by the second. Not only by the fact that he was implying that he was Orochimaru's play toy but also that Orochimaru had such interests. Ok well….yeah Kabuto wasn't stupid. He had easily come to the conclusion that Orochimaru was a gay and more then likely a pedophile but rapist was something he was not and anyone who disrespected his master, even if it was another sound ninja was not tolerated by Kabuto.

"Oh I see now. You're not even good enough to rape. You're just trying to get him to."

Something inside kabuto snapped at that moment. Eyes quite literally going red. Any thought of Orochimaru's orders to make Sasuke happy completely forgotten as he grabbed Uchiha by the collar slamming him into the stone wall. "I SAID Don't Talk About Him Like That!" he snarled emphasizing each and every word.

"KABUTO!" Orochimarus enraged voice bellowed through the hallway. "Put.Him.Down.Now" he hissed his voice deadly and cold

Kabuto glanced back at his master through the corner of his eyes. Even after they had faded back to normal, even after hearing his masters demanding voice he still didn't move away from Sasuke.

"do as he says kabuto" sasuke mocked whispering only loud enough for Kabuto himself to hear "obedient little bitches like you always do as their told"

"That's and Order Yakushi!"

He snarled angrily, forcibly pulling his finers away from Sasuke glaring down at Uchiha once he hit the floor before turning on his heel beginning to storm off down the hallway. He would have been free to go fume had Orochimaru not stopped him.

"Apologize to Sasuke-kun" he hissed flatly

"APOLOGIZE!?" Kabuto coughed "Sasuke's the one who started it!"

"Kabuto! Apologize to sasuke then your going to come with me so we can have a discussion about your obedience and your life here in Otogakure and if that life will continue to exist or not" he threatened.

"But…I…" Once more Kabuto continued to stammer hopelessly, desperate to find a proper explanation that would not further enrage the man and still get out of having to apologize to the brat. Sadly enough for him though he had no results.

Clenching his fists he forced himself to swallow his bride as he growled out a sentence he really had no desire to say "I---'m s-s-s-sorry. It was my f-f-f-fault s-" he paused glaring death at Uchiha who wore a smug grin at kabutos obviously forced words and the even more obvious insincerity of them. The cocky expression only brought back his rage. "UCHIHA"

Sasuke's grin only twisted up even more making Kabuto's desire to smack it off his face grow even more hard to resist. "I believe to you it's 'Sasuke-sama….not Uchiha'. NO sasuke wasn't one to let things go even after he won. He was going to milk this for all he could.

"yeah you wish brat" kabuto grumbled under his breath going back to Orochimaru's side who was quite for quite an awkward moment before dropping a hand heavily onto kabutos shoulder "show sasuke proper respect"

"WHAT!? OROCHIMARU-SAMA! You CANT expect me to equal him to-"

"I can and I do Kabuto" he glared down at the medic an expression that very clearly stated he was being dead serious.

He looked to the prodigy for once that day not glaring. By this point he had gone from a blind rage to distress in such a short time it shocked those still brave enough to have stayed to watch. Even so in his mind nothing stood out more then the desire to cut out Sasuke's arrogant tongue.

Kabuto looked down to his feet defeatedly. There was no way around it. There never had been and there never would be. "…forgive me sasuke-s-" once more he cut himself short his conscious giving him a good kick in the ass

He had nearly killed sasuke. Had Kakashi not intervened this wouldent be happening. Not only that but before that he had, had to save Sasuke's LIFE. If it hadn't been for him Sasuke Naruto and Sakura would of probably gotten themselves killed by a bunch of rain ninja. NO! They wouldent of even found them Sakura and Naruto would have been left unconscious and sasuke would of still died out there more then likely. He owed him his life. Sasuke was a vessel nothing more if not something less he was no equal to Orochimaru so there was no reason he would start treating him as if he were one.

He looked up his glare coming back growling at sasuke spitting in his face pushing by and storming off past the crowd. As he walked on his voice echoed through the hallway "I will NEVER serve you!" and with that he turned a corner vanishing from sight.

Orochimaru however was far from pleased with the young mans behavior. "Sasuke-kun I do hate to cut things short but-" the snake sannin smiled with his typical 'wouldent-you-like-to-know-what-I-have-in-store' smirk taking Sasuke's chin in his hand.

"I have business I must tend to" and with that final comment the kage walked off in half a gliding manner following the same route that Kabuto had taken.

"Your really pushing your luck kid" someone from the nearly depleted crowd behind sasuke said with somewhat of an interest. By the voice he recognized it as the sound ninja he had met back at the exams.

"No more then you. Last I checked you're the one who physically attacked him at the Chunnin exams" Sasuke replied not really caring what the sound ninja thought in the least

"Not the point" Dosu pointed out "Orochimaru wasn't there. You mess with that kid around here if Orochimaru finds out you usually get messed up. You just got lucky today."

Sasuke turned looking at him from the side of his face. "Not anymore, you see things change. After all…who would he be more willing to sacrifice? His new body…or a troublesome medic?"