Karin yawned. She was tired after a twelve hour day of jumping through trees and using her chakra radar all day. She only had enough energy to build her tent and crawl into it, collapsing for a long deep sleep.

When she woke up the next morning, something didn't feel right. She ran her fingers down her face and around her neck and froze. Her hair. Both her hands flew to the top of her head and she shrieked.

Sasuke was sitting next to the fire as he had been the previous morning. When Karin came flying out of her tent and into Suigetsu's in a red blur, he just sighed and poked the fire. He wasn't even going to try and remedy the situation. They were both annoying as it was.

Suigetsu was woken when a banshee called Karin flew into his tent and unceremoniously landed on his stomach.

"What the hell did you do to my HAIR!"

He opened his eyes groggily.

"I didn't do anything to your damn hair."

She snorted and put her hands on his shoulders and shook him.

"Suigetsu, you are a terrible liar when you just wake up. Your mouth twitches."

He was wide awake now.

"How do you know that?"

"I've seen you when you talk to Sasuke early in the morning. When we went on a mission the night before you'd miss certain details and your mouth twitched."

He regarded her without amusement."

"Well, now my cover is blown. Great job."

A voice came from outside.

"I want to know what facts you've been omitting, Suigetsu."

He growled at the redhead on him.

"Come on, ya spiky haired weirdo. Get off."

She put her hands around his throat.

"Not until you fix my hair."

He smirked. Despite it being a middle of the night job, he'd done a good job on the long spikes on Karin's head. The tips of them had turned white, and that he couldn't change.

"I can fix the spikes, but the white I can't. That was your fault actually. You rolled over and knocked over the gel. It mixed with the other stuff I was going to put on your face and hit the end of your hair."

She shrieked again.

"I can't believe you! Fix the damn spikes already!"

He pushed her off him and led her outside to a large tree. He pushed her up against it and held her there.

"Stay still. If you don't move, I might not get any water on your clothes."

She glared at him and crossed her arms.

"Just hurry up."

He performed a jutsu and sent a spout of water to hit her hair. After a few seconds, the spikes had fallen and in another ten seconds, her hair was back to normal except for the tips, which were still white. She came out of it sopping wet.

"I told you to stay still."

She glared at him.

"I did."

After an hour, they were still at each other's throats when finally Sasuke had had enough of it.

"Stop! You're almost as bad as Naruto used to be. Call a truce and shut up."

The glared at each other balefully but extended their hands anyway. Despite having a truce, they were not prepared for what happened the next morning.