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-Start! Just Like This! By SPYAIR—


Chapter 5: Outside

Now it's only been three days since the creepy duo, aka Orochimaru and Kabuto, left the hideout and Orochimaru had apparently left Yūko in charge while they were away. Oh how sweet of the snake bastard to completely trust his daughter to watch his little hideout for him. That's a completely laughable sentence. Go on, laugh.

Of course Yūko wasn't completely trusted. In fact, that man had also assigned one of his little experimented pets to 'assist' her in case she needed help seeing that the Uchiha couldn't be of any help in his current condition. Fortunately the young teen hadn't seen her 'assistant' yet. And the key word here is, yet. Who knows when the maggot decided to show up and actually help her regardless of the main intentions? Yūko hoped it would be soon oddly enough. Being the only person in charge of one giant hideout wasn't easy and on top of that she had to nurse Sasuke until he gets better. Just great. What was she? A freakin' super nanny? No!

Yūko looked back at the single bed behind her as she heard a soft moan from the sleeping figure. She heard the figure switch sides and grumble a little once more. The snake girl sighed softly before continuing her way across the room without notice, hoping not to wake the sleeping Uchiha. And yet she failed that. Oh wait, he's a ninja. Right.

"Y-Yūko" his voiced cracked as he attempted to get up. Yūko sighed again and rolled her eyes. She spun around on her heel to face her battered up patient. 'Where's an assistant when you need one?' she groaned in her head. His coal eyes darted to the clothes she was wearing and the basket hanging on her arm. Immediately, he started to panic. "Where are you going?" he questioned.

A single black brow rose behind jet black bangs. "We ran out of herbs so I'm going out to get some more" she explained to the curios boy, "just stay here and rest" Yūko ordered. She turned around but caught a glimpse of a slight frown that adorned the raven's lips. 'Oh great' she thought, 'not that again!'

That small frown was just phase one.

A slight frown meant the start of something that annoyed the crap out of Yūko. Not literally though. First it was a slight frown, and then it turned into a scowl, which was followed by some mumbling and looking Yūko straight in the eyes. If she turned around, however, the stare would only intensify. Finally after that long process, Yūko would cave to whatever the young Uchiha wanted. And if all of that didn't work, Sasuke would just sulk quietly on his bed. Sometimes he would start to mumble something the girl didn't even understand. The snake girl officially called it: that damn annoying sulking process.

Sasuke watched intently as Yūko's pale hands reached for the brass doorknob. Her hand rested on the knob as she turned slightly, not revealing her whole face to Sasuke who intensified his stare. Her head turned back to the door as she sighs heavily.

"Come on. I guess I could use some company…since the damn promised assistant isn't even here" Yūko said, mumbling the last part. Again, it didn't go unheard by Sasuke.

"Fine. I highly doubt you could even protect yourself anyway" he scoffed a little, not so much as to offend her. He's still a bit nice… in his own small way? Question mark intended.

Yūko's head slumped forward as she opened the door and started to mumble incoherent words. It went something like, "Yeah whatever" or it could have been, "nljasdfhjwolcn." Apparently Yūko can speak gibberish too.

Yūko didn't bother looking back at Sasuke as he trotted quietly behind her.

Where is the damn assistant? Yūko sure wished she did right now.


-End! Haruiro by Universe—

I never noticed how Yūko said the word 'damn' so much… maybe that could be her small catch phrase thing when she's mad or annoyed haha.

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