The next day came all to quickly in Tiger's opinion, apparently suddenly sleeping for a full 7 hours was enough for her system realize how much she needed sleep. When Snake kissed her forehead to wake her up, she could already hear the shower going and could smell food.

Sitting up in his bed she say a tray of food sitting on the foot of the bed and smiled, "You got me breakfast?"

He smiled before heading into the bathroom to shower. As the bathroom door closed, but didn't latch, behind him, Tiger pulled the tray of food closer to her and ate her breakfast. She glanced at the door a few times, debating whether or not to go give him another shock and walk into the bathroom while he was in the shower, but decided against it. That would mean taking her own shirt off and showing scars that she wasn't yet ready to show. Instead, she decided to get changed and head into the training room to warm up for the sparring session that she and Snake were going to have.

She was standing in the training room off the A-Team's apartment wearing a tank top, something she seldom did, and got reminded why she didn't. When she was just about to do a steady round-house kick, someone grabbed her right wrist, holding just tight enough to send an "I'm not happy" message her way. She turned and looked into the masked face of Snake-Eyes and even with the black covering his facial features, she could feel the piercing blue eyes staring at her.

He was looking at the ancient runes carved into her skin. She tried to pull her wrist out of his grasp but couldn't, sighing she said, "Snake they're old. From when I was like 14." His grip didn't loosen, but he did pull her out of the training room and into their apartment, the rest of the team watching as he did.

"Um, should we be concerned? They didn't look very happy." Said Ripcord as he stood up from some weights.

Scarlet shook her head carefully, "Leave them for now…I'm sure we'll find out what's gotten Snake so upset."

When the door closed behind them, Snake took his mask off and suddenly Tiger wished he would put it back on. His eyes had literally turned to an ice blue.

Knowing what he would say, she tried to keep him from asking. "Snake it's…"

Who did that to you? He interrupted and she bit her lip, damn it she didn't want to answer that question. "It doesn't matter Snake, it's not like you could hurt the person who did it."

He was only inches away from her, his body was far to tense, Why not?

She took a step back. Never, in all her years of training had she ever taken a step away from an opponent, but Snake wasn't an opponent. She crossed her arms, holding them close to her chest before answering. "You can't hurt the person because the person is me…I did it to myself."

That obviously hadn't been what he was expecting, but whatever he had been expecting didn't matter once her words really sunk in. It took him one step to reach her and his face was inches from her own, YOU did this to yourself? Why! Did they make you?

She tried to back up but he wouldn't let her, shaking her head she said, "No, they didn't make me Snake. I was studying Ancient Runes when I was younger and I was bored so…so I carved the symbols for Strength, Honor, Stamina, Stealth and Speed into my arms…"

Okay, so maybe saying that she had done it because she was bored was not the right thing to say. His grip, having returned to her wrist, told her that much. You. Were. Bored. he signed with one hand.

She slowly cringed, "Sounds bad when you say it like that…"

He made a very irritated and exasperated sound before putting his mask back on and pulling her out of the apartment and down the hall. A shocked Scarlet and Ripcord deciding to follow. Once she realized where he was pulling her too, Tiger put her feet firmly on the ground and pulled Snake to a stop. "Snake, you're being ridiculous. I don't need to go and see Doc. There isn't anything he can do!"

No arguing made any difference, Snake just walked into the infirmary without her to find Doc while Scarlet and Ripcord walked up behind her.

"What's his problem?" asked Rip as he stood beside Tiger, peering into the infirmary.

Tiger self-consciously tried to hid her arms, but with no sleeves it was very hard, "He's mad at me. Well no, he's more disappointed in me…haven't decided which is worst yet."

Rip opened his mouth to say something and then saw the old scars on Tiger's arms and his mouth quickly closed again, a quick glance at Scarlet and they both pushed Tiger into the infirmary.

She spun around to snap at them when Snake and Doc came walking over from a back room, "So you're Tiger, huh? I meant to get you in here yesterday to get your stats and a physical but according to Snake Eyes you need to be checked out now."

Tiger slowly turned around and glared at Snake, knowing that he was glaring right back, "I do NOT need to be checked out. I'm perfectly fine."

Doc nodded his head, "You're fit that's for sure, but according to General Hawk and Snake you don't sleep well and Snake is…mildy…concerned about the state of your arms."

She raised a brow, "Mildly? Yeah right. Look Doc, there isn't anything you can do for my arms and it's not that big of a deal, they're like 5 years old!"

Shrugging his shoulders he pointed towards a back room, "Well then you should have no problem with a quick physical and a little blood drawn."

She had a very big problem with that. "Um, am I allowed to say hell no?"

Doc chuckled before directing her towards the back room where Snake was standing, "No."