He pushed her off him, and grabbed her wrists. She struggled a little, the snake that possessed her in control of her actions. He held her hands down as he knelt on top of her. He kissed her lips and it brought her back into control.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Just you tried to strangle me again."

"I'm sorry," she sighed.

"It's okay," he sighed, a little sick of having to do that ever time.

"No, it's not okay," she shrugged, as she went to sleep on the couch.

The next morning she woke up on the couch, to see another ninja in the house.

"Who are you?" She asked, as he brought a blanket to her.

"Zaku, everyone thinks I'm severely injured or hurt, or worse- dead," he had bandages all the way up his arms, and a bush of spiky dark brown hair.

"Orochimaru left to take care of some business, so he instructed me to stay here and take care of you."

"That's sweet of you to stay," she said, scooting over on the couch so he could sit down. He sat next to her and draped the blanket over her shoulders.

"What happened to your arms?" She asked.

"They have sound pipes in them so when this creep Shino plugged them, it broke my right arm off and sliced my left one in half. It took a lot of surgery." He unwrapped some of the bandages and showed her the mess that lie beneath.

"Eek that looks like it hurt I'm sorry," she said as she helped him wrap his arm back up. He turned the T.V. on and she fell asleep again, this time on Zaku's shoulder. She didn't sleep long, upset about Orochimaru and her being mad at each other before he left. She woke up and with a sudden jolt she accidentally knocked Zaku in the nose with her elbow.

"Ouch!" He cried, holding his blood nose in his hands.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, don't worry about it," he grumbled. She got up and went into the kitchen and got a washcloth and wet it. She brought it to him and gently moved his hands. She tilted his head back, removing his headband and his scarf. She pressed the cold wash cloth against his bloody nose and she placed her hand at the back of his head.

"Your nose is broken and a little off, I'm going to quickly move in into place, and it will hurt."

"I'll just think of your fingers in my hair," he said proudly, trying not to smile. She buried her fingers into the bush of dark brown hair, and pushed hard, and popped his nose back into place. He winced, but he took the washcloth from her afterwards.

"Anyway why were you lying so close to me anyway?"

"No I really wasn't, I guess I fell asleep and ended up on or near your shoulder."

"Oh well, it's ok, just keep your head tilted back."

"Are you going to quit playing with my hair any time soon?"

"No, it's soft and I like your hair,"

"Thanks, now let me ask if it's true that you are carrying Orochimaru's baby?"

"yes, but right before he left he seemed upset at me and then he left," she sighed.

"I'm sorry, all I know is that he asked me to stay and make sure you would be okay."

"I'm okay no matter if I'm alone or not, how is your nose?"

"It doesn't hurt that badly anymore, I think it's done bleeding," he said.

"Let me see," she whispered as she moved the washcloth.

"It's stopped bleeding; you don't have to tilt your head back anymore." He moved and was looking her right in the eyes. Her fingers still in his hair, he smiled, shyly. He moved to kiss her, but she turned her face, and he kissed her cheek.

That night she dreamt that Orochimaru was going to use Zaku in a ritual to revive someone dead. She saw he had tried to use Zaku once, but Zaku had disguised another in his place. She saw the old man who sealed Orochimaru's arms so that he couldn't use them for jutsus any more. She saw the pain he was in, and the ninja that were carrying him home. She woke up, crying and breathing heavily. She got up, and ran out of the room and into the living room. She woke Zaku, and quickly wiped her tears away.

"Ok, remember when Orochimaru wanted to sacrifice you to summon or revive the two dead guys, and you tricked your way out? You need to go, get out of here, disguise someone else as you, and put another person in your place."

"How do you know that he would do that? He knows I'm alive?"

"Yes, now go on and hide in Konoha, he won't find you there just hide and get a new outfit and look. Get rid of that headband with the music note on it. Don't give up life for Orochimaru." Zaku smiled, and he got his things.

"Thank you Manda, you are a sweet girl, I see why Orochimaru loves you."

"He told you he loved me?"

"And that child inside you, he won't shut up about it! He's like a preppy cheerleader on mountain dew and pixie stix!"

"Go on, get out before he returns." Zaku kissed her cheek in thanks, and he left quickly. She smiled, locking the door behind him, and going back to bed. At three a.m., she was woken by a door slamming shut, and she went into the living room to see what was going on. Orochimaru was standing in the doorway with the ninja she had seen in her dream.

"Are you going to be okay for now?" One of them asked.

"Yes, I will be, go on home," he instructed. He looked tired and in great pain.

"I had a dream," she stuttered, as he shut the door and stood still, his arms hanging limp at his sides.

"What was it about?" He asked.

"Well, I dreamt that there was a fight between you and an old man, he did something to your arms, I think it was a seal so you couldn't use them in battle. Let me see your arms," she said, untying his rope belt.

"Okay, it's just not a good situation, the past few days have been bad, that fight, that old geezer took and sealed my arms, the sealing killed him, he was too weak to take my soul."

She slid off his tan over shirt, and then his shoes. She removed his jump suit like thing, and he noticed that his arms were discolored a grayish purple color. She got swung his arm around her back, and carried him to the bathroom. She started the shower, and she noticed he looked angry and upset.

"Come here," she aid softly, taking his face in her hands, and kissing him softly. She pulled him into the shower and she washed him.

"Don't worry, everything will be ok, your arms will be okay, we'll find a way to break the seal." She kissed him again, and pushed his hair out of his eyes.

"I love you," he sighed.

"I know, I love you too," she replied.

"I know I might be upset and in pain from my arms, but I do have something good in my life. My arms will be okay once I figure out how to break the seal on them." She shut the water off, and got out, grabbing a towel, andshe grabbed another, wrapping it around his waist for him.Grabbing her glasses she ran toward her room and told Orochimaru to stay out. She slammed the door and cleaned up the clothes all over her floor, and she lit candles all around. She attempted to make the bed, but it didn't look perfect, and she put her glasses away. She then opened the door, and let him come in. He sat down on her bed, their favorite place to make love and do dirty things. She sat down behind him, and started to brush his hair for him.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"My arms hurt like hell, they feel like they're burning" he sighed.

"It will be okay," she reassured him, setting the brush aside and rubbing his shoulders gently. He grinned, and lay down on her bed.

"I'm really tired and in pain, but you're here, and it's going to be all right." She lay down next to him, and removed her towel. She pulled the blanket up over them, and she snuggled up to him.

"Damn, having you naked makes me want to have you right now," he smirked evilly.

"I know, but you're not fine to be doing dirty things, you're in pain and tired, so you must rest." He kissed her forehead, and they fell asleep.