Author's Notes:

Starry123, I dub thee my most faithful reader and reviewer of all ages! Again, the unedited version. I just hope you don't feel too nauseated by the amount of mistakes.

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Chapter two: Concealed Worry

"Wake up sleepy-head, or do you want to starve to death?" I rubbed my eyes slowly and let them adjust to the blinding morning light. I was expecting to see my sister's calming sapphire eyes… I came face to face with a monster instead.

"AAAAIIIIYYYEEEEEE!" I screamed. After that, I looked around.

This isn't my room! Where am I!

"So this is what I get for being kind" He had both of his hands covering his ears and the typical irritated look plastered on his face.

"S-Sorry, I was still on error mode and thought that you were a monster back there" I rubbed the back of my head and grinned innocently…

Hey! My arms don't hurt that much anymore!

Sasori-nii-san approached me again; keeping a certain distance, and then touched my forehead. I flinched and frowned while my eyes were closed.

His hand is sooo cold! He then moved it to my neck. The puppet-freak shook his head for a while and went out of the room.

What was that all about?

"Your right leg is infected and it must be amputated right away" Someone whispered to me… My response was of course, an (-other) ear-shattering scream.

"Sasori-nii-san!" The red head smirked, but before he could get away with it, I grabbed his sleeve.

"Hey, that wasn't true… right?" I asked with a cracking voice. I remembered Chiyo-baa-sama saying something not too pleasant to the gaping wound on my right thigh.

"Dumb kids like you just couldn't get a joke can't you?" I pulled his sleeve harder and pinched his arm. Too bad I only got the same reaction. The door opened to reveal a smiling grandma.

"Ohayou Sasori, Itsumi-chan"

"Ohayou gozaimasu, Chiyo-baa-sama!" I answered cheerfully.

"Ohayou"

"Arigatou for taking care of me"

"My pleasure! Sasori, can you please take care of her when you get back? Kireina-chan said that she would be here at around 6 PM to help you. I have a mission to do" With that, she disappeared.

"I'll be home after my I've completed my tasks. Till then, DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID. Breakfast is in the kitchen" He too, vanished with a 'poof'. My tummy grumbled, desiring food. Problem was, how could I get there without reopening my 'cuts' and with a broken ankle? (It wasn't only twisted, sadly)

"Handstands might work" I mumbled to myself. I managed to get out of the room and stop when I saw stairs.

"Kitchen is downstairs… Puuuurrrfect" Well, grousing to myself won't get me anywhere now would it? It's worth a try.

I took a hand-step at a time, dangerously swaying from side to side every time I did so. I survived the first 8 steps. Everything was going marvelously… that was, until I... slipped.

"Eep! Ooof!" Wow, I never knew that this house had pillows under the stairs…

"I decided to skip the training anyway. I never thought that someone as arrogant as you would commit suicide even after I told you not to do anything stupid"

Gee, I wonder who it is?I crossed my arms while he carried me down the stairs and put me on the dining chair as slowly as possible… NOT.

"Why are you here?"

"This IS my house"

"You're missing training"

"Teammates are too weak. I've learned everything they are learning"

"Couldn't hurt to repeat" He slammed my glass of water in front of me, took a seat on the other edge of the table, and drank his tea calmly.

"Have you eaten?"

"You went out for only several minutes, remember? It took me almost three to get down a quarter of those stairs!" He grabbed a clean bowl from the upper cupboard, a spoon from the lower one, filled it with porridge from the silver pot which was still on the stove and put it beside my glass of water. I tried to raise my right hand, but it wouldn't budge. I furrowed my eyebrows and tried again, only with my left. Same result.

"Can you help me with this? My arms are limp" I half-begged.

"What did you do, walk with your hands?"

"Exactly" He growled quietly, but fed me anyway.

"I hate baby-sitting. Especially babies like you" He muttered after he blew the spooned porridge, making sure it wouldn't burn my tongue. I swallowed it slowly. No matter how much my stomach complained, yearning for food, I didn't have too much appetite.

"Sorry that I'm not my Aneue! If you don't want to do this, then you should've trained with your squad!"

"Why is your Aneue in this conversation?" I folded my arms in front of my chest. Thankfully, they were no longer as limp, though still trembling hard. This was my usual stance when I was irritated. Some of the deeper cuts stung and reopened due to the sudden movement, but I, being as stubborn as always, ignored it.

"You were staring at her while she was shopping a month ago" I saw a glimpse of pink tinted in puppet boy's cheeks, but it disappeared as soon as it appeared.

"You were sick, a month ago. How could you know?"

"I was… tailing her" He shook his head for the second time this morning, as if trying to say: 'How could I have not expected that…'

"I'm not hungry anymore… I'm going to bed" I was about to do another handstand, when he stopped me with his trademark devious grin.

"Oh? And how?" He taunted, I pouted and narrowed my eyes. I hand-walked to the sofa and let my body fall onto it. I felt so exhausted that it was almost ridiculous, considering the few things I did today.

"Just let me sleep" I grumbled. Though the aching has reduced, my body was still weak.

"I won't let you get away so easily"

"Wha-" Before I could utter anything that actually made sense, he shoved something that tasted awfully revolting. The worst was, it lingered on my tongue and throat even after he took out the spoon. I struggled to reclaim my breath, and as I was doing that, I heard a scoff from the cold hearted (and blooded) puppet.

I AM GOING TO SLAY, MURDER, ASSASSINATE, EXECUTE, SLAUGHTER AND WHATEVER I COULD DO THAT HAS TO DO WITH KILLING HIM!

The painful 20 seconds of… Well, PAIN, finally ended.

"I'm… going to… tell… Chiyo-baa-sama… about this…" I coughed out.

"Oh~ I'm sooo scared" He monotonously said as he casually walked by. I let gravity took control and soon, the world was surrounded by darkness.

He'll pay all right. He WILL!