Wandering the halls of the secret base, Thai Lee found herself lost in the maze.
For once, she found relief upon encountering Orochimaru. He gave her directions back to the main hall,
where her room as well as Sasuke's and Kabuto's resided.
The gloom of the shadowed halls seemed to stretch on endlessly.
The candles weren't enough to illuminate the corners of despair.
When she finally reached the main hall, Thai Lee couldn't help but feel excited at the prospect of an intruder.
At least he would provide company in place of her loneliness, hostile or not.
He was standing at Sasuke's door. The girl crept up behind him.
She was just about to speak, but Sasuke beat her to it.
"What do you want?"
The unfamiliar ninja took a disposition of surprise for only a moment before he launched into an attack.
Embers ravaged the air as the building crumbled around the three.
Horrendous smoke threatened to choke Thai Lee. Her vision blurring, she toppled back.
Once she awoke, she found that she had only been out for a moment.
Long enough for Sasuke to save her and replace her on the ground to his side.
They were on a ledge. Four others stood below them, beholding the rogue Uchiha.
They seemed to regard him with the entire spectrum of human emotions.
A blonde spoke first, though his outburst was hardly poetic or monumental.
"Sasuke!"
However lackluster it was, his menace came across easily.
His crystal blue eyes betrayed his disposition, Thai Lee noticed.
As if attending a dull reunion, Sasuke replied as monotone as ever.
"Naruto... Sakura...
And him. Is this who you've replaced me with? Pathetic."
Naruto clearly grew outraged.
Thai Lee began to stand, dizziness antagonizing her body.
As she looked towards Naruto and his party, she suddenly fell forward.
Sasuke made no gesture to save her second time.
To her luck, his "replacement" did.
A/N: No idea where I'm going with this. I guess a little improvisation never hurt though.
Opinions please? Also, a big thanks to Echo Uchiha for the short and sweet review.
Thanks for reading!