Sakon crossed his arms and sighed as Kabuto sat on the edge of his bed and began rambling things in a baby-talk voice. It went on for about a half hour until Sakon finally muttered, "Kabuto, shut the hell up. I'm not some pampered five-year-old."

Kabuto raised his eyebrows and wrote something down on a piece of paper. He looked back at Sakon and continued writing, until finally he turned to face Sakon with a rather creepy smile.

"Ok, Sakon. Today, we are going to play a game. It's called the 'Picture Game'. I'll show you a picture, and then you tell me what you see, okay?"

"Whatever, four-eyes."

"Ok, so what do you see on this one?"

"A pony…"

"Be more descriptive, Sakon. Use details, like textures and colors."

"Okay, I see a frilly, pink pony with an overly happy grin on its face."

"Good job, Sakon! Now, what about this one?"

"I see…one of Oro-sama's baby pictures…?"

"Oh, shit. Wait, nevermind that one."

Jirobo stood on his board as he rode the wave towards shore. He struggled to balance his feet as the board began to sway towards the left.

"Oh, crud…"

Tayuya and Kidomaru suddenly noticed a large shadow becoming larger and larger above them.

"What the hell is that?"

The two looked up and screamed as their overweight teammate flopped right on top of them. A gigantic burst of water flew in all directions as the three plummeted towards the bottom. After a few seconds, the sound nin surfaced.

"Watch where you land, fatass!"

"Hey, I'm still learning…Everybody starts off as a beginner."

"Yeah, whatever."

Kidomaru sighed and patted Jirobo on the back, using another hand to wag a finger at Tayuya.

"Tayuya, what did you say you would work on?"

"…My attitude…"

"Yes, so tell Jirobo that you're sorry."

"I'm sorry…fatass."

Jirobo slumped down and headed to a snack bar, sniffling. Kidomaru sighed and looked at Tayuya accusingly.

"What? He landed on me."

"It was an accident. Also, you really need to stop insulting his weight. He's working really hard to get skinnier. Just a few days ago, I saw him eating slim-fast bars instead of junk food."

Tayuya shrugged and watched Jirobo at the snack bar poking at a salad with a disgusted face.

"Hmm…well, he does seem to be trying. I'll give the porker credit for that."

Kidomaru shook his head as he said, "Not 'porker'. 'Overweight'."

Tayuya slumped and muttered, "I'll never be good at this whole 'nice' thing. You know what a better idea would be? You guys becoming mean."

Kidomaru laughed and patted Tayuya on the head. He quickly recoiled when she hissed and smacked his hand.

"Hey…meanie."

"Bite me, spider."

"Is that a challenge I hear?"

"Wait, wha…?"

Kidomaru smiled and inched backwards. Tayuya put her hands up defensively as he began to splash with all six of his arms.

"Hey! Stop that, you shithead!"

"Haha! You can't hope to beat me!"

Tayuya growled and jumped at Kidomaru. He was having so much fun that he hardly noticed when they flipped and toppled onto shore. Tayuya landed on her back with a quick, "Oof!", and Kidomaru flipped and landed on top of her. When he had recovered from the sudden tackle, he began to blush furiously when he realized what position they were in. Surprisingly, so was Tayuya.

"Umm…well, this is kind of awkward, isn't it?"

Tayuya tried to push him off, but somewhere in her mind, there was a part of her that didn't want him to get off. Suddenly, she lost the will to move, and they both stared into each other's eyes. Suddenly, without warning, Kidomaru grabbed her head and leaned in, kissing her softly on the lips. As much as she wanted to pull away, she found that she could not.

Jirobo sighed and looked out at the other two. He immediately began to choke, and the bartender walked over to him with a quizzical expression on his face.

"Sir, are you okay?"

When he realized that he was choking, he tugged his arm under Jirobo and brought the other one around his body, and began pounding the boy's stomach mercilessly until he cough up something that was no longer identifiable.

"That's gross." he muttered as he returned to the other side of the counter. Jirobo got up and payed the bill, claiming that he 'wasn't hungry anymore'.

"God, why are there so many pictures here that don't belong…?"

"So that's what you looked like when you were my age…"

"Shut up! You will never speak of this again, do you here me?"

"Whatever."

Kabuto mumbled and slammed the pictures onto a desk. He opened a cabinet and scrambled its contents around until he finally found what he was looking for.

"Here, swallow this."

"A pill? What the hell? I'm NOT crazy!"

"You tried to escape my care with a knife in your hands, and began to say stuff about revenge. You're crazy."

"When Ukon gets back from his vacation, he'll kill you!"

"I'm sure that he's very capable."

"He is! Just you wait and see!"

"His skills revolve around you and himself fighting together. You can't do much with your injuries, and with that remote-controlled device on your leg that would paralyze you if I wanted it to."

Sakon groaned and poked at the small ring on his leg. The medic nin smiled and said, "Meeting dismissed."

With the press of a button, Sakon suddenly felt sheer pain run through hid body, and he became very sleepy…

Kidomaru slowly pulled away and grinned sheepishly at Tayuya. She was red as an apple, but it was too late when he realized that it wasn't a blush. The next thing he knew, he was lying with his face in the sand, and the left side of his face hurt badly.

"Ew! Gross! Why the hell did you have to go and do that?!"

Kidomaru got up and shook sand from his face. He grabbed his cheek and turned to face Tayuya. She was furiously wiping her mouth her hand and muttering a stream of curses.

"Aw, come on, Tay. I know you liked it."

"Don't be disgusting! I can't believe-"

Tayuya quickly shut up when she felt Kidomaru's large, yet surprisingly soft hand on her cheek, and saw him smiling and looking deeply into her eyes.

"Tayuya…"

"…"

"Like I said before, don't try to hide your feelings."

Jirobo opened the door to the apartment and was surprised to see Ukon reading a book in the living room.

"Hey, Ukon, you're back."

"Damn right I am, now where are the other three?"

"Oh yeah, I should probably tell you. Kidomaru and Tayuya are at the beach, and…well, Sakon was in therapy the last time I checked on him."

"Therapy?! What the hell is going on? Where? Why?"

"Please, Ukon, calm down! Let me explain! You see, Sakon, Kido and I were trying to annoy Tayuya, since she's always so mean to us and everything. So, Tayuya got really angry and kinda hurt Sakon and broke the table near the front."

"So…that's why it's not there…anyone, define 'hurt'."

"Well, she kinda threw him over ther stair rail and onto the table."

"What?!"

"Yeah, and he broke his leg, and he has to get some stitches in his back. Kabuto said that he has to stay in therapy for a little bit, too, because he kind of tried to get revenge or something…"

Ukon blinked and scowled.

"Get outta my way, tubby."

Jirobo looked confused and asked, "Why? Where are you going?"

Ukon shoved the bigger boy against the wall and slammed the door open. Storming out, he replied, "To teach Tayuya a lesson. If you mess with one, you mess with both."

"No! Wait! Ukon! I won't let you!"

Ukon wheeled around and smiled creepily at Jirobo.

"What will you do? Sit on me?"

"No, wait, I…"

Ukon punched the boy directly in the nose. He grinned as the unconscious body slumped against the wall with blood trickling down the lower half of its face.

"Sorry, fatty, but Tayuya has to pay for what she's done to my poor, sweet brother."