Sasori's POV (still)
"She'll die?" Ino asked. "Why? Un?" Deidara asked. I shrugged. "Orochimaru takes risks. I bet he tried some dangerous stuff on her." I replied. Not my most educated response but it would have to do. I was a bit shaken myself. "She looks fine though." Ino said trying to use reason. I sighed. "Let's use her as much as we can in the time we have her. At least she'll have contributed something before she dies." I said,standing. "Donna! That's cruel un." Deidara objected. I stood. " Well if she's going to die what's the point in being nice?" I asked. "Exactly." Pein agreed. "Zip it." Konan hissed. Pein shrunk. "Yes ma'am."
Regular POV
"So. The Akatsuki are interested in the girl too?" Tsunade asked. Sasuke nodded. "You gave them her file?" Tsunade went on. Again Sasuke nodded. "YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!" Tsunade yelled. "There's nothing in there except the different drugs and remedies he used on her." Sasuke explained. Tsunade sat back in her chair. "Shizune get Naruto Uzumaki and Shino Abarame. I'm going to Akatsuki." she declared.
Sasori's POV
I watched Maro sleep. It was so hard to believe she was going to die. But in this business looks can be deceiving. "Is Donna being a pervert? Un?" Deidara teased. "I'm wondering if she has a curse mark like all the others." I replied. "Sure un." Deidara said. I made like I was going to hit him and he took off down the hall. I sighed. "Amazing. She's only been here for about a day and she already knows where my room is." I said. "She should. Your scent is the only one she's been around long enough to identify." Konan remarked joining me at the doorway. I sighed. "I see." I said. I picked Maro up gently and hauled her off to Konan's room. "Now good night." I said to Konan as I returned to my room.
Maro's POV
I sniffed the air. 'Kyuubi.' I growled. The scent was getting closer and I was tensing. Konan looked over at me. "Maro?" she asked. I shot to my feet and ran out. "MARO!!??" she yelled, running after me. I ran past Ino and Deidara as well as Kakuzu and Zetsu. They turned to stare as I did. Sasori ducked as I leapt over his head and reached the door. I took it down in one move and tackled the fox boy. We tumbled across the grass fighting for first blood. I bit his arm and he slashed at mine with a kunai. "Go Maro!" Ino cried. Someone tugged at my shirt,pulling me off the fox boy. A woman with blonde hair pulled fox boy back. "Naruto enough!" she ordered. At that second I noticed the entire Akatsuki was outside. Kakuzu was holding tightly to my shirt. "Well Lady Hokage what can we do for you?" Pein asked. The Hokage smiled. "I only come to ask for the Jinchuuriki. I know she's artificial and I'm certain her bodily systems are out of whack. I'd like to ask for a chance to fix her. Or at least try." she said. I lurched forward,catching hold of a familiar scent. From behind the Hokage came Sasuke. "SASUKE!!" I cried. He nodded sharply,his eyes locked in a glare at Itachi. I pulled away from Kakuzu and tackled Sasuke. "Alright Maro. Always have to be a puppy." he joked patting my head. I leaned against his hand smiling. Fox boy (or Naruto) growled lowly. "So. You think you could fix Maro?" Konan asked. "Exactly. Besides I think these two have a lot in common." I noticed the Hokage motioned to Naruto and me. She'd let go of his collar and we were studying each other. "Kyuubi." I said,batting at his nose. "GRAH!" he snarled tackling me.
Sasori's POV
"Naruto!" Ino yelled as Maro and Naruto rolled down the hill. Tsunade turned and watched them. "Shino . Would you mind?" she asked. Shino shrugged and started down after the two. Hidan,pushed forward by Ino,went after Maro. "So. What do the two have in common?" I asked. Tsunade smiled. "You can't see it now but Sasuke tells me Maro's hair was always changing color during the experiments. My guess is the two are related." Tsunade shrugged. "Just bring her to my office if you take my offer." she said. "DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!" We all turned to Hidan. He was running back and forth,flailing his arms with a ball of gray fur running after him. "What the hell?" I asked. A ball of red fur soon joined the chase. "Looks like he's not too popular with Jinchuuriki." Tsunade remarked,whistling. The ball of red fur leapt on her shoulder in the form of a nine tailed fox. "I warn you. Maro will mature and get much bigger. Most likely when her demon form reaches maturity is when her life will be in danger." Tsunade warned and with that she turned and went down the hill. Sasuke walked over to the ball of gray fur. He pulled something out out of his pocket and then he ran to catch up with Tsunade. Hidan sighed as he came up the hill . "Why did no one send the kid with her? That was a get out of jail free card right there." he said. "Shut up." we all said together with Deidara adding "Un." to it. Maro ran up behind him and launched onto his shoulder. She was a small wolf or cub at this point. "I guess they can take on their animal forms at will." Pein commented. "Kyuubi can." Konan added. "She's cute!" Ino squealed taking Maro. Maro yawned. "Tired? How can she be tired? We just got up." Ino nearly yelled. I took Maro from her. "Puppies tend to sleep and play. Or vice versa if they choose." I explained. The wolf's pink tongue shot out and caught my nose. "Aw. Even now she likes you." Ino laughed. Hidan snickered. "I'm not paying for vet visits." Kakuzu announced going inside. "Wanna bet?" I asked letting Maro go. She was on Kakuzu in seconds. "Damn pup can move fast and jump high!" Hidan laughed as Kakuzu resumed Hidan's previous run. "SHUT UP HIDAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kakuzu screamed. I whistled , similar to a whistle I'd heard Orochimaru use when he was my partner. Instantly, Maro was at my feet, tail wagging,.ears perked. I smiled,hiding it in my collar. "Come on Maro." I said.