"And what makes you think I'll believe you?" Shizune asked stubbornly. Her face was dead set against any convincing and it showed in her stance as well. Kabuto gave a sigh of nearly lost patience.

"Would I have delivered myself into enemy hands if I wasn't telling the truth? Here." He took her hand, which she tried to jerk away, over his heart. She looked at him strangely, as though she didn't understand.

"You know the technique chakra scalpel, right?" She nodded, not understanding where this was going, and he relished in the confused look on her face.

"Activate it." She did, reluctantly, and her hand glowed blue on his chest.

"If I'm lying, you can rip out my heart right here."

*For those of you who recognize this, it is what inspired me to write Confessional.*