"Karin!" Uren screamed as they entered the base, she sped directly to the medical wing with the little pale kunochi now lifeless on her back. "Karin! God damnit!" she screamed again as she reaced the wing. The red head emerged from a door in the hall and fixed her glasses. "Oh dear lord, come on put her on a bed." Karin instructed and they gently laid the green haired girl out on a bed. She pushed her glasses up then began immediately using her unique medical abilities to rescue Ai. "Uren," Karin said motionlessly, "wait outside, there is quite extensive damage here, I need to concentrate." Uren took one last look at her partner before exiting the room. She closed the door gently and pressed her back to the wall. She held her delicate face in her hands, then pulled at her hair in frustration as she slid down the wall, ending up in a heap at the bottom. 'What... have I done?' Uren felt she was going to cry, and just sat there, her purplely black hair shrouding her in compete and utter despair.
*
Uren looked up lifelessly from her spot on the ground, Orochimaru looked down at her. There was something about his eyes she had never seen before, it was almost like he was concerned for Ai. As if he were angry at what had happened. It was a bitter look and it scared Uren, for she knew what happened to those who displeased the master. "You messed up," he stated calmly, "I'll be back in 1 minute, prepare yourself." With that he walked past her into the room where Ai was being worked on. Uren gulped and started trying to get herself onto her feet. Orochimaru closed the door gently behind him and walked over to Karin who was furiously pouring her chakra into Ai. "What happened?" he asked, there was a very slight hint of urgency in his voice. Karin wiped some sweat from her forehead, she was still focused on her patient. "To put it simply all the bones down the left side of body are shattered, her lungs have been punctured as a result of the damage as well. She must have been defending her partner. Pretty reckless if I'm honest." Orochimaru acknoleged Karin's response and walked to the side of Ai's bed. He gazed down at the pale little mist ninja and lifted his hand slowly to her face. Karin raised her eyebrow as he brushed some of the girl's green hair from her forehead. "She'll be fine." he said flatly and turned his back on the pair and exited the room. "Uren," he hissed, and the crystal style user gulped at the eerie calm of his voice. "Follow me..."
Uren couldn't help the fear that slowly began overwhelming her as she followed her master. She watched his feet as she walked, trying to calm herself down by counting the rhythmic clacking of his sandals against the stone. It didn't work. Uren could admit she was scared. Orochimaru was not known for his mercy; he was a harsh master and a cruel man and this was always shown through the punishments he inflicted upon his subordinates. Uren had to admit though; she was lucky to still be living. Orochimaru suddenly came to a stop in front of a door, he leant against the wall and then nodded stiffly at her. "Go in," he instructed, the silky smoothness that usually floated within his tone sounded strained. Uren nodded shakily -knowing that to argue would be a fruitless endeavor- and then ventured into the room. Orochimaru followed her in, his arms crossed. The room was dark, but Uren could just make out a figure standing by the far wall; red eyes shone out of the darkness. The bloody beauty of the Sharingan.
"You are to fight Uren, Sasuke," Orochimaru declared, his voice harsh and strong from behind Uren.
There was a silence as Sasuke slowly stepped forward; his cold yet enchanting features becoming clearer to the Kunoichi. "Do as you wish." and then Orochimaru was gone, the door shutting behind him as he swiftly made his way out. The air in the room was tense, Uren found that she couldn't rip her eyes away from the Uchiha before her. 'What do I do?' she questioned frantically in her head 'Can I take Sasuke on in one on one combat?' The answer would soon become apparent to the girl as Sasuke slowly pulled his sword out from its sheath.
Uren let out a yelp of pain as, once again, Sasuke's sword hit her body. This time he struck her shoulder making it painful for the girl to move her arms. It was almost pointless for Uren to attack though. Sasuke's Sharingan ensured that he was always one step ahead of her. Uren finally understood why Orochimaru desired this boy's body so. Sasuke stepped back, swinging his sword languidly as he waited for another one of Uren's fruitless assaults. The girl was peppered with cuts and bruises. Her face was cut and one of her eyes had swollen, her lip, too, was cut; blood occasionally trickling down from it. A large slash adorned her stomach and this was accompanied by hundreds of small slices upon her arms and legs. Sasuke was brutal and Uren understood why Orochimaru had decided that sparring with the Uchiha was a worthy punishment for her. Even so...Uren couldn't help but feel he was holding back. The girl had seen plenty of people exit Sasuke's room on stretchers...or worse...not exit at all. Perhaps Orochimaru had instructed him not to kill her? Or perhaps the agony of staying alive and dealing with the injuries was to be her punishment? Hundreds of fragmented crystals lay upon the ground, crushed underfoot by the two ninja. Uren may have been severely injured -and waning on Chakra- but she was not one to back down. Never was she one to back down. So, again, the girl moved forwards; forming a crystal in her hands she shot it outwards, aiming for Sasuke's bare torso. Sasuke ducked and then quickly -so quickly that Uren could barely register it- he brought his free hand up to jab her in her toned stomach. This movement winded the girl and sent her spinning backwards, Sasuke followed; his hands around her throat as he drove her into the wall behind. Uren let out a screech of agony as her head clunked against the hard stone behind her, blood began trickling free; making pathways through her hair and down her neck, seeping into her pale skin. Sasuke held her there for a while, his eyes searching her face. Her own eyes were shut, closed tight as she tried to regain control even with his hand around her throat; choking the life out of her. Uren's pale skin began to become paler, and paler still; she began slumping. Just as she felt her consciousness slipping away from her; Sasuke let go. Surprised, Uren opened her eyes, only to see Sasuke looking at her with a look of contempt and...something else within his eyes...respect? Uren couldn't be sure because he suddenly poofed away. Uren sat there, blood tricking from hundreds of cuts adorning her body, rubbing at her throat and coughing occasionally. 'What a pitiful sight I must be' she though contemporaneously to herself 'What must Sasuke think of me?' Uren let out a retching sound and then glowered as her reflection was shown to her in one of the many crystals littering the floor. 'Why do I care what that fool thinks of me?' she snarled in her head. A sudden noise raised the girl's head; and she looked up to see Karin gazing at her; a look slight annoyance on her face. The red-head girl also looked surprised though. Surprised that Uren was still breathing...was still conscious.
The red head pushed her glasses up and rolled her eyes eventually. "I have no idea why he didn't gut you like a fish and from the look on your face neither do you. Can you stand up?" Uren's green eyes fixed themselves on Karin's red ones. "Don't need hel-" Uren spluttered and coughed mid sentence and Karin glared at her. "For goodness sake... here, bite." Karin bent down and thrust her wrist at Uren who was only just concious. "Hurry up," Karin instructed, "You're acctually more fucked up than Ai right now." she winced as Uren bit down into the flesh of her wrist drawing her chakra into her body, her cuts began to close up and heal. "I'm gonna feel like crap after this..." Karin moaned as Uren continued to use her chakra to heal herself. The red head couldn't help but feel sorry for Uren, though known for her love of torture, Karin didn't really feel Uren had deserved such a violent punishment, what was Orochimaru thinking? "Right thats enough, Uren, Uren you moron enough!" she forcably pulled her wrist back and stormed out, leaving Uren to rest in the darkness of the room, of her mind.
