Ai appeared back in the lair giggling to herself as she made her way around it's maze like corridors. Despite the drugs that her master had been pumping into her, Ai couldn't remember being this happy, her life to date had been some what of a struggle and she felt secure knowing she had a place to call home now. More importantly she had good friends that did their best to support her, though she usually disregarded them and did her own thing anyway; she was grateful. She finally reached her master's quaters and tapped on the door, she was bubbling with excitement. There was a subtle hiss followed by permission to enter, the little mist ninja quietly padded in, closing the door behind her. She looked up to greet her master happily but gasped in surprise instead when she found he was just inches from her face. "Umn..." she started, turned a vibrant shade of scarlet. She bit her lip anxiously as a smirk played on Orochimaru's lips. His golden eyes glistened in the low light of the room. "What's wrong Ai? You look a little... flustered..." his smirk became even more apparent if that were possible. Ai had forgotten how to speak and instead squeaked in reply. Orochimaru chuckled and brushed a fine piece of green hair from Ai's flushed face, watching her full lashes beat sweetly against her cheek as she blinked at him. He drew even closer to her, pushing her back again the wall, to which he received another excitable squeaking. "What's the matter, are you scared of me? Ai?" he grinned at her, it became apparent he was enjoying what he was doing. Ai tried to force her eyes off of his, but she couldn't. "N-not exactly... Lord Orochimaru" she got out and began chewing her lip even more furiously than before. He straightened up slighty and folded his arms, "Well, you'd best explain yourself," he spoke playfully, "Or will I have to experiment on your further?"
' Is he... implying something?' Ai thought as she frowned back at him, though it didn't last long. The sensual beauty of his slender features and silken hair intoxicated her mind. After a moments silence he sighed, but a smile remained with him. "Guess, it's to be the latter," he turned from her and walked back over to his chemistry set and began working on something. Ai raised an eyebrow in curiosity. The snake sannin turned back towards her slightly, "Come here, I have something for you..." Ai blinked and after a few moments of silence got her head together and she joined her master on the other side of the room. She stood a little closer to him this time, it was like she had gained confidence around him since before. He turned to her and triumphantly flicked the end of a rather large syringe, he grinned at her. "Um... Lord Orochimaru..." Ai got out, she was quite terrified of what his plans were. However he ignored her and took hold of her left arm, the little ninja gulped. His tongue snaked over his lips as he pressed down slightly, looking for a prominent vein. Ai blushed at his touch, his hand was incredibly soft but at the same time his grip was still forceful. She chewed her lip nervously, 'What is that he's going to inject into me?' she couldn't bring herself to ask him however. She was suddenly taken aback by his gaze flickering to hers. "Do you trust me?" he hissed subtly and licked his lips. Ai gulped but answered almost immediately. "Yes," she said almost feverishly. Orochimaru smirked placing the needle of the syringe close to the join in Ai's small arm. "Good," he whispered as he pressed down and the needle broke through the pale skin of the mist ninja. "Mn!" Ai let out as she felt the needle go in and clamped her eyes shut, gritting her teeth. Her master held her arm firm as he pushed down on the syringe top and the solution was pumped into Ai's blood stream. Ai's eyes snapped open as the solution hit her blood stream, it burned through her veins as though it were setting them on fire. She couldn't help but yelp in pain as he was pushing it through so slowly only half the liquid had disappeared from within the glass of the needle. She began tearing slightly, her teeth clamped together. "Easy Ai," Orochimaru said smoothly, he took one of his hands from her arm and wiped some moisture away from her eye with his thumb. He smiled at her as he pushed the rest of the drug through her vein. Ai gulped, she felt like the circulatory system was burning from the inside out. Something flickered in those golden eyes as Ai's eyes finally gave way to the pain and started streaming. It couldn't have been concern, could it? Ai began to feel her eyelids give way as she began to feel sleepy, she was slipping from consciousness, but the firey burning pain throughout her body kept her somewhat awake. Orochimaru narrowed his eyes in concentration and grabbed cotton wool from his worktop. He pressed it to Ai's gentle arm as he swiftly pulled the syringe out, laced with Ai's crimson blood. He threw it down and took his hand straight back to Ai's face, aware she was slipping from consciousness. With his other hand he held her would closed, though blood began to soak through the cotton he'd pressed to it. "Ai," he whispered gently, she fell weak in his arms, he was holding her up right with his one arm. "I-I'm s-sorry...L-lord Orochima-" Ai tried to apologise, but he silenced her with a smile. "It's perfectly fine, I'll explain when you wake up." with that the girl fell limp and a smirk slid across the snake sannins lips.