She reached her room and tore open the journal. 'Who does that idiot think he is anyway? Telling me I need to work on my stance! Ha! Well he needs to work on his... His...' Her thoughts were inturrupted by a huge crash from outside. This distracted Uren from her sister's journal. With a start, the girl's head snapped up and her eyes focused on the door. Just as she got up to approach it, Ai's voice sounded. "Why the fuck are you carrying me you limp-dick fuck-head!" she roared. Uren couldn't help the small smirk that played across her lips as she realised the identity of the respondent. "Lord Orochimaru instructed me to carry you back to your-" Ai didn't allow Orochimaru's right-hand man to finish, as she launched into a tirade of swear words. "Get your hands off of me you fucking, fuckity fuck!" she yelled, and another crash sounded. "Bastard!" she continued. Stifling a laugh, Uren opened the door to a scene of utter hilariousness; Kabuto was holding onto a woozy looking Ai, who was trying to batter him, despite her obvious low grasp on consciousness. The man -currently being attacked by a mental, green haired Kunoichi- turned to look at the new arrival with a look of hopelessness. "She passed out due to the medication and Lord Orochimaru instructed me to carry her back." he explained, dodging another flying punch from the crazy mist ninja. Uren smirk widened and she stepped forward languidly -she was in no rush to spare Kabuto from the beating he was receiving- into Ai's eyeline. "Ai, c'mon, I think I have some water in my room." she offered. Ai's hands dropped immediately and she began pushing her way out of Kabuto's grasp. Kabuto let her go, an annoyed sigh dispatching from his lips. "She needs to rest," he remarked irritably. "Not hang around and have 'girly chats'." Uren glowered at him. "Then we won't have 'girly chats'," she returned icily. "We'll just talk about how much torturing you would delight us." Kabuto sighed at her impudence, but left it, choosing to retreat back to his master. Uren glared after him and then turned her attention back to Ai, who was swaying slightly on her dainty feet. 'Experiments again?' Uren wondered, concern trickling upon her face as she took in her best friend's stature and expression. 'When will they end?' The Girl looked over Ai's head, in the direction Kabuto had just left in. What does he want with Ai? "You said you had water?" At the sound of Ai's hopeful tone, Uren looked back down, allowing a smile to grace her lips. "That's right," she agreed, guiding the mist ninja into her room. Uren guided Ai to her bed and sat her down before walking over to the other side of the room and pouring her comrade a glass of water from a jug she kept there. "Here..." she said softly as she handed Ai a crystal glass. The little ninja smiled and guzzled the water while her friend eyed her suspiciously. "What the hell has he been doing to you anyway?" Ai frowned into her glass, "I don't know... He said he'd explain when I woke up - guess he got busy or something..." The green haired girl sighed then placed her glass on the table beside the bed and began to chew her thumb. "If you are going to allow these experiments to continue, at least get him to tell you what the fuck he's actually doing, ok?" Uren said roughly she folded her arms and looked away, why did her master have to be this way? She was really beginning to become disloyal towards him. Sasuke said he didn't trust him... Man this whole place is fucked up. How could my sister have fallen into this kind of mess? Ai suddenly grinned and looked up at Uren. The pale blue of her eyes sparkled with excitement. "So..." she began, giggling. "What happened with Mr. Shirtless?" Uren's eye twitched as she flushed a brilliant pink. "N-nothing..." the girl hid behind her jet black hair.. "He's just a prick." Ai laughed then pouted at the crystal user. "Awwww come on! Something must have happened!" Uren sighed and told her the details of yet another high tension clash with the Uchiha and all the embarrassment that came with it. Ai frowned in confusion, "A heart shaped crystal? Maybe you made it subconsciously and threw it at him during battle?" Uren shrugged, "I have no idea, but it's definitely one of mine, funny thing is he kept it. I mean why would you keep something like that?" Ai flashed anther prize grin with her sharp teeth. "Because he lurrrrvvveess you!" The mist kunochi burst out laughed as Uren shot her a look of death, there was suddenly a knock on the door. Ai stopped laughing. "Who's there?" Uren called, she hated people being near her room let alone in it. "It's Karin, I want to have a word with you, Uren." The slender ninja narrowed her eyes. "Come in then." The pretty red head opened the door and stepped in, she pushed up her glasses. "I'm just gonna get straight to the point here - Sasuke says to meet him in the large training room in 5 minutes." Uren's eyes widened in disbelief, then anger took over her delicate features. However Karin continued before she could interject. "Now, please keep your hands to yourself, I've been here longer than you, it's my official right to-" Uren raised an eyebrow. "Karin, what on earth are you talking about?" The girl suddenly got very angry. "You know damn well what I'm talking about! You keep your hands to yourself! He's MINE. No idea why he would want anything to do with someone who looks as plain and boring as you anyway!" With that the kunochi pushed up her glasses and viciously exited the room, leaving the two girls dumbfounded. "Told you Sasuke likes you." said Ai bluntly and with a straight face. "Oh shut up, I have no idea what this is about anyway." Ai raised her eyebrows. "Sure..."
"And I am not plain and borring! Am I?" Uren suddenly looked upset and began chewing her thumb nail nervously. She rushed over to her mirror and feverishly began combing her hair. Ai rolled her eyes. "What's wrong with you? You look fine! You think he'd wanna see you if you looked ugly?" Uren stopped and frowned at her reflection. "I'm an idiot. It's just training, or whatever." with that she stalked out of the room. "Fucking Karin," Ai hissed and sat back down on Uren's bed. She was the only one Uren trusted in her room. She finished her water and got up again and decided to go find Suigetsu, she was sure he had lots of negative things to say about Karin to make her feel better.
"Yeah she's a nasty piece of work," Suigetsu commented and grinned at his former teammate. "I miss having you as a partner, you're a lot more fun than tha whiny bitch!" Ai laughed and playfully punched him in the arm her blue eyes sparkled. "Yeah she's been a dick to Uren just cause Sasuke volunteered to train her or something." Suigetsu's eyes widened - "Sasuke volunteered to train Uren? As in... Orochimaru didn't force him?" Ai raised an eyebrow at her fellow mist ninja. "Yeah, funny right?" Suigetsu smirked and folded his arms. "Guess Mr. Invincible has a soft spot for someone after all! This makes me very happy, since Karin is obsessed with him, she's gonna go mental!" The pair of them laughed. "Really? She's that into him huh?" Ai replied. "Yep, he's all she ever goes on about and she like, stalks him. I'm telling you it's pretty damn creepy!" Ai looked at her friend in disbelief then laughed. "Damn, no wonder she tried to kill Uren's self esteem." Suigetsu raised an eyebrow. "You didn't tell me exactly what happend..." Ai grinned and sat down next to her former partner.. "Well, she told Uren Sasuke wanted to see her then started sayin-" Suigetsu cut her off. "He's mine!" he imitated the red head's voice badly and Ai laughed hysterically. "Y-yeah!" she spluttered through her giggling. "Just like that!" Suigetsu grinned but the took a serious tone. "Are you sure you are up to handling Orochimaru's experiments? I heard you fainted the other day..." Ai stopped laughing and rolled her eyes. "Everything is fine Sui and I am more than capable of handling Lord Orochimaru's experiments." Suigetsu wasn't convinced however and attempted to warn her about the nature of her master, just had everyone else had done. All Ai did was disagree, she was now becoming more devoted to her master than ever. This was a worrying turn of events for those who cared about her. "You know everyone is worried about you right? Well, I am and I know Uren is." Suigetsu continued, taking a swig from his water bottle. Ai frowned at him. "I got rid of my parents for a reason, Sui! No one need worry about me!" The white haired boy rolled his eyes and gave up. "Whatever you say!" Ai grinned and punched him in the arm again to which he responded with a frown. "I wonder how Uren is getting on... Maybe we should go spy on them!" Ai exclaimed then laughed. Suigetsu raised an eyebrow. "She's with Sasuke now?" Ai giggled, "Yeah" Ai grinned and then chewed on her lip. "Sasuke would sense us a mile off, besides, Karin's probably beaten us to it." The pair laughed then stayed silent a while, enjoying the harmony of each other's company. Suigetsu eyed his friend curiously and decided to confront her. "You like him don't you?" Ai raised her eyebrow, "Orochimaru, you like him. That's why Uren's so worried." Ai blushed and folded her arms. "So what if I did?" she snapped back at him and Suigetsu laughed.. "Just be careful, the guys a bit of a snake." Suigetsu laughed at his own pun and Ai punched him in the arm. "You're ridiculous!" she squealed then the pair of them laughed together, it had been a while since they had spent some quality time together and this made Ai happy. She had missed her former partner and had been to busy to really see how he was doing. She felt glad knowing he was okay, despite his new partner not being exactly to his satisfaction. Her thoughts then turned to her master, how did she really feel about him? and why was everyone so worried? Was there something other people could see that she didn't? That was going to trouble her for some time.