"I decided I should explain what my experiments on you are for." Orochimaru said casually as the pair entered the laboratory. Ai gulped at the sight of all the heavy duty medical equipment that lay about the lab. "Umn..." she started but Orochimaru continued to speak over her. "You are Suigetsu are quite unique, your cells regenerate at an inhuman pace compared to the rest of us." Ai cocked her head to the side in confusion. "The thing is, if I can increase the pace of the regeneration in your cells, you would effectively be invincible." Ai frowned, she didn't really understand how that worked. Orochimaru chuckled at her and continued. "Picture this, remember when you got hit badly while out collecting data?" Ai winced and nodded. "Instead of ending up in a thousand pieces back in the hospital wing, you would have regenerated on site. You would be invincible, and immortal." He licked his lips as he ended the sentence. Ai shivered, maybe everyone was right and she was just being used. It was common knowledge that Orochimaru's main aim was to become immortal. Orochimaru stroked the side of Ai's face and sighed, she immediately went pink. "So now that you know, do you still trust me not to kill you?" His golden eyes glinted as a smirk slid across his face. Ai hesitated a moment but caught her topaz gaze on his. Her fingers went to the silky soft hand of his that he still had on the side of her face. Orochimaru's tongue flickered over his lip slightly making Ai smile. "Yeah, I guess so." she giggled and Orochimaru drew back. "Excellent, not that your answer was going to change anything!" He laughed loudly and turned his back to the little mist ninja, he seemed to be in a very good mood as worked away at one of the stations. Ai smiled to herself, but the haunting fact of what her master had said still remained. "Not that your answer was going to change anything..."
Ai bit at her thumb nervously as Orochimaru prepared a needle with some unknown substance. Humming quietly as he worked he turned to Ai and flicked the needle a devilish smirk plastered on his ivory face. Ai gulped slightly, she really hated injections. "So..." Ai questioned shakily as Orochimaru sat down next to her his golden eyes glistening. "So, all the different chemicals I have been injecting into you are to see what your cells will react to. We will find something that eventually speeds up your regeneration process, if not, then I'll start mixing things..." He laughed and promptly stabbed his subordinate with the full needle, Ai gasped unaware that he wasn't even going to bother look for a vein. This was a side of Orochimaru she hadn't seen before, usually he was so delicate with her and made sure she was alright. Today however, he seemed to be much more interested in the results. The snake sannin pulled the needle out and briskly and covered the girl's wound with a cotton ball. Ai didn't feel any impact of the drug as of yet but suddenly the look in her master's eye changed. His smirk changed to a warming smile and after replacing his equipment on a tray on the table he pulled at the girl's hand. This action completely knocked Ai off guard. "Come here," he hissed subtly and ended up pulling the small girl onto his lap. He had his arm round her waist, his other hand stroked the side of her face tenderly. Before Ai had time to question her master's actions or pass out from sheer joy, her eyelids suddenly became very heavy and a feverish blush made its way to her pale cheeks. Orochimaru pressed his forehead against hers and held her close, she was loosing conciousness. The light of Ai's topaz eyes was fading fast, her world seemed to be illuminated by the golden glow of her master's eyes. She tried to speak but couldn't, she felt paralysed and became scared. "Shh," Orochimaru whispered, "It'll be alright. Sleep well, my little wonder of nature." Ai lost conciousness and the warmth of Orochimaru's smile froze into a sickly smirk. "Oh Kabuto!" he called quietly, his best subordinate appearing from behind the lab door. "Time to take this experiment to the next level" his dark laugh echoed through the dimness of the labratory.