Sorry I didn't update for a little while, I'm not even gonna give you any excuses, I just wasn't able. Though I would have updated much sooner if Doc Manager hadn't erased half of the chapter (grrrrrr). On the bright side, one of the pieces I wrote got published on a website! Unfortunately I can't post a link to the website because it gives away too much personal info, sorry guys, but if you have any ideas as to how I could show it to you, I'm all ears! Or eyes, I guess, since I'd be reading your ideas...
"You have to take a bath, you're stinking up the base!" Kabuto yelled, a clothes pin clipped over his nose
"No!" Kumiko protested.
"If you don't get up and march to the bathroom right this instant, I'll have to use force!" he warned.
"You're just a pervert aren't you? Forcing a lady like me to take a bath! You probably just want to see me naked, four eyes!" Kumiko mocked him, sticking her tongue out.
"Why you...," he growled, "You leave me no choice!"
Before Kabuto could even form a proper hand sign, Sasuke caught his arm.
"Move that arm one more inch and you'll lose it." Sasuke snarled.
"Ah, you're awake, Sasuke-kun." Kabuto ripped his arm free of Sasuke's grasp.
"It's hard to sleep with all the rukus you were making." Sasuke shot back at him.
"Well, Kumiko here is refusing to take a bath, she's stinking everything up." Kabuto replied.
"What are you talking ab-" Sasuke doubled over as the fowl stench hit him.
"You may want one of these." Kabuto handed Sasuke a clothes pin.
Sasuke snatched it with a scowl on his face.
"Kumiko," he growled, but it lost all effect because his nose being plugged made his voice sound funny.
Kumiko snickered, trying to hold her laughter in.
Sasuke ignored this. "Why aren't you taking a bath?"
She exploded in laughter, it was just to hard to hold it in. Sasuke's expression got angrier every passing second.
"That's it!" he hollored, "I'm washing you myself!"
Kumiko's eyes widened in fear as he stomped over, grabbing her collor.
"Noooooooooooooo! Sasuke! Sasuke! Sasuke! Let goooooooooooooo!" Kumiko whined as she was dragged out of the room.
Kabuto was left alone in the room, absolutly bewildered.
"Stop squirming, you're making this difficult." Sasuke ordered.
"No, you're making this difficult! Let go!" she squealed.
Sasuke grunted, loosening his grip on Kumiko long enough for her slip out of his hand. He sat down next to her, sighing.
"You're such a child." he grumbled.
"Am not!" she protested.
"Then why won't you bathe?" he retorted.
"I-I'm scared." she replied in a rosy blush.
"What the hell are you scared of?" Sasuke asked half angrily- half surprised.
"When I'm in the shower I-I'm vulnerable. What if Orochimaru came in and- and..." Kumiko started shaking, she clutched her arms as if it would gain her stability.
She soon felt the warmth of Sasuke around her and she relaxed into a fit of tears.
"Kumiko..," he mumbled reassuringly, straightening up, "I'll guard the bathroom door."
Kumiko looked up wiping the tears from her eyes. "You'll what?"
"I'll stand outside the door and make sure no one gets in, I promise." he added.
"You will? Really?" Kumiko jumped up.
"Yep. Come on, let's go to the bathroom." Sasuke stood, leading Kumiko down the hall.
When Sasuke stopped at a door, Kumiko turned to him.
"Thank you Sasuke," Kumiko smiled, "You know, you're not as scary as I thought. You're nothing like Mother."
Kumiko gasped, almost surprised at her own words. She scurried into the bathroom without another word, slamming the door behind her.
"Your... mother?" Sasuke asked confused on the other side of the door.
Kumiko held her tongue, pretending not to hear, she stipped for a shower and burried her face in her hands.
That's all you get for now, I'll update soon, and maybe you'll find out the identity of Kumiko's father in the next chapter, who knows? :D Please review!
