DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!
That night, miles away from Konoha, Suigetsu couldn't sleep. They were currently sheltering in a desolate forest, and it was so dark that he couldn't even see his teammates sleeping beside him. Such nights as this one brought on unwanted memories, such as the night when Orochimaru found and kidnapped him. Memories like this didn't let him sleep...and if he did, it was tainted by nightmares.
He remembered the gruesome experiments that Orochimaru's assistant used to carry out on him. Kabuto Yakushi was the biggest bastard anyone could ever meet. He was a young man perhaps in his late teenage years or early twenties, with white hair in a ponytail and big circular glasses. He always wore this blasted smirk that made Suigetsu feel like ripping him to shreds. He used to stand there in front of the table Suigetsu was strapped to and insult his dead parents and brother. He used to get a real kick out of it, watching Suigetsu yelling at him to shut up while laughing at his pointless struggles.
If I ever see him again...no one'll recognise him when I'm through with him, He thought angrily.
What had annoyed him the most though, was when Orochimaru had ordered Kabuto to examine his brain and sift through his memories. He had seen everything...from his training with Zabuza, to his meeting with Tsubaki. After that his life had turned into a living hell, if it could have gotten any worse.
"You never told us you had a girlfriend," Kabuto had drawled, snickering with delight.
"She was my friend not my girlfriend," Suigetsu had insisted angrily. This was partly true, but he had always harboured a secret love for her.
"Ooo really now? It didn't look that way," Kabuto had said happily: "She's probably very angry that you abandoned her and doesn't want to see you again. Yeah, I'll bet she hates you and has a new boyfriend, and they probably insult you behind your back all the time."
"What you want isn't necessarily what is," said Suigetsu.
"That's probably my line, 'Sui-Chaaaan'," Kabuto drawled in his annoying voice. He had obviously heard Tsubaki call him that in his memories.
"Anyway, fine then. Let's say she still likes you, she probably thinks you're dead. What would she want with a dead guy? Think she'll wait for you to come back? Dream on, 'Sui-Chan'," he taunted.
"What the hell would you know?" Suigetsu had shouted, rage beginning to take over.
"Calm down 'Sui-Chan', Tsubaki wouldn't want you to get all flustered now would she?" said Kabuto.
"She also wouldn't want me tied down while you insult me and toy with my body," Suigetsu spat.
"You're annoying, you know that?" said Kabuto, poking him in the chest.
"I think that's my line. If you're done with me, why don't you just hit the road?" Suigetsu had asked angrily.
"Oh I'm not done with you...what made you think that? I'm far from done with you..." Kabuto had grinned evilly, a nasty look creating a glint in his pitch black eyes.
"What do you mean?" Suigetsu asked, not taking his eyes of him.
"Well, Lord Orochimaru did tell me to experiment on you, but he never mentioned that I couldn't have a bit of fun with your body...get it now?" Kabuto had said, running a finger over his bare stomach.
Slut, Suigetsu thought now as he lay back on the forest floor, staring up at the black sky: Never missed an opportunity like that, to have some fun with me while I was naked.
He was getting sick of thinking about them and his days in their hideout. Those stupid snake freaks kept him from sleeping almost every night, and now he was getting really frustrated. He got up quietly so as not to wake the others and left, eager to go somewhere close to water. He was feeling thirsty again and this was the perfect time to take a swim without Karin getting on his nerves.
As soon as he left the forest, he came across the small lake he had seen earlier when they had arrived. He stripped off his clothes, threw them down beside a rock and jumped in. The water was cool and refreshing and he dived below the surface, relishing the feel of liquid caressing his skin.
At that moment, he thought of Tsubaki, the sweet smiling girl who never missed a night just to see him. He knew she had loved him, that was certain, but why had he never told her? Why had he always kept it secret? Now maybe he would never see her again to tell her, and she would never have known...