Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Blessed Flowers. Enjoy the 4600-word chapter. I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, and a few others do.
Konan sighed as Aiko hummed and gently continued to wrap up her back, pulling the back of her robe to the side as she sighed once more and then looked to the ground before he hummed and then he relaxed once again.
He hummed as he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth, wrapping the gauze against her bare skin, she winced before she clicked her fingers against the bare bed as he did so.
"That should stop the bleeding. The more bleeding that comes? The more annoying it might be… Yet? It is pretty good for now." Aiko stated before he sighed and then hummed as he clicked a smile into place.
"Maybe… There is not a lot more to try and figure out." Konan stated to which she sighed before she looked downwards at the ground before she sighed again and then fell to the ground once more.
Konan sighed and rolled her eyes before she looked to the ground, something that he could be able to relax.
She set her feet on the ground but tumbled, almost crashing into the dusty window as he paused and took a second to stop her, knowing that she was beyond tired for now and pushing herself would make her crash.
He laid her down gently, knowing more and more amused at the end of the day as he clicked his fingers. He would not be able to relax her before now as he sighed
They had a lot of things to relax about again and again as he hummed and leaned on the wall next to him and he yawned once again. He leaned in the chair and raised an eyebrow before he blinked to himself as he smiled before he leaned on the window.
"You're a lot more exhausted than you look, Konan," Aiko stated before he sighed again. "The tests I'm going to need to perform are a lot more painful at the end of the day, it's going to be harder and harder to try and fix that," Aiko said before he leaned back in his chair.
He said nothing after this, just wanting to relax more and more as he sighed before he clicked his fingers against one another.
There was exhaustion written on his face as he hummed before he looked downwards at the ground, something he did not at all grasp what to do with as he closed his eyes for now as he hummed.
There was a lot more to try and deal with it all as he turned to look to the side, not knowing what to try and figure out with her. Perhaps it was just part of life but he was worn downwards at the ground and then paused, looking upwards and into the sky.
Life was probably making him pay for it at the time, he did not at all know what to do next. He blinked to himself as he raised an eyebrow and then looked downwards at the ground, tired beyond all reason.
There is a lot more to try and figure out and something else that could be dealt with knowing that it all would soon fall to pieces, he sighed before he hummed to himself, utterly able to see reason as of the time being.
Perhaps it would end well enough at the end of the tunnel, he did not know and could not have known for now, it was some biting sarcasm at the time.
Perhaps it would be needed to deal with at the end of the day and again and again, thrown off in ways that could again and again, for now, continue within her way… She knew it, knew well enough within such a way before now.
She was unsure of what to try and figure out as she hummed to herself before, she clicked her fingers once another. She felt him tuck her flesh around as she sighed.
"You, ok? Or are you need some time to adjust… Because I still must try and make sure the rest of your body is not damaged which is not something I normally have to deal with." He said, pausing only to sigh.
If anything? He had a lot of work to do, knowing what was coming and yet dreading it all the same. It felt less like he was doing much and more like he was swimming through madness, trying not to scream.
She sighed as his hands, cold and clammy, touched her stomach around her scar. She would kill that man if she found him again, utterly broken, she would tear his flesh apart and cut him into pieces.
"You, ok?" Konan questioned which would need to be dealt with for now, something that would need to be broken down before now.
"Yes, what about you?" Aiko asked before he sighed, utterly able to see it all end for now and for good.
"Annoyed. I want to kill that man for wounding me… I am so angry he managed to gain some level of victory during our fight… I will kill him if I see him again and it is a lot more annoying than I think." She said as he hummed.
Perhaps at moments, he could not have told for now, he did not wish to tell her that he had been able to try and relax, that he would not be done anytime soon. This was not going to be dealt with for now she hummed before she looked downwards at the ground.
They had a lot left to try and deal with as he hummed, utterly tired and silent for now that he could not try and figure out for now what to deal with.
He tired of trying to sugarcoat that she would possibly need to scream, seeing it all fall apart and knowing what would end eventually, yet more, and more while they clicked a finger against one another.
Konan kept thinking of what to keep growing for now and she paused to keep looking downwards at the ground, too interested for now, she paused to keep growing for now and seemed to be utterly tired of now.
She would be utterly thrown for now. She seemed to keep growing, for now, an idea that she kept being for now.
Konan seemed to keep growing for now, it seemed to be utterly done at the end of the moment. This was not going to be over at the time as she paused to keep looking downwards at the ground.
Konan was confident to keep growing, too interested in what would be done at the time… It was too momentous for now… She did not want to keep thinking for now… An idea that could be utterly maddened for now… It meant something to him at the time being.
"Do you enjoy dealing with this?" Konan questioned as Aiko paused and then seemed to look down at the ground.
She wished to keep growing for now… There was something that needed to be dealt with for now.
"I do not require help with it… But I do not know." Aiko stated before he smiled. "There are a lot of things I enjoy doing, and helping you is one of them." Aiko paused to keep thinking for now… There was something else to keep track of.
"And what does that mean?" Konan asked as she looked at her bared stomach.
"It means as much as I enjoy aiding you? I also enjoy the fact that I must put up with having so much power." Aiko stated before he hummed and relaxed. "This is not going to be something to deal with... This." Aiko stated to which there was some sort of silence.
"You are an idiot and I would kill you if I was not dependent upon your services," Konan stated before she sighed and looked downwards at the ground.
She sighed, too interested in what he was doing as she pressed a hand to her stomach, too interested, too fascinated at her ideals and tribulations for the moment to say much.
"Maybe… But if you disliked my words so much? You would not be smiling at it." Konan heard as she sighed and paused, looking downwards at the ground, tired and too interested in what was to come.
It had to end or else she would not allow it to be over yet. There were a few seconds of silence, too much, and two interested in it all.
She did not wish to do much, not at this juncture and not before it all collapsed into the sea… The idea of it seemed to be beyond all of it.
"I enjoy your company, Aiko… Though I would be happier if I had fewer scars upon my flesh." Konan stated before she sighed and seemed almost terrified.
She hummed and then fell silent, tired of it in just a few harsh seconds of pain now… Not wanting it to at all end for now.
Konan seemed to be utterly done and dusted, relaxed for now and then paused, tired for now, too curious as to it for now.
She pulled herself up and looked at her bare stomach and then at her robes, a sign of her former group, one had been done for now.
This is not something to get excited over for now and paused for now, too interested in something beyond their control. Their measures to try and arrest it for now as something to see and do.
It was just too much to try and figure out as Aiko paused to sit in front of her and then sighed, he did not want to keep thinking for now, too interested in something beyond his control and too unsure and unworthy of it all for now.
He had too much to try and deal with for now and then paused to try and think for now, wanting to relax at the end of the day. It was chaotic for now and something to try and deal with.
He had a lot more to see and do.
"What will you do when it comes down to it? Because we both know." Konan stated to try and deal with the fact that she was too tired and worn down by it all for now.
"I do not know… You can try training if you want." Aiko stated as Konan paused. "You are exhausted and tired but I know you are going to need to try and fight sooner or later. It will not be long before an assassin tries to kill you or kick your head off your shoulders." Aiko added before he sighed.
He paused to let it all sink in when it comes down to it. He had a lot more on his mind and this of all things would not be enough to bury it for now… He had a lot more things than he could bring to the table.
It made him too tired to rebuttal and too interested in something to try and figure out for now. He did not at all know what would happen, he did not know her or something for now and then paused to keep thinking for now and then paused to keep growing for now.
He did not know what was happening and he was too exhausted for now and was wearing himself down he did not wish to do so, so instead, he would take pride in allowing it all to be over and done with for now and for good reason. It was not like he had been doing.
There was more to this, much more than before, something that kept being cut through like a knife, he paused only to glance at the woman and feel a small shred of remorse to see it all done and dusted.
There was a lot more to try and figure something out now. He wished to keep growing for now and then? He could relax.
She felt unwilling to do more, too thrown off. She was thrown for a loop, too interested in her next move.
"Hmm," Konan stated before she paused, looking around the room, too interested in what was going to try and deal with for now.
This was too much to deal with, something about it all tore her to pieces. She did not know what the next move was and she did not wish to keep relaxing at all.
She paused, clutching her stomach as she seemed to wish to relax, too interested in what was coming, what was going to happen now, and for good reason.
She did not wish to try and relax for now as she paused to think of her next move.
"I wish to train soon," Konan stated before Aiko hummed before she seemed to close her eyes. "I wish to need to relax if that is ok," Konan stated.
"There is a lot more to see and do, Konan… But I believe that is not off the table." Aiko hummed and then sighed. "I am a warrior; I am very good at my next move and I will be able to relax for now… At least when it comes down to it." Aiko stated before he pushed himself away.
Konan for her part? Simply guessed that it could be dealt with and dusted, tired and done for now. They could be utterly done with, for now, too worn by it all to let it come to an end.
There was more to their prim and proper little training and she could tell that she could and would require relaxing for now and could be done later, there is more to this but it could be utterly done and dusted for now… There will be utter massive ideals for her to end.
"I am sorry if I said something that offends you. it was not my intention to do so and I do not enjoy doing it…" Konan heard as she looked at Aiko who could be able to relax.
"There is more to this, a lot more to do," Aiko said as he hummed.
"Indeed, there is a lot more to try and deal with for it now," Konan stated before she sighed and looked downwards at the floor.
She held her hands to her stomach, feeling vulnerable and tired, feeling drained and unable to do more than relax and end it all for now… This made her want to keep growing and growing.
All of it hurt… All of it would hurt for now and for good reason. This would be too much fun to deal with for now. She wanted nothing more than an end to it all the same.
That? That would be the funniest part of it and the funniest thing she did to try and retire it for now at the end of the road and the end of their exhaustion. It would not end now nor ever, it would not fester, and it would not subside. She had been weak, unable to do more than relax and bay for his mercy, mercy that he very clearly gave but not without some tempting.
She could tell that he was bored, exhausted even. It was part of his craft that such things not once did he or she bow.
"Aiko?" Konan asked before Aiko turned, pausing for a moment to set down the tools next to him. "Why would you risk your life to save me? Besides wishing I was clan head…? He could have killed you easily and then? Then you would have been dead for nothing and I would still be bleeding out." Konan said.
"Because some people are worth saving no matter the cost to save them," Aiko stated before looking at her. "I know who you are, I know you and your friend attacked Konoha and were beaten by someone… I am not stupid; I have seen whom those robes belong to." Aiko stated.
"You know…" Konan whispered as Aiko rolled his eyes.
"You are not the only suffering person here who has suffered because of your past and you are not the only one who has done so," Aiko stated while waving his hands back and forth.
"Then you are aiding a criminal." Aiko heard as he turned to Konan.
Aiko glanced at her, his eyes burning like twin suns. Konan for once in her life felt weak, she felt like she was a bug sitting under a magnifying glass and slowly ebbing and flowing like leaves from a vine.
It felt painful to do so. It felt like she was utterly maddening for now and then now and it felt like he was going to scream.
"I am… Sorry." Konan stated to which Aiko hummed before he seemed to be utterly reimagined for now… This was too odd to deal with, too unsure and uncertain of it all for now.
It was painful to deal with for now and then seemed to keep growing for now, too interested, and then looked downwards now before he seemed to relax for now. He watched as she put her hands around her stomach, too interested in it all.
This would be something to relax for now and then pause to keep growing for now… This would not be something for now… There were a lot of ideas to deal with.
"You, ok?" Konan asked to which Aiko simply shrugged.
"There is a lot I need to do when it comes down to it," Aiko stated to which he sighed. "This isn't what I'm used to, most people whom I'm trying to fix don't end up getting better," Aiko stated before he sighed.
He felt tired, thrown for a loop. It felt like he was too unsure and too much like he did not trust anyone for the moment… It was harder and harder to deal with for now at this moment in time, an idea that would be something to deal with.
He was too unable, too willing to deal with it in the way he could relent, the way he could deal with it all for now, he paused to let it all flood across him.
This all seemed to be something that the medical ninja was not used to… He probably would not be used to it in due time. He would not have allowed it to end at this juncture nor any.
So much work left to do and so little time to deal with such a thing, so much left that it hurt now to deal with for now.
"You going to be, ok?" Aiko questioned before he sighed, too tired and too exhausted to deal with this.
Aiko hummed as Konan who had been silent a few minutes ago simply slumped against the broken mattress. She sighed, planting her hands on her bare stomach which hung open through her parted robes.
She felt raw, damaged, and at the mercy of the elements. She undid her robe and let it slip from her arms and rest on her shoulders, baring the back of her body that stood before him.
She looked at him and then patted him next to her. Aiko went to say something and give an excuse not to do so.
He found none and simply sighed before joining her as she slumped against the wall. She had been too tired to make a joke to make some sort of exhaustion fall over her.
She did not know how she was still alive, to begin with. She had been through war before and she did not have time to focus on it if she fell.
She was not the best person; she had worked for someone the world considered a terrorist and yet she had been stabbed in the back by someone… Then the world gave her Aiko.
She supposed she could care. It was not like she had been living much without anything on her mind. She knew the world would see her as the bad guy, she had worked hard to bring peace to the world.
"Do not die on me now… I still need to make sure you are better before that." Aiko joked to which he hummed.
He hurt himself in trying to laugh, exhausted for now… There was a lot on his mind the medical ninja could have done.
Yet? He felt himself caring enough to let it all come down the wire… He had been too thrown for a loop to relax for now, interested for now, unwilling to deal with for now as he cracked his fingers.
Part of him guessed he would be dead real soon. He was a soldier after all and he was helping someone who was the bad guy, the villain he was expected to kill.
He snorted, he had been a soldier for too long when push came to shove, he had been in the thick of it for now and then paused to think of what he could do next, what the best motion to do was.
if he tried something? He would be killed as there was no reason to have kept a terrorist alive. If he left her to die? He damned not only his hometown but those surrounding the village, to begin with… She would be a prize for those who could not handle themselves.
She paused, ready and eager to relax as she realized she could not do much. Konan slowly yet surely went to drag herself to her feet only to undo her sandals and let them clack to the floor.
She looked at Aiko who seemed at peace and she placed her hands on her stomach, realizing most of her skin was revealed either way. She made no effort to hide it from Aiko, it was not as if he had any motives to see her flesh besides stitching it up.
"Do you believe I could have killed him?" Konan questioned as she raised an eyebrow.
"The masked man?" Konan heard before she nodded, drumming her fingers on her stomach as she loosened her coat more.
"Yes. I tossed everything I could have used on him and yet he just… Ignored it. I had nothing left when he stopped the last attack." Konan stated to which Aiko paused to think of what was going on for now.
There was too much on her mind, too interested in what came next as the woman slowly started to recline, looking to her feet, and then tired for now, too interested in what was coming next.
She was too fascinated for now with her desires and hummed.
"No. you couldn't." Aiko stated as Konan frowned. "You blew up an entire lake and he shrugged it off. Do you think you could have done anything else to have stopped him if THAT was not enough? Give yourself some credit." Aiko stated to he had been able to have done something for now.
He had been too composed, far beyond bored in what came next… There was something there, something that could not be managed. He knew the answer to her question. he would have easily stabbed through her heart if he had known, he would not have been so careless enough to have left her alone to die of her wound.
If he had any real idea of what was going on? He would have killed her, no doubt about it. The only thing that had saved her life is her vitals were so red one might confuse them for being dead. She was not spared by some skill, only damn luck that could only recall for the moment.
All of it seemed so damn tiring. So, tiring to her that she was trying to forget it in a way that much.
If nothing else? He might laugh, for now, too much had been lost for her to throw it away for no such reason. Not now, not when he had the desire to be beyond it all.
"Can I… Go for a walk soon?" Konan questioned before she paused to let it all come in on her mind. "I do want to get this over with… And my bad legs mean a lot more to me than you think." Konan stated to which Aiko hummed.
"Yes," Aiko stated. "Just give me a few minutes to let you get up," Aiko stated before he looked over at her.
"Why are you taking your robe off?" Aiko asked as Konan hummed.
"You are always working on my stomach and back and I do not care if you see my… Belly or back, you are a doctor, showing my skin only aids that." Konan stated before she shrugged. "And you are my friend. I do not care if you see my skin. If you wished to kill me? I would be fine." Konan stated.
"I mean… If I wanted to kill you? I would have and you know it… But then I would have nothing left." Aiko stated as Konan drummed her hands on her belly.
"Am I the only company you keep?" Konan asked to which Aiko shrugged.
"To a degree, I'm a shinobi, there isn't any of them here," Aiko stated before he seemed to keep trying to think for now.
"I am… Sorry." Konan stated as Aiko raised an eyebrow.
"Why?" Aiko questioned as he paused.
"Because you are without purpose. You see yourself only as a tool and thus put meaning in what you can do." Konan stated before he went to speak. "I know I am not lying. You have been willing to do whatever you can to heal me even if it means throwing away what you have." Konan stated to which Aiko went to speak only to sigh.
He knew what she was getting at. He had been a warrior, a piece of meat that was used to get where he had to have been relaxed for now… He would not have done for something now.
The chaos which he could have done so, he would not have allowed it. He was a warrior, he was a weapon and a tool for those who were less fortunate for now, unwilling to throw it all to the side, there was more chaos, more madness now, more unwilling to deal with it for now.
He had not the ability to deal with it all for now, he had something else to deal with, and something was bothering him. He had a lot more on his mind, a lot more to try and deal with something else.
He had been too disturbed, too tired, and too thrown off as Konan hummed and tapped her fingers on her damaged skin, she knew more and more that such issues like this. The chaos within him was too much… He would not be allowed to deal with it for now.
He had been too unwilling to deal with it for now. He yawned. He would not be willing to deal with it either way for the time being and it would not end well… Even then? This could not end.
"Can I train soon?" Konan asked to which she paused, thinking of the next move.
She knew more and more interested in what was coming.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words and will be showing more of Konan and Aiko finally getting out of the house and setting up their romance. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!