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{ xD LOL, alright! }

{ o E o . . . I dunno. }

Ayumi frowned slightly when she heard Itachi sit up, her hand instinctively flying to the kunai she had found while looking for bandages in the room. Without even glancing at him, she held the kunai to Itachi's throat, not hard enough to puncture his skin. "You're in no condition to fight, with that wound on your head," she said quietly, glancing at him from where she sat on the side of the bed. "Just like I am. So, for the last time, why am I here?" She knew something was off about him at the moment, but she took the opportunity to have the upper hand.
{ o 3 o . . . . Dun dun dunnnnnn. Itachi'sgoingtodieeeeeee.
Joking, I could never do that. o E o }

{ o E o I'm like... neither. xD I mean, everybody has different opinions, so I don't go around hating people just for what they like. }

Temari blinked, and narrowed her eyes for a few seconds as she watched the two. "He is," she declared after a bit, a surprised look on her face. Glancing at Kankuro, she spoke. "You said you've only seen him smile once, right?"

Gaara couldn't help the slight smile that was growing on his face as he listened to the brown-haired girl, his sea foam green eyes staying locked on her. "Guess it must've been both of our faults," he said, before his gaze turned somewhat curious. "Where are you heading?"

{ She's gotten... really, really chubby. :I
I mean, now, whenever I see her... I can't help but poke her stomach cause she's all chubby and cute now. cx She's a Fat Emo Cat. }

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(( I'ma make Ayumi mad. XD xX ))

Itachi groaned and waved his hand at Ayumi, dusting her question off. He was too concerned with the problem he was having right now to bother with the girl. Let her get her knickers in a twist. He had done it before and he'd do it again. He remembered how he'd make her mad at him when they were smaller. It seemed to be the same case here.

(( Q ~ Q No, no! Not my Tachi-kun!!! xX ))

(( o - o I wish everybody was like that . . . xX ))

Kankuro nodded. "Maybe twice . . . but I don't think either were actually . . . genuine . . . or sincere," he mumbled, flabbergasted.

Ayaka chuckled softly. "I was heading to get some tea before coming back. I want to help you with your paperwork again," she said softly. "Would you like some?"

(( XD You have no clue how hard I laughed at that! XD xX ))

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{ xD Oh gawd... She's going to get really frustrated. }

Ayumi frowned in frustration at the arrogant Uchiha, not wanting to have to deal with him just trying to arouse her anger at the moment. "You owe me one favor, if you look- or should I say, touch -your forehead," she said as she referred to the wound she had tended to while he was unconscious, having found it easy to tell something was up with his eyes the moment he opened them, from the glossy look they had. As she spoke though, she didn't hesitate to let the kunai against his neck draw blood, in a gesture to tell him she wasn't going to play any of his games at the moment. "Any medic could easily see that you're going blind."

{ Don't worry. Ayumi couldn't kill him. xD Even if she tried. }

{ Yeah . . . o E o Mostly those people that go around hating people who like making OCs and pairing them with Canon characters from series. }

Temari snickered just slightly, glancing at her brother with a teasing grin. "I can see why," she said, knowing Gaara probably wasn't usually the one to be sincere or touching around his annoying brown-haired brother. She then focused back on the two they were spying on though, curious just as much as Kankuro was.

"You shouldn't have to concern yourself with my work that much," Gaara said softly, his eyes somewhat filled with surprise at how much the girl was willing to help. He hesitated for a second though, knowing she probably wasn't going to listen to him, so he ended up answering her question about the tea with a simply "sure".

{ No, I'm not even joking bro. xD When we got our new cat Mocha { Or as I call her sometimes, 'Mochaccino' }, we had to get this new kitten food that's suppose to like, fatten them up or something. But then Emo Cat decided to go full out on the food as well, and now... well, she's just plain out fat. o E o
I mean, she wobbles like a duck when she walks now. }

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(( XD Itachi . . . You're so NOT a womanizer anymore. xX ))

Itachi shook his head and waved his hand at her. "And any medic would be smart enough to see that a man going blind is quite annoyed by you bombarding questions on them," he remarked with a frown, trying to stand up.

(( XD True!!! XD xX ))

(( Hahahahahaha-- wait what? XD Kinda lost me. xX ))

Ayaka looked Gaara in the eyes, her smile lifting a bit more. "And no human should have this much stress on them," she remarked, her voice gentle. She knew Gaara had a demon inside of him, but she wasn't the least bit afraid. She saw Gaara as a person, and like any person, even if he admitted it or not, he needed help.

Kankuro continued to watch in awe. "I knew baby brother had a girlfriend."

(( XD Waddle like Emo Cat! XD BU xX ))

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{ Lol, he so isn't. xD
o E o I just came up with a good argument to that remark Itachi just said though. }

"And any blind man could easily see that a medic would get annoyed not getting any answers after being attacked," she retorted, harshly elbowing him in the ribs with what brute strength she could muster when he attempted to stand just to knock him back down. She knew if he stood up, he'd just become unstable due to the wound on his head and blood loss, and she didn't want to have to deal with him collapsing on the ground again. All the while she continued to stubbornly hold the kunai to his neck, letting her wrist slack now so that whenever he moved, it would just find it's way deeper into his neck.
{ C< Did you see what I did there? 'Any blind man can easily see'. Suchasmartaleck. }

{ xD Yup. }

{ o E o Ya' know those people who hate when people pair OCs with characters from series?
Those people bug me. }

Gaara watched the brown-haired girl with a surprised, yet soft look for a few seconds, before just chuckling softly in defeat. "It comes with the role of being the Kazekage," he pointed out, before starting to walk once again, this time in the direction Ayaka had been going in. "I'll come with you to get the tea."

"Since when?" Temari asked, giving Kankuro a doubtful look as she raised an eyebrow.

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(( XD Now he's just a pain in the arse. xX ))

Itachi grumbled to himself, before smirking and leaning back into the kunai knife. "Go ahead, kill me," he muttered. "Not only will you not get your answer, but you won't ever be allowed to leave," he remarked.

(( XD I love the "blind man can easily see" bit. XD xX ))

(( OH, yeah! XD Sorry, lln. I'm easily confused lately. XD xX ))

Ayaka smiled and let a soft laugh slip past her lips. "I suppose, but they all had help too," she replied, walking beside Gaara.

Kankuro chuckled. "Since last night when he came home in an unusually giddy mood. Well, as giddy as Gaara can be," he mused. "But he didn't grumble once, and he didn't have that dull, distant look in his eyes!"

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{ xD Eyup. Ayumi's sure going to have a lot of fun being stuck with him. }

Ayumi frowned, watching the Uchiha with careful eyes as she kept the kunai up against this throat. He's just as arrogant as always, she thought with a slight scoff. Without a word, she lifted the kunai up and tossed it across the room's floor with a loud clatter. "I'll never have the hatred to kill you, but I won't ever have the heart to forgive you," she muttered under her breath, ignoring his stupid remarks as she glanced off to the side with narrowed eyes.

{ xD Lol, I know right? I felt like making her a smarta-- for a second there. }

{ It's fine! xD }

"True," Gaara admitted, glancing over at Ayaka with a slight smile before he looked back ahead of himself, in the direction they were going. "Which tea shop are we stopping by?"

"That is true..." Temari said, watching as the two walked off for a few seconds before looking back at her brother with a grin. "Since he seems to be having some trouble though, how about we take matters into our own hands and invite her over for dinner at home sometime?"

{ Oh gawd. Temari and Kankuro are turning into Mikoto. xD }

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(( XD Oh, a lot of fun, eh? XD xX ))

Itachi felt his heart sting with pain, but he quickly shoved the feeling aside. You and Sasuke both think you're the only ones . . . but you'll never understand why I truly did it . . . and you never will he thought, before shaking his head. "And you think I care?" he muttered under his breath.

(( XD You should have, lln. xX ))

(( Okay, lln. xX ))

Ayaka smiled. "Well, Miyaka has the best sweet tea . . . but Iroh has the best Jasmine tea. Which one would you prefer?" she asked softly.

Kankuro rubbed his hand together dubiously. "Let's!" he grinned.

(( XD Yup! XD But it IS pretty funny! xX ))

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{ Oh, psh, you know what I meant. xD Don't go making it all sour. //shot }

Ayumi remained silent, just sitting on the edge of the bed as she avoided looking at the Uchiha once more. "You're going to have to answer my question some time or another," she said bluntly, not letting any emotion enter her voice as she stared down at the ground with cold eyes, before glancing over at the Akatsuki ring that was stuck on her finger. Don't tell me I was brought here to be a medic...? she thought as her eyes suddenly narrowed, recalling when Kisame asked if she was 'the medic'.

{ xD Oh don't worry, I will. }

Gaara thought over this for a few seconds, before he glanced over at her again. "What type is your favorite," he questioned, curious to what her answer would be. "Since I don't have a preference, you can pick."

Temari grinned, before glancing around the corner again. "They're getting away right now though, so we'll just have to wait until she leaves him alone."

{ xD It is. }

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(( Eww, I wasn't making it sour! XD I was making it sweet! Why do you think I was shoving pineapples down his throat? -smirk smirk- xX ))

Itachi scoffed and started to stand up again. "To be a medic," he replied just as bluntly. "What else? Did you think you were being brought here to dance around like a ballerina or to strip for all of us?" he muttered.

(( XD DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! And yeah, I mean . . . DO IT! XD xX ))

Ayaka thought for a moment. "How about both? We can get a cup from each. One for now and one for later," she replied softly, smiling up at him.

Kankuro nodded. "Or we could just kidnap her . . ." he chuckled.

(( XD Okay . . . funny as all hell now. xX ))