"Lord Orochimaru?" Jun's voice was quiet as she cracked open the door to the Sannin's room. "Are you feeling any better?" the kunoichi asked as she walked in, by the sounds of it she was moving the plate of food she'd brought him last night to replace it with another one. "You'll have to get up eventually…" she tried and the snake merely adjusted his blanket again as memories of the last time he'd gotten out of bed.

"He's not going to die! Sasori, my man, you'll survive right, hm?" Deidara asked desperately as Orochimaru pressed gauze around the knife, ordering Jun to ready her medical jutsu. "I'll take the restrictions off the bar." Chan said as he rushed over to the panel on the wall that controlled the security of the bar. Jun placed her hands over Orochimaru's and waited before activating her jutsu as the Sannin pulled the gauze and knife away from Sasori's neck.

The puppet master made a noise of pain as Orochimaru did this and the redheaded kunoichi faltered for a split second before regaining her composure. "You two, come with me." Chan ordered as he went towards the door to the back, holding it open and motioning the two new ninja through before following. "Lord Orochimaru…" Jun whispered and the Sound leader flashed warning eyes at her, Deidara shouldn't know yet.

Nodding obediently, she turned back to her task and the snake clenched the knife in his hand, cutting his palm though he didn't feel any pain. After a few painful minutes, Jun pulled her bloodied hands away from Sasori's neck and hung her head. "He's gone…" she whispered and Deidara wailed in pain, picking up Sasori's body and hugging him tightly.

"No, my man can't be dead. Sasori, my man, please!" he sobbed as Jun stood to leave and probably scrub the feeling off her hands. Orochimaru dropped the knife and gauze before leaving in a flash, startling Chan and the new ninja as he fled to his room without a word. Chan tried to get him to say what was wrong but left soon after the fruitless attempt, saying that he'd have the others leave him to mourn.

"At least eat." Jun sighed before she went silent as the door slammed open; suddenly someone sat on Orochimaru's bed and ripped the blanket off the snake. "Leave-." Orochimaru was cut off as something was stuffed into his mouth; Deidara's blue eyes were highly unamused. "I'm not going to let you starve." He grumbled, shoving another bit of rice into the Sannin's mouth as the pale ninja swallowed.

Jun opened her mouth to say something before shutting it again and leaving, closing the door behind her. "I lost Sasori too, y'know. Doesn't mean that I'm over it by working, hm, you need to as well." The bomber said as he continued to feed the sulking snake before eventually letting him take over as he sat up. "I know…" he mumbled as he brought more rice up to his mouth.

"Suiren and Bandō are settling in well so far, Ino still seems unsure and it doesn't help that Jun won't let her out of bed at all." The blond reported and Orochimaru nodded slowly, simply guessing who was who since he hadn't been there when they'd introduced themselves. "A few kids have been dropped off here, they were under the possession of the people who had Ino, Suiren and Bandō. They're barely even genin from what Ino says." Slightly startled, he looked at his friend and Deidara shrugged. "You'd have to meet them." He said and Orochimaru put his plate down, balancing the chopsticks on it.

The two sat in silence for a while before Deidara grabbed the plate and chopsticks then stood. "Come on, you're getting out of bed, hm." The blond ordered and the snake sighed, hanging his head before slipping out from under his blankets. "It's cold." He complained and his friend laughed lightly as he kicked the Sannin's shoes over to him. "Jackets are perks, hm."

Orochimaru nodded and slid his feet into his shoes before grabbing his jacket off the chair next to his bed. Deidara waited for the snake and opened the door as the dark haired other put on his jacket. "Thank you…" he mumbled and the blond nodded once, following after the older as the snake summoner reluctantly left his room.

"Watch out!" a kid yelled as he just barely managed to miss running into the Sannin. Deidara huffed and glared after the boy. "Konohamaru watch where you're going!" He scolded and Orochimaru paused as the name seemed vaguely familiar to him, but he didn't linger on the thought too long as he followed his friend into the common area.

Ino was calmly sewing the arm back onto a stuffed bear as an impatient girl bounced around beside her. "Be careful with it this time, if you keep ripping it you'll have to replace it." The blonde said as she finally handed the toy to the girl, who hugged it tightly and thanked her in a small voice. "Moegi, let's go!" the boy from earlier urged as he tottered to a stop beside her, a new boy in tow behind him.

"Where are we going?"

Konohamaru grinned and puffed his chest out. "Though we can't use our chakra we can still practice our fighting skills! Ebisu-sensei would be mad at us if we slacked off even in a time like this!" he insisted and Moegi nodded, placing the bear with Ino again and requesting the kunoichi watch it before hurrying off after the boys. "Glad to see you up and about again, Orochimaru." Chan's calm voice said from the door leading to the bar and the pale ninja rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

Jun walked over to Ino and began asking various questions, clearly checking up on her patient. The snake looked at the bar owner apologetically and sighed, glancing away again. "You're forgiven. We've been able to barely manage while you were down, but any help you can offer is appreciated." The sandy haired male said smoothly, which instantly relieved the Sannin a bit.

"I was just about to go check up on the ninja that Osamu possesses. Would you like to come along? After all, it was your idea to keep an eye on them in the first place."

The dark haired male brushed a hand through his awfully greasy and tangled hair before nodding as he took the offered hair tie from Deidara. "Jun, come with us yeah? I'll be leaving you and Suiren in charge, Deidara, don't burn the place down." Chan said swiftly and in a flash the redheaded kunoichi was at Orochimaru's side, a quiet 'ready to go' was her response as Deidara huffed in offense. "I'm not that bad at running the place!" He said proudly before wandering off with a call that he was going to find Suiren.

"You're a teenager, you're dangerous enough as that let alone being a bomber!" the bar owner called back before waving for Orochimaru and Jun to follow him as he headed into the main part of the bar. "Just in case I have a shipment of extra cots coming in today if we have to take in the others at Osamu's factory. Of course the cots will only be temporary." The snake summoner nodded absentmindedly as the larger male rambled on for a bit before motioning for them to get into the car when they stopped next to it. "Are you doing alright, Lord Orochimaru?" Jun asked quietly and the Sannin instantly forced himself out of his irregular behavior. "I'm fine."

When they stepped into the factory the snake's golden eyes were quick to take notes of each appearances of the ninja from the factory. A blonde he clearly remember from being in the Sand village tripped over her own two feet and Jun was beside her in a flash, catching her in her arms. "Chan, if anything they're worse off than they were before." The redheaded kunoichi said as she helped the Sand kunoichi to her feet.

"OSAMU!" Chan bellowed, startling every poor ninja in the large room and soon Osamu was sweeping his way over to them with an ill amused look on his face. "I am taking each and every ninja here in the factory. You cannot care for them and I have already gotten a warrant to take them if need be." The sandy blond said loud enough for the entire room to hear and Orochimaru walked over to Jun. "Let's start rounding them up. We'll need to guide them to the bar." The pale ninja said and the redheaded medic nodded once before climbing up onto the highest thing she could.

"LISTEN UP! I WANT EVERYONE TO GO IN THE BACK TO THEIR SHARED ROOMS AND GATHER ANYONE WHO MAY BE SLEEPING! YOU'RE ALL COMING WITH US, WE'LL GET YOU ALL NICE WARM BATHES, A GOOD HEALTHY MEAL AND A SOFT PLACE TO SLEEP! YOU'LL BE BETTER OFF WITH US!"

The Sound leader watched her for a moment before turning to the Sand kunoichi. "You were with Kakashi Hatake from the Leaf. I want you to take me to him." He requested and the blonde frowned, looking around blankly before sighing. "Mister sold Kakashi in order to buy twenty more ninja." She said softly and the dark haired male stiffened before turning to Chan quickly. "He sold Hatake."

HOLY SHIT I'M NOT DEAD?! WHAT?! Yeah I've been gone a bit guys, sorry. I'll make it up to you all by getting out chapters for all the other fics that I can. As always, reviews are love and motivation~. Have a wonderful day x3c