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Nurse Me	By : AccioLucius Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 2119 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 16
Orochimaru silently cursed himself after the young nurse left in a daze. He had the perfect opportunity, made more agonizing by the fact that Saya seemed reluctant to leave. But what could he do? He certainly couldn’t use that opportunity while he was still weak. That didn’t keep his lower body from fighting a particularly annoying ache.
A smirk then spread across his face as he lay there in bed. That small taste was all he needed to give her, though. He had proven to her that he could be satisfying, yet patient enough to leave her only a tad uncomfortable. And if anything, curious.
She’ll be back, Orochimaru thought, if not from that curiosity, then among other reasons.
Saya meanwhile sat in the kitchen, finally feeding her neglected stomach. Her hands shook with each spoonful she brought to her mouth, almost sending her soup back into its bowl. She was startled that Orochimaru had let her go just like that. Not that it was a complaint, but it did bother her.
She wasn’t ready to go further; she was way too tense while she laid there. Yet she wanted to. After several attempts of coming onto her both verbally and physically, Saya was also aggravated that Orochimaru would send her on her way as soon as she gave in. She had struggled hard with herself about the matter, and when she finally wanted him to touch her, he was the one who needed more time.
She sat at a table and nibbled on a cracker as her thoughts wandered further. Needless to say she was unaware of company until they sat down opposite her.
“I was wondering where you got to,” Akira told her in a light tone. He smiled when Saya put the cracker down with a grin of her own.
She rubbed at her neck, holding back her surprise as she felt a tautness that had manifested. “Been busy. Too busy.”
The rubbing made Akira’s eyes dart to her neck. He raised his eyebrow when he noticed a healing bruise. Reaching across the table to still her arm, Akira asked, “What happened?” His fingers delicately curled around her lower arm.
“Oh,” she started as her grin dropped, “just an accident.” She looked back at the man hoping he would believe her. He wasn’t so easily swayed. No doubt he had seen what violent activity his lord was capable of.
“Don’t lie for him, Saya.” His hand moved from her arm to her chin as he moved it aside to get a better look at her neck. He noticed a small cut as more light hit her skin. “What did he do?” He dropped his hand as Saya lowered her head.
“They, actually.”
Saya replayed the events of the past few days to Akira. Orochimaru’s bite, the problems she was having because of it, Kabuto’s attempted murder, and Orochimaru’s healing. She did mention that the bite was because she wouldn’t return the man’s advances, but she made sure to leave out how she was now making her own.
Akira’s eyes widened and mouth gaped the more she told him. He swallowed hard before he spoke. “I…I don’t even know what to say, Saya. Are you ok?”
She rubbed at her neck again. “It feels weird a lot. It stings, aches, burns…I felt like I was dying afterward. Now it’s been reduced to an annoyance.”
Akira cocked his head, clearly showing he didn’t follow. That didn’t stop him from uttering a hollow “Right”. He rubbed the back of his own neck. “If you don’t mind, can I look at your shoulder?”
Saya shrugged and sat still as the man rose from his seat and came to stand behind her. He carefully pulled the sleeve of her kimono down, revealing her right shoulder and upper shoulder blade. Saya turned as she heard a small gasp.
“What?” she asked as Akira replaced her sleeve.
He laid a finger just below her shoulder. “There’s a mark here. It looks like an X.” His finger dropped as he moved to return to his seat. “Saya, that bite was a curse he put on you.”
Her face leaned forward as if she didn’t hear him. “A what?”
“A curse, Saya. That’s what he did when he bit you and that’s why you’ve reacted to it in this way. I’ve seen it before.”
Saya closed her eyes and shook her head. She didn’t quite believe him, even though she knew Orochimaru did more than bite her. “Why would he do that?” she simply asked.
Akira briefly looked away from her. “To you specifically, I have no idea. No offence, but you’re not exactly important to him. Because you’re not a shinobi, I mean.” He looked at her in an almost consoling way. “I know a few that he’s cursed. They’re considered his best fighters, but he had to curse them in order for that to happen. The curse gives them certain abilities.
And-” he added with a sigh, “there’s a reason why there are only a few. The survival rate is very low. From the moment the curse is administered, those who aren’t strong enough to withstand it are in agony until they die. Those who live are in agony until they either give in and let the curse consume them or will themselves to fight off the initial trauma. Saya, the fact that you’re alive is a miracle, and there is no word to describe the fact that you are doing so well.”
Saya sat still as a board and pale as a ghost. Her stomach cramped with a tight knot and her hands began to shake. “Are you being serious with me?” she whispered.
Akira grimly nodded.
She shook her head as she straightened in her chair. “That can’t be right. Why would he do that knowing I could have died? And then why would he turn around and save me if he didn’t care about what happened to me?” Her voice was horse and was starting to shake. The man in front of her sighed.
“I warned you about him, Saya. But listen, if he went through the trouble of healing you at his own expense, then he obviously didn’t intend for you to die in the first place.” He then shrugged. “He isn’t restricted to just one curse. Maybe it’s possible that the one he gave you wasn’t very powerful.”
“Sure” Saya wasn’t listening carefully anymore. She wrapped her arms around herself to keep from shaking all over. That didn’t keep her heart from pounding or her breath from quickening. “What about when he healed me? It was in the same spot, so could that have helped?”
Akira raised hopeful eyebrows. “I suppose it’s possible, especially since they weren’t spread very far apart.” His face lowered again when he saw that Saya wasn’t listening. He got up to put a hand on her shoulder. “Hey, at least you’re ok,” he told her softly. “That’s what matters. Just keep fighting this and you’ll be away from him sooner than you think. Hell, run away if you want, Saya. I won’t say anything.”
She looked up at him then with an enlightened expression. “You’d do that?”
“Of course,” he told her with a grin. “Didn’t I tell you I didn’t want then cute nurse getting hurt? Just say the word and I’ll sneak you back into town.”
Saya continued to look up at him as she thought about her options. She didn’t know Akira well enough to trust him, but he had a very honest personality. She was also on the fence about the curse predicament. Did Orochimaru plan on keeping her around or was he just that unstable? Saya bit her lip at the thought. He had saved her, looking just as panicked as she was while he did so. He was also growing more and more gentle with her.
“What happens to this when I leave?” she asked as she placed a hand on her shoulder.
“I’m not certain about that either,” Akira admitted. He blinked slowly behind his black bangs. “It may never get better or it may never bother you again. I can tell you that Orochimaru has slight control over it. If he’s near you or you’re away from him too long, it will start to bother you. I’ve also heard that just thinking about him can do the same. That’s why the survivors end up following him. He’s able to teach them how to live and cope with it.”
Saya dropped her hand. “So in other words,” she whispered, “it’s a leash.”
Akira nodded with a slow blink.
It made sense now. Orochimaru said he was lonely. What easier way to solve that then with a slave. Saya’s toes curled. Was that was she was? Was that what he had been keeping from her? Her fingers followed as they curled and dug into her skin.
“Tonight, then. I want to leave tonight. I just have to take of something first.”
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