Xmas in Oto II

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- What? – simply asked Sasuke, with stupid expression on his face. He wasn't sure if he understood all that. Actually, they'd forced him to come, promising explanation of every pervaded thing connected with dragging those pine trees with Kabuto. Ai explained that with her calm voice: The traditions which Orochimaru showed them last year, celebrated dinner which took place December 24th, clothes and places of every pine tree. Then Isamu told about pretty decorated everything with lights, how he sang carols with Kimimaro and that was the only time in the year that people could be as nice as they really was. Kabuto thought they were talking rubbish and their going crazy before the end of the year. Orochimaru wouldn't think of something like that. But then something stunned him. And it was thing that Sasuke was worried about it.
- So how much from everyone for a present for Orochimaru-sama? – asked finally Isamu. – And what are we going  to buy him, because he already has his own village.
- Some time ago there wouldn't be any problem, we could take bow, caught Sasuke-chan, tied it in beautifully and voila! Present is ready. And for Itachi-kun I'm not going, he was always so boring – said Shrio.
Sasuke looked bit annoyed but subject finished really fast and he managed not to get angry or sad.
- So what are we doing?
- Hey, guys, we really have to do something? –Kabuto asked helplessly. He really wanted to go to his room and take care of delayed dissections – his fridge was slowly getting full. – Shiro-kun will hug him for best wishes, Isamu-kun will grin we will give him sake and finished.
- Listen, last year at that time there was quartet of Sound – said Ai. – And after holidays, trio lasted.
- I know! We all dress up like Sasuke! – said suddenly Isamu.
There happened inconvenient silence and Kabuto felt another stunning. Dressing like Sasuke… Orochimaru even didn't really like that kid, but he preferred to not show that so the boy didn't escape. Of course, large part of Oto thought that Sasuke is his favorite, even Sasuke himself thought that. But for real Orochimaru's favorites were scientist genius who had their own mind. So Kabuto and Isamu, because Fukurou was something else.
- No, wait – said slowly Ai. – Kabuto-sempai told us something quite interesting. Maybe not sake, but some good, foreign alcohol we could buy him. Whisky of good wine, red for sure. But something Just for him, special, really good. You know what I mean.
Door opened without knocking and they smelled cigarette smoke, behind from Fukurou entered. On her lab coat was dirty with brown pastry and within the smell of smoke there was also the smell of spice.
- Fucking gingerbreads, damn it. They are sitting now in oven, first part – she said in moment she entered and then she sat behind Ai's table and put legs on it. She sucked her cigarette with pleasure. – And seriously, kids, no way. I already bought him red seasoned wine. It's in his own age, great year, amazing bouquet. So you need to think of something else.
- Damn, last year you took our present too – said angry Shiro.
- And what did you want to give him? – asked interested Kabuto.
- Hokage clothes. But Fukurou gave him Kazekage clothes and we didn't want to make same present – muttered Isamu. – Smoke.
- Get off me, if it disturbs you, go out – growled Fukurou blowing at him smoke from her cigarette.
- No, not that smoke. I think your gingerbreads are burning.
- Damn and fuck! – She got up and ran out, closing the door behind her.
- Good job on getting rid of her – said Shiro.
- No, seriously, her gingerbreads are burning. Not that I can smell it but last year it was the same. She was baking them, came and burned them all. Better if she is sitting In kitchen. But now we need to think of a present  for Orochimaru-sama. And I'm serious!
- You know what? – asked Sasuke. – Screw this. I'm not here for playing or making someone's gifts. I want to get power and because of that stupid things I'll never get that. I'm out of here.
- Sasuke on your place I wouldn't do that – said calmly Ai. – Orochimaru-sama arranged you into that all and he for sure wants you to do that all with us.
- Yeah – said Shiro. – If we're inside that all and suffer, you need to do that too!
- You're making problems – sighed Kabuto. – Let's buy him new, violet rope. And to that everyone will get him something if that's so important. Can I go? I have really much to do because of those trees I couldn't do that before.
- Only stay away from kitchen and be ready, because tomorrow morning we need to place those trees around Oto – said Isamu. – Sasuke-kun, you too. And then we will decorate!
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Kabuto didn't sleep well. He lay down really late after doing only one dissection, which went really clumsily. He didn't know why every time he looked inside corpse (male, around twenty three years old, died on whatever because there wasn't patient card on what Kabuto wrote information) he was more and more stomachs. In the end he decided that he just see things so he took out that stomach and it happened to be spleen. And later he had nightmares with pine trees and he didn't now what to do with that. Probably that holiday nervous mood wasn't good for him (Ai, Shiro and Fukurou looked really nervous).
And in the morning he was woken up by Isamu who, with a jovial voice, got into his room without knocking. Behind him was almost also sleepy Sasuke with hair sadly hanging around his head – apparently he hadn't put gel on it yet. To that he was really cutely huffy.
-- Kabuto-sempai, you were bathing In virgins' blood or something? – asked Isamu and Sasuke looked like he is in little shock. He probably felt sick because he got bit green on face.
Kabuto put on his glasses and looked at himself. He really looked like he bathe in blood but that for sure wasn't virgin's blood. And worst thing was that sure he took shower before sleep. And really careful because he really didn't like to have on himelf clotted blood. Fresh was something totally different.
- What time is it?
- Almost eight.
- Fuck…
- I know that even if you get drunk with those two and you're getting up with hangover, you're up ealier. What happened today?
- I don't know, I think that holiday mood is pissing me off. Orochimaru-sama is angry at me? He was telling something? Will break my neck?
- No, he is not here. He went with Fukurou to shop or something.
Orochimaru? Shopping? Kabuto didn't believe In what he heard, but it went away and he decided nothing would surprise him anymore.
- Okay but later I don't want to hear him bitching that Jiraiya find our track – he sighed. – I'll clean myself and you'll tell me what do you want from me because I don't think that you came to wake me up from the goodness of your heart.
- Not really – grinned Isamu. – We have already work to do, but In kitchen hot coffee is waiting for you, sempai.
- Okay, you've got me, I'm getting up – said Kabuto and noticed with resignation that all his sheets needed to be changed. Actually, what did he do last night?
Even fifteen minutes didn't take so Kabuto found himself in kitchen. Few meters from kitchen he smelled fresh coffee made by Isamu. He hoped that it was coffee as he liked – black and hot. And damn sweet.
He was greeted by four pairs of eyes. One enthusiastic, rest bit less. Thought bit less was not enough to describe them. Shiro even right away fell down on table again. And – what surprised Kabuto – he kept high temperature of his coffee. Kabuto couldn't appreciate that more.
When he sat by table, Ai gave him bowl of corn cereals with milk and some dangerously black cookies with really much frosting probably to hide that. Fact that he got breakfast was ominous. Not that Ai never did that – girl treated him really friendly and even if looked up to Orochimaru, she would listen more to Kabuto's orders. But she never got from her cereals and cookies which could for sure poison him.
- You'll catch cold, Kabuto-senpai –  she said with a bit of concern In her voice. Well, outside temperature was below 0*C and inside wasn't really much warmer (to not say that here was just cold). Everyone wore now more clothes, also with gloves. And Kabuto went outside in just white T-shirt, Capri pants and to that, he had wet hair not in a ponytail. And he was cold.
- There is no need to be worried of me, Ai-chan – said Kabuto feeling pleasure from coffee smell and then its taste. – I'm the doctor, I can take care of myself. – He didn't want to add anything mean because they faster left him alone when he was nice that in that crazy and arrogant version. – What after breakfast?
- Well, more playing with those holidays. I'll be so happy when everything ends… - she sighed. – Anyway, gentlemen, you will take care of those trees and then you will decorate those with lights, glass balls and chains. Isamu, you know what to do?
- Of course! Decorating great room! – said happily Isamy and Sasuke snorted. – How do you look with presents?
- I got everything for everyone – said Shiro.
- I have only little thing for Orochimaru-sama, you, for you, Isamu I have too. For Kabuto-senpai and Fukurou-san. With Sasuke-kun and Shiro, I have problem as always – Ai looked at her teammate.
- Give me a pillow and I'll be happy – said Shrio. – Or chocolate. I don't care.
Kabuto was listening to them with bit of surprise as he understood that present was not only going to be to Orochimaru, but for all people being involved into that. And he had problem because he probably he couldn't escape from that.
It made him put that cookie in mouth, chew and in same moment split it out, what interested everyone.
- You wanted to poison me? – he asked splitting and pouring milk from cereals into mouth. But he couldn't kill taste of burned pastry, salt, spices and amazing amount of frosting, which tried to cover rest. – Are that gingerbreads Fukurou-san's?
- It's hard to call it whatever – said Shiro. – Damn toxin… we all tried.
- But gingerbreads are actually sweets. – Kabuto looked at Shiro with surprised expression. He wouldn't expect that Sasuke was around any of that.
- They made me. Made diversion and pushed it right into my throat – growled Sasuke. – They almost choked me and poisoned. I felt like I'm again with Naruto.
- Good for you – Kabuto made him silent and turned back to Ai. – Why haven't you thrown that crap yet?
- First, Fukurou-san worked on that so hard – said Isamu.
- She put there so much heart – added Ai.
- Beside we have so much fun with giving that to others – ended Shiro. – Why only we have to suffer with them? The best will be giving them to otou-san! But knowing his strange taste, he could be happy about that. Idiot. Eat faster, we have much to do and if we don't finish before night. And tomorrow we need to go to next village.
- Ai-chan, what will you do today? – asked Kabuto. He was curious what she was going to do.
Girl gloomed and pointed pink apron, which was really bad tasted. Form what he knew, Orochimaru bought it in some weak point of his life or he wanted to see any of his some of evening friends in it. But apron stayed and hunted in kitchen. And everyone who was cooking had to wear that (Fukurou and Kabuto didn't have to, because of lab coats – Kabuto only in kitchen really wore it).
- He made me into being housewife – she said with sigh. – Damn sexists.
- Listen only know difference between sausage and nuts – said Isamu what made Shiro snort with laughter and Kabuto chuckled.
- That is probably good and you're pervy – she said short. – And I have to bake pies. Tomorrow I'll have to take care of rest. And maybe it's better that me than Fukurou-san, right?
- Keep attention so Orochimaru-sama doesn't go to kitchen. Remember what happened last year? – Isamu's voice sounded really serious what wasn't like him.
- Yeah, from quartet of Sound stayed trio – sighed Shiro. – And we're not pervert at all, we have twenty years and you as only one have two…
- Okay Shiro we're going to do what we have to – said suddenly Kabuto standing up and catching Shiro's arm.. He didn't even finish food but he finished his coffee. – If not we didn't finish that all until night.
And maybe that would good that they left because Ai made evil expression and probably she would tell something – she was way more perverted than they all together. With mindless words she embarrassed even Orochimaru, who wouldn't expect such thing from girl, especially so young. Girls and women in Oto never were sweet and innocent. Maybe because there weren't many of them.
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Sasuke thought he was damned because of all what happened here. He was made to spęnd time with Isamu who reminded him Naruto because his enthusiasm and strength to whatever he wanted to do. And he was really annoying because never paid attention that he pissed off Sasuke. Always happy, was everywhere, older, smarter and everyone liked him in so easy way. And Orochimaru let him do that. And he never gave him curse seal.
But  in that moment the worst was that Isamu was singing. They were very happy songs and Sasuke didn't understand a word  from them. To all that he placed around himself green chain and hanged golden glass balls on big pine tree. Why he had to have so much fun? Only one thing from that all was good – he found out what he should be expecting. Big, celebrated dinner before what they would wish themselves the best and after they would open presents. But he wasn't going to care of that – he would take marker, write down names on six kunais and done (well, maybe to fucking four-eyed he had better present). He wouldn't get anything else from them.
He finished tying golden-red bows with bells, holly and candles to kunais. He stood up and used technique which he learnt from his older brother and with one shot he hit all places where he aimed. Everything was really perfect and so pretty as bad tasted. He felt sick from just looking.
- Not bad, Sasuke-kun – called happily Isamu who was on top of the tree. – But you missed spot in right, upper corner.
- You missed that spot – growled Sasuke. He wasn't going to remake that all. He hated tieing those damn bells. Anyway, he had to hang lights on wall, some fat guy in red, sleigh and something that looked like deer, but not exactly. Bad taste. Good that Orochimaru promised him that if he helped with making those holidays he would teach him summoning jutsu and let him sign pact with snakes. And that was way better that those stupid things.
People could think why they were afraid of Orochimaru. But total mad people like him seemed to be the most dangerous. Last year from quartet of Oto trio lasted.
When Sasuke hanged that old man on the wall, Shiro entered the room. He brought a big, wooden door and put it in middle. Then he looked around and whistled.
- It's pretty cool, I think. Otou-san should be happy. Oh no! Sasuke, you missed the spot!
- Fuck off!
Shiro only shruged and turned to Isamu.
- Isamu, I'll tell you that shame Kabuto-kun wasn't with us last year. Work with him goes way faster. And I've never appreciated that his laboratory is so deadly.
- What did he do? – asked isamu hanging on tree upside down. No one would know why he was doing that.
- He used that his zombie jutsu and they made all work. Of course, he lost much chakra and he is tired.
- Not bad! I hope that he didn't get blood around – sighed boy. – Listen, will we sing carols this year?
- Better not. Beside there is no one to play. Well… Kabuto-kun plays on paino but otou-san he doesn't know that and better it stayed like that – said Shiro being even paler than normally. Probably thought about singing scared him.
- You know we're Sound, we can't know if Orochimaru-sama doesn't say that.
- Damn… and again it will be singing out of tune. I still can't forget how Zaku and Kidomaru sang.
- And Dosu muttered! Tayuya actually sang nicely but if only she remembered lyrics…
- But you know who told her to sing  "fuck" every time she doesn't remember word?
- Right, I know, Ai. She would be hurt a lot if Orochimaru-sama knew… demoralization of teenagers!
- You're saying craps – said Kabuto with calm nice smile when he entered the room. Sasuke already knew that when he smiled like that no one should expect something expectable. That annoying, arrogant and full of himself Kabuto was better than this smiling so dishonestly that it seemed nice. – I need that chain, what you have on yourself, Isamu-kun. I'm finishing decorating entrance to dungeons so prisoners have some fun before experiments.
- You know that Orochimaru-sama thinks the same and is going to give them sweets? – asked happy Isamu throwing at Kabuto that chain.
- Room looks pretty cool – said four-eyed fixing his glasses. – But Sasuke-kun… - His smile was getting even nicer. – I think that you missed a spot.
- You conspired or something? – asked angry Sasuke. That asshole for sure wanted to piss him off. Faster he will get power to kill Itachi, faster he could be out of that place.
No one said anything because Ai entered. In pink apron. When she appeared she brought with herself smell of vanilla and apples. And generally sweets.
- Listen, I was in kitchen so I made dinner. Come on. Kabuto-senpai, Saskue-kun, you too. Sasuke-kun, it's nice here, but you have blind point. You missed the spot.
Sasuke wanted to throw something at her.
- Ai, your new perfumes are amazing! – said Shiro when he came closer to her.
- Fuck off, you will see what kind of smell are going to be tomorrow when I have to take care of that fish. Isamu, you put them to water, yes?
Another moment of silence after which Isamu smiled nervously and put glasses deeper on his nose by right part of them.
- Of course I did! – he said but it didn't stop suspicious looks on him. But no one said anything because they didn't care.
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Suigetsu really sometimes felt quite lonely in his big, glass tube. But now he couldn't complain. With him in the water were swimming two big carps and three trouts. That was quite nice company. More interesting than bubbles and from time to time Yakushi, who once with hangover spilled him and tried to get him back to tube with rag.