Snake HQ : Sasuke Trains

Orochimaru flew back at the impact and a few drops of blood flew from his mouth... "Y'know... i really feel sorry for juugo... he feels this pain... x10..." Orochimaru smiled at tapir... "You must remember him... you and him were best frioends... or did you forgt him in your rage?"

Tapir had not remembered Juugo and suddenly his expression turned to fear. He crouched back, landing on his hind paws and his tail tucked between his legs. He scrambled a bit and blinked, clearing the red from his vision. He gasped.

''Let him go!'' Tapir roared. Juugo would not remember Tapir since when they were friends, Tapir had been humane.....

"No can do... This one's permanent...unless you kill us both..." Orochimaru smiled evilly... but he was really fading... The body slumped over and a pool of blood formed under his mouth... his face contorted with pain... then... relaxed... he was close to death...

Seeing that Orochimaru was gone, Tapir snarled and ran up, healing Juugo now with his healing power from when he used to be a medical nin. He sighed and finally the wounds were gone. Tapir also stabilized the chakra so Orochimaru was forced out. Tapir sighed and lay down by a tree to rest. Sasuke meanwhile was treating Karen who was still asleep from just plain overexcitment.

Tapir was glad he had healed Juugo and waited for him to awaken.

Juugo slowly sat up... he was still a little out of it... but was himself... "Wha...who... tapir?" Juugo smiled broadly and jumped up, wrapping his arms around the wolf's neck. He was a little shocked to find out he was alive! Juugo still smiled and tightened his grip on the wolf's neck.

The wolf didn't expect to be remembered so easily and when was tightened he whimpered. He had some wounds there. ''Ow....a little looser Juugo. Good to see ya.'' He choked out. His wings dissappeared since they were not needed.

Juugo loosened his grip... "Sorry... its just...i thought..." Juugo let a tear fall on the wolf's coat... a tear of joy... "that you were a goner... i watched oro do those things to you... i wanted to kill him... but i was restrained... i'm so sorry..." Juugo sat down beside him.
ooc: ill be back in 15-20ish i'm goin from grandpa's to home...

ooc: kk

''It's okay. My human days may be over on the outside, but I've still got it on the inside. And it wasn't your fault. I was tricked in.'' Tapir smiled a little. He sighed and remembered. ''Oh yes it was great to not be screamed at by people. Now I get a fearful glance or a run from most people.'' He said, tail curling around him.

Juugo smiled and brushed his hair back with his hand. "Well... what's been going?" Juugo smiled awkwardly. He felt like he was in a dream... nothing seemed real... he was almost floating on a cloud...

''Well, I was just walking around when I heard the fighting and I caught the stench of Orochimaru. But when I came I couldn't tell it was him in you so I lashed out without thinking heh heh.'' Tapir reported. He looked at the sky, and watched a white hawk flying around in circles.

"Hm..." Juugo looked up at the hawk... "Hn? Is that suigetsu?" Juugo was somewhat worried... Suigetsu was usually at the base... at least... he thought it was suigetsu... he wasn't sure...

ooc: remember Karen's pet hawk??? ><

The hawk flew around before darting away. But Suigetsu came out from behind Juugo and said. ''The hawk ain't me but here I am!'' He said before glomping Juugo since he obviously was hyper. Tapir stared at him.

''I guess that's the most hyper of the group right?'' He asked, tail flicking from side to side.

Juugo let out a yelp of surprise and jumped before turning to suigetsu. "WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT SNEAKING UP ON ME?! NOT FREAKIN' FUNNY SUIGETSU!!!" Juugo was obviously pissed and was near insanity...

''Sorry sorry. Please don't get mad!!!'' Suigetsu made puppy eyes and hid behind Tapir. He then realized he had hid behind a wolf and freaked running into a bush.

''Holy cow!!''

''Oh....boy....'' Tapir sighed. ''Suigetsu you can waltz out now.'' He said quietly.

''Omg I recognize that voice is that somebody I know?'' Suigetsu asked Juugo from the bushes.

"Wow... you don't remember Tapir?" Juugo frowned... he was a little ticked that he had forgotten a childhood friend... "Hm... suigetsu... i get more and more worried about your sanity every day... let alone mine!"

Suigetsu grinned and hugged Tapir. ''YAY!!!!!!! Tapir you're alive!!!!!'' He smirked. ''My sanity is perfectly fine thank you very much. Just a little frazzled.'' He grinned. ''Where have you been Tapir? What happened to your human self?''

''I have been hiding in the woods these days and Orochimaru experimented on me until I was far from human.'' Tapir explained, smirking in return.

ooc: don't we all worry on Suigetsu's mental health?

ooc: what about juugo's?
Karen slowly got up... she was a little frazzled herself... but she noticed tapir's chakra signature... "TAPIR!!!!!!!!!! OMG! SASUKE! GAH!" Karen was DEFINATELY a bit screwy...

Sasuke blinked and sighed. He didn't know Tapir (since tapir was here before he was) and he decided to let his friends handle this. He'd learn when the time came. He ran back to training as the reunion went on.

Tapir looked to Karen and got ready for another glomp.

Suigetsu blinked and sat down crosslegged and slurped on a slurrpy that came from nowhere.

Juugo looked at suigetsu... He wanted a slurpie too! " OI! Where'd you get that slurpy?!" Meanwhile, karen wasn't realy glompish... but tapir got a hug anyway... not a glomp... but a regular... hug...

Tapir blinked and nuzzled Karen back. ''Heh heh. Good to see somebody isn't glompin.''

Suigetsu turned to Juugo with a hyper look. ''Ish in the magical fridge over there that I just summoned!'' He said pointing to the pink and red fridge that suddenly appeared.

Tapir stared at it. ''How did that get there?''

''The magic of hyperness.'' Suigetsu smiled.

''I see.....''

In a flash Juugo was there holding three more slurpies... "Ok! Who wants what!?"Juugo held A g-force for himself, a pepsi one and a grape crush one "Yeah... all that was left... sorry..." Juugo looked sheepish...

Tapir took the pepsi one and sipped it. Suigetsu was drinking a coffee one. He had pure joy in this.

Tapir gazed around and sighed.
''Hope this won't hurt me like that chocolate did.'' he sighed.

"don't worry... chocolate-free... Karen... here..." Juugo handed karen the grape one and she sipped it gratefully... she had been way too hot and the slurpie had done the trick...

Suigetsu made a ^^ face as he sipped the drink. ''Can't believe we are all back together again! You should join our team Tapir!'' He said.

''I don't know about that....It's very risky.'' Tapir muttered drinking.

"risky? Pssht! Yeah right! it's a heck of a lot of fun!" Juugo smiled warmly... He wanted tapir on the team... he had missed tapir... he was his only true friend till he met the members of hawk...