Tinta Scours For Recruitments

"Never?" she asked, leafy eyes growing wide. "You expect me to believe that he's never been scratched? That seems pretty far-fetched to me."

"Pssh. I'm practically immortal." She stuck her tongue out. "Too much chakra equals too much life."

She remembered thinking that when she found out Orochimaru was dead. She couldn't even kill herself. If she tried, her chakra would just consume her, and she would pass out. It was impossible.

"Why don't you just take mine?" she asked, dashing up to catch him. "I've got plenty, you know." She held out her arm. "And it's not like I'm not used to it or everything." She shivered.

"I don't," she managed. "It reminds me of Orochi, god, damn you." She forced a weak laugh before moaning, as his teeth entered her small, fragile, pale neck.

"Pssh," she said again, turning back to face him and flipping her long hair back to cover the bite wounds, "I am not just dinner, in case you haven't noticed." She glared at him, but it wasn't long before she started giggling again. "I fail at staying serious," she told him, as though he hadn't already noticed that.

"Gee, thanks," she scoffed, falling down beside him. "I've never seen Sanyu so into someone besides me. I mean, she really likes you, Zentsu. I'm glad. She needs more friends." Sanyu turned to her, and she giggled. "It's funny, because she can't understand me when I speak in this tongue," she told Zentsu.

"What?" she asked, watching him scoot away. "Did I do something wrong?"

Tinta gave him a taken aback expression. "You really think...?" She scowled. "I hate boys. They always think girls want them. Why are you all so stupid?" A pouty expression crossed her face.

She scowled. "Then stop biting me. No one's forcing you to." She then turned to the wall, trying to make a show of her frustration.

"Geesh, touchy," she murmured, curling up in bed with Sanyu. She didn't change, because she didn't have anything to change into. Sanyu curled up beside her, despite the fact she wouldn't sleep. "Good-night, Sanyu," Tinta hissed with a smile.

When Tinta woke up the next morning, she had already changed before she realized Sanyu was gone. She went to Zentsu's room and knocked on the door, assuming Sanyu was in there.

"Zenstu?" she asked softly. "Are you in there?"

Tinta bounded in, a bright smile on her face. "Good mooooorning, Zentsu!" she said. "I knew Sanyu would be in here. Geesh. It's like she doesn't even like me anymore." She stuck out her tongue at him, and then repeated what she had said to Sanyu. The serpent flicked her tail and slowly slithered over to Tinta. Tinta giggled. "Thanks for overfeeding her, Zentsu. You're the best."

She turned to him and tilted her head. "You know, I haven't really thought about that." She then placed a finger on her lower lip, pondering. "Lately I haven't been doing much besides looking for Kabuto. I can't find him anywhere, though. I've scoured for quite a while now."