( Two Leaves )

Sasuke, some things you don't forget.
Not for 30 Evil Deeds, shock and amazement. (Of course, this means all my labeling is ruined from this point on.)

( Even fifty kilometers away, the air was thin and electric. )

Kabuto, the only male medicnin in the business and still no perks.
For 30_evil_deeds. Actually takes place before 4:54 pm, I just didn't think of it in time to be chronologically correct. (Fandom and politics are best kept apart, but I'd be lying if I said this wasn't vaguely inspired by the mass attack on abortion taking place in the last month.)

( The small irritant of taking care of the people captured for Orochimaru's future experiments was the propositions he received. )

Kabuto and Sasuke, choosing sides without paying enough attention to the game.
Yeah, yeah, 30_evil_deeds.

( Kabuto had only been awake for half an hour when someone knocked on his door. )

Kabuto and Sasuke, something has exploded.
For 30_evil_deeds, even if it stretched the prompt a bit.

( Orochimaru had been concealing his anger well--it took Kabuto five minutes to clear away the dregs of the older man's chakra from Sasuke's own. )

Kabuto and Sasuke, something is going to explode soon.
For 30_evil_deeds.

( 'Skill memory,' Kabuto corrected. 'Or procedure memory. There's no such thing as muscle memory.' )

Kabuto and Sasuke, it's strange the things you can bond over.
For 30_evil_deeds, like everything else Kabuto I write.

( He'd once thought of reminding Sasuke that it was the cold snakes hated, but then decided that if the teenager couldn't plan around something as obvious as that, he didn't deserve his help. )

Kabuto and Sasuke, Sasuke finally figures out what everyone else already seems to know.
For 30_evil_deeds.

( It took him almost two years to do it, but it wasn't hard to tell when Sasuke had finally put all the pieces together. )

Kabuto and Sasuke, humidity and rising suspicions. And Orochimaru.
For 30_evil_deeds. References to chapter 289, but you can miss them if you want.

( Sasuke had a cut in his lip, a slightly ragged wound where he'd recently bitten through the muscle. )

Kabuto and Sasuke, the difficulties of settling into a new place.
For 30_evil_deeds, and ties back to 24. foundation. This became a little series when I wasn't paying attention.

( 'You know, you're making a poor first impression, Sasuke-kun,' Kabuto said.' )