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Tayuya gave a long and dramatic sigh, stepping into the enclosed area that held the springs and taking a whiff. She had to admit, it smelled nice. And the steam promised her worn muscles a nice, relaxing atmosphere. Well, relaxing hopefully. She was still nervous, trying to stop herself from looking over her shoulder, unable to believe she had gotten off Orochimaru's hook as easily as she had. But she'd asked Greed to spend some time with her once her master had returned, and she did enjoy his company, even as she hated his womanizing.

"Smells nice." Was all she said, however, as she looked around.

He set out a robe and gave her a towel, even revealing several kinds of swimming garb.

"I know how you feel about me and my ways, so I set out several things to cover yourself with in the spring. Ya' know, in case you thought I might try something."

"In case?" Tayuya laughed. As if she didn't expect him to try something. She knew better than that.
“Thanks for the suits, but I brought my own.” Tayuya tugged off the outer layer of her Sound uniform, cursing a little at the dull pain from her bruisings given out by the Hyuuga boy earlier. Tossing the cloth to the side, she shimmied out of the black bodysuit beneath that, revealing a swim suit she’d picked up when Greed had taken her shopping before.

“Besides,” She spoke as she undressed, “I don’t know how many other ladies have been in those, and in here.” With a snort, she cast the bodysuit aside. “And I don’t want to know, actually.”

{ooc: sorry for disappearing yesterday, the parents caught me sneaking back to the computer~}

"Don't worry, they've never been worn. Most of the ladies in this area don't wear anything, anyway."

He added a few more oils to the water and cast a glance at her bruises.

"What the hell kinda' thug did this?"

Tayuya put a palm to her forehead at his first comment, rolling her eyes. More information than she wanted, there. … Now she’d need to keep a closer eye on him, and this place. She liked to keep tabs.

Testing the water, she sat down slowly on the edge of the spring, dipping in first her foot, then leg. Waiting to adjust, she took a deep breath of steam. Oh, but that did feel good.

“Hmm?” She looked down when he asked, noting the rather ugly bruises. Thankfully they were fading, now only a dull purple. “Oh, Hyuuga Neji, this inbred freak from my world.” She slipped fully into the spring, shivering slightly with the sudden hear. “Fought with his ass earlier.”

"Sounds like he put down a hurtin'," he asked, trying to casually glance at her body as she entered the water.

"Did you give as good as you got?"

He casually flexed his fingers and knuckles as he spoke, a small bit of anger building up in him.

"I was winning." Tayuya winced a little as the hot water touched the bruises, but, it would be better for them in the end. Besides, her taught muscles were already beginning to relax.

"I had him in one of my illusions, but then he got too close." She sighed. "I shouldn't have let that fucker get close, he messes with your chakra system." Each one of the bruises coordinated with one of the major chakra point clusters.

"Stupid fucker." She muttered darkly, slipping farther in. She was bitter.

He quickly slid around behind her near the edge, sitting indian style.

"What an asshole. I should whip his ass."

He reaches down and gently puts his hands her shoulders, toughened fingers pressing in on the muscles. He slowly begins to work over any spots he feels tension in.

"More about this whole chakra thing. I'll probably never fully understand it."

Usually Tayuya didn't allow people that close. ... Usually. She was tempted to ask Greed to do just that, to whip that fucking Hyuuga inbred halway into the next week. But at the same time, she was a proud person, loathe to ask others to deal with her problems.

"Chakra..." She murmured, leaning back, "... Is life for us. Without chakra, we die. Think of it as life energy, or some shit." She didn't want to admit that it felt good. Except it did.

He continued to move his hands over her back, shoulders, and upper arms. He gently worked directly around the bruises, rather than pressing right on them.

"Ah, fundamentally different from me, then. My energy comes from all the souls inside me. They run out, I die."

He tilted her neck slightly and pressed, causing an audible pop.

"Man, you really got worked over. You should relax more often."

With a ruffling of cloth, he placed a rolled towel behind her head.

Tayuya's eyes widened and her breath quickened for the briefest moment at the sound of her neck cracking. Not because it hurt, but because it reminded her of her back breaking.

But she calmed herself quickly, not wanting to show weakness. She leaned back, settling her head against the towel, trying to will her muscles to relax, though her first instinct was to tighten under his fingers.

"Souls, huh? Sounds exciting. Well, chakra is sort of like that, I suppose, if only because you run out and die. We can shape it, and use it elementally." She smirked at his last comment.

"Oh, really?"

"Yup! Knowing when to relax is as important as knowing when to fight. A well-rested body has more energy."

He moves farther down her arms, working out as many kinks as he can find. Then he squirts something into his palm and begins massaging her scalp with it, running his hands through the luxurious red hair.

"I can't shape it, though. It just lets me regenerate."

"Hmmm..." Tayuya was having a hard time keeping her mind focused, her body felt like it was melting. She blinked a few times, slowly, trailing her fingertips through the water.

"What're you putting in my hair, Greed?" She asked. She would immediately label that as a faggoty thing to be doing, except she knew that would be far from accurate.

"Just something to bring out the shine in your hair and revitalize your scalp. Shouldn't be too long."

His hand moved to a nearby water ladle. With a quick scoop of hot spring water, he poured warm water over her head, using one hand to block it from getting in her eyes.

"Okay, I'd better switch around a bit to get the rest. Turn about 90 degrees, please."

One foot entered the water, quickly followed by the other. Soon he was immersed in that water with his clothes on, massaging her back again. He moved to her middle and lower back, and her sides.

"Theeere we go..."

Tayuya shrugged a little, accepting that the man seemed to know what he was doing, however weird it seemed to her. She obliged, turning around and offering her back.

"Mmmmm~" Was all the sound she could utter, one hand gripping the side of the spring, trying not to enjoy it too much. Which was rather hard.

When he finished she gave a disappointed sigh, rolling out her loose shoulders. Now, that did feel better.

"Thanks, Greed." She smiled, actually not a smirk, and leaned back.

"You give a pretty good massage, though I suppose you've had practice."

"I've had practice at a lot of things, beauty."

His hands traced any bruises on her side, then gently manipulated her lower shoulder-blades.

"And learning how to please women is something I never tire of."

"Hmm, I'm sure~" She was in a good mood, and willing to entertain to a certain extent. She shivered slightly at the traces, expecting pain but recieving none.

"And I'm sure you have tons of women dying to help you learn." She added with a chuckle, though it disguised jealousy she was unwilling to admit she possessed.

"A lot more lately," he laughed, sidling closer to her, "Sorry. I know you don't like hearin' about that."

He went back to her upper back again, tracing around one particular bruise.

"This one is pretty bad. Must hurt a bit," he said, hastily changing the subject.

"This is nice, though. Been a while since we got together. Did I tell you I'll be going into business soon?"

Like hell I don't. She thought. But she did refrain from speaking that paticular thought. Which was strange, for her, since it was her loud mouth that usually got her into trouble.

"Yeah, that one. Damn Hyuuga fighting style." She lifted one hand, holding her palm vertically and softly pressing it against his chest. "Gentle fist or some shit like that."

Shrugging it off, she dipped lower into the water. "Oh, really? More coats?"

He talked as his hands glided over the contours of her muscles.

"Retrieval. Forming a group who can get things done. If you need something, it would be our job to locate and retrieve it."

"Finders, then? Special ops!" Tayuya smirked, slipping the strap of her bathing suit down on one side, hinting that that shoulder would like some attention.

"What sort of shit do you expect people to ask you to find?"

Feral eyes focused on the bare shoulder, and he barely restrained a growl as he grasped and massaged that part or her.

"In this place? It could be anything. If there's one thing I know, it's that everybody need something, sooner or later. Isn't it great to have a team who can find it?"

"That's true." Tayuya leaned back, resting her head on Greed's should with her smirk still intact. She wasn't quite sure if she was flirting, but she supposed it didn't really matter anyway.

She was in one piece after Orochimaru-sama getting back, and that was enough to make her feel... risky.

Even Greed was surprised at this action, and a moment of silence passed as his brain attempted to process this new turn of events.

"So, Tayuya, aside from serving Mr. O's will, what do you want out of life here? Aside from beatin' the piss out of the other ninjas, that is."

As he said this, he kneaded the muscles in her lower back, carefully sliding one hand around to her flat belly. Testing the waters, as it were.

"Hmm... you know, I've never really thought about it." She was relaxed, the hot springs had much to do with that, not to mention the massage. She did not pull away, allowing the touches, for now. How far she would let him go, she was not sure, but so far, he was in the clear.

"I serve Orochimaru, and that's it. I work for power... I want power." She closed her eyes. "But other than that... I don't know." She drew one hand through her wet hair, idly twisting a strand around her fingers.

He turned with her in his arms, resting against the side with her in his lap. He dragged his other arm up through the hot waters, letting it settle on his other hand.

"I can understand that. Power is one of many things that I want in the world. I just have enough time so I don't have to rush. Small steps, bit by bit."

Being Greed, he just can't resist pushing his luck. He leaned his head down and placed a light kiss where her neck met her collarbone.

"Humans. We're in a rush compared to you, it seems." She settled against him, shifting for a moment to get comfortable. Tayuya's eyes remained closed as she tipped her head back, exposing more of her neck with a slight murmur deep in her throat. An... appreciative noise.

"Power is certainly worth attaining." She untangled her hand from her own hair, bringing it to his own, taking hold and running her fingers through it.

"It is admirable though, that fact you guys try to accomplish so much in so little time."

He growled deeply at the feel of her hands. It sounded almost like a crocodile. He loved when someone did that to his hair. The vibrations caused the water around them to ripple. He moved along her neck and gradually moving toward her mouth.

"Well, now that I'm dead..." She murmured, smirking a little at the sounds he was making. Her fingernails dug into his scalp slightly, almost possesively, as she tilted her head and pressed her lips against his.

Tayuya did not often kiss boys. Or girls, for that matter. But she'd had sex before, knew how it was done. And was decent at it, if she did say so herself. Breaking from him, she did not pull away far, she smirked.

"But now that I'm dead, I have all the time in the world." Her voice was low, husky. Breatheless.

Greed set his glasses aside, revealing the narrow slits of his pupils and the deep violet color of his eyes. He moved toward her, slipping his own pants off and letting them fall to the bottom of the spring. Well, there goes that leather.

He placed his arms around her from the front, kissing her deeply and tangling his hands in her hair.

"Then we should make the most of it," he purred.

"Oh-ho, first the glasses, then the pants?" But she wasn't exactly allowed much time to speak. Breathing, however, had to be done, and she pushed against him slightly, freeing herself.

"My, my..." She spoke slowly, reaching up and nipping sharply at his ear. "What I meant was I had all the time in the world to wait for what I really want."

"A man should have priorities," he said, his gaze focused completely on her. Like he was trying to drink her in with just his eyes.

He nipped her ear in return, then returned to her mouth, trying to probe gently inside with his tongue.

"And right now," he said, breaking the kiss, "My priority is anything you want."

"Ah, ah, ah~" Tayuya pulled back, putting one finger against his lips.

"What I want..." She leaned back in, her mouth directly against his ear. "... is for you to have to wait~" She had a teasing tone, but was dead serious.

"Because I think..." She was still tempting him, however, pressing against him only to step away, rippling in the water and causing breaks in the steam rising. "... that anything good is worth waiting for."

He froze dead, wrestling with his own instincts for a moment. This was something he was NOT good at.

With some restrained frustration, he managed to calm down and sit in the water again.

"Okay, okay. I'm waitin', then."

"Good." Tayuya disappeared under the water for a moment, coming back up slowly, arranging her hair straight and pulling up the strap of her swimsuit that was hanging loose.

She slowly, languidely, pulled herself from the spring, grabbing a towel and beginning to dry. She wrapped a towel about her figure, turning around to give a smirk over her shoulder before she left. Afraid to stay too long and have Orochimaru-sama notice.

"And maybe, just maybe, if you wait long enough, you get a reward~" She knew how hard it ws to control himself, especially when she'd pushed him so far, and she respected that, was actually... proud of him. And she did in fact have a reward in mind.

"Damn, girl. You're one hell of a woman," he chuckled, relaxing.

He fully intended to collect one day. And she wouldn't sleep all night.