Tested Bond!;

[Chae]

For once, Chae decided to travel without any sort of drink, after all, for him it was tradition to not drink too often while in foreign countries. Despite his strength, an inherent paranoia still lingered within him, almost as if he knew he'd been haunted for his past actions that all molded him into the person he turned out to be that day in both body and spirit. Nevertheless, as the ANBU operatives opened the gates that lead into the main streets of Konohagakure, Chae made his way with a brisk pace, making sure not to draw any 'extra' attention aside from being a man with one arm. It'd been weird to him, having an amassed group of strangers stare simply because his actions against Kumogakure left him handicapped in more ways than one.

Fortunately, his tolerance exceeded most which allowed him to ignore the sea of prying eyes and continue on with his own personal objective. Nevertheless, Chae's eyes did their own wandering as his eyes darted from place to place, admiring Konohagakure's infrastructure tactically and aesthetically. It's social atmosphere and culture as a hole severely differed from Kirigakure's own; while not surprised by that fact alone, Chae just had not expected such an overly obvious difference.

"Wonder what their quality of alcohol is like as opposed to home."

For years, Chae always refused to completely judge a town or village without trying the freshest and most expensive bottle (or gourd) of liqueur & alcohol. For Chae, it always turned out to be the deciding factor. Unfortunately, he needed to hold back his inner desires in order to fulfill more pressing matters at hand, namely his eye for the moment. Thinking about Kohana and her medic skills, they she'd been, approaching Chae from the opposite direction. Presuming she failed to notice him through the bustling streets despite his obvious Kirigakure-esque apparel, he flagged her down with a familiar voice.

"Haven't seen you since the Nibi! How's that lil ol kitty witty doin?! Most importantly, how bout yourself? Last I remember you were pretty out of it afterwards. "

Once spoken, with the only hand he had left, he placed it lightly above his stomach and bowed ever so slightly.

[~Kohana <3]

Kohana didn't doubt that Kushinada Chae was here. After all, Kirigakure and Konohagakure were allies. Both parties were allowed in the confines of the other village with hardly any question. Of course that didn't mean people wouldn't try and exploit that. Which was why she was personally coming down to see the man claiming to be the man, Chae. Her memory of him, though hazed from her fight with the Nibi, still could picture the man quite easily.

If this isn't him I'll give him something truly scary to think about.

Grinning almost sadistically at the thought as she sidestepped around a few people gawking at her---after all she was the Hokage, it would falter once someone quite familiar entered her line of sight. Though, it wasn't quite what she was expecting. He indeed was the man she remembered, but last she saw of him he wasn't missing an entire arm. However she pressed forward, a smile pulling at the sides of her lips as he called to her.

"I'm the Hokage for a reason you know, don't count me out. Just because I'm not as strong as Akira--er, your Mizukage doesn't mean I'm still not someone to be trifled with."

Despite the seriousness of her response, the smile had remained on her face and the following clap to his shoulder---with an actual arm attached, was enough to prove her words were merely in jest. She ignored the bow however, she disliked the formality but she wouldn't let him know that. After all, she was sure he already felt ridiculous enough missing one of his appendages.

"So, what would the cousin of the Mizukage need of me to come alllll the way to my home? You realize I do make visits to Kirigakure ever so often, right?"

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[Chae]

A simple touch of the shoulder brought Chae back up to a complete stand where he listened to everything she had to say. Thereafter, she inquired about his abrupt visit with no sign of a previously arranged appointment. Huffing a sigh, a moment of silence came between the two as Chae moved closer towards her shoulder to shoulder, and spoke only loud enough for her ears despite the roaring crowds that surrounded them so furiously.

"Not only from Akira, but I've heard your medic skills are something to admire these days, and I need a favor. As for compensation, its open for negotiation. "

Momentarily he looked into the Hokage's eyes, then yo his shoulder, reminding him what it cost him just to obtain that one eye even though it'd been a gift from Yokumaru. It also served as a reminder that Akira hadn't uttered a single work regarding Chae's covert operations, which only meant the world has still been in confusion about Eiichiro's death.

Snapping back into reality with a light shake of his head, he reached down into his hip pack and retrieved the vial which contained the stolen Byakugan, though of course, Kohana would've never come to know the truth behind its origins.

Nevertheless, he pulled it out as gently as possible and motioned it to her within the palm of his hand, ushering her to take it as he spoke.

"Not many know this but my right eye had been damaged from a previous surgery, reducing my eyesight in this goddamn eye to about fifty percent. So, with that I came all the way here just to see if you'd consider performing my surgery. I could use a good, new eye and refused to sit back knowing the opportunity for it existed. "

[~Kohana <3]

Akira brags about me as such...? Really? And so do others?

It was a nice compliment, especially knowing that it had been said on more than one occasion by people. She was making a name for herself, and that was a good thing. Slowly but surely she would keep gathering fame and power until she could overshadow her entire family for good. Clearly she was on her way and it wouldn't take much longer until that dream became a reality. Especially now with the Nibi's help.

Kohana I am not a simple tool of war and revenge. I do hope you realize this. I am not a thing, but a being.

Initially the first few conversations she had had with the bijuu were awkward, especially when they first 'met'. Needless to say it took some getting used to in order to even trust each other to share any sort of person information with each other. Of course, the feline knew more about her Hyuuga jinchuuiki than she knew of her---but that was fine for now. They had all the time in the world do talk things through.

I know, I know. But you don't know the full extent of what I've been through either.

The briefest of seconds had passed in their quick exchange of words and it was when Chae pulled something from his pack and passed it along to her. Looking down her eyes widened at the sight of a single white eye, a Hyuuga eye, floating in the small vile. Where would he have obtained such an item? No Hyuuga from Konohagakure no Sato had died or gone missing as of late. The best possible explanation was from a rogue Hyuuga---if such a thing was possible.

"Um, well, I am sorry to hear about your current eye. As reluctant as I am to freely pass on the power of my own clan I suppose it couldn't hurt. You're Akira's cousin after all."

Kohana would slip the vial into her own pouch and would turn, beckoning Chae to follow her. "It's a pretty invasive procedure---one I haven't done before. There is a high chance that your eye may become even more damaged than what it already is. However, I can assure you that I am better than whatever medic tried this on you before." After all, Kohana knew the only other medic that could rival her was an acquaintance of hers; Kikkawa Blanche the Kusakage. Otherwise there was no one of her caliber.

If Chae followed as instructed, the two of them would head to the Konohagakure Hospital, but go around back to a smaller building, one that was connected to the main building whatsoever. "I do research in here from time to time. Should be a nice spot to perform this without too many prying eyes, no?"

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[Chae]

Chae truthfully appreciated the little sympathy & reassurance that Kohana placed into Chae's mind as she expressed her sense of loss for his eye followed by being considerably more skilled than the medic who initially oversaw Chae's surgery. Ushering him to follow, Chae had done exactly that and trailed behind the Hokage a handful of feet (enough not to be within her personal space) as they sifted through crowds of civilians, headed towards their medical building.

As the two continued onward towards their desired location, he noticed they began moving to a more secure location, namely a building that laid behind the initial hospital. Cementing his theory, she spoke, suggesting and inquireing whether or not a more secluded location would be fitting, especially without the prying eyes of others. With a simple nod, Chae humbly replied.

"Yeah, I have to agree with you there. Less eyes the better, but I wouldn't mind considering we are allies. Though I will say, after this first surgery, I'm actually somewhat nervous."

Chuckling softly, he continued to follow the Hokage wherever she may have led him, after all, he merely wanted his eyes top performance back and then some.

[~Kohana <3]

"Allies or not, my family may not be too keen on giving up the Byakugan to someone so totally unworthy---and that's not a shot at you. They would say that about anyone."

Smiling, she would pull a set of keys from the pouch at her side and proceed to unlock the door and open it to allow the man inside. Once inside, she would follow and lock the door back up. This was there would be no interruptions with the surgery. If for some reason she needed an extra pair of hands, Kage Bunshin was always there for that. Besides, she liked to work alone than in groups. It helped collect her concentration better.

"Alright, take off the armor on your upper body. I'm going to attach a few machines to you just to keep track of your vitals as well as give you a shot that will even out your chakra and prevent too much of it trying to reject foreign chakra---in this case the eye you've brought me."

Kohana would wave her hand as if dismissing Chae to dismantle his upper armor and to lay on the table towards the back of the room. As he did so, Kohana would start rooting around to assemble a small machine to measure heart rate as well as getting the supplies out for an IV. She moved quickly though, something to be expected in her line of work. When those were set up and in waiting she would go to a cabinet along the opposite side of the room and pull out a vial of a yellow green liquid.

Moving over to another cabinet she would grab a syringe from this one along with another vial, though much smaller, with a more blue like liquid inside. Carefully she would use said syringe to take a small amount of the blue and a larger amount of the green yellow making an aquamarine colored liquid within the syringe itself. The Hyuuga took a long moment to stare at the vial, as if waiting to see if something would happen. When nothing did, she seemed satisfied and walked over to where she would hope Chae would be waiting.

"Now, I won't tell you to not be nervous. That is going to come with these kind of situations. All I can do, however, is to ask for you to trust me."

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[Chae]

Once Kohana unlocked the door and moved inside, Chae followed suit without a second thought and closed the door behind them, initiating its auto-lock. Bot eyes darted from place to place and carefully observed the buildings interior before concentrating his attention upon Kohana.

Nodding to acknowledge her request, his one arm moved to each strap that kept his torso armour intact and snapped them apart, leaving it falling to the floor. Shirtless, his torso had still been wrapped in bandages from his arm-less shoulder to his waist several times over. Looking to his shoulder, he sense of regret overcame him, actually wishing it'd still have been attached, however, at that point, it was all a too late.

Properly undressed, he sat sidewardly on the operation table before turning his body to the side where he'd lay parallel from it. Facing the ceiling, he turned his head to glance over at Kohana and for a moment, he found out just why Akira had been so fond of her, well, at least one reason. Within moments, various machines were rooted into his body, machines that -during his previous surgery- he hadn't seen which only reassured him that she knew what she was doing.

Having gathered her supplies, she returned to Chae's side with a surprisingly good bedside manner, that, admittedly, put Chase brief moment of nervousness at ease.

"Hey, at this point, I think it's a little late to not trust you haha. Do your thing, I'm ready!"

Taking a deep breath, he awaited whatever the Hokage had in store for him.

[~Kohana <3]

"Don't be so eager. You're a man, I realize, but the eager are the ones who become the dead."

Smiling and patting his chest reassuringly for the briefest of moments, she took the syringe she had with the mixed concoction and eyed it one more time. After another moment veins started to protrude from her temples as her eyes hardened and vision sharpened. She could look passed Chae's body and into his chakra system as well as pinpoint every single last tenketsu that the man had. It certainly was a perk to see the patients chakra flow as a Medical Ninja, that was for sure.

"This may...be a little uncomfortable."

Saying that only, her hand was coated with a flare of chakra. Not your typical medic or healing related kind though. This was the likes of her Gentle Fist. Many knew of its capabilities to shut off tenketsu and strip someone of the use of their chakra. However very little Hyuuga could do the opposite---open a tenketsu to allow chakra to flow even more than usual. Using her index and middle finger, she jabbed Chae above the heart. This would open the tenketsu there and send a surge around it.

This wasn't the uncomfortable part though, that actually felt good like a restriction was lifted from his body. However the feeling was fleeting. Without much mercy, the Hyuuga took the syringe and jammed it into muscle along the underside of his left pectoral. Just a sharp pain, like if one would cut themselves while chopping up food. Though the contents of syringe and its purpose was made known to Chae, due to the supercharged and flowing chakra around his heart from her previous workings he wouldn't be prepared for the burn.

His chakra began to absorb the mixture and pump it, like blood, through the entirety of his chakra network. It was like liquid fire seeping through every pore of his body. Due to the close proximity from the tenketsu chakra network and the bodies circulatory system the effects began to seep through to his blood stream as well only furthering the process. That process would be the evening out and almost suppression of his entire chakra system. Why? It would be like a full body anesthetic that would make him basically a 'dead body'. In other words, perfect for implantation.

All he had to do was get passed the pain and the fire from this before she would continue...

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[Chae]

The unlocking of his tenketsu felt, strangely refreshing and rejuvenating. Unfortunately, Chae's moment of bliss was short lived by the considerable amount of pain that rushed into his body thereafter. Before long, the burning continued to spread further throughout his entire body, causing his brows to furrow in anger as his body naturally wanted it to stop, but, he persevered and fought it off. Taking deep breathes every few seconds, his mind attempted to wander off, thinking about something, anything aside from the surgery and the pain.

Instinctively, his hand clutched the side of the table as the pain only intensified. Sweating profusely, he grunted, yet kept both eyes open, locked upon the ceiling above. For a moment, he recalled upon his homeland - Mizu no Kuni and Kirigakure, a place that filled him with a strange sense of peace each time it invaded his mind. He'd hoped that the pain would've ended much sooner, however, without some level of pain, there cannot be any sort of gain.

"Arrgh! Ugh. Damnit, never would've thought it'd hurt that much, almost forgot how painful this can be. I'm f-fine though, continue."

[~Kohana <3]

He's a strong one. Though, he is a Kushinada of course.

Eyeing him for a long moment while he writhed on the table, Kohana smiled slightly at how well his body was accepting the injection. That would make things much easier. Once the chakra began to settle, and Chae exclaimed that he would be fine despite the lingering burn running through his chakra veins, she would nod and excuse herself once more from his side.

However this time she was back relatively quick with a second syringe. Carefully she flicked it twice and pressed the injector just a hair to watch a droplet appear. Nodding she casually shook the syringe before blinking and leaving again. Shaking her head upon her return, she had forgotton to get the clamp, she put the injector side of the syringe to her lips to hold while her hands placed the clamp over his eye. The clamp would hold his eye open entirely and despite the need to blink he wouldn't be able to.

Of course, after she injected him with the actual anesthetic blinking wouldn't occur anyways.

"Since this eye is already damaged this won't be as uncomfortable as it would be if it was say my eye or your good eye. Jest bear with he Chae, the worst of it is almost behind you." Though she spoke with a slight muffle from the syringe in her mouth, all he words, thankfully, could still be understood.

With Chae's eye clamped open she took the syringe and hovered the needle tip over his eye. She stared at him briefly before putting one hand on his forehead and used the other to slowly put the needle into his eye and inject the contents. The last serum was for chakra and his general body and well being. This was just to help him feel less pain. And to make her job easier while fiddling around instead of the eye socket, she would have required it even if he knew and oped to not have this part done.

"I know this is tedious, but once you feel like that part of your face doesn't exist--or if you feel perhaps a tad light headed, let me know. That's when I'll begin."

In preparation she retrieved the vial that Chae had given her on the streets when he had first arrived. She examined the Byakugan thoroughly through the glass of the vial, shaking her head. Clearly it was a Main Branch Hyuuga otherwise the eye would have been sealed and disintegrated. Question was, who was the sap that Chae killed, or watched be killed, to have his eye scavenged as such. She supposed it would be a mystery that she would never truly know.

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[Chae]

For a moment Kohana stepped away and naturally, Chae's eyes followed despite having retreated to an angle his eyes could not touch. Once she returned with another syringe in her hand, he closed his eyes as his heart dropped, knowing more pain would've inevitably followed. Huffing a long sigh as she placed the clamp upon his eye, he felt himself blink, however, his eye couldn't physically perform the motion itself, leaving it completely open without any hope of closing. She spoke once more as the pain (albeit marginally) faded, drawing both his eyes and attention onto her position.

He was relieved truth be told, knowing that the woman's bedside manner was far superior than that of lang's during his first surgery. Surprisngly, his the muscles within his head relaxed as her hand laid itself across his forehead while his eye aligned itself with the descending syringe. The pain was extreme, but nothing biting down on his own tongue couldn't have suppressed.

Breathing heavier than before, he noticed that whatever had been within the syringe, it turned out to be fast acting, numbing that entire side of his face completely within a handful of seconds.

"There, I feel. Its numbing, the pain is going away extremely fast. Do your worst."

His words became somewhat slow and sluggish despite maintaining consciousness during the that process. As he readied himself -mentally- to continue, he knew she was ready in turn.