Kanae walked into the room just in time to hear Pakkun bark, "Rookie I will bite your face off if you don't stop being a brat and do something useful!"

She glanced around, taking everything in. Ginta curled on the floor, tangled in his IV. Kakashi, half-propped up on the bed, rasping something unintelligible. Pakkun tucked under his arm, acting as a small furry brace, growling in loud rumbles. And Ko being a nitwit. She clapped the latter hard around the back of the head, harder then she'd done at any point over the last two days, and added a chakra flare to make the message stick. "Idiot. Which part of stay in the room and watch them did you have trouble understanding?"

Kakashi had removed his IV. Ginta had taken off his oxygen. Kanae didn't roll her eyes, she was very much used to dealing with ANBU. "Hatake-san, lie down or I'll ask my semi-concussed assistant to hold you down, and that's no fun for anyone."

As she talked she moved over to Ginta and knelt beside him, "Sakamoto-san," she greeted him mildly, and called up a pain-numbing jutsu. "I'm going to touch your side, please try not to move." Her hands glowed a blue-green, it was a nice soothing colour. She pressed them gently over his ribs and waited for the jutsu to take effect. She glanced over her shoulder and sighed, "Hatake-san, lie down. Kotetsu, go help him please." And don't get killed was left unsaid.

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Ah the medic. Ginta could tell she was a medic, because she had that medic voice they all used. The soft, modulated, quiet voice that said 'I'm an authority, I'm in control, and you can trust me, because I'm here to help.' Actually Ginta'd used the voice himself when he was doing things like rescuing frightened children from floodwaters, back before he'd been in ANBU. Back when his missions had been a little more on the side of making Konoha look good.

There was something a little annoying about being on the receiving end of the voice, though. Although it was a very effective voice. He found himself calming right down and lying still while she worked her jutsu, and was greatly relieved when a chilly sort of numbness replaced the burning pain that had taken over his side.

As he lay there, he considered that he was ass naked on the floor. Not really his most charming posture, either, curled up like a traumatized baby monkey. At least Kakashi was getting told to lie the hell back down by someone who could actually make him do it.

"Really, I just wanted to take a leak," he told the medic. "It's my genius partner who's being an idiot."

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The only thing that's stopping me from breaking you in half," Kakashi snapped when Ginta decided to be stupid and start walking around, "Is that I don't want two of you--"

And then the ANBU fell over with a painful sounding smack, yanking down his IV with him. Kakashi swore and jerked himself up on an elbow. His chest burned and caught and he doubled over with coughing, eyes watering. Pakkun slid under his arm and pressed against his side, helping him stay somewhat upright. "You st-stupid, inbred, son of a--" Kakashi hacked, spat to the side of the bed. Nasty to do that indoors but his throat hurt too much to swallow. "Get your short a-ass back up here!"

He ran out of breath just as Kotetsu walked back in, trailed by a medic. Pakkun snapped at the rookie, but Kakashi's attention was fixed on Ginta. He could just see the ninja's back, muscles clenched and quivering with pain. "Are you always so stupid?" he demanded, around breathy gasps, "Or did you make a special effort today?"

The medic said something to him, Kakashi didn't pay attention. He didn't look away from Ginta at all until the rookie grabbed his supporting arm and yanked it out from under him. Pakkun's teeth sank into Kotetsu's wrist as Kakashi fell, landing painfully on his back. The copy-ninja's hand lashed out, hard fingers latching onto the edge his attacker's chest armour. He pulled, chakra flooding automatically into his arm and hand, strengthening the muscles and solidifying his grip.

The bed was an old, rustic wooden monstrosity, solid and unyielding. Kotetsu's forehead connected with a magnificent crack against the post, stunning the kid cross-eyed. Kakashi would have followed up by grabbing with his other arm, but it was pinned under him by the fall.

Fuck, fuck. Instead he yanked the kid back with a little burst of chakra he couldn't afford to use, and shoved him away with a growl. Hoshika hit him from behind as Pakkun leapt for his face.

Kakashi collapsed back on the bed and got on with the business of hacking his lungs up.

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"Fucking blistering fuckity hell!" Kotetsu all but howled at Kakashi, scrambling OFF the bed and batted at Pakkun. "You mangy shitbag of shit!" Ow. Ow. Fucking ow. He tripped over the big giant dog of evil and nearly brained himself on the edge of the table. "I'm going to knit a scarf out of your shitty intestines! Fuckity fuckasses!"

His head was ringing, he could barely see beyond bright. Red. Red. Ow. And he was going to give Kakashi a right smack. Possibly with a dog.

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Ginta was thinking he was probably going to get yelled at any second now, from the way the medic hadn't actually responded to his explanation for his current state so much as grunted an unimpressed sound and told him to be quiet and save his breath. It was easier to breathe with the numbing thing she'd done. That was a win. Not altogether easy though. He heard Kakashi coughing, and it started the inexorable tickle-to-irritation-to-choking on a bone cycle in his own chest.

Then all hell broke loose. Now that was excellent timing, because he could curl up and cough and the medic was altogether distracted by the impromptu spar and dog fight that was taking place on the bed. He'd have to remember to thank Kakashi for it, once things were settled down a bit.

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Perhaps giving Kotetsu a month was slightly optimistic. Kanae sighed very quietly, got to her feet and grabbed him by the scruff. She repeated the move with the copy-nin's dog -- Hoshika, she thought the name was, according to Pakkun -- and gave them both a shake. "Desist, please," she said, with tones of ice water, and tossed them out into the hallway, stopping only to pull Pakkun off his wrist. The pug gave her a dirty look. "Stay if you can behave," she told him, and dropped him on the floor.

Senior ANBU idiots first, and then she'd have to attend to those dog bites. Kanae spared Ginta a quick glance -- coughing again -- and then looked at Kakashi -- also coughing -- and sighed. "You are fortunate," she told them both as she knelt to pick up her kit, placing it within easy reach of the bed, "That I am a very good medic. And have also taken the oath to do no harm to my patients."

With that she knelt again, slid her arms gently under Ginta and picked him up. He was small, even for a ninja, and Kanae was not, being of the strong, brawny build more commonly associated with decent bar-tenders and brawlers. She held him easily, taking care not to put pressure on his ribs, and carried him swiftly back to the bed. His toilet break would have to wait for a moment. She placed him down gently and flipped the cover up, giving him a modicum of privacy. Then she reached into her kit and pulled out a brush and ink.

Those coughs were no good at all. She didn't need a jutsu to tell the state of their lungs. "Hold still," she told them both firmly, and painted a seal on each of their throats, catching Kakashi's counter strike with an absent hand. "I said hold still." The copy-nin gave her an unfocused look and yanked his hand back.

Kanae replaced brush and ink, and folded her hands into a seal. "This might tingle slightly." The jutsu was complex, but easy enough to perform after so much practice. She focused, shaped her chakra, and pressed a glowing fingertip to each of their throats, awakening an answering blue glow from the painted symbols.

Ah. Lovely. With a satisfied nod as the coughing abated, Kanae sat back. Then she replaced Ginta's oxygen and Kakashi's IV with only a gentle mutter about ANBU morons. "I assume both of you need to pee?"

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