A Snake with a Temper (G.I. Joe Fanfiction)

Chapter 1: Secrets are No Fun

A/N: This is ASWAT: Revival, the sequel to A Snake with a Temper.

Disclaimer, I own nothing but my OC's and the plot that is not taken from the movies/show/comics.

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"Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen anything more pitiful in my life," Temper commented. The blonde watched the grunts as Snake Eyes hurled them over his shoulder into a wall.

"Is there something going on between you two?" Scarlett questioned. "I mean, I know you two sleep in the same room, and whatever you do in there is your business-"

"Please get to the point, Red," Temper interjected, feeling heat rise to her cheeks at the thoughts Scarlett had jumped to.

"From my point of view, looking at your relationship, it looks like he's frustrated. And I always see it... when he's around you. Especially a few a days after you got back from the clans."

He does seem to be rather agitated as of late, Temper thought.

"Thank you for bringing it up," Temper said, "but everything's fine."

He's hiding something and someone noticed before I did, she thought, biting the side of her cheek.

"I'll see you later, Red," Temper said, waving Scarlett off and heading to her room.

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Heavy breaths escaped her lungs and blood rushed through her head. A pinching feeling formed in her palms after a while and her wrists ached. Sweat rolled from all parts of her body to her head, then to the floor. Slowly she came down from the handstand and stood up. It did little to stop the cold feeling that rushed down Temper's body as blood began to surge back through her. A buzzing filled her head, which she reveled in. You could say that it was an accomplishment to her; to feel so light headed that you couldn't think of any of the troubles around you.

"Temp, you done? It's dinner time!" Alyssa said from behind her. Temper looked back to see the brunette she grew fond of since their first meeting.

"I'll be there in a minute," Temper said.

"Just don't let that minute become half an hour!" Alyssa smiled and raced off to the mess hall.

All through the encounter, Temper couldn't bring herself to smile. When she left the clan, Alyssa asked if she could join her. At first she was hesitant, but Alyssa broke her with a sad face that got Temper every time. 'Your children are going to get everything they ask of you,' Alyssa would say. Temper would chuckle and agree.

Temper took a deep breath in and let it out. Finally, she left for the mess hall, gathering her water bottle and towel. However, she did not choose to be around her teammates tonight and didn't feel like eating. Instead, she opted for her room. Well, her and Snake Eyes' room ever since she got back from her clan. Of course, Snake Eyes was there, but that's not what surprised her.

What surprised her was that he immediately shut his laptop when she entered the room. And not in that in, let me devote all of my attention to you now sort of way. More in that shifty eyed, oh no you're here earlier than expected kind of way.

How was meditation? he signed to her.

"Good," she told him. She threw the towel and water bottle to the bed and approached him slowly while he got up from his seat. When he turned, he saw her actions.

Looking her up and down he signed, I don't think sweat is a product of meditation.

"Depends on how you meditate," she said quickly, crossing her arms. He saw right through her, she was on defense.

Something wrong? he questioned.

She gave him a small smile to reassure him and answered, "No. I'm ready take a shower, care to join me?"

Snake Eyes chuckled silently and signed, No, I have to finish up a report for Hawk.

"Well don't let me stop you, I just have to gather my clothes. Please, finish."

A confidential report.

"I can't be trusted to not look at your confidential report?"

Do you really want me to answer that?

Temper smirked and said, "No." Snake Eyes watched as she gathered her usual sleepwear and fled to the bathroom.

She made a few key decisions. She didn't lock the door, she made sure to pull the shower curtain loud enough to hear over the running water, and she made sure to shower quickly.

Maybe I shouldn't pry, she thought to herself. It's a confidential report. Everybody's had to do those. I've had plenty myself... but when was the last time that he actually cared if I saw his? Hell, we proof-read each other's reports. So why is he hiding his now?

That was when she made her move. She turned off the water. Slowing her heartbeat, she slipped the towel off the rack and wrapped it around herself. She stepped to the door with light feet, still hearing the click of keys coming from the other side. If she was going to do this, it would have to be quick. She took a hold of the knob and breathed, preparing herself.

Quickly, she turned the knob and burst through the door. Looking out of the corner of her eye, she saw he was on a new page with the words written, It could be a threat worse than Cobra, without the proper approach they will.... That was all she could read before Snake Eyes exited out of the document.

"I almost forgot this," she said, opening a drawer of the dresser and pulling out one of his shirts. The moment she entered the bathroom questions flooded her mind. How could there be a threat worse than Cobra?

Swallowing back the fear that started rising, she cleared her mind and put clothes on.

When she faced him outside the bathroom, she couldn't bring herself to ask him what the document meant.

"You're weeding the grunts tomorrow, right?" she asked.

Snake Eyes nodded his head and signed, Scarlett hasn't been cleared by Doc yet so Hawk asked me if I could take over for today.

"Hawk's been asking you to do a lot of things recently," Temper commented, slipping under the covers.

Hawk asked me specifically not to show you anything, I'm just following orders. If you have a problem, take it up with him, Snake Eyes signed, turning off the light and then slipping under the covers as well.

"Maybe I will," she stated.

I'd rather not do this with you. Even in the dark her eyes adjusted to follow the movement of his hands.

"Who said you had to?"

Confidentiality means that you don't know about it. If you question anything, that leads to suspicion. Suspicion leads to more questions and those questions means the discovery of all of the fraternization rules that are about to be broken.

"About to be broken?" she questioned. She soon realized what he was getting at when she saw a hint of a smirk through the dark and felt his lips over her own.