So this is chapter 1 in this oneshot series. As a change of pace, I'm gonna put a Hotaru/Kabuto oneshot up first. So to all you fans who think "Nobody writes about them," I got you ;) Hope you enjoy, I'm trying my best.

Hotaru clutched her father's hand. They were visiting a friend of his and she had to come along.

"Daddy, who is this man again?" She asked. Souichi Tomoe smiled down at his daughter. "I've already told you, Hotaru-chan. We're visiting Orochimaru, a friend, to discuss and important matter. It's about a recent experiment."

"Oh," was all she said. 'I just hope these coughing fits calm down today,' Hotaru thought wearily. The duo made it to a cave where a man stood at the entrance. "The weather's nice today," the man said. "Yes, but I prefer rain to sun," Souichi replied [1]. The man nodded and led them in. Hotaru looked around at the cave walls.

There were figures of snakes carved into the walls. Some seemed friendly, and others looked fierce. There were also candles that casted shadows along the hall. 'Scary...' She thought. Finally they reached a big room that had three silhouettes sitting on a big stone.

"Ah, Tomoe! You've finally come," A evil and manipulative voice said. The owner of the voice stepped foreword. It was a very pale man the had snake like features. Hotaru went behind her dad, feeling scared.

"Oh? Who's this little girl? This couldn't be the Hotaru you talked about, right?"

"It is, Orochimaru. Say hello, Hotaru." Orochimaru's eyes flashed with greed as he remembered his talk with Shouichi. 'So this little girl is the one who survived that lab accident, huh? How interesting that she's barely even human anymore. Hm, I wonder if I could ever use that to my advantage...' [2]

"Where are my manners, I should introduce the other two men here. The young man here is Sasuke Uchiha. You could say that he's...a student training under me."

"Sasuke Uchiha? Are you serious? Wow!" Sasuke rolled his eyes. The last thing had needed was a GUY swooning over him. Orochimaru smirked then pointed the other man.

"And that is my assistant, Kabuto Yakushi. He aids me in my experiments and is an excellent medic." Shouichi was very impressed. Hotaru stared at Kabuto, enthralled by him in a way. 'He's so handsome...wait, that's not like me, what?'

"We'll talk now. Sasuke, Kabuto! Watch over Hotaru while we do our meeting." Sasuke frowned and Kabuto bowed. "Yes, Orochimaru-sama. Let's go, Hotaru-san." Hotaru walked up to him and he grabbed her hand. She blushed a nice rose color and let him lead her to his room. Sasuke of course didn't follow.

"So, Hotaru-san, tell me about yourself." She looked down at her lap. "Well, my father is a professor for Science. When I was little, he had an accident that...killed my mom. It affected me, and I almost died. But I was saved; He operated on me and now...I have metal parts in me." Kabuto's face was surprised.

"Metal in your body? May I see?" Hotaru blushed again. "Um, sure." She lifted her cleeve and showed him a piece of her skin that was healing. He held her arm and inspected it closer. "Amazing," he whispered.

"Y-you think so? Everybody else who knows finds me strange." Kabuto smiled lightly at her.

"No, I don't find it strange at all. You...you're cute to me." Hotaru smiled and then started coughing. 'No, not now! I feel...so..dizzy, argh! Kabuto grabbed her shoulder.

"Hotaru?" The coughs got worse and she fell over. "Dammit!" Kabuto swore. She was suffering from a seizure and a very extreme one at that. He looked around and found a syringe. 'Yeah, this'll do!' He filled it up with insulin and jammed it into her arm.

After a few minutes, Hotaru calmed down. "Hotaru, don't scare me like that!" Kabuto frowned. "Worried me very much." She looked at the needle. "Y-you saved me..." She quickly kissed his lips. Kabuto blushed but not as bad as her.

"Kabuto, Hotaru needs to go now!" Sasuke announced, entering the room. He smirked at the blushing duo. "I wonder how Orochimaru would feel if-"

"Don't you dare!" Warned Kabuto, holding Hotaru to him. Sasuke said "Hmph" then left.

"Sorry about that, Hotaru-chan. He's an asshole." Hotaru smiled.

"It's alright, I don't mind. So, see you soon, maybe?" He answered with a kiss, making her blush for the forth time that day.

How was it? Good? Good. :)

[1] I actually got this from Cap. America. It's a password system that requires and exact answer.

[2] I'm following the manga plot. Hotaru is actually a bit of a cyborg in the original story.