Purple eyes flicker open as she sits up in her bed. She takes a large yawn as what looked like natural fangs on her canines had occurred It wasn't just those teeth though, the rest were a bit sharp. Her arms stretched above her head as her back cracked gently, her fingers to her palms then reaching out as if trying to grab something. Ram looked to her precious 18-foot Amaya, who had curled up on her lap to stay warm through the night. She stroked the head of her precious snake as the albino's tongue rolled into its mouth. Ram giggled as she knew her precious slept with her tongue out, she found it rather cute and amusing. "Good morning, Amaya," She spoke softly to the boa as she rubbed her body, feeling the scales and noticing the color, "About time for you to shed, isn't it girl? Let's try and go for the entire skin in tact this time, okay?"
Amaya slithered up around Ram's torso and put her head on her shoulder, her mouth right against her cheek as her tongue flickered out. "Amaya that tickles!" She giggled and pushed the snake's head away a bit, only for her to move back against her and flick her tongue again. "Amaya!" Ram laughed.
Orochimaru stepped into her room and spoke softly, "Seems you are awake." He smiled and saw the snake tickling her with her tongue and went over to them. "Is your pet tickling you?"
Ram would nod and push Amaya's head again, only to have the surprise that Orochimaru would reach over to tickle her side. "NO! Please both you stop!" She screamed and laughed.
Orochimaru smiled but heard Kabuto coming and stopped. Even Amaya stopped. Ram calmed down just as Kabuto entered the room. Kabuto looked over the room with his onyx eyes and locks glares with Ram. Orochimaru spoke firmly, "Kabuto." He removed his gaze from Ram and looked to his master. "What do you want?"
Kabuto smiled a bit and said, "Just checking in here."
Orochimaru stepped to him and scolded him, "Isn't there something that you should be doing?"
Kabuto looked downward, light glazing off of his glasses. He knew he was supposed to be getting ready the upcoming Chuunin exam. It was a ways off but he needed to keep at peek performance. He gave one last glare to Ram then removed himself from the room.
Ram looked to Orochimaru as she stood out of her bed, to reveal her ankle length black hair. Amaya remained wrapped around Ram's body as she moved, her only wearing a night gown that was barely held up but spaghetti straps. "I don't like him... Why in the hell do you keep him around?" She spoke harshly as she grabbed her brushes and summoned snakes to brush her hair for her while she also took a brush to get what she could reach.
"He is essential," He spoke plainly, he didn't want to argue with her in the morning. He knew she never liked Kabuto and probably never will.
Ram let out a sigh and removed her gown from her pale skin, placing on the matching outfit to her father's and also asking Amaya to remove herself, the snake only slithering around when needing to move. It made it harder to dress but Amaya loved her owner. Ram would smile and finish dressing as she then went to a mirror to put the black lines over her eyes. Orochimaru came over to her and said, "Don't forget, on the day of the plan you need to use purple and to tie your breasts down."
Ram nodded and said, "Of course father, I won't forget."
She let him finish the bow on the back then she placed Amaya under her heat lamp and left the room, Orochimaru trailing her as they walked down the halls. He was unwell and made sure to hide the pains he would get. Last time she knew he needed a body change, she tried to force him to take hers. He did not want to go through that again. Ram went swiftly to his arena to face some of the ones he brought back for her to practice on. She stood with her left arm forward, hand paralleled to the ground and fingers closed. Her right arm was bent with her hand at eye level, but paralleled to the ground as well. Her legs were spread out as a sideways horse style and her left toe pointing forward to equal her fingers.
Orochimaru opened the doors to let the people have at her with their best. Ram stood still as the man behind her ran full force towards her. Ram pivoted on her heels and slung her right hand to him as a cobra flew out of her sleeve and opened its hood to glide longer to him. Before the man could think, the cobra was latched onto his arm. Orochimaru smiled that she was using his own trick. Ram then turned to the other men darting at her and she smirked as they went at her. She held up one hand and stood without stance just like him. She then ran at the first male in front, running up his body and kicking him in the chin as the momentum made her back flip. The male next to him has came up behind her and she rammed her head back into his face. She then turned and moved her hands in quick signs to moved behind one of them and then look like a normal guy. They were confused as to where she went. She slipped a scalpel out from her sleeve and moved slickly behind each of them, stabbing pressure points until she was holding the last one with the blade to his neck. He submitted but she pushed him to the ground and cut open his chest with three incisions in an 'I' shape. She reached up into his chest as he was screaming and still alive and grabbed his heart. She ripped it out and showed it to him as his body slowly stopped. A horrifying last image but applauded by the one she looked up to. She kept hold of it as she stood and walked to her father. It was still beating but slowly down as the nerves began to die in it.
Orochimaru met her halfway and smiled at her progress and took the heart. She then followed him to the trophy room he kept for her and placed it on a machine to keep it beating for her enjoyment. Ram hugged onto him and he hugged onto her. "I am very proud," He said to her and ran his fingers through some of her hair.
"I would never let you down and you know it!" She said proudly, releasing the hug and running to go back to her room to be stopped by him. He had sunk into the ground to appear in front of her again and said, "What's the matter father?"
Orochimaru smirked and said, "I have a mission for you and you alone. It is something I don't want to send you on but no one else can do this." He lead her to his room and then took out a piece of paper with the details on it. "Go ahead and read then do as you should. Do not forget to burn it."
Ram nodded and read thoroughly. She was being instructed to head to Kirigakure, she was to watch a group of leaf ninja heading there. Three genin and one jounin. She was to stay out of sight no matter the cost. No one could see her or everything could be ruined. She was simply looking to see the potential in the genin of the leaf. She would then do as commanded and burn the paper. She threw it into a candle and let it fizzle.
She then went back to her room and gathered weapons, looking to Amaya who seemed to be giving her a snake's version of puppy eyes. Ram shook her head and said, "Stay girl... I can't afford to get caught."
She left her room and started her trek, heading out to the Kirigakure. She would walk to conserve energy just in case. Daily she would eat berries and rodents, catching them herself and eating them raw. They were warm so what did it matter? She eventually got there but she heard the targets in the distance, already fighting someone. She kept back out of the way and hopefully hidden. She was watching a man strike at what she assumed was the Jounin. Her shoulder felt a soft tap on the shoulder and as she turned, she lasted long enough to see an anbu mask then feel a sharp pain in her neck then only blackness.
When her eyes next opened, she was inside a room in a wooden house. She tried to move her hand up to brush some of her black hair from her face but her wrist was tied down. She yanked her other hand and found it tied too. Feeling set in, there was something tied around her head and stuffed into her mouth. Her ankles were also tied down. She struggled and made whimpering noises until a boy came in. She then acted completely calm until a man behind the boy showed up. The man looked like he'd been pricked like her. She then remembered that this was the man she saw fighting the Jounin earlier. She looked right in his eyes as he came over, his half wrapped face leaning down to her and looking her eye to eye. He then stood back up and removed the mouth restraints and said, "Give me three reasons to not kill you."
Ram thought but she was just happy to have the restraints out of her mouth. "Sir," She spoke quietly, "I am not here for you. I was here for the Jounin and Genin you were fighting."
"Why should I trust you?" He drew his blade and held it steadily to her throat.
The boy then said, "Let me try asking her, you may be too brutal."
The man shook his head and walked out with his guillotine blade and slammed the door. The boy apologized and asked for her name, he knew he was still listening. Ram spoke gently, "My name is Ram."
The man came back in without his sword and said, "What was your name again?"
Ram looked him in the eyes and said, "My name... is Ram."
Zabuza was a bit stunned and before he could show a single sign of emotion, left and slammed the door harder than the first time. Haku was confused and he said, "Would you mind staying put? I will untie you if you promise to stay here."
Ram nodded so he untied her and he went out. She overheard them talking a bit, hearing a word here or there as she thought. She recognized his face a bit. He felt- familiar. She didn't understand why such a feeling would arise. She had never seen the man in her life. When they were done speaking she saw Haku come back in. He said to her, "You can come out and get something to eat. You must be starving."
Ram smiled and said, "No, it's alright. I had some squirrel before you stabbed me in the neck."
"I insist," He spoke with a smile. "You have been out for a while and your nerves are probably weak and you will need the energy to continue whatever you were doing."
Ram tried to hide a slight blush. The boy was very nice. She then looked as he gave his hand to her to help her out of the chair. She willingly took his hand and walked with him to the kitchen. There she helped herself to some food, him eating with her. She was starting to get a few feelings for him. She couldn't have feelings, though. She was a ninja. That would never go over very well if anyone knew it. So she kept it to herself.
Haku then said, "If you wish, you can sleep in my bed later. We are heading out to a mission in a few days and I would offer you to join but you have your own."
Ram swallowed and said, "I can afford to stick around. They are in the villiage too. I know I could run into them at any moment."
Haku nodded and said, "Very good, I will love having you stay with us."
They sat at the table and talked the rest of the night, Haku only tending to Zabuza a few times before they both went to bed. She let him hold her so they could both sleep in the bed together and spent time with him over the following days.
