(2 days later)

Orochimaru was sitting in his office chair, waiting for the applicants, who applied for the job of becoming his new temporary apprentice. "Sir, the first applicant is here," Kabuto said as he opened the snake's office doors. Orochimaru sighed in an almost bored tone. "Alright, tell whoever the applicant is to come in..." He said with his trademark smirk.

~Time skip. After all interviews are done~

"Is this really all the applicants?" Orochimaru sighed as he asked.

Kabuto nodded, but the snake sanin wasn't completely convinced he was being honest. He raised a questionable eyebrow and Kabuto sighed. "Okay, there is one more applicant, but she hasn't arrived yet" as he said that the door flew open. "I'm so sorry I'm late!" Kikyomi said bowing. Orochimaru smiled and lightly laughed. "You may stop bowing." He said smiling. That is until she lifted her head and opened her eyes. His eyes widened as he noticed how much she looked just like him.

He quickly opened her file from within his desk and noticed he didn't have much info on her at all, just her Jutsu type, strengths and weaknesses, and likes and dislikes. But not much of anything else.

"Okay, first things first. Why do you want the job?" Orochimaru asked her. 'I don't know if telling him I've always admired him ever since he left Konoha, would actually work...the village leader is so stupid and dense.' Kikyomi thought to herself. 'Might as well be upfront and honest with him, right? It's not like I was truly gonna go back to the village anyway right?' She sighed.

"Honestly, I only wanted this job, because my mother had refused to let me do any missions anywhere near the sound. She's afraid I might learn something on who my father might be..." She said looking down to her hands.

Orochimaru looked deep in thought for a moment before he spoke. "Okay, only because it's on my mind and won't go away, who's your mother?" he asked. "Not that its any of your business, but her name is Lady Tsunade..." She said frowning at the mention of her name, she hated her mother greatly. His eyes widened as he heard the name of his past love being spoken by the young woman in front of him. "Why would she not want you to know your father?" Orochimaru asked.

"Well, I don't know for sure...but anyone I've ever asked always said it was because I looked so similar to my father..." Kikyomi said.

"Have you ever asked them who he was?" he asked. She shook her head yes. "Yeah, but every time I did they turned me away or changed the conversation to something else." After Orochimaru dismissed her to leave his office, he called Kabuto in. "You called me Lord Orochimaru?" Kabuto asked. The Sanin handed him the files of the applicants who were not accepted. "Is that the new assistant's file?" he asked pointing towards the picture in Orochimaru's hand. The snake smiled and nodded.

"Yes, not only does she fit the role perfectly, but I think she may be my daughter..." He said still smiling a gentle smile.

"What's her name?" Kabuto asked. "Kikyomi" He replied. The medic raised a gray brow. "Any surname?" he asked. The dark haired ninja shook his head. "No..." "Hmm, I wonder why?" Kabuto said with his fingers on his chin in thought. 'Honestly, I think I may end up paying Tsunade a visit in the next few days...' Orochimaru thought to himself as he stood up. "Kabuto, take those files and let them know they all failed," he ordered the boy. As Orochimaru was leaving the building he saw Kikyomi standing in the rain, simply letting the rain fall on her face.

She looked so... happy, but why was she not smiling?

'Did she like the rain?' He thought as he watched her. She suddenly began to spin around looking towards the sky as a smile spread across her face. He smiled, not his trademark smirk, but a genuine smile. Kikyomi was just like him in this way. When Orochimaru was young he would always come outside and stand in the rain, it always seemed to calm him, even when Jiraiya did something very stupid and idiotic or Tsunade said something to piss him off. 'I wonder how much more she is capable of reminding me of my past?' Orochimaru thought.

"You might want to find a local inn to rest for the night, the rain isn't going to let up until morning and if you stay out here you'll end up with a cold." He told her as he smiled. Kikyomi wiped around, momentarily startled. She soon smiled a little as she thanked him and left for an inn. Orochimaru frowned. 'Wait she thanked me?' He thought to himself. 'I've never been thanked before, not even by Kabuto or Tsunade or Jiraiya.' He then left for his house not to far away and rested till morning.

~The next week later~

Only 2 more days till Kabuto had to leave to go to the Leaf Village, and he's grown suspicious of Kikyomi. Lord Orochimaru may like her, but he didn't see her in his office like his medic had.

~Flashback~

Kabuto walked into Lord Orochimaru's office, to give him his medication. That's when he spotted Kikyomi in Orochimaru's office looking through some papers that just happened to be on the floor. The medic glared at her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" He practically growled as he spoke. She spun around and looked surprised. But it faded rather quickly. "I was looking for some paper and a pen to write to my mother, and Orochimaru told me to look in his office for some," Kikyomi said, but Kabuto felt she lied about something.

He just nodded as he pointed to some paper and a pen on top of his desk.

After which she laughed nervously, as she scratched the back of her head. "Oh, well fuck... I wish I would have seen that a few minutes ago when I started looking." She said smiling. He rolled his eyes as she left.

~Flashback ends~