Written by FakeivyZero, the continuation of chapter three.
"What's wrong?"
Whirling around, Kyoko caught sight of a silver-haired man looking at her in concern before his expression was covered by his glasses.
"Nothing," she croaked, eyes burning.
"Surely not! You're here in this out of the way training ground all alone pounding your fists bloody and crying so piteously and you expect me to believe everything's fine? Come now, out with it."
Dimly, memories of Maya talking about someone similar to this started to surface, but she couldn't quite-
"What's your name?" Kyoko asked abruptly, aware she'd been staring.
"Oh me? Well, it's Yakushi Kabuto. And yours?"
Where before the memories had been a whisper now they roared loudly, warningly. But she didn't care about warnings, all she cared about was her brother. And now she'd lost him to that man. Rage and despair and determination and the warning and thoughts of her brother swirled about in her head; suddenly everything clicked together and a ludicrous, sly, horrible plan came together. And the first step-
"Do you know medicine? And poisons?"
"Oi! Aren't you even going to tell me-"
"Kyoko. Well?"
"...yes I do. Why do you-"
"Teach me. In return, I'll give you one favor per lesson." Staring closely, she was able to detect a bit of the snake behind the leaves. Then it was gone, leaving him looking disgruntled.
"That's hardly a good deal, me teaching you all these time consuming subjects just to get an IOU."
"Yes, but the favors will be for anything."
"...anything?"
"Yes."
"...Well, then. It looks...like you've got yourself a deal."
:) The two of us are doing a back and forth continuation of this little plot bunny. I think this is just amazing. An interesting twist on Kyoko,