Hoshiko followed after Kabuto wanting to get to him before he went to Sasuke. She found him not too far away leaning against a wall, as if he was wanting for her. He looked up at her through his glasses his arms were crossed over his chest. He glared at her as she stopped in front of him.
"How come you did not tell me?" He asked anger in his voice. Shiko shook her head slightly looking down at the ground. She did not know why but it felt like she had betrayed him some how, and by the way he was talking to her it seems he thought so too. "Shiko…" Kabuto stated softly. She looked up at him as he moved away from the wall, her frame stiffened slightly as he came closer.
"Kabuto…" She said softly in her whisper voice that she only used with him or Orochimaru. He stood in front of her, his hand reaching out to touch her cheek. All the while he had known her he had never touched her before, sure with the occasional bump every now and then but nothing like this. Hoshiko wanted to step back. Very one who found some kind interest in her had met a painful death. 'No, I can't let that happen.' She thought as she closed her eyes from the touch. It was so different from what she remembered her mother doing or what Orochumaru's tongue felt like when it caressed her cheek. The silver haired girl opened her green eyes to look at the man before her.
Kabuto smiled a gentle smile at her taking his hand away from her cheek. Hoshiko took a step back from him, making a confused look cross his face. A tangle of fear rose in her eyes as she looked at him. He took a step forward and stopped her with him taking her arm in his hand.
"I'm sorry, I did not mean to scare you." He stated softly looking down at the ground. The girl shook her head gently the movement causing the boy to look back up at her.
"No, I…" She started to say but could not find the words. "I don't want to h-hurt you." She stated softly. It was her turn to look down at the ground. She looked back up at him quickly as he laughed softly. A glare frowned on her face. "What's so funny?" She asked as she pulled her arm away from his grasp. He stopped his laughing and just smiled at her.
"Nothing." He stated as she glared at him. He leaned forward ever so slightly just barely stopping before their lips met. She looked startled at this moment but kept where she was. He leaned in the rest of the way, pressing his lips gently to her own. That kiss was gentle with out much force behind it. Hoshiko just stood there not knowing what to do and having a war going on in her head. 'Come on kiss him back you know you like him.' One voice was saying. 'No! He is going to get hurt like all the others! You are an assassin! They do not have boyfriends or anything! Plus you do not even like him like that!' The other part was saying. But after a few seconds of this the girl found herself kissing the boy back making him smile against her lips. Maybe she did not like him like this but she wanted to feel like she was cared for other then as a tool.
Kabuto pulled back first a grin was on his face. "If I am not mistaken, I just took your first kiss." The boy stated with a gleam in his eyes. Shiko glared at him, he just had to act all superior now and ruined the moment. She pushed past him because some how he had pinned her against the wall he had been leaning on. He frowned at her. She started to walk away from him. He took a hold of her arm again. "Shiko..?" He asked softly worry in his eyes. She looked back at him.
"You have job to do. I've already taken up enough of your time." She stated breaking his hold on her then jumping up to the roof of the building and going somewhere else. At the moment she did not know where she was going, she just had to get away from him. Kabuto watched her leave and with a sigh he continued with his mission that Orochimaru had given to him.
'Damn it.' Hoshiko thought as she sat up on the cliff over looking the town. She sat cross-legged, with her elbows resting on her knees with her head resting her intertwined fingers. Foot steps brought the girl's mind back to this reality. Her hand went to her side where one of her katanas rested. The foot steps stopped a few feet away from her.
"You shouldn't be here." The girl stated as her body relaxed. The person sat down beside her.
"I know." The person stated in a soft voice. "But… When are you leaving?" Hoshiko looked over at the boy. A smirk playing at her lips.
"Why?" The boy smirked slightly, looking over at her from under his glasses.
"Because I want a chance to fight you before you leave." He stated with an undertone. Hoshiko laughed softly.
"Shino, Shino, Shino. You should know better after all you did just come from the preliminaries. You should be tired. I could not take advantage of that." Hoshiko and Shino had met when she had first arrived. He had stopped her from stepping on a bug, and she had bought him lunch. He had found out before even the Hokage had that she was an assassin it did not bother him though, if anything it had made him more interested in her. They guessed that they had become friends but would not speak a word of it. "Maybe some other time Shino, for I do not know when I will be leaving. It is all up to my master." Hoshiko stated standing up, and beginning to walk back to the village. Shino followed after her not another word was said between the two.
A/N: I do not own any character from Naruto. Hope you liked it! Review!