Hoshiko sat within the small house that Kabuto and the others where staying while the month went by till the plan was going to be set in motion. Kabuto had not spoken a word to the silver haired girl while she had been there. About a week ago while she was staying with her master, the man who marker her came to speak with her. Orochimaru stayed by her side she was spoke with the older man assassin. He had spoke of the time when they had first taken her from the streets. He gave her a necklace with a emerald dragon pendent hanging from it. Orochimaru ordered him out before he had time to explain anything to the girl, but he didn't have to. She recognized it as the necklace that her mother had given her. Orochimaru had taken the necklace from her straight away taking it with him without a protest from the girl. She would not anger her master anymore then he already was.
The silver haired girl now rested on the window sill looking out at the stormy sky. She placed her hand on the glass almost longingly. Seeing the pendent again had risen memories and feels that she had not felt for a while. She heard the door open but did not turn around to find out who had entered. Footsteps walked up behind her, then a hand was placed on her shoulder. She turned her head up to look into the face of the other silver haired person. He smiled down at her kindness showing in his smile. She just turned her head and looked back out of the window.
"Shiko…" Kabuto started trying to find what he was trying to say. She had turned back into her old self. The person who spoke to no one. He wondered if he was the cause of this. He took a seat next to the girl letting his hand fall from her shoulder. "I-I'm sorry." He stated looking down at the floor. The girl glanced over to him before her green eyes closed and she leaned her forehead against the water stained glass. Kabuto looked over at her wondering what she was thinking. His chest ached seeing her act like this to him after they… He shook his head slightly. "I-" He was cut short.
"Kabuto.." The girl stated softly, a tear running down her cheek. The silver haired man saw this, he reached up with one of his hands and softly wiped the tear away fearing that the girl was move away if he tried anything else. She turned her head down so he could no longer see her face. "I'm so lost. I don't know what to do anymore." She stated a soft sob from her throat. This tore at Kabuto who moved closed to the Hoshiko taking her into his arms. She turned so her face was buried in his chest and cried softly. The small girl curled up leaning against the older boy. The boy gently rubbed her back. In all of the years that he had known Hoshiko he had never seen her cry or acted like this before. In truth it kind of un-nerved him that someone so strong as her could be over come like this.
"Shh. Everything will be alright." He stated softly. Hoshiko started to shake in his embrace. She shook her head, not bothering to look at him.
"No, no it wont." She stated softly surprising the man. "My mother never meant for me to be like this. To live this life. To take the lives of others. She didn't!" Kabuto listened to her. He did not know about her past since she or Orochimaru had never mentioned it. "After she died I didn't know what to do. I was only 5 years old when I lost my family. My father, I don't know what happened to him. He is the one who killed them. I don't care about him or at least I thought I didn't." Everything just came spilling out. Her past was relieved and the people that she killed she remembered all of their names, how old they were, everything about them she knew. She regretted it deeply, everything she did. Kabuto listened keeping a straight face as she explained to him. When she was done she had cried almost all she could be still small tears were leaking from her closed eyes.
"I'm sorry." Was all Kabuto said softly in gentle tone. He placed one of his hands under her chin bring her eyes up to look at him after she had opened them. He leaned down and pressed their lips together gently as not to scare the confused girl away from him. Hoshiko closed her eyes again more tears running down her tear stained cheeks as she kissed him back after a moment. Kabuto removed his hand from under her chin to have it rest gently against her hip. Kabuto pulled away from her lips for a moment to catch his breath then touch their lips once more. Hoshiko took the next step by pushing harder on his mouth as he felt his tongue lightly lick her bottom lip. She opened her lips just slightly not having experienced anything like this before. Kabuto pulled back realizing her inexperience. She opened her eyes to see why he had stopped. He got up from his place next to her. "Sorry." He said as he left the room closing the door behind him.
For the next few days Hoshiko did almost nothing. Orochimaru came to give her a mission or two and she finished them as quickly as she could. Kabuto was avoiding her, for what reason she did not know. Now it was time for the three par of the exam. She was to go under cover in the stands to make sure that everything went smoothly till the point when things would start happening. She was currently sitting behind that one ninja that she had trapped in the Forest of Death. She chuckled softly to herself. 'Looks like he got away.' She thought with a smirk from under her cloak. The silver haired girl eyed the seven, well eight if you count the examiner, in the large area below. 'One's missing… Sasuke.' Her eyes narrowed slightly. She listened carefully from where she sat as the Hokage welcomed everyone and began the matches.
"Thanks everyone for coming to The Hidden Leaf Chuunin Selection Exam! We will now start the main tournament matches… Between the 8 participants who made it through the preliminaries. Please stay and watch until the end!" Hoshiko had to strain her ears to try to hear what the examiner was now saying to the ninjas in the ring below.
'There's something I'd like to tell you before the matches. Look at this." He then held up a paper but the silver haired girl was not sure of what it was. Some of them looked shocked at what they saw on the paper. "There have been some minor changes to the tournament. Check once again to see who you're fighting." Naruto then raised his hand.
"Hey! Hey!" The blonde waved his hand in the air.
"What?" The examiner asked sounding rather annoyed.
"Sasuke isn't here yet, what are you gonna do?" The blonde asked tilting his head just slightly.
"If he doesn't appear by the time of his match he will receive a default loss." The older ninja stated. Hoshiko let out a yawn. She was getting bored just sitting here. She turned her attention to the one called Gaara. He seemed to be really tense and angry. The girl was focusing on the red haired boy and did not hear what the examiner said next, it was only when Naruto and Neji were left in the ring that she turned her mind back to the task at hand. She then listened to the conversation of the two sitting in front of her.
"But for that kid to get this far.." Kotetsu stated looking down at Naruto with a smirk.
"Yeah, for guys that got this far on luck… this is the end of the line." Izumo added. Shiko rolled her eyes. 'If they only knew.' She thought catching two of the other ninja that were Naruto's friends. 'Hinita and Kiba.' She thought with a slight smile. "That Naruto's opponent is too tough. He can't beat the Hyuga clan." Hinita looked kind of worried for she and Kiba were also listening to the two older ninja's conversation.
A/N: Hope you like it. Sorry if its kind of bland.