I DON'T OWN NARUTO

A piano tune played throughout the house. A beautiful woman with silver hair and dark green eyes was playing a melody while her two children sat next to smaller one started poking at one of the keys, and the other one started to as well. The woman laughed, and played along with the childrens' random keys. Suddenly, they heard someone open the door.

Orochimaru stood there, a small tree with white sakura flowers in his hands.

"Happy birthday, Ai-chan."

The woman stood up, and hugged him.

"Awww, you knew I wanted to plant one~!" She smother Orochimaru is kisses, and went outside to plant the winter-hardy tree in her garden.

Orochimaru picked up his kids, and cuddled them, since neither of them could walk yet.

"My munchkins~" He chuckled as the smaller one, a girl that looked exactly like him, tap his face with her hand. The boy, who had brown hair and normal skin, hugged Orochimaru's neck.

"Dad home, dad home!"

"Pa-paa!!" The girl kept on tapping his cheek, laughing.

"What, Shibo-chan? Are you trying to slap me?" Orochimaru laughed. Shibo slipped out of his arm, and crawled over to the nursery. She came back with a fake pink kunai. She stood up with the support of Oro's leg, and tried to stab him with the sharp end.

"SHWANK" She yelled. Orochimaru winced, and looked down at her. She had one of the happiest grins on her face.

"You gave me a bruise..."

That look quickly turned to disappointment. He sighed, and picked Shibo up again, walking over to the couch. He sat down in it, and let the pair sit next to him.

Shibo kept poking Orochimaru with the kunai, causing no blood to draw. Orochimaru could tell that she had the same blood-lust as he did, and sighed.

"I guess I'm going to need to teach you how to use a real kunai..."

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Shibo laid asleep in the futon in the small room. She wasn't used to sleeping in something so nice, but with her high fever and all, it was a true comfort.

Kimimaro was checking her temperature. He wanted to remain silent, since Shibo was sleeping. He removed the thermometer from her mouth, 39.4. Kimimaro sighed, and stood up. He looked out the glass door to a balcony. It was snowing as usual, and a bit depressing.

Shibo winced and woke up, looking up at Kimimaro,

"What...happened?"

Kimimaro knelled down her her, and moved the hair away from her face.

"Do you remember now, Shibo-sama?"

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Orochimaru collapsed into the couch.

"I missed this old piece of shi-"

"Lord Orochimaru, look at this piano...!" Kabuto was inspecting the snow white piano against the wall.

"I know. I got it for Ai when she was still alive."

"Who's Ai, m'lord?" Shibo walked in with some rice and tea.

"My mother. I can't even remember her..." She set down the tray, and sat down at the paino. She played a simple tune.

"I see...so, that would make her," He turned to Orochimaru.

"Your lover." Orochimaru blushed, feeling a little insulted by Kabuto's tone.

"Yes, and you will never address her with such a tone, Kabuto." He glared pure poison at Kabuto.

"Y-yes, m'lord, forgive me..." He looked at Shibo, who continued playing,

"I see you learned the piano."

"Very little, only a few tunes I remember." She continued playing, her eyes shut.

"Why do you keep your eyes closed? Is it so you might remember something?" Kabuto looked at her face. She had several scars riddled on all visible skin. 'What a miserable child,' thought Kabuto, 'How could this be Lord Orochimaru's daughter?'

"I only do it so I can try to remember..." She stopped playing, and opened her eyes. She glared at Kabuto,

" And if you wish to make fun of me, do it when I am not present."

'Aha, there's Lord Orochimaru's personality' thought Kabuto. He stared into her eyes. They were changing from green to red, and he jumped back.

"No need to worry, Kabuto, it's only her kekkei genkai." Orochimaru sipped some of the tea.

Kabuto looked at him in surprise. He has never heard of any ability that would change the color on one's eyes- Wait, he HAS.

"Th-the Ketsueki Me?! Impossible, the Uirusu clan died 11 years ago!"

"Not true, Kabuto. You see, I wanted everyone to think we were dead." Orochimaru smiled,

"Shibo-chan, can you come over here, please?"

"Yes..." she stood up, and sat next to Orochimaru. He moved all her hair away from what looked like an injury. She didn't twitch or anything, but stared out the window to the gently-falling snow.

She winced when Orochimaru carelessly pulled off the bandage, and felt the seal underneath it.

"Wh-what are you...?" Orochimaru bit into the seal, as it simplified to just a flame-looking seal.

Shibo gripped her neck, whimpering in pain.

"Lord Orochimaru!" Kabuto ran over to Shibo, and saw the seal. Shibo swiped him away, cutting his face with her nails, no, claws. She gripped Orochimaru's sleeve, and passed out. Kabuto poked her shoulder, and sighed.

"You ki-"

"I didn't kill her, Kabuto. She's asleep..." Orochimaru picked Shibo up,

"I'm taking her upstairs to a room. Kabuto, when Kimimaro comes, tell him what happened."

He jumped up into the tower to the near top level. The top was sealed off with plastic, so he knew that was still being redone. He opened a door to a room large enough to have a bed and a desk. There was a futon in it. Orochimaru laid Shibo down into the futon, and covered her up with the blankets.

"Rest now, my child..." He whispered into her ear, and left the room.

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Shibo nodded weakly.

"Y-yes...I remember...almost everything now..."

"Almost, m'lady?"

"I can't remember my mother's face..." She looked out the window. Kimimaro sighed, and gently pet Shibo's cheek.

"I cannot remember my parents, either. Lord Orochimaru is almost like a father to me." Kimimaro smiled. Shibo turned to him, and licked his finger,

"So, you're like...a brother?"

"Yes, my little porcelain doll..."