The second exam began. Oroshi barely had enough time to grab hold of Temari's clothes to at least go with her own group. Her grip was weak, but she managed to at least hold herself up for a few moments. Then, her eyes widened. Her grip was sleeping. Oroshi began to speak up, "Hey! Wait! I can't hold on that much!"

There was no response. Oroshi's eyes widened even more as she felt her grip slip from Temari's clothes. She felt herself fall from a great height before slamming her back into a branch before falling straight to the ground. Oroshi landed on her back, causing more pain running up her spine, and emitted a cry of agony. She could barely move without wanting to cry out even more, but she held in her pain. There were other teams in the exam who could seriously hurt her. Oroshi remained still on the ground as she stared up at the tree tops from her position. A few minutes passed, where was her team? The young geisha felt a pit of anger begin to form in the pit of her stomach as she imagined her team long gone from her spot.

'They wouldn't dare just leave me here as open bait?' she thought to herself, 'I wouldn't put it passed Temari, but Kankurou would probably stand up for me. Gaara… No, not Gaara.'

It felt like an eternity before Oroshi finally had the courage to slowly sit up. To her dismay, her kimono had been torn up the front. It would take her a lot of time before she could send for another one. She was about to lean forward to check her ankles before she felt a stiffening pain in her pack. Oroshi let out a painful cry before biting her lower lip to silence her wails. If she can't move, she wouldn't be able to protect herself. Then again, she didn't have a scroll, so she wouldn't be useful to any opposing team.

"Oroshi?"

The young geisha turned to see Ino rushing from the brushes towards her. What was she doing here? Oroshi reached out to the blonde kunoichi, "Ino-chan…My team..they've abandoned me."

"Here!" Ino knelt down to Oroshi, "I think you hurt your back, I have some herbs here that will dull the pain."

"Ino-chan, I can't thank you enough," Oroshi smiled up at the blonde kunoichi.

She could see that Ino was carrying a scroll in her pouch. It was in plain sight… Oroshi took the herbs to heal herself before Ino's team came into view as well. The fat one, Choji, and the lazy one, Shikamaru. Oroshi had barely any time to heal herself before Ino went on yapping about her teammates and how they were going to be Chunin and whatnot. The young geisha's eyes kept a dull gaze on Ino as she kept talking and talking before Oroshi pulled Ino into a tight hug. The blonde fell silent as Oroshi whispered, "From this point on, we are sisters. I will remember your act of kindness until my dying breath."

This seemed to please Ino because Oroshi felt the tight hug received back from the blonde. It was then that Oroshi took the scroll, but not without Shikamaru noticed. He glowered at Oroshi, "Hey, you might want to give that back to us."

"What on earth are you talking about?" Oroshi asked as Ino slowly pulled away, "Ino-chan…"

"Shikamaru!" Ino snapped at her teammate, "Don't embarrass me in front of Oroshi-chan!"

"She just stole our scroll!" Shikamaru raised his voice as he took a step closer to Oroshi, causing Ino to intervene, "I'm not letting her leave our sight without our scroll!"

"Oroshi-chan would never take our scroll! She's a geisha of the Sand and has a reputation of being one of the kindest souls of her land!" Ino balled her fists, "And I won't let her reputation be lowered because you think she stole our scroll!"

"H-hey," Choji stammered, "Where'd she go?"

Ino and Shikamaur looked away from each other to where Oroshi once sat. They were dumbfounded to see that she had disappeared! Ino then checked her pack, her throat drying to dust as she realized that Oroshi had, indeed, taken their scroll.

Oroshi had to smile at her efforts. So far, she had survived a bad fall, taken a scroll, and all that without lifting a finger. The young geisha limped in one direction, having no idea if she were heading towards the Tower or not. Oroshi just kept walking as best as she could before she felt too weak to carry on. Out of breath, exhausted, hungry, and in terrible pain, Oroshi found safety next to a large tree. She couldn't believe she actually had one of the scrolls, now all she needed was one more.

"Just one more…" she breathed as she slowly closed her eyes, "Just one more…"

It seemed like sleep was eluding her due to her discomfort being outside. Oroshi kept opening her eyes until the moon was fully in the sky. Then..she heard breathing. She shot her eyes open to see she was surrounded by three male Genin from the Land of Grass. Oroshi could see what was to happen. Her breath hitched as she sat on her knees, "You three better leave before my team comes back!"

"Team?" one of the male Genin with goggles looked at his teammates, "I don't see your team anywhere. I see Oroshi the Geisha in front of me with a scroll."

Oroshi kept silent, she had to keep calm to bide herself time. Whatever was to happen would happen, but she couldn't let herself fall to prey because she was outnumbered. She pulled out her poisonous fan as one neared her, "If you wish to have a taste, I'm afraid that you may not be able to handle the sensation."

"Is that a challenge?" the one who spoke first smirked, "Hold her down."

"There is a story of a Geisha that was born under a full moon," Oroshi began as the other two neared her, "She was in the same position as I am."

They grabbed hold of her arms, slamming her against the base of the tree. Oroshi kept her gaze on the one approaching male as he began to take off his belt from his pants, "She lost her price on a full moon because she walked by herself one night from attending a party. Her mentor found out and banned her from ever becoming a Geisha in her house, saying she was no better than a whore."

"Cover her mouth," the approaching male genin stated as he sat in front of Oroshi.

Oroshi tossed the fan to the ground, causing enough air movement to spread the airborne poison to affect the two genin holding her. They gagged for air before finally feeling their throat begin to close on them. The third, however, was the one approaching her covered his mouth and took a step back. Oroshi then stood up, picking up her fan as she neared him, "She was the dawn of the new Geisha. Taking revenge on the ones who took her price, her murders were so swift and so beautifully done that she was taken back by her mentor to continue her path as a Geisha. She is the mother of my kind, the path I follow, and the person I must become. You have threaten my price, and I cannot allow that. For that, you must die."

"H-h-hey!" he fell on his behind as he crawled away from Oroshi.

The young geisha raised her fan to kill him as well, her expression revealing that she felt nothing for killing him. Then, a sound caught her attention. A familiar sound. A puppet then separated her from her potential rapist, Karasu? This scared the male enough to run from the scene as Oroshi staggered back to the tree to safely have herself sit once more. Kankurou then appeared, wrapping Karasu back up, "The hell have you been?"

"I could ask you the same thing," Oroshi breathed as she put her fan way, "Where are the others?"

"At the tower, I'd say 'lets go' but you're in no condition to travel," Kankurou approached her.

Oroshi watched Kankurou's every move as he neared her to examine her back. She wasn't too keen about him coming too close to her, but she had to trust him. He was her teammate after-all. Oroshi turned slightly for him to look at her back more closely until she heard him ask, "Uhm…I can't really see with your kimono…"

Without question, Oroshi undid her sash and lowered the top of her kimono down to just above her behind. She sat still as he examined her back. Kankurou then murmured, "It looks like you bruised a few spots, but nothing serious. You can..ugh…fix your clothes now."

Oroshi obliged and tied her sash tightly around her waist before leaning back against the tree. Kankurou sat next to her as he kept an eye out for anyone that decided to come by. She glanced towards him for a brief moment before asking, "Why did you come back for me?"

Kankurou looked back at her to answer, "You found a scroll we need. I knew you wouldn't be a lag on us."

This, for some reason or another, made Oroshi blush. He actually believed in her to be better than the others. She looked away from him as she smiled softly. Oroshi then whispered, "Thank you…"

They sat in silence for a few minutes before Kankurou asked, "That story you were telling those guys, is that true? Was that the real origin of your kind?"

"Yes," Oroshi answered as she turned towards Kankurou, "Her name was Amaya, Lady of the Moon. She was mostly famous for her nightly dances, but more remembered for her assassinations. Her missions were only done at night when she was with the client-to-be-killed. Thus, the tradition carries at night."

Kankurou eyed her before closing his eyes and leaning further back against the tree. Oroshi could see the frustration in his reaction. She somehow felt uneasy telling him too much of what she knew about her kind. Did he not fully trust her? Though she was his father's geisha for a short time, that didn't mean that she was just an asset of his father's legacy. Oroshi felt a burning sensation back in her stomach, was that how he really saw her as? She felt her anger boil before turning back to the sand shinobi, "If you think I'm just some Geisha passed around, you're highly misunderstood. I could've handled that guy back there if you hadn't interrupted, and I would've been just fine if you hadn't shown up."

"I never said any of that," he shrugged as he kept his eyes shut, "I came back on my own because I was worried about you."

Oroshi sat speechless. He…he was actually worried about her? The way his father felt about her was one thing, but for him to actually care was another. She felt more than uneasy sitting next to him and scooted herself away from him. Then again, she was flattered that he felt that way towards her and scooted back. Oroshi felt torn between her emotions as she sat next to Kankurou.

"As soon as the sun rises, we need to get back to the tower fast," Kankurou stated as he turned away from her, "Gaara and Temari are already there, and they'll be waiting for us."

That was right, the others were waiting for them to show up. It was their fault to begin with seeing how she couldn't grip onto Temari tight enough to keep up. Oroshi could barely sleep knowing that, one, they were outside and, two, that she had slowed her teammates down. Since she wasn't a natural kunoichi, she couldn't put up a better fight like the others. She could kill someone in their sleep or when they weren't paying attention, but to be in a one-on-one fight was another. Oroshi tossed and turned for what seemed like hours before she began to lightly shake Kankurou, "Hey, wake-up."

"Mmghmm.." Kankurou grumbled as he turned, unawake, towards Oroshi, "What?"

"I want to go now," Oroshi whispered.

"Can't you wait until morning?" he asked groggily, "I'm exhausted.."

"Pleeeaassseee," she took hold of his arm, "I can't sleep out here and it's better just to go now."

"When I'm half asleep…" he laid back against the tree, "In the morning."

"Now," Oroshi stood up, "Lets just go."

Kankurou looked up at her before yawning, then standing up. He then approached Oroshi and kissing her softly. Oroshi's eyes widened at the sudden sensation against her lips. She hadn't been kissed like that before, ever. Not even pulling away, Oroshi accepted the unexpected gift before she felt Kankurou pull away from her. She searched his gaze, wanting to understand why he would do that, "Kankurou…"

"You're pretty good," he commented as he propped Karasu on his shoulders, "Who did you kiss before?"

Oroshi remained silent. She didn't want to reveal her clients' past nor whom she had killed before. The disappointment in Kankurou's eyes were all she needed to feel bad about her own past. Her gaze fell to the ground as she felt his course hand on her shoulder, giving her a comforting squeeze, "It's okay, I'm not expecting you to be perfect for me. Just give me a chance is all I ask."

She didn't know what to say. He then had her grab onto the wrapped up Karasu so they could go back to the Tower, so she didn't exactly have any time to question Kankurou. Oroshi held on tightly this time, it would mean certain death if she were to let go. Kankurou carried her all the way to the tower where Temari and Gaara were still one of the first to arrive. Once Kankurou was safely on the ground, Oroshi let go of Karasu and stood on her own two feet before walking in with Kankurou, the memory of their kiss still lingering on her mind. She remained silent even though Temari had made a few remarks about her being late and that Kankurou wasted his time trying to find her.

The young geisha was unwilling to stay close to Kankurou though they waited for their sensei to show up. Then, in their private room, Baki finally appeared. He kept a watchful gaze on Oroshi, "Well?"

"She got lost," Temari commented as she placed a hand on her hip.

Baki narrowed his eyes on Temari, "You let her get lost? Did you want her to die?"

"It's not like she can't defend herself," Temari argued as she glared at Baki.

"You are the only one fighting her on this with me," Baki growled, "As a kunoichi, you should respect any other female who fights along side her kunai. Get with this, Temari, Oroshi is your teammate and she is a kunoichi as well as a Geisha. You should respect her more for trying to be both roles of a female."

Temari remained silent as Baki turned his attention to Kankurou, "You risked your life for your teammate, and as a Suna shinobi you understand how important it is to keep as many lives as you can without sacrificing your own. You saved Oroshi's life as well as your own."

Baki then turned to Gaara and said not a word. Gaara seemed…unnerved. It was odd to see him in such a blood thirsty state. Even Oroshi was unwilling to stand too close to Gaara. Baki then sighed before addressing the entire team, "The four of you have passed the second exam, and will continue to the third without a hitch. There may be only one problem when it comes to the third exam."

He then looked straight to Oroshi, "Any battle you have from this point on, you will lose."

"I can-" Oroshi spoke up to defend herself.

"I mean on purpose," Baki corrected himself.

Oroshi gave a confused look as Baki approached her, "We will speak further on this, but for now you will understand any fight you have after this point will have to be lost on purpose. Don't show your true abilities, just enough to keep their attention before losing."

He then spoke to all of them, "That is all I have to say. Go to the main room to speak with Hokage and listen to his speech."

Gaara was the first one to leave as Oroshi remained in the same room with Kankurou and Temari. She turned to Temari to see the blonde Suna kunoichi approach her, "Temari, I-"

"I'm sorry," Temari looked away from Oroshi, "I didn't see it that way before. Lets just forget about the stuff before and look ahead."

With thtat said, Temari left the room to follow Gaara before Kankurou remained in the room with Oroshi. The two gave each other a nervous glance before leaving the room as well. Oroshi didn't want to say much to Kankurou about their kiss. For all the others know, it didn't happen and she wanted to keep it that way. She wasn't like Temari or the other kunoichi's. Oroshi couldn't have personal relationships. So, since that was that, Oroshi wanted to keep her kiss and feelings for Kankurou as low as they could go. However, that meant that Kankurou had to understand as well. But… Oroshi and Kankurou approached the main room wither the Hokage sat waiting for the others as well, she didn't need to explain things to Kankurou just yet. He was still just a Genin and she was a Geisha. She would be able to get another Danna soon and he would have to understand her situation.

Oroshi stood with her team when Ino's team sulked in. The young geisha opened up her decorative fan to hide the smile as Ino and her two teammates glared at her as they walked passed her. So, one of her 'fans' realized her true intentions? Oroshi couldn't help but smile at her own talents. Now Ino understood what it was that Oroshi really did. Trick people into trusting her until they lose something precious to them, whether it be a scroll or their own life. Oroshi closed her fan before turning her attention to Gaara, "Are you ready to fight the next exam? I'm sure it'll be harder than this one."

Gaara just glanced at her. She had taken her own scroll as well as almost kill someone, but there was no blood on her hands. The young Geisha noticed Gaara look away from her back to his own thoughts. Oroshi was confused on how to get his attention. That is until a certain ninja squad walked in all beaten up. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, all beaten up, walked passed. Oroshi noticed Gaara staring at them and took quite interest in them. So, it was like that? All she needed was a little blood on her hands? That could be done swiftly. Oroshi opened her fan as she looked through her potential targets. All of them looked good enough for her to actually fight with, but the one she would need would be someone that Gaara noticed. There were three that she saw Gaara take notice of: Sasuke, Rock Lee, and Neji Hyuuga. All three were good a hand-to-hand combat, which she lacked, but she would have to find a way to get in an arena with one of them to kill them off for good if she were to have Gaara's interest.

"You're staring at them," Kankurou stated dryly.

"I'm looking at potential clients," Oroshi smiled over at Kankurou, "The kind of client's only mind kind takes in."

He gave her a quizzical look before saying, "I'm not sure if I want to know what you mean."

Oroshi opened up her fan again to hide her smile. She knew what she meant. In order to get closer to Gaara, she would need to get his interest first. That meant she had to become an open killer. This meant she would be revealing her secret arts that Hana had taught her that were supposed to remain in the private area of a bedroom. Now, Oroshi thought to herself, to complete the goal given to her by Lord Kazekage, should would need to show those arts in full view of an audience. Oroshi tore her kimono at the highest part of her thigh without revealing her undergarments. She had to use all of her talents on this one if she were to win the next round as well as complete a vital step in her goal.