The Tale Of A Snake & Snow Leopard [Orochimaru x Oc]

Chapter 3: Yuki's Past

Orochimaru stared at Yuki with an eyebrow raised as she stood frozen in silence.

"No, nothing is wrong," Yuki replied, finally recovering from her frozen stance after hearing Orochimaru's question.

Orochimaru opened his mouth and was about to speak, until he broke into a coughing fit for a couple of minutes. Once he was done coughing, he finally spoke.

"It ssseem like there wasss by the way you froze there," Orochimaru said. "I know we just met, but sssince you've been kind to let me rest here, i'm willing to listen to what's on your mind."

"You don't have to do that. Nothing really," She stated."You should get some more rest instead of worrying about me," She said, looking at his flushed face.

"You know I would ressst better if you tell me what'sss wrong." He said in a congested snake-like voice.

Yuki sighed and looked at Orochimaru's face and saw his slightly concerned eyes making her smile.

'Maybe I should tell him. He generally looks concerned about me. He must really feel like he owns me for letting him stay him.' She thought, looking at Orichimaru's eyes.

"Though if you don't want to talk about it, that fine asss well."

Yuki stared at him for a couple of minutes until she replied.

"Well, you see, my parents are actually dead. It's just me, my little brother, and my cousin Mei, my Aunts daughter," Yuki explained. "My parents were killed four years ago on a mission, and my Aunt died in the hospital in the here in the Hidden Frost, but the clan compounded located farther away from most of the other buildings in the village and pretty much seems like a town of its own big clan."

"You too," He muttered quietly to himself.

"What you say?" She asked, wondering what he was muttering about.

"I said so; then it's just you and the little ones living here."

"I thought you said something else, but yes, that is correct."

"No, I *cough* didn't say anything else."

"Alright, I'll let you rest now. Thanks for listening to me when you didn't have to."

"It the leassst I could *cough* do after you *cough* let me stay here to rest."

"No problem, I have an uncle and cousins, but they, of course, live in different houses. My uncle, my father's older brother, lives in the large white and black house across from me. He is the clan head until his oldest son takes over."

"An uncle, I only saw a picture of your Aunt's family and your family."

"That because Shi-kun broke the frame holding the picture rushing downstairs last week, excited cousin Ken would be teaching him a new justu. I never got to fixing it, so the picture in my room."

"Oh, so that's why you only have two family picturesss."

"That's correct, well, rest up. You need to be in good condition to travel home also I noticed that you didn't have a coat yet. You had a mission here to complete."

"It ended up getting wet fighting the rouge ninja I was hired to capture and retrieve a justu ssscroll from. He used an impressive water style justu drenching my jacket."

"I can hang it up to dry in the bathroom if you would please give it to me."

"I appreciate the offer. Here you go," He said, pulling a scroll out from his sleeve and opening it, and out came a thick dark blue jacket with a high neck collar with a hood. It also had a grey zipper to zip the jacket up with.