"Kabuto..." Shizune whispered, caressing his silver hair as it lay shining on the grass beside her face. The medical ninja looked up, one eyebrow raised, one arm draped gently over her waist, and his pale Hyuuga eyes tempted her to nuzzle his nose again. Propping herself upon her elbow, hand still stroking his hair, she asked,
"What are you going to do once Orochimaru is dead?" There was silence as he stared at her for a moment, the enormity of what she had asked hitting him full in the face. Then he too pulled himself up on one elbow.
"I don't know when he'll die." Kabuto said, staring off into space over his right shoulder. "The Third Hokage's curse took a huge chunk out of his power and already he's falling to some of the more curable illnesses. But I'd like to think," He said, letting himself flop back on the ground again, his hair splaying itself over her outstretched hand.
"That I'll marry you."