Prologue- Meeting Orochimaru

Belatedly she realized she should have retreated as soon as she found out Konoha was here. She wouldn't have needed to eavesdrop, it would have been easy enough to work out on her own. ANBU + Orochimaru + No fighting = Secret Alliance. It could have been that simple, but instead she had decided to stick around and think that her genjutsu was good enough to fool five ANBU. Ha! Genjutsu was her worst subject! Now she was racing blindly through Orochimaru's underground base, cursing herself all the while, and creating shadow clones to distract them. She swerved around a corner and paused outside a door.

Creating a shadow clone, she instructed it to keep running, then slipped into the rom. It was dimly lit and seemed to be a type of throne room, with a large chair sitting on a slightly raised dais. Then she froze, horrified and a voice echoed from the shadows, sending chills down her spine. "Well, well, it seems as if the mouse has walked right into the snake's den. Who sent the little rodent, I wonder?" Orochimaru stepped forward, his pale features illuminated by a torch and his snake-like eyes fixed on her as she backed quickly into a corner. He came closer, puzzled while aspects of her clothes clicked in. A white poreclain mask, blank. Obviously Konoha by the way she threw around one of their traditional jutsu's.

"ROOT?" He said aloud, then again with more certainty. "You are ROOT. Too bad, I can't let you report back to your master."

Wordlessly she pressed her back against the dirt wall and prayed this worked as she flashed through hand signs and whispered, "Doton: Dochu Senko." There was a brief feeling of weightlessness, then crushing pressure before she emerged into the adjoining room, a simple table and cot decorating the small space. She let out a breath of air, relieved. She wasn't ready to take on a Sannin, no matter how good she thought she was. With a chakra enhanced jump and more signs she sank into the ceiling, coming through the floor and into what looked like a dark medical room.

A monitor beeped quietly and she realized that someone was here. Which was proven when the lump on the bed said, "Who are you?"

"Uh, hello?" The figure sat up, revealing a bare chest with pads taped to it, monitoring vital signs and his long silver hair fell down his back. He couldn't have been more than 15.

"I said who are you? Are you trying to kill Master Orochimaru?"

"Kill Orochimaru? No way! I'm not here to hurt him."

The boy relaxed. "That's good."

She waited in silence for a few seconds, then asked. "So, why are you in here?"

"I'm dying," he answered bluntly. "It's a condition that runs in my clan, but the cure died along with them."

"Which clan?"

"Kaguya. I'm Kimimaro Kaguya. What's your name?"

She hesitated at this. "Listen, I'm not an enemy of Orochimaru and I promise I'm not here to hurt him in any way, but I'm still not supposed to be here…"

"I won't tell," he assured her. "I haven't had many people to talk to besides Kabuto and he's not very good company."

She chuckled. "My name's Rei. Can I ask you a question?"

He nodded.

"Why do you serve Orochimaru?"

"Because Orochimaru gave me meaning. He gave me something to live for." He tilted his head at her. "Do you have something to live for?"

Rei stared at him, considering this when a shout outside caught their attention and she inhaled sharply. Kimimaro watched her curiously while she scanned the room, then strode over to the table beside him and snatched up his medical file.

"I don't know you very well, but I promise I'll do my best to find you the cure."

"Why?"
She smiled at him. "Because I think you deserve to live." Making a hand sign, the folder vanished into a storage seal inked into the metal plate embedded in the knuckle of her right glove. "I'll see you soon." Then she sank into the wall and was gone, just as Kabuto burst into the room.

"Kimimaro! Have you seen a ROOT agent around here?"

"No. No one has been in here that does not belong."

Kabuto nodded, distracted and he hurried out the door.

Rei had used the Doton: Dochu Senko six times and was really running low on chakra. The base was like a maze! Two more Doton: Dochu Senko's and she surfaced outside the building, at last, blinking against the sunlight.

"Finally." She murmured. Then she whirled around as the entrance door was flung open and five ANBU bounded out, followed by Orochimaru.

"The mouse is more clever than I thought."

Rei ran her gaze over the ANBU team, silently identifying them by mask.

Inu= Kakashi Hatake, Tora= Kage Uzuki, Cat= Yuugao, Boar= Tenzo, and Pig= Hitoshi Hyuuga…great…

Leaping a few feet away from them she simply observed. They were some of Hiruzen's most trustworthy operatives, so it made sense that they would be used as liaison's to the not-so-traitorous Sannin. He must have been an ally for awhile, or the whole time even, because Kakashi had been a jonin for the past two years and a sensei for the past month. He must have been brought back for this specific mission. However, Orochimaru being an ally meant that the Hokage knew Danzo was a traitor, which could work in her favor if she played her cards right. At the moment the ANBU were waiting for their superior to give them an order, which was Orochimaru. This wasn't good. She wasn't at full strength and even if she was she doubted it would be enough to defeat 5 ANBU and a Sannin, but the new jutsu she was working on could help…if it didn't blow up in her face.

Her newest jutsu was unavoidable, you had to counter it with a special technique, or by going underground, but it would take more time than the victim would have to figure that out. The jutsu had yet to be completed, however.

She frowned. Why weren't they moving And why was Orochimaru looking at her funny?

"You don't act like ROOT." He said.

Stall. "Oh, and what would ROOT act like?"

"Practical. They'd know this wasn't a battle they could win and they would try to escape. So the question remains, who do you work for?"

She snorted. "As if I'll tell you." Don't let them know the truth if you don't have to. Flying through some hand signs she said, "Raiton: Kirigakure Jutsu." An electrified must began to shroud the area, paralyzing everyone but the user only it seemed as if one of the ANBU had already started moving and he crashed into her, limp, their masks knocking together.

Kakashi realized now he should have tried to evade the unknown jutsu, rather than going after the enemy, but tackling her to the ground brought him a slight satisfaction. She had just incapacitated 5 ANBU and a Sannin in one move, albeit the move had been unexpected, but she could kill them now if she wanted. Getting in a hit eased his ego a bit. With the close proximity, he noticed some other things about their opponent. For example, she was short, but well-muscled in her arms and legs, and her figure gave away her gender. By the definition of her form he could tell she was lacking in physical strength, but made up for it with speed and flexibility. Being this close to her gave him means to memorize her scent, in case he ever ran into her in Konoha. It was a unique mix of pine trees and lavender and it smelled surprisingly good.

Then she pushed him off her and leapt to her feet, the mist dispersing and showing six collapsed Shinobi, all of which were glaring at the lone girl, who he knew was smirking.

"Well, I suppose I should kill you since you've seen me, but it would benefit me more if you all lived. You should be able to move again in a few minutes. Bye!" On that last, chipper note she turned and shunshin'd away.

Okay, this is the prologue. Tell me what you think and the rest of my stories are on fictionpress, along with a detailed description of the plots of all my stories and the main characters.