Disclaimer: The anime series Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

Written By: Moon's Phantom38

Setting: Alternative universe

Warnings: No canon pairings, violence, language, gore, mythical beings and mild intimate scenes (maybe)

Age: 16+

Updates: random

Formerly: Truly Knowning

Note: requested pairings for Hyuuga Hinata and Haruno Sakura will be ignored. Requested canon pairings will be ignored. Requests or suggestions and side pairings/crushes are welcome.


Three Layers of Life

The Japanese say you have three faces: the first you show to the world, the second you show to those close to you and the third is the true reflection of yourself.


"Maybe, just maybe, there's no purpose in life. But if you linger a while longer in this world, you might discover something of value, like how you discovered that flower or how I discovered you." – Orochimaru.

Prologue

"Father!"

He turned toward the voice, his sly smile turning into something more and his serpentine eyes landed on his little treasure. He watched in fascination and silent glee as a young girl basically bounced in his direction, her uniquely coloured locks flying through the hair. Her milky white skin looked mystic under the moonlight causing it to look as if she glowed, her pale lavender orbs wide in excitement and her odd ears flopped with each movement from behind her fleshly, tiny horns. She didn't look human – not at all.

She looked like a rabbit-demon of sorts.

Truthfully, he didn't know what she was.

She truly was a wonder, he thought and she abruptly paused in front of him. A normal mortal would find her expressions hard to read due to her dot-like eyebrows but he was no normal man. He could see plain as day that she wasn't pleased he was leaving once again and was fidgeting because she was worried. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes – she was getting all worked up over nothing. Really, he wasn't an S-class Naga for fuckin' nothing.

The girl seemed to sense his annoyance and began to fidget.

"We won't be long, treasure. It'll be only be week." He tried to reassure her yet she continued to fidget, he knew that she was used him coming and going as he wished. She normally happily said her goodbyes, planting a kiss on his cheek and hugging tight before he left.

"Lord Orochimaru, I believe she's just nervous about our upcoming wedding and doesn't want us to leave so soon." His apprentice, Yakushi Kabuto spoke and soothing placed his hands over her dainty shoulders as he leaned in close. He dismissed his master disapproving's eyes and pressed closer, eyeing her deep fluster with delight. He quickly shifted away when the Naga's frame tensed.

"Is that so, Hinata, my little treasure?" The Naga asked and plastered fake concern over his face, his hands replacing his student's. He eyed the younger male over her head and scowled when he ignore his warning before turning his full attention his daughter.

"Um…I…"She sighed, shaking her head at herself and smiled up at him. "No, never mind. It's nothing, just return home safely."

He smiled down at her, patting her head and climbed into the carriage with his apprentice following, the young man planting a quick kiss on her head as he passed. A servant closed the carriage door and disappeared through heavy, metal gates – leaving behind a young girl.


Original

Prologue

She waved back at her fiancé and her father with a sad smile. She watched her fiancé blow a kiss her way and she caught his kiss with a small delighted smile. The black carriage slowly exited the large palace gates and the large metal gates closed.

She glanced at the experiments guarding the gates before taking a slow stride back to the palace while examining everything closely with her pale lavender eyes. Her cat tail followed the movements of her hips as she climbed the steps to her private practice room.

Her private practice room was the in the tallest part of the palace and it gave her view over the entire kingdom of Water. This place are crawling with demons, hybrids and experiments which often gave her nightmares which would make her fiancé come running.

Her fiancé is a Poison Demon with shoulder length hair that was grey and dark eyes covered by round glasses. He went by the name of Kabuto Yakushi, he a medic nin and a scientist. She knew that he was only acting under her father's orders when he made experiments…well, most of them.

Her father is a Snake Demon with dark hair going past his shoulders, snake-like eyes and chalky white skin. Her father was a skilled shinobi when it came to jutsu and what she heard from the servants, an excellent leader. Her father was known as Orochimaru, one of the legendary sannin.

She loved them both dearly very much however every time she was with either one of them, her heart felt slightly heavy and every signal day she felt like something was missing. She had once asked her father where her mother was and he didn't respond, his expression only darkened so she didn't bring it up.

Her father taught her how to be a shinobi and her fiancé taught her how to be a medic nin. She all so taught herself things that her father and her fiancé hadn't taught herself. There was the one thing the two refused to answer when they taught her about the human body, demon bodies and hybrid bodies; what the uses for the ovary are?

She loved them dearly but she wanted to see more than the village this palace was placed in; she wanted to see what was behind the village walls. They kept her in this village for the whole of her fifteen years, she was turning sixteen this year and she's never been to another village.

They never took her with them every time they went on traveling trips, it isn't fair and to leave her alone with these servants who have tried numerous times to kill her. They told her that she didn't belong here, she wasn't meant to be and that she too weak to be Kabuto's fiancé or the King's daughter.

She was so focused on her thought's she never picked up the sound of the door opening or shuffled feet.


A/N

I understand if this story is unfollowed/un-favoured or if you're prejudice against it. I'm merely challenging myself as a writer and I wish to see how open-minded/accepting readers are when it comes to certain things that will be written here as well as their thoughts on any of it. However please understand that even if I write about some of the things in here, I don't encourage it or enjoy it – I'm merely trying to address issues and if you review, understand how other people feel on the matter.

Thank You.

Moon's Phantom38