"Now… Shinko. You are no more of use to me now." A figure with long black hair and pale white skin said.

"What? What are you talking about Orochimaru?" A girl with snow white hair and crimson eyes asked with disbelief. The man whom she had followed loyally for six years is just going to abandon her?

"You heard me Shinko. I could dispose you right now but I give you a choice. Do you want to choose death… or choose to be free?"

"Wha- what are you saying? Are you just going to throw me away now?!"

"Yes, I do. Though I might bring you back again if…" Orochimaru leaned close to Shinko's ears and whispered, "you have enough… hatred."

Straight after saying that, he bit onto Shinko's shoulder like a vampire, before retracting. The bite left a symbol, three comas – the Curse mark of Heaven.

The bite hurt, and Shinko knows it. She clenched her shoulder in pain before passing out from the unbearable agony. Orochimaru walked over to the unconscious Shinko and used a memory erasing jutsu on her.

"You will seek me for power, Shinko. Let your hatred rage, and I shall give you power."

The next day

The sun rays shined onto Shinko, causing her eyelids to flutter open. She wanted to rub her eyes, but the piercing pain on her shoulders said otherwise. She held her shoulders tightly for a few minutes before the pain started to go away. Shinko scanned her surroundings. This was their old hideout but not a soul is here anymore. She wondered why, but suddenly remembered. Orochimaru abandoned her. The rest of her memories seemed blurry.

She sighed. She walked out of the hideout and wandered aimlessly into the dense forest. She had no idea where to go. Without Orochimaru, her life has no more goals.

She walked and walked before seeing a huge gate in front of her. She remembered seeing it before, but can't remember where. Then a huge headache took over her mind, causing her to stumble and fall. But that did not stop her, she walked and walked before finally succumbing to her sleep… again.

Just then, a woman walked out of the forest after a good training. She has light brown pupil-less eyes, black hair in a short, spiky fanned-shape ponytail. She wore a long tanned trenchcoat, a meshed top and an orange miniskirt. She saw a white-haired girl lying on the grass. Shocked, she went over to take a look. The girl was sleeping peacefully but she never seen her before. Thinking on the priorities first, she carried the girl into Konohagukare.