"Bed time, Sieren" said my mom kissing me on the head. I looked ahead of me as though nothing happened. She sighed wondering how I turned out this way, always pushing everyone away. She led me to my room and put me in my pillow covered bed and left, closing the door softly behind her. I lay silently, watching the curtains billow in the wind. His face appeared again in the light of the moon as he crawled through the rather large window. I sat up in my bed and stared into his eyes once more.
"It's been a while, Orochimaru." I said softly, my words being carried away by the breeze.
"It has, hasn't it?" He said in a soft tone. "Has everything been going okay??" I nodded slightly then started to shake my head.
"It's like living hell around here." I muttered. "I can't-I can't stand it!" He sat next to me, moving a pillow out of the way. "Mother and father hate me for who I have become, I can't stand the other kids and their immaturity levels, and..." I looked up at him. "I-I barely see you anymore."
"Hmm, well your parents just don't understand, your maturity level is much higher than any child at your age, but that will help you in the long run, you will excel faster than the other children and will probably be able to beat any of them in battle easily." He explained as though it was as simple as that.
"See, you understand me Orochimaru..." I sat on my legs and faced him. "You can be me my father if you want, Orochimaru-san." He chuckled a bit at the comment.
"You do act more your age-when your around me at least." I looked down.
"Was that...not okay to say??" I asked. He put a hand on the top of my head.
"I don't mind it." He said softly. I looked up and smiled slightly. "I can't be here long, but I will stay as long as possible." I nodded understandingly. "In not too long, you will have to say goodbye to this village and it's people."
"I hate it here, I want to leave now...I don't want to have to wait." I said, selfishly.
He sighed. "I don't think you're ready yet, have patience Sieren." I nodded disappointedly. Light streamed in from the hallway as my mother opened the door to my room. I turned my head toward the door. She stared at me and Orochimaru for a moment with her eyes wide. Then she pulled out a kunai and lunged at him, ready for battle. I jumped directly in front of her path.
"If you lay a hand on him mother, you will pay with your life." I said my eyes filled with nothing but hatred. Her eyes were wide looking at her only daughter, realizing how little she really knew about me.
"Sieren who is he??" She asked through clenched teeth.
"That it none of your concern, now is it??" I said still standing on guard.
"Dammit Sieren, tell me!!" She screamed at me.
"No." I said flatly. Orochimaru chuckled a bit and smiled.
"Sieren, stand down." He said. I nodded and moved to the side. "You do realize who I am, right??" He asked moving into the light from the hallway.
"Orochimaru." She said. "What are you doing here??"
"Why should I tell you??" He asked. "As Sieren said, it is none of your concern."
"Sieren." She said as though she was loosing me. "Why are listening to him??"
"Orochimaru-sama is the only one who truly accepts me and doesn't try to change me, he tells me I'm strong, when father tells me I'm weak, he smiles when I act for who I am, when you frown upon it." I stared into her eyes as she started to cry. "Why are you crying, I could be dead and you wouldn't care, I'm different, and you hate it!! You hate me!! Admit it!!" I screamed. I clenched my teeth breathing a little harder.
"Komaru, I'm home...Komaru??" I heard my dad say as he got home. I bit my lip.
"Hmph. This becomes more of a nuisance by the moment." I said. My dad walked back into my room searching for my mother. His eyes widened at the scene before him.
"Orochimaru." He said pulling out a kunai himself.
"Stand down father, this is not your problem." I said. He looked over at me.
Orochimaru put a hand on my head. "Sieren, from how you acted just now, you have shown you are ready." I looked up at him, smiling.
"R-really??" I asked enthusiastically. He nodded. I wrapped my arms around his waist. "Thank you Orochimaru-sama!!" I stopped smiling. "But what about them?" I said speaking of my parents.
"They should be no bother to us." He said. I nodded. He scooped me up in his arms and disappeared in a poof of smoke. When the smoke dissipated, my parents were already running toward the hokage's office. They arrived and threw open the Hokage's door. She looked up from her desk.
"What is it??" She asked a bit annoyed at the timing.
"Our daughter, Sieren, she's working with Orochimaru." my dad said through huffs of breath. She pushed her chair back and stood up.
"She's only five years old!! How did she get into this kind of mess??" She asked.
"We-we don't know." My mother said.
"Dammit." She cursed. "Shizune!!"
"What is it Tsunade-sama??" She asked when she opened the door.
"Sieren, she's missing." She said.
"Sieren??" She asked. "What happened Tsunade??"
"Somehow, Orochimaru got his fangs into her." She said rushing out the door, Shizune following. My parents looked at each other and hurried after them.
"Orochimaru??" She asked.
"Yes." She said. "I don't know what he's planning, but this is going to be big."
Me and Orochimaru appeared in front of an odd house. He set me down on my feet and led me inside. I looked around at everything while walking along with Orochimaru. We walked past a corridor with hundreds of people in cells. I looked at each one of them, wondering if I would become one of them when my job had been done. He stopped at a door and opened it to an empty room with a large bed inside. I looked up at him and he nodded. I ran and threw myself on the bed. He walked over and looked down at me. I sat up and looked at him.
"Wh-what happens now??" I asked, realizing I knew nothing.
"I will explain it all tomorrow, until then, you should sleep." He said putting a hand on my head. I nodded and crawled under the covers and lay my head softly on the pillow. He put a hand lightly on my face. "Sleep well, Sieren." He whispered.