Chapter One

Zemaria

In the Hidden Leave Village deep within Konohagakure, there were very strong Ninja. Amongst them were three Legendary Sannin. Their names are Tsunade, who was the granddaughter of the First Hokage, Orochimaru, and finally Jiraiya who was a Toad Sage. Tsunade and Orochimaru secretly were entwined in a spell of love. They had one child and her name was Zemaria.

This story starts out with Zemaria at the tender age of Three years. During this time, the Sannin were having problems with each other. Orochimaru had begun performing experiments on the occupants of the Village in secret. Tsunade was losing faith in having happiness with everyone she met, losing them to death during battle. Jiraiya was simply restless and longed to find his true path in life.

At this particular time, Orochimaru had been found out by Lord Third Hokage. He decided to bail out of the Village. Jiraiya who had not yet left the Village had grown up with Orochimaru and was on the same squad as him and Tsunade. Naturally, he was the one who would go after his friend and comrade. Zemaria realized her father was nowhere to be found.

She ran as fast as she could to the main gates of the Village. There she caught a glimpse of her Father and Jiraiya whom was named her God Father fading away in the distance towards the endless trees. They had left the Village.

"Father!" Zemaria yelled as loud as she could.

She started to run towards the gate to catch up to them. Kotetsu, a Chuunin quickly held her back. The rules of the Village were you could only leave and cross the border if you have permission from the Hokage. If one were to leave the Village otherwise, you would be deemed a Rouge Ninja never to be allowed back into the Village.

"Lady Zemaria, you can't leave the Village. You know the rules," Kotetsu held her back.

Zemaria started crying, "But my daddy is out there!"

Kotetsu comforted her, "If there's anyone that can bring him back, it's Master Jiraiya."

Time ticked by. Minutes became hours. Hours felt like days. Eventually, Jiraiya returned to the Village... alone. He was bloody and panting heavily. There was no Orochimaru with him. Zemaria cried harder. Her father left and as he did, he left his little girl behind.

"I'm so sorry Zemaria. I failed to bring your father back to you," he knelt down to her level.

Jiraiya embraced the young heir of two of the three Sannin in his arms as she wept. One year past and Tsunade was next to leave the Village. She unlike Orochimaru would have been welcomed back as she had gotten permission from the Hokage to leave. She too had left little Zemaria now four behind. She was left in the care of Jiraiya.

"Do my parents not want me? Is that why they left me behind?" Zemaria asked Jiraiya.

"Your parents love you very much. Your dad chose a bad path. However, your mom chose a good path. She just needs some time away from the Village and being a Shinobi. For her, she's seen many deaths and a great deal of bloodshed. I'm positive she will return here one day," Jiraiya reassured her.

Zemaria sat on the rooftop of Jiraiya's home under the moonlight. She wondered how long it would be before Jiraiya too would leave. It wasn't too long. Now Five, Jiraiya yearned to find his destined path in life. Young Zemaria was now of age to enter into the Ninja Academy for her training to become a Shinobi. With her entering into the Academy, Jiraiya left the Village.

"All right class! Settle down. I know you're all excited to be entering into the Academy to become great Shinobi. My name is Iruka Umino and I will be your instructor," Iruka introduced himself.

The class settled down. One rambunctious young Ninja in training couldn't help but start some trouble. His name was Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto from birth lost both of his parents. Because of not having parents to help guide him, he acted out quite a lot. This time was no different. He noticed Zemaria and because she inherited all of Orochimaru's physical looks besides being a female, she not having so much up top looked like a boy.

He let out a laugh and pointed towards her, "Ha ha! Who's the boy that's white as paper!?"

Zemaria whipped her head in his direction and shot him a glare that could kill. He froze unable to speak. The entire class grew absolutely silent. Iruka let out a groan of frustration.

"Naruto! Stop being so rude to your classmates! Sit down and be quiet!" He yelled at him.

Naruto stared a moment, "Iruka-Sensei I was just..." he trailed off and sat down.

Iruka continued explaining the day's activities, "Now, if no one else interrupts class I'll explain what we will be learning today. The first thing you need to know is how Chakra works."

Iruka went on to explain how the body's Chakra networks are intertwined within each and every organ in the body. Hand signs help steady the flow of that Chakra in order to produce a Jutsu. Jutsu can be of Earth, Wind, Fire, Lightning, or Water. Some can be Ice. He advanced to elaborate there were three types of Jutsu one can learn besides the five elements. Those were Ninjutsu which was the use of the five elements, Taijutsu which was hand to hand combat, and Genjutsu which was using illusions.

As the day went on, class had come to a close. Everyone was dismissed and each child's parents came to take them home. Only two had no one coming for them; Naruto and Zemaria. The two walked in the same direction until Naruto branched off from Zemaria. Night came as Zemaria reached home. She immediately went to her bedroom, climbed on the bed, and stared blankly at a photo of Orochimaru, Tsunade, and herself. She pulled the cover down, slid under, pulled it back up, and fell asleep.

"Mother... Father..." she said as she drifted off.

For several years, she went to class and barely spoke a word. One tiresome morning, Naruto decided to misbehave yet again. He had painted graffiti all over the Hokage faces that were carved into the mountain that stood behind the Hokage building. As punishment for his behavior, everyone was made to perform the transformation Jutsu in class.

"All right, Sakura you're next," Iruka announced.

Sakura Haruno was a naïve, pink-haired, Sasuke Uchiha obsessed ten year old. Yeah, five years had passed since Zemaria was left by her lonesome. Sakura got out of line and walked over to Iruka, did the hand sign, and transformed. It was flawless.

"Okay, transformed into me. Good job Sakura," Iruka jotted down her progress.

After Sakura was Sasuke. Of course, Sakura was all fan girl-eyed at him. After him was none other than Naruto. He did the hand sign and attempted to transform into the Third Hokage, Sarutobi. His transformation was very sloppy. He had huge lips, was too short, and the eyes were uneven.

Iruka scolded him, "Naruto! That doesn't even look like Lord Hokage!"

Naruto pouted, "Oh yeah Sensei? Well try this on for size! Transform!"

He transformed into his 'sexy no Jutsu' where he became an attractive naked female. Iruka's eyes bulged out. His nose bled and he practically past out. After getting himself back together, he scolded Naruto again telling him to quit fooling around. Naruto got back in the line with his classmates. Zemaria was up.

She did the hand signs, "Transform!"

Iruka looked at her stunned. She had transformed perfectly into Orochimaru. At first he had no idea what to say to her. Orochimaru? Why him of all people to transform into? How did she even know about him? All of these things Iruka had been wondering.

"Zemaria, I'd like to talk to you after class," he said a little concerned.

Class eventually ended and Zemaria hung back. Iruka gave her his look of concern before he approached her. He sat on the edge of the long desktop.

"The reason why I asked you to stay has to do with the person you transformed into," he started and then continued, "How do you know the man you turned into?"

Zemaria appeared upset, "He's my father. Why did you want to know so badly?"

He answered, "Orochimaru is part of the Legendary Sannin. Years ago when he was in the Village, people had gone missing. All of them were last seen with him. It was said that he had taken those people so he could perform experiments on them. I'm sure you wouldn't know anything about that. You must have been no more than a baby or not even born at the time."

She looked him in the eyes, "I know father did experiments. I thought I was the only one."

This changed everything. Iruka wasn't sure how to respond. How could someone perform experiments on their own child? Did he really not care about his daughter that much that he'd do such horrible things to her? The room was overwhelmed with silence.

"Please don't stare at me like that. Your eyes scream sympathy," she turned away from his gaze.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" he started but she had gotten up and started toward the door.

That was that. Iruka now knew Zemaria was Orochimaru's daughter. It was painfully obvious either way. As I said, she looked everything like him.