-Prologue-

Sasuke stood in a huge circle of Release markings. His head was telling him to run away. Run away now, while you still have a chance.

'No, I have to do this,' he thought. It was the only way he could beat Itachi, his older brother. It was necessary.

Orochimaru was standing in front of him, staring into Sasuke's soul. Orochimaru chuckled, smirked, and then bit his thumb.

"Release!" he said.

Sasuke knew he would be under a genjutsu. He was surrounded by pulsing… things. He wasn't really sure what they were. Orochimaru was still in front of him, except now he was a frightening snake. The snake was attached to the pulsing objects.

"Are you ready, Sasuke?" he mused.

"As ready as I'll ever be."

"Let's get this started then."

The pulsing, grotesque objects crept their way up Sasuke's body. It was time for the Reincarnation Jutsu to begin.

Orochimaru, the snake, pushed himself down Sasuke's throat. It didn't really hurt; it was just an uncomfortable sensation.

Sasuke didn't notice anyway. He was too busy thinking about the past twenty-four hours. His encounter with Naruto and the other Konoha ninja worried him. He didn't really want to hurt them. He just needed more and more power. Sasuke remembered the fight with Naruto only a day ago… it seemed like longer.

He remembered Naruto's hurt expression while he was standing on that rock in Final Valley. He kept blabbering on about "saving Sasuke" and "bringing him home." It was all useless, childish talk. The real world didn't work like that, Sasuke had learned.

It was a long shot for Naruto to try and stop the Sound Four. They were pretty powerful, even in Sasuke's eyes. Yet somehow, Naruto, Choji, Neji, Shikamaru, Lee, and Kiba had managed to kill them with the help of the Sand Siblings.

Sasuke was shocked and impressed. A slight pain brought him back to reality, though.

Sasuke opened his eyes and saw the snake was almost completely inside him. He shuddered, just realizing the fact that a SNAKE was crawling down his throat.

Oh, well. This was the price for power, he assumed.

The moment the snake was completely in Sasuke's mouth, he felt a surge push him outward. He tumbled forward, but stood up quickly. He looked back and saw… his own body. It was standing still, but Sasuke had no control over it.

All of the sudden, the genjutsu released and Sasuke's body was standing still. His hands were flexing, but it wasn't Sasuke that was controlling it.

Sasuke looked down and he was almost see-through. He compared the see-through being that was him, and then the body he wasn't controlling. They looked identical.

"Thank you, Sasuke. It will be a pleasure working with your body," Orochimaru's voice said. It came from Sasuke's body.

The real Sasuke gasped. If Orochimaru had taken over Sasuke's body already, then why was Sasuke still here?

Then Sasuke made the realization: he was a ghost.

Orochimaru had taken over his body on Earth.

"I think I made a big mistake…" Sasuke thought.

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