its my second story and im trying to type my first story now and it goes with this one. thanks for reading! i hope you like it!!

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Chapter 1: Sasuke's Problem

'Why did I ever leave the village? 'Sasuke asked himself for the millionth time.

"Sasuke, come here!" Kabuto yelled.

Sasuke sighed. It was a hard life at Orochimaru's hideout. Kabuto was in charge of his training and the hardest teacher. He taught the technique to Sasuke once and made him do it twenty times. On top of that he was Orochimaru's top man. Sasuke came and kind of took Orochimaru's attention away from Kabuto, which made him pretty angry.

"Sasuke, come here now!" Kabuto yelled again.

"Coming Kabuto-sensei," Sasuke replied as he ran to meet him.

"You're late and I had to call you twice. Now what's wrong there?" Kabuto asked.

Sasuke looked down and replied," I should have been here five minutes ago or the first time you called me."

"Very good. At least you have enough sense to answer right. Now, what's the punishment for being late," Kabuto asked smiling.

"Ten more drills onto each of my regular ten drills, sensei," he replied still looking at the floor and thinking 'I could kill him right now without breaking a sweat.'

He knew he couldn't do that because he was Orochimaru's top man so he'd go in a rage if he were killed by a sound ninja.

"Good job, Sasuke. Maybe you can use that good sense in battle more often," Kabuto said.

Kabuto loved to put Sasuke down. It was his favorite pastime when Orochimaru was away. Sasuke couldn't tell Orochimaru because Kabuto threatened to make it harder on him.

"Okay, then. Let's get started. You have a lot to do," Kabuto instructed smiling.
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Sasuke was exhausted by the time Kabuto was done with him. He lay down on his bed and stared at the ceiling of his sparsely furnished room. It had a bed, a lamp, a simple desk, and a closet. He heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," he said sitting up.

A messenger came in, "Our Lord Orochimaru is back and requests to see you."

"Okay, I'm coming," he said as he got up.

Sasuke noticed that the messenger was still there and said, "You can go now."

"Sorry, but I have to escort you. Orochimaru's orders," he replied.

"I wonder what I'm in trouble for," Sasuke said quietly as he followed the man.

They walked to Orochimaru's study. They heard angry voices and the guard told them to wait because Orochimaru was busy. Kabuto came out later and he was livid. He turned and saw Sasuke. He lunged at him and he would have taken Sasuke down if the guard and the messenger didn't hold him back.

"I swear I'll get you! I swear!" he vowed as he tried to break free.

"Okay, Kabuto. I think we get your point," Orochimaru said calmly as he came out of his study,"Sasuke, Come in so you don't have to listen to this crazed man."

Sasuke walked into the study not listening to Kabuto's mad words. Orochimaru followed him in later.

"Sit down, Sasuke. We have a lot to talk about," he said.

"Okay, Master Orochimaru," Sasuke said as he sat down.

"It has come to my attention that Kabuto has been treating you poorly," he said, "Is this true?"

"Yes, Master," replied Sasuke.

"Why didn't you come to me?" he asked

"Kabuto threatened me with fifty more drills on my training. I didn't know if you would listen to me and I didn't want to make him angry." he replied.

"Ah, this is a predicament. Well it's good that I took him off your training. I also took him out of the loop for important information and put him in," Orochimaru said.

"Really? Master, this is an honor but won't that make Kabuto angry? He swore revenge on me," Sasuke said.

"Don't worry. I'll select guards for you who are only loyal to me. I am also taking over your training. I can't have Kabuto injure my best ninja. I also want to teach you techniques that even Kabuto doesn't know," he said.

Sasuke stood up and bowed, "Thank you, Master. It is an honor to be taught by you."

"Sasuke, sit down. I want you to stay here until I find suitable guards," Orochimaru said as he stood up.

He left and Sasuke was left alone. 'Well that got rid of a thorn in my side' he thought to himself 'I still have to find a way to get out of here. Now with these guards it will make it harder to leave unnoticed.'

There was a knock at the door. Sasuke went to the door and thankfully there was a slot where he could see who it was. He opened it and looked out.

"Lord Orochimaru told me to bring food up to you," a serving girl said.

He opened the door and said,"Just put it on the desk."

She set the tray down and quietly left. Sasuke looked at it and ate it. He didn't think it was a threat since Orochimaru sent it. He sat down in an armchair and thought about Sakura. If she hadn't tried to stop him, he wouldn't be thinking about going back. He thought about that day, how determined he was, how he detached himself from other people, how he was a traitor to his village…
Orochimaru came in with six ninja behind him.

"Sasuke, these are your private guards. Two will be outside your door at all times. They will switch shifts automatically. One of your door guards will escort you around the village while the other will guard your room. Also, one will deliver your food and taste it in front of you to check for poisons," Orochimaru said.

"Okay. Thank you for these precautions, Master," said Sasuke bowing.

"I'll do everything to keep my best student safe," said Orochimaru, "You can go back to your room now."

Sasuke left with his six guards him. Kabuto suddenly appeared in the passage. He took out a kunai knife and started running at Sasuke.

"You will die! I'm not going to let you take my place as Orochimaru's top man!" he yelled.

Sasuke's guards quickly went into action and held him back.

"Let me go!" he yelled still trying to lung at him.

One of the guards punched Kabuto in the stomach and he went out cold. They set him down and one of the guards stayed with the unconscious Kabuto. Sasuke got back to his room without any further disruption. He went in and sat down at his desk. He didn't feel all that tired anymore so he wrote a letter to Sakura. He put it into a drawer and went to bed.