In a large village in an old rundown district, was an old apartment. Surrounding the area was the sound of construction, repairs being made to fix the disrepaired streets with the use of mythical abilities known as ninjutsu. In one such old apartment there lived a young woman, atop her head was a mop of purple hair; her skin was rather pale and her body was bare as a newborn and covered in large droplets of sweat, for on this night she was having a disturbing nightmare.

The horrifying dream was a series of thoughts surrounding the experiments on many, as accomplished by her old teacher. She squirmed and groaned, praying for release from her nightmarish hell. Promptly the images of horrific content was replaced by an image of her standing in a white abyss in front of the instigator himself, her teacher.

The man was tall and slender with moonlit skin and dressed in a light gray short sleeved yet long shirt that is opened midway down on his sides, a black long sleeved shirt with dark gray pants; and a large purple rope tied into a bow around his waist.

"It has been a little while Anko" The figure cooed.

"Orochimaru!" Anko snarled, reaching around for a weapon with fury in her eyes. The man, Orochimaru; raised his hands in a placating gesture.

"Now now my student this is merely a dream, I speak to you through my seal not to taunt you; but to give you a warning about some former comrades that will hunt after the nine tailed holder in your village. They are known as the Akatsuki."

"Akatsuki? For what purpose do they want the nine tails? Anko asked in puzzlement, keeping her eye on her former teacher.

"Never mind the why, now keep yourself in shape and see what you can do for the brat too. I suspect whatever their plan is, it will not bode well for the rest of us." Orochimaru replied.

"Now get some rest for tomorrow's meeting with sensei"

After that all went dark, and Anko's mind filled with many questions without many answers before she drifted into a peaceful sleep.