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I was standing in the middle of the training room, panting with sweat pouring off me. We'd been in there nearly nine hours now and my opponent didn't seem any different from when we'd walked in. I suppose I shouldn't expect anything less from one of the legendary sannin. Orochimaru trained me like this each day and every year we would spend longer and longer in this room. I'd been here since I was three and he'd been training me rigorously since my arrival, something to do with being the 'vessel'.
"What's the matter, boy? Had enough?" Damn that snake. He's teasing me. "Well we're done for today, anyway. I have some important work to do. Go back to your room and sleep, we have a big day tomorrow."
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru." I'd learnt a long time ago not to argue with him. His punishments were severe and the next day's training would always be harsher than usual.
My room was close to the surface of his underground hideout and a long walk from the training room but I enjoyed the silence and solitude. My room wasn't very fancy, a small bed, a dresser, a mirror and a desk with a chair. I checked for any injuries in the mirror but surprisingly there were no new ones that day. I wrapped a small cut on my arm and laid down on my bed. It didn't take long for me to fall into a dreamless sleep.
"We're in, but be cautious. We still don't know where Orochimaru is and the sensory unit is having trouble picking up any chakra signatures so check before you go round a corner. Take anything you can find that could be of use to the Hokage, let's go." With that we all headed off in different directions.
Our mission was simple, locate anything in regard to Orochimarus plans without getting caught. Six teams of three where sent on this mission with one of those being the sensory unit. Getting caught by anyone would mean failure and require the entire group to withdraw or risk a deadly fight with the sannin himself.
Our search was proving to be unsuccessful, the area we were assigned was mostly living quarters, luckily we hadn't run into anyone yet.
After a while we came to the final room and after the hundred or so empty rooms, we didn't expect to see anyone inside, let alone a child. It appeared to be asleep so we moved further into the room. As I got closer I could see the child was male. He had black hair and pale skin. His left arm was bandaged and he had the chakra signature of a ninja.
"I think he's one of Orochimaru's, he doesn't seem to be a prisoner. We should take him back for questioning."
As we went to get him he started to wake up. "What's going on? Am I late?" He opened his eyes and jumped into a defensive position. "Leaf ninja! Wha-" I knocked him out before he could say any more.
"We should take him back to the village for questioning." One of my teammates suggested.
"Good idea. Let's go!"
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