Please review! My first Naruto fanfic so don't be THAT harsh.

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Chapter One

Chihiro crouched, ready to attack. She waited for the increase in Lord Orochimaru's chakra as her shadow clones threw kunais at the target, deliberately missing. As soon as she sensed her lord's chakra going up, she started to concentrate, using her Byakugan to see him. He was crouching on a fragile tree branch, his entire body tensed up, anticipating an attack. Suddenly, his hands started to form the signs that would activate his infamously destructive signature jutsu. Chihiro threw a kunai at a neighboring tree to distract him. It worked. His eyes snapped open and he lost his concentration.

Chihiro concentrated as her shadow clones distracted him once more. She felt immense loads of chakra flowing into her body, restless. She leaped down to the field, narrowly missing the kunais he threw in her direction.

"Come down. It's no use hiding in those trees. I can see you anyway," Chihiro called, her voice soft but clear. She saw him moving to from one tree to the next with amazing speed. She used her Heavenly Spin, feeling her waist-length black hair flying behind her as she deflected the oncoming kunais. He landed softly behind her just as she stopped spinning. Standing perfectly still, she waited until the last minute to use her Substitution jutsu, turning into a lifeless log at his feet and grabbing a kunai from her belt as she reappeared behind him. She put the kunai to his throat and heard clapping.

Lord Orochimaru stepped out from the shady cover of the trees. Chihiro released him as soon as she heard her lord coming. He turned his eyes at at the boy.

"Well done, Uchiha Sasuke. Although you could have done better." Orochimaru looked at Sasuke meaningfully and turned his snake-like gaze on Chihiro. He nodded approvingly at her, who returned the gesture.

"My lord," she said. "Excuse me, but I have some matters to attend to."

"Of course. Excellent display of your skills, Chihiro. I shall see to it that you will spar with him more often."

"Yes, my lord." Chihiro bowed her head and with one last lingering look at Sasuke—whose face was an expressionless mask—she disappeared with a 'poof', leaving behind lotus petals that floated slowly to the ground.

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