Chapter 1

Since the apple was plucked from the sacred tree, Mortality was believed to be God's punishment. A righteous snare to keep mankind from ascending to the stars. They were all so wrong, Death is not a wicked thing nor some holy retribution.

A true punishment would be to never know its sweet kiss, awake from the harshness and be born once more. Confronted by the eerie and unknown mortals become desperate for answers when religion failed, men turned to science. Because of science, new questions flourished as old answers withered.

What is darkness but lurking SUN?
What is wall but enslave stones?
What is glass but a tortured sand?
What is song but a call to arms?
What is hate but a jilted core?
WHAT IS LIFE BUT DEATH PENDING?

DEATH….DEATH…..DEATH

An impossible riddle, many tried to solve this riddle, many withered away, many lost their minds, and many lost their lives but everything in vain. The mystery still remains unsolved, unbroken and impossible. When science was used to solve this riddle, the man found some steps. A ray of hope emerged, but again it was all in vain, as achieving mortality was considered a fool's errand. But still, there were many fools around the world, who were foolish enough to go for it.

One of the biggest and smartest fool of the decade, the traitor to the largest military nation in the Elemental world. A fool who was gunning to unravel the mystery, a fool who was fool enough to sever all the bonds, all the ties with the world just to solve this unsolved mystery. A fool, who wouldn't hesitate to cut his own arm off for the results, a fool who would betray his associates in a blink of an eye, and a fool who would be responsible for his own demise,

"We, are ready for the procedure!" a silver boy no less than fifteen years old informed. A boy with the vast knowledge of human anatomy, a boy who wouldn't hesitate to rip off his own optic nerves just to get some results in his research. His face was covered by standard a mask, eyes covered by the spectacles, white coat to cover his torso and black Shinobi pants to cover the bottom. A boy whose eyes were tracing the lines, those were not just lines. They were scribbles, Yes, scribbles of his mentor, his idol. The scribbles which were responsible for something intriguing, something extraordinary.

"Excellent, now do you have the Sample Kabuto?" Kabuto's ear perked up as he lifted up his head to see his mentor, walking towards him. He quickly closed his journal, and reached inside his pocket and produced a test-tube, a test-tube filled with crimson colored liquid, the very same liquid which was responsible for the survival of the living, Blood.

"Kukuku! I believe you enjoyed collecting the sample, any resistance from the subject?" Kabuto gave a negative nod. A sly smile crossed his face, "I really did enjoy it, thanks for the opportunity Lord-Orochimaru!"

"Don't be so formal my dear, after all, you are my Beloved Protégé," Orochimaru replied, he returned with a similar outfit to that of his protégé. Kabuto handed the test-tube to his mentor, who gazed at it.

"So, pure and so amazing. This blood, this will be my first step towards the Immortality!" he pondered. He loved the game of probability and statics, there were so many outcomes of the same experiment, so many paths to reach the same outcome. The more he experimented, the more he learned. He learned how weak humans really are, how pathetic and fragile they are. He learned that Humans are nothing more but a nuisance. He hated humans, humans who waste their life for something as futile as saving others, he hated those bonds, those restrictions. He felt like a caged bird, a bird whose freedom was deprived. A bird who was forced to oblige the rules and regulations. He hated it! That's why he spent countless hours in his lab. After all, a bird smart enough would find a way to open the door of its cage with a beak.

His experiments produced some excellent results, the results which could change the world. The results that would force humans to change their perspective about everything, he felt like he was close, so close to solving the mystery. But the fate had something else for him. His research, the research that cost him half of his life, countless sleepless hours. The Days he spent to get just one reaction right, the days he spent to identify new pathways for the reaction. Many weeks he spent to increase the efficiency of his reaction cycle and for many years it took him to collect the test subjects for the experiment. All of life's work was deprived of him by an old senseless fool. A fool who had no right over his research. He hated him the most.

He was brought out of his musings by his protégé who nudged him, "Are you okay My Lord?" He questioned. He stiffened a bit before answering, he always wondered who was on his side really. He always thought this, his so-called Protégé would turn on him, just like his old teammates, just like his mentor, just like his villagers turned on him. He was wary of them, he was keeping a very close eye on them. He wouldn't be fooled this time, No-one would be taking anything from him.

"Yes, I am fine. Let's start the experiment!" Kabuto nodded and went towards the observation table and picked up the necessary chemicals and products. The chemicals were not cheap neither they were available in any open market, No. these chemicals were freshly prepared and synthesized recently. His mentor never really liked to waste valuable resources on the things which can be created quite easily, the same goes for his test subjects. The snake sannin would always experiment on himself and only relied on his test-subjects when there was a high risk involved.

"So, my protégé did you analyze everything?" his mentor quizzed. His master had a very intriguing habit, before any experiment he would always ask his protégé for his opinion too. Little did Kabuto know this was another sign of being a genius. The geniuses always refer to the second opinion on everything to ensure that their point of thinking is correct otherwise if your consideration is wrong then everything related to that subject will shatter like the house of cards.

"Yes, my lord I did! But I was wondering…" Kabuto gulped when his gazed settled on his mentor's sick smirk. He knew better than that to question his lord. His mentor quickly released the pressure with a light chuckle.

"My, My don't be so shy Kabuto-Kun, in fact, I would love to hear about it," Orochimaru chuckled as he observed his protégé. He observed the fear in his eyes, he loved that feeling. He loved the feeling of power of control over someone else's life. He loved it, he felt pleasure. But he also respected the fear, the fear of losing someone, the fear of losing to someone and last but not least, fear of death.

Kabuto gulped, "My lord, don't you think by adding two different kinds of Kekkei Genkei and two different DNAs could imbalance the genetic composition of the subject?" as he finally managed to get out. When Kabuto read the scribbles he came across the topic of genetic disorientation. The topic was basically an Idea about the genetic composition of a being born with two different Kekkei Genkei's. Such case was very rare as it was impossible for a child to inherit two Kekkei Genkei's as one of them must be dominant over another. But by following some special conditions it could be achieved.

Orochimaru smirked, he always loved an argument about a scientific topic. When he was a kid he wanted to become a doctor, he wanted to research and help the mankind. His parents were his source of encouragement, he wanted to become just like his parents. He wanted to become a medic ninja like his mother and father, but fate had something else in the mind. He shrugged his thoughts and opened his mouth to answer, "I see, and I am glad that you suggested it. Your supposition is right, however, in this experiment, we are not using two different kinds of DNAs, and we are fusing them with my own DNA. So that it could function as one independent DNA, it could take some time as this DNA will be inside the nucleus of the Eukaryotic cell. But in course of time, this Eukaryotic cell will divide and re-divide to form a group of tissue, this cycle will continue until the new Organism will be born." Snake sannin explained. This was of course based on a simple assumption which he came up with.

"So, how long would it take for the completion of our project my Lord?" Kabuto questioned. If his assumptions were right then his lord would never invest in a long-term project. His mentor always treasured time, the very same time that could be your ally for years and could become a foe in a blink of an eye, time never stopped and it never will. A person can prolong his life or hell he can do whatever he wants but no one could stop time, not even god.

Snake sannin moved towards the table initialized the reaction, in a way ignoring his protégé. He added the sample in the solution to initialize the reaction. He was hoping for some kind of reverse action from the moment he added the sample, but reaction proceeded smoothly, in fact, it increased the rate of reaction just like a catalyst. Kabuto being the one understanding the silent message also moved towards the table and started synthesizing required stabilizers for the reaction. Both kept working on it for what felt like ages for Kabuto.

"You know, I always wonder how does it feel to have bonds, would they change me? Would they hold me back? Would I feel their burden? Would they hinder my research? Every day when I woke up I always wonder how my life would be if I had stayed in the leaf," Orochimaru broke the silence. He always questioned his decision of leaving the hidden leaf village. The village provided him security whereas here in his special Hide-outs there was a high possibility of a break-in by the enemy, Hell even his old teammate managed to infiltrate his Hide-out once. He was really fortunate to be able to escape from his clutches, after all, Jiraiya was considered to be the strongest from the legendary three, followed closely by him and their female teammate Tsunade Senju.

Kabuto was absolutely stunned, he had never seen his mentor mentioning about his personal life. This was the very first time that his mentor had said something like that, he gulped and slowly twirled his head sideways and quivered, "I don't think Bond would hold you back my lord, after all, you do have a Bond with me, you are my master and we share the deepest bond!" Orochimaru's face was covered by an amused smile. His apprentice did have a point, after all from the day he took Kabuto as his apprentice his research became more fruitful, he could do more experiments than before and most of all he got someone to share his knowledge with, after all, Knowledge increases by sharing.

"Well, in that case, this experiment would take some months, after all, you can't forge a solid bond in a day!"

24 weeks later

The world had changed drastically in past few weeks, first was the massacre of the Uchiha clan, he could not believe that a single member of the infamous Uchiha clan was strong enough to massacre the whole clan. He was quite frustrated, after all, he had wasted about twenty-four weeks on his experiment to gain the Sharingan. His spies inside the leaf informed him that every single one of the Uchiha was killed during it, except for one Sasuke Uchiha.

"I still could not believe, the infamous Uchiha clan is exterminated by their own, I knew Itachi was good, but I didn't know he was that good," Kabuto muttered. He knew Itachi Uchiha, after all, he went on some missions with him. When he first met with the Uchiha-prodigy, he thought they were overestimating his abilities. But soon he learned that they were underestimating, the kid was a monster. His control over the Sharingan was on par with Shisui of the body-flicker. Genjutsu was his strength along with some high-level Fire-style jutsus. But what made him wary of him was his attitude, he always wore a cold façade during the mission, he would not hesitate to kill on the site without thinking about the consequences. His love and admiration for the leaf were on a whole different level. No wonder he was in the Anbu corps.

His train was thought was halted when he heard a chuckle, he knew that voice that belonged to his mentor. He quickly opened up his journal and started reading it. After a couple of seconds, the snake sannin entered the room. He gazed at his protégé who was trying his best to fool him.

"Drop the book Kabuto, we have to check out our project," his mentor whispered. Kabuto quickly closed his book and followed him. Their experiment or 'Project' as his master refers to it was coming really nicely. The project had about 115 chance of success, but by some miracle, it was a success. After crossing some rooms and walking down the stairs they finally entered the lab. "Finally we will get to see the fruits of our hard work," Orochimaru was excited, no he was ecstatic. Never in his life had he waited for anything so long, twenty-four weeks was a very long time for him. But this could be his first step towards the immortality.

There was a large vertical pod inside the lab, the pod was filled with distilled water. Various wires were plugged into the pod to keep an eye on the vitals of the subject. But what caught Kabuto's attraction was the body inside the pod.

The subject was a girl, a girl about seven years old. Her hairs were silvery white colored and were engulfed around her body. Her skin was pale as ice, she had two small red colored markings under her eyes. Overall Kabuto could say that this was a very pretty and gorgeous girl and any man would kill to have her.

"Isn't she beautiful?" Orochimaru whispered as he gazed at her. This was probably his one of the most beautiful if not the best creation. He felt a sense of familiarity with her, it was a weird feeling for him. Unknown to Kabuto, his master would come down here and talk to her for countless hours. He would talk about his personal life, his problems, and dreams. He felt a warm sensation in his chest when he observed her small smile, Yes. She had her lips cupped in such a way that an observer could observe her smile.

"She is beautiful my Lord, I don't think even Kami could create a masterpiece like that!" Kabuto praised his mentor.

"Yes, not even Kami could create something like that!"

"May I ask you something my lord?" he gulped as he twirled his head towards the snake sannin, who gave him a nod. "What are you going to name her?" Kabuto questioned, his voice was barely audible for Orochimaru who without looking at him whispered.

"Rena, her name is Rena. It means Rebirth, she will be the one who will unlock the doors of immortality for me," Snake sannin whispered with a glint in his eyes.

"May I ask How, My lord?"

"I would like to tell you, but what's the fun in it? We both are here, just sit back and observed my beloved Protégé," at the very same moment the girl inside the pod opened up her pale violet colored eyes only to observe a pale-skinned man with a grin on his face.

AN: Yo, hello guys thanks for reading. This is going to be my third story, it's plot is going to be a Roller-coaster. So don't even try to make any guesses or predictions. This story is a side story, so do not expect quick updates. As Usual thanks the Great Author-Chan for beta reading. Check out his stories too, he is an awesome guy. *Also English is my third language so don't expect an errorless chapter,* Now they say third time is a charm, so I am expecting some reviews. Oh and she just looks like the girl in my profile picture, so check her out.

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