AN: All righty everyone, this is the second chapter of complications. I know, I just published this on February 10, but anyhow, I can rush it since, there will be lots of time skips. And as I said, the first few chapters will be flashbacks, until they will be 21 years old…

This chapter is set four years after the first chapter…

And I don't own Naruto… ToT


~Chapter 2: The three peasants~

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17 years ago…

It had been four years since Uchiha Fugaku had been kicked out from his department, four years since the competition of the Hyuga and Uchiha clan were officially recognized. It had been a tug of war for them. There were times when the Uchiha clan got it back, but then afterwards in the later years, the Hyuga got it again… this time though, they got it back and Fugaku was planning on keeping it to him permanently…

Because of their competition, the Security and Police Department were failing… not very noticeable though, but those that worked under it could tell. Their department were unstable, and it was divided. Every now and then, there would be accidents on the streets, and if anyone that sided with the Hyuga was involved, the one under the Uchiha would make sure there were charges against them and vice versa. It had been chaotic, and complications had arisen…

Orochimaru was just inside his lab, doing his research and his thesis statements. He had been working on something and he still couldn't get it right. He wondered what it could be that he hasn't been doing right. He had been researching about it for four years now, yet he still couldn't get it right. Why is it he still could not find any cure for cancer? Even if people had developed a way to prevent cancer from spreading, he still was looking for a cure… unfortunately he couldn't find it yet. He called in for Kabuto…

"Kabuto, get down here." He said…

"Hai Orochimaru-sama." After a while, Kabuto had finally arrived…

"What is it Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto asked, Orochimaru remained seated on the chair and rubbed his right temple. He needed sometime alone. He then fixed the papers on his desk and filed them neatly on his table. Once he was finished, he got up from his chair and then handed his lab coat to Kabuto…

"I'm leaving for a while. Tell me about the results once I get back." He said and Kabuto bowed at him…

"Hai." And he left the lab.

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Mikoto was going to the market and she didn't think she should leave behind her sons alone at home. Itachi wasn't a problem though, but it was Sasuke. He always seemed to be restless, and that was what scared her to leave them alone. Sasuke was prone to accidents but somehow he still managed to be okay afterwards. He healed quicker than Itachi, but still it had been painful for him. Sasuke was now in front of the television watching the discovery channel, but was having a tantrum with his brother…

"Demo Itachi-nii I want to play! I don't want to watch boring channels!" Sasuke whined, Itachi just poked his forehead and went back to watching…

"Ie, kaasan told us to stay inside." He nonchalantly replied.

"Hmph!" Sasuke said and crossed his arms over his chest; Mikoto was near the door already when Sasuke caught sight of her and immediately ran to her…

"Kaasan I want to go out!" he immediately demanded, and Mikoto sighed. She couldn't deny it especially if Sasuke looked as if he was almost crying. She gently kneeled down to his level and then scooped him up. Itachi walked out from the living room and watched in amusement his brother's trump card… the "cry-baby" card. Yes, he noticed that Sasuke very much loved to use it, especially when their mother was around…

"Hai, you and Tachi-nii will come with me to the market." She said and Sasuke squealed in delight. He jumped out from his mother's grip and accidentally fell from the floor, his face crashing down. Both Itachi and Mikoto made him stood up and checked everywhere if he was alright, but he just had a smiled on his face…

"Itachi-nii we're going out!" he said laughing and dragged his brother to their room not caring at all about any pain since he got what he wanted. Mikoto looked at Itachi worriedly and Itachi understood what she meant. He then carried Sasuke and they both went in the room. After a while, they emerged out and Sasuke had a band-aid plastered underneath his chin. She looked at Itachi…

"It's just a scratch kaasan don't worry, I already told him not to jump from people." Mikoto sighed in relief and grabbed Sasuke's hand tightly…

"Don't go away from me okay Sasu-chan?" she asked and Sasuke nodded at her, still smiling. They reached the market and Mikoto was already shopping for groceries, leaving Itachi behind in the playground watching over Sasuke. Sasuke was a very active child, and was currently on the swings standing up. Upon noticing this Itachi immediately ran to Sasuke and grabbed his little brother. Of course Sasuke cried, but he poked Sasuke on the forehead and made him stop and pout at him…

"Come on, let's go get kaasan." And they both walked out of the playground hand in hand. Unbeknownst to them, a certain red-head girl was following them. She was so fascinated by the small boy and hadn't noticed her straying away from her family. She followed them until they were reunited with their mother. Upon seeing the dark-haired woman, she immediately remembered her mother. She quickly turned around and saw no one she knew. She began to search frantically for her mother, crying…

Sasuke was now carried on his brother's back and Mikoto was carrying the groceries. Sasuke looked around the crowd and saw a dark-haired girl. He didn't know why but he found the food in her hands disgusting to eat. It was a cinnamon roll, and he knew kids like him are fond of sweets, oddly enough, he wasn't. He then saw her open her eyes, and he became captivated of it… it was white, for a moment he thought she didn't have any eyes, but he saw a faint hint of violet in it. He stared at her for a while, and then saw her being picked up by someone. For a while he thought it was a girl, but noticed it was a boy. She was then placed on his arm, and was followed by someone he figured was the mother of the girl…

"Sasu-chan?" his mother called out, he looked at her, "Is something wrong?" she asked and he just shook his head. He then looked back to the direction where he last saw those three people, and saw them going to the other side. He wondered who they were. They looked so happy, but he never saw his family look that happy. He wondered why…

"Niisan," he called out…

"Hm?" Itachi said…

"Has otousama ever been happy?" Sasuke asked suddenly, and both Mikoto and Itachi stopped in their tracks. He felt Itachi stiffen and Mikoto just eyed him with sorrow in her eyes…

"Yes," their mother answered, "He had been happy Sasuke until-" but wasn't able to finish when Itachi cut her off…

"He'd been too busy with work." He replied. And Sasuke just nodded at them, but he couldn't help but wonder that maybe he was the reason why his father never seemed happy. Every time he tried to make his father smile, he only frowned at him. Every time it was his birthday, he'd lock himself in the master's bedroom. And to support his theory, Itachi and his mother had seen him happy…

'Then why isn't he smiling around me whenever it's his day off?' the young Sasuke thought…

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She had been looking around everywhere for her mother, but there were still no sign of her. She had taken every turn but it was always a dead end. Maybe she shouldn't have followed those two boys a while ago, and maybe then she wouldn't have been able to lose sight of her mother. She was now crying and kept on asking around if anyone knew where her mother is or do they know her mother at all. No one bothered, she finally gave up and sat down on the ground and cried…

Rain had poured down suddenly, and she was still on the ground. Then out of nowhere, she felt as if the raindrops weren't hitting her already. She sniffed and then looked up to see a very pale man, with very long black hair. He had eyes that seemed similar to a snake and he wore a black sweatshirt, and he was covering her with his umbrella… he kneeled down to her level and handed her his handkerchief…

"Hello," he said, "Why are you in the middle of the rain dearie?" he asked her, she then meekly accepted his hanky and wiped her face…

"I-I w-was lo-lost." She stuttered and then sneezed. He then scooped her up gently and carried her…

"There, there, I'll help you find your parents." He said and then they looked around for a bit. After sometime, they still haven't found any of her parents. She started to cry once more. The man then brought her down to the ground again and then brought her eyes to meet with his…

"Forgive me for a while ago, but I haven't got your name little one." he stated, and she just sniffed…

"M-my n-name is K-Karin." She answered, her ruby red eyes staring at him. He just smiled at her…

"Mine's Orochimaru," he said, "You know Karin; I hear that if you're feeling sad, just eat a bit of ice cream and you'll feel better. Do you want to eat some ice cream?" he asked, and she sheepishly nodded. He then stood up and took her small hand in his and tugged her gently towards the ice cream stand, "What do you want to get?" he asked and she looked at the flavours…

"Straw-strawberry." She replied and he bought her one. While the vendor was preparing the ice cream and Orochimaru had been paying, Karin looked around and then she saw them. Her mother was right across the street talking to someone and making some gestures, she scooted closer, and Orochimaru hadn't notice her straying away…

"Please have you seen her?! She's just this tall-" her mother was saying…

"Sorry." The stranger quickly said and left her mother…

"My baby girl." Her mother said and was now crying for losing her daughter. Karin was now crying and walking slowly towards her momma…

"Haha." She said and then broke off into a run, "Haha!" she shouted and suddenly her mother lifted her head up and saw her…

"Karin!" and her mother got up from the ground and then started to meet her. Karin didn't know what had happened next because for a moment she saw her mother smiling at her, and then the next she was in Orochimaru's arms, and she was now seeing her mother on the ground, a pool of blood underneath her as she lies underneath the hood of the car. She remembered that she heard a honking of a car and could swear she was near the headlights…

Before she knew it she was handed by Orochimaru to a random stranger and tended to her mother. She finally figured out what had happened. As she was running towards her mother, a car was speeding towards her; unable to stop it honked so hard and made her stop in the middle of the street. Her mother pushed her out of the way and she landed on Orochimaru's arms. He had caught her right in time, just before she had hit the ground, but her mother wasn't so fortunate…

Orochimaru turned Karin's mother around, thankfully she was still conscious…

"M-my d-dau-daughter…" she said in between gasps, Orochimaru cradled her head gently…

"Shh, she's okay, we've got to get you to a hospital," he then turned to the crowd, "Someone call an ambulance!"

"Haha!" Karin cried and tried to reach out for her mother, while her mother stared at her daughter's eyes. Red met red, seeing her daughter safe was already enough for her, she wouldn't know how she'd live if her daughter died, because ever since the father left them, Karin had been her world…

Karin quickly untangled herself from the stranger's grasps and ran to her mother's side…

"H-haha…" she trembled as her mother grasped her little hands, "I-I'm s-sorry h-haha… please…" she then cried harder. The ambulance was finally there, but they were a long way from the crowd. The crowd was too thick and not many were too willing to move aside…

"Hu-hush now m-my darling, sweetie, m-momma's here now…" but she wasn't able to finish, she had lost too much blood already and was now unconscious. Karin wailed harder, begging her mother to wake up, Orochimaru just grabbed her and hugged her, trying to comfort her. Karin cared deeply for her mother, she dreamed that someday she'd grow up to be a successful young woman and help her mother, but now she knows that would be impossible. Her world was her mother… and now her world was lost… because of her…

The medics finally arrived, and they pronounced her dead, leaving Karin orphaned. Orochimaru pitied the little girl and took her inside the car…

He was going to request to be Karin's guardian from now on…

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The Hyugas were on their way home already, when there had been a great traffic. Hiashi honked on the car, but then saw up ahead that there was a car accident. Seeing this as his opportunity he unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car, his wife knew of his motives and tried to stop him…

"Hiashi, please just stay-" but the car door was now closed, "-in the car…" Hinata's mother trailed off, and looked at Hinata with a sad smile. Little Hinata doesn't know a thing about had happened or what was happening. She just returned the smile to her mother and hummed quietly to herself. The rain was pouring down hard, and her father was going to get colds afterwards. She then looked outside her window and saw a black car pull up beside theirs…

A man had gotten out of the car and then tapped on the window of her father. Her mother gasped and quickly rolled down the window…

"Fugaku, how nice to see-" but she was cut off again…

"Where's Hiashi?" he urgently asked

"He's up in the front-" and immediately this Fugaku guy left and went to the same direction her father has. Hinata tilted her head in confusion. She looked at her mother and then saw a sad looked in her eyes…

"Kaachan? Why are you sad?" Hinata asked, her mother just stared at her and smiled…

"Don't worry Hina-chan," she said, "Kaachan is alright." And Hinata just nodded at her smiling back…

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He had seen the whole incident and felt sad for the little girl; however he couldn't care less anyway. It was time for him to go back to his companions. He then went into one of the dark alleys where he was greeted by six figures. The other four just left him alone though while two remained beside him…

"Thanks Sui," the bigger boy said, "That was some nice food you got there. How'd you steal it?"

"Everyone else was busy with the accident, so when the store owner left I stole some." He said shrugging, while the older boy ruffled his head and left him alone with the other boy. His face was covered in bandages, but that was only because he got into a fight with the other street gangs trying to defend him…

"You alright Zabuza-nii?" the young Suigetsu asked, Zabuza just nodded at him…

"What was the accident about?" Zabuza asked him, Suigetsu stopped and then stared at him for a while before answering…

"Some girl almost got hit by a car, but she was pushed away by this woman and the woman ended up dead." He replied nonchalantly, and Zabuza somehow flinched. Just one year with them and Suigetsu had learned to disregard accidents as these as if it was just normal. Kisame must have been teaching him some things like people die every day, but he knows that everyone does not have their loved ones die… and not everyone get to see their loved ones die in front of them…

"How was the woman related?" he asked

"Hm?" Suigetsu asked, now eating his fair share of the food…

"How was the woman related to the little girl?"

"She called her… 'haha'. Why?" Suigetsu asked him, he just shook his head and let it be...

Sometimes, when it would be just him and Suigetsu, he wished that he hadn't come with them. Suigetsu had a better chance of being adopted because he was still young. People love to adopt young children, while they were getting older. No one considered them much. On the night of their escape Suigetsu had been awake that time. Not wanting to risk it, they tagged Suigetsu along. And now, he wished he wasn't the one that initiated it. If Suigetsu had been emotional before… now, he was just as cold as the others…

And he was still soft…

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Mikoto was still waiting for their father of course on the dining table and Sasuke and Itachi were in the living room watching the news. They were going to watch cartoons, but Mikoto made them watch the news since their father were still not back. Something must have happened then…

"Breaking news, a little girl had just lost her mother after a speeding car had almost hit her. Her mother had pushed her out of the way and was hit instead by the car. Police are now investigating if the driver was drunk, or not. Here with me is the current head of the Security and Police Department… Uchiha Fugaku." Their father then appeared right beside her, their mother finally joined them, "So tell me, Uchiha-san, what are you going to do with this incident?" the reporter asked…

"First we are going to find a guardian for the little girl, and then we are going to have to take the driver under our custody for further interrogation." He replied…

"I heard that you and Hyuga-san over there have been having some kind of competition over the past four years. Since you finally gained back the title as head, does this mean you are going to become its head permanently?"

"I have no comment on that. We are here for the investigation of a car accident and not for some silly competition over a position. If you'll excuse me." And their father left the reporter…

"And that was all for the breaking news. Back to studio."

"Thank you Kia, meanwhile in the nearby streets of that accident, there was a young boy who had set his house on fire during one of his tantrums. Psychologists say that the boy was under medication and was probably provoked, to hear more of this news, we have Hiro over there. Hiro-" the television was then shut down by their mother and she threw the remote on the floor. She went back to the dining table and then rubbed her temples…

"What's happening to the world right now?" she muttered to herself… Itachi knew their mother was going to cry any time now so he picked up Sasuke and tucked him in bed. Once Sasuke was in his bed he was going to turn off his night light when Sasuke interrupted him…

"Don't turn it off niisan." Sasuke said, Itachi looked at him…

"Eh? Why?"

"Because you aren't going to sleep yet right? You are going to wait for otousama right?" Sasuke said, his nose was now covered by his blanket. Itachi just stared at him softly; he sat back down on his brother's bed…

"No, not right."

"Eh?"

"Because niisan is going to sleep right beside you."

"Honto?"

"Hai."

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"This child here is going to be taken care of by the Oro Lab. They are the best facility for him." Said the white haired guy that had found the little boy who had just burned down his entire house, the little boy sat on the ground with terrified look in his eyes. He was looking at his hands that were now covered in ashes, and he trembled at the news of what he did. He was a murderer, he was a monster. He couldn't control his other side, and look what happened. He killed his entire family …

"Hey," said the guy, "My name's Kimimaro, you are?"

"J-Juugo." He said inaudibly, why was this person even near him? Hasn't he heard what he had done? He's a monster, no one's safe around him. He continued to stare at Kimimaro, he wasn't afraid of him… he didn't seem scared even if he was near him already… Juugo had then arrived into a conclusion…

"Are you a doctor?" he suddenly asked. Kimimaro was taken aback for a while, but his eyes softened…

"Ie, demo I work for one."

"Are they going to hurt me?"

"Ie… I'll make sure they won't." he then gave him an outstretched hand, and little Juugo reluctantly accepted it. Juugo stood up and was now being brought into a black van. It looked just like those political people had been driving, but it had a sign on it… the Leaf Inc.'s sign. He was then seated at the passenger's seat, and the door softly closed beside him. Not a moment later he was joined by Kimimaro in the driver's seat and started the engine…

"Where are we going?" Juugo asked…

"Somewhere you'll never be afraid of the monsters this world has." He replied…

"Never?" Juugo asked, looking at him…

"Never." He said and smiled softly at him then they drove away from the house that was now turned to ashes…

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Months later from the incident, Orochimaru had been working on something very dangerous. He was working on with some chemicals alone in his lab when he suddenly got distracted by a phone call. He knocked over some chemicals that were on the table and it had spilled all over the floor and onto his hands. A few days later he couldn't move his hands any longer and his research and work had been put on hold for further recovery…

On the time he was still recovering, a colleague of his had outshined him in the field of science. Senju Tsunade was now the top 1 doctor in Konoha. She became famous and well-known and have surpassed Orochimaru. Once he recovered, he was ignored, no one remembered him…

He was never the same since…

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AN: I know… I just published this now and now I already have a second chapter… to explain for that, it is because "Complications" was just inserted in my schedule, but don't worry… on February 24… that's "The Job" Anniversary I will be updating "Secrets"… I know… I should update "The Job" instead, but as I have noted in the past year, it is currently being edited…

So watch out for "Secrets" on February 24, 2013 everyone!

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