Argh!! Plot hole after block after twist after…gah!! I have a great idea for the story…I just don't really know how to write it! (Sigh) But it won't leave my alone, (since Senya has decided to become a permanent resident character in my head), so I have to write it anyway. Please have patience with me, I'm trying my hardest.


Chapter I: Sending

1,236 years after Senya's sealing, and one and a half years after Sasuke left Konoha…

The man gave sigh of frustration. If one saw him, they would have to wonder if he was entirely human. His eyes were a cold gold, and the pupils were slitted like a reptile's. Long black oily hair reached to his waist when he stood, which sharply contrasted his extremely pale skin. His name was Orochimaru, and he was one of the famous Sannin of Konohagakure no Sato.

He tapped a pen on his desk as he went over a report given to him by one of his subordinates. Finding good pawns was beginning to become a chore, as they were getting harder and harder to find these days. Even the lead he got a few weeks ago wasn't turning up much…

Flashback, Two weeks previous…

This report though showed some promise. It described an old clan that might have been able to preserve one of their members through a hibernation technique. Unfortunately, that was at least several centuries ago, so there was no telling if the subject was still alive.

The Sannin frowned as he continued to read. It seemed this clan was connected to one of the Bijuu. However, those clans were completely wiped out from wars over a millennium earlier. Unless…

When he finally found the name of the clan, Orochimaru laughed. How ironic! The ones responsible for his ancestor's disgrace would now help him in his quest for power and knowledge. Vengence certainly was sweet…

"Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto's voice brought the Sannin back to the present. "Here's the report from the investigation at the Plaguefields."

His second in command stood before him, a paper in his hands. His silver-white hair was tied back, his large round spectacles covering his dark eyes. He had a carefully blank expression right now, attempting to shield his thoughts from the Sannin.

He took the report wordlessly, and scanned the information. He then smirked. "Kabuto."

"Hai?" the silver haired ninja straightened. 'He probably wants the one who survived as an experiment,' he thought with an internal sigh. 'And I doubt that would end well…'

"Get Sasuke. I think we've found what we're looking for," Orochimaru ordered. He had that insane look on his face, only seen when he was particularly pleased about something.

"Yes sir," Kabuto nodded, and left immediately. The medic honestly never got used to being near the Snake Sannin, and he doubted he ever would.


Not too far from the room, a young man paced in his quarters. His dark hair was a bit messy, which got him some annoying comments when he was young. (He had been called 'Chicken head' and 'cockatoo' before. The people who had called him that in his face were sent to the hospital shortly afterwards.) His dark eyes scanned his rather spartan room. His pale skin stood out in the dark room, which was sparsely lighted.

Uchiha Sasuke gave a slight sigh of impatience. He didn't pace often, but lately, he had been feeling restless. The missions he had been getting lately were not very challenging, and Orochimaru had slowed down the training regime due to a lead he was investigating. In short, Sasuke was bored.

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. He scowled when he sensed it was Kabuto. He never had liked the spy, not even during the Chunin Exams several years ago. He got up, and opened the door a crack.

"What?" Sasuke said coldly.

"There's a new assignment for you Sasuke-sama," Kabuto said. Though his tone was polite, his eyes made it obvious that the dislike directed at him was mutual for Sasuke. "Orochimaru-sama will tell you more."

"…Fine," Sasuke said, brushing past the medic and heading for the Sannin's throne room.

When he got there, he didn't even bother to knock, walking right in.

"Ah, Sasuke-kun," Orochimaru smirked. "I have a new mission for you. An B-rank assignment to the Plaguefields."

Sasuke frowned inwardly. The Plaguefields were located in the Land of Fire, and were called as such due to the fact that an entire village had been wiped out by some sort of disease. But didn't the old man already send people there a week ago?

"I need you to retrieve a little something that's contained in the temple there," he continued. "You'll know what it is once you get there. Oh, and if you want to know if you have anything to worry about, take a look at this report." He handed Sasuke the same report he had gotten earlier.

The 15-year-old looked at it, and he didn't like what he saw. Apparently, the ninja team got to the center of the Fields when they began dropping like flies. One died in horrible pain, then another. The last two left turned tail, but they were already infected with whatever killed the other two. One was crying out in pain, vomiting up blood, while the last one was becoming dehydrated and malnourished at an abnormal rate. The former mentioned ninja died soon after, but the last managed to make it in time to make the report.

"The survivor just died," Kabuto said, coming in. "All fluids and nutrients were eaten away. He's practically a mummy now."

"What about the pathogen?" Sasuke asked.

Kabuto shook his head. "Gone. It must've died as soon as it's host did. A shame though. Whoever created it new what he was doing. " Seeing the look Sasuke gave him, he explained, "The virus was artificially created. Not easily spread, but extremely deadly."

"…" Sasuke didn't respond right away. Finally, he said, "Whatever, I'll do it."

"Excellent," Orochimaru said. "You leave tonight."

Sasuke merely nodded, then turned and left. As he went back for his room to get ready for the mission ahead, he wondered what sort of thing the insane Sannin would want from such a place.

Later that night, a silent figure carefully made it's way from the Sound base, and raced to the south for the damned graves of the Dragon clan.


AN: Well, that wasn't as long as the last, but I hope you enjoyed it! Originally it was going to be a lot longer, but I decided that I should cut the second chapter into two parts. I hate the evil spell check though sometimes, it bugs the heck outta me. If there's any mistakes I did, don't hesitate to point out, but please, constructive criticism! No flames! Thank you so much! Please review! See ya!