A/N: I'm so sorry for not updating sooner. I went away on holidays for the summer and I only got back five days ago. There were no computers in the vicinity and I couldn't write up the new chapter. Please don't kill me!!!!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, that honour goes to Masashi Kishimoto.
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Chapter Three.
By KittyMarks.
"Welcome Miyabi, Kiyo-chan" Orochimaru murmered as the duo walked into the room. Miyabi bowed down and Kiyomi hastily followed her. Orochimaru stood up and apraised his kneeling subordinates. They were not alone in the room. Behind the chair the snake sannin had sat in were five children. They all wore white robes with purple belts and were trying their very hardest to look intimidating. They seemed to be only a few years older than Kiyomi. They were also kneeling but stood up at a motion from Orochimaru.
"These five behind me are Jirobo, Kidomaru, Tayuya, Sakon, Ukon and Kimimaru. They are to be Kiyo-chans training partners and teachers. They will also be your guides while you stay here as I have neither the time nor the inclination to lead you around." the black haired sannin said in a silky voice. Miyabi nodded quickly. Kiyomi just stared at the five behind Orochimaru, they were all rather unique looking.
One was very stocky with a shock of orange hair. Another had six arms and his long brown hair was held up in a high ponytail. The only girl had long red hair and large brown eyes that glared at him from beneath her lashes. There was another very strange one with two silver haired heads and grey eyes. The last was pretty enough to be a girl, though his exposed chest and adams apple said otherwise, he had long white hair and green eyes and two red dots above his eyes. They all stared at Kiyomi with different expressions.
Only one was openly hostile. The red haired girl glared angrily at Kiyomi and clenched her fists in the long sleeves of her robe. Kiyomi swallowed and atempted to smile at the other children, two of them, the large one and the six armed one smiled back. The two headed one smirked and the pretty, white haired ones lips remained in a straight, uninterested line. Kiyomis smile faltered slightly and he looked down again.
"Kiyo-chan, stand up and let me have a look at you. Sound five, leave" Orochimaru ordered. The five children left the room in single file and Kiyomi stood up nervously, straightening the folds of his Kimono. Orochimarus eyes narrowed thoughtfully as he sat down. "There is something I need to inform you of Kiyo-chan" he said and Kiyomi stood up straighter.
"Yes Orochimaru-sama?" Kiyomi asked lowering his eyelashes slightly. Orochimaru smirked and leaned forward so as to look Kiyomi directly in the eyes. "You do know that Miyabi is not your biological mother?" he said and Kiyomi nodded. Miyabi looked up sharply and Orochimarus smirk widened. "Then you also know that you were not born in Sakaime." he continued and Kiyomi nodded again. "Do you know where you were born, and to who?" Orochimaru murmered his smirk widening again into a fierce grin. Kiyomi blinked and shook his head.
"You were born in Konohagakure no Sato. Recent information and your own looks have led me to believe that your father was none other than the Yondaime Hokage." Kiyomi gasped and his eyes widened in shock. Miyabi exhaled loudly and reached up to grab her little boys hand but was stopped by a sharp glare from Orochimaru, Miyabi dropped her hand but her worried eyes continued to look at her son.
"Do you know what happened on the day of your birth? Do you know what that village did to you? What your own father did to you?" Orochimaru asked kneeling down beside Kiyomi and taking both of the blondes shaking hands in his own. Kiyomi shook his head so fast it blurred and he looked at the dark haired man with wide, confused eyes. Like he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"On the day of your birth the Kyuubi No Yoko attacked Konoha. In an effort to save his beloved village the Yondaime sacrificed his life to seal it away inside his only son. You, Kiyomi. He sealed the demon away in you." Kiyomi backed away from the sannin and continued shaking his head franticly. "No, no, no, no. NO!" he yelled and fell backwards onto the floor. Orochimaru stood and crossed his arms.
"Oh stop whining, your smarter than that Kiyomi. You, thanks to that bumbling fool of a Kage have more latent power than the five Kages combined. I can help you reach your full potential. I can help you learn to use you power, control it and show Konoha what you can do. That village abandoned you when you were just a few hours old. Don't you want revenge?" Orochimaru asked his voice like velvet. He grabbed Kiyomis hands again and forcing him to look him in the eyes. Blue met gold and a silent conversation seemed to pass between them before Orochimaru stood up, aperantly satisfied.
Kiyomi stood still and looked at his hand. Miyabi bit her lip and hesitantly reach out a hand and squeezed his shoulder. The blonde leaned against his mother, all the fight seemed to be taken out of him as he knelt back down. Orochimaru opened the door and stepped out, he looked back over his shoulder, a smirk playing around his lips.
"Return to your rooms. Tomorrow morning at six one of the Sound Five will come to show you to the training area for a secondary evaluation." he was obviously speaking to Kiyomi. "Oh, and Miyabi. I want to talk to you, so stay here." he continued. Miyabi nodded and motioned for her son to move. Kiyomi stood up and exited the room. He had to pass by Orochimaru as he left and he shivered slightly when the pale skinned man looked down at him.
"Thank you, Orochimaru-sama." he recited dully before walking a bit quicker than normal down the hallway. He barely noticed the white walls and antisepic smell, his mind was on other things. Kiyomi gripped the sleeves of his kimono and took deep breaths. He was aware of a pair of slitted amber eyes watching him as he practiacly ran down the corridor. Undignified, he knew, and his mother would definatly talk to him about it later. Right now however, he didn't really give a damn.
He reached his room and stepped inside, slamming the door a bit harder than necessary. Kiyomi looked around the room again, taking in everything in a new light. He knew now that this is where he would be staying for the remainder of his time here. It was too utilitarian for his tastes, Kiyomi thought as he ran his fingers across the desk, they collected dust. The room obviously han't been used for quite a while before he had stayed there. He kicked of his sandles and walked over to his bed.
Kiyomi looked down and grabbed the fabric above his stomach. Above the strange tatoo he'd had ever since he could remember, the one that appeared when he moulded chakra. He now knew what it was. A seal. A seal to hold back the Kyuubi no Kitsune. A seal his own father had put on him. Kiyomi choked back tears of anger and he felt his lips curling in disgust. What type of man would do somthing so horrible to a child. Let alone his own son.
With a shaky sigh he wiped the tears away with the back of his hand and flopped down on the bed, the matress squeaked in protest but the blonde didn't care, he was more than a little mentaly exhausted and didn't even bother to undress or get under the covers before falling asleep.
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(Back with Miyabi and Orochimaru)
"You asked me to stay, Orochimaru-sama?" Miyabi asked narrowing her orange eyes as she looked up at the snake sanin. He was still gazing thoughtfully down the corridor. The man blinked slowly and turned to look at her before striding across the room and sitting back down again on the chair. Miyabi wondered why he kept doing that, to show that he could move about while she was confined to kneeling? To lord his superiority over her?
Miyabi had always felt nothing but gratiude to Orochimaru, how could she not, but now that her son was involved she could feel herself becoming more cold towards him. She knew that if it ever came between Orochimaru and Kiyomi that she would abandon the snake sannin without a second thought. The dark haired man knew this as well, judging from the look he gave her. Miyabi swallowed loudly and lowered her eyes.
"Yes. As Kiyomis mother you are a large influence on him. Your opinion will matter he most. I intend to bring out the most of Kiyomis potential but in order to do so I must have his trust. You command most of his trust, Myabi. Am I being clear enough or do you need a diagram?" he asked, lazily inspecting his fingernails. Miyabi ground her teeth, she knew exactly what the snake sannin was implying.
"I understand, Orochimaru-sama." she bit out and Orochimaru smirked down at her. "Good."
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(The next morning)
Kiyomi woke to the sound of someone pounding on his door. He blinked sleepily and looked around, startled to find he wasn't in his own room. Then the memories of last night came flooding back to him and he shot out of bed. His bare feet hiting the cold ground with a thump. He was still wearing his kimono from last night, though it was crumpled and his hair needed a brushing. He ran his fingers through the knots in his blonde locks irritably before walking over to the door and opening it.
Outside stood the girl from last night, the one who didn't like him. Her red hair was held back behind an odd hat and she held a flute in her right hand, her left hand was poised to knock again but paused when she saw Kiyomi.
"So your finally fucking up eh?" she growled and Kiyomi blinked in surprise. "Uh, yeah, sorry about that." he said "I need to get changed so I'll be out in a minute." he then closed the door behind him, ignoring the girls angry shouts. Kiyomi went to the dresser where his mother had picked out his kimono for last night. In one drawer there were some normal clothes so he pulled on a pair of tan three quarter lenght pants and a long sleeved black turtle neck. Kiyomi tied his hair back with a plain black ribbon and slipped on a pair of sandles before opening the door again.
The girl was standing there with a pissed of expression. She growled and grabbed Kiyomi by the front of his shirt and dragged him out of the room. "Hey!" Kiyomi yelled grabbing the girls wrist and squeezing hard. The girl hissed and let him go, she rubbed her wrist and scowled at him.
"Its half six, you were supposed to be up and ready by now! I dont care if you need your fucking beauty sleep or whatever but if I'm going to have to get up at some kami forsaken hour of the morning to train your lazy ass then I expect you to be up too, ya got that, fucking princess." The girl snarled. Kiyomi nodded, startled.
"So your going to be training me? I'm Kiyomi Fukyuu." the blonde said, extending a hand. The red head took one long look at Kiyomis hands and turned away. "Tayuya" she barked and started to walk down the corridor. Kiyomi raised an eyebrow, what the hell was a 'Tayuya'?. The red head turned around as if reading his mind, grabbed his hand and started to drag him down the hallway.
"My name is Tayuya. Fucking retard." she muttered. Kiyomi sent her a binding smile in response. His mother had always thought him that if people insulted you just smile at them because it ticks them off something terrible. The girl just narrowed her eyes and ignored him. Kiyomis smile morphed into a smirk as he thought about getting to spar with someone around his own age. It would be a great way of relieving the stress from last night. He pitied his opponent.
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A/N: I'm sorry, I know its short but I can't write up a fight scene or even a training scene right now. My mind is a blank so I'm going to just post what I have here and in the net chapter I will try my hardest to present a half way decent fight scene.