Nikopop's note: Here I am once again with a new chapter. I hope you like the last one. I know it was a bit boring, but in this chapter all the actual fun starts. Ok I guess there is no point in vesting any more time so I'll get on with the story!
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Few Tests Before The Big Mission
It was easy for Ryou to sneak out of Orochimaru's room. There was no one in the hallway and he quickly made it to the turn. There were more hallways, but he had a great memory so he knew where he was. Ryou recognized the hallway they had walked through, but there were other hallways and he was curios.
Ryou memorized the way as he went in deeper. He heard voices coming his way and quickly made it to the other corner. There he hid in a room that seemingly hasn't been used for ages and waited. He wasn't peaking out of the room, only listening to voices.
Orochimaru turned the corner with Kabuto. "Kimimaro is in an excellent shape, Kabuto. He seems a lot more powerful now too with his sickness gone. The child's abilities are impressive indeed." Orochimaru said.
Kabuto wasn't happy about this. First there was Kimimaro who was always beside Orochimaru-Sama and now there was Kimimaro and that whit-haired brat he saw earlier. "Indeed master, but if you don't mind I would like him in my lad. I want to know about his genetics and physical advantages. Maybe I'll find some experiments that might improve him." Kabuto wanted to ruin the brat as much as he could.
Orochimaru smiled as they passed the room in which Ryou was hiding. Orochimaru was about to say something, but stopped at that door. "What is wrong master?" Kabuto asked forcing a small amount of concern in to his voice.
Orochimaru smiled and said. "Not now Kabuto, our young friend is going to be a little busy for some time." He continued to walk further. "Come I wish to see Kimimaro."
Once they were gone Ryou sighed. He knew very well that Orochimaru had noticed him. Ryou snuck out of the room and decided to go outside where there were people instead of sneaking around in a place where there was almost no one to hide from or sneak up on anyway.
Once Ryou had found his way out, he went on exploring the around. He wasn't doing it like average people, he was sneaking in the shadows and always hiding from others. Ryou wanted to see if he was fast, quiet and stealthy enough for trained ninjas not to notice. Ryou explored the entire area around the place where Orochimaru lived, but as he was sneaking around the shadows near the battle arenas he saw someone familiar.
There in the battle arena against few dozens of Shinobi was Kimimaro. All he was using was his strength and speed. Ryou hid in a safe place and watched the bone-wielder fighting. Ryou was blushing and biting his lip. Kimimaro wasn't wearing a shirt, he was sweaty and had such a well built body. To top it all the fighting moves he used in Ryou's point of view, thanks to his hormones, were really turning on.
Ryou had noticed that from the other side of the arena Orochimaru was watching the fight too. Ryou turned away and quickly snuck back to the entrance of the building when he saw that Orochimaru was actually looking in to his direction. Once there Ryou slipped through the hallways and was back in Orochimaru's room in a flash. He took a few deep breaths and looked in to the mirror that was hanging on the wall.
'Great I'm as red as a tomato. Damn these teenager years!' Ryou thought to him self, but than something clinked in his mind out of nowhere. He was now immortal and when he talked to Dark Magician, the soul creature had said something about staying like a teenager for ever.
Flash Back:
"You see Young Master, you gained your immortality during a very troublesome time in human's life. This might bring some complications because you'll have to deal with your emotions and physical demands for ever. These two factors are very powerful and for immortal they don't wear off in time. Actually at some points they might become uncontrollable if you don't take care of them in a proper way." The Dark Magician winked at Ryou after finishing that.
End of Flashback
Ryou hadn't understood what it meant than, but now when he thought about it he wanted to scream. Loud. Ryou started to pace nervously. 'Ok now if I understood it right I'm going to have to deal with my hormones for ever. And from Dark Magician's words they might become uncontrollable at some points. Now let's analyze my situation. I have a really hot Kimimaro and master Orochimaru, who I happen to already have a crush on, always around me. Than from what I saw on the battle arenas there were pretty much hot looking guys who don't like to wear shirts while they are training. Now what are my chances? ZERO!'
Ryou was thrown out of his thoughts when he heard Orochimaru's voice in the hallway. He was accompanied by Kimimaro and the guy whose name he remembered to be Kabuto. They were all coming in this direction. First thing Ryou did? Panic! But after taking a few deep breaths he calmed him self down and was thankful that he wasn't flushed anymore. Once again Ryou noticed his savor, the book shelf. He thanked what ever God up there loved him today and quickly ran up to it picking a random book and pretending as if he was looking through it.
"Ryou I see that you are up. I hope you feel better." Orochimaru's voice was heard from the doorway. Ryou looked in to the direction while putting the book back in to it's place and nodded with a small smile. Orochimaru how ewer saw through the boy's mask and noticed that there was something he was hiding. It was hard to trick Orochimaru and he had learned how to see through any mask one might use. He even noticed that the problem had something to do with his emotions. 'Must be trying to seem strong in my eyes.' Oh how wrong he was. 'Well it's only to my advantage, this only proves that with proper manipulation soon he'll be doing everything I tell him and doing it as best as he can. I will be keeping little Ryou that's for sure. He's a very useful marionette.'
"Kimimaro, Kabuto leave I want to talk to Ryou by my self. Oh and Kimimaro I want those analyses done by evening." The silver-haired teen bowed and nodded with a silent "Yes Master" before exiting. Kimimaro bowed as well, but winked at Ryou, when Orochimaru turned away, before exiting.
Once the two were gone Orochimaru smiled that evil smile of his. "Well Ryou I hope you had fun sneaking around and exploring the place. I have to admit I'm impressed. When you were hiding in that room if it wouldn't have been for that one single slightly louder breath I wouldn't have noticed you. And the way you use shadows to your advantage without letting your white colors give you out is something I am truly impressed about. Not even Kabuto noticed you. But I feel that you were simply toying around with your abilities, so now I want to see how good you are actually." He finished with a chuckle.
Orochimaru walked out of the room and gestured Ryou to follow him. Ryou did so. "I have a small test I wish you to take. We are going down to Kabuto's lab and there I will want you to steal something from him. I will warn you, so far only I have managed to do it without him noticing. He always notices when someone is around him and so far no one hasn't ever passed this test, but I judge by the time of how long can they stay unnoticed while they are at it so don't worry if you fail." Orochimaru finished as they stooped at an opened door.
"I want you to bring me one of the discs on his table and if you actually succeed than a pendant from around his neck. Now go." Orochimaru said and Ryou snuck inside.
Ryou spotted Kabuto not too long after entering the lab. He didn't want to be in this place, but he had a 'mission'.
Orochimaru was waiting outside and looked at his watch. He raised an eyebrow. By this time usually he had already heard Kabuto's voice shout 'Failed!' from inside. Orochimaru stood there for a moment longer, before he saw a certain albino quickly sneak out of the door. He stood there looking at the boy who was holding the disc and Kabuto's pendant in his hands. A wide grin made it's way across his features. The boy was talented and would make an excellent infiltrator if he needed to steal something.
Orochimaru touched the boy's cheek with one hand and smiled at him. He was a prize indeed. Strong, powerful, skillful and above all easy to manipulate. Orochimaru noticed the startled look in the boy's eyes. He obviously wasn't expecting the touch, but he didn't take away his hand. He had to admit that he enjoyed the feeling of that warm silky skin against his cold hand. That was when Orochimaru noticed how uncomfortable Ryou was with the touch and how he tried to hide the pink tint that rose to his cheeks by bowing his head. Orochimaru raised an eyebrow. This boy was interesting in more ways than one.
Ryou at the time was having a war with his own emotions. 'Gods please kiss him and he'll be yours for ever!' His emotions screamed while he was telling him self over and over again 'This is just a touch and nothing else! This is just a touch and nothing else!' Ryou wanted so bad for the touch to be something more, but at the same time he wanted to run away from any contact as fast as his legs could carry him.
Orochimaru smirked and finally took away his hand. He found this interesting and amusing, he would have to use this as an advantage later on and maybe as a small game of some sort. "Well done, you keep surprising me more and more each time I'm around. I will be giving you a real mission sooner than I had considered if you keep this up. I want to know of your abilities everything there is to know." With that said Orochimaru took the tings from Ryou's hands and went inside.
"Kabuto" He said as he approached the teen who was currently working on his computer. The said teen looked up expecting further demands or questions his master might have for him. How ever he wasn't expecting the following. "Either the new boy is really that good, or you are starting to slip off." Orochimaru said as he put the disc and the pendant in front of Kabuto on the table.
Kabuto was looking at the things wide eyed. That was the pendant from around his neck. His hand went unconsciously to check if it was there, but found nothing. The disc how ever had always been in front of his eyes, there was no possible way the brat could have… As his eyes wondered to the place where it used to be he froze in shock. Gone. The brat had passed the test without a slip off.
"By the expression on your face I can say that you didn't notice a thing at all." Orochimaru smirked. It wasn't every day that he was able to see his right hand man failing this test. He was always so careful not letting a thing slip by, but now… Orochimaru was thinking very high of the boy. It was only evening of his first day in this place and he already was showing such great results. Orochimaru was considering to choose him as his future vessel, but for now the boy would be a powerful weapon.
Kabuto had to contain him self as much as he could not to run out of the lab and beat the life straight out of that white lab rat, but than it clicked in his mind. With now calm expression and smooth voice Kabuto said. "I can see that the boy indeed is skillful and since he is already here would you not mind if I run few tests. I would like to know as much as possible and I am sure that you wish that too."
Orochimaru nodded and called for Ryou to come in. Ryou came in without hesitation, his huge innocent doe brown eyes shining with curiosity and naivety. He wasn't dense and had few guesses about what would happen, but the lack of memory added to his lack of experience, so he was still a rather naïve teenager.
One of the things Orochimaru found amusing and enjoyable about the boy was this naïve look in the youth's eyes. "Ryou you will stay here and do as Kabuto says is that clear?"
Ryou looked around and hesitated a little, but nodded anyway. This place was really creepy.
Orochimaru noticed the action and smiled his usual evil smile. 'So little Ryou doesn't seems to like places like this huh? I think I'll stay here and watch him. Kabuto doesn't likes the child and might try to hurt him and since little Ryou is powerful, well I don't want any equipment destroyed plus I still have a good use of Kabuto too so I'll need him alive.' Orochimaru thought. He knew Kabuto was perfectly capable of trying to hurt someone he didn't like and the snake-nin was sure that Ryou will kill Kabuto if something like that happens. He was capable of reading people like books and there fore was able to see through Kabuto's lie. Also he was able to guess that Ryou will kill someone who seems evil against him and tries to hurt him.
"I'm going to stay here. I want to see all the results that you get the moment you get them." Orochimaru stated and gave Kabuto a glare when the medic-nin wanted to protest.
It was late evening when they were already looking through the readings of Ryou's genetics. Both Kabuto and Orochimaru were looking at the screen wide eyed. The readings that computer screen said were that Ryou's blood had an ability to accept and turn in to an addition to the boy's genetic defense any sort of poisons, viruses, bacteria, acids and any other microscopic, dangerous and non dangerous, element known to man. Also it possessed the ability to regenerate it self, immediately without healing. It meant that he could heal not only fetal wounds right away without using his healing ability, but also if needed grow new limbs or torn out organs, chunks of meat and other such things. There were many more things that Ryou's body and blood could do including the ability to manipulate his bones. That struck them dead on. Still there were a lot of secrets unrevealed and Orochimaru simply burned to know them. This may be his greatest treasure ever.
How ever all thoughts about further tests fled his mind when he turned to find Ryou asleep on one of the medic beds. The boy looked even more innocent like this if that was even possible. "Should I prepare…" Kabuto was cut off by Orochimaru's finger in front of his face. "There will be no more tests tonight." He said and without another word went up to the sleeping angel. Orochimaru couldn't help the thought about how cute Ryou looked.
He picked up the boy and carried him out of the lab. This was an exhausting day for the boy. Orochimaru found it very cute when Ryou buried his face in the older man's chest and fisted one small hand in his shirt. Orochimaru wanted to carry Ryou to the room he was supposed to live in from now on, but after looking at the small boy in his arms he took him to his room instead.
'Ryou is very deep in his sleep. He must be really tired if he didn't even wake up when I changed him.' Ryou now had on a white shirt that was three times too big for him. Orochimaru had a very big bed so he put the white-haired youth on one side while he him self got in on the other side.
Orochimaru just got his eyes closed when they snapped open moments after. A thin arm was thrown over his chest while the boy snuggled up to Orochimaru's side. The older man watched the angelic face for a moment and than for the first time in ever smiled softly for real. And at the same time for some reason wasn't afraid of the smile or admitting to him self that the boy was affecting him well.
Orochimaru knew that he had the same feelings for Kimimaro, but than he had considered it a weakness. With Ryou it was different. Ryou was stronger and more skillful and he guessed that was the reason why he wasn't afraid. Kimimaro's sickness made him weak so Orochimaru was afraid to admit the feelings. He thought that if he had something for someone weak, than he might become weak, but Ryou was strong and now Kimimaro was strong too, so maybe he could be with both of his boys.
But that would be for later. He needed a new vessel soon and he didn't want to take Kimimaro or Ryou. Sasuke had broken the seal and now was back in Konoha. He had a lot to think about in the morning, but for now he would just go to sleep and enjoy the closeness of this sweet angel. He also had to remember to be near whenever Kabuto experimented on Ryou or Kimimaro.
This time Ryou didn't went running around in his mind. This time he went to talk a little with Curse of Dragon. Once Ryou found his door he took a deep breath before entering. Curse of Dragon's room was very creepy. It reminded a nest of a very evil creature and it was understandable since Curse of Dragon was one of the monsters who were in the evil soul-creature category.
Ryou only wanted to know why and what better way to find out than ask the creature it self. When Ryou approached the huge nest of blankets and pillows where the Dragon usually slept, but now was bowing to Ryou, the boy climbed on to one of the pillows and mad him self comfortable. Curse of Dragon lifted its head and asked. "I can feel that you have something to ask. What is it my Young Master?" The Dragon's voice sounded as smooth as usual. He never talked a lot when he was in the Outside World.
Ryou hesitated for a moment, but finally asked. "I was thinking about what you said the time when I first came in to your soul-room. You said that your name has a strong meaning to it and that you counted as one of my most evil creatures. Why? Can you tell me?"
The Dragon sighed in thought for a moment. Than he answered. "Ok, but to explain I will be telling you a story." Ryou nodded eagerly. Than Dragon began. "Long time ago there was a world far away from the planet Earth. It was inhabited by all kinds of races, but main and the most powerful race were Dragons. The world has always lived in peace and no one ever started a war. All conflicts were easily taken car of with simple words of politeness and compromises that left everyone happy.
It was a paradise. But there was one creature that felt all the hatred and pain all these other creatures locked away deep inside him.
The creature bared a mark. It was considered a sacred mark for it was the mark that would take away any negative emotions and lock them in the creature so that the tranquil peace of this world wouldn't come crashing down. The side creature was always locked away and no one ever dared to speak it's name. But than one day there was a great conflict that threatened to start a war, how ever it never happened since the mark immediately took it all and locked it inside the creature.
Then something happened. It turned out that the creature had already been overflowing with horrible emotions and despair and these emotions were the last drop. The creature broke free and in a blind fit of rage, pain, hatred, sadness and many other dark emotions the blind fools were locking in him for millions of years this creature killed everything there was to kill. It destroyed the planet and went plundering the universe destroying everything on it's way.
Through its plundering the creature took in even more of dark emotions in it self. Eventually its own darkness destroyed the creature leaving only a tortured soul that kept on filling up with darkness against its own will.
The darkness slowly started to eat away at the soul threatening to erase it completely out of existence. But than it felt some of the pain start to ease as it approached a planet. There on that planet the soul found a powerful light that was able to heal its pain and bring the soul to peace. The soul inhabited the light's mind and vowed to protect its host for ever.
Ryou I am that soul, for I truly an a Curse in a Dragon's body. You see even though you have healed me the darkness within me is still alive and it'll stay there for ever. My power to make others feel incredible fear, sadness, hatred, pain and every other dark emotion comes from this immortal darkness with in me. I have learned to use it as a weapon in order to protect you and thus far you could count me as one of the Sealed Creatures, only unlike them I have remorse and deep respect to your requests.
I would not dear to disobey your command nor would I dear to kill an innocent ever again. I put curses upon only those who deserve it and those who you would command me to.
I am one of your oldest creatures and I am one creature who's might and power matches that of a Sealed Beast."
Ryou was amazed by the story. Curse of Dragon really was dark, but Ryou really doubted that he was evil. "Curse of Dragon you will never be evil in my eyes. From your story I know you have done horrible things, but that wasn't your fault. You were hurting and couldn't control your self." Ryou said offering a genuine smile to the dragon.
Curse of Dragon shook its head. "Young Master you have yet to see the horrors of this universe. You are still young and at such a troublesome age, you don't understand a lot. What I did makes me evil and I know it will for ever stay that way. Even though you have healed my mark and I will never absorb dark emotions, the darkness inside me is for staying. For ever in the same force and with the same amount, but you don't have to worry about me, as long as you are my Host and Master I will be at peace."
Ryou smiled at the statement. He was glad to find out that thanks to him this Dragon was finally rid of his pain and could be at ease. Than another question nagged at the back of his head. "Curse of Dragon how much do you know about the others that live inside my mind?"
"I know the times when they found their home in your mind and of their powers. I know their stories before they become your soul-creatures, but not in every detail. If you wish to know than you should ask them. I know the creatures who, just like I, are considered the elders in here. You see, some of the creatures here are older than your previous planet or even it's Sun system and theses ages give us callings of Elders. I may not sound exactly Old, but I am. Simply in Dragon's years on my home planet I am not Old at all, but for these worlds I am one of the Universe Elders."
Ryou nodded with wide eyes. He couldn't believe his own ears. This was one of the most interesting and shocking things he had ever heard. Ryou was amazed by the fact that even though Curse of Dragon had spent most of his life locked away he still had huge knowledge of the Universe.
After listening to the Dragon for few more hours Ryou had left and went to sleep with his spirit form as well.
Nikopop: That's it for now. I hope you liked it. I made Curse of Dragon to be one of Ryou's most powerful creatures because he is my favorite Duel Monster. I have so many Curse of Dragon cards! Oh and by the way Orochimaru is going to stay rather evil, he only admits things to him self. He won't be revealing things too quick. Ok now thanks for your reviews Iraoftheseven and anyone else who reads my story. You all make me happy! (Gives hugs). I'll be updating soon again. R&R please buy! )
P.S. The Big Mission will be in the next chapter.