The First Training Session

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own Kira!

"Everyone needs believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer"

"The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory"

A/N—here's chapter 12!!!!!!! Thanks for reading this far!!!

Recap— how Kabuto ever lived in this tiny space was beyond me. But I guess I would learn how to cope, this was now my home. I gazed at the pile again; this was going to take a while. I grinned I couldn't wait for tomorrow, my first official day as Orochimaru's right hand!

STORY

I woke up in a strange room and started to panic before I realized this was my room, Kabuto's old room, my new room. It had taken hours to organize all my things into the tiny space but at least now it was exactly like I wanted it.

I yawned and got dressed. I didn't know what I would be doing today, yet, but I planned on walking around in the layer for a while and reacquainting myself with everything again. I hadn't really had a chance to walk around much last night so I would use today to do that, unless Orochimaru-sama needed me for something else.

Also making an appearance around the village would let people know that Orochimaru's right hand was back from her month long mission.

I walked out of my room into the cold uninviting hallways and all I could think was—it's good to be back! I know I must have looked ridiculous walking down the hallway with this big grin on my face but I couldn't help myself, I was just so happy to be back.

I walked corridor after corridor, each one the same as the next but different. I couldn't believe I used to get lost in these hallways; they were rather easy to navigate once you knew how.

I passed several ninja. They all stopped what they were doing to look at me, some even greeted me. One particular ninja even started up a conversation with me, he told me about the recent decrease in missions and such. He seemed friendly enough to me.

I continued to walk around until a ninja ran up to me and spoke to me.

"Orochimaru-sama would like to see you"

"Thank-you" was all I said before I took off down the hall to go see Orochimaru-sama.

When I opened the door to the office Orochi-sama was leaning over his paper work and looking very serious and frustrated. I almost laughed at him, he was being unintentionally funny and it was so out of character. Then he scratched his head and messed his hair up, I couldn't stop myself. I laughed and I laughed hard. My sides were spilt in an instant.

As I had guessed he looked up at the sound and he glared at me, but he couldn't fool me, I could see him blushing. I laughed harder and he looked back down at his paperwork to hide his embarrassment. After a few moments I had calmed down enough to talk normally.

"I was called here?" I said brushing some stay strands of hair out of my face. I had always hated my hair, I mean red hair? Who wanted that?

"Um, yes I was wondering if you wanted to train…"

"Are you, the great Snake Sennin, using me as an excuse to get out of your work?" I asked smiling.

He looked down at his work and pushed it to the side before smiling and looking back up at me. "And what if I am?" He continued to smile.

I held my hand out to him "Well then I'll be a good excuse to get you out of doing your work" He stood up, and like a gentle man offered me his arm. I gracefully curtseyed and took his arm before we walked off to another room to train, while I laughed at our own stupidity.

Orochimaru POV

We walked down the familiar hallways towards the training room. I almost joined in on her laughter but that wouldn't be right. As much I as felt silly doing it, I had an image to uphold. A gazed down at her; she looked like she was trying to contain her laughter. I felt my face stretch into another smile as I led her towards the training room.

As much as the paperwork back in my office was important I also believed that I deserved a break. And since I was going to take a break why not spend it training with my new second in command. It would be a good idea for me to learn how she fought anyway since we would be fighting side by side in the war I was planning against Konoha.

Kira POV

When we entered the room is was very dark. So much so, that I could hardly see a foot in front of myself.

"It's quite dark in here…" My voice echoed in the large room that seemed to go on forever in darkness.

Then Orochimaru closed the door, blocking out all the light. I was left in complete darkness and I did not like it one bit. Orochimaru then left my side to stand god knows where, while I stood there wondering what on Earth I should do.

"Try to find me…" His voice travelled around the room as it echoed giving me no idea of his position "I will not move… I'll stay in one place… you just have to reach out…and find me" His voice continued to echo as I took a step. The sound of my foot hitting the ground sounded very loud and it echoed off the walls.

"All I have to do is find you?" I asked still unsure of the situation.

"Yes…"

I nodded to myself as I focused my fire chakra into my hands and created a fire ball. Instantly the entire room lit up. It was big with stone walls but it did not go on forever. At the opposite end of the room was a stone table and a stone chair that looked like it could be a throne, and there sitting in the throne was Orochimaru.

"I found you" I smiled pointing at him.

He smiled back "You may have found me… but I found you as well" he pointed back at me. "Next time try to use the sounds to find me… this is the Sound Village after all"

I nodded "So if I listen carefully enough, I can find you?"

"I didn't say that… I'll hide again, but don't let me see you approach"

I nodded again as I put out my fire. The room became dark and ominous again as I listened hard. I could hear my own heart beat and my breathing but I could not hear Orochimaru.

Who was I kidding? I didn't have any sound jutsu's to help me… how was I going to find him without using my fire? That's when I remembered I was in the sound village now, I had no secrets. I could transform when I wanted. I grinned as I felt myself fall to the ground in the form of a house cat and that's when I realized how dark the room really was. Even as a cat I could not see, everything was dark to these eyes as well.

So I changed again, only I changed into something that could fly. I was a bat and I only needed sounds to navigate a room. I was blind even in the daylight in this form so the darkness didn't bother me.

I let out and screech and saw the layout of the room in my minds eye. I could see every detail of the throne and table, even better than when I was actually seeing them.

I screeched again and this time saw what I was really looking for. Orochimaru was standing on the left side of the room, about halfway from the wall and the center of the room and he was looking at me. Or at least I guess he was looking at me, his face was turned in this direction at least.

I changed back and got dressed again before I walked in the direction I had last seen him. This time I focused on making my footsteps as quiet as possible. Then I just bumped into him.

"Very good… you can light the area up again if you like…" I nodded and created another fire ball to light the room up. The sudden light threw strange and eerie shadows all about the room.

"What next?" I asked knowing there was more to come.

"Well now you fight me… we'll see where we go from there…"

"In this dark room?" I had barely been able to find him, if I fought him I would just look like a fool.

"You can light the torches on the wall if you like…" I then noticed the unlit torched that line the wall and threw my fire ball at one of them, quickly creating another one to take its place in my palm and throwing that one at another torch. I continued throwing my fire balls until all the torches were lit.

"Alright, I'm ready" I said as I stared at him.

"We'll just fight until you can no longer go on"

So I was going to be exhausted by the end of this session was I? Alright I could live with that as long as I gave him a work out as well.

"So are you going to start or am I?" I asked looking him over trying to find his weak point.

"You start…whenever you're ready then…" I nodded and took a deep breath.

I focused my chakra into my mouth. I would show Orochimaru my version of the fire ball jutsu the Uchiha were so proud of. As soon as I had enough fire based chakra in my mouth I added my wind chakra to make it more powerful and then I blew it all out at Orochimaru. The size of my fire ball jutsu was enormous. It put the original technique to shame.

But as I had expected Orochimaru dodged the attack and came at me from behind. Orochimaru had no weapons on him and I had no weapons on me, there would be no weapons in this battle.

Next thing I knew, I was running from fire and a flurry of kicks. I continued to dodge and run until I felt that my body would falter if I continued. So I made a mad dash at Orochimaru before fainting to the left and transforming into a house cat. (I would be something small first so I didn't rip my clothes) I barely stopped as I transformed and kept running feeling knew energy flow through me.

But I could do no damage in this body so I transformed again into a bear. I knew bears were slower than cats but they were stronger. I swung a paw down on Orochimaru who just barely dodged my paw swinging downwards on him. My paw connected with the ground and cracked the foundation before I turned to face him again.

He was smiling; apparently he was enjoying this as much as I was. I would have grinned back but the form I was in wouldn't allow things like that. And that's when Orochimaru blurred, I was seeing doubles.

I felt myself start to panic, this had never happened before. But then again, I had never fought like this before either, I had never tried my limits. I felt the fur go back into my body slowly as the world tilted. I had no time to be embarrassed about being nude in front of Orochimaru because as soon as I was human again, everything went black.

A/N—it was longer than usual, but yah that's the end! PLEASE REVIEW ALERT and FAVORITE!!!