-Disclaimer: I obviously don't own naruto, its kinda in a different language you know… -

Me: Thanx for reading my story and actually coming to read the fith chapter. Sorry for all the others for being short but this one is going to be longer. I thought before I go any further I should let you know how old everyone is, so here they are:

Yura: 18

Shou: 8

Kabuto: 27

(the rookie nine are all 15 and Gai's team is 16)

Orochimaru: 48ish, he kinda doesn't have an actuall age because his body keeps changing, Forever young that man is. (the other sannin are 48ish aswell.)

Ok, I believe that's everyone other than their senseis, but I guess the better way to tell you how old they are would to say: TWO YEARS AFTER SASUKE LEFT.

Shikamaru: Figured that out already.

Me: Well other people aren't as smart as you! Mah, I'm not as smart as you.

Hinata: Y-you're smart. You only have to try. N-n-naruto taught me that.

Me: Hinata? Where did you come from? Wait, don't answer I bet you came from your house, ne?

Hinata: No… I came from N-n-naruto's…

Naruto: Yep, I slept in and well Hinata came to get me. She also promised ramen if I'd get up…

Me: (to hinata) you better not have promised more than one bowl…

Neji, Shikamaru, Ino, Sasuke, Naruto: shouldn't you be wakingYura up to write the story?

Me: … right… ( poke…. Poke)

Yura: I'M AWAKE ALREADY!

Me: On with the story!

PUPPET

Orochimaru watced Yura sleeping in the big bed for hours, waiting for her to wake up. He was upset that she put so much effort into healing him. Healing his arms would have been sufice but, the young girl had put heart and soul into healing him. He was having a hard time actually putting up the will to betray her trust. (AN: this is supposed to be the side of him we don't see… so it's not totally OOC K? No flamers please)

"Orochimaru-sama, please eat something. You may have been healed but you still need to eat. You have been here for four hours!"

"Kabuto… why does she trust me?" Orochimaru asked, his gaze not even straying from Yura's face.

Kabuto stared at the back of his masters head for a long akward minute before answering; "There are many ways that could explain the reason, personally I believe it is because she is a young, flamboyant girl, looking for some company that will last until she decides to throw it away…"

"No… that is not the reason, I know that her happy actions are to cover up her past, to help her brother, but she trusted me. How can I brake her trust now?"

"The same way you broke Konoha's." Was Kabuto's only reply. Turning he left the platter of food on the table, and left the room.

Sasuke paced outside the large wooden door to Orochimaru's 'recovery room' When Kabuto exited Sasuke stopped to look at him.

"He will not leave her side. She's not waking up either." Was Kabuto's reply to Sasuke's unasked question.

"MOTHER!" Yura cried out as she woke. She had been having a nightmare. She always had that same nightmare, her mother, her father, her whole clan dieing infrot of her. The rain pouring down on her face. She moved to sit up but, a hand on her shoulder pushed her back down.

"You shouldn't get up, you are still low on chakra…" Orochimaru's voice traild off as he looked at her face. Her eyes allowed a gate way to her soul, her true emotions were revield. Pain caused her yellow cat-like eyes to water with silent tears. Orochimaru couldn't stand watching her in so much pain, but as he tried to look away he also felt he couldn't. He had the strangest feeling. He for once he was at a loss of words.

Yura looked at Orochimaru for a few moments. She was trying to figure out where she was. 'Orochimaru? Oh! Then why am I in a bed - well his arms are moving – I did it then? My nightmare though – I can't stop thinking about it… mother…' Orochimaru had removed his hand from her shoulder and from his new postion on the edge of the bed he watched her. This was probably the best moment to use his justu, but could he do it… when she was like this… how?

Yura had started crying again. He leaned forward and brushed a stay hair from her face. "Be strong Yura. You are strong, be it." He wispered. Yura sat up, and to Orochimaru's surprise; leaned forward and engulfed him in her arms. Her slim figure was sitting there for a minute before Orochimaru circled her body with his own arms.

"MOTHER!" Kabuto turned towards the door as did Sasuke. Both were staring at the oak door for a few minutes. It was probably Yura waking up. From what they could tell, Yura was crying. 'She is weak.' They both thought, ignoring the fact she had suppierio skills to them both.

Kabuto was schedualed (AN: I don't have spell check… and well I can't spell…) to pick up the platter of food in five minutes. They both had mentally decided to reproach Orochimaru of his plan then.

Orochimaru stroked her back while she cried into his chest. He was asking her what was wrong but her only reply had been tears. Finally he pushed her a little ways away and lookedher in the eyes, her aluring eyes. "Tell me what you dreamed about. I can help you more if I know."

"Orochimaru-s-san you have already helped. Y-you saved my life." Yura replied. Her voice was hollow, and filled with pain.

"You were dreaming of the day your clan was killed?" Orochimaru asked. Receiving a small nod, he continued; "You are not the only one who has felt that pain. Sasuke-kun has felt it aswell. His clan was murderd by his own brother, so surely your life isn't so bad, you have grown up so… so very well." Orochimaru's statement was accompianied by a swift sweep of his eyes on her body. Yura shivered, she really didn't know why but Orochimaru's words had made her want to run.

"Do you want to be stronger?" he asked, suprising her and himself. Over the past minutes he had finally worked up the will to curse the girl in his lap, to use her as a tool. He planned to. 'she will be mine...'.

Yura looked down at her hands in her lap. She nodded before she spoke. "I have become the best out of what I know, but there is so much I don't. I need and want your help, I'm alone, sheltered by deathly shadows. I don't want to live in the dark."

Orochimaru leaned forward and pulled her towards his chest in an embrace. Yura was definatley startled. She never expected emotion from the man now holding her. As she sat there though in his arms she came to a realization; 'he's stiff, cold, and hardend. He does not care… he'll use me… I must leave before he trys, I love him with my heart but I – I will not lose my dignaty and be used as a puppet.' How wrong she was.

Kabuto was counting the minutes, pacing the hall. There was little sound coming from the room and He and Sasuke had no idea what was happening inside. Sasuke had stopped pacing and was just standing in his signature pose opposite the door. His eyes were litterally trying to boar a hole in the solid oak. At that moment he couln't help but feel a want to have Byakugan in stead of Sharingan, at least then he would be able to see into the room beyond. Kabuto stopped pacing and walked towards the door. Pausing he turned to Sasuke.

"Coming?"

"Of course." Sasuke rose and crossed the hall. Kabuto turned the doorknob and they both entered.

"What are you doing Yura-san?" Orochimaru asked in response to her futile efforts of making him let go of her. He was finding it very amusing. She had gone from complete submissive child to refusing adult.

"Getting you to let go." Was her reply.

The door opened and Sasuke entered followed by Kabuto. Yura barely took in the fact that they both wore suprized expressions.

"Let me go! I want to leave. NOW!" Her voice which had been stern and low became a loud comand. She was trying to make him let her go without actually hurting him, well to put it in plainest terms, she failed.

"No. You asked for power and now you'll get it."

Sasuke went ridgid. 'So she gets the seal aswell? What is the point of having me then?'

"No!" Yura screamed as Orochimaru bent his head down towards Yura's neck. With one final blow, she sent him towards the wall. Yura was up and heading towards the door before Kabuto and Sasuke could even notice that their master was getting up on the other side of the room.

"Yura… stop for a moment." Orochimaru commanded, "You can't tell me you'll turn down power. I can give you that power, you just have to stay."

"No. I will not become like the others you use as tools. I will always fight against that. If you make me stay, you will get hurt." She stated calmly.

"Oh, really?" Orochimaru asked from behind her. Before she could do anything to protect herself, Orochimaru put a hand on her shoulder and turned her around to face him. Pulling her small frame towards him, Orochimaru bent his head once more to her neck. Biting down hard enough to draw blood. Orochimaru had cursed Yura.

"Orochimaru-sama?" was the sound that came from Yura when she finally regained conciousness after the cursed seal was placed on her neck. Inwardly that was not what she said, in wardly she was fuming. She knew she was powerles. Locked in her minds deppest depth. Lost. Orohimaru had used a justu she had not heard of. She knew it was not the curse that his men had, and yet it felt the same. An overpowering streght ran though her veins, but her mind was locked away. He body nothing but a empty shell. A puppet.

"Orochimaru-san did it work?" quirred sasuke. He was anxious to find out what he had done, even if it meant his privious plan didn't work.

"Lets check Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru said. He let go of Yura. Turning to Kabuto he asked: "What do you think is Yura's most prominate persnality trait Kabuto?"

Kabuto was silent, thinking it over. "Her temper?"

"Correct. Kabuto, try to anger her. Don't worry, if it works she won't hurt you. I won't let her.

"Yura, you are nothing but an ignorant, young, girl who has lost her way to become strong. You are weak and will never amout to anything." Kabuto concluded. To his satisfaction, Yura just sat there.

'Dam you Kabuto! If only I had control! You wouldn't be there to laugh!' Although she faught, Yura no longer had control. Her body, and life were in Orochimaru's hands. The only thing she could do was sit and wonder what the snake sannin was going to do to her.

Me: Ok… just to let you know… Orochimaru thinks of Yura in weird ways… although, I'll never write what happens in certain parts, I believe you can understand the true meaning.

Yura: why didn't I see this coming?

Sasuke & Kabuto: Shut up.

Neji, Hinata, Naruto, Shikamaru, Ino: …leave her alone!

Sasuke: (to naruto) Shut up dobe.

Me: (ignoring them)Thank you for reading thus far. I have kinda run out of ideas for the moment, please review with any comments or ideas… please send my story on to others aswell… By the way I think it's bout time I thanked my few reveiwers.

Hao'sAnjul: Thanx a lot! If that isn't a writing simulant I don't know what is! I'll try to make the chapters longer… and lets just hope you enjoy.

Animefan993: Well, I updated… but… I can't really say whats going to happen yet. All I can say is the next place she's going is to Konoha. Once again… I know, I'm trying to make my chapters longer.

Smile34: If you meant 'hanging' as in clifhanger, well I won't stop those, they are what make the reader want to come back… I hope… But believe me I will update.

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