(A/N: Mkay, super climactic, eh? I love it. I kno the plot is lots like the whole Zabuza/Haku thing…. But trust me, it changes. -nod nod- yup yup. I adore Orochimaru (if u can't tell) and hate Kabuto muches (it's a word!). I hope y'all love it as much as I do… trust me… it gets better. Lemme kno wut u think (aka please RnR). And enjoy!)

Orochimaru placed a hand on her chin and raised her head to look at him, "I am impressed, My Pet," he said in a silky voice, "You've only been here a week, and you already remember how to summon me with Shadow Summon. I have a request for you: stay on Sakura's team. Don't let them know about me. Kabuto's here now; he's staying in Tsunade's quarters. Once he finishes with his business, he will stop at the main gate. That is when we will attack. The Hidden Leaf Village will be mine. There are others here on my side as well. Tsunade believes Kabuto and some other ninjas chased me out of the Hidden Sound Village. They think he's the new Otokage and he says he wishes to form alliances with Konoha. I have them in the palm of my hand. Soon, I will crush them."

Yukie felt torn, "But, Orochi-Kun, they took me in. They gave me a home. They treated me like one of their own when they knew I needed it. They didn't care if I was an enemy or a friend. I needed help and they gave it to me."

Orochimaru's eyes seemed to grow red with malice and his body tensed, but his voice was still silky and calm. "Do you know why I call you 'My Pet'?" He asked. Yukie shook her head slowly and he continued, "Do you know why you are the only one I allow to call me 'Orochi-Kun'?" She shook her head again. "When you were a child, your parents abandoned you. They discovered you had an ancient bloodline gift that had remained dormant for generations. When they discovered this gift, they treated it like a curse and cast you out to die alone on the streets. Then what happened." Orochimaru asked, more commanding her to continue the story than actually asking a question.

Yukie was slowly remembering, and she knew the answer to this question she had been asked so many times, "You came. You took me in and cared for me like I was your child. I owe you my life, Orochi-Kun. I will always do as you ask because I am your pet. You own me just as I own…" The words vanished. Yukie didn't know what she was going to say. The words were gone and Orochimaru knew it.

"Soon, you will remember your own pet. But in the mean time, remember, you are my pet. You do as I say and you never question me."

Yukie bowed her head again and looked at the shadowed floor, "I'm sorry, Orochi-Kun. I was wrong to contradict you. Why Kabuto takes his place, I will fly to his side."

Orochimaru nodded approval and concluded, "We are done."

The two raised their right hands to be level with their noses and formed the releasing jutsu. Orochimaru sank into the ground and the darkness that covered the room vanished into Yukie.

Once the room was back to normal, Yukie suddenly noticed the knocking at the door. Sakura was calling through it, "Yukie? Are you there? Can you hear me?"

Yukie opened the door and Sakura let out a sigh of relief, "I've been calling you for five minutes. What happened?" She saw that Yukie's eyes were once again black and bloodshot.

Yukie tried to think of a way to explain it, but couldn't. She just said the best she could come up with. "I don't know. Everything went black and it was like I was isolated from the rest of the world." It was the truth, just without Orochimaru.

Sakura seemed concerned, but didn't say so. Instead, she only said, "The other two are waiting. We'll talk about this later."

The four talked and hung out for most of the day. Once the sun began to set, Sakura let Senji and Kimoto leave, but told Yukie to stay back. She waited for the two to be out of sight and turned to Yukie, "What happened?"

"I don't know," she said, thinking through the lie she had thought up, "I was sitting here, you were talking about the picture, and everything went black. Next thing I knew, I was in the bathroom with you banging on the door."

Sakura fell into deep thought and Yukie wondered if she bought it. Finally, Sakura spoke, "Alright," she said thoughtfully, "Go ahead and go home. I'm going to have Kakashi and Gai see if they can find any traces of dark jutsus that could cause this."

"Oh," Yukie said slowly, wondering if they'd be able to trace her jutsu. "Well, I'll see you later then." She gave a last wave and left. She walked slowly back to Neji's house. He wasn't home, so she started making dinner for them. Sometimes, Neji would just be out training or something. If he wasn't going to be there for dinner, he would have left a note for her.

Once Yukie was almost done making dinner, she heard the door open, "Just in time!" she called across the house to Neji, "I just finished making dinner. Come on it, it's almost on the table." She poured the meal into two bowls and walked to the table. Down the hall, she could hear uneven steps coming into the kitchen. She placed the two bowls on the table and walked in the direction of the footsteps. Why was Neji limping?

"Yukie," Neji said in a barely audible voice. Blood ran form his mouth, kunai stuck out from the whole right side of his body; some in his arms, his side, and his leg. Yukie ran forward when she saw him sway. He fell forward and Yukie caught him in his fall awkwardly, and both fell to the floor. Both sat on the ground, Neji's head lay in her lap.

"What happened?" she asked, voice filled with concern.

"Run," he ordered, "You have to get out of here… they're after you."

"'They' who?" Yukie asked; she could feel somebody coming… somebody she knew.

"The Sound," he replied as a man with glasses and a hat like Tsunade's had that read Otokage entered the room.

Yukie rose defiantly and spat, "Kabuto, what are you doing?" It was more of a demand than a question. It was obvious Yukie had no respect for him. The rest of her memories came back once she laid eyes on this leech. Not only did she not respect him, she hated him to the bone.

"There's been a change of plans," Kabuto replied as two people came in behind him, "Orochimaru-Sama didn't have the chance to tell you. Move aside."

"I don't take orders from you, Kabuto." She said his name like it was a piece of bad meat she was spitting out.

"I am only doing as he commanded," Kabuto replied smooth, "Will you honestly go against Orochimaru-Sama?"

"I'm not going against Orochi-Kun," Yukie said defiantly, "I'm going against you." She stepped between Neji and Kabuto, "Now get out." Her voice was hard and commanding, filled with the hatred she had for Kabuto.

Kabuto seemed shaken, but held his ground, "You're outnumbered. I have these two on my side." He gestured to the two standing behind him.

"Numbers don't count for much if they're dead," Yukie threatened, concentrating her chakra, "If they want to attack me," her Bloodline Limit activated, "it's their funeral."

The two were shaken; it was obvious they didn't want to fight her. "Do not disobey me!" Kabuto snarled at the men, "You will regret it. Orochimaru won't be happy." Apparently, they were more scared of Orochimaru than Yukie, because both drew swords and swallowed their fear.

"So be it," Yukie said in a deadly whisper, "I won't kill you both… but you will wish I had."

Neji watched as the Yukie he knew vanished in an instant. All feelings he knew were clouded by strength and hatred and the blood lust. When she spoke, her voice seemed darker; all humanity in her had disappeared. She had talked like she was a long partner or Orochimaru. He could see that even Kabuto, the Otokage, feared her. Was Orochimaru still pulling the strings? He had to tell Tsunade.

Yukie performed a jutsu, Midnight's Light, Neji was shocked; that jutsu was dark and forbidden everywhere. There was no doubt in Neji's mind now: she worked with Orochimaru. Darkness emanated from Yukie and covered the room. Light still came through, and everybody could see everything that happened in the next few seconds. Huge black spikes rose from the shadows, quick as lighting, and struck through the two men before they knew it was coming. One was hit right on, both his arms and legs were stabbed in the joints, he wasn't a threat anymore. The other had shifted, forcing two of the spikes to miss him completely. He twisted around to try to attack and Yukie let out a sigh. She blinked and seven spikes flew from below him and stabbed him through the back.

His partner's body went rigid; Neji turned away, but Yukie didn't even flinch. She watched without an ounce of feeling. She looked over at Kabuto as if she was saying, "told you so".

"Orochimaru-Sama won't be happy with you if you don't do as I say." Kabuto threatened.

"I don't care," Yukie replied calmly.

Kabuto looked around the room, trying to think of something else. Then his eyes landed on Neji and a smile crept across his face, "But what about him?" Yukie turned quickly and looked down at Neji; fear flooded into her face as she realized what he was saying. "He's heard us talking. He knows too much. He'll tell the Hokage. He's a liability we can't afford to keep alive."

Yukie paused, trying to think; she could help him, she could fix this, she just had to think of how… "Orochi-Kun wouldn't want us to kill someone with a Bloodline Limit; especially someone as powerful as him." Kabuto started to object, but Yukie pushed on, "I think we should bring him back with us."

"But we aren't going back," Kabuto objected, "We still need to start the takeover so Orochimaru-Sama can become Hokage."

Yukie's black eyes narrowed. "Fine, then, I'll just call Orochi-Kun now and ask him."

"No! Wait!" Kabuto reached out a hand, but it didn't help. It was too late.

Yukie had already performed the Shadow Summon jutsu and said in a voice that echoed through the room, "Orochi-Kun."