A/N: I promise that this will get good. If I get enough reviews I shall continue this story. PLEASE READ THE NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!
Chapter 1
I was once a little girl with everything a girl could want, a loving family, great friends, even a great cousin. But on fateful day, I disobeyed my father's orders and wandered into the woods. There I met him. The snake man, the one they call Orochimaru. That was the first mistake that set my life for the next 6 years. Orochimaru brought me back to his hideout and I was forced to train under him. There I met many people who punished me brutally whenever I tried to escape back to my home. Against my will, he taught me all the things he knows. For 10 brutal years I trained under his watchful eye. He helped me hone my skills of being a ninja and other skills I have. Right now I don't care about anybody but myself. I serve Orochimaru and listen to no one else. Nobody calls me by my real name. I am known as "Black Rose."
A soft gentle knock, almost inaudible but to trained ears was all that was needed to wake up. The door was pushed opened gently and a soft voice reached the trained ears. "Black Rose-sama? Are you awake?" a timid voice asked.
A young girl pulled back the covers and sat up in her large, king-sized bed. It was one of the perks of being one of Orochimaru's most faithful killers; you get all the great things in life. Except for one, the young girl thought. "Yeah, I'm awake. You can come in now Tomoe," she said.
Tomoe came in and set down a tray filled with breakfast for her. "Black Rose-sama, you have your training session today," said Tomoe. She quickly gathered the girl's clothes, a long sleeve off-the-shoulder black top, a dark red skirt with a slit up the right thigh showing her black short-shorts, and her trusty belt that hung off one side of her hip. On that belt held everything, all her shurikens, scrolls, and her trusty twin broadswords.
Black Rose set the tray aside and stood up as Tomoe began to make her bed. Tomoe's dark brown hair slid over her shoulder and Tomoe used her fingers to pull the hair behind her ear. "Damn hair…" Black Rose heard her murmur.
"Don't you have a ribbon or hair tie of some sort?" she asked as Black Rose started to get dressed into her regular clothes.
"No I do not. Make one on your own," Black Rose said harshly before stepping out of the room and leaving Tomoe alone.
Black Rose walked through the hallway of Orochimaru's hideout, passing by many servants and weary or injured ninjas. She was the only uninjured ninja in the hallway. Pathetic she thought as she passed the infirmary and saw how many ninjas were screaming in pain. Either Orochimaru's in a really bad mood or the half of the Sound ninjas has finally come back from their 6-year mission. But they normally aren't so battered by the time they reach the Sound so Black Rose opted for the first option. She passed by Deidara who was covered in mild scratches and thousands of bruises all over his body. "Good luck…he's been really pissed all morning," Deidara gasped. Black Rose gave a small smirk. She always did have a soft spot for him. "Thanks." With that she left him in the hallway.
Black Rose walked out onto the training grounds. Various blood splatter stained the grounds and what looked like to by severed body parts. Arms, hands, legs, feet, even fingers littered the ground. The servants went around picking up the limbs, making sure to finish before Black Rose reached their master.
By the time Black Rose reached Orochimaru, all the limbs were picked up and his eyes were searing red with anger or frustration, she couldn't tell. "You're late!" he yelled.
Black Rose bowed in respect. "I'm sorry, Orochimaru-sama," she said.
"Shut up. Lets fight," he said. With that he got into an offensive stance and waited for Rose's attack. She merely stood there, guard completely down. "I said we're going to fight!" Orochimaru yelled.
Black Rose nodded and charged toward Orochimaru with a shower of shuriken and kunai. Orochimaru merely jumped out of the way, but once he did, Black Rose disappeared from his sight. He was started when he felt a presence behind him and a strong punch being delivered to his jaw.
Orochimaru landed on the ground, smirking and wiping the blood from his mouth. Black Rose landed opposite of him with her fist back up, ready to fight again. "I can always get a good fight from you," he said.
Black Rose walked back to her room with quite a few scratches and blood flowing out of a gash on her stomach. One of Orochimaru's summoning snakes had scratched her with its fangs. She refused to go to the infirmary, no matter how much the servants pestered over the dull scratches all over her body.
She opened the room to her door and closed the door behind her. Before she could take another step, Black Rose fell to the ground as the "supposedly non-venomous" snake's venom seeped into her system. "Crap…" she gasped. "This…is a perfect…way to die." She couldn't heal herself since the venom would stay in her system and she wasn't at the level to suck the venom out of her body. The only option left was to sit there and die. But Black Rose was stubborn and she wouldn't just die because of some stupid venom.
A few minutes have passed by and the venom was still spreading. Finally a harsh knock came on the door. "Rose?" yelled a male voice. Black Rose gasped. Deidara… she thought before speaking his name out loud. "Rose! Open this door right now!" he yelled urgently.
Black Rose pushed herself off the door and turned the doorknob after leaning onto the wall opposite of where the door will swing. Deidara burst through the door and it slammed hard against the opposite wall. He saw Black Rose on the floor gasping for breath and sweating like crazy. "Rose! What happened?" Deidara kneeled down beside her.
Black Rose gave a small chuckle. "Orochimaru-sama's snake turned out to really be poisonous. I can't heal myself or else the poison is going to stay in my body," she said.
Deidara picked her up bridal style and set her on her bed. "Here, let me help you," he said. He set his hands over her stomach and his hands turned blue with chakra. The venom was taken out and Black Rose sighed in relief. "Thanks, Deidara," she said.
"No problem, I know how Kabuto is. He's so damn jealous that you keep on being better in Orochimaru-sama's eyes, when you don't even try," said Deidara.
Black Rose gave a hollow smile. "Yeah. I know. Just because of my powers he has to treat me so well…" she said bitterly.
Deidara took this cue to leave. "Well…hope you feel better. Don't forget about tomorrow, we're going to train early in the morning so we can try to control…that thing of yours," he said.
Black Rose waved him off. "Yeah, yeah. I'll be there." The door closed behind Deidara. Black Rose put her hands together in a praying position and concentrated her chakra on her stomach. A purplish surrounded her wound as it healed and closed itself.
Black Rose sighed and stood up. She got some clean clothes and looked down at her bloodstained and ripped outfit. Guess Tomoe will have a lot of work to do, she thought. She then walked over to her bathroom and washed away all the caked blood and healed all of her wounds. She changed into her clean clothes and walked back into her bedroom. There wasn't anything else to do today. She had already gone through training and Orochimaru-sama probably doesn't have any missions for her today.
Black Rose turned to the small wooden desk against the wall. There held all of her old memories. She walked over and opened one of the small drawers. Years ago, Orochimaru punished her brutally if she ever made any notion or comment about her past. She learned to not talk about it anymore. But he always allowed her to keep her memories in that desk. She had no idea why but he did. Black Rose brushed her fingers against the soft light blue silky fabric. Oh that dress brought back memories. Memories that she wished she could go back to, but there was nothing she could do about that. Nobody has come for her in 6 years. She didn't expect anyone to come for her now.
That night Black Rose changed into her black over sized T-shirt and boy shorts. She learned long ago not to wear anything girlish to bed since most of the perverts tried to sneak in and rape her once they saw her pajamas…not that she let them. But still…she did miss her old girlish habits. And the memories of when she was little. What she would give to be able to go home and spend time with her family again. Black Rose drifted off to a dreamless sleep, not noticing how the moon wavered a bit before turning motionless.
Chapter 2
The sounds of metal crashing metal and the pained screams of shinobis dying reached Black Rose's sensitive ears. She shot up in bed and looked around the pitch-dark room, trying to figure out where the noise was coming from. She pinpointed the source and quickly got dressed into her kuonichi gear. She opened the door with care and slipped outside without making a single sound. Combining her thieving skills and the skills that Orochimaru taught her, Black Rose was the perfect assassin and perfect candidate for undercover missions. She slowly made her way down the dark hallway, not tripping or fumbling in the dark since she could see the hallway as perfectly as if it were shining bright under the sun.
Thudding reached her ears and that caused Black Rose to freeze on the spot. Something wasn't right. She could smell a strange scent in the air. It was so familiar but she couldn't quite place it. She sensed someone behind her. Turning around and drawing her swords to block the katana, Black Rose was faced with a familiar face from her past life. "Hiei…" The words slipped out of her mouth with a different tone than her normal cold and emotionless voice. The now MUCH taller man smirked at Black Rose as her dull dark blue eyes widened in recognition and surprise.
"Hn…I guess that you really do have Reisha's memories, don't you Kisara?" he asked as his katana was pushed farther towards her body as the grip on her twin blades loosened.
Black Rose snapped back into place when she heard her name come out of this man's mouth. She growled before pushed Hiei's katana back and getting into a ready position with her twin blades up. "Shut up, you don't know anything about me," said Black Rose with a cold edge.
Hiei smirked again. It was beginning to get on her nerves. "You ningens and your mood changes…I thought that you would want to go home after having to stay here and be taught under that snake."
Black Rose's eyes narrowed at the way Hiei talked about her master. "Don't you DARE talk about Orochimaru-sama like that," said Black Rose.
Hiei's crimson eyes widened then he narrowed them. "Then I guess I'm going to have to take you by force. It's been a long time since I've fought against you, Reisha. Don't make me disappointed," said Hiei.
Black Rose growled at Hiei before launching herself at him. She tried to slash him with one of her swords, but Hiei blocked it. Then she tried to twist around and hit him, but he disappeared. Hiei then reappeared in front of him with an enraged kuonichi in front of him. "First of all…" she growled as the fought, neither of them back down. "…my name is Black Rose!" Black Rose changed the grip of her blades that surprised Hiei for a moment that it allowed her to throw an aggressive punch and give the fire demon a slight cut where her blade grazed his cheek. "And second…" She disappeared from his sight. Hiei looked around, trying to pinpoint her location. "…this IS my home!" she threw a hard punch at his spine that caused Hiei to lurch forward and crash into the floor. He lay motionless as blood poured out of his back. Black Rose stood there panting heavily. The anger and pain that she kept bottled up for years was beginning to waken again. She had to calm down her anger or else she won't be able to fight off anybody else that came her way. A sharp pain erupted from her neck. Her eyes widened for a fraction before they closed slowly and her body fell forward. Strong hands caught her before she fell face down on the floor and Hiei's bloody body disappeared. Genjutsu… she thought. One of the oldest tricks in the book and she fell for it. Her eyes closed and darkness surrounded her.
She was running, running as fast as her legs could take her. The tree branches reached out to her as if to stop her from running. She frantically pushed them aside and kept panting as the sounds of loud footsteps reached her ears. They were gaining on her. Any moment now and she's going to die and nobody will be able to hear her scream as they tortured her. A stray root caught on her bare ankle, causing her to trip and fall face down. She couldn't get up and run anymore, her lungs hurt and her legs were already covered with cuts and a deep gash was on each calf. Her white dress was covered with dirt and blood and almost ripped into pieces. The men that were chasing her surrounded her and the leader crouched down near her face.
"Aww…Poor little girl is out of breathe and can't run anymore. No matter. That makes our job easier," he said with an evil sneer. Just then a huge vine, its width twice the size of her arm shot out of the ground and pierced the leader right in half. The woman covered her face so the demon's blood wouldn't get all over her. She felt some chunks of flesh fall on her light blue locks. "Boss!" the lackeys yelled. The woman looked up and saw more vines shot up from the ground, this time choking all the other demons. She sat up and picked the bloody pieces out of her hair.
"Such a beautiful woman shouldn't be chased by such low lives like them," said a deep and masculine voice.
The woman turned around and met a pair of golden eyes. A pair of silver ears popped out of the top of the man's silver locks. He had some kind of robe that showed off part of his chiseled chest. A long, elegant silver fox tail came out from around him. He kneeled down and the woman backed up a little. "Don't worry about me, my flower. I won't hurt you like those demons. Who would want to hurt such a stunning creature like you?" he said.
"W-who are you?" she gasped. The fox man gave a smile. "My name is Youko Kurama, what's yours?" "R-Reisha…"
Sunshine creaked through the heavy eyelids of the young woman. Black Rose sleepily opened her eyes and waited for a moment for the sun to stop blinding her. She sat up and the comfy comforter slid off her upper body. She took in her surroundings and realization hit her. This is my old room… she thought.
It hadn't change much except for the fact most of her younger, childish things have been moved out. A lone chest sat right against the end of the bed, a nightstand sat next to her king-sized bed. A small desk sat against the wall on her right. A door was next to it and another a few feet from her bed on the same wall. This is weird, they kidnap me but give me a room to stay in…and of all the rooms, it's the room I had when I was 5…where's the prison? she thought. But hey, Rose wouldn't complain about this. It WAS better than sleeping on the cold hard floor of the prison.
Black Rose sat against the headboard as she tried to decide whether this was a dream, a Genjutsu, or she was unconscious and someone was controlling her mind (hey, it can happen!) After a while, when listening to the sounds of the birds chirping and the sun hitting the exposed skin of her arms, she decided it was real. Might as well enjoy it while she could.
Black Rose got up and stepped through one of the doors. It led into a magnificent bathroom with a very large bathtub. She smiled as the bathtub brought back memories. She was too little to use it by herself so some of the maids had to watch the young girl as she took her bat. Black Rose shook these thoughts out of her head and turned the facet to let the hot water fill the large tub.
After taking a refreshing soak and washing all the dirt in her hair, she stepped out of the bathroom with her hair soaking wet and a towel wrapped around her body. Rose went to the closet and found most of her clothes from the Sound already hung up on the racks. She smiled for the first time in 10 years and chose a tight black tank top and baggy cargo pants. She grabbed one of her belts and tied it loosely on her hips. If she really was back in her home, then Rose thought that it would be safer to not put on her Sound headband. Things may end badly…
She was brushing her hair when the door opened and a woman with long blonde hair walked in. Black Rose got into a fighting position. She knew who this woman is. Orochimaru had assigned many spy missions that included her. "Don't worry Kisara. I'm not here to hurt you," said Tsunade.
Rose didn't relax. "How do you know my name?" she demanded. Never was she kidnapped or discovered in a mission or at the Sound. How could she find out that I was spying on her? And if she didn't…how does she know my name? Rose thought.
"She knows your name the same way I know yours, Kira-chan," said a masculine voice. Tsunade stepped aside to show a man with gray hair and half of his face covered by a black mask. His headband covered his felt eye and he had this laid back, almost carefree aura surrounding him, but she could tell that this man is dangerous. But Rose made no move to attack. Instead she raced forward and wrapped her arms around the man's body.
"Hatake-kun," she mumbled into his green jacket. The man's arms wrapped around her small and petite frame. "Kira-chan," said Kakashi.
A/N: I'M GROUNDED FOR A MONTH SO I CAN'T UPDATE FOR A WHILE. I'LL TRY TO GET CHAPTER 2 OUT AS SOON AS IM UNGROUNDED BUT I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING SINCE SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START SOON!
