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First Test & First Lesson

... I woke up from my sleep to my dark room that was still the same as when I went to sleep. My heart had sped up from the luxurious beat it had been signaled to me that something woke me up. I closed my eyes so it looked as if I went back to sleep but I could still see through my eyelashes and I relaxed my body back down as if I were still sleeping then waited.

A dark silhouette moved after several minutes. It grew as it came towards me quietly into that of a tall man. It looked just like the one in the forest, but this time it wasn't giving off the same curious aura. It gave off the sinister aura which spiked and the figure pulled back his arm with silent ease when I saw the glint of a blade.

He froze as if trying to make sure I was asleep. He waited and waited but I have learn patience very well from all the years in my prison and so I closed my eyes completely. My other sense strengthened and I focus on him.

He unfroze after a few minutes and move slowly closer until he was right over me. I felt chill of air the blade gave just by my face then I felt the cold metal on my cheek. I stayed there sleeping as if I didn't feel a thing. He lightly brushed the knife down my cheek without breaking the skin and when I didn't move he did the same with my neck. Still I kept my heart beat and breathe even in rhythmic slumber.

He pulled the knife back and I felt his intention to stab me so strongly that even a normal person could feel it and I kicked at his hand and his stomach which made him retreat to dodge my blows. He came back at me with a series of slashes.

I dodged them quickly and dove to the side off my bed to not be cornered against the wall.

He became like liquid with his attacks flowing from each miss straight into another attack. I was barely able to dodge them as I kept trying to land a few attacks myself. I rolled out of one attack into another where his blade cut shallowly into my arm before I moved away.

This man blended easily with the darkness and shadows of the room that now had the growing scent of fresh blood. He brought the knife up to his lips and licked my blood off the knife which sent a chill down my spine, by the predatory smile he gave me.

I ran towards the door but as I hoped he appeared in between me and the door. I used my speed that I built to kick the blade out of his hand and kick the back of his knees. I felt the strong muscles of his legs before they buckled against the pressure and knew this man was a ninja.

I rolled away from him towards the blade on the floor knowing I had little time until he recovers. I was just able to grab the blade when I felt him close in behind me with even more killing intent.

I blocked his next attack with the blade which turned out to be a kunai. We continued to attack each other with our blades, until he kicked me in the stomach that threw me across the room.

I could barely breathe as I looked up from the ground trying to force air into my lungs. He was standing over me with his kunai but as I caught my breath the room held strongly of blood. I could smell that I had made him bleed but whether it was a shallow cut or a deep one was still unknown in this dark room.

I could sense that he was disgusted by me and that he hated me for an unknown reason. I could just barely hear him whisper to himself "pathetic" which made me angry, but I quickly smothered the emotion and kicked out to put some distance between us.

This time the legs I hit were different from before… There must be two ninjas! I duck down and try to trip the one in front of me and rolled passed them both to the door.

I tried to open it with my back facing the door but it was locked and from what I can tell it was blocked on the other side.

I ducked as one threw a kunai at where my head was and dove to the right as the other went to cut my stomach. I just barely got away from them when they attacked again.

Their teamwork was good but I noticed that there was hesitation as if one was watching the other before attacking. Orochimaru is one of the ninjas that are attacking me but who it the other? It does not feel like Kabuto. I won't last long with how quick we are fighting and that they are slowly learning my fighting technique.

I was able to spot a weapons bag on one of their legs from a flash on the kunai. I ran and rolled as if I was trying to get away but used the kunai I had to cut the bag free. I used the distraction of my roll to catch the bag and bring it close to me.

I let one of them kick me which threw me across the room again and gave me time to see what was in the bag.

There were several throwing stars, several exploding tags, string thin cable, and matches. I closed my eyes for a moment and by memory and instinct I threw some cables weighed by a throwing star and a few exploding tags strung on them. I threw several more cables and to them it seemed to be in random places but to me it is a designed trap.

I dove under all the cables right to their feet so that they would not trigger any of them just yet. I started fighting with them using purely taijutsu and when one jumped back to dodge my blow, he triggered the exploding tags there. Using the flash of the explosions I moved behind the other and hit him hard with the blunt part of my kunai on the back of his head and stomach.

He fell lump but I was unable to check if he was faking it or not for the other kicked me hard into the wall behind me but getting himself caught in my trap.

I could hear him trying to wiggle himself out or trying to cut the cables. I lit one of the matches from the weapons pouch to see that he was indeed trapped by the cables and unharmed from the explosion earlier.

Before me was Orochimaru and the one on the floor had a mask on but from what I could tell from the silver hair my guess is that it was actually Kabuto.

Orochimaru laughed in amusement at being caught in the cables and in the light I was able to see that I did give them both a few cuts all were shallow. I did not let down my guard yet for how dangerous I knew that they could be that this wasn't over.

The trap I set for them made one if not both be caught in the middle of the room encircled with cables and the rest of the exploding tags. If you looked at it from above you would see it would show the design of snake eating the captured.

When Orochimaru stopped laughing he smiled and said "Well done. But do not think that this is enough..." He somehow cut some of the cables and all the exploding tags moved to the ceiling and exploded.

I used the falling of rocks to escape through the hole that was created. I move far enough that I was out of reach of the hole and passed the wall that ended my room. Not much later did Orochimaru come out and laughed again. He said "Yesss. I see why the joinin were after you. You are truly a strong child. Now let's see how well you do out on the open and in ninjutsu!"

He threw several wind jutsu at me which I was unable to fully dodge and took a lot of damage. I did the hand seals for the only ninjutsu that I could do with the amount of chakra I have and still have enough for later in battle. It is Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique).

He laughs and used a summoning jutsu and when the clouds cleared he was on top of a giant purple snake! He jumps off and the snake attacks me and my clones. Until it was just me and Orochimaru again but it felt off for I did not see the snake dispel.

"Kai!" I said as I jumped high and I was just in time for the giant purple snake hit the ground where I once was. I threw some of the throwing stars at the snake and Orochimaru. They both dodged as I landed far from them but the snake was faster than I thought for he hit me once I landed. I flew back from the force and stopped just in time to fight some of Orochimaru's clones.

I just barely defeated them when the back of my legs were hit making them buckled and I pushed back so instead of falling into the attack Orochimaru had I fell back. I tried to block his next attack but the kunai only made it so the sword did not hit its intended target, my heart, but does into my shoulder instead.

...

We stayed that way for a while. Then Orochimaru said "I had high expectations that you were unable to meet. You need a lot more training to be more than an average ninja. The trap with the exploding tags was interesting."

He pulled his sword out of my shoulder and swallowed the blade. Kabuto will treat your injuries then I will teach you, your first lesson.

Kabuto came over and quickly healed my injuries though he seemed a little mad that I tried to knock him out. I wonder if I actually did knock him out especially since he is so upset about it. I need to learn medical ninjutsu and knowledge.

We were in an empty room that seemed to be for training or to keep wild animals for there were marks on the walls. We are still in the orange stone underground base, but this was a room close to my own which was repaired by Orochimaru.

Kabuto stood in the corner to my right behind Orochimaru. He seemed bored and a little irritated. Orochimaru stood in front of me in the middle of the room.

Orochimaru said "Your first lesson is taijutsu. I will leave two clones here and you are to spar with one of them until you defeat one as the other watches. Neither of you will be using weapons."

After he said that he made the said two clones. One went to stand in the other corner behind the original Orochimaru while the other came to stand in front of me. Orochimaru then left and the clone before me started attacking me.

This clone was not going to go easy on me. I dodged as many of the attacks as I could but was unable to dodge many and where he hit me bursted with pain. He continued to attack me without letting up. I should try to figure out weakness in this fighting style/technique before I take too much more damage.

I kept dodging and tried to block a few blows but it only made the pain worse. I tried to attack but the clone kicked me hard enough to throw me into the wall. I barely had a second before he started attacking again.

Left punch, right punch, from above, side kick, jump back, then mix all moves in a different order. So fast. I can barely keep up. His movements are getting easier to predict. He must think I am in too much pain realize it.

During the time I was watching and thinking I was kicked twice into the wall and had to roll away before he kicked me into the ground. He kept attacking as if he didn't know any defense.

I glanced once at Kabuto in the corner while I dodged he seemed to be studying me. Damn! Everything hurts, if only these were not clones that shared what they learned and Kabuto wasn't here!

I tried to attack when I thought I saw an opening but did it slowly so it seemed that I was pushing the pain away to try and that I just got my focus back. I missed but the clone kicked me into the wall harder than before.

The clone waited for me to cough up some blood and I heard Kabuto move as if he was going to come over to check on me. I looked up and glared at the clone as I slowly got up and wiped the blood from my mouth. I winced from the broken ribs I had moved. Ow! I am not going to give up yet!

I nodded at the clone and we continued to "spar" as Orochimaru put it. I was slowing down from all the injuries and from the broken bones. I still kept on fighting. I was barely able to stand after the clone kicked me into the wall again but I would not let the pain stop me as I continue to try to hit him.

The sounds of our spar was mostly my blocks to his attacks not that I am too injured to dodge them. I saw he was going for a finishing blow so I saved my strength so I could move away just in time to dodge.

After I dodged I kicked him and barely touched him before he jumped back. He stumbled a bit more away in shock. I smiled at him and spat blood at his feet. He in retaliation kicked me into the wall again. I coughed up more blood and before either of us could move Kabuto was by my side.

He said "Don't move. This spar is over." He started to heal my injuries as I leaned against the wall to keep myself upright and to ease some of the pain. I closed my eyes and relaxed so the pain washed over me and I know what was injured.

After Kabuto healed me enough to move me, he picked me up and took me to my room.

He healed me a little more and asked in a very irritated voice "Why are you smiling?" I replied "I was able to almost kick him." He replied in an even more angry tone "One hit with the cost of almost dying with many injuries. You are an idiot."

I looked him in the eyes smiling and said "Even only one hit can kill you."

He shook his head and told me to sleep and no to move much or my injuries won't heal. Then he went out the door after Orochimaru came in. Orochimaru said "I like that you don't give up easy, but you need to learn more and get stronger before you could be free."

Then he left closing and locking my door which put my room in darkness. I had stop smiling with Kabuto got angry but now in my dark room I smiled once more. I was almost able to kick the clone even with holding practically everything back. Orochimaru may be strong and smart but I hope he really thinks I am that weak.

I closed my eyes to slow the natural fast healing my body learn to do in my prison to that of a normal ninja then fell asleep with my last thought before sleep took me:

I can't let myself heal faster than normal ninjas or they will suspect something.

Outside my door Orochimaru and Kabuto waited until I fell asleep before walking away talking.

Kabuto started the conversation with "She is weak and an idiot."

Orochimaru "She is not an idiot."

Kabuto "She almost go herself killed!"

Orochimaru "She almost kicked my clone after two hours of fighting with many injuries."

Kabuto "You clone was going easy on her."

Orochimaru waved his comment away then Kabuto walked away to write his report about the fight for their records.

Orochimaru thought to himself while he continue to walk away:

My clone was not going easy on her….

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