"You did WHAT?!"

The red headed vampire stood impassive as he studied the young woman sitting in front of him. She looked no younger than eighteen, her brown hair up in a hairclip and her sapphire blue eyes hidden behind shades. His fast strides had taken him from Romania to Japan in the matter of hours, as if he could drive as fast as he walked.

"You just sentenced her to death out there, Agni! What the hell were ya thinkin'?!" Her English sounded like she was from the South as thick as the accent was.

"Thy never said thou wanted me to bring the lass here," Agni said as he sweat dropped.

The brunette girl sighed shutting her eyes. "Go get her," she said. "I'll have a room ready."

Agni bowed to her and briskly walked off.

"Few thousand years has knocked him off his rocker," the girl muttered as she put a hand to a bandage on her neck. She rested her head on the cool glass of the office window. "I gotta tell Brother and Nii-sama. I'm sure Brother would be interested to know she survived." She stared off at the cloudy sky. "Just the beginnin'…these damn prophecies are gettin' to me." She rubbed her temples as she turned leaving the office resuming her job as a doctor.

Could she even remember the first time she met Anya Helsing?

No, unfortunately not. The bite kept that memory. But it was rumored she was there…that night…or rather what started that day.

She bit her lip a moment. This only made the bite under the bandages sting even more than it did. She was lucky to even be able to show up at work like this, a year of struggling to train herself to even gain control, only to find out that half vampires were even more dangerous than full.

But then there was that Chosen One mess she had to deal with.

For now, she had a werewolf to focus on in a few hours.

Anya lay in the bed unconscious. The bite was just now settling into her skin, as it hadn't been a full 24 hours yet and her skin was taking on a hotter temperature than it was since she was bitten. The bespectacled boy monitored her progress as he wrote a few things down on a clipboard.

Orochimaru walked in. "What's her chances?" he asked turning his snake like eyes on the boy with gray hair.

Kabuto studied his master a moment as he looked at the clipboard. "She'll survive," he said a bit more crisply than he should have, causing the older man to blink his way.

"What's wrong?" Orochimaru asked curiously.

"Why chose a foreign girl?" Kabuto asked frowning. "Especially one who's skills aren't even appropriate to a ninja land? Besides, I thought Anko and I were your prized students."

"Jealousy isn't becoming of you, Kabuto," Orochimaru said as he frowned. "She shows favor and more promise than Anko. It will do you good to know that you'll be working alongside her providing she survives." He walked to him and lifted his chin up with a fingertip. "You act like she'll come between us," he whispered his lips close to the younger boy's.

"I never said that," Kabuto whispered caught up in this to momentarily forget of the patient.

"Good," Orochimaru said as he pulled away and walked off.

"Damn tease," Kabuto grumbled as he returned to his work. After all, what did he have to worry on? This girl wasn't out to win Orochimaru's affections. She was there to learn a thing or two…or three. He shook his head and then looked at the guns she had come with. His instinct told him to lock them away, but he chose not to.

By the end of 24 hours, Kabuto was now in bed asleep when an alarm went off suddenly causing him to sit upright like he had been shot. He grabbed his glasses and rushed to see that the bed Anya had occupied was empty and the door swinging open. He raised an eyebrow and saw Orochimaru walking at a casual pace, shirtless with just a pair of sweatpants on.

Not a bad wake up call in his eyes.

Anya was walking slowly and somewhat unsteadily as she looked around with wild eyes not used to so much underground caverns. She had awoke from the death sleep and was now dazed and confused. She put a hand to her head as she walked in a haze. She suddenly felt a hand ease on her shoulder as she whipped around to slap it away, but less than gracefully spun and landed on her butt.

Orochimaru chuckled as he knelt down. "Such a timid little wolf," he said. "You still have much to recover from." He moved and lifted her up bridal style.

"W-What did you do to me?" Anya whispered, her own voice sounding hoarse.

"I added a special seal to you," Orochimaru said. "One I'm sure you'll find helpful in coming days. However, it's also a mark to keep an eye on you…so you will come as I see fit."

"In other words, you contained me," Anya whispered. "Like a dog in a kennel."

"Uncaged of course," Orochimaru reassured her laying her down again. "One would be stupid to cage a wolf."

Anya looked seeing Kabuto standing nearby. "W-What's his problem?" she whispered noticing he had a look that if it could kill, she'd be turning in a grave.

"Don't worry on him," he said and covered her eyes as he made her go back to sleep using a genjutsu. He then turned to look at Kabuto. "I'll handle her for now." He seemed to dismiss the young man's look as Kabuto turned to walk to his room. A certain slam of a door let Orochimaru know that he had a pissed off teenager on his hands.

Well, he had to start somewhere.

Orochimaru began training Anya almost immediately. He led her outside into a dense forest to begin the basics as she looked at him like he was a fruitcake.

"Ninjas are real?" she asked almost skeptical.

"Yes we are," Orochimaru said. "We're not like the ones you've probably heard of."

Anya muttered something in German and resumed the position he had her standing in. Yet suddenly she found herself defending herself from a barrage of blows. Her reflexes were unlike any he had seen as the girl actually rolled out of the way and held both pistols out at him warningly.

"Here we don't use guns," Orochimaru said. "You'll need to learn another weapon in order to train. What other experience do you have?"

Anya stood straight putting the guns on her hips. "I…know some swords," she admitted finally.

"Swords," he repeated. "And you're a slayer?"

"Of the damned," Anya said proudly. "I'm a great sharpshooter and-"

"Yes, yes, we'll figure that out later," Orochimaru said effectively shutting the girl up before she went into her bragging rights. Obviously she could be a chatterbox given the chance, but he would teach her otherwise. She was a year younger than most students would start as genin. But at the rate he needed to take her, he would have her signed up for the Chunin Exams.

But first the basics…which she seemed to catch onto like a mouse to cheese.

Orochimaru could see that the girl was more comfortable with her guns, which proved to be a problem. Yet one evening, he watched her train with them, no bullets in them, but was able to shoot at objects, using a glowing aqua colored "bullet" made purely of her chakra. She was now around fourteen when this invention was created. She was learning earth jutsu due to the wolf in her, but he seemed intrigued by her new creation.

"What do you call it?" he asked sitting down on a rock.

"Orochimaru-sensei!" Anya blinked. "You startled me."

"Who else would be out here?" he asked with a shrug of his shoulder.

"Kabuto being a jerk," she said.

"I'm not a jerk, I hope?"

Anya shook her head so fast, her black curls fell into her face.

He chuckled. "Intrigue me with this."

Anya lowered her gun and moved to sit down. "There's nothing here to make bullets," she explained. "So one day, I got to do some spying in some other villages and saw how I think his name was Asuma or something, was able to use his chakra into his knuckle blades to aide him in fight. So I checked into some scrolls and found out about this."

Orochimaru raised a brow. "I hope you weren't caught," he said. "You know how I feel about your wanderlust."

"I stayed in wolf form," Anya said. Over the years, she had learned to transform at will, not just on the night of a full moon. Yet sometimes, this backfired and she was stuck in her wolf form for a few hours to a few days, depending on the situation.

"Anyway, after study and practice, I came up with a chakra bullet," she continued. "I focus my chakra into my guns and fire, like I would naturally and it would have the same impact as a regular bullet would." To demonstrate, she immediately drew her weapon and pointed it at a tree as her gun took on the aqua color glow the bullet firing as the tree seemed to explode on impact.

"Impressive!" Orochimaru complimented her. "Pretty soon, you'll be ready to start your first mission!"

Anya beamed proudly at this. Yet she studied him. "Isn't it time for your new body, Master?"

"Soon," Orochimaru said. "The body I wish for isn't ready. Soon however, it will be, but Kabuto has gone to find me a replacement until the time is needed."

Anya nodded her head listening.

"And while I am incapacitated, your mission will begin," he said seriously. "I need you to go to Suna. They apparently have a visitor from another country as well. You will study her and tell me of her power. I need to know if it'll be a threat to me when I finish my plans to invade their country for defying me at the exams."

"Power?" Anya asked. "Is she of the damned?"

"No," Orochimaru said as he stood up and walked with her. "She's of science." He put a hand on her shoulder. "My intelligence says that she has been able to communicate with the one tailed Shukaku. If she's able to do that, she could have other abilities we can take from her."

Anya nodded. "So you wish a sample of her blood."

"Now you're catching on," he said and smirked. "My good girl. You make me proud."

Anya actually blushed from that compliment. "Thank you, sir."

"Now then," he said as they approached the hideout. "Let's prepare you for your trip, shall we?"