Hey guys! Thanks for reading. I'm sorry I didn't write this LAST NIGHT it was just I was babysitting. The kid was actually very well behaved. Okay, so, here it is? Yeah.

OH RIGHT.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Whoopsies…

Sweat dripped down Sachi's forehead. She quickly put her arm up in defense from a kunai swiftly headed her way. It was soft tipped, so it didn't hurt as much, but this time after time could get quite bothersome. She dodged to the left, but her opponent quickly followed and continued sending the kunai her way. She had tried dodging several times before, but it hadn't worked. So why had she tried it again? She was desperate. What hurt even more then her opponent's kunai were his words.

"So this is what I get? Hmmph. And I thought you were skilled." Yep, she was training against Orochimaru. He was definitely better then her, but he didn't need to rub it in! Sachi practiced long, hard hours to be able to succeed, but she guessed all of that had gone to waste- though she still had a trick or two up her sleeve.

"Sharingan!" She whispered. After her sharingan was activated, she seemed to move much faster. It was insane, she knew, how much she depended on her kekkei genkai to get out of bad situations. She hoped Orochimaru would back off when she activated her sharingan. But, apparently, that was what he wanted to see. Smirking, he disappeared, causing Sachi to pause for a moment. Think, Sachi tried to focus, though she was sure she could hear her heart beating in her ears, Where is he? Behind me? No, too predictable… I have it!

Sachi darted to the left just in time to dodge the barrage of POINTED kunai that seemed to be raining on the spot she had previously inhabited.

"So," Orochimaru's voice cut through the silence "You are better then I gave you credit for. We'll see, we'll see." And he disappeared before Sachi could say another word- well, actually, before she could say a word. She hadn't said a word to Orochimaru during the training.

And this was how it was. Sachi had been at Orochimaru's "Lair" for almost a year now. They trained constantly, and she couldn't say she hadn't improved. Orochimaru was definitely a difficult opponent to defeat. He had mastered many jutsus, and didn't even have to try to defeat Sachi. She didn't mind getting beaten so many times in a row, or the marks the kunai- fake or real- left all over her body. She did, however, loathe his words. He put her down, telling her she would never amount to anything if she didn't try harder. And she was beginning to believe him.

Sachi began training on her own, as well as with Orochimaru, 400 sit-ups minimum per day- no food or water until she was finished with them. Kabuto often supplied her source of food. She was not allowed anywhere but her room and the training room, which was next door. She wondered why these limits had been set, and then understood that Orochimaru didn't trust her yet. She had come a long time ago, and had still not seen her brother.

Maybe Orochimaru wanted to build up trust in her. He did not seem like the kind of person to trust anyone, except maybe Kabuto. So how would she gain his trust? She wanted to go outside of this place. She wanted to see her brother, she wanted to see Dai… But how?

The answer presented itself to Sachi the next day. Mm, Sachi thought as she looked out the small window placed in her "room", A beautiful day. And it was. The sun streamed in the window, sending it's light rays all across the room. Sachi was soaking up the sun rays, when a light knock ended the silence. She expected to see Kabuto at the door, pushing up his glasses, bringing her food. But, instead, when the door opened, she saw Orochimaru.

"You're coming with me today, okay? Keep your wits about you." Sachi nodded. "Okay?" Sachi responded, confused.

"You will call me Lord Orochimaru. You will represent me. If I tell you too kill, you will kill. If I tell you too stop, you will stop. I control you. If," he said, pretending to hesitate, "You ever want to see that Gaara boy and your brother alive." When Sachi replied with a gasp, he did that horrible, gut-churning smirk. Then Sachi realized something she had been very blind to before- Orochimaru did, undoubtedly, control her life.

"Yes, Lord Orochimaru." She was in no mood to argue, especially with Orochimaru. Her stomach hurt a huge amount, and she had a feeling her stomach lining had torn. But, pain was part of life, and Sachi learned she must accept it far earlier on in life. With a nod, Orochimaru walked out the door, meaning Sachi should follow him. So she did. There was nothing really special outside of her room, Sachi learned. It was a plain room; white walls, cement floor. There was no laboratory, or dead bodies, or something that you might except to see in a place like Orochimaru's. Then Sachi stepped outside and realized that obviously Orochimaru's lab wouldn't be so close to where he chose to let her sleep. It was probably underground somewhere, or something like that.

Orochimaru raced through trees and foliage, going at an inhuman speed. So naturally, Sachi could keep up. Speed was a strength of hers, and the only thing she could almost match Orochimaru at. They were racing through forests and plains and so on for a long time, before they finally came to a stop. It was a hill overlooking a large forest.

"They call it the Forest Of Death." Orochimaru said, speaking for the first time in a long time. It was hard to hear him, though, because Sachi was panting so long. How many villages had they gone through? She was exhausted! "Quit that panting, weakling. It only gets harder from here on out." And with that, they sped off towards the forest, going so fast they were undetected.

Arriving finally in the forest, Orochimaru motioned for Sachi too be silent, and she obeyed. She was filled with fear of messing up, and having Gaara or Dai killed before she could say goodbye, or even, in Dai's case, hello. Orochimaru left Sachi alone by herself, leaving the forest. There was the occasional rustling of grass and so on, but Sachi was relatively sure there was no one in the forest except herself.

What seemed like hours later, though was probably only an hour or so, Orochimaru came back. Well, she thought was Orochimaru. It was a female grass ninja, with a menacing look on her face. She motioned for Sachi too follow her, meaning she was definitely Orochimaru. But how had he…? Wonders never ceased.

Sachi followed the ninja, and was then once again left alone. She heard people pass by occasionally, but she was high up in the trees, and an excellent person at hiding, so no one noticed her.

Then Sachi heard a crash, which she remembered, as Orochimaru had said before, on the trip here, was her cue. So she did what she had been told to do- she sprung in to action. Maybe she wouldn't screw this up- maybe…

Hey guys! Took me FOREVER too put this up, but you know, it's hard.

Final exams and such. xD