AN.

Warning about Tokina's general attitude. Oh, she is going to be a douche this fight. Like, so douchey you wouldn't even believe.

I looked at Kakashi who was giving his Tantō a casual once over. The bitch-sensei began to bark. "The first one to strike from the opponent's attack wins! Since you guys are so high and mighty, I might need to require you to shout your jutsu names so I can stop you.

Dog-sensei who should be fired from his job, effective immediately eyed us sadistically because who wouldn't if they made a living out of teaching children how to kill each other?

"Begin!"

Kakashi ran forward as I activated my Byakugan. He managed to cut off a strand of my hair when I roughly side stepped to avoid my left arm from detaching. Holy shit this bitch is out to kill. He skidded to a halt, eyeing me with faint amusement. Probably expected that hit to land, huh? I did the handseals, put some blood on the butterfly seal on my middle finger and clapped.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

Butterflies exploded from my clasped hands, fluttering to Kakashi in speeds that could rival a kunai in the air, instantly overwhelming the Kakashi that was mid-air, trying to cut my head off with his tantō (an actual fucking tantō in a spar. Minato, put your puppy on a damn leash.), shone a white light before slashing his way out of the butterfly coffin. I blinked before shaking my head out of the funk. That looked majestic though. No, no, Tokina. You don't want another asshole or a twin sister named "bisected other half" now do we?" We would probably fight over meals or some shit. Less observe-y, more do-ey please! Snapping out of it, I channeled more chakra into the butterfly seal, my body whirled with a pre-made substitute, ready to be used if ever a physical attack hit me. I need time to prepare my 11 handseal genjutsu, though. I ran around the field, Kakashi doing the same. I threw a senbons to the side, missing him purposely. He dumbly kept his eyes on the senbons and not the girl approaching him. I pounced, my hands meeting metal disappointingly.

Dammit!

Using his tantō to block my multitude of Jyūken hits, he tried to punch me square in the face only to hit thin air and a bunch of butterflies. Hehehe, I can see how trickery can be fun now. Naruto had something going on with the whole prank thing. The butterflies began trapping and distracting Kakashi, absorbing his chakra continuously but only for a bit. I 'manifested' back into the world, monarchs seemingly making out my body. He might be faster and stronger and could use ninjutsu but I was probably smarter and definitely more creative and had the chakra capacity to keep this up and a Mangyekō no Yume. I still had a lot to learn about the Mangyekō Illusion series but doing basic things like the Academy Three with Butterflies (substitution, body flicker, and clones) is a big stepping stone for a formidable ninja that could not Ninjutsu for her life.

Which was depressing in a world where a bigass fireballs and hands encased in lightning is as normal as people walking down a street.

The cocoon of butterflies that could have made an Aburame member froth with glee shook ominously. I watched as the boy slashed out of it, the white streak of light as well as the colorful butterflies was an image to behold. Apparently, his fangirls (and fanboys, I won't judge.) thought the same as they cheered and let out multiple sounds of 'ooohs' and 'aaahs.'

I couldn't help but feel a little bit petty. And what, vanishing into and manifesting into butterflies wasn't good enough for them? I was trying, dammit! Butterflies are cool, too you know! They pollinate shit and make the world go round so you selfish pricks can eat your damn cereal with your anti-Khaki shirts and silver licking spoons!

"So, do I need to get serious or what?" He bit out arrogantly as he dusted out monarch wings and bodies from his shirt. I heard snickers from the children and cheers from the others, all yelling Hatake Kakashi. Oh, and Khaki-Kina but I was trying to ignore that. What the hell did I do to deserve this? I used my Byakugan to check that 1/4 of his chakra has already been lost and that's not really a lot. I could stall for him to succumb to chakra exhaustion or I could rush in, using my light feet and just go in there and boop him with a senbons there and then. I still have most of my really big chakra reserves anyway. Physical endurance is not my strong suit but out-chakra'ing him? I could damn well try. Amidst the Hatake Kakashi's I could make out a young boy and a high pitched girl, screaming their lungs out to try and out cheer the whole classroom.

"GO KINA-CHAN! WHOOP HIS ASS." Was the only positive cheer I heard.

I couldn't help but immaturely snicker at his language. Okay, he was trained by Yellow Flash; I was trained by Orochimaru of the Sanin. I have bigger chakra reserves and a creative mind and not to mention x-ray eyes as my birthright and I'm damn well sure he does not know any genjutsu. I can so whoop this prodigy's ass!

With the newfound resolution from that only came from shounen anime, he rushed forward as I ran away, doing seals all the while.

Bird-ram-tiger-bird-dragon-bird-

He jumped to me with the intent of canceling my jutsu, throwing kunai and shuriken at his wake. I rolled and dodged just like in practice. I still can't passively pour in chakra to my seal so I can remain intangible so I had to multitask running, dodging and continuing the genjutsu Akinosuke taught to me through his butterflies. It wasn't as effective as the jutsu Akinosuke used on Orochimaru because, hello, he was the damned father of it, and it wasn't as complex but mastering this monster was a baby step to making layered genjutsu Akinosuke keeps on dotting about.

"She-She's still continuing!" One of the kids said, awestruck as I continued running around, dodging and turning away from his slashes and kunai (which were overkill by the way, why wasn't doggy-sensei saying anything?)

-snake-rat-bird-tiger-dragon, clasp your hands with passion and…!

"Mangyekō Illusion: World of Butterflies!"

Kakashi watched tensely and wide eyed as the crowd, the school, the world around him melted into colored wings and beautiful monarchs of all colors, leaving a black world in its wake. Keeping my hands clasped together, I focused on the images that were flooding into me.

"Mangyekō Illusions uses the person's memories as the paper. You can alter their perception of time, what they see, what they hear, what they feel." The butterfly king's voice echoed in my mind. '"World of Butterflies isn't Mangyekō Dream in a sense hit a weaker version of it consisting of three World of Butterflies; I temporarily give you the tools you need to break your opponents mind, which is their memories. It's up to you on how to use it." I remembered Akinosuke's explanation for it, shoving aside the memories of him doing normal shit.

I focused on a specific memory that I will bound to forget as per jutsu standard. The world of darkness melted away to a rainy day inside a room not familiar to me. Kakashi looked alert and tried to sense invisible me, keeping still and focusing my chakra control to keep the illusion. The door opened to reveal a tired man with white hair who looked at Kakashi lovingly. First, make him feel cold because, duh it's fucking raining. Make the illusion, trick his chakra and feelings. Now think of a script. I don't have the time and experience to study his speech patterns but I'll make do. Oh god, my head hurts. Focus, Tokina. You can damn well do this. Your ran through Konoha for this shit!

"Kakashi..." Sakumo whispered to him softly.

"P-papa?" He said reluctantly and wide eyed. He dropped the tantō.

You're a baby. The suicide never happened. Your father is very proud of you. Sakumo loves you dearly. I focused on that all the while I kept my hands clasped together as I tried to silently walk behind his back, pouring my chakra and control into keeping the Illusion as real as possible. It wasn't as strong as Tsukiyomi in a sense. I have to pour all my focus in it and unlike the Tsukiyomi, outside forces can dispel it. I walked behind him as he stared as his dad. I felt really bad for using this memory but it was the only one I could find that could…hurt him. It would have been easier if he was a nobody but making one of my favorite characters (even if he is a brat right now) feel like scum makes me feel like scum.

But hey, I was used to feeling scummy. I was in a perpetual state of scum-iness anyway.

"Papa, I..." He muttered as he looked down on his feet. Sakumo crouched down and lifted the younger Hatake's head. "Kakashi, it's okay." He muttered into his ear. I approached the younger boy guiltily. Abusing his memories is going to bite me in the butt, I can feel it. As I steadily got closer to Kakashi in my genjutsu I couldn't help but hear.

"IT'S A GENJUTSU! SNAP OUT OF IT!"

I furrowed my eyebrows and tried my best to keep the world intact. Kakashi perked up and looked around the illusion uncertainly. "Huh?" He widened his eyes as I felt a rock collide at the back my head.

Ow. That hurt.

"MITARASHI-SAN, THAT WASN'T FUNNY!" Rin's highpitched voice said through the cackling.

The world vanished into butterflies, leaving a shell shocked Hatake and a "you have got to be kidding me" faced me. Holy fucking shit. Trained under the Orochimaru and my focus was lost by a dumb pebble?! Kakashi snapped out of it and with a glare of a thousand suns, engaged in high speed taijutsu. My eyes widened as I rushed myself to pour enough chakra to speed myself up, all the while trying to dodge the boy's strikes laced with fury and personal anger.

"Think it's funny to mess with my memories, huh?" He snarled angrily as I jumped away from his sweep kick. He picked up his tantō whole he was running and with a lot of chakra that was basically a body flicker now, he kicked me straight in the stomach, the impact causing me to skid to the floor. I groaned in pain and clutched my stomach. I probably deserved that

Ow...

"Hatake Kakashi wins!" Dog-sensei announced loudly, slight relief lacing his voice. The cheers of children flooded my ears as I felt two familiar arms and hands prop me up.

"That was amazing Kina-chan!" Obito cheered as he whooped. I smiled at the kid who started this mess in the first place. "I always thought genjutsu was a weak man'a ninjutsu but boy did you prove me wrong!"

Rin smiled up at me. "Yeah! Those butterflies were really pretty as well! Too bad, though. If it wasn't for Mitarashi-san and her dumb pranks, you so could have beaten Kakashi-kun!" Despite cheering for me she looked at the silver haired kid with longing before sighing dreamily. "Ah, Kakashi-kun...so cool." She wistfully said. I stood up and after a few seconds (57 seconds too long) I healed up my stomach from his chakra empowered kick. I deeply sighed. I did my best. Is that what matters? I shrugged at the face of myself doubt.

Whatever, Butterflies are still the shit, though. Pollinating our crops and shit.

I stole a glance at the now genin silver haired kid. He seemed to combine a glare and sneer effectively before drowning in his fangirls sans Rin who was inching to be with him as well, much to Obito's displeasure. I feel like Hatake Kakashi right now is a man of grudges and oh-boy I sure hope I wasn't the first one to enter that list. I wonder how Shishou's going to react?

Orochimaru is such a jackass. "I know you can handle D-ranked missions alone. It is just mostly manual labor." He said at the first day of my new genin days, my forehead protector slung around my neck because it felt itchy protecting the part that it's supposed to protect. Besides, I doubt it would protect me from a kunai anyway. If I got hit in the head, I probably deserved it. "After all, you are my apprentice." He then vanished, leaving me to weed, build, and baby-sit all by my own.

You could at least help your new Genin before leaving off to, I don't know, kidnap said babies or something. The scariest part is that he might be actually doing that now.

Or eating ramen in a dark corner. You can't really tell with that guy. Bitch tricks me into thinking he's scared of flies for god's sake. He has too much free time for a guy that murders people when he's bored.

After the weeding of another house, I went back to the Hokage's office and bowed a greeting. The Third smiled "Orochimaru's apprentice, right?" I nodded, butterflies fluttering on each side o my shoulder. "Yes, Hokage-sama." He shuffled a bunch of papers and handed me a D-rank mission. Retrieve the cat of the noble whats-his-name. I sighed and muttered "I could have sworn I caught him last week ago." The Third chuckled. I muttered a thank you and left.

After I caught the demon in under an hour (which I had no patience for, and summoned butterflies to snare his furry demon ass.) I immediately reported back to the Hokage. Already the third D-rank mission today, "Collect your payment at the secretary and next time…" he sighed deeply and gave me an exasperated look. "…Tell my wayward student to be with you, next time. It is is responsibility to look after you." I smiled and bowed. Snake-shishou told me to meet him at training ground six after my D-ranks, the lazy ass. Skipping to the fun part (only for him) and not enduring the endless weeds (not the good kind) and wood (also not the good kind. Well, it wouldn't be good for me until I reach at least 18 years old but…). The afternoon sun suddenly blared when I got to training ground six. Huh. I wonder...

"Kai." I muttered, releasing the genjutsu I was in. Training ground six immediately darkened yet the purple and yellow sky stayed the same. I heard slow clapping at my back. "Congratulations. You survived D-Ranks." He taunted with a raised eyebrow. I sighed, "Hokage-sama wants you to be with my next time, Shishou." I closed and rolled my eyes. I turned around at the smug looking man across me. "I do not have time for menial paperwork." He waved his hands as if to dismiss the thought. "I have..." He drawled and unpocketed a strange vial. "Your promotion present." He finished.

He handed me the strange vial containing murky white...syrup. It looks absolutely horrendous, disgusting and comparable to fucking Guano. "It's an antibody I created a long time ago. It will counteract…most of the poison known to Shinobi." He smirked at his genius. Well that seemed useful. I pulled out the cork and sniffed the shit.

He didn't mention that it could kill. Jesus, that smell.

He motioned me to continue and with a heavy heart, I gulped it down quickly. The hot liquid burned my throat. I clasped it. "Of course I added a little extra. I small boost in power, so to say. It's in the testing stages but with a few test subjects here and there, the power to rival a Jinchūriki can be obtained."

I paled visibly. Don't fucking tell me…

I drank the first stages of the Cursed Seal of Heaven?! Holy fucking fuck. First of all, I do not want mentor-slash-mass murderer biting me. That is fucked up on so many levels, secondly I don't want to his...his...Fucking Horcrux or whatever! If this seal was public knowledge I swear by Anko's saggy left tit that having it on your body would be worst than having a demon in your stomach. No. It would be like the devil himself breathing down your neck. I shuddered. He took a step near me.

"Oh? Why so pale, Tokina-chan?" He drawled slowly as he took slow but long strides "I'm sure you've been eating properly." He took another step, I stepped back, my eyes probably wide and fearful, I felt my hand shake in fear because, no, I do not want to be a monster.

"No, I know why you're pale. You, Hyūga Tokina are scared," he tilted his head and with extreme speed, he caught up to me and got my chin and raised it up. Cold yellow eyes suddenly invaded my vision. "But why would you be scared? I am your shishou, Tokina-chan." He let go of my chin and favored walking in circles, resembling a snake coiling her prey. The air felt colder suddenly as more butterflies gathered around near me. "Mentors are to be trusted by their cute little apprentices, are they not?" He said mock thoughtfully. "You're scared because you know." He calmly whispered his voiced taking an entirely new timbre yet his smile widened. My legs felt like they're going to give and the air felt really dry, every breath I took seem to scald my throat. How did he know? I haven't spoken to him about that! Sure he gave me a few hints, with all his immortality bullshit but I am pretty sure he cannot read minds! "You know what I have been doing behind your back, behind everyone's back. You know I have been doing what is..." He waved his hand, looking for the right word as if trying to explain it to an infant. "Inhumane, as you would say." He then stopped suddenly and looked at me dead in the eye.

"But how? Not even the Hokage knows. Hiruzen, the senile man, is too trusting. I have already established my loyalty to Konoha by being one of the three Sanin, renowned heroes of the village. Why would a five year old girl, a new genin, know what I have been doing that could even fool the best Yamanakas and the Hokage himself?"I looked down immediately. I felt my lip quiver as my vision began blurring, how do I bullshit this?

"I-I..."

"You seem to know even before I made an appearance before you, it is in the same way you paled, the way your eye diluted, they way your fingers quaked yet how your face stayed impassive. Not exactly the look you give to one of Konoha's heroes, Tokina-chan." He hissed out amusingly. "You knew what was going to happen to you if you denied, so you had to accept the apprenticeship," he continued "So you have to accept and I must say, you really do exceed expectations." He said condescendingly. "The way genjutsu came naturally for you. Manipulating people's emotions and memories? Tools for you to use." He glared at me with his wide and creepy smile. "The flighty butterfly summoner who is more snake-like than she thinks. I knew I picked you out of the fodder for a reason."

He leaned close once more. "Deceivers know their kin, Tokina-chan" He leaned forward to my ear. "Snakes know fellow snakes." He whispered with finality. Was it for my life? I didn't know. Maybe for my future as a normal human being? A blinding pain was all I knew at that point. The burning in my throat didn't not stop. I realized that I was making an inhumane noise but couldn't do anything about it. Is this what my life is going to be like? I knew this was going to happen, I knew it yet I didn't do anything. I fell for the power he taught me, fell for it like sucker.

But I didn't deserve this.

Nobody deserved this.

I let my consciousness slip away but I knew my body was being used for the devil's machinations.

Orochimaru pursed his lips and flipped the girl over, checking for a pulse. She's alive. That was a pleasant surprise. It would be a shame to lose one of the farm-fresh lab rats he was currently nurturing. It looks like the girl was in a state of suffering, though. He needed her to last for approximately five minutes to see if the…drug worked. You could call it that. It wasn't exactly a drug, per-see. She did drink the anti-body so he wasn't really lying (for once). It was in the testing stages, of course. The final stage would be a form that could rival a Jinchūriki's power as well as degrading the mind for him when he spots a body that piqued his interest. Right now, it would only infect her systems with a smidgeon of his chakra anyway. He watched as the girl shivered despite one single flame-like marking appeared out of nowhere.

Her body seems to have accepted it.

He smirked. He took another vial and made the girl drink it. The seal melted away and so did his chakra. Now, that wasn't so bad, was it? He just needed a guinea pig to see if he was headed the right path. Speaking of the right path, maybe he could make a form that would be stronger than the Jinchūriki. Maybe natural energy would do? He would have to visit that irritable White Snake Sage though. How dare they call his body unfit to take in natural energy? Well he didn't need that. He was currently researching on a certain clan's Kekkai Genkai. An ability to passively store in Natural Energy would help tremendously with his research.

Hm…

He scribbled a name on the top of his notes. The Cursed Seal of Heaven. It was far from complete but with a little bit more time and testing…

He smirked as he carried the girl to the Hyūga Compound unnoticed.

AN.

Told you so. Anyway, fight scenes are fun to write honestly. A little bit hard but fun. Thanks for the faves, follows and reviews. Especially the follows. 69 as of posting. We are literally kind of almost near 100. Can't believe 69 people want to see my baby's life story. Brings me tears I tell you. Have a nice life and drink water :)

Also, it's not even Christmas yet but my parents insisted on the bigass Christmas tree that we had to haul when I had a damned essay to write but whatever. Have a spoopy Halloween.