Omg!!! I am sooo sorry!!! there was the exams and then school just had to give homework...
Anyway, thanks to those who reviewed!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and any of its characters, and for this matter, some of the ideas used is adapted from their respective manga, so I do not own them too.


"Ngh...its morning already?....". Anko sat up in bed, yawning. She had traveled to the outskirts of the Fire Country, where the sound ninjas activities were spotted. Currently, she was booked into a room of an inn. She went to the bathroom to do her morning routine, like brushing teeth and combing hair, before slipping on her tench coat and heading downstairs, to get some breakfast, after ensuring that she was not wearing her Konoha headband.

"Three servings of dango and one cup of tea please." Anko sighed. Now that she have reached here, she did not know what to do. She could source around for information, but there is the possibility that she will ask the wrong person, and be treated as a threat...

"Hey, did you hear? Orochimaru-sama seems to be recruiting soldiers. I hear that the pay is quite high."

Anko's ears perk up. This could be interesting.
She shut out the unnecessary noises around her, trying to concentrate on the voices of the two men at another table.

"Yeah, I hear that we have to wait at the village square at different timing, according to our group. Mine's Group 5, whats yours?"

"Well, I heard that there is going to be a total 5 groups. I am in Group 1. You know, I think that I will be able to be one of Orochimaru-sama's elite guards, I have 4 years of experience as a missing-nin and......"

Anko smirked. Lady luck must be on her side today. As she ate her breakfast, she continued to keep check on the two guys. However, before Anko could finish her last stick of dango, the guys stood up, preparing to leave. She hurriedly gobbled up the remaining dangos, and washed them down with what was left of the tea, before following the two guys. Outside the shop, they said their goodbyes, and parted ways.

Crap! Anko stood there for a while, thinking furiously, before deciding to follow the weaker looking guy. She shadowed her target, cursing the fact the there was so many people around, preventing her from striking. Suddenly, he turned around a corner, into a small lane.

"Who's there?!" he spun around, scanning his shadowy surroundings. A hand shot out from nowhere, and grabbed his throat. "Argh...wh..who are you?"

"It matters not who I am, but based on your answer, you may get to leave here alive. Now tell me all that you know of the meeting for being Orochimaru's elite guards, and I do mean all!" Anko added more pressure on his windpipe, to bring across her point.

"Ple..please don't kill me!! I will tell you everything that I know!! It is taking place this evening at the village square! Just now that guy I was talking to was headed there! He was in the first group and I am in the last group!!! There will be someone to bring each group to the test venue at the appointed time. Other than that, I do not know anything else!! please let me go!"

Heh, his face is turning blue...Anko released him, letting him fall into an unceremonious heap on the dirty ground.

"Thank you for sparing me! Thank you...You wish, you stupid bitch!! Time for you to die-"
Anko dodged the blow aimed for her head, and aimed a chop at his neck. It connected, and he fell down into a crumpled heaped.

Huh, trying to beat her with such half-assed skills? He would still lose even if he trained for another million years! She dusted her hands, before walking out to the streets. As she continued to walk aimlessly through the crowd, a plan slowly formulated in her mind.

Yes...it might work. She could just smuggle herself in. All she needs to do is just let her hair down, wear a different set of clothes, and maybe even put on makeup, basically just change the way she look, and no one would recognize her. Convinently, the guy that she attacked would probably be out cold until the next day, meaning that if there is a number count, she would be able to take over his place, and not make it suspicious by being an extra person. Anko smiled, as she made her way to a clothes shop.

Yes, this would be her first step towards Him.
Orochimaru, her sensei, or should she say, her ex-sensei...


Sorry for the very late and short update, but I am only allowed to use the computer once a week T.T …
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