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Chapter 2 The Snake’s Domain

Sarah woke, in a bed unfamiliar to her. The last thing she remembered was her passionate evening in the green house with Orochimaru, a legendary Sannin and S-ranked criminal who was to be hunted down and killed. After he had his way with her, she remembered he had choked her and then... nothing. Quickly sitting up, her hands were swift to grasp her neck to make sure nothing was choking her now. Relieved to know she was all right, she looked around to see she was in unfamiliar surroundings.

To her left, she saw a bedside table with a candle and a glass of water. To her right, a few candles were lit, hanging from the wall. The floor and ceiling were made of stone and there were no windows. The room was too warm to be a prison, and there were no signs of dampness either. Past the foot of the bed was a closed door. Another door stood over to the right beside a dresser. If not for the rock walls, the room would feel very cozy.

Feeling something around her, she looked down to see she was wearing a dark colored robe. "What the hell!?" she snapped. Where was she!? How did she get there!?

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. A young male enter. He had long silver hair pulled back into a ponytail. His clothes were mostly purple, and he wore large glasses with round lenses.

Looking over at her, "My lord sent me to come check on you."

Sarah snapped her head up the man who entered. The word 'Lord' wasn't lost on her, which meant Orochimaru had something to do with this. She knew from the stories she heard that Orochimaru was often referred to as ‘Lord’ by his followers. "What the fuck is going on here!" she demanded. "Where the hell am I, and why am I here!?" It was easy to see she was furious. "Answer me!" she yelled after a moment when he wouldn’t answer.

A smug look on his face, he adjusted his glasses. "I wouldn't take that tone around here too often if I were you." His hand now on his hip. "You're in the Hidden Sound Village, founded by Lord Orochimaru. You seemed to have peeked his interest. But it's far too dangerous for you to remain in your home village. You know too much."

"What!?" Sarah gasped. "I was taken from my people against my will! That's kidnapping! First he rapes me, then kidnaps me!" She paused a moment, eyes narrowing. "What do you mean I peeked his interest? I don't really know anything other than his damn name. Which he gave it to me."

“Well I’m sure you do know more about him. Who wouldn’t? I mean the man’s name is known across the world, and I’m sure by now you’ve heard many stories. So forgive me when I say I don’t believe you know nothing of him.”

This man was completely pissing her off as he was giving her more questions than answers. “Stories, that’s all they are.”

"Hmhm," He did have to agree with her on that. The candlelight shone on his glasses. "He said you met before, perhaps you remember. It's rare someone would help him, not knowing who he was. Like it or not you got his attention."

"Oh your damn straight I met him before! He was by himself with wounded arms. So I helped him." She then snorted. "And this is the fucking thanks for it?! Shows up in my village, knows who I am, and then kisses me. Forces me to have sex with him right then and there, and now kidnaps me to boot! Never again will I help someone. NEVER!" she screamed.

"Hm, you won't have to worry about that." Fixing his glasses again. "You're free to walk around the lair, but don't try to run off." The light shined off his glasses again, illuminating one lens. "You’ll find, you won't get far," he said with a smirk and then turned to leave. "Oh, and I suggest you bring a candle." With that he left.

Just as the door shut Sarah grabbed the first thing she could find, which was the glass of water. Not paying attention to what it was, she threw it at the door, shattering it upon impact.
"BASTARD!" she screamed.

-

Outside the door, the man hearing the shatter flinched. “She’s got a fiery temper all right.”

“What was that?” The snake nin appearing out of the shadows.

The young man turned. “Lord Orochimaru,” he smiled. “I was speaking of our lady friend. She’s got quite a temper.”

Orochimaru gave a nod. “I see. How is our guest doing, aside from being upset?”

“She’s well. I must caution you, she believes you have raped her.”

“Kabuto, we both know she’s only saying that to try and cover her true feelings,” he gave a smirk. “Besides, she very much enjoyed our time together. She’s probably just upset of how easy it was to seduce her.”

“While she was still unconscious, I did examine her,” Kabuto explained, getting to the point of his visit. “There is no unusual bruising in that area, and there is no need to worry about pregnancy. She’s well protected from that right now.”

“You didn’t…” Orochimaru started.

“No,” Kabuto interrupted. “I kept well within the limits. But I should warn you with her being here and where I’m the medic, I will need to have access at times, just like any other medic.” He had examined her by pressing against her abdomen, but there were going to be times where he would have to actually have visual aid to be sure of things.

Orochimaru didn’t like the idea one bit, but knew the boy spoke the truth. “Fine… but when those times occur, I will be there to supervise.”

“That’s fine with me, though I doubt Sarah would appreciate that.”

“It’s not her decision.” Orochimaru stated quite blank. Looking at the door, “If you examined her while she was still unconscious, why are you here now?”

“I was just returning to see if she had woken up when I felt her chakra spike.”

Orochimaru gave another nod. “Come, we have a few things to discuss. I don’t wish for any unwanted ears to hear,” referring to Sarah in case she decided to ease drop.

With a nod, Kabuto turned away from the door and walked with his Lord down the hall, leaving Sarah to her own devices.

-

Back in Sarah’s room, after watching the glass shatter, not caring if the man heard the noise, she looked around the room. She could tell by the door she wasn't necessarily a prisoner, but she might as well be since she wasn’t going to be allowed to leave. With nothing else to do, she pulled herself off the bed to tour her ‘new’ room. She knew what the man had said was true. If she were to try and leave, there was no doubt someone would be after her.

Knowing there was no one on the other side of the door, as she felt two chakra signatures move away. The room went silent, and if not for the candlelight the room would be dark. It didn’t take her long to get annoyed with the silence. Grabbing a candle, Sarah stepped over the shattered glass, and opened the door. As the man had said the hallway was very dark, which made her glad she was taking the man’s advice.

Leaving the door opened, she began to walk down the hall. She then stopped, feeling that same strong chakra as before. Nearly seething and wanted answers, she made her way to the room where she knew 'he' was. She then opened the door, ready to yell.

There before her, looked to be a throne room. To her surprise, the snake nin was sitting in a chair, propping his head up with his hand, his elbow on the arm of the chair. The young man she had seen earlier had just finished talking with him.

Noticing Sarah walk in, Orochimaru’s golden eyes fell on her, drawing the younger man’s attention. Kabuto turned to where his Lord was looking. Both men were silent, wondering what the woman would say.

"What the hell gives you the right to bringing me here!?" Sarah thundered. "I helped you three years ago, shared my tent with you, and this is the thanks I get for it! Raped and then kidnapped!" Her eyes were hard though she stayed near the door. "And him!" She pointed to the silver haired man, bringing him into the conversation and she had yet to catch his name. "Tells me I'm free to walk around, but can't leave. Sounds like I'm a prisoner to me."

"Hmmhmm," the snake hummed. "You didn't seem to mind all that much." The snake mocked a smirk firmly in place, referring to their night together. "That’ll be all Kabuto," he said to the young male.

He bowed. "Yes my lord," he made his way to leave.

Sarah's jaw dropped at that moment and her face flushed scarlet. It shocked her for Orochimaru to say that in front of that strange man suddenly. Everything else she wanted to yell about suddenly ran from her mind. At least she finally got the name of the man, Kabuto.

She quickly averted her eyes as Kabuto drew closer to her. Her face was bright and she could feel the heat sinking down to her toes.

Kabuto, keeping his eyes straight ahead, he made his way past her, not bothered by the Sannin’s choice of words. Reaching the door, he turned to the left and disappeared down the hall. He had no need for candlelight to guide him.

"Kabuto is my medic. You should be nicer to him unless you want to suffer through illnesses, yourself."

Sarah gawked at the man, ready about to ask him what he meant when another presence appeared behind her. She jumped, stepping further into the room, bringing herself closer to the snake nin.

A raven-haired young man barged in, wearing a scowl on his face. "Orochimaru! I'm tired of waiting. You promised you'd train me."

"In a minute Sasuke," The snake replied.

Sarah jerked her head in the boy's direction. "What the hell?!" She nearly dropped the candle she was holding; startled again by the way the boy’s voice rang around the room.

Sasuke looked at Sarah, giving her a quick looking over. "So you went ahead and did it?”

“What do you mean did it?” she demanded.

Ignoring her, Sasuke continued. “Must be nice for you to have a new sex toy at your will."
Sarah's eyes widened. "Sex toy!? Why you rude asshole!"

"And feisty too. What is she, your new girlfriend?" Sasuke asked, not bothered by her sudden rise in temper. His eyes were looking straight at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru’s expression turned to glare at the boy. "That's none of your business boy!" the snake hissed.

Sarah gulped as she took a step back. From the stories she heard about the legendary Sannin... he was one ninja you didn't want to cross unless you knew how to stop or slow him down. Fear was now evident in her eyes.

Sasuke snorted. "May I remind you Orochimaru, you need me." His eyes then shifted to Sarah. "Fear is something Orochimaru loves to see in his victims. But you..." he trailed off, turning back to Orochimaru. "Don't be long." he went to turn away.

"Wait! What the hell do you mean by that!?" Sarah snapped, rushing over, and grabbing his arm without thinking.

Sasuke looked at her, eyes going red. Fear returned to Sarah's eyes quickly as she let go, stepping back again. "Normally he likes to torture his victims but he's giving you free reign of the land, which means you've intrigued him."

The Sanin remained seated, but a snake appeared at his side when Sasuke frightened her. "That's enough boy!" he warned.

Sasuke's eyes drifted back to Orochimaru. "That confirms what I just said. You're protective of her. She must be special to you then." Sasuke looked at Sarah. "You're lucky he likes you." With that he continued on, leaving the room.

Sarah took a few quivering breaths, glad to see the boy was gone. Her mind was reeling over Sasuke's words about Orochimaru being protective of her. Everything that was going on was now confusing her. She wasn't sure if she should be mad, relieved, or sad.

The snake behind Orochimaru lowered its head, seeing the danger had passed, looked calm as it flicked its tongue. The sannin’s eyes drifted to the snake by him and patted its head. Sarah turned slowly, remembering her 'lover' was in the room. She looked at him, taking a deep breath; fear was present in her eyes.

"What do you plan to do with me?" she asked. Her tone was softer, more so to the night they first met. The words Sasuke had said were haunting her mind. 'Sex toy', 'Girlfriend', 'Victims', 'Protective'.

His eyes went back to her. Her tone triggering a memory in the snake nin. His expression turned to a softer one, no longer angry.

"Nothing," he finally said. "You may do as you will. Consider this your new home." Rising from his chair, he approached her. "Kabuto will help you with anything you need. Just be careful of Sasuke. He's not allowed to harm you. If he does, you are to tell me." His snake was following him. Patting its head again, he continued. "Snakes come natural around here. You'll learn not to fear them in time." With that he went to leave.

"Wait!" Sarah called out. "That's it! You force me into sex, knock me out, and then say this is my new home? Come on, there's got to be more of a reason than that." She then nearly snarled. "Thank fucking god I can't get pregnant right now. You ejaculated into me without hesitation. What if I wasn't on birth control?"

That was a question. If he were to have sex with her again how would he know not to impregnate her unless that was his plan?

She then gasped. "Unless that's what you want with me."

He stopped, looking at her again he chuckled. "Don't be silly girl. I have no wish to impregnate you."

Sarah sighed in relief. "What then? From how you handled me in my own village no less..." she put strain on village, "I can't see that being a one time thing, not when you brought me here. So how the hell do you intend to prevent me from getting pregnant?"

"Kabuto handles all the medication. He'll provide that for you." He began to move toward her again.

She took a few steps back as he approached her, her back hit the wall. Her eyes widened in fear, the situation was beginning to look familiar. Was there going to be relapse of last time?

A smirk appeared on his face again, seeing her back against a wall. He too saw the same similar situation as before. "Relax," he replied, when he was nearly pressed against her. Not giving her time, he leaned down, capturing her lips. She stiffened a moment before relaxing into it. It wasn't like the one from before. Breaking the kiss, he stepped back, taking his leave of the room, disappearing into the darkness.

Sarah breathed for several moments before 'peeling' herself off the wall. Not wanting to remain in the room any longer, she took her candle and began to tour the place. It didn't take her long to realize she was underground, which was something she was used to, but not in near pitch-blackness.

Eventually she came upon a room. With a shrug, she pushed the door open to find herself in a lab, and someone else. The young man she learned to be Kabuto was standing in front of a table covered in scrolls and potions. His back was to her as he was working on mixing a new medicine. Like the other rooms she'd been in, it was lit by candles.

"You can come in," greeted the man, not needing to look at her to know she was there.

She wanted to sneer at the man, but realized he probably could sense her chakra. Taking a few steps in she stopped by another table, putting her candle down.

"Kabuto, is it?" she asked. Being here would get something out of her way, and Orochimaru did say Kabuto would basically be her medic. She took a deep breath. "What do you know about birth control?"

Putting down the vials in his hand, he adjusted his glasses. "Heh, enough. Why?" She could tell the question didn't catch him off guard.

Sarah blushed, not sure how to say it. She then frowned, still blushing. "Look. I had a doctor who I was completely comfortable with. You... you're someone who follows that...that..." she paused, not sure what to call Orochimaru. "Point is… I'm now here against my will and I need to make sure that son of a bitch doesn't impregnate me. He says he doesn't want to, but his words are useless to me. Do you have the ability or not to make sure that doesn't happen?"

Not once did her tone sound rude. It more sounded like she really didn't want to say it more than anything. Then again her blush, which got brighter as she spoke, was a good indication she wasn’t comfortable.

"Yes, I can make the birth control like what you were using before." Walking over to a filing cabinet, he pulled out a folder with her full name on it. It was a file with all her information, including her medical history. It was nothing like the issue made in her village.

"Wh… wha… what the… Wait a minute!" she yelled suddenly. "You have my medical history! How the fuck did you obtain that!?"

That would explain how Orochimaru knew her name. But how did he get that information in the first place? Her hands clenched into fists. She already knew the answer without him telling her.

"You guys are the ones who killed our men, aren't you!? He was so damn intrigued with me that he did what he could. Using his skills as a ninja to get what he wanted, including capturing my people, torturing them, and had them reveal our village."

Looking to her, he shook his head. "That is quite far from the truth, I’m afraid. There are easier ways to obtain information." Taking the file to the table, he opened it. "I retrieve any information my lord asks me to." Finding the spot, he went looking through his medicines to see if he had the ingredients. "I could have been there and you didn't even notice."

Tucked in the folder she noticed something shining from it. Taking a closer a look, she could easily see it was a headband with her village, the symbol branded on the medal. Frowning, she stepped closer, slamming her hand on the file right on the headband.

"You want me to cooperate here? I think you should do the same. It's only fair as you are now my 'doctor'. Did you or did you not infiltrate my village?" Anger slipped through her words.

Looking away from the medicines when she slammed her hand down. Knowing she wasn't going to make this easy. He sighed. "I did. The order was given by my lord himself."

She looked into his eyes and saw the truth. Taking her hand away, she turned away from him. "Three weeks ago, three of our ninja were found tortured and dead. From the stories I've heard about Orochimaru, he can do the same. Though it's been quite some time since the last time any word of him was mentioned. One of those ninja..." she paused a moment. "Was my father..." she took another deep breath.

"There's no leads as to who or what did that to them. It's the reason why I was given some vacation time, so I could settle my emotions and get them back on track." Her voice showed signs of extreme sadness.

Surprised she was telling him this, he understood. "Yes we know of the attack," he answered, looking through the medicines again. Little did she know, at the time, he was still in her village.

Sarah rubbed at her eyes and snapped around. "What do mean you know of the attack? How could you have known, you weren't there." She took a few deep breaths again. "You have no idea what I went through the day I saw them bring those bodies back to be buried. I was crushed. I have no family back in my village. I have no one! Someone knows what happened to three of our best ninja and yet there's nothing about them."

Looking up from the medicines again, he met her gaze and fixed his glasses. "Yes I was there." Knowing she wouldn't believe him unless he showed her, he pulled the band out of his hair letting it fall lose. He then took off his glasses for a minute so she could see his eyes. “Remember the one with the braid?”

She looked at him a moment and then gasped, taking several steps back. "Y… you…" she gasped. Her back hit the wall, yet a third time. "You were there…” she breathed. Her mind drifted back to the day her three comrades returned.

[Flashback]

Word was all over the place the three missing ninjas of the village were returning. Sarah was talking to her friend, Buto, a man who had become her friend in recent months. When she heard the news, Sarah smiled. "Father's back!"
She rushed to greet the party, but stopped suddenly as the ninja returned with three body bags.

"Father!?" she cried out, trying to push her way through.

Little did she know her new friend was Kabuto in disguise. He was there on a mission to gather information on her. After he had retrieved the information about her for his master, he was ordered to keep an eye on her, making sure no harm came to her.

Walking up with her, seeing the body bags, he wasn't surprised. They had been getting warning signs about an attack on the village. Though the villagers didn't notice it, Kabuto's only concern was Sarah.

"Sorry, we can't let you pass," an ANBU of the village announced, stopping Sarah in her tracks.

"You have to! My father is there!" she yelled.

"Sorry."

"You have to let me through!" Sarah began to try and push herself against the ANBU, not realizing if she continued she would be arrested.

Kabuto was quick to pull her back. "Sarah you have to calm down," he warned.

Seeing the girl was in good hands, the ANBU turned and continued to work helping with crowd control.

"No! That's my father! He needs me!" Sarah tried to struggle to get out of Kabuto's arms. "You have to let me go! Let me go!" she cried as she pushed and pushed, tears falling down her face.

His grip held her easily without too much fuss. "Sarah, he's dead. There's nothing you can do for him."

"No!" she cried, losing all her strength then. Nearly collapsing to the ground, she was then pulled against her friend's chest, crying. She now just lost everyone in her family. She was the last one left.

Holding her close to him, he allowed her to cry in his chest. There wasn't much he could do for her, except comfort her.

That day was the day Sarah completely broke down and Kabuto was there for her the entire time, until the day came when he was asked to go on a mission... at least that's what he told her, and the next day was when she became Orochimaru's new interest.

[End flashback]

Sarah wiped her eyes again. "You lied to me..." she breathed. "I thought you were my friend!" Anger started to cloud her mind again. "You used me! What? Was you giving me comfort all this time was just a ruse to tag me more for your 'Lord'?" If only she knew the truth.

Putting his glasses back on, he pulled his hair back in a ponytail again. "No, I didn't." He went back to the filing cabinet. "He told me to keep an eye on you. Nothing more." Kabuto then pulled something out of the filing cabinet, which was an old trinket that looked very fragile. Walking back, he held it out to her. "You wanted this off the corpse didn't you?"

Sarah's eyes widened once more as tears resurfaced. "Where did you get that?" She couldn't believe it. In his hands was a family heirloom her father wore which was a wedding present from her mother. It was handed down through the family. "Father wore that everyday after mother died. It was her wedding present to him. Until her death it was hung up on the wall of our house."

"It was on him when he went on the mission. The ANBU wouldn't let anyone near the bodies remember? I retrieved it before they buried him." He then handed it to her. "You had said you wanted it."

Tears tracked down her face. "I did." She took the family heirloom and then looked up into his face. "Were you ever my friend, or was it all just lies because of orders?" She needed a friend, and she needed to know.

"I was sent there to protect you. The rest was my choice." He wanted her to know, not directly, he really had been her friend.

More tears surfaced as her body began to tremble. She clutched her father's trinket to her chest. She wanted to leave, wanted to thank him, wanted to slap him for deceiving her, though she could see he was true to his word of being her friend. He didn't have to say it, she could see it. But he betrayed her by stealing her medical information, and she had no idea why. No one would give her answers and she knew she wouldn't get any either.

"I..." she began, but got choked up.

Sighing slightly he embraced her, just like he used to.

Sarah gasped at feeling his arms around her again. They were strong and warm against her, only this time now he was wearing different clothing, but it was the same embrace as before. It was then, like a dam had broke, she fell against his body, trusting his strength to hold her up as she cuddled into him. Unlike the last time she broke down with gut wrenching sobs, this time they were silent.

"You were...are my friend," she breathed. At least now it wasn't going to be so bad since she knew at least someone, even if he did betray her.

He held her until she stopped crying, like he used to. He handed her a tissue when she was able to get her tears under control.

"Thank you," she sniffed as she dabbed at her eyes. "You probably think I'm stupid for breaking down like that. I'm a shinobi and we're trained not to bare our emotions." She got her bearings and stood on her own again, stepping away from him.

"Not at all," he replied. Going back to his medicines he found the first ingredient. "It should be ready next time you need," referring to the birth control. Glancing back at her. "Don't mind my lord. He’s different than he may seem."

Sarah then blushed, remembering the reason she began to speak with him in the first place. She stepped over to the table again, looking at the headband. "You mind if I take that? I'm sure you no longer have a need for it since I'm here." She was trying to cover up her embarrassment. She now began to hate the idea that her friend was her medic. He would need to know her private details, which he already now knew thanks to stealing her file and made an exact copy.

He then glanced at the headband. "Go ahead," he said allowing her to take it. "If you need anything else I can retrieve it later tonight." He went back to mixing ingredients again.

Sarah grabbed the headband and decided to take her leave. She was just about to exit when she remembered her candle. Tying the headband around her forehead, she took her father's trinket and kept a strong grip on it while she grabbed her candle and exited, heading back to her room.