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Sixteen Point Shuriken Star - Forgiveness
“You have failed.”
“I apologize…” Erianne said in a low voice, barely heard even in this silent room—so silent the people who loved the quiet would soon hate it. She hated this room and she couldn’t understand how Orochimaru could endure it. But then… it was Orochimaru’s style.
Orochimaru chuckled, evil creeping into his laughter. The chuckle faded away, and the room was silent once more. “Fortunately for you, I have a new plan.”
Erianne flinched. He was assigning her a mission again. He wanted Kakashi Hatake dead, and would stop at nothing to complete his objective. Kakashi was in the way of his big plans. Orochimaru sent her out to kill him and, at the same time, to test her loyalty and worthy. She came back… as a failure.
“You…” Orochimaru’s voice pierced the silence and breaking Erianne free of her thoughts. “You will go to Konoha-”
“But, Lord Orochimaru! I’ll be arrested — or killed!” Erianne protested, interrupting Orochimaru. It took one moment, one look that stabbed the heart, for Erianne to realize what position she was in.
Falling to her knees, she placed her palms on the floor, fingers pointed at each other and begged for his forgiveness. “I’m sorry, Lord Orochimaru! I was not thinking!”
Orochimaru’s lips curled into a smile. “Get up,” he commanded. Erianne obeyed, wincing at the pain she had inflicted upon herself. The stones practically shattered her knees when she fell on them. But ignoring the pain that came from her knees, surging through her body, she waited for Orochimaru to talk once more.
When Orochimaru was sure she wouldn’t interrupt him this time — he had seen an expression of pain cross her face — he began to talk again. “You will go to Konoha…” He paused, but Erianne showed no emotion. Orochimaru, quite glad at this, widened his smile slightly, showing his teeth. He began again. “You will be arrested. They will ask you questions and you will answer them. They will not believe you have come back to them completely and they will place you under supervision at the school.” Orochimaru paused, silence swarming the air again. Erianne couldn’t stand it, trying hard to keep herself in control.
“It will be at the Academy because of your…” He paused, grinned slightly in distaste. “Soft-heartedness. Your supervisor…” Orochimaru paused again. “Make sure that your supervisor is Kakashi Hatake.”
Erianne flinched again, not expecting Orochimaru to say something so loudly in a room filled with silence. “Y-yes, Lord Orochimaru!”
Orochimaru smiled again, and he waved his hand. “Go now.”
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