Tempt Fate | Orochimaru x Reader

5 - Test Subject

Once again, you were starting to regain your consciousness in an unknown place. Your life had been so ordinary until a few days ago when everything escalated.

A clan member told you about the wrong doings of Konoha and the cover up, this absurd thing seemed to be true so you got arrested because you knew too much. Before they could do anything to you, you didn't know what exactly happened but it seemed like the village got attacked and you assumed you were taken hostage. It sounded crazy when you thought about it but this wasn't a dream.

You were now fully awake but kept your eyes shut and pretended to still be unconscious, you weren't alone, there was someone in the room with you. Could it be Kazuki? Maybe he expected you to get arrested and saved you. Yes that had to be it. You were about to open your eyes, sure to see Kazuki when you remembered the last thing you saw in Konoha. These eyes... They definitely didn't belong to him. This hopeful feeling you just felt was already gone. Dammit... you cursed in your head.

It was hard to tell what the unknown person was doing in the room just by the sound. You were hoping for them to go away so you might get the chance to check the place out, maybe even find a way to escape. It didn't feel like you had any shackles on you restraining your movements, so maybe they thought you were gonna stay unconscious for a little while longer and this was your chance.

The time you had to wait felt like an eternity, just the person rummaging through stuff, that's how it sounded at least. Then they let out a frustrated sigh, walked past you and finally you heard a door open and close. Yes!! You waited for one more minute but the room was quiet so you decided to open your eyes.

You were located in a big room looking like some kind of laboratory, it was honestly pretty shocking. Huge tanks filled with water, containing... humans? Hybrids? Some were half snake or didn't look human at all anymore. There were lots of desks all around the huge lab, books and all sorts of science equipment, there seemed to be many small "experiments" scattered all over the desks. And you... You were laying on some kind of operating table. You felt your heart sink, were you not only kidnapped but someone also did some experiments on you? Were you going to turn out like the poor souls in the containers? This was more horrifying than anything you could have imagined.

As you were jumping off of the operating table, you relized that you were only wearing a hospital gown, these people wanted to make experiments with your body for sure, you didn't feel anything strange with you body though so they probably didn't get to start yet. At least a little luck in this unfortunate situation.

You started exploring, trying to find the door the unknown person went through earlier. A window might have been better to escape but there weren't any here. You assumed that this place was probably underground since the floor, walls and ceiling were all made out of stone. It was cold as you walked towards the location were you assumed the door was on your bare feet. You turned a corner and spotted the door. You were one step closer to escaping this awful place.

You put your hand on the doorknob and slowly turned it, trying to make as little notice as possible. As you opened the door all of your hope got crushed in an instant. Directly behind it was a man, taller than you, with long black hair and the same eyes you saw before passing out. He was looking at you with a neutral expression, as you took a step back in fear he started to smirk. "I can't believe how naive you are." He took a few steps towards you, in fear of your life, you didn't want to turn your back to him so you walked backwards but stumbled and fell. He was towering over you and you thought this would be it but he reached his hand out to you. You didn't know what to think so you said quietly: "What do you want from me?" "Well... As I said before, I don't have the intention to kill you. I have bigger plans, you might like what you hear." He said, still smirking. "What? I don't want anything to do with this" You pointed at the containers. "I just want to go back home but I'd rather die than help out with something so gruesome." You instantly regretted your choice of words. He chuckled. "Home? Where exactly is that home you speak of?" Your home... "Kono..." No, Konoha betrayed you, you didn't want to go back there. He seemed to noticed your hesitation. "Exactly, Konoha betrayed you didn't they?" How did he know? "See this village is full of liars, they think they know everything and it's all perfect but is it really?" He was right, you started to notice the anger building up inside you and again this guy saw right through you. "I know how you feel, the hidden leaf took something from me as well, don't you want to get revenge?" He said, cocking his head to the side, still with this sadistic looking grin on his face.

He knew exactly what he had to say to manipulate the inexperienced shinobi, to make them side with him. They had some incredible powers yet to be awakened, this was a person who could be of great use to him in the future.

"Now stand up. I'll give you some time to think about it but don't you dare try to escape this place, you'll regret it. Kabuto you can come in." A young looking guy with gray hair tied into a ponytail entered the room. The guy with the black hair turned and before leaving the room said:" I expect to hear about your decision soon." Then he left.

"Master Orochimaru has a great future planned for you, you better not disappoint him." The guy named Kabuto spoke. Orochimaru? This was him? The Orochimaru, one of the 3 legendary sannin??? Thinking about it, how did you not notice? It was obvious. Now you were even more scared. What would he do if you declined, was he just going to kill you off? Kabuto interrupted your thinking. "You're still sitting there? Stand up and follow me, there's a room prepared for you." With that he just started walking. You were too scared to say anything so you just stood up and walked behind him, staying 2 meters behind.

The walk seemed so long, walking through hallway after hallway, they all looked the same. Candles on the stone walls and doors left and right. It seemed to never end. Suddenly Kabuto stopped and turned to a door on the right side. "This is your room, some of your stuff is in there but don't try anything stupid." Then he simply turned and left you alone.

You opened the wooden door and stepped into a small room, it had a bed and a little table with a candle on top, there were also a few candles on the walls to light the room, since there were once again, no windows. You spotted a door on the right side and opened it, it led to a little bathroom that had a shower and toilet. You went back into the main room and spotted your bag next to the bed. Opening it, you found your clothes and your katana. On top of the bed was another pair of clothes. (Imagine these looking like general clothes that orochimarus subordinates wear, if you want any special design just imagine it here.) You decided to wear your own clothes though.

Before changing you took a quick shower, hoping it would help you get a clearer picture of what was happening but all that changed was that you were getting tired, you didn't know how long you had slept until waking up here but you still decided to give in to the tiredness, layed down and hoped you were going to wake up tomorrow, in your home and all of this was just a bad dream.