Sixteen year old Kikimaru (Kiki) woke up to her alarm and used a snake arm to punch it against the wall to shut it up. She didn't understand why her father insisted on training so early, but she knew that if she didn't get up he'd drag her out whether she liked it or not.

She gave a lazy stretch then went over to her vanity mirror and ran a brush through her long wavy dark brown hair. When she was done she tied it back into a high ponytail. Her green snake eyes examined her hair to make sure it was the way she liked it. Unsatisfied, she took the ponytail out.

"This probably wouldn't be so hard if I hadn't got my dad's pale skin." she said aloud. "Oh well."

She made her way to the kitchen in the underground home she had lived in since she was born and sat at the table.

"Good morning, sleepy head," her mother, Kimi, greeted with her usual cheer as she prepared breakfast.

"I don't know how you can get up this early every morning to go sing in the park."

"Well, I did used to do it in the afternoon, but once we had you the only time I could get away was before you woke up."

"I only wish it hadn't stuck. I miss you being beside me when I wake up." Orochimaru added as he entered the kitchen.

"Good morning, my snake."

"Good morning, my charmer." He started giving his wife a long passionate kiss.

"Eww. Mom. Dad. Daughter still in the room."

Her mom burst out laughing after breaking the kiss and her father gave a simple smile.

"I'm sorry, Kiki. We'll save it for tonight while you're at Akira's."

"Too much info, mom! Way Too Much!"

Her mother laughed again and Kiki even heard her father chuckle a little which was rare.

"Sit down, my snake, the omelets are ready."

He took a seat beside Kiki and Kimi set breakfast down in front of them. There was one thing that Kiki and her father could always agree on and that was how much they loved eggs. Breakfast was always eaten in silence, mostly because everyone was enjoying the meal.

"Let's get to training." Kiki's father ordered once they had finished eating.

Kiki followed him without question and they headed to a nearby training ground.

"We'll do taijutsu today," he said.

"Understood."

Kiki readied her stance and then charged at her father. Her father was always serious when it came to training, which was something she had come to like. For a ninja it could be life or death out there so training need to be taken seriously.

There were several times where Kiki made a mistake and her father would tell her to do it again so that she could correct her mistake. If she made the mistake too many times he would allow the strike to hit. Some people thought it was harsh, but he started training her at age four so she was used to it. Of course he didn't allow himself to strike her when they first started, that bit was added when she turned ten.

After training for a full hour, they were finally done.

"Good."

She gave a bow. "Thanks, Papa." She always called him 'Papa' when she was happy. When she was angry or startled she called him 'Dad'.

"When's your review for promotion?"

"Today at one o'clock."

"Do you think you're ready to be made a jonin?"

"I've trained too hard not to be. Don't forget, Papa, I want to make it into the ANBU."

Orochimaru placed his hand on Kiki's head and gave her a smile. "That's my girl."

Kiki smiled back at her father.

"So, what are your plans for today?" he asked.

"Hanako Sensei is going to help me continue to develop my new jutsu today."

"What about after your review?"

"I'm going over to Akira's like always."

"Will you be with boys?" He asked suspiciously.

"No, Dad." Kiki answered getting a little irritated. "I've gotta go, I'll see you and mom tomorrow."

"Very well. Goodbye, Kiki."

Kiki knew her father was just being protective, but sometimes it was irritating. Oh well. Now she was off to work on her new jutsu which she had worked on since she became a genin.

Kiki was now standing in the Hokage's office as the blonde-haired blue-eyed man looked over all her past missions. The silence was almost unbearable. Finally, he spoke.

"You really put your all into your missions I see."

"Yes Lord Seventh. There's not much point in being a shinobi if you don't give it your all."

"How do you get along with your teammates?"

"I think we get along well. I try to make sure we're all on the same page so that the mission can be successful."

"And what would you do if you had to choose between the life of a comrade and the mission?"

Kiki thought back to her previous missions. "I guess that would depend on the situation, Lord Seventh. If my teammate were volunteer to put their life on the line for the sake of the mission then I would continue with the mission. If we were just in a tough spot then I would focus on doing my best to get us out of there alive. We wouldn't be any good to anyone if we died because we were too stubborn to retreat."

"I see."

"If you read some of the mission reports you'll see that no matter which of us is in charge we've always done our best to keep everyone safe, but still execute the mission as required."

"I've read all your mission reports in preparation for today, and I'm impressed."

"Thank you, sir."

"There is one thing I want you to do before I make my final decision."

Kiki was confused. What could he possibly want her to do? "What did you have in mind?"

"I want you to face off with someone who was also trained by your father."

"Forgive me, Lord Hokage, but who would that be?"

"Me." came a voice from a corner of the room.

Kiki turned around and saw a man walk up to her. He made eye contact and studied her. His dark hair hid his left eye and he was dressed like traveler. Her mother had taught her how to spot them so that Kiki would know to be careful. Although her father said she had a way with words just like her mother, so she could probably smooth talk herself out of any situation… if she could keep her temper in check.

"May I have your name?" She asked.

"Sasuke Uchiha. It's nice to finally meet you Kikimaru Hara."

The name was familiar… Oh Shit!

"You want me to fight Sasuke Uchiha?!" Kiki shouted at the Hokage.

"Yeah, don't worry, I've told him to only use normal attacks unless you prove you can handle more."

"Even still! I have a good idea what he's capable of!"

"Then you should have an easier time fighting him."

It was obvious the Hokage wasn't going to change his mind about this. So Kiki did her best to regain her composure.

"Very well. When do you want us to have our match?"

"Right now."

"WHAT?!" This really sucked. Kiki had been training all morning, none of which had been easy. Now she was supposed to fight the man who had defeated her father?!

"There isn't a problem, is there?" Sasuke asked.

Kiki tried to calm herself. "No, Mr. Sasuke." She reminded herself how hard she had trained to be made a jonin and that she had come to far to stop here. "I'm ready." There was new confidence in her voice.

"Good. Head to the nearest training ground. I'll have one of my clones meet you there."

Sasuke and Kiki walked side by side as they headed to their destination.

"Aside from the hair and your eye colour, you look just like him."

"Thank you. My hair and eye color I get from my mom."

"I'm going to warn you, just because I'm restricted to normal attacks to start, doesn't mean I'm going to take it easy on you."

"I wouldn't expect you to. You're a former student of my father's. It would be a disgrace if you did."

They arrived at their destination and each of them readied themselves. Sasuke even took off his cloak.

Kiki started the assault by weaving the appropriate hand signs and stretched her hands out in front of her. "Wind Style: Wind Snake!" Wind quickly came together and formed a snake with similar properties to that of a tornado. She thrust her wind snake towards Sasuke but he dodged.

Sasuke weaved some hand signs and shot a big ball of fire at the snake. Kiki quickly released the jutsu and jumped out of the way so she wouldn't get burned. As soon as she landed, she saw Sasuke coming at her with a chidori. She knew what it was because her father had explained that it was a specialty of Sasuke's.

Kiki weaved some more hand signs. "Wind Style: Vocal BLAST!" as she shouted the word 'Blast', her voice was amplified and huge rush of air blasted towards Sasuke and blew him backwards. He landed it of course, but the chidori had disappeared.

Kiki took this time to slither into the ground. She headed towards Sasuke, grabbed his ankle then pulled him into the ground. She emerged from the ground and was about to say something when Sasuke turned into a log.

"I guess I should have expected a substitution jutsu." She sent out a couple of snakes from her arm to go find Sasuke. She kept her guard up as she looked around. He could come from anywhere.

She didn't have to wait too long because she took a fist to the face and went flying. She managed to land on her feet just like Hanako Sensei had taught her, although, it was a sloppier landing than Kiki would have liked.

Another punch was headed for her, but she managed to block this one and tried to deliver a kick. Sasuke easily blocked and delivered a kick of his own which sent her flying again. This time the landing wasn't nearly as smooth. Kiki had to take the landing on her knees which was not good.

Sasuke then drew his sword and it danced with electricity. There was no dodging it and Sasuke ran the sword thru her shoulder.

"What are you going to do now?" He asked.

Kiki gave him a smirk. It was this kind of situation that her new jutsu was meant for. "I'm gonna sing." She focused a large amount of chakra into her throat, opened her mouth and sang a loud high-pitched note that came with a hurricane type wind.

She guessed that Sasuke had seen the mass build up of chakra because he deployed his Susanoo to protect his ears. Unfortunately, the Hokage's clone disappeared.

Sasuke removed his sword from her shoulder and stood down.

"Good. You put up a lot more of a fight than I expected."

"Thank you."

"Let's get your shoulder patched up, then we'll return to Naruto."

Kiki went with Sasuke to the hospital where he received a scolding from his wife as she tended to Kiki's wound. Once she was good to go, they headed back to the Hokage's office.

"What's do you think Sasuke? Is she ready to be a jonin?" the Hokage asked.

"Give her a few more S-Rank missions and then she'll be ready for the ANBU."

Kiki tried to contain her excitement.

"I agree. Congratulations, Kikimaru Hara. You are now a jonin. I'll make the proper changes to your paperwork right away."

Kiki gave a deep bow. "Thank you, Lord Hokage! I won't let you down!"

"I'm sure you won't. You're dismissed."

Kiki stood up and made her exit.