A/N: As with any of my stories, beware of spelling and grammar errors. I try my best, but having a language disability doesn't make it easy. However if it bothers you a lot (or you enjoy editing peoples stuff) you could PM me and beta this story or any others.

I know this is were I should put up a disclaimer, but I'm lazy and if Masashi Kishimoto wants to sue me then... that would suck.

Hope you enjoy this!

"And then there were snakes all around him because he was born a sage or something Orochimaru did to him. It hasn't explained it yet. " Kalya's baby sister said over the video conference as Kalya went about her work.

"As much as I love hearing you talk, I thought your show ended?" Kalya asked as she looked for the test sample.

Honestly, she shouldn't have said she would stay late. At this point it was starting to feel like she was the only one who cared to get this lab write up on time. It was like they didn't realize their paychecks was sole based on grants, which only came in when they showed results.

"There's a new show called Brunto which is about their kids." Laudine said looking off to the side.

"Hey sis? Isn't like 10 pm there?"

"Humm." Kalya said, setting up the electric microscope once again.

They have had this conversation before, so kalya doesn't understand why her little sister would bring it up again. Laudine is smart enough to know why she works so hard, not to mention Kalya is the adult. It is her job to make sure they both have food and are healthy.

"You know, watching you work non-stop isn't making me any more eager to apply to college." Laudine said when the silence became too much for her.

At that Kalya looked up at the monitor, seeing her own unamused face in the corner, brown hair threatening to fall out of her bun.

"I would like you to at the very least go to a community college. A high school degree is practically worth shit nowadays."

"Man, you must be really tired to be swearing in front of me." Laudine said with a shit eating grin that has Kalya roll her eyes at before getting back to work.

"You're going to come visit soon right? Nana is getting even more spacey than usual and she keeps forgetting to pick me up from tennis practice. I can't wait until I turn 16. Do you think she will give me that old truck?" Laudine continued rambling, and from the way the camera was shaking Kalya was willing to bet that she was bouncing her leg too.

"Maybe. It depended on when we sent off our report. Then I would be able to take a month off. As for the truck? I doubt it. It was Mother's." Kalya said, leaning back in her chair to stretch as she waited for the next sample to finish.

Their mother died a few months after Laudine was born. She always has been in poor health, but it got worse during the pregnancy. Kalya was ten at the time and was old enough to know it wasn't really Laudine's fault.

Their father died after a building collapsed on him. In a way that was harder since it was so sudden. Their father was a firefighter, so Kalya was use to him being in danger, but she was still unprepared for that day.

Laudine took it the worst.

Even though they lived with Nana, Kalya mainly cared for Laudine. She was all Kalya had left after all.

"Oh, well I guess I can just use Nana's car. Or will you be able to buy be one for my birthday?" Laudine said with a hopeful look.

"Depends."

"Humph, fine. Be all mysterious if you want."

Kalya snorted at that. Making another note in her laptop, not even bothering to look away from her monitor showing the sample.

She was so close. One more success and they can move from animal testing to human trials.

"Hey Sis? Do you think-"

It was like a bomb went off.

Kalya turned around, any tiredness that she had was gone the moment she noticed the flames outside the lab.

"What the fuck?!" Kalya exclaimed, not even noticing her sister was still on the video chat, though the connect was quickly dropping frames.

She just ran to the fire extinguisher, wondering why the alarms weren't going off. They seemed to go off whenever someone light the bunsen burner without the vent, but now there was nothing.

Just silents.

"KALYA!" Laudine yelled, and Kalya looked back to see her little sister's terrified face, pixelated and frozen, just as the floor crumbled beneath her.

And she fell.

Yamada Koroko frowned as another test subject was placed into the room.

So far nothing had worked, and if Orochimaru-sama found out...

No. It will work. It has to one of these times.

Her first time leading a project worked perfectly according to paper. A group of ten fetuses with Hyuga and Uchiha DNA. But as they grew, Koroko noticed that they were completely unresponsive. Nothing was wrong physically, and the brain was developing like any other human's, but for some reason these artificial babies acted like they weren't alive.

Ren started calling them soulless, because of how the subjects would stair with slow blinking eyes. Koroko at first ignored the nickname, but it was an explanation for what happened. The reason why the artificial humans acted like they were brain dead despite the fact their brains were sending blood and signals to all the right places. They literally had no soul.

That was why Koroko suggested using them as test subjects for Orochimaru-sama's other project. The metempsychosis experiment.

It was the most classified project, and the only reason Koroko even knew about it was because she helped with the seals. Even so, Koroko was surprised when not only did Orochimaru-sama agreed, but made her the new leader.

Being able to transfer one soul to another body. It started from the seals the second Hokage made to reanimate bodies, but Orochimaru improved on it and wanted to take it another step. She doesn't know how he convinced their new hokage about this little project, but Koroko was curious to see if it would work.

She could careless about the immortality that Orochimaru-sama hoped to gain from it. The information they would gain is far more important than individual wants.

"Test 57. Subject 7, begin stage one." Koroko called out, watching as people moved like ants from down below.

Koroko calmed herself as they started drawing the seals all round the subject. It was a female this time, and had dark blue hair that was just starting to grow. Honestly, Koroko wasn't sure how this subject got blue hair when both the Uchiha and Hyuga were known for their black hair, but it wasn't important. The subject had one black eye and one pale lavender one.

Only three of their ten subjects got both eyes, and this was the last one.

"Activate seal 35." Koroko commented, watching as the perimeter of the room started to glow slightly from the chakra.

"Seal 15, and 5 in three... two... one." Koroko watched as two worked slammed their hands on the seal simultaneously.

Good. Already turning out better than the first two times.

"Seal 1, 6, and 33!" Koroko yelled and only a moment later those were activated as well.

Koroko was leaning over the balcony, hands gripping the railing as she counted in her head, sensing for when the natural chakra was spread out enough for the next step. This was the hardest part, making sure that the area is void of any natural chakra.

"Seals 4 and 7. Then 10 after three clicks." Koroko told them.

"Now 20, 16, 24, and 25."

This time, the result was noticeable. Even a civilian with no chakra training would be able to tell that someone was different.

"Start the countdown! The area is bigger then test 53, but don't take any chances!" Koroko yelled down, everyone who wasn't tied down to a seal scrambling to get into their new positions.

"Ready yourselves... Group A!" Koroko called out, and five more seals more activated.

The ambient light changed from bluish to a more purple color. Koroko nodded to herself, please to see that everything was working properly for once.

"Group B and C!"

Ten seal were activated, and the test subject moved from the table she was tied to. It was the first time any of the test subjects from Koroko's first project did any voluntary movement, and Koroko took that as a sign that this was it.

"Group D!"

With that, all the seals that were on the skin of the subject were activated, one right after another starting from the chakra core. One of the workers fell, but another took their place before Koroko could yell at them. Working in a chakra void was dangerous, and even those with jounin level chakra store couldn't last more than ten minutes in such an environment.

They have already lost ten workers, and five more are suffering extreme chakra deficiency.

"37!" Koroko called, and the subject started convolting.

"9 and 27!"

Another worked passed out, and was replaced.

"22, 30, and 12!"

There was a sharp smell in the air. Koroko hasn't experienced it before, but the previous leader of the project noticed such a thing happened during the 29th test. The ambient light was only around the subject now, and she started screaming. That also happened to test subject 3, but his heart gave out soon after.

"Yamada-san! Get ready with that medical jutsu!" Koroko called out as another worker fell to the group.

The subject stopped screaming, but she mouth was still open.

It was so silent that Koroko could hear the clock in the room counting the seconds. Her heart beat seems to be trying to match it as she watched for the light to fade.

Three...

Two...

"DEACTIVATE THE MAJOR SEALS!" Koroko called out, and moved to get into the room herself.

Everyone looked completely exhausted, but all those with medical training were around the subject. Koroko walked in, giving everyone a nod.

"Yamada-san? What's the verdict."

"Well Koizumi-san the subject's vidal's are good. Strong, even. It is responding to touch and seems to be more active than before." Yamada said, stopping the mystic palm technique.

"Someone get a Yamanaka! We need to be sure." Koroko yelled, but couldn't help the smile creeping onto her face.

It worked. They were able to get a soul from the other side and put it into the soulless subject's body.

A/N: This story has been in the works for a long time now. Since... March 15 according to when I made the google file. I'm thinking of leaving you guys some key ideas I want to put into this story, but that might be a spoiler. Eh, I'll leave that up to you.

As the case with any one who writes, feedback is greatly appreciated. Even if it is just you sending a review with a smiley face on it. Assuming that you are intrigued by this idea that is. Otherwise tell me what you liked, hoped to see, thought was confusing.

Last thing, I have two ideas for a cover for this story. One is just a avatar character creator I did of Kalya/Keira, the other is the ouroboros (snake eating it's own tail). Which do you think would make a better cover?

Thanks for taking the time to read this first chapter, I know not a lot happened. Hope you have a good night/day!