A five-year-old girl with ghostly pale white skin and golden slit pupil snake eyes. With her lilac hair tied up in a bun with a green bow. She was sitting in a booster chair at a table with a giant smile on her small adorable face. In front of her was a cake with blue icing on it with a snake design with purple icing, and it had Happy Birthday on it, along with a red candle shaped like a five.

She stared down at the cake in front of her with wide eyes bringing a hand toward the cake before waving her to a stop.

"Sena, hang on, angel," A woman who seemed to be about in her late 30s and had fair skin and white with tint lavender pupilless eyes. Her lilac hair went down to her lower back, and her bangs covered her left eye.

"That right, Serpent princess, have to light the candle first," Orochimaru chuckled as he used a small fire justu to light the candle.

"Now cake time?" Sena asked cutely.

"Almost one more thing you have to do first," A boy with silver hair and glasses said, smiling at Sena.

"What that big brother Kabu?" She asked, blinking in confusion.

Instead of responding, Kabuto, the woman, and Orochimaru began singing.

Happy Birthday, Sena 🎶

Happy Happy Birthday 🎶

Happy B-day, Sena 🎶

Oh yeah🎶

My snake says hiss to you, Sena🎶

My coyotes said howl to you, Sena🎶

Sena birthday🎶

Birthday Sena 🎶

Happy fifth birthday Sena, yeah 🎶

"Now you can blow the candles out and eat cake," The woman said.

Sena cheered and puffed up her cheeks as she blew on the candle wetting the flame with her saliva, and extended a hand forward to grab a huge chunk of ca-

Her mind was pulled out of her trip to memory lane by Kabuto's voice. She opened her eyes as she sensed Kabuto had stopped walking and opened his eyes to see him looking back at her.

"We will stop here to rest for the night and continue again at sunrise," Kabuto announced. "We take turns on guard watch."

"You will be taking the first watch?" Sena asked as she pulled out a sleeping bag that was sealed away in one of her storage scrolls.

"Makoto gets the first watch," Kabuto said as he headed the boy some traps to set up."It will be good training for him. Go set these traps up and keep watch for enemies," He ordered before going over to rest against a tree across from where Sena was lying down.

"Yes, sir," Makoto replied.

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Sena was lying down in her sleeping bag, her eyes closed, drifting off to sleep, but immediately snapped open in alertness, sensing a presence. She looked to see Makoto hovering near her.

"It's not time to switch guards yet. There is still another hour," She stated.

"I know, Lady Sena, but I need someone to answer my questions," He replied.

"Why not Big Brother Kabuto?" She asked, looking over towards where Kabuto was with his eyes cracked open.

He stared at her emotionless.

"Fine," She said before sitting up. She turned around and nodded approval at the trap set up and then looked at the boy two years younger than her." what do you want to know?" She asked.

"What do you wear for an inauguration ceremony?" Makoto asked.

"Well, whenever a Kage is inaugurated, they are given a formal cloak or robe along with a kage hat that they wear. Each village has a different style and color," She stated.

Makoto nodded at the statement. "Okay, that makes sense. Will you be giving a speech?" He asked.

"Yes, like every ceremony, someone is selected for something. You normally go up and give some speech," She explained.

"Okay, so what's your speech like?"

"You have to find out at the inauguration," She told him. "I will ruin the speech if I tell it to you now."

The boy was confused at her firmness but nodded his understanding. "Okay, I understand."

"Excellent. Are there any more questions?" She asked.

He hesitated."Why um....? I mean, not that it's important..."

Sena motioned for him to go on and split it out.

"Why did you want me to come with you? And why is my experiment named Makoto?" He questioned.

She hummed in response to his questions. "Well, I will need bodyguards for the village, and myself like my father did with the Sound Four. I have an idea about the next member of the new Sound Four. As for the second question, I can't answer that."

"Why not? And why did you pick me as a member?" He asked, confused.

"I don't know why my father named you that or the whole reason he made you using Uzumaki and a little bit of Senju DNA. I choose you because, with some proper training, you can be a fantastic bodyguard," She explained.

"You have to know somewhat of why he did, right?" He asked quickly.

Sena looked him dead in the eyes with annoyance. "I don't know. He didn't talk much about you to me. I only knew of his plans for destroying the Akatsuki and dealing with the Hidden Leaf once he switched vessels!"

Makoto flinched at her yelling before looking down at the ground. He then looked back up at her. "Yes, Lady Sena."

"Good, now that's enough questions," She said, ruffling the boy's hair as she gave him a smile showing her snake fangs.

"But I-"

Kabuto looked over at the two, hearing them talking.

"My apologies, Big Brother Kabu. We didn't mean to disturb you," She said as she now her head.

Makoto did the same before looking back at Sena."I have one more question."

"Be quiet around!" Kabuto annoyed.

Sena looked at Makoto seriously, half-lidded that he wasn't listening to her.

He nodded before getting ready to walk away from Sena."I shall return to guard duty. I apologize for the disturbance and disobedience, Lady Sena and Kabuto-san." He bowed.

Kabuto didn't reply to Makoto.

Sena nodded and closed her eyes as you rested back on her sleeping bag. She didn't fall back asleep, however, and just watched and listened to the owls and animals still awake for the night.

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An hour later, Makoto came over to Sena to change guard duty.

She allowed him to lay down on the makeshift pillow made of leaves and fall asleep as she kept watch over the camp. As soon as he was sleeping, she looked over at Kabuto, who was staring at her.

"What is it? You have been looking at me for a while now?" She asked.

"Why did you bother asking his questions when he has no business knowing the new Otokage business?" Kabuto demanded to know.

"He will be a member of the Sound Four when I am Otokage. I need him to trust me and understand the importance of his role, even if I have to play 20 questions with him," She answered with a sigh as she once again focused her attention on upcoming enemies."I will do whatever to ensure the village's safety."

"It doesn't matter if he trusts you. All that matters is he does his job along with the other three you have in mind," Kabuto said, reminding her of the importance of being Otokage.

"I'm Otokage and doing things my way like Father wishes, and as you told me. I know this way, Makoto will be better at security, and so will Jugo once I obtain him from the lab he is located in," She replied and sighed, remembering she will have to deal with Sasuke at some point for doing as he pleased.

He knew of the bases, especially with his Sharingan. He would be a problem against the village if he ended up back in the hands of Konoha or the Akatsuki, the biggest enemies of Otogakure.

She closed her eyes and focused on her sensory skills for any nearby chakra. She was like that for a couple of seconds before she was interrupted.

"Lady Sena, you know that Jugo isn't stable, right?" Kabuto questioned.

"I know that big brother Kabu. I know I can control him even without father around to help if he tries to attack me when I go get," Sena stated.

Kabuto nodded. "As the new Otokage, it is your responsibility to keep him in line while on security duty. Nobody will trust you if you can't control a dangerous experiment that has been given freedom from the labs."

Sena frowned at what seemed to be a lack of trust from Kabuto. "I will ensure he behaves as soon as I free him."

"You seem pretty sure of yourself, Lady Sena. As your father's right-hand man, I trust your judgment and want you to have a good discussion. If you genuinely believe you can control him, however, getting him will have to be after the ceremony."

"Of course, I know that the ceremony comes first. The people and village need a leader to stabilize the village; before I can think about freeing Jugo."

Kabuto nodded and went back to sleep. Sena went back to keeping watch until it was Kabuto's turn for guard duty. At the same time, she is thinking about what her father would think of letting Jugo be a member of the new Sound Four.

Here is an edited version of chapter two of Lady Sena. In this chapter, we see a brief flashback of Sena's birthday celebration with her parents. As well as her answering Makoto's questions while they taking a break to rest from traveling. I hope you enjoy the edited version.

Thanks for reading!

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