BHBL One-Shot

Just an Illusion

A/N: I do not own the Naruto Franchise or Orochimaru.

I just own Mari Kaede and any other OCs mentioned.

Hey guys, I decided to make a small One-Shot inspired by the line Orochimaru comes out with when Mitsuki asks him to sign a form in one of the Boruto episodes. (I haven't seen that episode yet, but the line was so good.)

Originally in my story, Orochimaru would alter his form to be male so Kaede would still be attracted to him, but I've decided to change that because of this line, Kaede is actually Pansexual since she doesn't care what gender he is, she loves him for who he is.

Anyway, enjoy~

My name's Mari Kaede, some people think that means my first name's Mari, but it ain't. In Japan we say our surname first, so make sure y'call me Kaede, got it? Heh, anyway, now that the introduction's out of the way, I can start talking t'you properly! Before I met Orochi-sama, I was a normal kid who wanted t'be a Sunagakure Jounin, I'd never really wanted anything else, I never really thought I was capable of anything else.

But he changed me...At first it was bad, y'know, no one wants t'be kidnapped and physically, mentally and emotionally tortured through experiments for ten years, but hey, I've kind of made my peace with that. But after that, after spending years hating him with every fibre of my being, he taught me that a village and a title don't matter, that it's all just an illusion, so I respected him.

Then I came across some important documents that I read out of curiosity and realized why Orochi-sama was so hell-bent on immortality, mortality itself was just an illusion that could be broken. That information is what started a long road to loving that snake eyed bastard~.

And even now, after loving him, having children with him, and being with him for most of my life, and more, I realized something else when he was talking to our youngest son, Mitsuki...

"There have been times when I was a man, and times when I was a woman, and even times when I was something out of this world...Outer Appearances don't matter."

Those words made me see that sexuality itself was an illusion too, that my once-perceived heterosexuality wasn't true to who I was, because no matter what gender Orochi-sama takes on, I will love him, and devote my life and soul t'him forever.

A/N: Aaaand that's the gist of it, I hope it was interesting and not too much of a spoiler to my actual story, I'm trying my best to explain this in Kaede's future view without giving away too many details I haven't gotten to yet in the main story.

Please review, all comments and criticisms will help me become a better writer.

Thank you for reading!