A full moon rose over the quiet Kirigakure, most people at rest as only anbu and assassins strode in the night. A young student was sent on an important mission, needing to act alone and without the alerts noticing him. He moved silently where they weren't looking, along the ground, walking as if he was just going on a stroll. They took no notice of him as he strode to the object's home, a woman deemed needing to be killed due to treachery but due to political persuasion, had to be assassinated silently by someone unexpected. For such a mission, it was only rated as a B class as she would not be much of a fight and should be easy if done swiftly and silently. His dark eyes eyed the house as his dark sandals with camo-spotted leg warmers coming to a halt. His way in, the balcony. He would climb up swiftly and quietly, covering his tracks. He would step up onto the flooring, noticing the way out is plainly open.
The thirteen year-old was confused as to why they would leave themselves unguarded, hearing an odd gurgling sound as he stepped in. He looked to see the woman's form on the bed, her mouth bloodied but already dried with a piece of metal that she had been plainly biting into. He moved closer as the gurgles continued but noticed they were not from the woman. They were from under the covers in a bloody spot. It was - moving? He moved down the covers quickly to uncover a baby girl, her umbilical cord still attached. He leaned down at the choking infant, curious as to why it had been left alone, but as his target was already dead he found himself wanting to keep the slowly dying infant.
He slid his hands under the head and body, holding the baby to himself. He gently patted it as the infant coughed up the blood it had been choking on yet afterwards, she did not cry. He held the girl in one arm then, cradling her in one arm as he drew a kunai to cut her cord. He smiled beneath the wraps that covered his nose and face as he spoke to the little baby, "I am going to be your father now. I may not be old enough to raise you but I can try. I will name you... Ryuu Amaya Momochi."
"What a pretty name," A voice called from behind him on the balcony. He turned to see a pale Konohagakure nin who was fairly well-known. Their eyes met, harshly exchanging glances. "You do not know what you are getting into, boy," The man moved closer, "I am older and know more about things than you would. Hand her to me and I will take her to a good home but I will only call her by her initials."
Zabuza looked at the man and then to his newly rescued daughter, his brown eyes locking onto her blueish pearls. He held her close and said, "Why would you take away her name?"
Orochimaru stepped to him and said, "Because it isn't yours to give. You are a child. Hand her to me."
Zabuza did not trust this nin, but he had no real experience. He walked to him and handed over the small baby. Orochimaru took little Ram into his arms and connected to her for a moment when she tried to grab at his hair. He shook it off and turned to leave the room, disappearing at the balcony. Zabuza felt regret but could get back to his regular life.
Orochimaru brought the infant to his home, keeping her inside the house and private from everyone else as he went about his normal ways. Little Ram would coo and giggle as she watched him walk a new friend inside every now and again. The new friend would always wave at her and admire her cuteness, before walking in. All the baby would hear is screams but this made her giggle. The sound hit Orochimaru's ears during one of them and decided to move her crib into his lab. He brought a new friend down and she got to watch him experiment. She couldn't have laughed and seemed to be trying to dance any harder. He admired this and gave her a scalpel to play with. She would eye its shininess and place the sharp edge right into her mouth, him removing it before she would bite down which would only make her cry. He would give it back and through the entire procedure would continue needing to stop to make sure she didn't eat it.
One morning he caught something a bit different. He brought in a trap with a little black wolf in it. The wolf was whimpering with its eyes shut and little ears feld back. He would pick it up out of the cage to look at its tails, counting thirteen beautiful tails. He smiled at this demon find but was not sure about using himself to subject a body to it. The only one he had around at the time was Ram. He took the cage to her and placed the puppy in with her. The first thing she did was hug the whimpering pup, causing it to calm. Orochimaru thought that since they seemed easily bonded outside, it shouldn't be too hard to bond them together inside with a seal. He picked them up and placed them onto the ground and drew the seal mark onto the little girl, then prepared the pup and locked the tiny demon into the tiny baby. Ram only kept clapping and cooing the entire time.
Orochimaru picked her up and held her as he looked into her now purple eyes. He was stunned by the change as he could see a remnant of the sharingan in them. He became angry that he hadn't done it on himself but as she started to hold onto him, he allowed it to simmer as he held her close. "My little Ram," He spoke only to her, "I can't stay mad."
Ram would only chortle and seem happier than a sparrow in mating season. He smiled and said, "I will teach you all I know."
Years passed and he left Konohagakure, having already moved her to the sound village. She was now about five and she was already learning how to correctly use her scalpel. She learned where to cut and where to cut to get to where. She was excited as he had promised her that today, she would get to learn how to use his curse seal. She ran downstairs, dressed in his tan T-shirt that was far too big for her tiny body. Her skin was now just as pale as his, making her purple eyes pop. Her hair was black and straight, like his. He was proud that she was a tiny look-alike but found it funnier that she tried to do his purple eye-marks in black. It was flattering. He then showed her the willing target and told her, "Now, the curse seal is easy. Focus in your mouth a piece of you and let fangs extend. Once they are extended, bite the target for a second or two and a curse mark should appear."
Ram was so excited she crawled up and bit the person's neck hard enough to make them bleed, no chakra added. Orochimaru laughed at her enthusiasm and then showed her his fangs when he would do it. He even let her feel them carefully, not trying to mark her himself. He called it back and motioned for her to try again. She focused first this time, getting some chakra into her teeth to sharpen them a little. She bit the target again and forgot to inject the chakra. He would giggle again and tell her to let it out. She then released it into the target, swirls exploding on the body then condensing into a sharingan symbol. He clapped to let her know she did right. Ram nearly tackled him she was so happy.
The next morning, she woke up to Orochimaru sitting in her room with a birthday cake he had made himself. She smiled and said, "Dis means I'm gonna be five officially!"
Orochimaru smiled and nodded, "Yes, five years old officially. Once you blow out the candles I will give you a very special present."
Ram smiled and blew out the candles and slipped a piece of frosting. Due to her enthusiasm, he stood up and walked out of the room and brought back a paper wrapped box that was heavy and making sounds. He placed it on a stone table in her room and let her rip the paper off. She was ecstatic to find that below the layer of paper was glass, looking in on a beautiful 6 foot albino boa. She hugged onto Orochimaru's waist and squeeled, "Thank you! She is perfect!"
Orochimaru laughed and pet her head. "How do you know it is a she?" He joked with her.
"Because she is pretty!" She joked back then said, "One bump or no bumps is a girl, two is male."
Orochimaru hadn't known she knew that and said, "Good girl. You learn things fast, don't you?"
She nodded to him and then went to the tank and opened it to pet the boa gently on the head. "I am gonna name you Amaya cause you are as beautiful as rain."
Orochimaru had a moment of wondering how she had come up with her middle name to name the snake. Had she remembered? That was long enough ago that it should be impossible for her to remember. Either or, he showed joy in her love of snakes and said, "And one more thing."
Ram looked up to him confused and then watched his hands. First to boar, then to dog, then bird, and monkey, and finally ram. He pressed his hand down and a snake with a scroll in it's mouth appeared. The snake wrapped up her leg and up onto her arm to place the scroll right into her hand. She would gently open the scroll and notice a place to sign. Orochimaru smiled and said, "This is a contract to summon snakes. I did the hand signs slow for you so you could see them. Once you sign, you could also summon these magnificent creatures."
Ram nodded and bit her thumb and rubbed the blood around on the surface then pressed it on the scroll to sign. She then rolled it up and gave it to the snake that gave it to her and the little cutey would disappear. She gave a light smile and then looked up to Orochimaru, pride was gleaming from her eyes. He could tell he was going to make her into a great ninja.
A few years later, he was teaching her literally everything he knew. This included if she ever needed to body transfer so she could. She would progress swiftly as she aged into being 13. She learned everything and anything she could. This is truly where the story begins.