OROCHIMARU'S BIRTHDAY

Fall is always a season Orochimaru hated. Nothing special happened. There were no fun holidays. There was thanksgiving and halloween, but those were meant for little kids and families, not young genin living on their own. Tsunande had her little brother, The Second and First Hokage's, and her mom and dad to celebrate holidays with, and Jiraiya had his mom, dad and baby sister. Orochimaru had nothing.

He sighed, making his way to the graveyard. He felt like he had friends amongst the gravestones. None of them could judge him for not having a family. He sighed, sitting down and hugging his knees in front of the gravestone of someone named Ichigo Murisama.

"Well Ichigo, it seems we're alone again, huh?"

"Orochimaru?" The young boy turned to see Tsunande looking at him curiously. "Who are you talking to?"

"Oh. I was talking to the person in the grave."

"In the grave? Please don't tell me they answer..." Orochimaru chuckled shaking his head.

"No, they don't. But i pretend they do."

"Well, Sarutobi Sensei said to hang out with you for a few hours. To keep you company."

"Thanks, but I'm fine."

"I insist!" she said sitting next to him. He sighed looking at her. A slight blush creeped onto her face and to cover it up she tried redo-ing her ponytail.

"You're blushing." He announced, making her blush more.

"Y-yeah."

"Do you like me?"

"Wh... what?"

"Like... do you like me... as a person? Or do you think i'm a weirdo?" She looked over at him, not knowing how to put how she felt into words.

"I think... I think you'r adorable most of the time. And lonely too. But i never thought you were a weirdo. Your one of my best friends." He looked at her with wide eyes. "Wanna practice summoning techniques for a bit?"

"Um... yeah. Sure." The boy said, a slight, almost invisible blush appearing over his cheeks. They practiced summoning for a few hours and as they sat catching their breath, Tsunande looked up to the sky.

"Come on." She said getting up and taking his wrist.

"Where are we going?" He asked, confused.

"You'll see~" She said leading him through the village to his apartment. She opened the door and turned on the lights, and a sudden "SURPRISE!" Was shouted from all across the room. Sarutobi, Tobirama, Harashima, Jiraiya and both of their parents and siblings circled around a table with a cake set on it.

"Wh... what? What's this...?"

"We decided you should have a birthday party." Tobirama said, scratching his head.

"But... I don't have one."

"You do now!" Harashima said with a smile. "October 27th is now your birthday, Orochimaru."

"Thank you Lord The First... Lord The Second..." He said, bowing. "So... what does one do on a birthday?"

"Eat cake, open presents, socialize with friends..." Tobirama lists off in monotone. "The birthday boy or girl gets the presents and gets the first slice of cake, too. I tried baking it myself but i burned by hand getting it out, and ended up burning the cake." He said, raising up a bandaged hand.

"I had to finish it." Sarutobi said. "But Lord Hokage forgot a very important part. Blowing out the candles on the birthday cake and making a wish."

"Oh. What kind of wish is it?"

"Anything you want!" Jiraiya's dad said. The young snake boy nodded and went up to the cake with the candles in it. there were fourteen in total, which he assumed represented his age. He thought of a wish and blew out each candle, and everyone clapped.

"What did you wish for?" Harashima asked.

"I wished I would have a family some day." he said. "A son, to be exact."

"That's thinking a bit far ahead don't you think?" Tobirama asked, a sweatmark rolling down his forehead.

"That's my biggest goal right now. To grow up and have a family. I'm going to name my son Mitsuki."

"Well, its your wish. I have no place telling you what it should be." They served the cake and mingled, giving Orochimaru the best first birthday ever.