So I never explained what the 'OxOxOxOxOxO' is lol in case you're wondering it's a switch between views of the two groups :3 anyways here's the next chapter! :D


The first few hours were uneventful to say the least and eventually Jiraiya insisted that they stop to eat. "There's an apple tree there, pick some apples to eat." Orochimaru sighed, rolling his eyes as his teammate set him down on a large rock. "Okay." The white haired genin said before he watched in surprise when suddenly the pale genin threw a kunai into the bushes and a squeak was heard.

He flicked some of his long black hair over his shoulder before looking at Jiraiya nonchalantly. "I catch, you prep, I cook." The snake summoner said as the white haired genin walked over to where the kunai had been thrown and he picked up the rabbit that was there. "Fair enough." He said, deciding to go a little bit away to prep the rabbit.

"Be sure to wash the blood off yourself before you come back." Orochimaru added as he closed his eyes slightly, to Jiraiya he looked like a basking snake enjoying the sun. "Yeah yeah, okay." He rolled his eyes and walked away, glancing back at the other once before he continued to walk. All the while he was prepping the rabbit, he couldn't help but continuously think back to how the other looked.

If he didn't know any better, he would've thought that the other was simply a gorgeous flat chested girl. But he did know better, he also knew if he ever told Orochimaru that then the other would certainly kill him. Plus his teammate wasn't a girl, though he was still gorgeous.

Jiraiya froze at that thought and blinked a couple times in surprise, did he seriously just? "Jiraiya!" the white haired genin jumped in surprise when he heard Orochimaru call for him, confused as to what the other wanted he stood up, the prepared rabbit in his hand. "What is it?" he asked, instantly spotting the problem.

A group of older teenaged boys were surrounding the genin, who looked way too uncomfortable and feminine compared to the ones surrounding him. "Oi, get out of here!" Jiraiya snapped, his anger clear as he stormed over, shoving one of the teens closer to Orochimaru away from the pale genin. "Or what?" one sneered before they all flinched when a feminine voice replied before Jiraiya could. "Or Father will ban you all from leaving the farm."

The group of boys looked at each other before turning around quickly. "No need for that, don't tell him!" one said, moving away from Orochimaru and over to the young girl that Orochimaru could see just barely past Jiraiya. "Yeah, we're going, sorry to bug you." Another said and they all ran off, leaving Jiraiya glaring after them and Orochimaru more than relieved that they were gone.

"Well…" the snake summoner sighed before shaking his head in irritation. "Whatever, did you finish prepping the rabbit?" Jiraiya nodded and the snake summoner sighed again. "Give me the meat and make a fire." Orochimaru said and the white haired genin handed him the meat before beginning to make a fire.

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Tsunade fell down onto a log with a long sigh of exhaustion. "Sensei, I can't go on any longer, I need to rest." She complained and Sarutobi stopped, looking around before nodding and leaning back against a tree. "Here." He suddenly said, tossing a snack at the blonde and she caught it eagerly. "Thank you."

Sarutobi nodded before closing his eyes to think, Tsunade ate the snack silently before standing a few minutes later. "Let's get going again." She suggested before they both were off running again. "Did you see which way they even went?" the blonde eventually asked making her teacher look at her. "Knowing Orochimaru he probably would've insisted that they go south. I figure we should find our way back to the clearing where we stopped then start going south from there."

"And that will work?" she asked and Sarutobi shrugged. "Hopefully." He muttered and Tsunade frowned, hopefully didn't sound quite as promising as she would like it to.

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"Whew, dang Orochi, didn't know you were such a good cook." Jiraiya whistled, grinning sheepishly at Orochimaru when the snake summoner looked over at him. "All I did was put some herbs on the meat then cooked it, there's no skill needed to do that." The black haired genin scoffed, which got a shrug from his teammate. "I would've burnt it without a doubt, you on the other hand didn't even char it!" he insisted and the pale genin looked away with another scoff, trying to hide the light flush to his face from the other's words.

"Whatever, let's get going now before we're found."

The white haired genin stood up with a sigh and picked his teammate up once again. "You ready?" he asked only continuing to walk when Orochimaru nodded. "From what I remember it didn't take us long to get to the cave, at the very most it'll take us another day to get to the clearing." The snake summoner said and Jiraiya nodded, stealing a quick glance down at the genin in his arms. "Is any of your wounds bugging you?" he finally asked and the smaller genin shrugged. "My leg, but that's inevitable."

"You sure?" he pressed and Orochimaru looked up at him, his golden snake eyes glinting with curiosity. "I'm fine, Jiraiya, why all of this sudden care for my wellbeing?" Jiraiya shrugged, refusing to meet the other's eyes. "I was just asking, I mean I have some pain medication in my backpack so I figured if any of your injuries were causing you troubles then you could take one to ease the pain." He said and his teammate frowned before continuing to look around the area. "Thanks for your concern, but I won't be needing any."

The white haired genin looked down at the snake summoner. "If you need one just ask." He said before beginning to walk quicker, just barely catching the soft 'I said I won't need any' from the smaller genin. From there they remained mainly silent, only sharing a quick word on the off occasion that Orochimaru became unsure if his teammate was heading in the right direction.

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"Sensei, look!" Tsunade hissed, pointing towards a group of ninja some of which she clearly remembered to be part of the group that attacked them. Sarutobi glanced at the ninja before motioning for her to continue on. "We don't need any more trouble with them." He whispered as they started a large circle to avoid getting spotted by the group.

"I said Kujo and I chased them into a cave, we saw them slip and we didn't see them in the pool so they must've drowned!" one of the ninja snapped making the two Leaf ninja freeze and look at each other. "And I said that because of your stupidity we're gonna have to go back to absolutely make sure those two are in fact dead!" another shouted back. "Yeah, the boss wanted that one with the pale skin and black hair, we have to make sure that at the very least that one is alive because if not then we're gonna have one hell of a time with appeasing him to make up for your foolishness!" Tsunade looked at Sarutobi, her eyes wide, they'd attacked trying to get Orochimaru?

A new ninja appeared suddenly in the middle of the group. "Two genin were spotted a few kilometers from here in that direction, one with black hair and the other with white. I'm pretty sure that the one with black hair is the one we're after." A calm voice stated and Sarutobi leaned forward slightly, trying to see which way the ninja was pointing. "Let's follow them Sensei, they can lead us right to Orochimaru and Jiraiya!" Tsunade hissed, tugging on her teacher's sleeve when the ninja began discussing who would go in that direction.

"Once we know the general direction that they're going we can run ahead of them and get to the two first." Sarutobi stated, grabbing Tsunade's wrist to pull her along when a group of six ninja ran after the one who'd appeared late. "Keep silent and don't stop whatsoever until we reach Orochimaru and Jiraiya."

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A small yawn escaped the small genin in his arms and Jiraiya looked down at his teammate, surprised at the fact such an innocent sound could come from him. "What?" Orochimaru asked, one thin eyebrow quirking in confusion when the white haired genin looked at him. "Are you tired? You could take a nap if you want." The snake summoner shook his head but rested it against Jiraiya's shoulder anyways.

"If I do then you'd only wake me up every few minutes to ask which direction to go next." He said through a yawn and the white haired genin snorted. "That's not true." He objected lightly and the pale genin laughed, as in actually laughed not scornfully but an actual genuine laugh. "We both know it is true." He chided and Jiraiya grinned widely, happy with how the other was clearly amused.

Orochimaru laughed again at his teammate's grin. "Why are you grinning like that?" he asked and the white haired genin's grin dropped to a small content smile. "No reason." He chuckled and the snake summoner giggled slightly. "Yeah, sure."


D'awww, Orochi laughed x3 such a cute little nugget, am I right? Lol anyways, reviews are love as always ^_^ see ya in the next chapter!