Eastern Hideout 8:30pm.
Menma made a silent prayer for the 3 children that laid dead before him and he stood up. He had a bitter look on his face and his eyes showed remnants of despair. He placed a hand on the boys one at a time and transported them to the Kamui dimension with the intention of returning them to their families.
Menma sensed an abnormality in the air behind him and glanced over his shoulder to find Kaikaku holding Nozomi. Something that Menma noticed was that the sclera of Kaikaku's eyes were white now, but Menma decided not to concern himself with it. A smile grew on Menma's face and his expression lightened up.
Kaikaku released Nozomi and she ran to Menma. Menma stretched out his arms and enveloped her in a hug. For the first time ever Menma shed a tear of joy and he stated, "I finally got you back!"-Menma.
She was also crying and she replied, "After he finished experimenting on me I thought I wouldn't see you again!"-Nozomi. "Of course I'd see you again, I told you I'd protect you no matter what."-Menma.
They released each other and Nozomi held her tail in her hand. She started crying again and she said, "He turned me into some kind of monster!"-Nozomi.
Menma grew a serious expression and grabbed one of her shoulders, "You aren't a monster Nozomi. Your appearance doesn't matter. The monster here is Yurusarenai for what he did to you... besides, in my opinion I think you look cute." Menma stated as he gave her a head pat.
Nozomi smiled and Menma pulled his hand back. Menma noticed a disappointed look on Nozomi's face and he asked, "Is something wrong?"-Menma. Nozomi blushed and asked, "Can you pat me more?"
Menma blushed and said, "Of course." As he placed a hand back on her head. Kaikaku laughed in the background and stated, "I think I'm gonna head back to Tokyo now."-Kaikaku. "What's it like over there anyway?"-Menma. Kaikaku pondered for a minute and responded, "It's pretty advanced compared to this place. But I've had some friends at a coffee shop help me out. They have mistaken me for one of them the first time I met them because of the way my eyes use to look."-Kaikaku said in a humorous tone.
Menma laughed a little in response and Kaikaku turned around. Once Menma couldn't see his face anymore Kaikaku frowned. 'Menma, earlier I was looking at you through the view of the Kamui dimension. I can tell by the look you had in your eye you really would have done anything to save her. Even if you had to bring a meteor down on this whole village, you would have done it without giving a second thought.' Kaikaku glanced back at Menma before slowly disappearing. 'I can sense a darkness growing in you. What's going on?'-Kaikaku.
Land Of Water Orochimaru's Memories
"So what do you 4 want to eat?"-Orochimaru asked peering in their direction. The 4 of them were currently marvelling at all of the options on the menu. "Can we really get whatever we want?"-Saburo. Orochimaru nodded and they all had huge smiles on their faces as the waiter approached.
Orochimaru's saw their lips move but everything was inaudible as he started thinking, 'Based off of everything that's happened it's already guaranteed that they'll follow me around but I need to find a golden opportunity to expose them to their first kill.'-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru his arm under the table and made snakes crawl from under the table. 'I'll have these snakes search for some kind of bounty. Killing the immoral will be a good start.'-Orochimaru.
Pretty soon after Orochimaru sent out snakes their food came out. When Orochimaru looked at the food as the waiter set it on the table, his eyes widened slightly. 'They ordered all of that?'-Orochimaru.
The amount of food on the table looked like it could feed a man for a whole week. There was a collection of meats and other things in front of him. There was chicken, salmon, mashed potatoes, corn, and even more.
Orochimaru finished marveling at the amount of food on the table and looked at the 4 brothers and noticed that they were crying. Orochimaru slightly panicked and asked, "Is there something wrong?"-Orochimaru.
Sen wiped away his tears and replied, "No nothing's wrong. We just never thought we'd ever get to eat like this."-Sen. It was in that moment that Orochimaru realized that he was looking at tears of joy and not sadness.
'Huh? What could they be talking about? What do they mean they'd never get to eat like this?' Orochimaru noticed he was tensed up and relaxed, 'I can just ask them later.'
10 Minutes Later
As each minute passed the food on the table became smaller and smaller. Orochimaru and even some other people in the restaurant decided to entertain themselves by watching them eat.
But inevitably it was gonna come to an end and the only thing left on the table was a single piece of salmon. All 4 of the brothers noticed this and gained an expression that looked like Stardust Crusaders level intensity.
Orochimaru started paying serious attention to what he predicted would happen. Everyone in the store including the workers stopped what they were doing and started attention to the inevitable battle. It all started in a flash.
Saburo was the first to dart for it. 'Sachi is the fastest among us, if I start off first and blitz for it then I should w'- Saburo's thoughts were cut off when he noticed he was intercepted by Sachi. "Nani?"-Saburo. Sachi chuckled and responded, "My fighting speed isn't the only thing quick about me. My reflexes are even better."-Sachi.
While the 2 were talking to each other Sen tried to sneak past the 2 and reach the salmon. But before he could grasp the piece of meat in between his chopsticks he was cut off by Saki who blocked him.
"I knew you would try to do that Sen, that's why I waited for this opportunity."-Saki. Sen tried to push away his chopsticks so he could reach the meat, but Saki's superior strength stopped him. Sen quickly grew a grin on his face and he started giggling. Saki frowned and asked, "What's so funny?"-Saki. Sen looked him straight in the eye and replied, "You may be stronger than me physically. But I'm still faster!"
After saying that Sen quickly withdrew his chopsticks. This caused Saki's arm to go into Saburo and Sachi. Sen took this opportunity to reach for the salmon. But before he could reach for it Sachi quickly used all of his speed to reach for the salmon. "At this rate, I won't be able to grab the salmon, but I'm still gonna get it away from you Sen!"-Sachi.
Sachi's chopsticks made contact with the salmon and he quickly threw it off of the plate. After Sachi's action all 4 of them chased after the salmon at high speeds. Orochimaru looked on with a surprised expression on his face and thought, 'This is a great way to train them in precision, speed, and reaction time. They're all doing 3 things at once. They're all blocking each other from reaching the salmon while keeping it from falling on the ground and trying to obtain it at the same time. Every once in a while one of them are able to get a decent touch on the salmon, but this only causes it to fly away, causing them to chase after it again.They're already on the level of a low tier Jonin.'-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru started paying closer attention to the battle at hand and noticed something. 'Everytime they're able to touch the piece of salmon it starts getting smaller because of the force the strikes of their chopsticks cause. They're all too focused on what they're doing to notice this though. At this rate none of them will be able to eat it.'-Orochimaru.
After a few seconds Saburo's facial expression changed and he stopped trying to grab the salmon. Everyone in the store wondered what he was thinking at that moment.
Saburo got into a fighting stance that favored evasiveness and his hands were pointed like snakes. Orochimaru was also curious about what he planned on doing.
'Although I'm by no means weak, I'm not as physically gifted in specific areas like the other 3. I'm not abnormally strong like Saki, extremely fast like Sachi, or as adept at fighting as Sen, but I'm most likely the most intelligent here. And at this rate none of us will eat the salmon, so I'm just gonna cut off a piece of it with chopsticks before it's too late.'-Saburo.
It all happened in one quick motion. Saburo dived under the group. This drew the attention of the other 3 away. But before he went all the way under them he quickly withdrew and jumped over the group and in one quick motion he cut off a 4th of the salmon with the chopsticks and ate it.
This stunned everyone in the shop, including Orochimaru. "I think I've seen something like that in a Basketball game before. This involves misdirection, but since there was only one of him he did everything in perfect posture and form to trick everyone into thinking he would no doubt dive below them. Then using all the speed he could he backed up and jumped over the group while he they were still focusing on the ground. Kind of like a mirage, he took advantage of their focus on the salmon and diverted just enough of it to the ground so that he could strike from above.' Orochimaru couldn't contain his smile and thought, 'If I ever send you 4 on a mission Saburo will definitely be the leader.'-Orochimaru.
Eastern Hideout Nighttime
Menma walked outside holding Nozomi's hand and he looked back at the building behind him. He lit a small Amaterasu flame and turned around.
While walking through the forest Nozomi stopped walking. Menma also stopped and looked back at her. "What's wrong?"-Menma. Nozomi looked down at her feet and Menma did the same. He noticed she didn't have any shoes on.
Menma almost panicked but before he could she asked, "Can you carry me home?"-Nozomi. Menma was caught off guard by her question and was silent. Menma noticed the embarrassed look on her face and came back to his senses. "Of course."-Menma.
She smiled in response and Menma picked her up and carried her bridal style. She nuzzled into his chest and Menma blushed. 'Was she always this cute.'-Menma.
Eventually they were out of the forest. Menma was about to ask her if she wanted to walk but he realized she was already sleeping. Menma remained silent and continued walking down the street.
Once Menma was halfway there he started to feel uneasy. He eventually stopped walking after he heard footsteps behind him. He glanced over his shoulders and glared at the 3 shadowy figures behind him. "Saburo, Sachi, and Sen."-Menma.
Orochimaru's Memories
The group of 5 walked down the street and a snake crawled towards Orochimaru with a poster in it's mouth. Orochimaru took the poster and smiled at what he saw. 'A group of 5 rapists and murderers. This is perfect.'-Orochimaru.
The 4 brothers noticed Orochimaru stopped walking and they walked towards him. "After everything I've taught you 4 I think it's time you actually go on a mission."-Orochimaru stated handing Saburo the bounty.
They all had serious yet worried expressions on their faces and Saburo asked, "Is there anything we should know before starting this mission?"-Saburo. Orochimaru nodded and replied, "Only 2 things. First is that I'm not going to help you at all. And second, is that I'm making Saburo the leader."-Orochimaru.
They all had slight shock on their faces and Saburo asked, "Why are you making me leader?"-Saburo. Orochimaru replied, "Based off of what I saw earlier with the salmon I can tell you're perfect for this role. You have shown the most intelligence, and you've shown that you have the ability to maintain a clear head even under pressure. And most importantly, you've shown restraint. You know when to pull out when a situation isn't going to lead to your success. Those thinking skills can save your lives one day."-Orochimaru.
Saburo had a smile plastered on his face and he responded, "I won't disappoint you." He bowed and they all left.
Menma
You've destroyed way too much of what Orochimaru created. We've come here to eliminate you."-Saburo. Menma remained silent for a few seconds responded, "Very well, but before that I'm going to put Nozomi in bed."-Menma.
Sachi stepped forward and replied, "Huh? What are you talking about? We've come here to"- Sachi was cut off by the sudden aura that Menma emitted. Menma glanced back at them with an indifferent look in his eye and stated, "I'm going to put her in bed first."-Menma.
There was something special about the aura Menma radiated, it wasn't evil, and it didn't contain malice. But it still felt overwhelming. It was like being given an order from a superior being. Sachi backed down and replied, "Fine."-Sachi.
Menma faced forward once again and he started walking away. Menma noticed Nozomi woke up and she yawned. "Did something happen?"-Nozomi. Menma shook his head and replied, "No, nothing's happened. You can go back to sleep."
Nozomi nodded and closed her eyes again.
Orochimaru's Memories
Orochimaru looked on at the battle proceeding down below. 'Hmm. I never taught them how to stealthily take someone down, so it makes sense that this ended up being a full on battle. Judging by how they're fighting I can tell that that group use to be Jonin's, but I have no doubt Saburo and the others will prevail... well Saburo might have some trouble though. The enemy he's facing is on an ANBU's level.'-Orochimaru.
'Damn it Sachi, why are you always so rash? You should have listened to the plan."-Saburo. Saburo looked over at everyone else to see how they were doing.
Sachi was having too much fun messing with his enemy, he was dodging everything and he hasn't went for a strike yet. Sen has already beaten his enemy, he keeps on getting up but he won't beat Sen. And Saki has knocked his enemy unconscious.
Saburo felt a sudden pain in his shoulder and looked back towards his enemy. He noticed that a knife was penetrating through his shoulder. It took a minute for all of the pain to set in but once it did he let out a blood curdling scream and thought, 'Damn it, I should have been paying more attention.'-Saburo.
All 3 of the other brothers heard Saburo's screams and reacted to it instantly. Sachi close lined him at a breakneck speed and Saki used a haymaker on him and sent him flying into a tree.
Sen carefully removed the knife from Saburo's shoulder and Orochimaruran towards them and asked, "Are you ok?"-Orochimaru. Saburo nodded and replied, "Yes, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention."-Saburo. Orochimaru made a sigh of relief.
It took a minute for what just transpired to register for Orochimaru. But once it did he thought, 'What the hell? When did this start happening? Since when did I feel distress and relief for these kids? Am I making myself become too attached?'-Orochimaru.
"Hey guys."-Sachi. The other 3 brothers looked in his direction and Sachi stated, "The guy Saki punched isn't breathing."
Menma
Menma laid down Nozomi's body onto her bed and kissed her forehead. He turned around and started heading out the door. "Hey Menma?"-Nozomi. Menma turned around and asked, "Did you need something?"-Menma. "Can you stay here?"-Nozomi. Menma smiled and replied, "Sorry, but not tonight."-Menma.
Nozomi nodded and went back to sleep. Menma walked outside and looked up at the stars in the sky. He felt something hit his eyes and he wiped it off. Once he opened them again, he noticed that it was snowing. 'It's pretty unusual for it to snow in the middle of October.' Menma sighed. 'Unfortunately I don't have time to enjoy the snow right now.' Menma's mind drifted to thoughts of playing in the snow with everyone else.
Menma clenched his fist with a smile on his face and he thought, 'That's a future I'm willing to fight for.' As he started heading back to meet Saburo Sachi and Sen.
'I can tell just by looking at them that they're much different than the usual enemies I fight. The only things I know about them come from my experience with Saki and what Karin told me. So I'm gonna have to come up with some kind of plan on how I'm gonna do this.'-Menma.
Orochimaru's Memories
"Do you understand now?" Orochimaru asked, placing a hand on Saki's shoulder. Saki wiped away a tear from his eye and replied with a nod.
Orochimaru smiled and responded, "Well Saburo, I should take care of your wound."-Orochimaru. Orochimaru started walking towards Saburo, but he stopped in his tracks when he saw his shoulder. There was something that was vantablack and flat in the shape of a hand covering what used to be his wound.
"Saburo, what is that?"-Orochimaru. Saburo used a mirror and looked at his shoulder. He freaked out a little and it disappeared. Orochimaru peered at where the shadow on his shoulder use to be and he thought, "Did he accidentally end up covering up part of his body with some kind of shadow made of chakra?'-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru started working on taking care of Saburo's shoulder, but his mind drifted somewhere else. 'Their potential use to excite me, but now I'm starting to feel a bit frightened by how fast they're developing. I might have to stop them from training at some point.'-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru eventually finished up on Saburo's shoulder and a thought popped into his mind. "So what were you kids doing before you met me anyway? Don't you have parents?"-Orochimaru. After hearing the question the 4 brothers looked up at Orochimaru and Sachi asked, "What are parents?"
For what felt like an hour everything was silent. It took a while for his answer to sink into Orochimaru's mind, but once it did, he started to think of how he could respond. 'How do they not know what parents are? How should I even answer this?'-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was about to answer but then he realized something. 'What are parents? I don't even know what parents are...'-Orochimaru.
Something suddenly clicked in Orochimaru's mind. This realization almost made a tear form in his eye. 'How long has it been since I've thought of my own parents? I've kept my memories of them hidden away for decades now.'-Orochimaru.
"Parents are... people that watch over you. It's an adult that cares for children like you. There's usually a mom and a dad, a guy would be considered a dad. And uhh... both of them love and care for you deeply, they'll take care of you when you're ill, they'll speak up for you when no one else will, and they'll take care of you for as long as you need until you're able to take care of yourself. They don't have to be blood related, just someone that does all of these things."-Orochimaru.
The 4 of them remained silent the entire time and paid attention to every single word he said, and once he was done explaining Saburo asked, "So would you be our dad then?"-Saburo.
Once again Orochimaru didn't know how to respond. He started thinking about all the time they've spent together this past week and he concluded that, 'Yes, with the way I've been acting that's exactly what it seems like. But that's not what I'm trying to achieve here.' "No, I wouldn't say that."-Orochimaru.
After his response they all had a little frown on their faces. "You don't really like us?"-Sachi. After seeing this Orochimaru felt something in his chest and he grasped it. At the moment Orochimaru felt intense confusion. 'What the hell is this feeling? It's like some form of guilt. Do I feel bad for them?'-Orochimaru.
Some memories of his own father popped up in his mind and he thought about how he could do better. 'Is the way they feel right now the way Anko felt back then? Wait, why am I asking myself these questions?'-Orochimaru.
In that moment Orochimaru did something that he never would have before with anyone else, he apologized. "I take back what I said, of course I like you guys. But you shouldn't assign that role to someone you've only known for a couple weeks."-Orochimaru.
After what he said they all felt better, but Orochimaru was panicking in his head. 'If this happened only twice then I would have called it a fluke, but these feelings are coming out constantly. I can dismiss this no longer.'-Orochimaru.
An interesting question popped into Orochimaru's mind. "How were you 4 surviving before I met you? You're all about 12 and must have been in some place where you were taken care of."-Orochimaru.
Saburo replied with a straight face, "We were at a child farm with other kids for most of our lives. We haven't lived that long, but I doubt we'll ever experience anything worse than being at that place. Everyday you would wake up to the same words every day that said "there was no free will." Throughout the day you would go through hard rigorous labor. Every once in awhile he would take us to the edge of the farm to show us the rabid dogs that he kept to remind us what would happen if we tried to escape."-Saburo.
Orochimaru remained silent for a while and he felt something building up inside him. "How did you survive in there?"-Orochimaru. This time Sachi spoke. "Well we got 3 meals a day. The food looked good, everyday we would be lined up to get our food. We would look at him through a small gap in a door and we would see a man with a mask that would pour something brown that looked like cinnamon into our food. It would seem like all is well, until you see a couple of kids around you turn blue and fall onto the floor. We only ate around the edges of the food and we mainly ate bugs and scraps in the trash we found for nutrition."-Sachi.
Orochimaru thought, 'That must be why they cried when they saw all that food earlier. Orochimaru's head lowered slightly and Saki noticed it and interpreted it as sadness. He stated, "Well it wasn't all bad. The one thing that was safe was nighttime. When it was night there was nothing that could poison us, threaten us, or hurt us. The darkness was our friend"-Saki.
Orochimaru looked him dead in the eye and saw that he was smiling. 'It's amazing they can still smile after all of that.' Another question popped up in Orochimaru's mind and he asked, "How did you manage to get out?"-Orochimaru. They all hesitated for a second, and Sen said, "That's not"-"Tell me."-Orochimaru.
Sen answered his question. "One day we were all getting ready for dinner like usual. Except something was different. When he was making our food he wasn't hidden behind the door, he was in the middle of the cafeteria. We watched him make the food with amazement, and the entire time he never poured the brown cinnamon like substance into the food. He made something he called chocolate chip cookies. One person ate a cookie, and after we realized he didn't fall over dead almost all of us got a cookie. The only reason we didn't eat the cookie is because Saki got swollen after he ate it. So we didn't wanna see what would happen when we ate it."-Sen.
Orochimaru thought about what they said and thought, 'Saki must be allergic to chocolate.'-Orochimaru. Sen stopped talking as a hollow look fell onto his face. Saburo continued where he left off and said, "After that we all went to bed. And when we woke up for some reason everything was still dark. We also noticed it was extremely hot. After being in the dark so much our eyes adjusted and we saw all of the other kids laying around us. They weren't dead, but when we tried to shake them they wouldn't wake up... we sat there for awhile, until eventually we couldn't stand the heat anymore, so we started clawing at the walls of the metal box we were in until eventually we started feeling like we were floating. We went inside a shadow and that's how we discovered our Kekkei Genkai... we were there for a long time, and when we came out all of the other kids were ash. After that we left and never came back."-Saburo.
After this nothing was said for a long time. That was until Orochimaru slowly opened his mouth and got ready to speak.
"Why would he do that?"-Orochimaru. Saburo shook his head and replied, "We never found out."-Saburo.
'Don't say it.' "Where is this place?"-Orochimaru. They all looked at him with a look of slight curiosity. 'Why am I asking this?' Sachi started opening his mouth. 'Please don't answer my question.'-Orochimaru. "It's at the west end of the island. Why do you ask?"-Sachi. 'Please don't say anything.'-Orochimaru. "I plan on finding out why all of that happened."-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's words and mind were saying 2 different things. But it was like his body was saying these things automatically, he couldn't control his words. After the conversation they just had all of Orochimaru's denial disappeared and was replaced by acceptance. 'I'll come face to face with this man, the way I'll feel when I meet him will determine how I truly feel.'-Orochimaru.
Saburo Sachi And Sen
It completely silent and the 3 brothers were currently waiting for Menma to come back. While they were waiting Sen asked, "Do you think that we should try to talk to him?"-Sen. Sachi looked at him confused and asked, "What do you mean talk to him?"
"Father hasn't been the same since he met that old guy Odin, he's been... colder. We can't even call him dad in his presence anymore! Maybe he could help us make him normal again, ever since he's started destroying the hideouts Orochimaru has been more like his usual self... before he met Odin he was coming close to ending his ways of gaining knowledge."-Sen.
Saburo paid close attention to everything he said and sighed. "Sen, I understand where you're coming from, and I wish we could do that too. But pay close attention to him the next time you see him. I can sense malicious aura radiating off of him that isn't meant for us. I'm sure that he wants nothing more than to kill Orochimaru. Our first objective is protecting father before anything else."-Saburo. Sen looked down at the ground and nodded. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Orochimaru's Final Memories
Orochimaru pushed open a gate and walked into a field full of weeds. He followed the walkway towards the main house. But before he could make it all the way to the door he saw the door open with a man standing behind it.
The man was short and looked like a stereotypical middle aged man. Orochimaru walked up to him and before he could say anything Orochimaru stated, "A few years ago you ran a child farm here. I want you to tell me why you killed all of the kids."-Orochimaru.
At first the man just stood there in shock and didn't say anything. Eventually Orochimaru got annoyed and threatened him with a snake. The man snapped back to reality and asked, "How do you know about that?"
Orochimaru made the snake move up closer to him and he responded with, "I might tell you later, but remember that I'm the one asking questions."-Orochimaru.
The man gulped and replied, "Ok, but come in and sit down first. Orochimaru complied with his request and came in and sat down. Once they were both sitting he started speaking. "I was a pawn in a big plan that someone else created. I was never told much and I was only given the orders breed superior children. They said make sure they don't leave, make sure they do labor work at least a few hours a day, only feed them certain food... and always put this weird brown powder in their food."
A tear fell from the man's eye and Orochimaru felt slightly confused. 'This... is not what I expected. I expected a cold hearted man with little to no remorse, but it sounds almost like he was manipulated.'-Orochimaru. The man wiped away the tear and continued, "I wasn't the only one that worked here. At first I considered the labor inhumane and I didn't want them doing so much, but they didn't like that. They sent someone down here that started taking care of certain duties like feeding them and making sure they did work. Eventually I got word that the leader of this big project was killed by Leaf ninja. I viewed that as an opportunity to let the kids escape. I knew that they wouldn't trust me so I gave them cookies with a poison that would only knock them out. I had a truck that I was going to take them away with and I had to pick it up from its hiding place in the woods... and in that short time I was away they had somehow disappeared from the farm. I looked around for them for a couple days but I never found any of them. I don't know what happened to them, but I fear that they are dead."
For what felt like the longest time all was silent. Both people were deep in thought about what they should be thinking. Orochimaru was more shocked than the man could imagine, and his face showed it. 'Both sides of the story say very different things, yet both of them are right. The only thing those 3 kids were missing was the fact that there were 2 people.'-Orochimaru. Orochimaru got over his shock and looked up at him. "Not all of them are dead."
It took a minute. The man didn't realize what he said at first, but when he did he shot up out of his chair. "REALLY?!?" Orochimaru nodded his head and stated, "I have 4 of the children with me. Their names are Saburo, Sachi, Sen, and Saki. They told me that they woke up in a giant furnace. They tried to wake up the others but... they couldn't, because the poison made them stay asleep."-Orochimaru.
After hearing this the man instantly broke down in front of Orochimaru. The crying man asked to no one in particular, "So it's my fault then?" Orochimaru remained silent. Eventually the man stopped crying and he asked Orochimaru, "What do you think of me?"
The question caught him off guard at first. Orochimaru started to think about how he felt. And he started laughing. It wasn't evil, but it wasn't very kind hearted either. It was the kind of laugh you'd make after understanding a joke.
Orochimaru eventually stopped laughing and thought, 'To find out how I would feel, this is why I came here.' Orochimaru lost his smile and looked at the man, "I feel pure resentment towards you for being such a coward. I want to kill you right where you stand."-Orochimaru.
The man nodded and stated, "If you want to kill me then I won't stop you, I am a huge coward for not stopping things before it got out of hand. I am content with dying knowing that at least some of those kids made it out."
Orochimaru stood up and pulled out a sword, "I'm glad you won't resist. But before he could do anything he heard a door open up. He saw a small boy walk out rubbing his eyes. The boy spotted both of them and asked ,"Dad? What's going on?"
Orochimaru felt chills all over his body and he thought, 'Dad?'-Orochimaru. The man looked at Orochimaru and pleaded, "You can do whatever you want with me, but leave my son out of this!"
Orochimaru tried to ignore the boy and thought, 'Just focus on him. His cowardice is the reason those 4 boys had it so rough. I need to get this anger off my chest.'-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru lifted his sword but before he could bring it down on him the boy stood in front of his father with his arms spread out. "I won't let you hurt dad!"
A conflicted look appeared on Orochimaru's face. He heard footsteps to his right and saw the mother at the end of the hallway. "Honey, who is this man?"
Orochimaru bit his lip and thought, 'Ignore it. Why the hell am I hesitating?'-Orochimaru. Orochimaru gripped his sword and aimed to kill the man but before he could the mother ran in front of him and hugged them to protect them. "I won't let you hurt them!!!"
This was the last straw for Orochimaru. The stopped moving where he stood because the scene in front of him reminded him of his own mom. A mom protecting her loved ones from an abusive man. Orochimaru took a deep breath and dropped the sword. "I give up. Do you have records of the kids here?"-Orochimaru.
They all remained silent for a while. Orochimaru's words eventually sunk in and the man replied, "Oh, y-yeah." He stood up and walked towards a drawer and opened it. He handed them to Orochimaru and he searched through them.
5 Minutes Later
The atmosphere was no longer tense and Orochimaru apologized and explained small parts of the situation to avoid them thinking less of the man of the house. While reading through the documents Orochimaru found that the quadruplets were gonna have a birthday soon.
He walked up to the man of the house and asked with an embarrassed tone of voice, "Do you... know anything about celebrating Birthdays?"-Orochimaru.
