He wanted it. It was perfect, so he wanted it. He deserved to have it. There was no reason why it shouldn't belong to him. No one else should have it. It was his and his alone. Just a couple of quick ninjutsu, and it would be his forever—
"We don't allow shoplifting, sir," came a voice to his side.
Orochimaru spun around, clutching the soft snake plushie to his chest. This was not happening. Just when he'd found the perfect one—it was purple and everything—someone had to come and ruin his day. He did not want to be seen going through checkout with that thing.
"Kabuto-kun," Orochimaru smiled. The boy did not look impressed that he remembered his name. If only that brat knew how many names Orochimaru made it a point not to remember! Then he'd be grateful. But, then again, he was wearing it on his shirt.
"I wasn't just about to make it invisible or transport it outside the store to a secure location that only I know how to get to. Or, really, any sort of ninjutsu that required several hand seals. I was simply stretching." There, that would fool any lesser-minded being.
"Please come this way, sir," Kabuto said, sounding bored.
In Another Place!
Tsunade was lost. She had thought that it would have been easy to follow the burning wreckage straight to Jiraiya, but the old man proved stealthier than expected. So, instead of keeping track where she was and where she had been, she'd only been looking for the signs of damage or the wild screaming, whichever she found first.
But, she'd run into neither, and now she didn't know where she was. She blamed the Target. Everything in this one was switched around opposite compared to the one she normally went to. It didn't make sense to her to build each building different on the inside. It was only confusing.
She was just about to start down another random aisle, when she felt a familiar chakra pattern. Panicking, she whirled back into the aisle and hid behind a display as Shizune strolled by with an orange shopping cart.
What bad luck! Shizune couldn't find out that she was there! She'd make her do work. No matter what time period this story was set!
Tsunade hastily backed away down the aisle. It was turning into a right ninja mission, her objectives to find the prey while not getting caught herself. Then, to ensure randomness of chronology, she bumped into someone. Someone, she saw, with bright yellow hair, and a brighter smile. She recognized him immediately, but for some mysterious reason, she had no idea what his name was.
!TO BE CONTINUED!