A snake sat in his lab, quietly flipping through the pages of his book, reading each page intently. After reaching the end of the book, he let out a harsh hiss and threw the book across the room. He bit his thumb in frustration, hard enough to draw blood. His sensei wasn't getting any younger. Sometime within the next ten years, he will give up his seat. His for the snatching. Orochimaru knew this well. After all, he was the strongest of all the Sannin. The problem was, the snake doesn't plan on giving up the seat after he acquires it. Ever. He knew there was no one else more suited than himself.

He slowly took up and grabbed the book he was reading. Medical Ways to Stay Looking Young - Tsunade Senju. Orochimaru shook his head. He should have known better than to read such blasphemy. This will make him look young, however, it won't let him stay young. Suddenly a thought jumped into his head. Maybe to stay young, he had to first study the young.

He began to rub his hands together, shuffling through his files to find the list of academy students. There were many names, but one stuck out to him. Kakashi Hatake. That boy is a prodigy, and acts and seemingly thinks all grown up. The perfect subject to study. The snake began to read further into his files and widened his eyes when he saw that the young boy had already graduated.

"A true prodigy, indeed," he muttered under his breath. "Maybe he's in need for a personal sensei, after all, there's no way that sensei would put on a genin team yet…"

Shifting through the file he just happened to snatch a week ago, he found no mention of a sensei. Orochimaru was practically glowing… a very dark color. This was perfect. Just perfect. No meddlesome sensei to get in his way.

OoOoOo

Minato sneezed. Kushina began to giggle.

"Looks like someone's talking about you."

OoOoOo

Yes~ just perfect.

OoOoOo

Kakashi flopped to the ground, finally getting his body under control. For the past 3 hours, he had been working on his muscle memory, after all, his whole body was so much… smaller than he was used to. Plus, he could only work for 3 hours until he was completely exhausted, that was a big no-no for a ninja-like Kakashi. The silver-haired nin knew for a fact that Gai was already training around twice as long as he could hold up now.

Suddenly, his head began to pound, making Kakashi reel forward in pain. He clenched his teeth a balled his hand's tights, his fingernails digging into his hands- drawling blood. After what felt like hours, the pain subsided and Kakashi was able to sit straight again.

What was that? It felt like Minato used his Hirashin on him several times.

OoOoOo

Minato sneezed again. Kushina was basically rolling on the floor with laughter.

"Who the hell is talking about me," the blonde muttered, rubbing his itchy nose.

OoOoOo

The silver-haired boy rubbed his temples in pain. I don't remember ever having migraines as a child, he thought in distaste. Must be some sort of side effect.

Slowly, the man-turned-boy stood up and stretched out his back, which was stiff from the endless exertion he put his body through. He studied his surroundings, taking in how destroyed it looked. At least three trees were nearly broken in half, the grass that was present on the training ground beforehand, practically non-existent. Yes, perhaps he did go a bit overboard.

Deciding to leave the mess to the next unfortunate team that came to train over here, Kakashi went home. There was no way that he was going to clean up that mess in his little 5-year-old body. Petty? Yes. Did he care? No.

Kakashi slowly entered the Hatake compound, taking in the sight that he hasn't seen since he was six in his old life. He didn't think to look around when he first woke up at this time. In his defense, he never thought he'd look at it again after Peins attack on the village. During the war, he had come to terms with his father's death, and deeply regretted never going back to the compound before it was destroyed, but… here he is.

There was another throb in his head, sending Kakashi to his knees. His hands grabbed his head, and he clenched his teeth to keep from screaming. Memories of an adult, the mind of a child… Something voiced in his head. Explains the childlike behavior this morning, plus his reaction to things is of that of a curious child. This isn't good.

Then what should we do?

We give it a bit more time, see if his brain can adapt to the sudden rush of memories. If not…

I understand.

Kakashi looked around the room, trying to find the source of the voices, but there was no one in sight. Probably just a side effect of the migraine. Kakashi thought in distaste. However, he couldn't shake off what the voices said. He knew that he was acting childishly, but he also knows that it isn't on purpose. It's like a secondary reaction. The reactions of a child. Kakashi knew that his mentality was one of an adult, yet his brain is still is still one of a 5-year-old child. No… not good at all.