The Sannin Cells
Summary: What if the Sannin never split up? What if Orochimaru never turned bad? What if each of them took up a cell of children? What if one Sannin fell for one of their students…?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 4: The Teams
Grunting, Oki found herself lying on her back on the floor of the Ninja Academy in front of a class. She had been thrown down seconds before. Now, she was forcing herself up as a red chakra surrounded her and everyone could feel it. She had been instructed by her parents to come here as it was asked of her by the third Hokage…Though what he would want eluded her. She was about to make a feral attack on that student that had forcibly pushed her down stairs to the front when a cold hand grabbed her wrist.
"Leaf Thief," a voice whispered in her ear, almost sounding like a snake's hiss, "I would not suggest attacking anyone here…" Where had he come from?! It was the ANBU guy who always caught her! She glanced at him from the corner of her eye, taking in what she could see of him. It wasn't much. She was shoved forward by the man and took that as her cue to sit in a seat. She sat in the only seat she could find; the one beside Razi.
Razi, annoyed, sneered at her. "So, do you even know what's going on?" Oki didn't reply. She was staring at the four people in the front of the room. One was the third Hokage. The other three…She didn't know. Tsunade stepped up first. "Okay! We're going to call out the names of the people in our cells! When you hear your name—if you hear it—come up here." She took out a piece of paper. "Veruko Amaya," she called. Amaya immediately bounced up, very happy to have been called up. This meant that she deserved Miso Ramen after class!
"Kaoru Noriko." The only day he had attended so far this month. He grinned, getting up as he walked to the side of Amaya. What luck! The girl he had his eyes on was in the team! "And Hikaru Yume." He didn't smile as he walked over to the small group. Tsunade told them quietly that they were going to train immediately and the three left.
Jiraiya was the next to come up and laughed. "I'm the Toad Mountain Sage! Come up when you hear the great Jiraiya call your name." Orochimaru stared at him blankly. 'Great' my ass… He thought. He decided to see the kids Jiraiya would have to take care of. "Utsutsu Tsuki!" Tsuki looked at Koura apologetically as he went up to take his place. "Routa Varuna!" Tripping a few times along the way, Varuna ran up enthusiastically. "Orona Koura!" Jiraiya was pleased that there was a female, even more so when another one ran up to the group. Koura and Tsuki were smiling at each other as the group filed out.
The Hokage stepped up before Orochimaru could call out people. "In my opinion, it is the greatest honor to be picked by my next student. He will announce his cell leader last and then you will all go to get acquainted." Orochimaru almost sighed before he called out, "Hatake Kakasha!" Kakasha happily hopped up and walked down the aisle, containing her excitement as she stood beside Orochimaru. "Kamazu Razi!" Razi smirked at Oki. "See? I'm one of the best!" There was applause and cheering from her posse as she walked down to Orochimaru and Kakasha, receiving a glare from the latter. "And my cell leader…" God help me… "Otonashi Oki!" The room was eerily silent as the 'Leaf Thief' made her way down to the small group, not looking at anyone as she glanced at Sarutobi with gratitude. He merely smiled and filed out with the other four.
Orochimaru was thinking hard. The…Leaf…Thief…Oh my… He looked at Oki, who was staring at the walls and appeared to be infatuated with the designs. Then it occurred to him…She had never been to the academy. She was raw material that he could shape into whatever he wanted. This brought a smirk to his lips. Yes, perfect…
Oooh what's he gonna do? Anyway, this was short and rushed. I couldn't think!! I'm so sorry! Hey, if you also like Harry Potter, check out my other story. It's the first in a series of eight. See you all later!
!-Derenti-!