"it wasn't long till winter hit, and it hit hard"
Orochimaru was sitting under a rock holding ryuu close as snow rained down on them. It had been 5 months that they were on there own and they had been struggling to get by. Orochimaru would sneak food out of any village they could find, but most of it would go to ryuu. They had both been attacked numerous times by angry villagers who had heard word of 2 thieves stealing food and other objects, due to this orochimaru and ryuu were suffering from many injuries.
Orochimarus teeth chattered as he pulled ryuu close "y..you warm ryuu?" ryuu was wrapped in 2 blankets he nods looking up at orochimaru 'uh huh, owo are you ok?" "y-yeah im f-fine a little c-c-cold never bothered me." he bit his lip to stop his teeth from chattering.
Not far from them the boy and girl who had helped them before were walking through the snow. the boy said "man this isnt fair, the hot springs are packed with girls when it snows why do i have to be stuck on a stupid mission" the girl looked back at him annoyed "shut your mouth before i shut it with my fist you pervert. this is just a short retrieval mission" the boy said "yeah to get some wood for the hokage! that's more like doing the chores for him!" the girl rolled her eyes "oh just shut up you idio-" out of the corner of her eye she saw the large rock mass that ryuu and orochimaru were under. "do you see that?" she asked squinting to see through the thick snow. "no all i see is a lot of white snow...can we keep going? i want to get this done with" the girl ignored him and ran off towards the rock the boy chased after her "hey wait come back!"
They ran up to the rock as the girl looked under it at orochimaru and ryuu. orochimaru looked up startled by the two, he immediately stood up to run. the girl grabbed him by his sleeve "wait! dont run" orochimaru looked back at her and attempted to tug his sleeve from her grip but was to weak from the cold and fatigue to. "you..look familiar, have i seen you before?" she asked curiously as the boy looked over him. orochimaru didnt say anything he continued tugging to free his sleeve the boy said "hey yeah your that kid we found passed out in the forest!" ryuu looked to them he smiled and waved at the girl "hello" the girl smiles and waves back "yeah i could never forget that cute face" ryuu giggled and blushed hiding his face in the blanket. orochimaru looked to ryuu and stopped struggling "..." the girl let go of orochimarus sleeve and extended her hand "im tsunade, that goof over there is jirayah" jirayah said "yo" orochimaru looked to tsunades hand and shook it hesitantly "...orochimaru" tsunade said "have you guys been on your own since we saw you?" ryuu nods "uh huh" tsunade smiled warmly "well dont worry, just come with us we'll get you somewhere safe and dry"
Tsunade stood up helping orochimaru and ryuu out from under the rock. orochimaru picked up ryuu holding him close jirayah said "geez your skins the exact same color as the snow" tsunade glared at him "jirayah!" jirayah said "well it is!" "ugh, sometimes i cant believe the things that come out of your mouth" she looked to orochimaru and took his hand "here fallow me, konaha isnt far from here" she began walking orochimaru said "k..konaha?" tsunade nods "yep the hokage will help you i know he will" orochimaru nods "o-ok" jirayah fallowed them "ha! hokage sama is gonna be shocked to see that we come back with something other than wood!"
"so thats how you 3 met"
"yep...they seemed to be the only ones who cared and if it wernt for them me and ryuu would have frozen to death out there"