"it didn't take long for me to realize tsunade wasn't going to give me headaches…but jirayah…well he was something else"
Tsunade ran her hands through Ryuus hair trying to comb twigs leaves and bugs out of it "don't worry ill give you a nice warm bath at the hospital once your taken care of" ryuu smiled "tank you" jirayah entered the hospital and went into a room "dude you really stink" orochimaru glared at him for the rude comment "sorry there aren't showers in the forest" he sat down on the table gripping his side as tsunade sets ryuu next to him "jirayah go get a doctor' jirayah whined "why me?" she gave him a harsh look. Jirayah walked out "alright alright im going"
Tsunade sighed she looked to orochimaru "sorry about that, he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed" orochimaru nods "I've noticed" he looks to ryuu and picks him up holding him close. Tsunade smiled a little "you're really protective over him aren't you" "well you have no idea what we've been through" "can you tell me?" orochimaru looked down and shook his head "I'd rather not" she held his hand gently "ok I can wait"
Jirayah walked in with a doctor fallowing behind "I'll take it from here, could you 2 wait outside?" tsunade nods as she walked out jirayah fallowed.
Hours passed and the doctor walked out. Tsunade stood up from a chair "are they ok?" the doctor said "the little one is just suffering from hunger and a few cuts and bruises nothing to serious…but his brother was the worst, broken bones, internal bleeding, hunger, im surprised he's last this long" tsunade bit her lip "will he be ok?" the doctor nods "I gave him some medicine and healed the wounds he just needs to take it easy for a few days" tsunade nods "thank you" she walked in jirayah fallowed.
Orochimaru looked over he was laying on a table his head and chest were bandaged along with his left arm, ryuu was sitting in a chair nibbling on a cookie the doctor gave him. "Well aren't you a mess!" jirayah said as he walked over to orochimaru. Tsunade went over to ryuu and picks him up "im going to go give him a bath is that ok?" orochimaru nodded his gaze turning back to the ceiling he was out of It from the medicine.
Tsunade walked into the bathroom she sets ryuu down and began filling the tub "so was the doctor nice?" ryuu nods holding up his half eaten cookie "he gave me this! I've never had one of these before!" Tsunade walked over helping ryuu take off his kimono "…you've never had a cookie before?" Ryuus face lit up as he took another bite "so there called cookies? No I've never had them but I love them!" Tsunade took off his pants as she picked him up setting him in the tub "I've never met a kid who hasn't had a cookie" "well the only food our dad gave let us eat was vegetables, eggs, and fruit and when owo would get us food it was usually fish and a few berries"
Tsunade put some soap in her hand and started washing Ryuus hair "where's your dad?" ryuu finished his cookie licking crumbs off his fingers "well there was this big fire and we lost our house but owo said that mommy and daddy got out and there looking for us right now" tsunade frowned a little thinking to herself "…why would it take this long for their parents to find them…unless" she stared at ryuu it was a sad stare. Ryuu played with some of the soap in the water giggling; tsunade filled a cup with water and rinsed out his hair "how old are you?" "Im going to be 4 in April, owo just turned 7 a while ago" tsunade grabs a wash cloth and began cleaning off his face "4 huh? Well aren't you the little man" ryuu giggled.
Tsunade drained the tub she wraps a towel around ryuu picking him up "I'll find you and orochimaru some clothes, for now stay in the towel" she walks out ryuu nodded. Jirayah was not in the room tsunade goes over to orochimaru "where's jirayah?" she sets ryuu on the table. Orochimaru said "he saw a nurse and walked out without saying anything" tsunade sighed "I thought that would happen…well the baths open if you want to wash off" orochimaru nods he sat up gripping his side in pain "ack!" "Don't move to fast! The doctor said you have to take it easy…here I'll help you" she helped orochimaru off the table and into the bathroom.
Orochimaru winced as tsunade sat him down on the toilet "...do you need help washing off?" he reached down to pull off his pants "no I've got it- ow!" he sat back up holding his bandaged arm. Tsunade sighed "here" she helped orochimaru undress "don't worry the bandages are water proof you can keep them on" orochimaru nodded blushing a little from embarrassment he kept himself covered up. Tsunade turned on the shower and helped orochimaru in "I'll be right here if you need anything" she closed the shower curtain and sat down on the floor.
Orochimaru moved under the water and took a sigh of relief he had missed the feeling of a nice warm shower, he started washing himself off. Tsunade leaned against the wall "so…ryuu is your brothers' name right?" "Yes" "he was telling me about a fire and your parents" "…." "They're not coming to find you guys are they…" orochimaru was silent for a few minutes then you could hear a few small sobs from the shower "n-no…the fire killed them' tsunade looked to the curtain "why haven't you told him?" orochimaru was crying but he was trying to keep it silent "I-if I told him while we were out there he would lose almost all hope…I didn't want to see him depressed it would make everything harder than it was" Tsunade sighs she looks to the ceiling "oh, well you guys are safe now. It's ok to tell him" "i-I can't…I can't bring myself to tell him, I don't want to make him cry" "its better he knows now than when he's older" orochimaru looked down he turns off the water "im done, can I have a towel?" tsunade nods she opens the curtain and hands him a towel.
Tsunade helped orochimaru out of the bathroom and sat him down in a chair "you going to be ok?" orochimaru nods whipping off his eyes "yeah" she nods looking over to ryuu who was curled up asleep on the table she smile a little thinking to herself "cute". Jirayah walked in "hey guys sensei said to wait here so he can talk to orochimaru and ryuu" tsunade nods "ok" she sat down next to orochimaru and held his hand giving it a reassuring squeeze. Orochimaru looked to tsunades hand and smiled leaning back.
"The definition of friendship is that friendship is a personal relationship shared between each friend for the welfare of other, in other words, it is the relationship of trust, faith and concern for each other feelings…I had found friendship"