"I enrolled into the school, and it wasn't long till teams were assigned..i was 13 ryuu was 10"
Years had passed, and loneliness had not left orochimarus side. He still did not get much sympathy from any of his class mates except for jiraiya and tsunade, through thick and thin they stuck by his side. Tsunade would come over and help him take care of ryuu and the house, while jiraiya kept them both busy everyday with his strange adventures. But during spare time orochimaru would train in the fields while ryuu watched and practiced with him, they both had a goal, to get stronger.
Orochimaru sat silently in class staring at the blank chalk board, the sound of jiraiyas snoring was causing him to also grow slowly weary. "Orochimaru" tsunades voice chimed in through the silence as his gaze turned to her "yeah?" a smile spreads across her face "we're getting our teams today" "really?" she nods "uh huh, don't worry though I don't think hokage sama would put you with the class mates that well….don't get along with you" Orochimaru sighed "let's hope so"
The teacher walked into the room carrying a list in his hand, the slam of the door caused jiraiya to awake from his slumber "huh? What?...what did I miss?" Tsunade whispered "quiet baka, sensei is going to read us our teams" Jiraiya stretched "its about time sorry losers but im finally going to be put with some people who match my unique skills" Orochimaru rolled his eyes and looked to the teacher. "OK! Class, as you all know today I will be assigning teams so let's get started" he cleared his throat and began reading off names "and finally! Team 7 will be Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru!" Jiraiya looked thrown off for a minute then smiled proudly "heey that's just what I was hoping for, did you hear that guys were all together!" tsunade said "oh please 5 minutes ago you were hoping to ditch us" "oh come on tsunade cant you take a joke!" tsunade said "obviously no" Orochimaru sat there staring at them as they bickered a small smile grew across his face "you were right tsunade…everything was going to be ok" he thought to himself letting out a small chuckle.
The bell rang and the class room cleared, along with the young new squad. Jiraiya walked down the dirt road "you know what I think we should celebrate tonight, how about at the ramen bar?" Tsunade smiled "yeah that sounds like a great idea, orochimaru you can bring ryuu to" He smiled nodding "okay" Jiraiya walked up to his house "so like in a hour we'll all meet up there" "deal" both tsunade and orochimaru said as jiraiya entered his house.
Tsunade began walking orochimaru home "I cant believe this…who would have thought we would end up together" orochimaru looked to her "im happy tsunade, truth is no one else would probably survive with me" tsunade frowned "…you're still not letting those times go?" Orochimaru shook his head "tsunade...its happened so many times, something in me snaps around the others and…people get hurt…" "well you wouldn't hurt me right?" A small blush went across orochimarus face he looked away "o…of course not tsunade" They walked up to his house "ok, well…orochimaru listen" He shyly looked at her "if you ever did hurt me I would always forgive you" she held his hand. Orochimaru said "you would?" She nods "that's what friends do they forgive each other" Orochimaru stood there and stared at her he felt himself get lost in her blue eyes "t-tsunade i…." he yanks his hand away and ran into the house slamming the door. Tsunade sighed sadly and started walking away.
Orochimaru stood leaning against the door panting heavily, he gripped his chest feeling his heart rate spiking out of control. Ryuu walked into the room holding a cup of milk "owo! You're home!" after all these years he never ceased to call orochimaru owo, in fact ryuu hadn't grown much at all. He was mentally a 10 year old but physically he was small like a 7 year old, its as if he never aged. Orochimaru took a deep breath and looked to ryuu smiling gently "yup and you'll never guess what happened today" "what? What?" Orochimaru walked over picking up his brother "I got my team assigned…im with jiraiya and tsunade" "yay!" ryuu clapped almost spilling his milk everywhere. Orochimaru took the glass and sets it on the table "were going to be leaving soon to celebrate at the ramen bar, so go get dressed" Ryuu nods he hops out of orochimarus arms running into their bed room "ok owo!"
Later that night orochimaru and ryuu were walking down the road on their way to the ramen bar. Ryuu walks holding orochimarus hand jumping over various sticks and stones that lay in their path. Orochimaru looked to him and smiled "you know ryuu…you just started school a year ago and you're already 3 years away from getting your team" Ryuu looked up at him "I now, don't worry owo one day im going to be just as strong as you" "im sure you will be" Truth was ryuu was terrible, he didn't have good chakra control, and it was almost impossible for him to perform any jutsu. The one thing ryuu was good with was a sword but orochimaru couldn't find one that ryuu could lift easily; he hoped this problem would blow over at one point.
They walked into the ramen bar to find jiraiya and tsunade waiting. Jiraiya looked over "heeyy there you are!" Orochimaru and ryuu took a seat next to them, food had already been laid out and it seemed as if jiraiya had ordered the entire menu. Ryuu stared "wow there's so much food!" tsunade smiled "my dad gave me most of his money for the night so I decided to treat us" Jiraiya said "not to mention I managed to sneak a little sake out of my parents liquor cabinet" Tsunade looked to him "jiraiya! We can't drink!" "oh calm down tsunade its just this once besides I think we've earned it" he took out a large white bottle and 3 cups. Orochimaru watched as jiraiya poured each glass, ryuu said "owo can I have it?" orochimaru shook his head "no ryuu this Is just for us..ill get you something special ok?" ryuu smiled "kay!"
Tsunade and orochimaru picked up there glasses glancing to each other hesitantly. Jiraiya was wasting no time gulping down his portion of the alcohol. Orochimaru waited for tsunade to drink hers then stared into his glass gulping down every last drop.
"Everything went fuzzy around my 3rd glass…oh god..But what happened in the morning I'll never forget"