I do not own Naruto! Or any of the music in this fanfic! I will do my best to cite my music sources in the end of the chapters in the A/N! I do, however, own the OC's.

I looked around me at the empty alleyway. The only other person (aside from Tsunade) nearby was the infamous Orochimaru, and I could feel his snake gaze on me. Oh, sweet mercy sakes, I thought I would melt from fear.

"And who, pray tell, is this, Tsunade?" Orochimaru growled as he glared at me.

"Someone Jiraiya picked up. Don't look at me – he's been keeping her on a short leash. She wanted to explore. Now hold out your arms so I can heal them," she ordered.

"Ah…Um…Tsunade-sama, who is this?" I asked as I gently tugged her shoulder, hesitantly glancing at Orochimaru.

"An old colleague of mine," she answered bluntly.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked as I went to hide behind Tsunade to smile. Oops – hadn't meant for that to slip out. Oopsie – I just messed up big-time. He would kill me for sure now.

There was an awkward silence that followed, broken by the snake himself.

"What did you just call me, girl?" he growled, and I cowered behind Tsunade.

"I- I'm sorry! I-What-I-!" I stammered, but he didn't hear me, as his rage grew more.

"Orochimaru," Tsunade growled, glaring at him. "This is Jiraiya's. Not mine. Harm one hair on her head, and he'll throw a fit. Besides – she already apologized for her mistake."

"S-sorry," I whimpered out once more, my knees giving out from under me.

Frick.

I put my head down in shame, and almost began sobbing in shame and humiliation. The one person who looked like he was almost perfect, and he had to be a sadistic (but freaking amazing and sexy) maniac.

"Very well. We shall see just how sorry she is," Orochimaru growled, and I felt my legs receive strength once more just from the sound of his voice. His voice, his smell, his sight – it was too intoxicating. I needed it, like a drug. And no, I'm not a drug addict. I hate drugs.

But this was one heck of an exception to make.

"I-I'm sorry," I whimpered as I approached him, and glanced hesitantly at his purple and useless arms, which were covered in pure white bandages, with a drop of red on one from where he'd bitten his finger to scare Tsunade.

"You'd better be," he growled, and put his foot on my stomach as if to kick me. Sadly, my breathing hitched up a few notches at being in such close proximity with him, and I almost started hyperventilating.

"Sarah, come here," Tsunade said firmly, but I barely heard her. I was too transfixed on the angelic demon before me with his foot on my gut.

"You should do as you're told," Orochimaru sneered.

"Only for you," I murmured quietly, and even I barely heard myself. But Orochimaru had as well. Thank heavens Tsunade didn't.

"Foolish girl. You don't even have the courage to take my foot off of you," he mocked, and I smiled.

Hesitantly, I took one hand, then the other to the ankle he had close to me. I held it in place as I stepped back, and raced over to Tsunade. I was now terrified, but wildly loving my adrenaline rush. I had just touched the king of snakes! And lived! I would have done a happy dance…

But Tsunade had walked forward to heal Orochimaru's arms. I knew what was coming and ran off towards the field that Orochimaru and Kabuto would flee to.

I followed Orochimaru as quickly as I could. Finally, I caught up to him, just after being able to stall Tsunade for a small amount of time.

"She'll nearly kill you! You need to get out of here! She'll become Hokage, and Naruto will get in the way again!" I blurted out, not realizing I could create a paradox of some sort.

"Prove it," Orochimaru scoffed.

"I promise – Naruto will use the Rasengan in the upcoming battle, you used the five prong seal on him in the forest of death right before giving Sasuke Uchiha the heaven curse mark, gave Mitarashi Anko one when she was a kid as a final lab rat, and wanted to kill the three orphans in Amegakure that will end up being the near destruction of Konoha," I rattled off, thinking of scenes with him in it. "You freed Yakushi Kabuto from Sasori no Akasuna's puppet jutsu, are a former Akatsuki member, one of the three Sannin – the most powerful by far, I can assure you – and are a wanted criminal with who knows how many aliases."

"As curious as I am to find out how you know this, that will have to wait. If she'll nearly kill me, then I'll just have to flee before it gets too bad, or ensure that she doesn't get her hands on me," Orochimaru growled, and I stared in shock. He'd listened? Holy cow! He'd listened! "Well? What on earth do you think you'll be doing in this time since it's obvious you can't fight?"

"Um… I don't know! You're the genius; I'm the one failing Western Civilization…Stupid Battershell…wait until I get my hands on that useless…" I growled, frustrated at my teacher's laziness.

"Battershell?" Kabuto asked worriedly as he joined us. "Who the hell is she?"

"Psychic of some sort. What's in the bag?" Orochimaru asked, glancing at my cerulean backpack.

"Um… my hygiene kit, entertainment, and clothes," I said, feeling awkward at the situation at hand. "Should we flee? I'm not the best fighter… although that title would have a 99% chance of going to Orochimaru-sama," I stammered.

"Quit trying to rub up to him. He's not going to fall in love anytime soon," Kabuto glared.

"I'm just trying to find a place to fit in! Good snakes, what is wrong with you, you dirty minded medic! Get your brain out of the gutters and out of your crotch!" I exclaimed, and then suddenly regretted it.

"She makes a point," Orochimaru murmured. "We're outnumbered two to one, not including the fact that brownie here can't fight."

"I can make up jutsu on the fly!" I suggested hopefully, and both otonin glared at me. "Okay, sorry, that was a bad idea…sorry…"

"Prove it," Kabuto retorted, and Orochimaru narrowed his eyes.

"We'll see just how well she can invent jutsu later, Kabuto. In the meantime, Sarah, was it?" Orochimaru piqued, and I nodded, honored that he was addressing me. Me! A failure! "Find somewhere safe – if you can."

"Yes, sir!" I saluted with my left arm and I suddenly realized. "Oh! Oh, I'm a dunce! I forgot! Hang on; what are the signs to summon?" I asked, and Kabuto stared at me in shock.

"You'll need to make these hand signs – in this order - Boar, Dog, Rooster, Monkey, Sheep," Orochimaru instructed as I followed his example of what to do with my fingers.

"Okay, boar, dog, rooster, monkey, sheep – got it. Ow!" I yelled in shock, tripping over something and causing a searing pain in my left ankle that I knew all too well. "I'll catch up!" I promised, and the two otonin didn't even glance back at me as I crawled into the underbrush.

As soon as I was sure that everyone had passed me by, I performed the required hand signs.

"Kuchiyose! The art of summoning!" I yelled excitedly, hoping and praying it would work.

!

I dropped to the ground immediately, not knowing what I'd done.

Suddenly, heat radiated above me, and I felt myself being lifted by a large, yet gentle, claw. Now the heat was below me. What in the-? I dared to take a peek and gasped.

Reshiram. My precious Reshi was below me. Holy crap. It worked.

"Wow," I murmured, then winced at my ankle. "Okay, I need to keep a low profile till the Sasuke retrieval arc shows up. Then I can thwart Orochimaru-sama's plans and have him all to myself. Okay, Reshi-chan, let's go! Uaah!"

Reshiram took flight, heading off in a direction that I had no idea where to go. We got near the clouds, and I winced in fear. I watched the Sannin showdown unfold from above, having already seen it in the Anime. As soon as Orochimaru disappeared, I panicked, and Reshi flew off once more, but not before Shizune took note of her. A few hours later, she (technically, Reshi was genderless, but I always called it a female) flew lower down to a couple of familiar – and addicting – forms.

"What'd I miss?" I asked, and Orochimaru and Kabuto's eyes widened in shock at the large white dragon beneath me. "What? Reshi-chan? Oh, I trained her myself. Took about twenty hours, too – and it took about three more to catch her."

GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

"Oh, what? It may have been three minutes to you, but it felt like hours, Reshi! I had to keep turning that off and on till I finally caved in and used a master ball on you! Pity I didn't get Zekrom as well… I could make Sasuke's chidori look like child's play, then…" I rambled.

"Wait, what?" Orochimaru leered, suddenly interested.

"Um…Zekrom can make Sasuke's chidori look like child's play?" I asked confused. "Oh. I don't have one of those. Reshi here is a fire and dragon. Fire attacks, she's game for it. Otherwise? Nah, probably not."

"There are more of these…things?" Kabuto asked, pointing at Reshiram.

"There're 649 to be exact. I've only got six in my arsenal right now. Here, I think you'll like the next one… boar, dog, rooster, monkey, sheep… Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Orochi!" I yelled, hoping that specifying would get me the Pokémon I wanted. Sure enough, it did, as a large serpent that was light green, with dark green out on the perimeter, and gold markings on its back and ears appeared.

SHREEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIKKKAH!

"Whoa, easy, boy! Easy, Orochi! It's me, mama! I got you in Nuvema Town, remember? Shh, big guy," I comforted him, gently putting my hand on his large nose, which was above me. Ah, how I loved my Serperior. I'd named him after a certain Sannin in front of me… but I wasn't about to tell either of them that.

"Orochi?" Orochimaru asked amused, and I blushed crimson.

"He's a giant snake and it means giant snake… it was the only thing I could think of that fit him," I murmured embarrassedly. "Besides, he's much more mean that he looks, aren't you?"

"The day that happens is the day you're allowed into Otogakure," Kabuto scoffed unbeleivingly.

"I believe that's Orochimaru-sama's decision, but suit yourself. Okay, Orochi, Leer, Leaf Tornado, Leaf Blade, and Slam, in that order!" I rattled off, and the giant snake immediately went to work on Kabuto. He glared at Kabuto (whose pants suddenly became darker in the front), paralyzing The Sound Five (who had just approached to protect Orochimaru), and causing Orochimaru to flinch slightly and lick his lips in delight.

"Welcome to Otogakure, my dear. I look forward to meeting your other…pets," Orochimaru smirked.

"Thank you for permitting me to stay, Orochimaru-sama. It's an honor," I told him truthfully as I bowed lowly, then switched to kneeling out of respect. "Thanks, Reshi-chan, Orochi-kun. You two can go home now," I told my Pokémon, and they glared at Kabuto before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Suddenly exhausted of chakra, I felt the ground rush up to meet me the rest of the way.

Pokemon in the fanfic are as follows in order:

Name: Reshi Species: Reshiram Level 78 Met at Level 50, N's castle Moves: Slash, Dragon Breath, Extrasensory, Fusion Flare Ability: Turbo blaze- moves used regardless of ability

Name: Orochi Species: Serperior Level: 36 Met at Level 5, Nuvema Town, gift from Pro. Juniper Moves: Leer, Leaf Tornado, Leaf Blade, and Slam Ability: Overgrow – ups grass moves a pinch