Orochimama Part 8 (Patreon)

“Though if you’re interested in these types of things, I could buy you a training bra,” she said, teasing Sasuke.

“W-what!? No way! Those are for girls!” he yelled as his face turned beet red.

“Oh well, if you say so,” Orochimaru said, casually looking over at the bag with the pink gothic lolita dress in it. “For now, let’s eat,” she said, pulling out two to-go bowls of Ramen. “I got this at a local shop, I heard that they were the best in the village.”

“What do you mean heard?” Sasuke asked as she handed him his bowl of Ramen.

“Hmm?” Orochimaru hummed, confused by what he meant, while she already eating a bit of her Ramen.

“You said that your name was Shiore, but you didn’t give your clan’s name. You seem overly friendly with me even though you know that being near me makes you a target for my brother. Finally, you said that you haven’t been in the Leaf Village for a few years. Just who the hell are you!?” He yelled at her starting to get defensive.

“Well, for starters, her name isn’t Shiore,” Danzo said, making his way into the room.

“Danzo, don’t you dare,” Orochimaru said to him, understanding what he was trying to do. If he couldn’t take Sasuke away from Orochimaru thanks to the Lord Thirds edict, he would turn Sasuke against her.

“And why shouldn’t I?” Danzo asked concededly. “The boy deserves to know the true identity of their new guardian, do you agree?”

“It’s too soon for him to know that!” she yelled at him, but the two male Anbu ninja took that as their cue to place their kunai up against her neck.

“I think that it is the perfect time for him to know, and if you don’t tell him, I will,” Danzo said arrogantly. “So boy, do you wish to know the truth?”

“I do,” Sasuke said, more curious than ever to learn who she really was.

“This woman before you is none other than Orochimaru. A most wanted or should I say formerly most wanted criminal of the Leaf Village that too part in experiments that endangered the safety of the village.”

“Those experiments only endangered myself!” Orochimaru yelled at him as the kunai began to draw her blood. “I did them to become stronger for the sake of the Leaf!”

“I do believe that it was more for the sake of yourself,” Danzo said to her. “You turned yourself into a monster, and you were planning on taking his body as your new host to acquire his eyes.”

“What!?” Sasuke said, shocked by what he had just heard.

“Go on, tell him the truth. He deserves to know,” Danzo said arrogantly.

“It’s true,” Orochimaru said to Sasuke. “While my initial cause of being here was to prepare you to be my new host, I no longer possess such feelings. The moment I saw you, I felt a connection between us. Something so similar to one another that I could bear myself to bring you harm. I willingly changed my form into that of a woman’s, and I have even had my chakra sealed away by Lord Third. I no longer pose I threat to most people.”

“You see, she just admitted to wanting to take your body!” Danzo said to Sasuke. “She isn’t fit to be your guardian. Join me. Join the Anbu. It’s the only way that you will learn the same skills that he did so that you can defeat him,” he said, holding out his hand for Sasuke to take.

“And what about her?” Sasuke asked to everyone’s surprise.

“What do you mean?” Danzo asked, confused. “If you want her to pay for her crimes, I’m sure that we can make that happen.”

“No, what about the skills that she can teach me? If she was the most wanted criminal of the Leaf Village and the entire Anbu couldn’t take her down while she still had access to her chakra, and the only reason you have the upper hand on her now is because she willingly gave up her chakra. Doesn’t that mean that she’s better than you in every single way?”