It has been a month since not only the cheese lair incident ut also since Kabuyo started going to Middleton High School. They have been laying low, which gave Orochimaru and Shego more time to han out and for Shego to learn more about him and train together. Orochimaru had done lots of research over the two months and found a way to give Shego a Charka network.

They were currently sitting in training cross-legged. Orochimaru we are wearing a black sleeveless shirt with a purple snake on it, showing off his muscular arms and blue sweatpants; Shegogo wore a grey tank top that accented her ferrous chest and green sweatpants.

"Okay, now remember that only you can choose what you use your chakra for," He said.

"Yes, I understand. I hope that Dr. D next doesn't have anything to do with mind control," She said with a sigh as she did her understanding. She was excited to get these abilities finally. Over the past two months, she has gained control of her feelings for Orochimaru and is better at hiding them.

"That would be smart of him; besides, if he tries to mind control you, I will punish him," Orochimaru said with a chuckle before clearing his throat."Now before I do this, remember you won't suddenly have mastery over it and you all the elements; I have gained that ability because of one of my science experiments," He said in a serious tone.

Shego nodded as he told her about a few of his past experiments in the last few months.

"Yes, of course, you will train me, and I'll be ok with whatever elements I end up with," Shego said, nodding as she got more excited."Now let's get this over with," She said, making him chuckle and nod.

Orochimaru took out a syringe with a dark blue liquid and injected it into Shego's arm."This shot should inject charka, not your body, but I will cause a brief strain, so afterward, too, should rest," He said as the liquid flowed into her body.

Shego could feel the change instantly; she felt incredibly energized and powerful, and for a second, she could see a faint blue aura around her body.

Orochimaru smiled at her as he put the needle away and held her shoulder as she leaned back from the brief strain on her body."Now over the next few months, we will train you to control it and find out your affinity," He said as he stood up and helped her up as well.

She smiled st his help getting up."Well, I definitely look forward to it; it'll be fun to get all these skills. At most, ill use them to mess with Dr. D and Princess," She said as they walked out of the training area.

Shego was definitely psyched about learning how to use Charka.

***

Two months later

The past two months of training with Shego were pretty fun, in Orochimaru's opinion. She was a great sparring partner and got down the basic. She only seems to have trouble with the substitution justu and body flicker but eventually got them down.

They both discover she has an insane affinity for fire, water, and lighting, but she can't use either water or wind justu alone, only combined; she has Ice Release.

Through at least with fire, she could use fire jutsu and lighting style justu as well with her Lightning affinity.

While she was training to get her affiliates down, he was working on improving his snake sage mode.

Drakken tried to get him to give him chakra after he found out about Shego, but the scientist ended up being wrapped up by a snake from him or burnt by Shego whenever he asked.

There was no way the scientist was getting chakra.

Whenever the two of them weren't training, they actually hung out outside of the lair in towns and places while under henge after taking Kabuto to school for the day. Shego was very glad not to hide as much being a wanted criminal and could actually have some social life outside other than vacation time.

Shego was getting increasingly open and close to Orochimaru even if she still butts heads with him occasionally.

After hours of training, Shego and Orochimaru with separate ways to bed.

**

Nightmare

Orochimaru sighed as he watched his parents being killed and his team abandoning him.

He knew this was great. He remembered how his parents died, his friends and sensei abandoning, and why he left the village. This reoccurring nightmare settled down slightly after killing Sartuobi sensei but was not gone completely. He hatred having it as it constantly reminded him how he eventually lost everything.

To end his pain and suffering, he began searching for immortality.

Nightmare Over

He sat up with a start and looked at his clock to see it was almost 7:00 am. He really hated having that nightmare. Witnessing the death of his parents and those he cared about turn on him was painful to see.

He felt a tap on his shoulder and looked up to see Kabtuo with concern in his eyes before shaking his thoughts out of his head.

"I'm fine. Kabuto just had that nightmare again," He said, putting on black pants and his long sleeve pink kimono shirt with his black sandals.

"If you say so heard you scream from my room next door," Kabtuo said.

He sighed and walked out of his chosen room in Drakken's lair.

They walked through the lair, following the sounds of talking. He entered the room to see Shego talking with the mad scientist.

Orochimaru smiles at Shego. "So, any plans today, Shego?" he asked, grabbing breakfast for him and Kabtuo.

Shego smirks while looking at him. "Well, I thought we could go shopping for a bit. We could do something else just want to hang out," she said.

"That's fine by me could use some more cloth to make clothes and maybe some supplies for my hair." He said, looking at his tangled hair.

She chuckled. "Yeah, you could use a detangling  brush, and a hair tie to get your hair out of your face." She said with a smirk. "We leave in a few hours. Get your credit card ready because you are paying."

He grumbled and stared at Drakken. "What about you, Drakken?" he asked as he ate some food.

The scientist smiled. "I am creating the plans to create an army of Bebe robots!" he yelled with a triumphant look on his face.

Orochimaru's sweat dropped. "I don't know why you're making an army of what sounds like female robots. That sounds incredibly dumb, but whatever," he says as he puts his dish in the sink.

Drakken frowned and glared. "Stop mocking my intellect! It would be best if you were obeying me and helping me rule the world," he said annoyedly.

Orochimaru rolled his eyes. "I rather do important scientific research. I say one thing for a man who's supposed to be smart you come up with stupid plans," he says as he walks off to get ready.

"Well, have fun being stupid. I'm going to study for next week's test at school," Kabtuo said, walking off to his room.

Drakken sighed and sat down. He didn't like the raven man, but he made Shego happy and livened up the place. He insulted his intellect, and his right hand annoyed him by just being an annoying teenager.

He sighed and went to go to work.

**

Orochimaru was hidden by a henge as his skin and eyes were definite giveaways for him. He had black hair and a less pale skin tone. Deciding to keep his eye color just got rid of the snake's pupils.

Shego had strangely taken him to Middleton. "Why are we here? I thought you would've taken me to do the car shop to get you a car." He said as he followed her through the mall. "Though I'm not complaining.

She, too, was under henge, but she only changed her eyes, hair, and skin tone. She had brown hair and dark brown eyes, keeping her fabulous figure. She smirked. "I wanted to bring you here because it has something other places don't. The chance of running into the Princess, though, you are still buying me stuff today. also has good hair supplies for you to use." She said as she dragged him along.

He sighed and went along with it. "Fine, but use different names. Call me Ryuu." He said as he put on some shades.

Shego sweat drops. "Yeah, 'cause Ryuu is a great name choice. Call me Jean, and no, that isn't even close to my real name." She said as she walked off to find Kim and then hair supplies.

He chuckled and knew she was speaking the truth since he sensed no negative emotions from her.

He followed her to see her leading him to Bueno Nacho. He wasn't a fan of the food in this restaurant. Too weird tasting. He mostly just got the salad and maybe a burrito.

Shego smiled as she saw the Princess and her idiot sidekick. Deciding to eavesdrop a bit, she sat down in the booth next to them, and Orochimaru just followed her along since he had nothing better to do.

**

With Kim Possible...

"So Wade, any news on the Hidden Sound village or at least it, Lord?"She asked as she rolled her eyes at Ron devouring his food.

Wade frowns a bit. "I have some info. There is a Japanese tale saying that three kids were friends the toad, slug, and snake. One day a boy named Orochimaru was possessed by an evil snake Spirit and turned against his friends." He said, taking a sip of his soda.

"Well, he was able to summon snakes out of his sleeves, and he had golden snake eyes and not to mention that weird sword he used," she says, rubbing her chin. "Something has to be up with him to have all those abilities." She says, making Wade spit out his soda.

"You never mentioned all those abilities!" he says, typing on the keyboard. "The Orochimaru in this legend could summon and control snakes. He also had a famous sword that was called the Kusanagi.  Maybe he really is a guy possessed by an evil snake spirit, but it was a legend. It has to have some logical explanation." He says as he continues typing. "I'll get back to you once I find more."He says before ending the chat.

Kim sighs and frowns. If Drakken really had that man on his side, it did not spell anything good if he was able to get the man on his side instead of a neutral party. "Ron, stop stuffing your face. We need to visit my dad's lab. He finished his tests on that sword  I could grab before that man left quickly." She said, getting a nod from him as they walked off.

Over with Orochimaru and Shego...

"Oh, so not good." He said as he rubbed his temples.

Shego looks confused. "I thought your sword turns into a snake and goes into your pants when you're done using it," she said, confused.

"Not entirely. Sometimes  I have to focus for it to turn into a snake. Last time I was rushing to get away from her, so it must've transformed into a snake." He stood up and went for the door.

"Come on, Shego. We must destroy any samples and data from that. I don't know if any scientists can recreate the power of my sword, plus that sword is essential to me."He says as she follows after him.

"What about shopping?!'She yells as she jumps after him, as he leaps from roof to roof.

"We can shop after, double the amount for delaying our shopping plan." He said as he had a serious look on his face and summoned a snake to locate the research lab. He would not let the secrets of his family sword get out. He was sickened of what people could do with the power of that sword if in the wrong hands. (He never admit that he hates some of the things he has done with it through.)

Shego frowned but understood why he was so serious. That didn't mean she wouldn't double the amount. He was loaded and rarely cared for money as he sewed his own clothes and didn't eat that much food.

They arrived at the lab and noticed Kim wasn't there.

"Shego, you stand guard outside while I go in and destroy any evidence and data. Keep them preoccupied as long as I need. I will transport to you when I am done."He says as she nods and looks at the charka tag she put on her arm to be able to track her location.

She nods. "Just take your time. I want to play around with Princess." She says as she leaps near the entrance and hides herself.

He chuckles and goes to the doors and bursts them open, and creates several snake clones. "Go and find any database and destroy it. Also, find the lab of Dr. Possible, the male one," He said as they ran off.

Since the cheese lair, he researched up on Kim and her sidekick. Her mother was a brain surgeon, and her father was a rocket scientist. But the man was a genius, so he knew the man would eventually figure the chakra out and find a way to create more Kusanagi swords or least, see, of course, to use its power with the sword

He just hated that he didn't hear of this earlier; thank Karma that Shego decided to take him to Middleton. At least his luck was still intact for the most part.

He got the memories from one clone, and thankfully, the clone set down a tag as he transported to it.

He frowned as he saw the man identified to be Dr. James Possible. "Please just give me the data on the sword and the physical version of my sword back, and I can be on my way. I like to keep my skills secret," he says as he summons a snake to wrap around Dr. Possible.

James backs up to the wall. "Why do you want to keep it hidden?! If this data is true, it can solve so many crises," he says excitedly but stops once the massive snake approaches him.

"Yes, it can solve things, but people will use it to hurt others, trust me it happened in my old world many times, so just give me the data, or I will just destroy every piece of technology in this center," he said, making the snake disappear as nothing happened.

He could hear explosions and sounds of combat coming from outside. He frowned as that meant Kim and her sidekick had arrived.

James saw the chance and tried to run, only to be stopped by another version of the raven man.

"Guess that means you aren't cooperating," he said, pulling out explosive tags. He summons numerous clones. "Take everyone from the building and destroy it. I want nothing salvageable. He was very protective of his sword power and his charka since he didn't want it falling into the wrong hands. "Summon Manda if you need to," he ordered.

He went around the room, placing multiple tags on every piece of equipment; he wanted nothing to survive the explosion.

He could feel his clones taking people out, and he used his charka to turn his sword into a snake and go up his pants once he found it.

He sent a snake to check on Shego and had it send images to his mind to see what she was doing.

She was toying with Kim and Ron, quickly holding them back. He swore the woman wanted to test her jutsus against the girl.

He ended the vision link with then the snake and went back to work. He slowly entered Sage mode to check if anyone else was in the building. Happy that everyone was out, he transported to Shego to see all the people who were very far away from the building.

He placed his hand on her shoulder and looked at Kim. "I would get very far away from the building," he said as he pulled out another tag.

Kim was panting in exhaustion. Her clothes were singed, and she knew she'd have bruises in a day or so. "Why should I leave the building?" she asked as she kept her guard up.

"Mostly 'cause I have to blow up the building, as your father wouldn't delete the data he had on my sword, and because of that, I have to destroy everything," he said as Shego frowned and dispelled her plasma.

"Do we really have to leave? I was having fun testing out my new skills against the Princess," she says with a slight pout.

Orochimaru chuckled. "Relax, Shego, we came here just to delete the data, not fight too much," he said as he turned to Kim. "Leave or be caught in the aftermath," he said as he placed the tag on the ground as lines of black ink connected to it.

"I'd listen to him, Princess. Those tags of his pack a wallop," she says as Kim frowns.

Shego's plasma was much more potent and actually zapped her. Not to mention Shego's newfound strength. And now, with her dad's data going down the drain, they had no idea how she got stronger.

She nodded and picked up the unconscious Ron, and dragged him away.

Orochimaru nodded and sent chakra through the tag resulting in a massive explosion behind them, and seconds later, he transported away with Shego in tow.

James frowned and sighed. He should've sent the data to his email before calling Kimmie, but he had been too excited at the finding. Living energy could grow and change, but all of the data was lost in the explosion. Maybe he'd ask Kimmie if she could get more samples, but he doubted that man would allow any more of it to get out to the public.

He smiled as Kimmie walked over to him. "Kimmie! Are you okay!?" he asks as he looks over her singed clothes.

She nodded. "I'm fine, just Shego got a lot stronger. I fear she gained that Orochimaru man's power," she said with a frown as she laid Ron down on the ground and sat down next to him.

"That isn't good. That energy can change and grow to who knows what she could do with it." He said as he sighed. "As long as everyone is safe, it is fine," He said as he sat beside her. Today he had been an exhausting day.

***

Orochimaru

Orochimaru sighed as he was back in his henge shopping with Shego again; so far, they had gotten through 15,000 dollars, but that wasn't the exhausting part. He was berating himself about nearly letting the power of his sword get figured out along with the chakra, and he was going to be more careful about it now and make sure it was put back where it belonged.

"You want to leave? I think I got enough clothes, and you got some new hair supplies," Shego said as she heard him sigh.

"Yeah, I need a nap," He said with a yawn.

Shego then got inside Orochimaru's car to drive them back to the lair.

About 15 minutes later, he passed out from exhaustion. Shego smiled at him, resting his head on her shoulder.

-Later that Night-

Orochimaru groaned as he woke up and saw he was in his room in the current lair. He was confused until he remembered the taxi ride and fell back on the bed.

He felt Shego wouldn't make fun of him falling asleep with his head on her shoulder.

Hello, my wonderful readers and followers. Here is the fourth chapter of A Snakes' Heart. Orochimaru and shego spend time training together after she receives a chakra network. As well as shopping and retrieving his world back from James Possible.

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