Orochimaru's POV

Today was my first day at the academy. I was now old enough to join the academy to learn to be a shinobi. The age to join the academy was five years old. So I was now on my way walking to the academy for class.

I have been in the orphanage for about 2 years now. And I still haven't made any friends. Well, most people find me a freak anyway.

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I eyed the building that was nestled beneath the hokage mountain. It wasn't much of a school, in my opinion. The village was still new, and this was a prototype of an academy. Years later, perhaps it would become an actual academy with many buildings attached to it. For now, it was just a large building with five large classes inside. Everything was made of wood, inside and out, an obvious creation from the First Hokage's powers.

I could see the running tracks nearby and a 'playground' that the first hokage had kindly made up for them. Some slides, smiling wooden structures that looked like snowmen, and a forest of wooden cut trees so that they could hide and run around in. A set of swings were even in construction.

This was built a few years ago before the first hokage died. The second hokage only be hokage for maybe a year now.

I sighed slightly as the kids that had been waiting for school to start, jumped up and down in excitement in front of the doors with their siblings and parents. A few were given open hugs and kisses and he felt his heart clench.

Looking down at the ground, I adjusted the old side bag that was holding my scrolls and papers. Quietly and with my downcast eyes, I walked forward. A few kids and adults glanced my way but quickly returned back to their conversation. He caught a few 'don't you set the school on fire' and 'remember to eat your lunch' as I passed them and my eyes grew further downcast.

I wish that my mom and dad were still here. I miss the warmth of having a family and parents love.

Reaching the classroom, I headed for the back seats. Not too far so that I wouldn't be able to hear or see, but not near enough towards the other kids. Gently, I placed my bag down and began taking out clean paper and a pencil. It took another ten minutes before all the kids were settled down and I sat there patiently, relieved when the teacher began to take attendance.

"Orochimaru?"

I raised up my hand. When the teacher nodded and continued on with the name-calling, I looked outside the window, noting that it was going to be a cloudy day. So far, the teacher seemed nice enough he supposed. The man was somewhere in his early twenties, had a relatively nice face and messy brown hair. From his attire, he was a jonin and seemed to have experience with teaching, as he seemed relatively comfortable with the position. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see a few kids here and there already chatting with each other and forming groups. I looked down at my desk forlornly. I didn't see much of a point in forming relationships. To see and be near people who are always happy, who have families and love would just remind him of the orphanage. Being here, he only wanted to study and learn.

I just finished I have put od that orphanage. I probably will since they got that new caretaker in the orphanage who charge of kids 5 & up. He doesn't really like me that much.

After the attendance was done, the teacher began a speech of how they were here to learn how to become great shinobis who will grow up to defend their beloved village and their comrades, and that they need to behave or else nothing will get into their head or something, the school officially began.

I listened carefully and took notes, trying not to fidget in my seat.

Today we were learning about the Body Replacement Technique, a method used to escape danger and fool that enemy for a brief second that their attacks had been successful, before using the advantage to counter.

I already knew about this technique and could actually perform it. Despite so, I still tried to keep focus as the lecture went on. The period passed on with hand seals, the correct situations to use the technique, and the repercussion of failing it. When the lunch bell rang, I sighed in relief.
Any longer and I was probably going to doze off. Tomorrow, perhaps I should bring some of his more advanced scrolls to study in class. This was a big waste of time.

I went and sat over near a tree that I was standing under earlier. To eat my lunch. I adjusted my white and purple kimono so I could sit more comfortably on the ground. I then took out a boiled egg that I had made for lunch, I watched silently as a few of the kids exchanged bento boxes and rice balls. Some of them complained about their food while others complimented their friend's lunches.

Taking out the other hard-boiled egg from my bag, I continued eating, my expression blank. I tried not to think about the lunches that the kids were eating around me... which were lovingly made by their parents. Lowering my head, I closed my eyes and swallowed hard, suppressing the now-familiar ache in my heart once again. Briefly, I wondered how long would it take... before he could finally force my heart to become dead to these emotions.

"Hey, you're in our spot."

My golden slit-shaped eyes moved upward, as three large boys stood before me, their arms crossed. They were a head taller than me, and probably twenty pounds heavier as well. The three were either from the same clan, or they just happened to look incredibly similar to each other. All three wore headbands and the same green shirt that ended near their elbows. They had also attempted to style their hair the same way, in ridiculous spikes.

"We've been hanging around here all summer girly," said the biggest one, a boy with spiky red hair and a chubby figure. "So move it."

I didn't like to be in the spotlight of things and it's not like there wasn't a bunch of nearby trees that I could sit at. But quite frankly, my nerves were wearing thin and to be able to vent out some of his pain and frustration on someone, was something he was itching to do. I tilted my head back and regarded them with lidded eyes. "I can see that. With your weight, you probably don't move around to other spots very much," I said lowly, dangerously.

"Why you!"

By now, we had caught the attention of almost the entire playground. The silence was almost deafening and quite frankly, the stares were irksome. I hated being stared at. The pudgy one opened his mouth and shouted, "Take that back!"

I popped the rest of the egg in his mouth and swallowed. "Try to lose some weight instead of living in denial." Another audible gasp reverberated through the place and I was sure that everyone's eyes were on them now.

The pudgy boy fist connected with me but it was just a log. Since I used the substitution justu.

I then ran from behind the tree and proceeded to take them out. Leaping up, I delivered a devastating dropkick on the one on the left, knocking him out cold. Using the momentum, I struck out an elbow and it connected solidly with the second one's chest, efficiently dropping my second opponent to the ground. As their leader tried to jump me from behind, I bent backward into a handstand, my yellow eyes flashing as I locked both legs around the leader's neck. My hands pushing against the ground, he swiftly slammed my opponent's head into the ground, before elegantly leaping backward and standing tall, surveying the damage I had done with cold eyes.

"What going on here?"

I turned as my teacher ran over to the crowd. I inwardly sighed, knowing that he was in trouble. All of a sudden, a golden blur appeared before him and pushed him back.

"Sensei! It's not his fault. These kids tried to take his spot!"

The teacher groaned and put a hand to his head. "Tsunade, that is no excuse to-"

But the girl put her hands on her hips and pursed her lips at him. "They also called me ugly! He's my friend and just wanted to get revenge for me."

I raised an eyebrow at the lie, wondering why she was trying to defend me.

The pudgy leader raised up his hand up from the ground and said weakly, "But Tsunade, I never-"

I was kind of amused as she quickly kicked the moron on the side of the head and made sure that he stayed knocked out.

"Tsunade," sighed their teacher. Bending down to her height, he said, "Fighting is strictly prohibited. Your friend broke the rule and has to be punished."

A few seconds of silence passed and I made to push my way past the girl to ask for the details of his punishment, just wanting to get it over by now so that people would stop staring. But before he could even move afoot, she punched their teacher and broke his nose. My mouth dropped open as their teacher toppled backward and blood spurted out of his nose. Slowly, I looked down at her and stared in shock.

Grinning, she said, "No need to thank me for helping you."

"We're both going to be in detention. How is that helping?" I retorted flatly.

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1: How do you think Tsunade and Orochimaru will get along in detention?

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A\N: I don't know what happened to my notebook. So I don't remember all of the chapters. I didn't double-check to see if I had it save somewhere are if I knew where my notebook was before deleting the parts. So I will just have to try and remember the order. Either way, I hope you enjoy the new plot. I have the last chapter saved on my chapter and some of the Hanzo chapters.