Orochimaru POV

What flowers should I get today for my parent's grave? Maybe I get some daisy since those are my mom's favorite flowers. Well, at least it sunny this time I decide to come to visit my parent's graves. Last week when I visited them it was cloudy and raining.

I got a purple dasiy for my mom's grave since it her favorite color. Yellow one for my dad's grave.

I remember how my mom always said cheer up pretty boy. Mommy, here I know you're upset because people always call you creepy. Remember mom and dad love you know matter what. Daddy and mommy will see you in the morning after we stop this guy from stealing a very dangerous forbidden justu scroll. What a lie that was they ended up dead.

"Oh, there you are orochimaru!"

"Oh hey sarutobi sensei," I said.

"We were waiting for you today I had some news to share with you and your teammates but you never showed up yet. Your fifteen minutes late."

"My bad sensei I got distracted while at my parent's grave and had trouble picking out flowers," I explained.

"I see well why don't we get going."

"Yeah coming wait whats this sensei," I said looking down at something white.

How lucky you found a white skin. Which is said to represent fortune and rebirth. What's that supposed to mean. Maybe to telling your parents were reborn somewhere and that you get to see them again." Sensei explained.

"When will that be sensei?" I asked.

"I don't know sometime in the future maybe." He replied.

"Why is it white?" I asked.

"Nobody knows the answer to that one." He told me.

Well, one day I find the answer to why it white. Maybe my parents will come back one day I just wonder when that will be.

"Well I guess we shouldn't keep the others waiting for much longer," I said.

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Thrid POV

Orochimaru and Hiruzen-sensei at the training field, to meet up with the team after he finally found Orochimaru.

Tsunade was slightly tired; she hadn't had a good night's sleep. Her grandmother had been unavailable throughout the evening due to her meeting, and all Tsunade heard in the village was war-gossip about tailed beasts, ambushes, and conspiracies. It was driving her mad.

"What happened?" she asked breathlessly the moment Hiruzen arrived.

"Official war," he said grimly, "Kumo, Kiri, Suna, Iwa, and of course, Suna. We're not too sure what the alliances are, but this the first shinobi world war to have ever broken out. Tobirama-sama is trying his best to resolve things peacefully, but it's not working too well. I'm set to be deployed to the front-lines in a week, or maybe even less. It's best I teach you what I can till then."

"You're leaving?" Jiraiya gasped, "To fight?"

"Of course I am," Hiruzen said, "Konoha needs me. That is why I have chosen the path of a shinobi."

"Are we going to fight too?" Jiraiya asked.

"No," Hiruzen shook his head, "Not yet, certainly not. You're far too inexperienced. And we're nowhere that desperate to throw genin onto the front-lines."

"But what about our missions?" Orochimaru asked, "And our training?"

"I said I'll train you till my deployment," Hiruzen answered, "As for missions, you'll be starting with D-rank, so I'm sure you'll manage those even without me."

He set them on training right after that, first with chakra control exercises. They had to climb up trees. Tsunade was quite proud to have managed this on her third try, being able to control and direct her chakra perfectly until she neatly walked to the top. Orochimaru and Jiraiya, however, weren't that successful.

They'd have to run from quite a distance, relying on their momentum to propel them up rather than anything. Jiraiya kept injecting too much chakra into his feet, causing the tree bark to splinter, sending him crashing down. Each crash bought a colorful string of expletives before he'd stand up and start again.

Orochimaru wasn't doing much better, though he had far more graceful landings then Jiraiya, flipping over mid-air to land on his feet. He'd also progressed about an inch or two more than Jiraiya, who seemed annoyed for some reason.

"Orochimaru-teme," Jiraiya growled, as Orochimaru passed his mark and leaped back down, smirking slightly.

"What?" Orochimaru challenged, raising an eyebrow.

"You think you're so cool, don't you," Jiraiya mocked, "I'll beat you, just you see!"

"Hmph," Orochimaru shrugged, scoffing slightly, "As if."

"Hell yeah!" Jiraiya was pumped, as he raced towards the tree.

He came careening down seconds later, landing at Orochimaru's feet.

Orochimaru smirked again, before leaping over him and running up the tree again. He would have passed Jiraiya's earlier mark if the latter hadn't grabbed the end of his yukata and yanked him down.

This time it was Orochimaru who was yelling expletives, and Jiraiya sniggered in his face until Hiruzen had to separate the two boys and tell them that Tsunade had already mastered tree-climbing, so if they didn't want to be beaten hollow by their kunoichi teammate, they better hurry up.

Tsunade felt supremely smug thereafter.

Chakra-control exercises continued for the next couple of days. A somber mood had taken over Konoha due to the war, and Tsunade barely saw her grandmother anymore, for the lady was far too busy with strategic and political meetings. Though Hiruzen seemed grim, nothing seemed to dampen Jiraiya's spirits, and their training progressed, at a rather fast pace.

Water-walking came next, which was easy enough for her, though Orochimaru and Jiraiya broke into fights on the water surface (usually instigated by Jiraiya) and ended up falling in, drenching themselves, and her as well.

"Orochimaru, please," Hiruzen was forced to intervene one time, "I cannot let you drown your teammate. That reflects badly on teamwork."

Jiraiya's hands could be seen flailing above the water surface, as Orochimaru crouched on the lake, calmly holding the white head down.

"But sensei," Orochimaru protested politely, "He tried the same thing on me just two minutes ago. Ask Tsunade-chan if you don't believe me."

"He did," Tsunade admitted, "But he didn't actually succeed."

"It's not my fault he's weaker than I am," Orochimaru sniffed, looking away.

"OROCHIMARU-TEME!" Jiraiya raged, when he finally emerged, dripping wet, "I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!"

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A\N: Like I said before to let you know what you think should happen in this rewrite. Also, like said I don't remember what happened in the old version expect a little bit of the beginning and the last chapter. So if you remember let me know. I may be rewriting it but don't want to change part of the plot that I like.