Orochimaru immediately woke up with a pounding headache a felt like his throat was on fire, making him break into a small coughing fit. He let out a groan as he messaged his pounding head.

Suddenly he was dragged away from thinking about his headache when his nose started twitching and flaring. He immediately knew that a sneeze was coming. Reaching over towards the nightstand, he grabbed a tissue.

He began to take massive long inhales as he tilted his head back, nose twitching and nostrils flaring madly, signaling this was going to be a big sneeze coming.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah.Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

He brought the tissue closed as he continued to inhale.

"AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..."

The tickle sensation in his nose was absolutely unbearable. With one final inhale, he exploded and released a big loud, powerful, messy sneeze into the tissue being held against his nose.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

An unthinkable amount of wind, saliva, and mucus was expelled from Orochimaru's mouth and nose as he shot his entire upper body forward. The amount of saliva and mucus completely soaked the tissue he was holding.

Orochimaru recovered from the sneeze and reached for a couple more tissues groaning loudly as he blew his nose. He wasn't feeling great right at the moment. His entire nose was bright red, and mucus dripped out of his nostrils. His head was pounding like someone was playing the drums on it. Orochimaru immediately woke up with a pounding headache a felt like his throat was on fire, making him break into a small coughing fit. He let out a groan as he messaged his pounding head.

Suddenly he was dragged away from thinking about his headache when his nose started twitching and flaring. He immediately knew that a sneeze was coming. Reaching over towards the nightstand, he grabbed a tissue.

He began to take massive long inhales as he tilted his head back, nose twitching and nostrils flaring madly, signaling this was going to be a big sneeze coming.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah.Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

He brought the tissue closed as he continued to inhale.

"AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..."

The tickle sensation in his nose was absolutely unbearable. With one final inhale, he exploded and released a big loud, powerful, messy sneeze into the tissue being held against his nose.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

An unthinkable amount of wind, saliva, and mucus was expelled from Orochimaru's mouth and nose as he shot his entire upper body forward. The amount of saliva and mucus completely soaked the tissue he was holding.

Orochimaru recovered from the sneeze and reached for a couple more tissues groaning loudly as he blew his nose. He wasn't feeling great right at the moment. His entire nose was bright red, and mucus dripped out of his nostrils. His head was pounding like someone was playing the drums on it. Orochimaru sniffed wetly and rubbed his nose multiple times with a tissue after grabbing a new one. Once he was done blowing his nose, he threw the tissues away into the trash can before laying back against his pillow, clearing his throat and groaning.

"Goodness bless you, Lord Orochimaru," Kabuto said as he walked into the room with a nice cup of tea. "I brought you something to drink. Would you like anything to eat?" He asked as he handed him the cup of tea.

"Thanks, and yeah, I want something to eat," Orochimaru sat up and took the nice hot cup of tea and drank some, which was feeling great on his sore and scratchy throat.

"You're welcome. I go make you something to eat, and then I want to check your temperature. You seem even more flushed than yesterday, Kabuto said, concerned as he looked at Orochimaru's very flushed skin.

" Ugh," Orochimaru groaned, putting his cup down and lying back on the pillow, hoping to make his head go away, resting against a soft pillow.

"Alright, I will be back with something for you to eat," He said as he walked towards the door. "If you need anything before I come back, send one of your snakes to get me."

Orochimaru nodded as Kabuto left the bedroom to go make some breakfast. He sighed as he rested his head against the pillow, trying to get some more rest while he waited for his breakfast to be ready.

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Orochimaru woke back up with a groan, feeling super warm, and still had a pounding headache. Letting out a sigh, he decided to summon one of his snakes to go find Kabuto.

"You summoned me," The snake hissed in a female voice.

Orochimaru let out a harsh cough before replying. "Yesss Orochimaru-Sssama, Luna, go find Kabuto for me and tell him I need him real quick."

Luna nodded her understanding and went to go find Kabuto. While Orochimaru closed his eyes, trying to relieve himself of the headache while drinking her hot cup of tea.

Orochimaru groaned as he rubbed his sweating forehead, trying to relieve himself of the pounding in his head. His eyes snapped open. He could feel his nose twitching and his nostrils flaring up with irritation. He could feel a sneeze coming as his nose was tickling badly as. His breath started to hitch.

"Ah...Aaaah...Aaaaah..."

He sniffed as he rubbed his nose with his forefinger, trying to get rid of the tickle sensation in his nose. He just wanted to rest peacefully. Sadly that didn't look like it would happen as his nostrils continued quivering and flaring up.

"Aaaaaaaaahhh...Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh...AaaaaaaaaAAAAAHHHH..." He continued to inhale as he started to rub underneath his nostrils with the heel of his palm. His nostrils were constantly quivering and flaring uncontrollably as he continued to rub his nose waiting for the tickle sensation to leave, but his nose continued trembling."AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH..." He inhaled more sharply and didn't know how long he could continue the battle against the sneeze. His nose continued shrinking and growing over and over." AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." He continued to inhale more sharply as the tickle sensation grew stronger and stronger. He knew now that he had no choice but to sneeze as he finally stopped rubbing his nostrils.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHH-CHOOO!!"

Orochimaru's head shot forward as he released a powerful and loud, a large amount of mucus shot out of his nose and onto his blanket. He sniffed and rubbed his nose. The action causing another sneeze to begin to build up. He grabbed a tissue as his breath began to hitch.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah.Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." He brought the tissue up to his nose as he his breath continued to hitch."AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..."

The tickle sensation in his nose was absolutely unbearable."AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." He took a dramatic and final inhale when he finally exploded and released a big loud, powerful, messy sneeze into the tissue being held against his nose.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

An incredible amount of wind, saliva, and mucus was expelled from Orochimaru's mouth and nose as he shot his entire upper body forward. The amount of saliva and mucus completely soaked the tissue he was holding, almost ripping a hole in due to the power of the sneeze.

Orochimaru soon recovered from his sneeze and reached for the box of tissue that was almost empty, and grabbed a few blowing his nose. He sniffed and rubbed his sore and red nose running with mucus. When his nose was finally done running, he tossed the tissue away into the trash and laid back down.

"Bless you, that sounded quite forceful," Kabuto said as he entered the room.

"Ugh. Thank you. It was," Orochimaru replied with a groan.

"Your welcome," Kabuto said, "Luna said you need me. What what the matter, my Lord?" He asked.

"I feel hot and-" Orochimaru paused to let out a strained breath."M-my he-head i-is pou- pounding lik-like crazy as well. A-Also need more tissues," He finished breaking into a coughing fit.

Kabuto rushed over towards Orochimaru rubbing circles on his back as he coughed, and his eyes widened, feeling a large amount of sweat soaking his shirt.

"It seems that your fever might have spiked overnight," Kabuto said, pushing his glasses up after he finished rubbing Orochimaru's back. "Let's get you into a nice cool bath to help that fever and headache, then I'll bring your breakfast," He said, lifting Orochimaru out of bed and towards the bathroom.

"Ugh," Orochimaru groaned again, feeling the pounding sensation growing in his head.

"I know, my Lord, it hurts, but a cool bath should help the headache, most likely due to the fever," Kabuto said calmly as he continued towards the bathroom, not focusing on the amount of sweat he felt on Orochimaru's shirt while carrying Orochimaru, who eyes were glued shut in pain.

As soon as Kabuto arrived in the bathroom, turn on the water and began to run a lukewarm bath. While he was waiting for the water to reach the right temperature, he grabbed the thermometer and checked Orochimaru's temperature.

"I'm pretty sure your fever is higher than yesterday, but let's see how much higher it got," Kabuto said, waiting for the thermometer to be finished.

After a couple of minutes, the thermometer beeped, and he took it out and saw that it read 102.4

"Ugh," Orochimaru let out a groan resting his head against Kabuto's chest as he read the temperature.

"Your fever did spike 102.4 through the bath will help the water good to go now," Kabuto said, feeling the water before taking placing Orochimaru into the bathroom once he removed the sweating clothes.

After a nice fifteen-minute lukewarm bath, Orochimaru was changed into lighter pajamas and placed back in bed.

"You seem a bit less flushed, but placing a damp cloth on your forehead to further bring that fever down," Kabuto said. "Now try to get some rest. Let me know if you need anything else."

"I try. My head does feel a bit better now. So i think  I should be able to rest without any problems," Orochimaru said, closing his eyes more relaxed as his head wasn't pounding as much, and he seemed to be done sneezing for now.

"That's good, " Kabuto said, leaving the bedroom once he heard the soft and even breathing coming from Orochimaru, signaling he had fallen asleep.