Chapter 17 Conversation with the Hokage

-Welcome back, Orochimaru- said the Third Hokage in a tired voice. "And who's that next to you?" - Hiruzen asked, shifting his gaze to me.

-Let me introduce you, Sensei, my new student: Yakushi Akuma- replied Orochimaru unemotionally. The Hokage, hearing this news, choked on the smoke from his pipe. "You have an apprentice? When? How?" asked the Hokage.

Hokage's thoughts.

This is the news. Of the three of them, Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade, I didn't expect Orochimaru to take an apprentice the most. He's always liked solitude, he doesn't like spending time with other people, and for someone like him to take on an apprentice? Something's not right here. Hmm...Yakushi Akuma. I've never heard that name before. You can tell from the last name that he's from Konoha's orphanage. If you look at him, he looks about three years old. Why would Orochimaru

...take an apprentice like him? We'll have to send the NSA to the orphanage and find out more about this kid.

-Yes he did, Sensei, let's get to the subject of my visit.-Taking some papers from the storage scroll, Orochimaru handed them to Hiruzen.

-Do you have any questions for me specifically? About the outcome of the war is written on the papers. I think there is no point in recounting them." said Orochimaru nervously. There was a pervasive disgust I could sense in his voice toward the Third Hokage.

Akuma's thoughts.

"Hates the Third Hokage?" - I thought. On the way he was talking about why he didn't want to communicate with him, but to despise him so openly, it's understandable why instead of putting Orochimaru as the Fourth Hokage, he chose Minato. At the same time, there's another topic for rapprochement with Orochimaru. Now comes the risky game. The stakes are too high. In about ten years, my new Sensei will leave Konoha. I won't wait that long. I want to leave Konoha for the mission where Obito sacrificed himself, and I'll decide from there. Either join the Akatsuki or become a lone renegade ninja.

Hokage Thoughts

"No, Orochimaru, I have no questions for you. You're free to go." Before he could finish his speech, Orochimaru disappeared from the office with me.

-Ah... Orochimaru. Why can't you be like those two: cheerful, kind. Why can't you have the Will of Fire. No, you don't fit the Fourth Hokage position. Jiraiya refused to become him, and Tsunade is only interested in her medical jutsu. You were the best candidate to be the new Hokage. Where did I go wrong in your upbringing?"

Appearing outside the Hokage building, Orochimaru let me go. I could tell by the look on his face that he was angry, but he had already begun to come to his senses.

-So, Akuma, what are you going to do? Our training starts tomorrow. Today is your so-called day off. - Orochimaru said as he prepared to leave.

-As usual. I'm going to the training ground. See you tomorrow, Sensei," I said as I said goodbye to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru's thoughts.

"What should I do?" - Orochimaru began to think. He has no one in Konoha: no family, no friends. After watching his new apprentice leave, he drifted off into thought. Now, as he returned from the war, he began to ponder what he really wanted out of this life. Immortality is my true goal. No matter what power you have, you will always die, but I want to live forever. I am sure that if you learn all the ninja techniques, you can create a technique that will grant you immortality. I'll do anything for that. Hmm. Gone to the range? I'll go take a look, the lab isn't finished yet.

At the firing range.

As I was doing my usual workout, I felt someone begin to follow me. Without giving away that I noticed something, I began to look around. When I saw Orochimaru on a tree branch, I calmed down as I continued my training.

Orochimaru, seeing the kind of training his apprentice undergoes at his age, could think nothing of, "He's getting more and more interesting. Being cruel to people is one thing, but being cruel to yourself is quite another, especially at this age. What has this guy been through! А.. What's that?! Smelling blood from the newly opened wounds, Orochimaru went down to Akuma.

-Halt, Akuma! -Orochimaru said in a harsh voice.

-What is it, Sensei? -I asked him.

-"Why do you have cuts all over your body?" asked Orochimaru, taking off my dark T-shirt.

-I'm just trying to get used to the pain so it doesn't bother me during important moments, so I make more and more cuts on myself every day, originally they were just scratches, but after I stopped feeling them I had to make more and more painful and longer cuts, reaching this point.-I answered in a slightly crazy but fanatical voice

-S.S. Crazy..." said Orochimaru. In his eyes I could see the utmost amazement.

-Do you have any idea what that would do to your body?! What if you nicked an important artery? Well, you have medical knowledge, but why don't you at least heal all the wounds and then make new ones? It's for the first time that the wounds open up for training, but it's a good way to build up physical resistance, so you can't do without it.

-So that's it, Akuma. Now we're going to my house, where I'm going to heal your wounds. And you'll stay with me tonight. At least that way I can keep an eye on you, or you'll kill yourself. No objections, as you understand," said Orochimaru, taking me and moving quickly to his house. He opened the door and let me in. His house was a two-story house, and taking me to a room on the thief's floor, he told me to undress and lie on the bed. Orochimaru himself took out some ointment and walked over to me. After applying the healing jutsu to me, he began to apply it to my body.

-This ointment is made from herbs. It helps restore blood flow. You've got permanent anemia after torturing yourself, how you're still on your feet, I don't understand. Do you want some tea? - Orochimaru asked.

-Thank you, Sensei," I asked with a sad sigh. "About the tea, I prefer coffee," I replied.

-Got it, you can get up in ten minutes, I'll be downstairs.

Akuma's thoughts.

Orochimaru isn't the same as he was shown in the anime yet. Now his goal of eternal life has only just begun to be realized. And his character isn't so screwed up yet. In the anime no one supported him, but now I'm going to be around, I wonder how the story will change? Anyway, it doesn't matter. I already broke the canon....

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