Crafty Chameleon

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He fell to his knees stunned at what he learned and whispered in a weak hushed voice. "Why?"

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Orochimaru was doing laundry when Sarutobi came in and flopped onto the couch.

Sarutobi smiled, "It's nice to have this free time."

"Need I remind you who you owe this free time to." Orochimaru said with a smirk.

Sarutobi twitched as he remembered that day ...

Flashback

A small blonde 8 year old was relaxing in his Jiji's office after a hard day of training with his Opa. He watched as his Jiji tried to do his paperwork and was failing miserably if the quickly growing stack of papers was any indication.

Orochimaru entered the office, "Hi father. Ready go home, Naruto?"

The little blonde nodded, "Yes, Dad!"

"WAIT! Please Orochimaru! Invent something to help with this paperwork!" pleaded the kage desperately.

"Sorry father, I wouldn't know were to begin." Naruto started laughing and the snake sannin smiled. "What's so funny Naruto? Do you know how to help your Jiji?"

Naruto grinned, "No Dad" *POOF* A shadow clone appeared and Naruto asked, "Do you know how to help Jiji?"

Clone A said, "Nope sorry."

*POOF* Another clone appeared, "How about you?"

Clone B said, "How would I know? I'm just a shadow clone."

All three Narutos said, "Sorry Jiji!" They yelled and the clones were dispelled

Orochimaru was laughing hysterically and Sarutobi was so shocked that his jaw dropped and made spider web cracks in his desk. It was so obvious, Shadow Clones!

"Naruto you just earned yourself some ice cream!" said the snake sage as he picked up the 8 year old who was taking advantage of Sarutobi's shocked state by doodling on the hokage's face with a permanent marker.

"YAY ice cream!"

Flashback end

"I hope you didn't tell Danzo about that and why didn't you grab Naruto before he started drawing on me? I had a meeting next." Sarutobi pouted.

Orochimaru snickered, "Calm down, I never told Danzo that you were outsmarted by an eight year old and I swear I tried to grabbed him sooner, but he overpowered me." The snake sage said in a tone that screamed 'I could've grabbed him sooner, but I didn't want to'.

Sarutobi twitched, "I swear, if I didn't know better, I'd say you really were Naruto's father ... not only are you both sarcastic you both like to torment me too."

When Sarutobi didn't get a response he turned and saw that the snake sage was looking at a calendar next to the laundry room. He watched as Orochimaru crossed off a day and started writing down a list that contained ingredients for Naruto's favorite meal and dessert.

The ageing hokage couldn't help but chuckle and that caught the snake ninja's attention, "What's so funny father?"

"I just realized how much you've changed. You're not the distant and emotionless boy I adopted all those years ago. You've grown into a loving and caring person who worries about someone. It's just good to see that ... speaking of caring, how's Ibiki?" Sarutobi smiled.

Orochimaru blushed, "I'm not discussing my love life with a pervert. Besides, I have shopping to do before Naruto gets home." He said as he rushed out of the compound hoping to avoid an embarrassing conversation.