Crafty Chameleon

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Ibiki smirked, "He's in the back prison cells. We can talk to him tomorrow with Danzo and Hiruzen." Naruto nodded ... it was about time some questions were answered ...

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Hiruzen sighed as he followed Orochimaru through the halls of T&I, "I can't believe this is happening ... Jiraiya was always a fool, but what is he thinking? Why did he leave Naruto to suffer? It's not like him."

"I know ... the teammate I knew years ago and loved wouldn't do this, but after witnessing Naruto's life ... we know Jiraiya was involved as hard as it is to believe." said Orochimaru.

"Is something wrong, Orochimaru?" Hiruzen asked when he saw a thoughtful look cross his adopted son's face.

"Kind of ... seeing Jiraiya again brought back some old feelings I thought withered away years ago and Ibiki forced me to talk about it. I actually gave him a hard time when he asked me who I thought was better." said the snake sage.

"I understand. It can be hard to sort through feelings since they don't really die. You cared for Jiraiya for so long that you probably found it difficult to fight your emotions when you saw him again ... do you know the one you love now?" asked the wise former kage.

Orochimaru smiled, "I was willing to wait months, even years, just to see Jiraiya for three minutes and he seemed to care, but despite that it always felt ... one sided. When I first met Ibiki I ran into him as I was protecting Naruto from some drunk civilians."

Flashback

"He's late ... I better go see if he's ok. Maybe he got hurt going through the forest path." in order to avoid the civilians as he left to and from school little Naruto was told to go through the forest behind the Sarutobi compound since it was an unknown and safe. Despite that Orochimaru grew worried and left into the trees to find the little blonde ... his blood froze as he spotted his adopted son surrounded by a group of civilians covered in blood. "Get away from him!" The snake sage ordered.

One civilian looked up and gave a smug grin, "We're busy teaching this demon-"

*chomp* The civilian never finished his sentence for a massive snake appeared in front of them and swallowed the people whole ...

Orochimaru glared at the snake's bulging screaming stomach as he knelt down next to the little blonde six year old, "His head has a gash-..." He flinched and looked up to see a muscular man with a black bandana standing there. "Who are you?" He asked as he gently held Naruto tighter.

"Ibiki Morino. Is Naruto ok?" He asked as he came over to the snake sage. "He's going to need stitches." said Ibiki and much to Orochimaru's surprise he pulled out some bandages and applied pressure to the blonde's head to stop the bleeding.

"It's good to see that not every person in this village is an idiot." said Orochimaru.

Ibiki gave an amused snort, "It's good to see someone besides me is teaching those idiots a lesson." He commented as the screams became louder. "I need to get out of T&I more often." He said with a charming smile as he looked at Orochimaru earning a light blush.

Flashback Over

"It always felt real with Ibiki." said Orochimaru with a smile. Hiruzen smiled too as they came to a door. The door was opened revealing a sulking toad sage chained to the wall.

"Can someone tell me what's going on? This guy refuses to tell me anything." Jiraiya glared at Ibiki who was leaning against the wall with Danzo.

Ibiki looked at Orochimaru and shrugged, "I figured we should wait for you guys." said the interrogator as he walked over and leaned into to kiss Orochimaru on the lips.