Ok guys MASSIVE REVIEW VOTE here. I am thinking of changing the Mei pairing from Mei to Ameyuri Ringo due to the age difference and the whole predator vibe they have going with Orochimaru. What do you guys think?

One year later…

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Sarutobi-sensei threw a small shuriken at the target. Forming the required hand signs; it multiplied and struck great gouges in the wooden training post.

"Now you try Orochimaru-kun."

"Ok sensei!" My god; it's the canon scene! I can't screw this up.

I threw the single shuriken. Ox, Dog, Dragon, Rat, Dog, Boar, Snake, Tiger. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

The shuriken multiplied and struck the target. No difference between Sensei and I. I wonder what would happen if I just thought about the jutsu name rather then saying it; like Silent Casting – Whoops! Almost had a lawsuit there…

"Great job Orochimaru-kun!" "Hmph," Tsunade cheered for me whilst Naori activated emo tsundere Uchiha mode.

"Thanks guys. But why the hell am I the only one doing this exercise! Tsunade, don't think I missed you slacking off on those hand signs! And Naori, Genjutsu is great but you need to train till you drop to increase your reserves."

My two teammates blushed and got back to their training. No fangirls allowed here.

Tsunade becomes a stat monster later; but her speed and hand signs let her down. The hand signs I can fix right now; and Tsunade gets to be the only lightning natured character in Naruto with a speed problem. If only there was a lighting release taijutsu user who is very fast…cough Third Raikage cough. I'll have to engineer a battle between us; perhaps annihilate their Village Pein style with the three new Sanin.

Or I could teach Tsunade Chidori. Hell I'll do both.

Naori fought a bit like a weaker Itachi; all standing around and being godlike with Genjutsu. Only Itachi had to fight like that due to being sick. And Naori was only seven.

Better to break her out of these habits now. I had big plans for her: turning her into the Nibi Jinchuuriki and having her sign the Nin Cat contract of the Uchiha Clan. Yugito had some sweet Taijutsu moves; how much further could Naori take it when combined with the Uchiha Interceptor Fist and learning from Nin Cat summons?

No way was I going to let that perfect combo disappear due to laziness. And I want to see a Katon: Aoka Mekkyaku used by Naori. That's a blue Great Fire Annihilation, Madara style, though its literal translation would be Blue Fire Annihilation. Some Azula from Avatar shit right there.

I want everyone in my team to be as close to a perfect 5 in every stat as possible. And fuck Kishi's Genjutsu score of Tsunade; creating a permanent Genjutsu I am sure lies in the realm of Yin Release. I mean; she created a Yin Release Seal after all. Stupid Kishi…

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" My two other teammates yell out as they both competed for second place. Both shuriken multiplied at the same time. Another draw.

Now it's time to test out my combos. I threw another shuriken and blast through the hand signs. 'Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!' The shuriken multiplied. I clapped my hands. "Fūton: Gale Palm!" The jutsu does enhance all the shuriken; but they have flown too far.

The Gale Palm jutsu only catches them at the tail end of their flight. Not a bad combo for an extreme long distance kunai or shuriken snipe. But useless as is.

I frown; then take on a thoughtful look as Sensei watches me. I look at the shuriken; and watch them dispel into puffs of smoke, whilst the cuts to the post remain. I blink and turn to Sarutobi-sensei.

"Sensei; is there a Kage Bunshin no Jutsu? Because the problem with my jutsu is the timing: both Gale Palm and Shuriken Shadow Clone works best with the shuriken close to the user. So a clone that I can perform the combo ninjutsu with is perfect."

Sarutobi looked amazed at my resourcefulness. He then proceeded to hit his head repeatedly against the training post.

*Blink* "You…never thought of that…did you Sensei?"

"…No…"

"…Baka…"

Sensei taught us all the Shadow Clone Jutsu after that. Naori could do the same combo with her Katon: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu instead. However when Tsunade tried running her Lightning chakra through her thrown shuriken it kept on failing. The best she could do was running it through a single spinning shuriken constantly.

"Why can't I get this right?" Tsunade almost looked overcome with frustration and nearly in tears. She hadn't even been this distraught when we all killed some bandits. I frowned before I had a brainwave.

"Maybe you can't Tsunade-chan. Lightning isn't meant to spin…its meant to pierce! Tsunade! Try it with kunai!" Tsunade blinked before smiling tearfully at me.

She changed the weapons and what do you know, it worked perfectly.

"Now don't slack off on your Shuriken Shadow Clones either –"

I couldn't speak. Because I had a pair of lips covering mine. Tsunade was kissing me.

'She kissed me. Wow…'

"TSUNADE!" Naori was pissed! And – holy shit did she just unlock the Sharingan? Like the Madara Hashirama conflict all over again?

After the kiss my body was still dazed but my mind was working fine. 'I think this is going to be the start of a beautiful rivalry.'

One month later…

"Sensei; can you teach us more about Sealing Jutsu? I want to be a Seal Master; but I don't know where to find an Uzumaki to teach me." I was holding a filled water balloon with my left hand. I told them all that I was creating my own jutsu; and I think no one took me seriously. Heh; idiots; I'll show them all.

"Well, Orochimaru-kun, Mito, the First's wife, is still around. We could see if perhaps she judges you worthy of her teachings. But don't underestimate this sly monkey; I am near enough a Seal Master myself. There is plenty enough for me to teach you."

"Yes sensei." I allowed a frustrated look to appear on my face; before allowing my chakra to swirl the water in multiple directions and break the water balloon; thus completing step one of the Rasengan.

Sarutobi looked surprised at my reaction and progress. I saw a calculating look appear in his eyes. "Orochimaru-kun, if you complete your jutsu I promise to take you over to Mito-sama and put in a good word for you to be trained. In the meantime; I think everyone is ready to learn Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Technique."

I smiled and cheered with the rest of us. Even though False Surroundings was only C-rank; I wanted the Double False Surroundings technique to become standard use for every one of my Shinobi. So much potential for running away or disguising traps.

For example, you are running away from pursuers. First illusion clears the tracks completely. Perusing Shinobi get suspicious; dispel first one and see tracks. They congratulate themselves on a job well done and follow these tracks. It works completely and the enemy ninja lose the trail of our fleeing ninja; or ten to twenty seconds later the paranoid enemy ninja dispels the second illusion and have to double-back to find the trail again. Worst case scenario? You gain almost half a minute, if not more, of a head start that you can take at a dead run to get away. Best case? You get away Scot-free.

Not even going to talk about the massive advantages and mind games an expert trap layer could play with this; since experts were trained to hide their traps without genjutsu. A well-trained Chunin could easily lay a Double False Surroundings that could last for six hours. Well, a well-trained one by my standards.

"Orochimaru! Stop plotting and come and have lunch with us!" Damn Naori and her perceptive Sharingan; killing my grove here.

"Orochimaru, stop plotting revenge on Naori-chan," Sensei joined in too.

"Orochimaru…just stop thinking and come and eat with us."

…Fucking Senju friendship genes.

One year later…Team 7 is eight years old…

With Orochimaru:

"Rasengan!" I grinned as I showed off my new technique to my teammates; before grinding it into a tree to demonstrate its effectiveness.

Everyone was comically bug-eyed at my techniques power; and I could see Sarutobi imagining what it would do to a human's body. I grinned and formed some more hand signs.

"Demonic Illusions: Double False Surroundings Technique!" I said and the tree appeared to be restored. "Kai!" I yelled out and pulsed my chakra; dispelling the first illusion. No change.

It was only after the second Kai that the genjutsu was interrupted and the tree was once again revealed to be damaged.

Mystic Palm Technique was the final jutsu in my demonstration; as I used it to heal all of my minor injuries and splinters. I shot a smile to Tsunade in thanks.

'…'

"Ok I'll take you to see Mito-sama after training Orochimaru-kun. Kids these days…"

Naori stepped up to the playing field after watching my little show.

She formed the iconic hand signs before yelling out, "Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" the fireball she spat out was much larger than Sasuke's one; but I felt this had more to do with her primary nature being fire rather than lightning like I suspected Sasuke's was.

'She still doesn't have enough physical energy in her chakra; although we caught the problem early. So help me Naori; I am going to push you until you master every bit of the Interceptor Fist; you have the Sharingan already.'

"Sharingan: Genjutsu!" She caught Sensei in a genjutsu that actually made him stumble before dispelling it. Naori's genjutsu skills were as always; top notch.

Naori flashed me a grin before throwing a shuriken. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" she yelled out. The two tomoe in her Sharingan spun before the shuriken multiplied and hit every target; without a single miss.

"Nice bit of work with the Sharingan there Naori-chan; adding precision to the jutsu," I told her with a smile.

Naori smiled at my compliment before crouching down in exhaustion and panting.

"Good work Naori-chan, don't forget to work on your taijutsu and stamina."

*Pant* "Yes Sensei."

Tsunade gave her rival a smirk before beginning her demonstration.

With her eight kunai held between her fingers and crackling with lightning chakra; Tsunade threw them all at the same time and at the targets Naori aimed at.

Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

They all hit the bull's-eye. This was the second hardest course; one down from hitting a kunai with another kunai to change its flight plan. The lightning natured chakra being run through all the kunai made them sink all the way to their hilts into the bull's-eye.

Both sensei and I clapped at her achievement.

"Chakra Scalpel!" Tsunade ran forwards and chopped through the necks of a dozen straw dummies.

"Haaaaah!" Finally she spun around and shattered a rock the size of her torso with one punch; arms glowing blue with chakra.

Sarutobi grinned. "They are ready for their Chunin exams."

Four months later, in the Village Hidden in the Mist…

In three of the tiny islands in the land of Water; the second part of the Chunin exam was taking place. "Where did those Konoha dogs go off too?" A team of Hidden Mist Genin were after the students of the current Hokage; thinking to make a name for themselves. Just as they were about to jump off a teammate screamed "Wait!"

Putting his hands together in the Ram sign; the man said "Kai!" and released the genjutsu. Revealing a field of explosive tags, with a small path snaking its way between them.

"Shit! Good job Gamui! They almost got us. Let's move!" Another teammate congratulated his work and they all jumped into the clear path…

BOOM!

The smallest number of pieces the Genin were blown into was three...at the fringe of the explosion.

The rest were blown into five or more pieces and scattered around the battlefield. The Double False Surroundings genjutsu faded away; revealing that only the previously clear path had been laid with explosive tags.

"Kukukukuku, my custom explosive tags and genjutsu combo worked." My team and I landed at the remains of the enemy team and began scavenging their dismembered corpses.

"Ok ok; you were right Orochimaru-kun. Please save the creepy laugher for our enemies." Naori rolled her eyes at me as she checked the lower halves of one of the ninja.

'Oi! I worked hard on this laugh! You know how embarrassing it is to laugh at yourself in front of the bathroom mirror until you get it right?!'

Of course I didn't say that out loud; that would ruin my mystique and street cred as a creepy-as-mother-fucker.

"Got it!" Tsunade withdrew our needed scroll; and looked slightly disturbed at the dismembered corpses around us.

But apparently we were rubbing off on her more and more; as I unrolled some storage scrolls and began sealing away all the body parts.

"Grave robber," Tsunade playfully sniped at my habit of storing away the bodies of enemy Shinobi. She found comfort in the familiarity of my actions.

"Pot meet Kettle. Water is the next element I want to learn after mastering wind. And who is the medical Kunoichi of our team?"

We were all smiling as we exchanged light-hearted digs at each other. We travelled at relatively high speeds to hand in our scrolls at the underwater facility between the three islands.

"Congratulations surviving participants. Now come and select your numbers for the finals match in a month's time."

I grinned and checked out our competition and HOLY SHIT IT'S THE YOUNG SEVEN SWORDSMEN OF MIST! Ten participants; us three from Konoha and seven from Mist. Great; we are the Sand Trio in Konoha all over again. The Mist Chunin exams thankfully didn't give a shit about survival rates; so long as you retrieved the needed scrolls. Meaning that even without a preliminary round we weren't stuck in multiples of three.

Due to our Sensei being the Hokage; the Monkey King Enma was sent to meet us at Mist and take us to Sensei's location: just inside the Land of Fire borders. On the way we talked shop about our opponents.

"I am going up against Ameyuri Ringo. A dual-wielder from those swords on her back. Her teeth show that she is training for membership into the Seven Swordsman; perhaps the Kiba blades. If that is the case then she is probably lightning natured; which my wind jutsu can counter. I'll need to work on my taijutsu even further and wind element channelling across my kunai. What about you guys?"

Naori answered first, "Jinin Akebino. The kid is short –"

'Like you!' We both thought.

"but seems confident; if maybe a little cocky. No visible weapons that I could see at this point in time. My training is going to be a bit like yours Orochimaru-kun: it's time to get my Interceptor Fist up to speed. No point in having the Sharingan if I can't keep up."

We both turned to Tsunade. "You guys do realise that we're not supposed to tell each other our training plans."

*Stare*

"Ok ok. Well I guess I could train some more in taijutsu –"

"Tsunade; if you don't master Raiton: False Darkness by the end of the month; I will never allow you to sleep peacefully again. Keep that hand sign speed and ninjutsu skill level up!"

Tsunade blushed slightly before rolling her eyes at me. "Yes, Orochimaru-sensei. Anyway I think I have the fastest opponent: Kushimaru Kuriarare. Uses a double-edged single long sword too. I get the feeling that…"

"I think we are dealing with Chunin-level Seven Swordsmen trainees. Mist wants to put on a show for the nobles." I made my 'genius' deduction.

Enma looked approvingly at me and my genius deduction skills. My teammates frowned before their blood started pumping. Naori's Sharingan even activated in excitement.

I chuckled and knew exactly what I was going to do when I got to sensei.

'It's time for me to learn the Summoning Jutsu. And acquire the Snake contract…'

"Sensei, what are the hand signs for the summoning jutsu?"

"Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram Orochimaru-kun. Why?"

"Oh, no reason Sensei. Summoning Jutsu!" *Poof*

"Orochimaru-kun!"

Ryūchi Cave…

"It's him. The one the White Snake Sage spoke of. Come human, we will take you to him."

"Orochimaru-kun hmmm…"

*Puff…* *Puff…* *Puff…* *Snore…*

Anime sweat drop from all the snakes. "Wake up you chain smoker!"

"Eh? I'm awake I'm awake. Hmmm…Orochimaru; in my dreams I see that you will train with us; both now and later. You will become a Sage... *Puff* and train seven students. *Puff* Let me show you…" The White Snake Sage breathed his smoke over me; and when I inhaled the smoke; I began to dream…

Getting lost in the training vision…

I always had plans to create a training schedule and methods to produce more powerful Shinobi. How you get Shinobi to become legends? Give them the tools to survive, survive, and survive! They real deal ones will do the rest themselves. It's the duty of their sensei to hone their personal skills and nature transformation.

I saw myself training the Ame Orphans as my first team; turning Nagato into the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki… bringing out Tobirama's Water Release scrolls for Yahiko… and teaching Sealing jutsu to Konan.

For my second team I saw myself; far older and during what looked like the Third Shinobi World War; train Kurenai, Anko and Yugao as one team. I wielded the Kusanagi and trained Yugao…giving her Sasuke's sword. I saw myself implanting Kurenai with something… and her reflection in THE water changed to that of Hanzō.

I saw Anko covered in bandages; her eyes resembling my own.

Finally I saw Kabuto, smiling up at Tsunade and me.

End training vision…

This visions began fading away; yet the White Snake Sage spoke again. "Hmmm…hehehe…you will have three women in your life; yet you will train none of your children as their Jōnin sensei."

The smoke cleared and the regular snakes gathered around me.

"Now; let's begin your training Orochimaru…

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Secondary note for all my updates. Final year of uni degree guys. Will only be able to update in holidays. So I am going to give everyone one update each for my fic as quick as possible. My updates will come during the midterm break and holidays only from now on guys :).