Meeting Orochimaru

Orochimaru walked calmly down the sidewalk of a semi-busy street, glaring at all of the passersby that gave him a sideways glance. You couldn't blame them really; Orochimaru wasn't exactly your everyday Joe from down the street. He had perfectly white skin- like freshly fallen snow, and his eyes were the striking yellow color of the dying embers of a fire. It was probably a good thing that those passing by didn't stop to take a good look at him otherwise they most likely would have been screaming demon. His pupils were thin slits down the center of his eyes, like those of a snake. The serpentine image was only enhanced by the purple accents that spread from the ends of his eyebrows to the inner corners of his eyes and down the bridge of his nose.

Meanwhile, just down the street two friends were walking back to their home from their jobs. Yoru met Mizuki, who had walked from Hot Topic- her current place of employment, a little while back from GameStop where she stocked shelves and occasionally helped customers find what they were looking for. She carried a beige Hellsing messenger bag which held her uniform along with a few other things on her shoulder. The chains on her black and orange Tripp pants jingled as she walked down the road, slightly shielding her eyes from the sun with her hand which sported a black arm warmer that led up to her orange tee.

Mizuki on the other hand, didn't need to shield herself from the sun any more than she already had. Besides the small umbrella she carried in her red and black rucksack, she also had a pair of black-out sunglasses as well as the hood on her black sleeveless hoodie over her head. A Red long sleeved shirt under the hoodie and fingerless fishnet gloves topped a pair of black and red pinstriped pants that bellowed out and covered most of her platform shoes.

The two girls walked down the street happily, blabbering to each other about this anime and that character, escaping this reality that they didn't enjoy to one they did, when suddenly Yoru walked straight into a brick wall or the equivalent of it anyway. It was actually a man who had been walking in the opposite direction, a very pale man with long black hair who wasn't much taller than either of the girls. When Yoru ran into the human wall, she lost her balance causing her fall backwards. In an attempt to keep from hitting the hard cement below, she haphazardly grabbed Mizuki's arm, successfully bringing both of them crashing to the ground.

"Ow..? Why the heck did you have to bring me down with you?" Mizuki asked hastily as she sat up on the ground, looking over at Yoru who was still lying on her back.

"Eeeeehhhh… I thought you could keep me from falling…" Yoru whined back as a reply.

"Right… Because I'm definitely ninja enough to keep you from falling when I don't even know what the fudge is going on." Mizuki shot back sarcastically as she dusted herself off and offered a hand to her friend to help her up. "What…?"

After Yoru had stood up she finally realized who it was she had run into. Or better yet, who it looked like she ran into. The only answer she could manage to her friend's inquiry was a finger pointing to the man standing behind Mizuki. Her black and red clad friend gave her a questioned look before turning around to see a man about her height with pure white skin and gold snake's eyes. Mizuki mimicked her friend's facial expression and the pair of young women gaped at the sight before them.

Orochimaru stared blankly back at the two girls standing in front of him. He didn't really feel the need to glare and grimace at them like he had with the rest of the people he'd had the misfortune of crossing paths with. They weren't exactly being rude with how they were staring. But he was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable. The way the two were staring it was like they knew him. And he'd gotten use being attacked by nearby ninja when he was recognized.

"That. Is THE BEST Orochimaru cosplay I have EVER SEEN!!!!" The two girls shouted simultaneously as their look of shock turned to pure awe.

Now Orochimaru just looked confused. "Am I supposed to know what that means?"

"Ooooh! He's good at staying in character too…!" Yoru smiled like a geek to Mizuki.

"Wait...! How do you even know who I am?!" Orochimaru asked quickly. He was in a completely different dimension, no one should even know of his existence!

"… The same way you do?" Mizuki responded slowly. Being in character was all well and good, but this was getting kind of weird. It was almost like he was serious.

"I honestly cannot see two girls as foolish as you two seem to be; owning a bingo book of S ranked criminal ninja." Orochimaru deadpanned.

Mizuki and Yoru both just looked at Orochimaru in amazement.

"Wait…" Both of the young women started but only Yoru was able to keep talking. Mizuki was standing in front of her top anime idol. She was too freaked out and excited to talk too much. "You're saying you're the REAL Oro-chan?!" Yoru finished with wide eyes, pointing at the man in front of her.

"You call me 'Oro-chan' again and you'll be seeing the inside of a snake's stomach." Orochimaru replied with a glare.

Mizuki had finally managed to snap out of her stupor and instantly went into fangirl mode. She ran past Yoru as quickly as she could and grabbed up Orochimaru's arm in a hug.

"THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! I FINALLY GOT TO MEET ORO-CHII!!!! THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!" Mizuki yelled enthusiastically in one breath.

Orochimaru's only response was a large flinch from the sudden yelling so close to him and trying to get his arm back from the seemingly rabid female that had attached herself to his arm. "Get off of me you crazy woman!" Orochimaru yelled at the girl as he tried to pry her off with his free hand.

"Hey! How come she gets to call you by a nickname and I can't?!" Yoru protested to snake-like man.

"What nickname?!" Orochimaru didn't know what Yoru was talking about. All he heard was a bunch of high pitched blabber from the girl.

"I know for a FACT that 'Oro-chii' isn't you name." Yoru specified.

"'Oro-chii'?!"

"Yesh!!! Isn't it an awesome nickname?!!" Mizuki happily asked as she bounced back to stand with Yoru once again.

Orochimaru just glared at the pair. "I am not a five year old child! I don't need a nickname!" He shot to them venomously, hoping that they would get scared and run off.

His severe scowl faltered when he saw that they just started to giggle at him.

'What is wrong with these two?! They apparently know who I am…' "You should be running for your lives before I turn you into my next experiments!" Orochimaru was in a bad mood now, and it just got worse when the brown haired girl wearing orange started to 'tsk' him. He was about to strangle her when the other girl threw an arm in front of him.

"Unless you have no use for that appendage, I suggest getting it out of my face."

"Temper, temper, Oro-chii," The girl in red warned with a smile. "You're in our dimension. And in this dimension killing is not allowed!!" She finished sweetly.

Orochimaru retreated for a moment, shocked at his bad luck. Of course he would get stuck in a dimension that was so inconvenient.

"No it isn't. And unless you want to get arrested, you're going to need some friends…" The brunette added, stepping forward so the two girls were side by side. They both had rather inflated smirks. Like the two of them knew something that he didn't-and that upset him. He hated not being the one in control.

"We may not be in high places, per-say. But we certainly could be useful to someone ignorant of how this universe and dimension works." The hooded girl finished, her smirk only increasing.

"Tch…" Orochimaru thought for a moment of his options. As bad as the first impression of these two girls were, they were the first one's who had been willing to talk to him, and they were apparently on his side-although he would have to get them to tell him how they even knew who he was. And as much as he hated to admit it, they were both right. He did need to find allies in this world. If he didn't, it was rather obvious things would not end in his favor. After a moment of deep thought, Orochimaru reluctantly agreed to their proposition-as vague as it was.

The girls' demeanor changed immediately. Suddenly the two looked at each other, smiling like goofs and high-fived each other emphatically.

"Yosh!!! He agreed!!" The two cheered for their accomplishment.

"What do you two want?" Orochimaru asked slowly. They must be after something. There was no way that anyone could be this happy to be stuck with him, especially since they knew who he was.

"Eh? What are you talking about?" The girl wearing sunglasses inquired.

"We just thought it'd be fun to hang out with you, Oro-chan!!" Finished the brunette.

Orochimaru slightly growled at the girl for calling him 'Oro-chan' again, but decided not to press the matter any further-he was pretty sure the girl was too stubborn to let him win any argument.

"As awesome as this is, how 'bout we all head to the apartment, hmm? It too freaking bright out here to be chit chatting…" The hooded girl suggested.

"That sounds like a spectacular idea! Come Oro-chan! We must make haste to the house before Mizuki-san bursts into flames." The girl in orange said, laughing.

"'San'? I thought the two of you were friends…" Orochimaru inquired with a raised eyebrow while reluctantly following the pair.

"But we are! Mizuki-san is my best friend!" The brunette replied.

"And Yoru-san is my best friend!" The one recently dubbed Mizuki added.

"Then why are you two calling each other 'san'? You should be using 'chan' with each other… And not with me."

"I never used 'chan'!" Mizuki defended.

"No, you use 'chii'. 'Chii' is what you call a FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL! NOT an S ranked CRIMINAL!" Orochimaru snapped at Mizuki

"But it sounds so cute!!" Mizuki replied with a smile.

"I experiment on live humans against their will; I'm not supposed to be 'cute'!" Orochimaru replied, mocking Mizuki when he said 'cute'

"The irony is what makes the nickname so epic, Oro-chan!" Yoru beamed.

Orochimaru just sighed in reply. These two were giving him a headache…

"Oh! Speaking of epic things, how did Oro-chii even come to be in this dimension anyway?" Mizuki Interjected quickly.

"Why does it matter?"

Mizuki shrugged. "If we're going to be helping you, we might as well know why and how you ended up in this situation to begin with."

"Mizuki-san has a point, Oro-chan! Spill it!"

"Sigh. Well, Tsunade's Anbu managed to gain control over Kabuto and, in turn capture me as well. After a few failed interrogations on Ibiki's part, Tsunade and I had a small… Discussion, in which she gave me two options; Be executed, or be banished to a different dimension-I'm assuming for some sort of rehabilitation. I decided to opt for the banishment. I didn't know how she was planning on doing it, but I figured it would probably backfire and I could use that as a distraction to get away. Turns out, it worked. Kakashi used his sharingan and I ended up in this dimension." Orochimaru finished, frowning at his own failure of actually being caught.

"Ooooh!! So Kakashi-sensei finally got full control of his Mangekyo!" Yoru gasped in amazement.

"He must have figured out how to control the Kamui as well if he was able to send Oro-chii in entirety and not in pieces!" Mizuki added, laughing at the thought of just finding a piece of Orochimaru, like an arm or leg, instead of the whole being, and Yoru began to laugh along as well after a moment.

Orochimaru let out a small groan. "Ugh… I am going to have to deal with these two annoyances until I can figure out how to get back to Konoha… I should have just let Tsunade kill me…" He rubbed his temples in an attempt to ease his growing headache as he slightly hung his head, thinking of what he will have to put up with while being around Yoru and Mizuki