"Idiot! I told you that uniform was too big!" Tsunade snapped angrily from beside him.
"Heh, Orochimaru really is an idiot. Tsunade's right!" Little Jiraiya nodded, chiming in.
Little Orochimaru could only sigh...
Little Orochimaru's long hair fell to his waist, and his blue school uniform was far too baggy for his small frame. Both his hands disappeared inside the long sleeves. Even with the buttons fastened, his fair chest was still visible through the middle... His pants covered his feet entirely and dragged along the ground...
"...You go on ahead. I'll take Orochimaru to change," Dave said, shaking his head helplessly. He picked up Little Orochimaru and left.
With Dave gone, the children were at a loss. Principal Dave... hadn't seemed to mention where the opening ceremony was being held...
"Hehe, come on! I'll take you there!" Little Tsunade giggled as she stepped in front of the children.
"Th-thank you..." Nonō said with a nod.
"You're welcome. My name's Tsunade. What's yours?"
"Yakushi Nonō."
"And me! I'm Dragon!"
"Heh, the great me is called Jiraiya!"
Before long, Tsunade and Jiraiya had hit it off with the other children...
"Why are you here, anyway? And we haven't handed out your uniforms yet, have we?" Dave asked, rummaging through the cupboards before looking back at Little Orochimaru, who was sitting on the floor.
"We wanted to live here too," Little Orochimaru said helplessly.
"Huh? The three of you have perfectly good homes. Why would you want to live here?" Dave paused, puzzled.
Could Little Orochimaru really tell him that Tsunade and Jiraiya had persuaded him to come here "voluntarily"?
Dave then found a smaller uniform and helped Little Orochimaru change into it before taking his hand and heading toward the Playground.
A few minutes later.
Dave straightened himself up, then slowly