Orochimaru said nothing. He just followed Gua into the classroom and sat down.
He stayed there all day.
When school let out, Orochimaru left with him.
"I'm home."
Gua stood outside his front door and spoke to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru nodded. "Go on in, then, Gua."
Gua gave Orochimaru a suspicious look, then went inside.
Orochimaru slept in the tree outside his door all night.
He was a ninja, after all. He could handle that much.
Orochimaru was now a little afraid of the Masked Man, too. That man's ability was far too broken. Not only had he appeared in his laboratory and made a complete mess of it...
He had also attacked Gua.
Orochimaru had only learned about that afterward.
It forced him to be vigilant.
I'd never heard anything about the Akatsuki targeting Gua before. Have they realized how important he is, too?
Who in the Akatsuki could have that kind of foresight?
Orochimaru rubbed his chin, unable to figure it out. As far as he was concerned, the Akatsuki were a bunch of brainless fools who had nothing going for them beyond a little power.
Gua lay in bed, thinking about the day's events.
He hadn't run into Obito when he went out today, which meant Obito really had cleared off. He probably wouldn't be returning to Konoha anytime soon.
Great. Survived another day.
He had also heard about Danzo at school today. That was good, too. Though he didn't know why, the Third Generation had finally cracked down on Danzo. Gua thoroughly approved!
He had also run into Orochimaru today. That guy was acting strange.
Gua didn't approve of that nearly as much.
Right, there's something else.
Thinking of them reminded Gua of something else: Obito's White Zetsu arm.
That thing should give Orochimaru's biological experiments quite