paradigm shift - akatsuki!jiraiya AU
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“i don’t want to fight you,” jiraiya says gently. always the damn pacifist, so warm, and inviting. “you can come to me. it can be like before.”
or the one where orochimaru keeps having to get his hands dirty for the people he loves.
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- Part 1 of paradigm shift - akatsuki!jiraiya AU
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"jiraiya isn't coming back, and neither is tsunade, but it's me you choose to banish! me - the only one who stayed back, when all i have been trying to do is protect this village - "
orochimaru does not raise his voice. his hands are shaking, but he balls them into fists. when he speaks next, his voice is calm and level. "very well, sandaime-sama. if those are your wishes."
konoha had turned its back on him, had failed to protect him. shouldn't he fail to protect it in return? coming back to those same sun-dappled streets, and close-minded villagers should have been a simple occasion of meeting with the hokage, depositing the latest batch of orphans he'd accidentally adopted on his doorstep, and then leaving again. best laid plans, and all that.
or the one where jiraiya is the missing nin in charge of the akatsuki, and orochimaru is the travelling spy, with a knack for adopting every single sad-looking child he comes across.
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- Part 2 of paradigm shift - akatsuki!jiraiya AU