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Fest no Jutsu 2025
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2025-09-21
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We were friends, once

Summary:

Tsunade and Orochimaru had some things in common; namely, curiosity

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Prompt:

I want to see some scenes of Tsunade and Orochimaru being nerds together

maybe when they were kids tsunade taught Orochimaru something that got him interested in the science field or vice versa. Maybe they like dissecting bodies together and poke around while Jiraiya thinks they're gross. Maybe they compare notes and help each other with medical questions. Maybe Orochimaru complains that Tsunade's handwriting is unreadable and that's why his experiment failed

you could also take a darker turn, maybe Tsunade notices when Orochimaru starts getting a bit to obsessed with some themes in their medical studies, or when he starts withdrawing from his friends and she tries to help, to approach him somehow, maybe suggesting he takes on a genin team and later on when he defects the village she feels bad for Anko. Maybe some scenes of them doing their studies/experiennts on their own and they find themselves missing their friend/lab colleague

art or fic is fine!

dnw: anything outside naruto verse, good Orochimaru that never left the village, evil/rogue Tsunade leaving the village, any romance between the sanin (Jiraiya's one sided crush on Tsunade is ok, but Tsunade loves Dan, and Orochimaru lovws eternal life)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Image: Orochimaru and Tsunade lie side by side in their sleeping bags and roll mats. Jiraiya is seen from behind sitting on a tree stump in armour, presumably keeping watch. Orochimaru has a scroll open which he appears to have been reading to Tsunade; Tsunade has a book open but pressed to her, as she has stopped reading to talk. The words are muttered and mumbled, intentionally unimportant, but imply that Orochimaru is thinking of testing a "recreational" drug for medicinal use. Tsunade has a teasing smile. Jiraiya lets out a sigh.

Notes:

Partly inspired by "humane" by hidden_in_the_mist and therefore also gifted to that talented author. - mind the tags if you go hunting - NSFW and therefore not linked here.