– For the record, Jiraiya said Sakumo can you keep an eye on the bastard while I’m on my mission, not Sakumo take him home and marry him.
– Jiraiya would like to make that very clear, okay.
– It probably would have been fine, except Sakumo caught Orochimaru in the garden and he looked So Pretty and then there were assassins and he was So Deadly.
– Sakumo is only human, he cannot be blamed for thinking Orochimaru is is the prettiest thing ever.
– Of course he had to snatch him up immediately, there might have been competition.
– Orochimaru is Confused, but this is no stranger than Jiraiya’s courting rituals, so.
– (Tsunade takes to beating Jiraiya over the head when she hears. This is absolutely His Fault.)
– Sakumo’s biggest obstacle comes from the Namikaze boy and the Uzumaki girl. Thankfully they’re so busy trying to outdo each other than Sakumo can easily trip them up and take the win for himself.
– Orochimaru allows it, mostly because Smug looks good on Sakumo and it’s kind of cute.
– Kakashi finds himself with a genius step-parent who will gladly teach him any jutsu he wants without the safety lectures.
– He approves.
– Sakumo expected to be the cuddler in this relationship. He was proved incorrect the first time he woke up with Orochimaru wrapped around him like a python.
– (Jiriaya side-eyes him when Sakumo tries to wax poetic about how cute Orochimaru is. There are a lot or repeated questions about whether he’s hit his head recently.)
– Tsunade wants No Part In This, all right?
– Sakumo doesn’t bring flowers for their first date, he brings poisons.
– Clearly this is True Love.
– Orochimaru makes him a sword. And, once they’re married, sons.
– Not the traditional way, because that’s Boring.
– Sakumo is baffled but pleased.
– (There is a new hole in the wall of Jiraiya’s apartment the shape of his head. He spends the week after the announcement staking out different corners of Konoha bars, and can be heard muttering if any two people deserve each other oh my gods AND NOW THEY’RE REPRODUCING.)
– Tsunade thinks it’s cute.
– She’s totally the godmother.