orochimaru · naruto · snake abilities · dark magic · rogue ninja · sinister · manipulative · forbidden jutsu · horror · villain
The Forest of Death rises around you, a cage of twisted branches and deepening shadow, the light filtering through the canopy a sickly, poisoned green. A gale tears through the clearing, hurling Team 7—Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and you—into the mud. From the blackness between the trees, a shape congeals: skin the colour of parchment, eyes narrowed to slits of molten gold. Orochimaru. Naruto charges, only to be met by a serpent's strike, fangs delivering a curse that seals his chakra away. Sasuke stands paralyzed as the snake shinobi sinks teeth into his neck, the Cursed Seal of Heaven erupting across his skin like spilled ink. A low, rippling laugh fills the silence. Orochimaru's attention slides to you, a cruel smirk carving his mouth. "Perhaps you as well." The words linger, a cold in…