Throughout heaven and earth, I Otsutsuki Toneri am the honored one

Throughout heaven and earth, I Otsutsuki Toneri am the honored one.

A/N: Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

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[Land of waves: Orochimaru PoV]

Interesting is what I would describe the individual I will be facing. In these past days I had done a fare amount of investigation on the mysterious masked puppet that attacked the hidden grass village. I initially thought that he was a rogue-nin from the hidden sand village, but upon closer examining the puppet's remains, I noticed several inconsistencies with my assumption.

The materials and craftsmanship of the puppet is mostly different, especially in the finer details such as the source of the materials used, the design is more focused of imitating the human anatomy and the fact that it had something reminiscent of chakra meridians.

Despite the art of puppetry isn't my field of expertise, during the time investigating the origin of the puppet I could say I gain a more in depth understanding of this brand of jutsu as unintended as it may be.

In conclusion, it seems that this individual's jutsu uses his chakra to take control over the bodies of others. The specifics are still unclear, but I have already prepared contingencies against it.

By creating an array of chakra filtering seals that I currently wore under my clothes I would be able to resist this stringless puppetry. Even further, I placed a few sudo cursed marks on my body that will flush out any foreign chakra from my system. Whatever this person would try, I am well prepared.

Arriving at my destination, I stood before the mansion of one of the major players of the elemental nation's criminal underworld. Gato, a provider of illegal goods, share holder of many establishments both legal and illegal. Not someone I would usually pay much attention to.

And from the unmoving thugs that stand in from of the entrance of the mansion in two neatly arranged rows, I allowed a amused smile to grace my face. "How courteous to welcome me like this." I chuckled, watching the thugs bowing down when I was close enough.

An amusing display of his ability, but from what I observed in the grass village, Anything under this threadless puppetry can only display strength roughly equivalent to what they already possessed. Meaning that these thugs are at best possess the strength of a group of average Genins. Not paying the controlled goons any mind I entered.

The reception inside the mansion was one of those puppets dressed in formal robes and tunic. The fashion isn't one I recognized. "Greetings, Orochimaru sama. My master is waiting for your esteemed arrival." it bowed in a 60 degree before guiding me towards the upper floors.

I was inwardly cautious not to be touched by the puppet, just in case. Standing infront of a extravagant door with I guessed to be the dining room for business talks, the puppet opened the door for me. "Right this way Orochimaru sama."

Walking into the well furnished room, I expected many things. But a kid barely at the age to be a Genin isn't one of them. He was pale as snow and was sitting on a slightly elevated chair to my amusement, in the middle of the room at a rectangular table. The table itself was decorated with all sorts of delicacies, but what caught my attention was those pair of unnaturally blue eyes almost resembling a pair of blue tomoeless sharingans.

Something felt off.

There was something inside me telling me to leave, but it was too late the moment the boy opened his mouth and spoke.

"Have a seat, Orochimaru dono. I have prepared a feast just for you, please enjoy to your hearts content."

The gesture was friendly, but to my ears his words sounded like a hymn that ensnared my very being. I don't understand how a not even eight year old child has such a strange and bizarre power. It didn't feel like a genjutsu. My chakra was perfectly fine and my mind was as clean as ever. My countermeasures didn't activate either.

Yet the moment he spoke, I find my very being compelled by an unknown power to adhered to his word if what he said is the truth of the universe. Completely out of my own volition.

Sitting down on the empty chair, I began to pick out dishes to my liking and ate to my hearts content just like the boy sitting infront of me had told me to do. I was absolutely trapped. Not by the food infront of me, but by a unseen force completely alien to my understanding.

[Toneri PoV]

As expected, the snake commanding power worked better than I anticipated.

When I made that wish, my exact words were: I would like to have something 'similar' to parseltongue.

What I got is a ability called "World serpent's Crown". From what I understand, It's origin is from a world were the world itself is a planet sized serpent coiled up in a ball, and slumbers until it's hungry. Then it will eat itself, ending the world and become an egg until it's born again. Renewing the cycle of death and rebirth on a planetary scale.

This power grants me control over any snakes and snake like lifeforms through speech. It also lessens the hostility of draconic creatures towards me for some reason. Not that's useful in the shinobi world, just nice to have.

Looking at Orochimaru enjoying the food I had my "servants" prepared is not a sight I would see every day. I have already experimented with this ability before coming here. To put it bluntly, the results are almost considered "terrifying". And also, just what I needed.

As for now convincing Orochimaru to work under me is key for some of my future plans to succeed.

In this time period of the ninja world the most resourceful person is no doubt Orochimaru one of the legendary sannin. Any plans of great ambitions can not do without Orochimaru in my opinion.

Had Hirako of the chimera technique collaborated with Orochimaru, his chimera technique would have been more refined and highly possible to have reached greater heights.

Had Danzo kept Orochimaru as his right hand man, there is a greater chance for him to be hokage by now.

Had the relationship between akatsuki and Orochimaru not soured, the organization would have been more dangerous and their plans went much smoother.

All the examples mentioned would be IF Orochimaru is fully on board with their goals to begin with. Yet the major flaws in all these scenarios is the fact that Orochimaru himself has too little to gain by helping them.

As for myself, I would like to try convincing him of my cause first. In my point of view, the benefits and rewards I offer at this point in time are no doubt enticing at the very minimum.

When I noticed Orochimaru no longer eating, I stood up to introduce myself. "Greetings Orochimaru dono, my name is Otsutsuki Toneri. Descendant of the sage of six path's lineage, and I have an offer for you."

Orochimaru's face frowned with a dangerous curiosity glinting in his eyes. When a snake is cornered, it will bite without hesitation.

"Cease your killing intent." I commanded. Any longer under Orochimaru's hostility, I would be sweating. And I would not allow Orochimaru of all people to see me vulnerable at this point in time.

Just as commanded, Orochimaru's hostility disappeared like it was never there in the beginning. With the sixth-eyes keen observation ability for details, I managed to make outz unwillingness and frustration hinted on his face.

I was not expecting to convince him with words nor my identity. It's all just a formality, the proverbial carrot so to speak. In this shinobi world if one has no strength, one is basically the equivalent to a cattle.

"I'll cut straight to the point, seeing that Orochimaru dono has a lot on your mind right now." I paused to build up some tension.

"I would like to hire you, Orochimaru to become a retainer to my clan."

Orochimaru blinked and his face morphed into a mocking scowl. " Ku ku ku,You're offering me a job?" He leans closer. "What makes you think I would agree to your proposal? You might have me trapped here for now. But for how long?"

Ignoring the mind games Orochimaru is trying to play on me. My polite attitude didn't fade from my face. "Just humor me for now, it's not going to cost you anything." I gave a light shrug.

There is an unsettling glint in the snake man's eyes, looking at me if assessing me for something. I smiled back challengingly, similar to how I would look at a chess opponent who I am confident against.

"Very well, I'll play your little game for now. But the moment your hold on me loosens, I will kill you." Orochimaru would probably want nothing more than to gut me alive and stuff my intestines in jars with nutrient fluid.

The friendliness on my face faded, replaced with a slitted manic smile. "O, you dear little summer child. As if you had a choice in the beginning, now that the formalities are over, let's go through the list of your obligations." I took out a average sized notebook and start to read through the individual rules Orochimaru must follow under me. While going through the list, I made sure to use "World serpent's Crown" to enforce these rules into the very fabric of Orochimaru's conciousness.

"Under no circumstances will you inform anyone of your affiliation under me until I or my closest confidants say otherwise.

Do not seek any methods to remove my influence over you.

Do not allow others to know about my influence over you.

Resist with your life on the line if someone other than me attempts to free you from my influence over you

Apon//////////////............."

And the list goes on and on.

[Two hours of list reading later]

The list was a long one, I had to make sure there were no loopholes my newly hired snake Retainer could use. And I was thorough about it. At the end it is all worth it.

Orochimaru didn't look all that good. Probably because he was "persuaded" to sign a soul binding contract with this noble young master who lives in the celestial palace of the venerable ancestor.

As a proper young master it would be shameful of me not to take good care of my first subordinate. And I know just the right thing to put a smile on the face of my newly acquired retainer.

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AN: Comments are my motivation and the bread and butter.

Writing the interaction between Toneri and Orochimaru was harder than I thought.

Shinobi of the black blade is delayed by a few more days due to personal issues with the story.

Note: Toneri will not have wood release or the rinnegan at some point in the future. I find it is too vanilla. Also his innate curse technique is going to be broken when at it's full potential.

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