(POV Tsunade)

  When my sensei summoned me back to the vilge I feared the worst at first like a neas fast approag. Shizune and I rushed back as fast as we could but whe to the vilge everything erfectly fine. I remember the st two wars so I was fused to see that there was none of the signs of a war ing, no prepping shinobi, no anbu watg the gate, nothing.

  "Why did you summon us back if theres no war ing?" I asked my sensei fused after arriving at his office.

  The old man with stress wrinkles and loose skin sitting behind the desk didn't say a word but took out a folder from a draushed it towards me. It was clear he wanted me to read it but I couldn't imagine why a would have anything to do with myself. I picked up the report and began to read through it and my eyes widened more and more the further I read and not food reasoher. The file was simply about a single child who just graduated from the academy.-

  Psychological, medical, chakra, skill and more types of evaluations were all listed iail describing this child. At first gnight think that Kenzo was merely a on a millennia genius from the reports but to me they were unfortably simir to my old team mate Orochimaru's file at the same age. You could practically hold the two side by side and have trouble telling them apart beyond a few small details.

  "Is all of this correct?" I asked seriously.

  My sensei nodded "It is though there is a few details that are left out since we ot verify them for reasons expined in the file." he said holy.

  "bat rating right?" I asked.

  "Yes the boy is highly secretive with his training and dispys of power. There are signs that he is much more powerful than what he has shown but there is no way to verify it as he hides his strength anytime someories to observe him. I have no idea why though, he has not gotten burned for showing his power nor does he have any enemies, quite the opposite in fact as he is practically idolized by his teachers and cssmates." he said seriously.

  "How is that possible with his behavior listed here?" I asked fused.

  "It's because despite his behavior he doesn't create problems on his own, he is reactive. In all circumstances where there was an issue he was he oo cause it but simply acted to resolve it in his own way even if that way was disproportioo the situation. Thanks to this all the people around him find him quiet but agreeable." he said with a sigh.

  "At least he's different in that regard at least, Orochimaru was always rather abrasive towards the rest of us in our css." I said with a pang of sadness when thinking of my old teammate.

  "Indeed and that is why I want you to take him on as a student. I admit that I failed you three as a teacher. I was so eager to make you powerful that I ed yroeople and in the end the vilge paid the priy folly. I don't want Kenzo to follow in Orochimaru's footsteps and only you and Jiraiya could show the boy the way forroperly." he said and I immediately wao reject him.

  I had very plicated feelings about the vilge after my experiences i two wars and tried hard to stay away from it. Taking a udent would draw me bastead and I violently wao resist. But, at the same time I knew what my sensei said was true as only us three were truly familiar with what led to the birth of the mohat Orochimaru became. Without uida truly would be oh so easy for this child to follow the same or at least a simir path.-

  "IF and that's a big if. IF I do this I have some demands that aren't up fotiation." I said firmly after thinking it over for a few moments.

  "If they are not too extreme I may accept them." he said with a tired sigh.

  "First we won't be in the vilge for the vast majority of the time. Sed we will put the boy through a test of character before I agree to be his teacher and if I don't like what I find I won't do it. Third he will be learning Iryonin jutsu no matter what as a priority over bat. Finally I alone decide when or if I will give you a progress report." I said firmly as I stared the old man down.

  He frowned "I don't like the first or the st but I accept all of these demands. Now about this test of yours." he said and we began to discuss the matter and argued a bit at some points but came to a solid pn of a.

  The test was a simple carrot and stick treatment with me holy teag the boy for a few days before setting forth terms that we knew he was going to react poorly to. The goal here was to see if his rea is the same as what Orochimaru would have done in a simir circumstance. Surprisingly enough it was actually more in lih how Jiraiya would have reacted, hotheaded and ill thought out. Orochimaru might have been furious in that situation but he would have remained silent and bid his time until he could destroy whatever was restrig him. -

  What followed after that though in spiteful however as after the boy stormed off in righteous anger he vanished into the nearby forest and evaded me for four whole days. There was a couple times I believed that I found him during that time but there was nothing in the spots I looked. Taunting or trickery also failed to break the boy out of his stealth which I have to admit was unfortably effective. I might not seem like it but I was ALWAYS aware of my surroundings and not even a member of the anbu could hide from me yet the boy evaded me for four entire days. In the end I only found the boy because he allowed it and I was relieved to find he had a sense of humor as he was casually holding a child oriented book oh.-

  I spent the few weeks ag normally while carefully watg the boys behavior and other than being introverted and unfortably calm about murder for a fresh graduate he retty normal. His talent though was mind blowing as I taunted him a few times with demands I knew were unreasonable only to turn around and find that he pleted them well beyond any expectation of mi was incredible just how fast he picked up a new cept or piece of information and put it into practice.