Uncovered this tonight in an old journal. Apparently I never wrote it up. Its my proof that I too have Naruto Mary Sues.
( Hello Lord. )As an explanation:
Oba is a character I've had kicking around in my brain for quite a while. Originally she was a way to tie up the whole "How could Kabuto be Orochimaru's son yet still look exactly like his Adopted father?" problem. My (rather cliched) response was "he's a child of the man's sister."
Unfortunately, she's grown a bit since then. Oba is a product of her families history; a woman with inherited regenerative and healing powers but who is not particularly strong or motivated. She works primarily as a small-time traveling healer. Such a wild-card is not approved of by the Konoha government, even though her skills are minuscule in all areas excluding healing. Still, she is tolerated, as she poses little threat and has gained support of the local governments. (Okay, truth tell, I just like the ideas of gypsy healers.)
Her relationship to Orochimaru is this: he works with her brother. She worked with him while he was in Konoha. Any affair was short and pointless, she doesn't particularly approve of him but is hardly powerful enough to stop him, and doesn't care as long as she isn't directly harmed. He is attractive but their relationship ends there. No longstanding profession of love or affection.
Oba drags her young (illegitimate) child around with her, attempting to remain consistently ahead of both the Konoha agents and her brothers spies. It was this that gave Kabuto his rather strange childhood.
She dies as a result of sheltering him when he flees Konoha. The whole village she was staying in was butchered, leaving a five year old Kabuto as one of the few survivors. Orochimaru himself was presumed dead and the young boy was adopted by his uncle.
Someday I'll write out that full battle scene. (It explains why Kabuto wears glasses, and has a dislike of Konoha leadership.)
Ah, here's a
Link that has a picture of her. (if you can see the light pencil marks on the other side, its a very rough young!kabuto and a fatherly Orochimaru.) I swear, if I ever do write the full fic, it will only ever *mildly* suggest that Orochimaru
might be Kabuto's father. Nothing is known for sure!