Ohhh Orochimaru unwittingly adopting bb!Naruto, who I just want to give soup and hugs too. Please someone, give the boy a hug. Orochimaru is not a hugger, although he is the nicest one around.

Soooo I'm guess there was some switch where either Orochimaru came clean to the Hokage about his experiments, or never went quite as far down that path as he did in canon. I kind of want to give soup and hugs to him too.