seven years old

there was still one month till the end of the year.

it was the 1st of December. the birthday of Shikari.

any normal Child his age would celebrate it like there was no tomorrow.

however, Shikari wasn't normal and wasn't a Child.

so instead of celebrating his birthday. Shikari just took a break from training.

Currently, Shikari was sitting on the head of the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato.

Shikari stared at the Starfull sky, something he never witnessed in his past life.

Shikari was thinking about what is he going to do next.

he had an idea in his mind, and the chances of it succeeding were almost a hundred percent.

'but do I really want to do it?' Shikari questioned already knowing the answer.

'but there is a chance that the timeline will change a chance of the butterfly effect happening. and with that my biggest advantage: knowledge of the future will be gone'

Shikari was currently debating whether he applies for early graduation or not.

the downsides were big, but the benefits could be bigger.

'the benefits are: gaining experience and strength before the main events occur. that benefit alone was already big enough. My strength is going to be growing as long as I train. but my experience will not' Shikari thought trying to decide whether to apply or not apply for early graduation.

after hours of careful consideration of both downsides and benefits Shikari finally decided to.....

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( new transition line goes brrr :)

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one week later.

Shikari was in a room with both Iruka and Mizuki, he was taking the early graduation exam.

after finishing the paper exam, Shikari performed an accurate test. then a physical test.

then came the time to perform the three basic Jutsus.

Shikari performed all three flawlessly and was given the option to perform any other Jutsus he knows.

Shikari did three:

the Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique)

the Katon: Housenka no Jutsu (Mythical Fire Phoenix Technique)

and finally the Raiton: Raikou Bunshin no Jutsu (Lightning Clone Technique)

both Iruka and Mizuki were beyond shocked at his performance, and in the end, Shikari walked out having a headband tied around his head.

after the test Shikari celebrated his passing with naruto, originally he didn't want to but naruto somehow convinced him to.

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the next day.

Shikari was told the day before by Iruka that he needed to get a photo for his ninja ID that was going to be made two days later and give it to the receptionist in the Hokage tower.

Currently, Shikari was going to Hitoshi's (tenten's father) shop.

the shop was famous in Konoha for its high-quality stuff and its relatively cheap prices, that's why Shikari was going there.

and also because Hitoshi would sometimes give him discounts.

Shikari entered the door to the Shop and said:

"Hello, Hitoshi, can I please get some Ink and clothing?"

Hitoshi returned the welcome and led Shikari to the second floor where all the clothes were.

"do you have anything particular in mind?" Hitoshi asked Shikari when they arrived on the second floor.

"No, I am just going to look around till I find anything I like." Shikari politely answered.

"Well, excuse me then I have something to do."

Shikari nodded and thought in his head: 'I will start with the pants first'

Shikari found black anbu-like pants and decided to get them.

Shikari also opted for black boots that reached below his calf instead of ninja sandals.

walking around Shikari got a white shirt and a mesh net to wear over it.

'now I need a jacket'

Shikari wandered around the store, in search of a nice jacket.

his eyes then laid on a middle-sleeved grey zip-up jacket with a black 'S' written at the side of the left sleeve.

Shikari instead of stopping walked around a bit more and found a black mask that covered half of his face, and his neck, and decided to get it.

returning to the shop counter, Shikari placed all the clothing and asked for the price.

"500 thousand Ryo."

"why that expensive?" Shikari frowned, he had enough money to buy it but still he was surprised by the price.

"the clothes you chose are made of rare materials that offer more protection, and warmth than other clothes." Hitoshi calmly explained.

"also because you just graduated I will offer you a discount if you also buy the "beginner supplies" bundle package. deal?"

"well what does that contain and how much of a discount are we talking about?" Shikari countered with another question.

"the beginner supplies bundle package contains high-quality Shuriken and Kunai, a complete first aid kit, high-quality ninja wire, high-quality senbon, five poison antidotes, a bingo book, five increasing blood pills, ten high-quality explosive tags, ten military ration pills, five empty scrolls, five smoke bombs." Hitoshi listed all the items without taking a breath between

Shikari stood there mouth agape at all the items contained in the bundle package.

"all at the price of 150 thousand Ryo." Hitoshi grinned looking at Shikari's shocked face.

"with a 30% discount." Hitoshi continued.

"40%." Shikari trying to save his pocket said.

"35% final offer." Hitoshi said.

Shikari grumbled as he took out his money while Hitoshi himself brought the bundle package and placed it on the counter.

"that will be 422,500 Ryo." Hitoshi said the price.

Shikari then stopped, he has a bit more money.

"do you have any good chakra-conducting swords?"

"Yes, let me show you." Hitoshi led Shikari to the swords section where there laid different types of swords.

Shikari looked around picking up a few swords and testing them.

in the end, his eyes laid on a particularly standing out sword.

seeing his gaze Hitoshi said: "that is a Katana made of Chakra conducting metal, you can perfectly transmit chakra into it. and that metal's qualities aren't just Chakra conducting, it can cut through most objects. a powerful katana that is."

Shikari seemed to fall in love with the blade more and more as Hitoshi continued to praise its quality.

"I want it!" Shikari said.

"it costs 500 thousand Ryo." Hitoshi dropped a bomb on Shikari.

"discount?" Shikari said making the puppy dog eyes.

"Fine."

they then returned to the counter with the sword.

the thing itself was single-edged curved and had a long grip to accommodate two hands. its blade was around 70cm in length and the blade weighed 1kg. its sheath was not forgotten too, it was made with the finest leather out there. its hilt was black and also made with fine leather at the end of it (the part that touches the sheath) and the start of it was made of shining gold. the hilt was decorated with white Rhombuses. with a golden circular hand guard.

Shikari walked out paying 575,000 and getting an additional discount for the sword.

Shikari changed into the outfit. (Shikari now looks like the boy on the cover the differences are the sword which I already described and the parts that his mask covers. his upper right leg is wrapped in white bandages.

he has two black ninja bags tied around his upper legs one on the right leg and the other on the left just like the one that boruto has and he wears black gloves just like Kakashi's gloves...yes he has yellow eyes)

"damn. I am kinda handsome now." Shikari said looking at himself through the mirror.

Shikari then went to take the photo. and the next day gave it to the receptionist in the Hokage tower.

"here is your ninja ID." the receptionist said giving him a small book with a brown cover that had only two papers containing information about him.

the book layout looked like this:

Name: Shikari

*picture of Shikari*

Age: Seven

Rank: Genin

Squad number: ----

Ninja number: 2029636

address: *****

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a lot more information was written after the address containing Shikari's background achievements and other things.

'I have never seen something like this in the show.' Shikari thought to himself.

'also what's up with the ---- on my squad number' Shikari decided to ask that question.

"the dashes are there because currently you haven't been assigned to any team. there are currently no available teams that you can join."

"Oh." shikari intelligently said.

"due to that, you can only take D-Rank missions until you are assigned to a team." the receptionist said secretly pitying the boy.

'NOOO, NOT THE D-RANKS!' Shikari internally screamed while on the outside he showed a poker face.

Shikari nodded gave a thanks to the receptionist and left, tomorrow would be his first mission as a genin, no, as a Shinobi.

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Chapter end.

Volume end.

yeah, I know that was a short Volume.

but I didn't want to be the guy that is scared of breaking canon. so I made the oc graduate early.

originally the chapter was a lot more detailed especially in the test part describing every single Jutsu he did.

but for some reason, I don't know webnovel decided to reload the page...I didn't save my progress.

so I had to restart writing the chapter and by that point I was angry and my mood went downhill so that's why I made the chapter less detailed...anyways bye.