1 With great power comes no responsebility

Born this way

Dear readers. Please review and make note of any errors in story, grammar.. anything you think I should notice, really. Thank you for your help in advance.

First time I'm writing a story at all, anything other than schoolwork that is. This is really just some past-time I've come up with to keep from getting bored. I'm still going to take this seriously, do keep in mind that this is going to be a long-term project which will span over (probably) many months.

And just for the sake of it: I own nothing in this story, I do not earn anything from this story and I do not claim any rights to this story.

I had been bored out of my mind lately. Seriously, I don't know how or why I ended up at home goofing off everyday.. but it happened. I'm a person who naturally goes with the flow of ones personality instead of rejecting what reality throw at you. That also mean I realize I'm lazy and have to force myself into some kind of focused trance if I want anything done at all. Which is really tiring. Now I'm not here to talk about how lazy I am, rather, I figured I needed some kind of monologue for this crazy situation I find myself in. I'm still not quite certain whether I've gone crazy.. or maybe I've really ended up in a body of a baby boy. I'm still researching that, but as the days pass I find it less and less likely that I've gone crazy because of this unbearable itch in my ass.

No matter, let's talk about how I ended up here. A handsome male walked down the street, he was headed for the convenience store. He walked with superficial grace and confidence he had no right to possess or display and was stabbed in the back because of some jealous prick. Yep, that is exactly how I died. As for how I was born… I'd rather not remember that. However, you will all be pleased to know that I've found some kind of marble in my stomach. That's entirely based of the shape and size of said marble, and has nothing to do with texture, taste or anything else at all. Now you see, when I was still alive and not entirely crazy I had this notion that if I ever experienced rebirth, the first thing I would do is meditate to see if I have some kind of internal energy. Really, I don't know how people who writes stories think their protagonist can actually stay in a baby body staring at the ceiling doing nothing and not go insane from boredom. Rather than that, I found it. It was there all along, after 10 days of meditating at every opportunity I had I've found it. Now, I'm a bit scared of tampering with my internal energies before I've come out of the toddler stage, but some sacrifices are needed to stay sane. Anyway, we'll come back to that later, it looks like someone has picked me up.

"%&/ &/((((&%& &%&$&$%&" My mom cooed down at me with a smile on her face. I can't really understand what they are saying, I've never heard of this language before, but… "Gurggiigugu" I laugh happily while reaching for what I assume is her face. She then reaches for her tits and takes out one for me to drink from, which I happily oblige with. What? Even if she's my mom she's not my mom and if she were my mom I would still drink my share of her milk. I want to grow up well. After I'm done drinking she pats me on the back and I burp a bit. She'll then play some with me and I'll play with her back to keep our relationship a happy one. After some time I'll "doze off" and she'll walk away with a smile on her face. I'm happy, she's happy, everyone's happy.

There is one last bit of information I've neglected to mention, the first time I woke up I got an overview of my Health and CP. I still don't know exactly what CP is, but I do have my suspicions. I could also pull up a status window which relayed my stats and status effects I'm currently under. Or at least, I hope it will. That's what "Health" stand for, right? It looked like this:

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

N/A

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

N/A

I think SP refer to "Stat points", why? Because it changes when I try allocate points to different attributes. I haven't mentally commanded it to confirm the choices yet, so we still have our original 10 stat points.

Now back to my marble of energy as I've taken to naming it. It stays in my gut, and it's probably doing fine there, I however want it in my head. What if this marble of energy can actually rejuvenate and promote growth in cells? Then I'll basically become a genius with no effort at all. I just hope my body won't shut down or something, I really hope that isn't the case. So I gently prod and poke it, then I pinch it and drag some out.. and then it just explodes? No, wait, it just started going through my body. Let's direct it to my head, I move it through the narrow passageways up to my brain and basically just let it stay there. Hmm? Then we wait.

I don't really feel smarter but maybe it'll come in time, I've noticed that energy shrinks a little bit for each second that it stays in my head, it's so minuscule that you could miss it. But with nothing better to do than watch I noticed the change. Now, I can't let it run out completely, that would probably be a disaster, if not kill me. I don't know how much of this my baby body can take but I'll definitely maximize my potential while I still have the chance, I mean, if it just stayed in my gut it wouldn't really have any effect on my body anyway. It's better utilized this way. That reminds me, I should put some on my face as well… I'm treating supernatural energy as cosmetic cream.

Kids, there is a lesson to learn here. The two things that matter in life is: Intelligence and Attractiveness. Indeed, you don't need charisma and strength. Charisma? Watch naturally charismatic people. Strength? Thats what grunts are for. Oh, I almost forgot. I can't pull up any other window than this one, it's like I have the ability to direct my growth, but not the full potential of a game character. Well, it's fine. This gift is already enough.. Now I just need to find a way to gain immortality and change my appearance.

Without further ado, story start!

Revelations

Now.. where did we leave off? Oh, yes, I remember. 20 days ago I managed to locate and use said marble in my gut. It has been growing steadily all this time. Why does it grow? I've figured it is like a muscle that grows with how much you use it, maybe that is why I haven't noticed it in my earlier life. Because you need to be very young to locate it at all? I mean, it is like a marble in this small body of mine, in comparison, with an adult body it would probably be like a needle head. Not that it matters, I don't think I've exactly ended up on earth. No, that possibility flew out the window the moment I noticed the status window. We don't have status windows on earth. Anyway, that is not what I am here to talk about. As you probably know, baby bodies doesn't have good eyesight. Or any at all for that matter. We can make out shapes of things, maybe colors after a while and after one month we can probably see clearly for about 12 inches.

Which is why we are here. I've essentially confirmed that the supernatural energy does indeed promote growth, in which way I cannot say but it seems unlikely to damage anything. I cannot say what will happen in the long run, but my eyesight is currently at what one might expect from a 4-5 months baby. Yes, I did put some energy into my eyes. Why? Because eyes are one of the most underdeveloped organs at birth where I could literally see how my progress went. I've kept my eyes closed each and every time I've done this, it is said that the eyes at the windows to the soul, I intend to keep my hopefully non-glowing soul hidden, thank you very much.

I do not know if it is because of my still developing brain in conjunction to me being aware from the moment of my birth, but I've already started to show sings of understanding their language. I've also seen someone with blue hair, it seemed natural for some reason. With my new understanding of language and me being essentially 1 month old, I don't exactly know my age because I'm uncertain at the number of moons currently circling this planet. However, with me being such and some barely understandable words from my "mother" I've understood that I'm getting to go out today. You're supposed to keep babies away from crowded places for 1 month after birth. Which means that we do have reliant medical technology here which knows of immunity and we're in a city. Both of which makes me happy. And here she comes…

"Yuu, I hope &/&/&/ today! We're going to &/&%& so much fun &/&" She tells me with a smile, not that I understand half of what she said. But, we're coming along just fine for a 1 month old baby. Yes, I did try to learn math faster with this superability to learn languages that I seem to have, but it's pretty pointless when you don't have any paper to work on. Plus I don't have any new concepts to learn. No, I can't just magically come up with ways to do math. My time is better suited for playing imaginary chess against myself, which yes, I do. Oh, and I do sometimes ignore my "mother" so that it doesn't seem like I respond to her talking about anything. Then when she leans down to tickle me or similarly I would… "Abuuuuuuu" scream in a voice even I find cute.

Now that we're outside, I can't help but notice the disparity of the technology. There does seem to be electricity, but the roads are made of dirt… don't tell me we're in the slums? I really hope we're not in the bottom of the food chain in a country which is at the bottom of the food chain. No cars, no… we'll investigate this later. It's not really a problem either, I've already gone through school. As we walk through the city I can't help but remember that we don't really lack money, no crying mother or tired father. This is further proven by the actions of said mother when she buys groceries with confidence that only comes with money. That is until I see..

Ahh, this is a ninja village. You know, the ones from "Naruto" where people run on water like Jesus and kill each other with gigantic meteors falling from the sky? How do I know this? It's because of the Uchiha walking around patrolling the streets, just like the police should do.

"Yuu, that is the &/&/& of the &/&, you should be &/&&/ and behave&/&/&" She whispers. Did I forget to mention that my alias here is "Yuu"? Why, yes I did. That is my name. Though, not a name I reconize as my own. But a name none the less. Still don't know the family name. As I gaze upon the Uchiha and the Uchiha gaze back… I do the only sensible thing and start crying. It is very easy to do, believe me. He quickly looks away not wanting to take the blame for the crying baby "Yuu, didn't I &%& behave?" My mother almost pouts and tries to soothe me.

As my mother carries me home I can't help but rememberer the true sight of the byakugan, visual accuracy of the sharingan and almighty power of the rinnegan. Orochimaru is already researching immortality for me and the juubi is still there for me to imprison within myself. For the sake of peace in the elemental nations, of course.

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

N/A

Uchiha POV

Everyone employed at the military police station are encouraged to keep their sharingan active at all times while patrolling the streets. Although it is a recommendation, no-one would want to tarnish the clans reputation by not spotting a lousy criminal on the streets. An Uchiha not seeing something in time is a joke in itself. Which is why the crime in Konoha is especially low, it is also why I managed to spot an infant with way too complex emotions for his age. The sharingan doesn't do much for subtlety, it makes everything which is worth noting glaringly obvious. That makes an infant which looks terrified, resigned and excited all at once in very quick succession stand out like the sun on a clear day. And while I'm lost in my thoughts looking at the child, and the child gaze at me with hopeful eyes which my sharingan quickly perceive as calculating he starts to cry. So, I turn around, walk back to the Uchiha compound wondering who it is that drugged me, and for which purpose.

Changes

It's been over a year since I've come into this world. I've learned a lot, like the language. How to walk and.. that is what I've learned so far. Great progress. Anyway, as I turned 11 months old I deemed myself old enough to start walking. Although I've been leading up to this moment for 2 months already. You'll never know how hard it is to be a newborn before you've experienced it yourself. It is seriously taxing on the mind to always remember acting in accordance with your age and never say anything other than two words at a time. Like… "Mama! Food!" and she'll say something like "Not right now, Yuu, you'll get dinner soon". And if I'm really hungry I'll start crying until I get food. I really hope I'm acting like a newborn would, or else I've put entirely too much effort into this. Anyway, my mother and me still seems to have a great relationship, so no need to fret there.

After my little tour of the village, where I got to see the world I am currently in. I've begun fortifying my heart to increase my stamina at a early age. I know these things won't really matter with the ability to direct my growth that I have. But, if by some chance I gain more potential by laying good foundations I won't complain. By doing this I've also discovered that my conjunction about chakra being a muscle that grows the more you use it is in fact, wrong. and rather than that, it is governed by the forces of 'stamina' and 'wisdom'. Wisdom, is in fact how wise you are. How much you've read up on and what you've experienced in life. The fact that my mana grew, was because of all the meditating I had done. I didn't feel any wiser. But if I had paid attention I would have noticed that wisdom did in fact not increase together with intelligence, which is my processing power. I believe intelligence also accounts for your memory. Which means intelligent people become wiser because they remember more. Which brings the question, how exactly does one become wiser from putting points into this system? If I get assaulted with a bunch of memories that isn't my own, won't I in essence become another person? That is scary.

With a lot of time to think I've already planned my whole childhood here. Other than that I still don't know how to keep danzo from taking me. He's a complete enigma who takes anything he want. I'll just have to expose myself to the point of blinding him with my brilliance. I'll need to be the perfect candidate for the next Hokage. He thrives in the darkness… What!? Why do I feel so cold? Dead? There is nothing around me? Why am I? This must be the Kyuubi, definitely the the kyuubi. I've never seen or felt killing intent before, but this is intense. I don't think I'll be able to move even if I want to, my whole body is frozen up and shivering intensely. The whole air around me FEELS like it is dyed red with blood and screams MURDER at me. And as time goes on it just GETS MORE INTENSE. This isn't about willpower anymore, I couldn't make my body react even if I wanted to. It just won't MOVE. So I did the only sensible thing I could, I let my body follow it's natural reaction and started to cry while curling up in a foster-position. The whole episode lasted for 1 hour, during which I laid there crying until there was no more tears.

I wonder where my parents are? Too bad I can't look for them. Or can I? I open the door to the living room still "crying" and shout for my parents. Living room? DAMN! I was so close to dying? There is NO LIVING ROOM: In place where the living room once stood proud with a comfortable sofa, tv and dining table is now a barren land with fires and scattered planks. I think about the consequences this will have on my life from now on when two arms wrap around me from the back and start bawling about how happy he is that I am alive. Although somewhere in his sobbing I realize he's my dad and that my mom has already passed on.

I can't tell you how happy I am that one of my parents is still alive. It would have been gruesome if I had been declared a orphan and placed in the same orphanage as Naruto. I do not want to mingle with kids everyday so that the storyline won't change, I probably would have cracked if that were the case. But! Now I do have valid reason for becoming a Ninja from a civilian family. Which is good.

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

414

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

N/A

Human Trafficking

Now that I've reached the milestone of walking, there is many things I'll be able to do more efficiently. Like.. there's not really much I'll be able to do even if I can walk. Being a child is probably the most boring thing I've ever experienced in my two lives. I do now realize that I've been addicted to entertainment my whole life. The only entertainment I now have is chakra. I'm proud to say that I've gained what the people in this universe would refer to as 'perfect' chakra control, no, that does not mean I'll be able to manipulate chakra in any way I want or do Jutsu's on my first try, it just means I find it easier to do so. I've been manipulating chakra since I was 10 days old, it's not weird for me to achieve mastery at this stage. What I did was find small black and white stones which were scattered across the streets of Konoha. Then, I put the whole lot of them in my hand where the goal was seperate them by color while keeping said stones in one pile. I'll still have to do control exercises as my chakra grows, but it'll be easier to keep up.

Other than that I've worked around my dependence on having a dominant arm, I'm now officially ambidextrous. The flexibility which only an infant can possess is mine as I've been stretching each and every day. While I was playing with my dad one day I noticed my hand-to-eye coordination was disastrous. It was a real shock, and as I've improved upon it by drawing, building castles with toothpicks and doing jigsaw puzzles my fondness for the arts has grown.

Talking about art reminds me that I should get an instrument to play, why? Because I have always wanted to be able to do so. Never had the time, though, with all the movies and series coming out each day. I don't want to completely submerge myself in the realm of music, just something easy to play like an ocarina. I really hope they have those around here.

However, my train of thoughts will have to wait until this is sorted out..

"Dad…Dad!" I shout while kicking his downed body. Man, I'm hungry… This has been life for me the last two weeks after the kyuubi attack. My dad was 'so happy' that I am alive that he decided to spend every hour of the day drinking these two weeks, forgetting to feed me most of the time. I constantly have to remind him to, if this continues I'll probably die from starvation and him from suicide, having indirectly killed me by neglect. I'll need to find a way to get food, and soon. You think it'll be easy, that we have all the ingredients in the fridge? Oh, that fridge which lies somewhere in the ruins of Konoha, I get you. We've been eating takeout for 2 weeks straight. He's awake.. enter: the waterworks: "Daaaaad! 'sob' Hungry"

Father sits up straight, looks down at me crying on his feet and start sighing. He's done that a lot recently.. "Yuu, you have to be patient, there's no more money for food" Oh no you didn't, you did not use all our money on booze!? "I'm so sorry Yuu, we'll eat tomorrow" Well then, you'll have a irritable crying kid for the rest of the day to deal with. While I'm crying for gods knows how long, you can almost see the lightbulb going off in my father's head when he whispers "insurance" and bolts up straight. His haggard face gaining some life and his eyes looking almost predatory, he turns toward me who has stopped crying. It only takes a second before he has scooped me up in his arms, run out of the inn and is sprinting toward the bank.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I 'CANNOT' GET MY MONEY BACK?" I sigh in my father arms while said man is shouting at the clerk.

"Sir, the damage sustained by the village is too high, no-one has been able to get their insurance yet. We can however, give you some simple accommodations and food while you wait for us to sort this out"

"For free?" My dad asks doubtfully

"Almost, the catch is that your child" he says, nodding toward me "must be enrolled in the academy at 8 years old, do you accept these terms?"

"What happens if I say yes and he does not go to the academy?"

"You'll be forced to pay for the arrangements at a later date, with interests of course."

"And how much would it cost to do so?"

"No-one can say how much it'll be, however at least double the amount will have to be paid"

"Fine, just get the apartment ready for us to move in"

"Very well, sir"

While this is going on I blink in confusion staring at the face of the man i thought were on my side. But now, he's over here selling me for money. The traitor.

"You'll be going to the ninja academy now, Yuu, are you happy?" He tries to coo down on me like he did not just sell me off, but, I'm a child which can only focus on base necessities. "Food?" I ask with hopeful eyes while he looks down at me and nods with a bit more genuine smile.

When the clerk comes back 10 minutes later he's carrying a white envelope and an key-ring. On the keyring there is a plate which will direct us to our apartment and the key to said apartment. Hopefully the envelope has enough money for me to eat while my father get drunk.

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect(-)

CP:

414

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

N/A

Nanny

It seems even as dull as my father is, he has fully understood our lack of money. I'm happy to say that he's one week sober and still not showing signs of cracking. I wonder how long we'll be in this tight spot, my father simply cannot work with me existing.

So we've travelled the streets of Konoha, looking for my father's old friends to see if any of them could be of assistance. Which is why we're meeting this soon-to-be mother.

"Shizuka" My father waves at her as she walks down the street with her husband. She looks up and smiles, a smile which dims when she sees my fathers appearance.

"Kazuo! Are you okay? Where is Honoka?" I feel his grip on me tighten as he tries to put up a brave front.

"She died during the kyuubi attack" He whispers, failing to elaborate

Shizuka looks visibly defeated at the news while offering her condolences for our loss.

"I know she meant a lot to you, I'm so sorry for your loss. If there is anything, at all, which we can do for you.. please let me know."

"There is.." My father begins, trying to collect himself. "I mean, me and Yuu is having a hard time dealing with money. I know you've been carrying for a few months now.. You're going to be a mother soon, you know" My father tries to smile, which didn't work at all.

"Kazuo, if you need money…" She tries to say something but my father holds up a hand stopping her.

"What I'm trying to say is, could you please take care of Yuu during the day for a couple of months? At least until the insurance comes in. I can't go to work with Yuu hanging on my shoulder"

She was just about to answer when her husband drags her away to talk. They visibly have an argument on the streets, just a bit too far for me or my father to hear what they are talking about. I don't know what it was about, but Shizuka looked resigned at the end of it and the man visibly elated. So when the couple came back telling us they could take me during the day, both me and my father was shocked.

"Great" My father smiles his first genuine smile in weeks. "When can you…" He didn't even get to finish that sentence as Shizuka practically robbed me from his arms. I did the most natural thing in the world, starting to cry. She falters for a moment before setting her face in a determined line, looking like she is face to face with an great obstacle. "Right now" She says having a scary undertone in her voice. My father seems unsure for a moment, but lets it go while stroking my head, making me quiet down.

"Thank you so much, Shizuka. You don't know how much this means to me. I'll definitely repay you in the future. Do you still live in the same place?"

"Yes I do, when will you be picking him up?"

"5'o Clock in the afternoon. Is that fine by you?"

She smiles at him "Yes, I'm mostly at home nowadays. It's no problem at all"

As my father is walking away and I am being introduced to Jiro, her husband, I can't help but feel … I mean, I can't help but wonder.. ehem. I hope I'll be treated well these few months in their care. "…. I still don't see why we can't just lend him some money"

"Let it go dear, he needs some work to get his mind off things"

23 months and 1 week later

The years has gone by, and now I'm officially a child of 3 proud years.

Shizuka took good care of me for a whole 6 months before she went into labor herself. When her daughter came out my father finally decided to hire a babysitter for me with the money he had saved up. Luckily my father is a blacksmith, which is highly sought after in a ninja village. He once owned a store, but that was before the attack. A man with no luck in life he is.

To commemorate my birthday I've got some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that I can now see and feel chakra. I knew the reinforcement was good for something in the end. I did not gain any ability from my heart, maybe it's hidden or maybe I started out too late. We may some day know, or not. I don't know.

As I turned two, stats could no longer be raised by infusing chakra into the body. I do not know exactly when this happened, but I believe it was a gradual process. This is probably because an infant is naturally malleable, while the older you grow the less can be changed. Now I almost wish I were consciously aware at the embryo stage, that would really have been something.

I started learning how to read at two years old, if not fluent, I'm definitely an expert in the language already. Having computers with internet connection was a great help. I've taken to drugging my baby sitter with sleeping pills around breakfast-time so she will quit bothering me. She believes she's developing narcolepsy. I wonder if the belief that she's developing narcolepsy will make her have narcolepsy some day. That would be interesting.

On another note, shape manipulation is hard. Much harder than they depict in the series. After two years of trying I can just barely form an rasengan after 10 seconds of charging the jutsu. Guess it's a reason it's the 'ultimate shape manipulation' technique. Chakra threads has been a good help in acting like spider man, I'll definitely be using this technique a lot in the future.

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

912

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

N/A

As I lie in my bed mulling over my small achievements I hear footsteps outside the door before it is blasted open and a smiling father invades my personal space. "Yuu! We'll be going to the amusement park for you birthday!" Ahh, how troublesome. However, I still plaster an excited smile upon my face and ask in a loud voice which any other person than my father would find obnoxious "REALLY!?".

Omake:

Shizuka stares as me while I'm playing with toys. She stares at me while I'm eating food. She stares at me while I'm meditating. She stares at me while in the bath. She stares at me running. She stares at me breaking glass. She stares at me sneezing. She stares while I do nothing at all.

For the first time in my two lives, I am genuinely freaked out.

Shizuka POV:

I'm definitely going to be a good mother.

Music

I've been waiting for this moment for months, the day I'll buy a musical instrument. It's a perfect plan. When me and my father walks down the streets of Konoha, I spot the music store on the corner. Just as we passes it, I release my hand from my fathers and run toward it at top speed. Which I admit is very, very slowly. When I reach said store my father is already upon me, but it's too late.. I've already walked in, and he has no choice but to follow me. As I gaze upon the many instruments and dad is telling me to come with him I spot the one I want on a shelf. As expected, there exist ocarina here as well. Though, it seems a bit different than how I remember it. Just as I was about to run up to it my father yanks my arm gently making it so that I can't move. "Daddy, daddy, that one!" To which he replies "No Yuu, you can have one when you're older". Well.. this is a problem I didn't foresee. I try the bane of all parents 'Puppy eyes' which critically strikes him, but he remains firm in his decision and practically drags me out of the store. And thats how to not get an Ocarina. As we continue walking I can't help but feel indignant and depressed. It definitely sucks to be a child..

"Daddy, daddy, that one!" I shout before running toward the same place in which the precious ocarina rested 3 years ago and gasp as I witness the empty shelf. I desperately look around the shop it and almost collapse in relief as I see it on the opposite wall. I slowly walk up to it and pull it down. Now, it's quite big compared to my hands, the difference would have been greater three years ago. I guess I was a bit impatient, but still..

"Father, could I have this one?"

"Are you sure?"

How could I not be sure? This piece of wood is the most beautiful Ocarina I've ever seen. I don't know what kind of wood is used but it has a dark sleek look and there is no line which signify cutting of any kind. It's almost like it grew… like…. this. That couldn't be, it's probably made with water or wind manipulation. Yep, that sounds more plausible. I think all this while the ocarina is picked up by my father and carried to the counter where he paid for it. It wasn't even expensive, the owner has apparently by trying to sell it for years. But no-one has come to buy it. Well, I'm buying it.. I mean my father is buying it for my own enjoyment, not for anyone else.

As we walk home I recognize how pleased I feel, a feeling I've not had for many, many years now. I didn't even feel pleased when I mastered the rasengan, just pissed how long it took. It seems I am a very materialistic person, you learn something new everyday in this world. Isn't there a saying about "Look through a Child's eyes and become wiser"? No? Well, there should be!

If you're wondering, I believe I have Lightning affinity, not quite sure on my second but it seems I am picking up wind faster. The other elements doesn't quite click with me, but I do what I can. Atleast I'll be able to move spit out of the ocarina after use.

As we reach home, I say the line every civilian parent in the history of Naruto dread coming from their child: "Dad! I want to become a Ninja!" … Is that relief on the face of my father..? Still, I look upon him with hopeful eyes which speak of innocence and dreams while my father reaches down and pats my head "Of course, I expect nothing less from my child!" Laughing uproariously.

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

1296

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

After I confessed my 'dream' to become a ninja I started working for that dream immediately. It definitely was a slow progress. Now, I didn't know how to exercise efficiently, everyone knows how to lift weights etc, however that wasn't what I was looking for. I wish to be extremely agile. So I kept running and got some bandages to punch trees. I read up in the library, the know-how to use chakra was actually open to everyone, though ninja techniques and training manuals were not. Okay, there were training manuals, but they were all basic, things you'd expect a child to know. But I read all of them anyway, I actually brought some books home on geography and history. By keeping a habit of borrowing books of different subjects from the library i became quite the learned man, child i mean.

That also means I remembered more about the art of parkour from our world. You wouldn't think it, but memorizing and the like actually increase intelligence. I think it's because intelligence is a fixed stat for me, which means I not only get a better memory from memorizing different subjects, but also increase my processing powers. And the memory doesn't just make things from that point on clearer, it makes your whole life clearer. I definitely learned a lot from this.

From then on I started practicing the parkour techniques from our world, remembering bits and pieces of different videos I'd watched on youtube and pieced them all together in the end. It definitely wasn't a top class training manual, it didn't take into account chakra, but I made do with what I had.

Walking through the academy gates and toward the reception desk I wonder what position I'll take in the class. Shining star or background character, star or background, background, star… didn't Naruto skip almost all the classes? Delinquent it is then.

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

1984

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

Will of Fire

"Hi, I'm Yuu Eien! Where should I go!?"

When you think about it, I should have expected this. They use chakra all the time in Naruto, for everything. So when I play music on my ocarina and it sounds better, fuller and clearer I shouldn't be surprised.

"Is it your first day at the academy sweetie?"

But I was, because it sounded so much clearer. It's like you've had cotton in your ears while listening to fingernails scratching a chalkboard in the background without realizing it.

"Yes!"

What I just explained isn't even close to explaining the phenomena which occurs when you put chakra into a musical instrument, but it is as close as I can get without writing an essay.

"Well then, you're assigned to classroom 12, it's just around the corner"

By the way, the academy looks really old, you would think they at least renovate this place. It is where they educate their future ninja. Either they are really lazy, or they want it to look old. It does have a unique kind of charm to it.. I'm not even going to pretend I know anything about building houses.

"Assigned?"

"It means which class you should go to" She says smiling down at me.

"Thank you" I yell, already running down the hallway hearing a "Don't ru.." before turning the corner. By the time I've reached the door of classroom twelve I had slowed down to a walk.

As I open the door I see a person being thrown toward me, I have enough time to recognize the blonde hair before I duck under said person, almost throwing up from the stench he gives off. I mean, what the actual fuck. He smells like the garbage bin! "Sorry I'm late, teacher!" I say while closing the door behind me. As for Naruto? He stinks, someone should tell him to wash up.

"That's fine, don't let it become a habit. Take an unoccupied seat." He says gesturing towards the rest of the students looking at me strangely. As I gaze upon the mass of students, I note Tenten, Neji and Lee among them. However, more importantly, I note the lack of students in the back row of the classroom. Which I am walking toward now, stepping on a foot 'crack' which tried to trip me on the way up. Not turning around when owner of said foot started screaming and seating myself as close to the window as possible with a refreshing smile on my face.

"We'll introduce ourselves one after another. Starting from front row, left side" The teacher says looking expectantly on the first person. "Akio Hojo, 8 years old! I like.." Then there was one student after another, and lastly myself. "Yuu Eien" I say shortly and with finality.

There was a short silence before the teacher ask if I'm done, to which I nod.

After that the teacher introduced himself and some of the subjects we would face in the following year. Which was mostly basic things which I've already read in the library. When the break was announced I don't rush out of the classroom, but wait until the rest of the kids had run out. When everyone in the class but me and Neji has left I walk up to the teacher to get his attention while starting to talk. "Teacher!" He looks toward me and gestures for me to continue.

"I would like to skip the first three years, please!"

"Oh? And you believe you're ready for that?" He says while holding me with an inquisitive gaze.

"Yes, I've been training to become a ninja for two years. I don't think there is anything I've left out from the theoretical and basic courses" I say while holding a firm face and determined posture.

"Very well, I'll print out the exam papers and test you at noon." He says while ruffling my hair

I smile brilliantly upon him "I'll see you then" I say while walking out the door

Now, although some kids would have been nervous about failing the exams, I wasn't some kid who hadn't prepared myself enough. So it was fair to say that I breezed through the test, didn't break a sweat on chakra control exercises and had the agility of an eleven year old. What I did have trouble with was the katas. Yes, katas is the dance like movements which martial artist repeat to get muscle memory and make the movements reactive instead of calculative. You have to do each and every movement correct, and without an instructor to help correct those small faults or a full body mirror there is no way to get it completely right. But, luckily it doesn't have to be perfect for one to get past the examination. It just means you won't have full marks, which is unfortunate, however unavoidable.

As I sit on branch in the forest playing 'sacred grove' an old man walks up to me, waiting patiently for me to finish before he starts speaking.

"That's quite the sad song, did you compose it yourself?" He asks with a grandfatherly smile.

"No" I tell him "It came to me in a dream a long time ago" I say with a small smile. Because that's what my previous life feels like to me now, a dream. It's been such a long time.

He humms at my answer before asking "Do you know who I am?"

I turn towards him and let recognition flash in my eyes. Something he'll surely pick up on considering his status. I let my body fall backwards toward the ground and land on my feet after half a spin, immediately bowing to him.

"My apologies Lord Hokage, what can I do for you?"

He laughs a little at that "Straighten up, there is no need for formalities here"

And though he says that I know our relationship would be strained if I did anything less.

"As you wish Lord Hokage" I say with a smile on my face.

"I see you've taken upon yourself to pursue the art of music, quite the unusual hobby for a ninja"

Even if it wasn't worded as a question I felt compelled to answer, how, I don't know.

"I've always had a fondness for the arts, music was something I picked up along the way"

"I see, but you still wish to become a Ninja, why?" He asks, still with his grandfatherly visage.

I visibly hesitate before answering "My mother" and let him come to his own conclusion.

He takes on the visage of an wise old man with great amount of compassion for those around him. Seriously, that is art. "Ahh, I see, the power to protect your loved ones, perhaps?" The grandfather of all ninja says with a scrutinizing gaze. But I only stay silent. shifting a bit under his stare. When he turns to walk away, I shout after him "Is it a foolish dream!?" With a hint of desperation. He stops mid-step before he continue to walk. "Yes" he says, and I look downcast. "But I believe in it too, the will of fire"

"The will of fire" I whisper with determined eyes.

Graduation

Even though Sarutobi is a capable Hokage, having led Konoha to win the last two wars. He does not have a glorified lie detector like the sharingan. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to tell that I merely used truth to mislead him. After all, he came to his own conclusion. He thought he had control over the conversation, I let him have control over the conversation. Besides, the Kage wouldn't believe it even if someone told him that an academy student led him by the nose. By utilizing this knowledge and more I did the most reasonable thing in my position, I created a fake persona. The persona which Orochimaru never had, the reason he never became Hokage is now also the reason I am the prime candidate for hokage.

The Will of Fire.

I am not Orochimaru, I do not seek a position of power for the sake of power. Not do I wish to master every technique known to the world. What I seek is much simpler, I seek to live in peace.

To be lazy for an eternity. Live forever and do whatever, sounds wonderful doesn't it? Besides, if I don't like it I can always off myself.

Now, where were we? Ah, yes, the academy. The law states that you have to be in the academy for at least 1 year. Which suits me just fine. If I go into the world now, I'll probably die an early death, which is what we're trying to avoid. Therefore I've decided to make the most out of the year I'm here.

You see, when one is accepted into the academy, there is a lot more knowledge available to you. For example, when you make Genin you will be allowed into the lower sections of 'The Ninja Library'

That is why I skipped all the classes beside the physical one's. Since I came to each and every test they had and scored 90-100% on each of them depending on how interesting the topic were, they never called me out on it. Ninjas are sneaky like that. There were some mandatory lessons we had to go to like this one, where we will have an practical test of our survival skills. The mission is to survive in the forest for 1 week and steal at least 1 plate from another student. What plate? A worn, wooden plate with a leaf roughly carved into it.

"Start" Each and every student starts to run, besides me. I stand back and look after the slowest student here. When I found him I immediately run up a tree and follow above him. As soon as the victim slow down, tired from running so far, I land on top of him and hit him in the back of the head.

"Well, that was easy" I say, absently picking up the unfortunate student's plate. Now, where would it be most comfortable to live, underground, in the trees or in a cave?

And thats when I remembered, this is my home for a whole week, sleeping uncomfortably in the wilderness. I'll definitely keep a bed in one of those storage scrolls from now on. I sigh heavily as I place hand on a large tree, pulling out a part of it to use as a door while hollowing out the rest with wind chakra, letting the saw-dust fly away with the wind. Almost as an afterthought I cut down a bunch of leaves to sleep on and head into my newly made home.

Nothing interesting have happened since that test, I do realize that I'm surrounded by 11 year old children, but I thought they would be more mature in this world, that I would have something to do.. I guess some things never change. By the way, the elemental nations seriously needs to be saved. There is this distinct lack of entertainment which needs to be remedied ASAP. You would think they had games, TV series and movies with this technology of theirs. Well, they do, but it's never been important to them. Do you know why? Because it all Sucks.

No matter, enough of my personal grievances, we're here to witness a much more important event. Well, I don't think it is important. But it is a noteworthy event in this life. It is the day I become an adult, a man and a Ninja of Konohagakure. It is graduation.

I slowly walk toward the decrepit building known as 'the academy'. As I walk I look over my stat window one last time to be sure that there is nothing which I missed. I focused most of my energy on the physical aspect of an ninja this year. I felt like I had left it alone long enough. But what can you do? here it is:

NAME

NO NAME

Health:

Perfect

CP:

3276

LVL

Strength

Constitution

Stamina

Agility

Dexterity

Perception

Intelligence

Wisdom

Charisma

Attractiveness

Anyway, as you can see I've focused most of my attention on being able to run away. I mean, fight fast, for a prolonged amount of time. My strength isn't very great, but there is no need for it when you have chakra.

I've read a lot of books on Taijutsu specifically this year. What I've learned shocked me to the core. Apparently taijutsu, in Naruto, doesn't just make your body stronger and faster, it gives you the ability to perceive and calculate flight trajectories of different jutsu etc. You don't get it yet? Ok, let me make it easy for you. Taijutsu give a ninja the ability to think absurdly fast. It's like a super computer adding numbers together. It's just too bad they can't think abstractly in the same speed, they can only think so fast in pre-ordered systems like math or a pre-made strategy. But it's still amazing. I wonder when I'll be able to do that.

It's like, the more I learn about this world the scarier it seems, I shudder at what I'll find the furthest reaches of the library. Shudder in excitement that is.

I let my mouth for a serene smile which is completely natural as I place my hands at the wooden door. The door opens and I wave almost reflexively at the receptionist as I head down the corridor towards my classroom. Giving a brilliant smile toward my teacher I walk towards my usual seat and quietly sit down.

I don't have any fans or the like, not that I would expect it when the whole lot of them are 3 years my age. They did, however, try to pinch my cheeks because I was 'so cute', I'll only say that I weren't so cute afterwards.

"Hey, hey, Yuu?" You know when someone knows your name and you don't know theirs? It's awkward.

"Mm? Oh, yeah?" I turn away from the window and smile at whoever this girl is.

"The teacher has been trying to talk to you" She says with twitching lips.

I turn and see said chunin with an angry red face and immediately answer him in a serene tone

"Yes teacher?" He visibly tries to calm down before answering

"Yuu Eien, because of your remarkable achievements, having graduated with the highest score ever recorded. You have been awarded apprenticeship with Jonin Hatake Kakashi."

I already feel my eye twitching at the revelation while having only one thought in my mind

"Shit"

Shunshin

Being in an apprenticeship under kakashi might be the worst thing that could have happened to me. It means the future storyline is null and void. Oh yes, I do have much more knowledge than any other person about the future. But it doesn't amount to anything because I won't know when or how something will happen. Me arriving here could possibly have doomed the elemental nations. No matter how you look at it, I don't want to be in an genjutsu for the rest of my life. I don't want there to be a 'rest of my life' at all. The only thing I can think of to appease this situation is becoming a Jonin before team 7 ever have the chance to form, thereby freeing kakashi to take new students. Then maybe the situation will blow over. Team 7 might get some more training, but it can't really affect things in the long run. Who am I kidding.. this is doomed to affect things in the long run. Whatever, no use crying of spilt milk. What I'm really worried about is the fact that kakashi has the sharingan. Oh sure, it is covered up most of the time. But if we arrive in a situation where he takes it off and notices something off about my behavior.. I'm basically doomed.

Indeed, the worst possible match up for me.

All these thoughts are playing in my head as I play 'song of healing' upon a grassy field watching the sun go down. Kakashi? I felt a chakra arrive 2 hours ago, I don't know if it's him, but I've given no indication that I know the mysterious chakra is here. This has happened a lot lately, various people scouting my for hours on end, only to leave without saying anything. It's kind of creepy, and I worry if root has taken an interest in me. Not that they can move on me, not after I gave such a glorious display on my first day of school.

"Yo" My whole being is cast in shadow as I look up to kakashi. The mysterious chakra having disappeared, feeling wholly different from the depressed ninja in front of me. He's hiding it well, but chakra don't lie.

"You're late" I smile at him

"Ahh, I got lost on the path of life" He eye-smiles on me, I find it very disturbing that I am soothed by said smile.

I contemplate his answer before giving a comment of my own "I see, you don't happen to be lost often?" He gives an tiny vibe of a hit cat before he answers. I don't show any sign that I saw his small lapse.

"Mah, it happens from time to time" Eye-smiling. But it's not as convincing as it was 10 seconds before. I let him take over the conversation.

"What'll we be doing today, teacher?" I say supposedly amused

"How about you introduce yourself?" He drawls lazily.

I stand as I give a small bow "Yuu Eien, I like all forms of art and I don't like sleeping. My dreams for the future… undecided, if I have to say an ambition it would be to live in peace." My answer could be interpreted in a lot of ways, but he'll probably go for what matches best with my persona.

But… "You don't like sleeping" He states more than he ask while sweatdropping.

"It's boring" I deadpan

He stands there trying to comprehend how I could think sleeping is boring and I abruptly halt his contemplation. "What about you, teacher?"

"Hmm, my name is Hatake Karashi. I like reading these godly works" He states as he pulls out a orange book. "What I don't like is the slow release of said book" He continues giving a glare at the book. "My dreams for the future.. I don't feel like telling you"

"That book must be really good, why don't you lend it to me?" He stares at me for a second and I can almost see Gollum in his eyes.

"No, that won't be possible. I'm still reading this book." Speaking slowly and choosing his words carefully. Though, I'm already starting to tire of this conversation.

"On another note, we should be focusing on you" I snap my attention back as he continues

"I've read over your academy file and found that your are focusing on speed and movement, correct?" It was like another person came into being as he listed my abilities. At my measured nod he continues "I would like your reasons for this and how you wish to develop yourself"

I see the opportunity for what it is. He's giving me the chance to direct my own growth while adding his own opinion on the matter. As I start talking excitedly the sun has almost vanished, only leaving a dull orange color.

"Fuinjutsu you say.." After our lengthy conversation Kakashi has already started contemplating my choices.

"I'll have to say I agree with you for the most part. There's only one problem"

"What?" I ask slowly, not understand at all how there could be a problem.

"For your fighting style to work, and for you yourself to break the boundaries of what would normally be possible you need a high comprehension of the human body" I stare at him for a second before he elaborates.

"Have you heard of tsunade's super strength?" I can only nod slowly at his words.

"When you push chakra into a body part it becomes stronger, faster and so on. What most people don't know is that they can add chakra to muscles in different ways. Boosting it as a limb is the basic step, the more advanced is to tune it to a specific attribute. Let's take shunshin for an example" I nod

"Shunshin takes this to the extreme, giving you such a high speed boost that only those with the sharingan may see what happens at the time. Even with those special eyes it's almost impossible"

"Although it's not possible to slow the speed of shunshin, it is possible to achieve the speed of shunshin manually, boosting yourself to the same level. Do you understand where I'm going with this?"

I nod excitedly while smiling "Of course, of course"

"As for fuinjutsu, come back to me after learning the basics, dismissed" He says disappearing, leafs swirling in his place

It would seem there is another reason Kakashi took such a long time training team 7, I wonder what it might be.

Life

I lurk among the shadows, barely recognizing my own footsteps for what they are. All is silent except from a boisterous laugh coming from inside. There is no mercy, when you're a ninja. This family looks quite peaceful, 3 children and an average wife sitting by the table, smiling. They're having a good time, but there is no good times for those who oppose Konoha. For all intents and purposes, ninja villages thrive in illegal activity. A ninja village, merely an legal crime organization, legal because of it's power. The father of this family, leader of a small crime organization, easily consumed by the fire that is Konoha.

When the father leaves his home, giving a hug to his daughter on the way, a shadow follows above. The husband, father and civilian has no time to scream before a wire is tied around his neck, slicing his throat and pulling him into the trees. The daughter, having witnessed his death, can't scream because of the trauma received. But you can see the despair in her eyes, despair for a father she'll never see again. Body destroyed in fire, head sealed in scroll.

"Is this really necessary?" I ask the shadow beside me

"No, the daughter didn't have to see" Sighing

"You know I never intended for her to see, it is also beside the question" Depressed tone

"Yes, it is necessary, those who abandon their mission is scum…" It starts

"But those that abandon their friends are worse than scum, I get it" I say

The shadow comes out of the darkness, laying a hand on my head. "Good, I'm proud of you"

"That doesn't bring me much joy" I mutter to myself, though I know he can hear it.

"You know you'll be placed in a genin squad when you're 12, right?" A shadow says behind me

I pause my movement "Really? Any way around that?" I ask as I continue stretching

"…No, you don't want to?" He asks in an amused tone

"Not really, no, I'll be on a much higher level than them." I say slowly, and carefully

"The village thinks it's important to build bonds to your teammates. It's not about strength, but rather emotional stability, though it backfires often." He said the last part lowly, but I heard it none the less.

"Do you feel I'm emotionally unstable, teacher?" Amusedly

"Yes" He deadpans

"Very funny, on a more serious note, could you ask the hokage to place me in the medical ward? I'd rather focus my attention on healing, I already know the purpose of D-ranks after all."

Just before he answers I turn gracefully around to face him, smiling while looking in his eyes "Besides, I've heard that medics get along great" He looks unsure for a second, before faltering

"I'll see what I can do, don't expect anything though"

"So you've learned the basics of fuinjutsu" He states

"More or less, though I'm confused about some parts" I answer uneasily

"Good, we'll continue in this way. Read up, write down what you don't understand, then bring it to me. When you've plowed through all the theoretical of fuinjutsu we can start on the practical" He answers easily while reading a book

"How come we won't do any practical work?" I ask

"Answer me this: You want to fail again and again until you get it right, and when you do, leave gaps of knowledge you have no idea even exist or actually understand fuinjutsu?" Lazily

"Understand fuinjutsu" I sigh

"Good, you paint, don't you? Spend your time practicing fuinjutsu symbols instead. There can never be enough practice." He shivers a bit at that

"…I see" I say uneasily "Anyway, what I don't understand is…"

"Yuu, you'll die if you don't run faster" I hear a lazy voice from the middle of the training ground

"What do you mean I'll die if I don't run faster!? I get the idea about motivation, but this is too extreme!" I shout

"Ninja are tested to the limits on daily basis, if you die from something like this you're obviously not cut out to be a ninja" A cool voice responds in sharp contrast from the intense heat of the fireball chasing me.

"I was already pushed to the limits when you put these seals on me, this is murder!"

"Then overcome your limits"

"As an apprentice, the normal Ninja system don't apply to you, this means that you'll have access up to chunin in the library. A note with some chakra from me would authorize you to read in the jonin library as well, which won't happen any time soon."

"What would I find I the Jonin library?"

"Information, theory and untested solutions"

"What do you mean?"

"The jonin library is where high level ninja leave their research. It's cleared out each year, anything which looks valuable will be taken higher in the ranks, the useless burned"

"Then how do you get S and A ranked jutsu?" I ask bewildered

"You create your own or ask the administration for clearance. You won't find anything truly valuable in the library, we're a ninja village after all" He says

"I see, that makes sense" Making a look of realization

"You're just a child! I don't want to be part of this madness anymore!" He screams pitfully

"Then surrender and come quietly" I say slowly, keeping track of all his movements

"Can't you see what they're doing to you, your nothing more than a weapon in their belt! Ready to be thrown, they don't care if you're destroyed in the process!"

"Last chance"

You can almost see the desperation in his eyes "Come with me! I can show you true freedom, a child shouldn't have to live.." He didn't get to finish that sentence as a kunai went through his throat. Body burned, head sealed.

I sit on a bench in the park reading 'This is the representation of an human body. On the left side of the page you'll find a number corresponding with the body part you wish to know about, the number represent both page number and organ' "What you got there?" A girl my age ask me cheerily.

I look up at her and smile "Human anatomy" I say

"Oh, what's that?" Confusedly

"No matter" I sigh "Did you need something?" I say lazily

"Yeah! You want to play?" She grins at me, a bit more in game

I wave over my book "I've got homework, another time, okay?"

"Come get it, then!" She says, running away with my book.

I sigh, already standing in front of her. "I'm sorry, but I don't have time for this" I say as I take the book from her, leaves spiraling where I once stood.

Freedom

I've settled into the ninja life nicely, although, i didn't think i would have any problems at all. You probably expected my first kill to be something glorious, something sad or something which had impact on my life in some way. I know i did. When i thought about my first kill, i didn't quite know what to expect. Would i burst out laughing? Would my psyche break? Would i merely be sad? Repent my actions? Or would i just be indifferent. I know from my earlier life that some actions brings with them emotions, though i still get quite bored with them in the end. Happiness was something i were fond of, but also didn't like, you don't really think logical when happy. When angered i found that i processed things faster, but only things related to the anger, the mind was clouded when thinking of why i was angered. Which led to stupid actions, no matter how ingenious the plan to execute said stupid action was.

In the end i found that all emotions have upsides and downsides, which is quite fun, something unpredictable but still unchanging.

But, as fun as emotions are, i still liked being content much more. And you can't really be content if you're sad, if you grieve or repent your actions for however long you do. I did find an solution in the end, sometimes i wish i didn't, but i did. Apathy was the salvation, but also the doom. I was content with being apathetic, though bored. So very bored.

I was quite happy to be born a baby, no matter how much i complained about it, because of one simple thing. I had a baby brain, i was aware and had a baby brain. I could groom my interests exactly how i wanted them.

Now, how would i react to killing? It was something new and i were excited at the thought of it. Excited and scared. Oh, you misunderstood me. I wasn't excited about killing, i was excited about how i'd feel when killing someone.

As i stood before the gagged prisoner, adrenaline coursing through my body, making it shake. Observers thought i was nervous, scared even. Which I was, but also so much more.

I slowly put the blade up to the throat of the prisoner, you could see the fright in his eyes as blood trickled down the blade. But then I decided that getting my clothes full of blood would be too dramatic an effect and jammed the blade into his head. And waited, someone watching would think i was in a shock, that was good enough for me. But there was nothing, nothing at all. I was quite confused before i suddenly felt my whole chest being constricted, not making it hard to breathe, just hurting, in a weird way. It kept doing that when someone took my hand off the kunai while i were in 'shock'. Then it started lessening until i didn't feel anything at all, no, that isn't right. I felt free. Which was quite weird in itself. It was like i lived my life with shackles, which broke. Though, it wasn't really a 'feeling' but more of an experience, and i knew it would be with me forever. One day it wouldn't be new anymore, just another part of daily life. The killing happened in a controlled environment, where they could gauge the reaction of the ninja before they send them out on a mission. It was simple and effective.

Since then kills haven't really impacted me much, it was like a chore, something you didn't want to do, but still had to. Monotonous and boring.

'free' 'protect' 'envelope' 'contain' 'strain' 'dream' 'it' 'clear' 'doom' "Teacher, isn't sealing just a language?"

"Yes, yes it is" He said, not looking up from his book.

"Then why don't everyone learn how to write it?" I'm genuinely confused about this

He looks at me for a second before answering "We do"

I look at him confusedly "When?"

"You learned handseals at the academy, didn't you?" He drones lazily

"You mean it's the same?"

"Sealing is an incomplete language but also complete. These words you're reading right now are small seals. They aren't really 'words', rather, the strokes which form these words are the actual words of sealing." He actually looks up, gauging my reaction

I'm getting a bad feeling from this, but i still continue "Then why am i reading seals instead of the actual words?"

He almost looks happy at the question "Because we don't really know what they mean"

I look at him in horror at the admission, but he still continues, even happier "We just know that combining the strokes like that" He closes his book and points it at the scroll i'm reading "gives the effect which is most akin to those words. It's not even really words. It's more like circuits in a computer." He says before going back to reading

That was a week ago, and i still can't understand the 'strokes'. What i'm learning isn't even all the words, we don't know all the words.

Forbidden Knowledge

I was slowly regaining consciousness from below my duvet. And although i don't enjoy sleeping, i hate waking up even more. Why did the universe have to make sleeping such a chore? I'm definitely researching how to make yourself sleep with genjutsu later. Great idea! And music! Without even taxing my hearing, because it's all mental, i should be able to make myself hear music 24/7. It's like an Ninja MP3, only better. Yes indeed, genjutsu only seems more appealing the more i think about it, and isn't there like no way to defend against it besides an sharingan? I mean, even they aren't fool proof.

But seriously, i need a better method than 'kai' to dispel genjutsu. I'm getting pretty freaked out by my own thoughts here. A shadow clone transformed into an ear-ring, maybe? I don't know, i'll think about it later.

And although random, these thoughts brought me to the objective we have today. Shadow clones. I figured i couldn't ask my teacher about a technique i didn't know exist. So i scoured the whole of konoha library for it, and finally found it in context with the second hokage, Tobirama Senju. The reference was very short, but still held enough information.

As i got up, slowly, sloppily and blearily i pulled the duvet around me and walked into the living room. "Good morning, father" I said, and without waiting for a reply or looking at him i walked into the bathroom while throwing my duvet on the sofa with a chakra string. The door closes before i hear a muffled "Morning, Yuu".

As i clumsily brush my teeth i take a look in the mirror, staring into my own green eyes. I was apparently born with brown eyes, chakra must have changed the color, how, i don't know. Other than my green eyes, i take notice of my angular jaw, symmetrical face and high cheekbones. I've never really found high cheekbones to be attractive on a male, but everyone have different opinions. The body which i am inhabiting is ripped, overly so. There's no fat at all, but there is almost no muscles as well. I'm so extremely thin someone would think i was malnourished if not for the rippling muscles you can see under the skin. As i finish inspecting myself and spit out the toothpaste i am overcome an epiphany, there should be an jutsu for brushing teeth. There should be jutsus for all of the daily chores, why haven't they made them? Why isn't this an extra class in the academy? Or at least books which is suggested by the teacher? I can't help but feel a bit irritated that i live in a world of magic, but they haven't figured out how to brush your teeth with it yet. It's definitely on my 'to do' list.

I step into the shower quickly washing myself before walking out to greet my father, although he has probably left for work it's still a good method to see if he's here or not. There's no answer, so i quickly sit down on the sofa while opening the fridge with chakra threads. Lazy? I would say efficient. As i'm making breakfast Kakashi jumps through the still open window of my living room. "Yo" He says, and i can't help but find it a bit of an awkward greeting after you've practically invaded someones home. "Morning, teacher. Would you like some breakfast?"

"No, that fine. You ready for today?" He says while plopping down on the couch like it's his home.

"No" flatly

He splutters for a second "You're not? How could you not be?" Disbelievingly

"I don't think any eleven year old would be ready for the black ops of anbu" Broodingly

"What can i do? There's nothing else to teach you" Defensively

"There's always more to teach, my taijutsu isn't nearly good enough yet" Indignantly

Sigh "You as well as i know that there hasn't been nearly enough ninja in konoha since the kyuubi attack. We just look strong, we don't even have the uchiha clan anymore" Pleadingly

My eyes sparkle for a second but it quickly vanishes as i turn toward him and sigh "I know.. i just wish i was more prepared" A toast flies into my hands as i dejectedly eat it

Kakashi looks almost pained at my depressed manner of conduct "I wish there was something i could do, you could have gone on a genin team…" He says thoughtfully

"There actually is something you can do" I say while eating toast

He just looks at me to elaborate

"I was in the library the other day, reading about the second hokage, when i found a rather special jutsu. It's apparently able to make you an identical clone." I hold up a hand to stop his intervention "And gives you the memories of it's life after dispelling, it's rather useful for the black ops" I say the last part absently

Whatever Kakashi was going to say, he changed his mind as he slowly says "I'll have to clear it with the hokage before i teach you that one, it's quite dangerous" He says wryly "Where did you learn about it?" curiously

I blink "The library" i say

Kakashi's face is unreadable as he asks the question a bit more forcefully "Where did you learn about it?"

My eyes widens at the severity of his tone "I don't remember exactly where, i'll show you"

He just nods while i eat the last of my toast before jumping out the window, doing the hand seals on the way out and grabbing kakashi's arm before landing in front of the library. As i walk in i quickly remember the section where the book was stored and walk up to it. Kakashi right on my heels. "Sigh, you really did read about it in the library, didn't you?" He says witheringly

"My my, teacher, i thought we trusted each other by now" I say amusedly

"Right, it's an forbidden technique of konoha, that also means information about it is forbidden"

"I see" I say absently while searching for the page "Here we go" I say "Tobirama Senju, also known as the second hokage…. two greatest discoveries: The shadow clone and Reanimation…." He snatches the book out of my hands and put it to fire before i get to read more "I've already read all that, you know?" I say amusedly

Sigh "I know. Come, let's see the hokage"

To be continued

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