Chapter 1: The start of a money grubbing life.

Night

Unknown Forest.

In the forest's surroundings there was a small stream, at whose side lay a child who was wearing luxurious clothes. This child looked to be 5 years in age with pale skin and black hair, a strange tuft of red attempting to descend down the front almost like a small stream of bright coloured blood.

All in all, he was a strange sight contrasting with the natural environment.

At this time the right hand of this youth slowly moved few times, he slowly opened his eyes and with a puzzled expression he looked around.

Leaves slowly danced in the breeze as one descended right on his nose causing it to twitch, thereby waking this person up.

A pair of eyes slowly opened and gained clarity.

As soon as the mind regained consciousness, "Where am I?" "How hard did I get hit?"

Hearing no response, then...

"Is the person still around?" were the first questions that came to him. At first he tried looking around, to see if he could recognise something.

Although it was night-time, light from the full moon peeked through the trees.

His onyx eyes taking in the view of the densely packed forest, sounds of bugs buzzing around and swaying of the branches from the wind dislodging a few leaves and flower petals, moonlight peeked through the trees.

This was the same pattern as any other night.

Carefully searching for company, he found no one.

Even all attempts to remember how he got into this situation proved worthless.

'It's there, but something's keeping it out of reach. All I can gather is... RED. A whole lot of RED... RED flowed from the sky, painting everything in its eerily lustrous colour. The Moon glowed an inky RE-....

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"Liar..." The word escaped his mouth unbidden.

*Click*

'And it's gone again...' The thoughts somehow ejected themselves. Almost physically. It left him stupefied and with a headache in its wake.

And then came the thirst...

The overwhelming, headache-enhancing thirst.

Almost overcome with such a craving for water, and having somehow along the way noted the flowing stream in front of him, he moved to get up.

Shambling to his feet and moving towards it.

Fish glinted within as they passed by. Reflecting the gentle moonlight through the water.

He noted the clarity of the flowing water and decided that it was safe enough to drink, having been prepared for some level of pollution, this was a welcome change.

Kneeling on the riverbank and leaning downwards in order to wash his hands and take a scoop.

During the second helping of river water, he took note of an abnormality.

Taking a look the reflection of himself in the water, his jaw dropped.

"They are beautiful..."

Not himself of course but rather the reflection of his eyes on the water.

They were a pair of scarlet eyes that just seemed to glow, inside of each was an inverted [Magatama].

Being a huge anime fan, he could recognise those eyes anywhere.

"These are...….. [Sharingan]!"

But then,

A feeling of sudden weakness and exhaustion overwhelmed him.

He managed to observe the scarlet eyes returning to their default Onyx hue right before collapsing in a heap on the riverbank.

*Thud*

He then managed to roll over on his back staring at the full moon peeking through the roofed trees.

In a moment, he knew what happened.

"Chakra exhaustion huh?" He mumbled recalling details from the anime he mentioned that he had watched a while ago.

Carefully avoiding delving into the path of thought that he knew would get him mind wiped again, he queried himself once more.

'Where am I? And why can't I recall anything that happened before this point? I seem to be able to recall "hobbies" like my chronic anime addiction but you'd expect that I would at least remember my own name.'

As if answering his question, a holographic screen suddenly flashed into existence:

*Blink*

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Name: Raito Uchiha

Age: 5

Rank: Civilian, Uchiha Clan Member

Title: Lost little leaf

<Ninjutsu >

<Taijutsu >

<Tools >

<Summoning >

<Kekkei Genkai>

[Samsara]{Locked}

Money: 1000 Ryo

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'What's this?' he wondered.

Another memory came to the rescue.

"Oh...

So it's like a game menu." he thought before moving on.

It read

'[Name], [Age], [Rank], [Title], and [Store]. No [Skills] or [Levels]. That's a bit inconvenient...

"Lost little leaf" huh? name is...'

"Raito... I can work with that." he said accepting the new name.

Already feeling a bit better now, he then turned his attention back towards more pressing matters.

The first two options covered all Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, forbidden, and hidden Justu from the Naruto world.

There weren't any requirements other than having the strength and chakra reserves it can be learned at any time.

The Justu (Ninjutsu/Genjutsu) are sold as scrolls that can then be learned from at leisure.

The Taijutsu though looking through the explanation.

Seems to require a "Physical Teacher".

Though, this doesn't seem to be an issue:

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<Taijutsu [Gentle Fist]>: A scroll containing a Shadow Clone instructed to teach the corresponding Kata.

[Note]: Clone will dispel at the end of each session. After which scroll must be bought again.

{5000 Ryo}

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Next were the [Tools] which contained all sorts of things.

There were thousands of items and tools such essential to Shinobi such as: Painkillers, Soldier Pills, Food Pills, Bento and Rations, Shuriken, Paper Bombs and so on.

All also sealed in scrolls.

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[Kunai Pack] (10 units) {100 Ryo}

[Shuriken Pack] (50 Units) {100 Ryo}

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The next part [Summoning] includes prices for [Summoning Contracts]

The only things that were missing were the [Bijuu] (Tailed Beasts).

But then again, He noticed the last option [Samsara] was the only part that was inaccessible.

"It seems like I have to fulfil some conditions before I delve into this department." He decided.

'True. You don't give transcendent abilities to irresponsible people.' He thought.

And lastly Kekkei Genkai was a strange case.

"A direct genetic modification? how does it work?"

The restrictions were insane, but understandable at the same time.

All Kekkei Genkai cannot be in the same body at the same time.

Sometimes it seemed you either had to choose one or the other.

For example.

Raito is an [Uchiha].

It would be impossible to become a [Hyuga] gain the [Byakugan] since that is a "Dojutsu bearing Bloodline".

"You cannot not have both at once, Unless..." Raito mumbled to himself while considering different [Justu] known to him from the anime. One had already come to mind.

"No matter. Still far to early to ponder on this issue. I haven't even confirmed where I am.

Then there's the urgent need for training. Overpowered Bloodline or not there is only so far genes could take you."

But still.

All in all, the system was very straightforward. However, there was one issue:

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Sword: Samehada {900,000 Ryo}

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"These exorbitant prices..." Raito mumbles while looking at his clothes.

The only thing of material value he had at the moment.

Dark blue shirt with a red and white fan symbol on the back representing the [Clan], White shorts, dark blue shinobi sandals.

Good quality and overall pleasing to the eyes.

"Not like I can sell my clothes..."

"Well... First thing's first. [Chakra]. I better start practicing."

And so he began his journey by climbing a thick tree, finding a wide limb and sitting down crossed legged and starting to meditate.

This gave him some much needed practice while at the same time to passing the night productively.

He had decided to start the travelling at dawn.

Although he wasn't really tired, traveling through a forest during nighttime seemed like a fools errand.

'Especially when you're unable to protect yourself properly.'

No he would rather spend the night in an alert state.

"This is a chance to practice a skill that all competent Shinobi need. [Meditation].

Relaxed but not asleep. Finding my [Chakra] is the starting point."

"Let's see what I can gain before daylight." Raito then rests his back against the trunk, closing his eyes while searching inwards.

He quickly finds what he's looking for and begins to slowly circulate it. Refining control.

'"Chakra's" just the first step.

To truly get anywhere, I need some Ryo...

Come to think of it, had there ever been a truly "Wealthy ninja?".

Why are ninja always so dirt poor?'

Meditating, these thoughts past through his mind.

"Truly, a ninja's worst enemy is [Poverty]."