Tenten's house(Edited).

Currently, I am sitting in front of Tenten's mom; to be honest, I feel a bit nervous because it seems like I am the daughter's boyfriend who comes to visit the mother-in-law.

"Oh, you're the kid from last time." I didn't think you had become friends with Tenten; because of the incident, I thought it wouldn't happen, but I'm happy that she accepted Tenten. I was starting to worry because, generally, she doesn't play with other kids.

Ah, about that incident that happened, don't worry, it happened a long time ago, it even healed, look.

While I say that, I lift my shirt to show my abdomen where there is a scar from a vertical cut where my six-pack will soon be (hopefully).

She looks for a moment and says:

"Too bad it will leave an ugly scar."

"Ohh, it's not that ugly, maybe when it grows up it'll make me look fierce," I say, starting to panic a bit when I see her worried about me.

She looks at me and says, surprised.

"You sound like a young person when you speak."

Fortunately, Yuu didn't realize that she was referring to the obsession of young people with looking tough.

"Well, mentally I am; I should be about 23."

She seems to think of something and tells me.

"It's time to eat; how about we go to lunch?"

Before I can say anything, she gets up and leads me to the kitchen.

Here I realize where Tenten got that attitude from.

Oh well, I go where she leads me and I see a simple Chinese-style table with Tenten and her mother placing dishes with Chinese-style food (more correctly Japanese).

"Sit there."

I'm going where you point.

He mentioned that there are no chairs, so I sit on the floor and immediately see Tenten's father walk through the door; he directs his gaze towards me.

Hello.

It seems that he is not very communicative, and here I understand the reason why his daughter won't make friends: she must have copied his uncommunicative attitude.

I wonder how he managed to win over his wife.

Everyone sits at the table, no one speaks, and we start eating; no one speaks, which wasn't a problem since I'm used to eating alone, although it still feels a bit uncomfortable.

We finished eating and, after some exchanges of words, Tenten takes me to play.

-Salto temporal-

Two years have passed.

I am already 7 years old and I estimate that I have reached a height of 1.19 cm. My body is already starting to show muscle [1], but maintaining my slender physique. I have already learned how to use chakra and I'm not very good at it, maybe because I lack years of experience. Well, it was to be expected; it's not like I come from a family with a long heritage in the ninja arts, but I don't lose hope.

Or maybe it's because I only pay more attention to my body practice and that's why I'm doing terribly in ninjutsu, but I don't regret it.

One interesting thing that has happened during this time is that I feel my temper has become a little, just a little more irritable. I don't know when it happened; maybe it was the time I remembered some more memories, in which I recalled something very important.

Because I didn't remember much and was living in peace, I didn't notice the ninja's cruelty.

Yes, in my memories, there was only the general plot, very superficial, without enough details.

Because I remembered these things, honestly, I was struck by how easily people can lose everything, especially the weak.

In the time that followed, I noticed that my training was improving more slowly. At first, I didn't notice it, but after some time it became evident, perhaps due to the frustration I was starting to feel. Inside me, what I could describe as an impulse also appeared; I suspect that because of this, I became irritable. I felt a bit dissatisfied, as if another person inside me were whispering: "Fight," "Show your dominance," "Subdue," "Make your rules." Things like this happen to me sometimes around a person, but luckily they are things I can ignore; at most they annoy me, but I can ignore them.

Currently, I am going to the park with Tenten; because we entered the ninja academy, we can't be there in the afternoons, only after the weekend.

As we headed to the park, I saw a girl with blonde hair behind a tree; I could see that she had a longing look watching the children playing in the park with happy expressions on their faces.

Looking at her like that, I recognize by that face and those whiskers on her cheek that she is Naruko. Several thoughts come to my mind; among them, what I can remember about how Naruto spent his childhood in the original work. It's simply unfair and lonely.

People simply treat him like a monster even though Naruto is not to blame for anything; he never did anything to anyone.

Even the children don't know why they treat him that way, but they do it anyway.

That just makes me angry; Naruto was the sacrifice so that the Kyubi could be sealed.

It's simply sad; what a child should do is play, make friends, and have fun.

Sigh.

Knowing this, I simply cannot go unnoticed like everyone else; such a small child should not suffer this treatment.

I deviate from my path to head towards Naraku; as I make my way there, Tenten, behind me, sees that I am heading in another direction.

"Hey, Yuu, the road isn't that way."

"I know"

"And why are we going this way then?"

"Well, it's just that I'm going to invite that girl over there."

Tenten looks at the girl I mentioned and shows a surprised face.

1: Don't imagine a buff guy, he's still a kid; in fact, this is according to his own perception.