Hahh

Hahh ...

I'm back at the orphanage. It got quite late for me, going home was difficult.

"Hello, Daiki-kun !!" A little girl greeted me.

"Welcome home, Daiki-kun!" Another child.

"Why are you so tired?" And a boy older than me asked.

Despite my little desire to be friends with small children, I am certainly glad to be received in this way ...

In my life, this would only happen in dreams.

I sent them a tired smile along with a quick wave.

I ignored the questions about my condition, I want to shower first.

Hahh, I hope the caretakers aren't around ... more than anything Nori ...

Nori ... she cares a lot about me ...

I see her every time she sees me go out in the morning ... a worried and helpless face ... I think he wants to tell me something.

My appearance is fatal, I am full of sweat and dirt ... I smell bad.

I can hardly stand up ... the children of the orphanage look at me curiously, it is the first time they have seen me so ... so like this. My workouts from my point of view were already intense, but now with Gai ... I realized that they are nothing in comparison.

In my past life, I rarely tried to exercise, so what I was doing seemed like enough. I was very conformist ... I have to try harder ...

"Ohhhh, what happened to you, Daiki-kun ?!" Shit, they found me out.

"N-nothing, Aiko-san" I tried to show her a reassuring smile, but my appearance is terrible ...

Aiko is an old woman, more than 60 years old, she is the superior of all the caregivers of this orphanage and the oldest.

She is in charge of bringing new children without family, she is a really good old woman.

She lost her husband and son in the third ninja world war, it seems that in this orphanage all the caregivers lost a relative in the war or in Kurama's attack ... really sad.

"Aiko-san, could you prepare the shower? I want to take a bath ..." hahh ... I need a bath ... my body is very dirty and tired.

She sent me a worried look, but she nodded.

It was my first day of training and I ended up in bad shape. ...

A fleeting thought of surrender crossed my mind ... I really am stupid.

I have to continue, I'm not going to give up.

I have to be better in this life.

Yes, my best version.

I was encouraged despite all the physical and mental fatigue. I'm in the living room, near the main table, where we eat, I'm waiting for Aiko to tell me about the bathroom.

"Daiki-kun? !!!"

Oh shit.

Nori ...

I could see how her eyebrows rose in surprise when she saw me.

I raised my hand in greeting, but I had a slight cramp ... bad luck of mine.

"H-hi, I just got here!" I tried to say hello to her, she ignored me.

"W-what happened to you? !!" She approached me with speed.

She touched my little body, noticing that there was nothing wrong with it.

I don't even know how I endured all the training.

"Hahh, it's nothing, Nori-san. It was just training ..." I tried to calm her down, to no avail.

Her body tensed, she bit her lower lip helplessly. What happens?

"You're bad, Daiki-kun, full of dirt and sweat" she kept looking at me, "it seems you can't even stand up ..." she leaned down to get a better look at me.

I hadn't realized it, but my legs are shaking ...

"It was just training, I have to be strong to be a great ninja" I said while making my right arm muscles show off, a childish response to ease the tension. I don't normally say childish things, but I think this is a good time.

Or so I thought.

"Ninja ..." her face ... her face went through many expressions until it reached a face that she had never shown me before.

Shit, I think I blew it ...

Her body became more tense, I could see how she clenched her fists, she closed her mouth and lowered her head ...

"W-what's up, Nori-san" what the fuck is going on? Try to grab his shoulders ...

~ Plash ~

She slapped me ...

"W-what ...?" My eyes went wide, my body got hard ... h-hurts ... it's the first time she's hit me ...

"W-why ...?" I could see it, her eyes were turning red and puffy. Tears rolled down her cheeks, in turn I could see that her fists were still clenched. Why the fuck is this happening?

My eyes were still open, but I was also worried. I don't like her crying. My face dropped, my lips dropped, I didn't want to see her like this.

I lowered my head.

"You are not going to be a ninja!" She finally she spoke.

"W-why ...?" I still didn't look at her, I don't want to see her like that.

"NO!" she interrupted me and grabbed my arms ... h-hurts ...

"Y-you ... YOU'RE GOING TO END UP LIKE YOUR PARENTS!" M-my parents?

Now I realize.

I never asked myself the question of what had happened to my parents in this world.

They were ninjas?

"Y-your parents died for being ninjas!" Her tears increased. My surprise grew bigger. Although I never met them, I felt an emptiness in me when she mentioned them.

"D-did you meet my parents ...?" Her grip stopped, I finally deigned to see her, her face is red ... her body trembles.

"Yes ..." she ... looks so weak and fragile ... as if at any moment she could no longer speak ...

"Your parents were like ... parents to me. When I was left alone they were the ones who raised me ..." Her grip loosened and she fell to the floor, as if she had lost her strength.

They were ... good ...?

The floor is stained with her tears.

I feel a pain in my chest, seeing her like this hurts me.

"D-don't cry ... please." My body is very tense, shit.

"N-nori ..." I clenched my fists.

"D-daiki-kun ... please don't be a ninja!" She, from the floor she begged me, her face was fatal.

Red cheeks, red and puffy eyes ... Nori ...

"I-I don't want ... I don't want to lose you ..." she clung to me, lowered her head and begged.

"D-daiki-kun ... you are someone smart ... you could be a great merchant ... t-there are many things that ... that you could b-be" She raised her head and looked at me with puppy eyes.

"I can't, Nori-san, I need to get stronger" my eyes are closed, I hugged her.

I could feel her breath shaking, her tears falling on my shoulders ...

"W-why ?! W-we're in peacetime ..." the force of the hug intensified.

"I have to be prepared, Nori-san ..." my tone is low. To calm her, I stroked her back.

"P-please ..." that was the last thing she said and fell into tears.

She will have realized that I am not going to give in. Now that I have people I love, I have to try even harder.

In a world like this, without having a good bloodline, crazy eyes, or being the protagonist, I can't hang around.