"My first Reincarnation Narrative. Let's narrate his story."
In a village hidden within a sea of trees, a certain couple is rejoicing the birth of their second baby.
"UARRHRGAJREGGS...." The mother cried out.
"Ow ow, dear. You don't need to pull that hard!" The father was right beside her, providing as much comfort as he could provide. Unfortunately for him, that comfort ended up being something for the wife to grab onto, as his hair is being pulled.
After a few minutes of struggling, the woman was finally able to push the child out from her.
"Congratulations, ma'am, It's a boy."
"Yes!" The father celebrated. As their previous child was a girl, he wanted at least one son.
The nurses immediately cleaned the boy, and handed him off for his parents to admire.
"Sumihiko...that's your name." The mother announced.
Meanwhile...
'What the fuck! I can't see anything! And what are those gargled sounds?!'
The newly reincarnated Earthling was having trouble acclimating to his new, infant body. Usually, a baby wouldn't be aware of the world around them, but due to his wish, his brain capacity was nearly identical to that of his previous one.
But even though he had an advanced brain for an infant, his senses were still undeveloped. Meaning he couldn't see, nor hear very well.
'I should've asked him where and when I'd be reincarnated. Am I gonna have to live like this until I develop my senses?'
Sumihiko was having an epiphany, more specifically, regret at wishing for such advanced intellect at such a yound age.
'Wait, I still have that one wish!'
With the power of that wish, he could certainly obtain his senses now, or speed up time to a few years. All he needs to do is call out to 'that' god.
'I just need to call out to him. The keyword was 'chimera' right? Here goes nothing.'
"Cii-me-la."
"Did... little Sumihiko just say something?" His father asked.
"You're hearing things, he was born just a few minutes ago." The mother retorted.
"Yeah, you're right, dear."
This interaction was lost on Sumihiko, as he doesn't have the senses necessary to take in the information.
'Where is he? Where is that genie bastard?!' He panicked a little bit. As his pronunciation of 'chimera' wasn't entirely clear, he worried that he couldn't contact him.
"Calm your tits, mate. No need for you to be super clear. God hears all, you know? So, making your wish so soon, eh?"
'Maybe, but not so fast. That one wish is my lifeline, I don't to waste it yet.'
"So why have you called me so soon after your birth?"
'I have a question that I forgot to ask you before. Where did you reincarnate me, and when?'
"You're in Naruto."
'Eh...The anime show?'
"The only one. More specifically, 1 year after Naruto's birth."
'Wait, wait. I thought I was gonna be reincarnated on Earth, not a fictitious world.'
"That's why I said it's like in those fanfictions. But that reference was lost on the you who hadn't read a single one."
Like that, I answered any lingering questions Sumihiko had about his time on Earth. If there was meaning to life, if he was above average, or if any of the religions were correct.
He was going to be stuck in this infants body for at least a year. Not being able to do anything during that time would be torturous for any who are used to activities.
And during that time, I decided I would keep him company. That was least I could do as the one who forcibly dragged him into one of my narratives.
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"Chakra, a substance native to lifeforms on some planets. Due to it being the component to create Chakra Fruit, the Ōtsutsuki Clan travel from planet to planet to absorb all the chakra on them in order to create the fruit to consume.
It is essential to even the most basic ninjutsus. Through various methods, chakra can be controlled and manipulated to create phenomenal effects, such as walking on water, exhaling fire, or creating illusions.
Chakra is created when two more primal energies, known collectively as one's "stamina", are moulded together. Physical energy is collected from each of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual energy is derived from the mind's consciousness and can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience. These two energies becoming more powerful will in turn make the created chakra more powerful.
Because chakra takes time and a great deal of training to gradually build up, the key to its use is not actually having large amounts of chakra but instead being able to sufficiently control and conserve it. This is called chakra control."
"And that's why you've been running head first into that tree for the past hour?" Asked Sumihiko's older sister.
"I'm not 'running head first', I'm concentrating chakra into my heels so that my feet will stick the bark of the tree. Allowing me to walk on it, as if gravity was inverted."
"Sure...make sure you don't hurt yourself playing, or else mom will get mad at me," She said before leaving.
"(Stupid sister, ignorant of what Ninjutsu is.)"
Sumihiko was now 6 years old and was better at chakra manipulation than the current Sasuke Uchiha.
Because he didn't have much to do during his infant years, Sumihiko did two things during that time. He would talk to me about various conditions, and train his chakra control.
He spent most of his time since his birth to sense chakra within himself, and achieved doing so when he reached 1 year old. And managed to control it 6 months after discovering he had chakra.
He would try to spin it into a tight spiral in both left and right directions to figure out which way worked best for him.
After being able to walk around, he would pick up falled leaves and practice with the Leaf Concentration. After 8 months of practising, he found that he was able to keep the leaf stuck to his forehead without him having to concentrate too hard on it.
After mastering one chakra exercise, he decided to move on to the Tree Climbing practice, and eventually Water Surface Walking.
He had hoped to master all of them before he would enter the Ninja Academy, as doing so would grant him an overwhelming advantage against most of the students.
"Alright, let's try this again."
'Focus your chakra on the soles of your feet, imagine them moving a spiral form on your heels,' Sumihiko placed one of his feet up the bark of the tree, 'focus a stream of chakra to adhere to the surface and...' he raised his other feet up the bark.
THUMP
"UGH─!"
But unfortunately, no luck.
"DAMMIT STUPID ***** ***** TREE."
Although his form was impeccable, Sumihiko didn't have enough chakra for his feet to stick onto the surface of the tree. While he had plenty of Spiritual Energy from his concentration practises and his advanced mental age, he was lacking Physical Energy due to his body still being that of a toddler. Not having enough to properly create a welfare of chakra.
"Sumihiko! Are you training again?"
A women that looks to be in her late 30', arrived at the park which Sumihiko was training in.
"Of course not, Mama! I was just─uh─playing?"
Seeing the dust covering the child's face, Sumihiko's mother, can immediately see the deception through her son's teeth.
"Oho, is your son also aiming to be a shinobi?"
"Unfortunately, yes. The same is true for little Ten-chan, isn't it?"
Sumihiko looked to the women who his mother was talking to. He looked down to the little girl holding the women's hand.
A girl of about his age, with two Chinese-style buns on her head.
"Yes, although, she's more aiming to be a Medical-Nin. Lady Tsunade seems to be her inspiration..."
Sumihiko's mother called out to him. Having been done with her shopping at the market, he and his sister walked back home, with an unexpected guest in tow.
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When they had arrived at Sumihiko's residence, the mother and child came over for the two mothers to chat. Due to both being a kunoichi, they were apart of the Allied Mothers Force.
"Su-chan, you should go talk to Ten-chan out back. Since you have alot in common, with wanting to be shinobis(/kunoichi)"
Usually, Sumihiko, with his hermit turtle personality, wouldn't bother to make friends with unnecessary 'mobs' and would rather train chakra control, but he didn't believe her to be someone unimportant.
"M'kay."
"Come one, go play with Su-chan," The girl's mother said.
Sumihiko sat down on the varanda, with the girl sitting at a comfortable distance relative to him.
'Alright, you just need to say 'Hello', that's all you need to do, you awkward coward. It's not like in the past, you're both just a toddler now, just say 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.'
"Um, hel~lo…𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘮…I heard you wanted to be a Medical-Nin."
"𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘩…!" The girl let out a small chuckle.
His 'hello' came out in a cracked voice, intentionally so, in hopes of projecting a cute and clumsy persona, and in his eyes, it seemed to cause the impact he had hoped.
"I do want to be a kunoichi, but what's a medical-nin?" The girl asked.
"Hmm? But your mother said that your dream was to be a medical-nin?" Sumihiko asked in wonder.
"No, I never told her that! I said that I wanted to be like Lady Tsunade!" The girl had declared.
"I see! Who… is Lady Tsunade?"
"You don't know?"
He knew. Sumihiko knew not only Tsunade Senju's traumatic past, her legacy, her skills, her bust measurements, and even her future, he knew those things from his experiences of watching Naruto.
'This girl seems to admire Tsunade, so there must be something that she could want to brag about, maybe it's her perceived knowledge on the character? Whatevers it is, if I want to make friends with her, with anyone, I need to make them feel comfortable around me, and one way to do that is to give them opportunities to make them feel smart.'
Because he planned to give her lectures on Ninjutsu, and also explain what a medical-nin is, he can't not make her feel like she knows less than he does.
A core principal of friendship is a feeling of equal standing, that neither you or your buddy is above one another. By giving this girl ample opportunities to brag about her knowledge, and acting like that's a big deal, he can more assure her that he is *not* above her in any means.
"... she's the greatest doctor, while also being one of the Legendary Sannins!"
"Wow, you sure know alot! This Lady Tsunade seems pretty amazing!"
"Hehe, of course! And one day I'm going to become a shinobi just as great as her!" The girl declared proudly.
'Look at the audacity of this girl. I guess it's better to aim high, rather than not at all.'
"That's amazing! Can you do Ninjutsu?" Sumihiko asked.
"Nin…shu, what's that?"
The girl, despite having such high aspirations, didn't even know one of the most basic skills as a ninja.
'That's fine, it's not like Ninjutsu is taught to everybody.'
"Ninjutsu is an art that manipulates your own chakra to induce phenomenons."
Sumihiko looked at the girl, seeing her confused expression.
"Here, let me show you."
Sumihiko walked up to a tree near where they were sitting, he placed one of his feet up the bark of the tree, focusing a stream chakra on the soles of his feet, moving a spiral form on his heels; and with a breath, he raised his other feet up the bark.