Wanted to try my hand at a Naruto reincarnation OC fic. It's not meant to seriously follow the timeline but I will try to get down the major events. Anything that is different from cannon is not my problem, just that the story will be different.
July 17, 2017- Finished. February 26, 2019- Edited.
July 24, 2017- Edited.
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It was odd waking up in an orphanage The ceiling was an old wooden structure along with the rest of the building while light filtered from the window as sunrise was barely starting across the rooftops.
It was even odder waking up to the odd pleasant buzzing sensation of I don't know where I am or who I was. It was almost europhic if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't know what's going on, but I didn't feel scared though, so I should be okay then.
The buzzing sensation didn't go away leaving me in the pleasant haze while sitting up in the bed I was in, I took in the surrounds of the plain bedroom that held two beds that included the one I was in. The books on the other bed were written in a foreign language but I could easily filter them into Basics of Chakra and History of the Hidden Leaf Village.
I immediately got up and left with the feeling of foreign disinterest after seeing them.
I frowned at the sudden action I took seeing I was interested but my body went to autopilot leading me down some old wooden stairs. I didn't really mind seeing I was curious in where I am.
"Ah! Yuu-chan! Good morning!" A cheery blonde greeted me. "I'm surprised that you woke up so early! Did you wake up so early to see big brother off on his first day so you can have me all to yourself?"
I tensed when he hugged me and the words 'Who the fuck are you?' were at the tip of my tongue. "Get off." I said harshly instead and I was more surprised at the language I was speaking and hearing fluidly.
And just then I had flashes of this Minato race across my mind.
"How cruel! But don't worry, nii-san won't tell that you did this for me!"
"I didn't even know that you were leaving in the first place." I retorted back.
I didn't even know who you were.
Minato just pouted. "You're so mean! What kind of a four year old won't miss their nii-chan?"
Four year old?
"I am, just because we live in the same room doesn't mean I'll miss you."
"So cold, Yuu-chan! H-hey, where are you going?"
I walked out of the room following the muscles in my legs. "Out."
"E-eh? But the matron will scold you for going out again!"
A flash of a middle-aged woman flashed in my mind. "Don't care."
Going outside didn't help my confusion. This village was beautiful but it was so foreign despite my memories showing and telling me. Even then I see the illusion of cold towering stone builds in the place of the wooden ones.
It was like I was in a dream, that hazy fog in my mind hadn't lifted yet and suddenly everything was fake and wrong. The air was too clean, I felt weak compare to whatever I was before, and I felt healthy to where those itches that lingered in my mind were mere phantoms.
And my name wasn't Torito Yuu, or I don't think it is seeing that I can't remember what my real name could've been, and I was definitely not four years old. I had a coherent thought process and I'm pretty sure four year olds didn't know the basics of math, reading, writing, let alone even comprehend words meaningfully at their age.
But staring down into my reflection into this river was proving me otherwise.
I was tiny, my eyes were big from being a kid and who the fuck dyes a kid's hair indigo? Not that I don't mind the colour but it was strange and I'm pretty sure having indigo eyes were strange too.
I was an artist, everybody always commented how amazed they were on how I can name and see colours easily.
"Paint another flower, -!"
"Making money in both day and night jobs, I'm kind of jealous."
Memories flashed but held little meaning to me, those memories are hazy at best but I know that they were important seeing that Yuu and whoever I was before were different people. I know that because Yuu's not an artist, he's not familiar with the academic knowledge that even the matron probably wasn't familiar with, and he definitely knows that he's not twenty-eight years old with a bird that was too smart to be normal.
Yuu wasn't -.
I wasn't - anymore.
I frowned at the blank spaces in my mind trying to search out the name I used before. Trying to figure out who I was.
"Yuu!"
I snapped out of my thoughts hearing the familiar but not so familiar blonde. "What?"
"Still so mean!" Minato pouted. "C'mon! Let's eat!" The older boy pulled a little box containing food in it. "I know you don't like to be around the other kids so I brought breakfast to us! The matron was upset you going out again but just told me to make sure you eat."
"I know people are shit, but eat dammit!"
I looked down to the presented food and memories of faceless people doing the same appeared because I couldn't be bothered to cook with being so engrossed in my work. The action brought back the pleasant buzz within me.
"Thanks."
And that elicited a big grin from Minato. "It's no problem! And I like eating out here with you anyways."
"Why? There're other kids here that'll be happier to talk to you than me." I took a bite of some of the rice.
Minato swallowed. "Didn't I tell you before? You're fun to talk to and your different!"
"I'm four years old." I deadpanned. "What kind of a six year old likes to hang out with a four year old?"
"What kind of four year old can out talk an adult?" Minato snarked back. "I've seen you out talk a ninja too!"
Ninja? "When was this?"
"And of course you don't remember." Minato sighed. "Please don't do anything dangerous when I'm gone to the Academy."
"I should be say that to you, you'll be three years younger than everybody else if I remember correctly." Do I really?
"You do care!" And I tensed again feeling him hug me tightly. "Don't worry, my little kohai! I'll be fine! There're other kids that are going at my age, and once you enter the Academy as well I'll be guiding you every step of the way!"
I pushed him off. "And why would I go to a place where they encourage kids to stab each other?" Wait, what?!
"But- but! You have to go! Even that ninja you snarked at said you'd be wasting your potential in the civilian world!" Minato flailed. "And I fear for the civilians too."
Another memory of a lazy looking, sleepy ninja that oozed bristling danger in the surrounding shadows came to the forefront of my mind. That conversation was vague to me but it does shed light to Minato's words.
I need time to think for myself.
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It wasn't hard to be alone, certainly wasn't hard in getting out of the depressing place that is the orphanage after Minato left the premises.
I wandered the village leisurely not too worried about these memories that were fading in and out constantly. It took too much effort when it really changes nothing in the end, especially when I don't even fully remember them.
I'll let them come and process them wen they do, it was the only thing I could do for now.
I was Torito Yuu right now and that's what I was to everyone else, the other person seems to be gone anyways.
"Ah, Torito-kun?"
I looked up to a petite aging women, she was like the other citizens of Konoha with brown hair and eyes. "Yes?"
"That kind shinobi over there said this was a treat for being nice to him." She said with a smile handing me a box. "Such a good boy!"
I looked over from the dirt street to where she was pointing seeing the sleepy ninja again inside a store with others like him. "Can I come in?" I looked up.
"Of course! It's not everyday I get to meet such a polite boy!" She led me inside the little tea shop and towards the secluded lounging, dangerous ninja. "Now be good!" And she promptly left.
I swiftly dropped the box onto their table once she was out of ear shot. "I don't want it."
"Wow, he's direct." A platinum blonde commented.
The lazy ninja just sighed. "You didn't even open it, it's full of cookies and other sweets."
"I don't like sweets." Or at least I don't think so, the feeling of disgust just cemented my thought though. "And this is a poor bribe."
The same blonde snorted. "I see why you want to recruit this brat specifically, you have my vote."
I frowned. "What are you talking about?"
"The Academy you little brat." The lethargic ninja said. "You know, the one your big brother Minato probably went to today? I want you to go next year."
"Why? What benefit do you get for me learning how to stab other children?" I asked and a younger but white-haired, dog smelling ninja across from them snickered.
"Isn't he a serious one? Don't worry, little birdy, you'll be learning how to read, write, and some math and history. If you fail out, it'll count towards a civilian life."
"I already know how to do that." I said uncaringly.
The platinum blonde spoke again. "How about learning how to make illusions? Or spit fire or water? Climbing trees and sticking to them like you have glue on your feet?"
I blinked. "What?" Impossible.
Now the shadows around the lazy ninja shifted, almost as if it was excited making me wary. "Oh, I didn't mentioned any of those when I was explaining the Academy, did I?"
I was annoyed at his not so hidden, smug tone. "No, I guess it's your fault for assuming everybody knew what ninjas did just because this is a ninja village. But I'll say sorry anyways for being an ignorant, four year old."
"I like him!" The blonde stated with a broad grin. "You definitely have to join our ranks! Please? My son is just two years older but he'll definitely help you!"
I took a step back when his face go close and started leaving. "No."
"H-hey!"
I still need time to figure out what's going on to choose something like that. I won't lie and say that being a ninja doesn't interest me but I'm not saying that to that lazy, smug prick.
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"He's definitely different."
"He's troublesome."
Yamanaka Inoyaku just grinned. "I like him a lot!"
Nara Shikashi just groaned. "It's like one of my clan members decided to grow a serious attitude with him."
"Torito Yuu was a child that was abandoned at the orphanage since birth but his heritage is unknown." Inoyaku started to count off. "But shows a level of intelligence that was advancing faster than the matron can track. He's also bit of a free spirit from how he tends to wonder off freely without a care, your report also included that he might have an Yin imbalance too?"
Shikashi just shrugged. "Besides needing to build up his Yang chakra if he ever wants to be a Ninjustu specialist, it's not really a big deal. Just thought to put it there when he does decide to go to the Academy."
"Yuu-chan doesn't seem like the type to work well with others though." Hatake Sakumo inputted.
"The brat gets along with that Minato-brat well enough." The Nara said. "If he can deal with that then he'll be fine."
"Why are you so interested in recruiting the kid anyways?" Inoyaku complained. "It seems too much work for even you."
Shikashi just sighed again. "It's not like I want to do it but you all know that this armistice treaty is not going to last and the Hokage knows that. I got stuck on sniffing out little truffles that'll survive the next generation of war."
His friends grimaced and nodded. "The Niidaime doesn't have hope for the future, huh?"
"I think we all can see another war coming, I'm just ensuring that the kids I pick will live past it than just be cannon fodder."
"I think we should take this to the bar next door." Sakumo suggested and they all left the empty tea shop.
"Here, here." Inoyaku cheered but it was muted. "Let's talk about something else too."
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It was interesting learning about chakra and its uses. Hearing the tree climbing thing from the platinum blonde definitely caught my ear and I wanted to have a go at it.
Minato was especially was helpful in demonstrating how his chakra was preventing a leaf from falling off his body. Showing off to the kids entertained them for a long while.
It was like magic!
I even felt his hand when he was doing the exercise and it was an odd sensation of watery air that flowed, buzzed, tingled, and gave off a heat that felt cool. I wanted to do something like that and I wasn't waiting until the Academy that was going at a painful pace.
I only know that because I always see Minato studying different things every week while the book mark in his textbook was still in the same place.
So I cracked open Minato's books and learned and practiced.
The practicing bit was frustrating and painful.
Trying to recreate that sensation I felt with Minato felt wrong with me. It felt like I was trying to push out a rock through a tiny pipe and I ended up dizzying myself horribly.
I can feel it but it was like it has a mind of its own, always breeze through my senses easily but slipping pass my grasp and then it becomes an immovable rock when it does feel trapped in my hold.
I hate the fact that this power that I have was as stubborn as I am.
The pass few weeks that I've woken up from that first morning, I've also learned a lot more about myself. Apparently I was as sociable as I was now with how everybody in the orphanage was more than willing to leave me alone. Well, Minato excluded.
The matron would give less of a damn if she didn't have to report about me to the ninjas. Naturally, I do give her a hard time by not caring about it and just go about my day. I didn't feel like being the tail end of whatever plan that people I don't know has cooked up.
And I've been sifting through the memories to try and figure out who I was before Torito Yuu. The constant ghost images that appear as something familiar or similar that are around make me lost in thought just trying to figure out what it was. Like every time I look at the Hokage's Tower, an even taller tower with thousands of windows replaces it and the word 'Skyscraper' accompanies it.
It's a fucking sky scraper alright but what in the world does anybody need a building that big for? Someone is compensating for something or has way too much time and money.
And another thing that gets me is that every time I see that old kunai Minato has, a sleek simple designed, yet complicated piece of weaponry is sitting in my hands with a loud crack of thunder. A gun.
Minato was amazed that I could aim a kunai better than him after showing me how, but the lingering taste of metal and smell of gunpowder gave me a blood rush after it leaves my hand. I wanted to purr at the satisfying hit of the bullseye as the blade sunk into it.
I was a hunter, not of beast but of guilty man.
"And another one down! C'mon -! You're lagging behind!"
It honestly scared me that I saw that paper target shaped like a human one, an Ivan, but it was hard to stay scared when those ninjas in the trees were far more dangerous than a little four year old with an old kunai.
Honestly, I can catch their off coloured clothes and hair from those trees a mile away. Just because I'm not drawing or painting in this life doesn't mean I didn't lose my ability to see colour. I'm not a dog.
Other than that, chakra control still sucks and my hair was still indigo.
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"You want me to what?"
Minato just increased his pathetic look. "Please? It's been so long since you and I had fun together that wasn't training and you'll meet my classmates too!"
"You want me to go to the park with a bunch of snot-nosed brats you met at the Academy." I deadpanned and his grip on my waist just increased.
"Please? They want to meet you too! I talk about you a lot you know!" Minato grinned at me.
I just frowned. "But why?"
"Why? Because you're my cute little brother!"
"No! Not that! Why do you insist on clinging to me?" I said frustrated. "I don't exactly reciprocate your feelings you know, in fact, I'm quite fond of pushing you away." I growled.
"Because you're my cute little brother!"
"But I'm not even your real brother! I don't understand how you can be so happy around someone like me!"
Minato finally let go but snuggled himself into a hug. "I like you just the way you are. Yeah, you're a little mean with words but you're really lonely when everybody does leave you alone."
"Just because I'm alone doesn't mean I'm lonely!" I hissed at him. "And let go dammit!"
"Everything's fine you know? I don't know what's gotten you so anxious lately but everything's fine. Just keep being yourself."
"Just keep being yourself, I like you just the way you are."
"Ignore the ignorant sheep, everything's fine isn't it? Your snark actually keeps you and us safe from their grubby hands."
"You have to be one of the most in-the-closet person I know, fucking tsundere."
I blushed at the onslaught of emotions coming from the memories and Minato's words. "Y-you, d-don't say stuff like that! You're being stupid for saying embarrassing stuff like that!" I growled out. "A-and let go dammit!"
Minato just gave me a surprised look before giving me his biggest grin yet. "My little brother is just the cutest! I have to show you off to the others! They'll be so jealous of me!"
"Idiot!" I struggled in his arms cursing my lack of physical training. "Let go dammit!"
"And that's the third time you've said that bad word! Who did you learn it from?!"
"Why are you being so weird?!"
They were my friends, my best friends. I had so little of them but each one of them were more precious than any other life.
I won't admit that I was little lonely but I guess it wouldn't hurt to meet some of Minato's friends. It's not like I won't be able to bail if it gets too much for me anyways.
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Hope you enjoyed.