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Warning: Mentions of suicide, drug use, slavery

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Chapter 1: To New Beginnings

"Hey Chiko-chan, smile!" She blinked and looked back, putting on a huge grin.

In the middle of the summer, on the longest day of the year, a little girl was born. The island was rushing with its everyday routines: vendors were screaming prices of their wares and couples walked through the busy streets, hand in hand.

The sun was shining with all it's might, but thanks to the few clouds littering the sky, the day was that much less hotter, which was deemed as perfect temperature for everyone to be seen outside. After all, the afternoon rays of sun were 'deadly', as all the mothers would say to their children and their lover.

Smiles and cheerful chatter could be heard. Ice cream melted down children's hands. The waves by the shore were occupied by families and citizens, all wanting to cool down a bit from the blazing sun.

And on that day, a little girl came to the world screaming. Her screams were piercing, to which the parents smiled tiredly at their new little ray of sunshine. Not even this warm day could compare to the warmth that filled their hearts the moment they set eyes on the screaming, pink, wrinkly human that laid in the nurse's arms. The nurse cheerfully noted that the little girl would be quite the chatterbox growing up.

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Seconds phased into minutes phased into hours phased into days phased into weeks phased into months until her eyes flashed with recognition. The two months and one week old infant woke up in the middle of the night, the urge to start screaming was very tempting because of something gross that stuck to her lower parts. It was extremely uncomfortable and it even started to actually hurt.

But what was more interesting was the thing above her. The hanging toys. It slowly turned and moved above her, stopping the baby from screaming and yelling on the top of her lungs. Instead, there was confusion.

What is that?

But now her lower parts felt even more uncomfortable, so she let go of the resistance of the urge to scream. She could faintly hear the groans from the other room.

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Ah. So this is a thing.

She blinked as her 'okaa-san' cooed at her, despite her not being able to see all that well. Things were still ever so slightly blurry to her, but she could recognize the person trying to play with her. Dark brown hair, that was the easier feature to see. It looked long. And nice to the touch. So, filled with determination of a new mission, the baby reached her hands out to the person in front of her. Percingly, the person let out an inhuman squeal, which made the baby flinch, but still reach out. So the person in front of the baby brought their face closer, which shocked the baby if anything.

Bright green eyes.

Pretty…

Oh well. The good looking hair was within grabbing distance. So with one reach and a tug that would make even renown marines flinch, the women let out a painful yelp.

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She decided that she liked her new set of parents. They were cheerful and made their small house be filled with warmth and love. Something that she found that she lacked quite a bit in her past life. These parents would take her out in the town, would show her the beach and would do picnics under large trees. They would blow raspberries to her cheeks and stomach, making her squirm and let out gurgled laughter.

It was warm, and despite how much it stung to leave her beloved people from a lifetime ago, she couldn't help but start loving this new life. She didn't mind letting go of her past people, because she had lived a full life, one with love and happiness. And she died just like how she wanted: in her sleep. A shorter life than most, but diseases attack more unexpectedly sometimes. Some nights, her mind would wander to her previous family, wondering how they felt with her passing. Hopefully they did not react too badly.

She had hoped to see her already passed husband and best friend again though. There were so many religions going around about the afterlife, so it was fun to think about what would happen after death. But she was an atheist at heart, so she did not linger on the thought too much. Nonetheless, it was a shock to return to a world, with a fresh new start in a fresh new squishy body.

"Oh shit- it's starting to rain! We need to go home!" The one that loved calling himself her father swore and stood up from where they were all sitting under a large tree. She felt herself being picked up by her mother. "Argh! Can't a woman take a nap?!"

Another gurgled laugh was let out when she was placed in her safe, waterproof stroller and tied up, while her parents screamed as they ran to our house. A fresh life full of opportunities opened up to this reborn child, and she was not going to waste it and stop having fun for a second.

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"Ok, remember Chiko-chan, smile! Alright, go on ahead, take the picture!"

Her mother stood by the child's left while the father grinned by her right. Chiko grinned, her heart swelling with love.

She was so incredibly lucky. But she couldn't help but feel some sort of doubt sometimes fill her, as if there was some sort of bad omen on her.

Why?

Because her new parents named her Hachiko. Just like that japanese dog that waited for over a decade for his dead owner by a train station, only to eventually die.

She hoped it was only speculation.

Hello! Back at you with another story!

So I've completely lacked the motivation for the war era Naruto fanfic, but I've written A LOT for this fanfiction, so I'm sure I'll be able to finish it xxx

What to say about this fanfiction...well, firstly this chapter is very short. No worries, it'll get much longer for literally every other chapter. What's more is that, well you may have noticed that this is a reincarnation si-oc fanfic! I'm making sure that she doesn't become Mary Sue and that there won't be many other OCs, besides her of course.

Also, if you're interested in becoming a beta for this story, please PM me 3 or if you see any errors somewhere, please contact me via reviews or PMing me. It would be much appreciated! I'm planning on uploading three chapters at once so that you all have a big preview about what's to come. Also cause the backstory is these three first chapters. The first canon character, who I very much love, appears at the end of chapter three. So stay tuned!