Walking Through the Echoing Forest

by Elder Dragon 93

Sometimes, you have a choice in how you deal with life; You can grab it by the horns, or you can let it pass you by. Other times, Life decides to drag you along with it, kicking and screaming. (Story inspired by Silver Queen's 'Dreaming of Sunshine')

Disclaimer: Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto, not by me. If I owned Naruto, Ch 700 and later wouldn't have happened.

Genre: Adventure, Action, Humor, Fantasy

Warnings: Swearing, violence, and the usual Naruto craziness.

Well, this is a thing that's happening. I certainly wasn't expecting the thing to happen, but it is and there's no point getting worked up over it. This is my big OC/Self-Insert fic, and you can all blame Silver Queen and her story 'Dreaming of Sunshine' for this. From what I understand, this is not an uncommon occurrence.

Okay, enough stalling. On with the story.

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Walking Through the Echoing Forest

Prologue

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'I never put much thought into how I would die.' What kind of phrase is that?

"Bye guys."

"Bye, Liz."

Of course no one thinks about how they would die. Who would want to think about something that morbid.

"Hey, Tori."

"Hn."

So, understandably, I was taken off guard by my own death.

Shnnk

Cough"What did I do?"

I was resigned to it though.

"I didn't mean it!"

CoughSquelch "It's okay."

Sure, it sucks that I died before I could actually do anything with my life, but it's not like there's anything I could do about it, so why get worked up over it.

"Don't die!"

"It's okay."

I was okay with fading into the aether, or whatever happened after death.

Beep...Beep...Beep

"Hishatai no jōkyō wa dō natte?"

Apparently, the universe has other plans.

"Butsuri-tekina kaihatsu ga seijō ni shinkō sa remasu. Seishin katsudō wa, haruka ni kōdodesu."

"Omoshiroi."

I opened my eyes. The sight that greeted me should have sent me in a panic, but only one thing was going through my head.

'Well fuck.'

Because really, what are you supposed to say when you wake up in a giant test tube looking out at Orochimaru.

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Translations by Google Translate:

Hishatai no jōkyō wa dō natte? - What is the status of the subject?

Butsuri-tekina kaihatsu ga seijō ni shinkō sa remasu. Seishin katsudō wa, haruka ni kōdodesu. - Physical development is progressing normally. Mental activity is far advanced.

Omoshiroi – Interesting

Prologue done. What do you guys think. Confusing right. Don't worry, stuff will be explained as we go, just not immediately.