Slowly Turning into a Ghost
Chapter ONE
Life as a ghost wasn't all it was made up to be. It early one morning when Naruto was 10 years old when he first woke up and no one could see him. He had stayed up late each night for the last week in preparation for his first attempt at his Gennin Exam, practicing the three E-ranked jutsu he needed to know. He had failed and tired himself out crying himself to sleep. He woke up still completely exhausted.
He remembered wondering Konoha's streets and watching the early risers walking their dogs and the first market stalls getting set up; yet no one noticed him. Usually he would he been kicked out of the market by then because the sellers would usually complained that he could steal something but nothing like that happened that day.
10 year old Naruto didn't go to school. His classmates and teachers thought it was because he failed his exam so no one asked any questions the following day when he showed up. He was still the village pariah after all, most teachers didn't want him in their classrooms at all. However, that wasn't why he didn't go, he was memorized over the fact that he wasn't receiving any of the cold stares he had been given for as long as he could remember and had completely forgotten about the academy.
It wasn't until the second time it happened that he realised people couldn't see him.
11 year old Naruto had worn himself out training again after failing to beat Sasuke in taijutsu practice during class. He had found a training dummy and spent all his free time trying to beat it up over the last fortnight. He woke up in the morning still feeling exhausted, and instead of going straight back to punching the dummy like he normally would, he decided to take a shower.
He walked passed his small mirror that was covered in toothpaste splatters.
But he didn't look.
… Yet
He went straight to the shower.
It was afterwards when he went to brush his teeth that he looked in the mirror.
And didn't see a reflection.
He spent the whole day dragging himself around Konoha doing all the pranks he wanted to do but could never because he didn't have the money to buy the over priced stuff or the skills to get in and out of all the clan heads' houses safely. He would say it was one of the best but tiring days of his life.
The following day many Hyuga's walked the streets with bright pink hair, Nara's were wide awake and somewhat attentive after their alarm clocks gave them all an extra 30 minutes of sleep but were conveniently hidden in hard to reach but easy to hear places, and market owners had apparently decided to paint all their shops bright orange. A week later, Uchiha Sasuke finally showed his mostly grown back left eyebrow and face at the academy again.
By nightfall, Uzumaki Prankster Naruto started getting some of his energy back after he ate a large serving of ramen for dinner and had 40 winks on the couch, by the time he dragged himself into his bed he never noticed himself slowly fading back into view.
Hi guys!
This is just a little idea that popped into my head late at night and I decided to write it down. I haven't decided if I should try and write a big story or just stick to writing somewhat short and quick chapters whenever I can. Please tell me what you think of the idea! If you have any ideas that I could add to the story, just let me know!
~Chezzy