This has been in my head for a while. Thought I'd get it out. The idea is that an OC is reborn after their untimely death on earth into Naruto. They retreat into their mind, not wanting to deal with the world. Their body contiues to live outside, a lifeless husk that only follows orders and trains. Until a fatal injury lands them into the hospital where there situation comes to light. Leading to a mind walk by Inochi to bring out the OC, to live their life.

Forgive the spacing I'm on mobile.

He remembers his death, not the detail just the fact that his heart stopped. That his lovers green eyes were the last thing he saw, along with his wide smile, and steady hand holding the knife to his heart. He remembers the life he had before, the people, the places, the betrayals.

He remembers all these things, so vivid in that period of darkness. That when he feels squeezing and life again he isn't fazed, he doesn't care. Not with the life that was left behind, not with the life he was cruelly ripped away from. He doesn't want to live, with new people, places, and hurts. So he recedes. He draws his bieng within, deep in the corners of his mind. He builds a sanctuary, where he can hide away from the world he never asked for. He builds a door, large enough to push away the world.

He lives this way, behind the locked doors. He gets flashes of the world outide. Of cliffsides with unfamiliar faces, and shining metal plates. Of worried and terror filled eyes, and the muted feeling of loss. Of children and teachers. Of vigorous training, and a bandaged man. Of the deep underground and many more blank faces. Of fighting and war.

He ignores all this, hiding behind his door, relishing in the good memories of life before. Then theres flashes of painPAINPAIN. Following by a flash of white, a wrinkled old face with a large hat, and a head of stark blond.

And then he hears a knock on his door.