Blackness was all I could see. My head throbbed and my arms felt heavy as led. What happened? I jumped slightly as my thoughts echoed in the obis. I strained my thoughts, desperately trying to remember what happened but nothing came, not a name or past… nothing. This made me feel empty.
Then a small light shone in the distance. I tried to move but knew that it was impossible. The light slowly floated towards me. When it came close enough I noticed that it wasn't a light, that it was a small orb of what seemed like… electricity. It danced in front of me before settling near my nose.
Then to my surprise, it spoke. Hello. Its voice sung, echoing all around me. The sound warmed my body, it felt like it was cleansing my soul. I smiled uncontrollably.
What is your name? It asked.
I thought for a moment. But that just made my head throb even more. I screwed my eyes shut. What is my name? My thoughts echoed.
That is what I asked you. Said the voice.
This startled me. I tried to open my mouth to respond but finally gave up and tried something else. You can read my mind?
Yes… and no…
That just made me annoyed. That's not a real answer. I thought.
I asked you a question first. Once again the voice warmed my body. Wanting it to talk again I responded.
I don't know my name… I don't remember anything… Which was true, my mind drew a blank. Which was very strange to me. I knew words and how to talk… but that was about it.
I see…
I smiled again.
The voice continued. Well then I am not surprised, it is very rare that someone would remember anything, but not remembering your name is just as rare. Usually someone would remember that… you must have had a terrible accident.
I
frowned once it stopped talking but then realised what it just said.
Accident? Never mind that… let
us begin shall we.
I was just about to respond back but then a strange sensation occurred. It felt like the darkness was being pressed upon me. My rib cage was slowly collapsing against my lungs. I couldn't breath as I was being squeezed through (what felt like it) space and time.
Then I landed on solid ground. Seconds later my lungs expanded gratefully and I hesitated to open my eyes. Once I did, I noticed that it was still dark, but not as dark as before. Above me millions a tiny lights were glued to, what I finally noticed, the sky. Then I realised that those lights were only stars and that it was night time.
I twitched my fingers, seeing if they would work, and to my great relief they were working and so was my arms. I raised my hand in front of my face and studied it. I bent each of my fingers then started flexing my hand. I moved my other hand to my face and repeated the process.
Satisfied with my movements, I moved my arms back down to my sides and used them to slowly prop myself up into a sitting position. Once I was sitting, I looked around.
Tall, broad trees surrounded me. I gawked at them before noticing that there was presence near me. I looked over my shoulder to see a girl. Long, golden hair fell to her waist and covered half of her elegant yet fragile features. Her white skin had a brilliant glow about it. She wore a long, plain white dress that hid her feet. One of its straps hung off her shoulder.
"Hello." She said with a small smile.
My eyes widened. Her voice sounded just like the orbs. Yet when she spoke, it did not warm me up like it did before, and it sounded more human. I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out.
The girl nodded. "I understand… you may not be able to speak for a while. So let me do all the talking okay?"
I was very confused by all this but nodded anyways.
The girl stepped closer. Her hair swayed behind her. "First of all... welcome." Her smile grew larger. "Welcome to this world and your new, temporary life…"
I blinked in confusion, so desperately wanting to talk.
She continued. "You do not remember your past life before this, and that is for the best. And I assure that once you are ready to leave, you will forget this life as well."
I listened intently, unable to take my eyes off the girl.
"This is the Naruto world… And in this world you will live your life as you please. You will spend from days to years here. But when the time comes, you will leave this place just like you have entered it. And once you have awakened, you will have forgotten all that has happened here. Do you understand?" Asked the girl now kneeling to my height in front of me. Her grey eyes sparkled behind her thick lashes.
I nodded. But that was a lie, I didn't understand at all. This whole thing confused me so much that my head throbbed in pain.
"Good." She said with a smile. "Now in order to survive this world… you will need the skills found in a ninja." The girl slowly lifted her hand, her fingers slightly long and thin. She rested it upon my head. "Now I will transfer all the knowledge into your mind. This will be very uncomfortable and you will become unconscious again afterwards. And when you wake up I will be gone. Now brace yourself."
The next thing that happened was nothing like the strange sensation before, in fact it was even more uncomfortable. The first thing I felt was a jolt of some kind of energy get rushed into my head from the tips of her fingers. Then pain surged through my body. Every inch of it stung as if millions of needles were being stabbed into me at the same time.
Then my vision blurred and my head felt heavy as pictures and thoughts past through me like a very quick slide show. It felt like my head was going to burst open.
Suddenly the world around me was engulfed by blackness. I had fallen unconscious like she had said.
