Reincarnations


Chapter 1 : waking up


Headache. In the darkness I found myself, that was the first thing I felt. A nasty pounding that made me cringe in pain, and frown my brows. That small movement must have upset some kind of medical probe placed on me so check my vitals, because not long after the pain started I heard movements nearing and voices getting louder. They didn't help with the pounding inside my skull for one bit.

"... hear ... san?" was all I could decipher and the sight of pain must have worsened on my face for the ones making all this noise.

"Shut... up," I growled in a low tone, "head... hurts!" a few order were exchanged quickly, and loud enough to send new waves of torment, but their actions soon brought a nice bliss, forcing the pain away and I could feel myself relax in bliss.

It could have been hours for all I cared but should only have been a few minutes in truth, before I dared to slightly open one eye, shying from the light and not wanting to give the pain a new excuse to come back and assault my poor brain just yet. All I could see was white, it must have been a hospital room then, I couldn't remember what could have happened to me to get me in here. Did I have an accident of some sort?

Opening my left eye a little more, I could see a couple of medics watching me very closely, it was a little disturbing to be under that much scrutiny. I wet my lips with my tongue before trying to talk again.

"Where...?" my throat was so dry, how long was I out of things, no seriously?

"You don't remember, Uchiha-san? You are safe, in Konoha's hospital. What's the last thing you remember?" asked the good doctor.

Safe. Nice, I already got the hospital setting so that's not the... WAIT! Wait... wait a second there... What the hell did he say? Konoha? He called ME Uchiha-san? Both of my eyes opened to full, so much and so quick that I nearly feared they would pop out of their sockets. The shock I felt should have been evident to anyone watching me right then and there.

"Wha?" trying to reboot a failing brain can take up a moment, I tried to sit up but my mind had enough problems trying to wrap itself around the concept of the two words I just heard, but I could bring my hands up enough to see them... so small, the hands of a child. I closed both my hands into fists and my eyes, trying to center myself.

"Okay, show down there. What did you just call me?" I really tried to stop any panic to seep in my voice, really. I did not succeed. I brought my still closed fist to rest on my forehead, preparing myself for what would come next out of the doctor's mouth. I was not disappointed.

"Do you have memory trouble? Maybe you should take it easy and rest some more, you just woke up after all." Eh, can't blame the guy to try and soothe his patient's mind, but that was not what I needed right now.

"Please, just imagine one moment I have full and complete amnesia, which I can guarantee you it's not the case, and just give my full name!" I slowly opened my eyes and turned my head just enough to look the man, my hands still cradling my poor abused head. I could see that my demand surprised him but he did not lose his composure.

"Aah, unusual. Very well young man, your name is Uchiha Sasuke, and we are going to have words about this 'amnesia'." The doctor's eyes closed a little into slits as he studied me ever more closely than before, while my face must have been a curious mix of surprise, a large part of shock I still felt, and a new determination.

"I see, and how old am I then?" I closed my eyes again, finally letting my fist open and massaged my face, trying to prevent the headache from coming back, to make sense of what was happening to me and wake me up some more, all at the same time.

"You turned seven some time ago, I believe."

And that was that. All the clues I needed to place where and mostly WHEN I was. Uchiha Sasuke... how the hell did I wake up in his body? And more likely than not, it was just after the Uchiha massacre if the age if about right. All my life I wanted something 'special' to happen to me, but this... this was only possible in fanfictions and dreams! I just became a freaking SI character, but replacing an existing main protagonist, or maybe more of an antagonist... and several years before the party is supposed to start, at least I have some time to adapt and... No! Fuck canon and timelines! I steeled my mind, forced myself to sit up and turned to face the doctor.

"I need to talk to the Hokage, and as fast as possible, and if there is any ANBU details here to check on me, then either send a message, or even better, take me to him now." I raised my voice in hope that there actually was an ANBU around, because I doubted the good doctor would let me go easily. I nearly jumped out of the bed and in the doctor arms when someone shunshined inside the room, but let a sigh of relief that I was right in my assumptions and even smiled when I noticed the dog mask and silver hair. Seriously, what where the chances of 'him' watching over the last Uchiha? The doctor tried to complain, but 'Inu' cut him with but a glance.

"What is the problem, Uchiha-san?" he asked me, coming close to the bed.

"I wouldn't ask if it wasn't vital for Konoha, ANBU-san." I needed him to trust me long enough to start telling what I knew. "And if you are who I think you are, you'll need to hear this too." I kept my face as steeled as I know how to, which must have looked funny on the young face that was mine currently. But I managed to convey the seriousness of the situation. 'Inu' closed the space between us and put a hand on my shoulder and next thing I knew was that it was the turn of my stomach to torture me.

"Hey! You can't just..." were the last words spoken from the doctor that I could hear.


Notes: I know lots of people want me to continue 'Cursed Gift' and even if the starting idea was never supposed to bloom in a full fic, I have been working on it. The problem being that I have most of D to Z planned and lots of scenes ready to write, I'm still stuck at A and have to pull something to fill B & C to clear the way, which is ongoing. Every paragraph is a painful birth and I can't wait to have enough done to really start the ball running.

On the other hand, I have been sitting on this idea for a few years and never willing to start on it to keep all my focus on 'Cursed Gift', and it came to a point where I had to accept the fact that some outlet may be just what I needed.

I realized only a few weeks ago that most of the ideas pilling in my mind where of two sorts, the ones for 'cursed gift' continuation, and the rest being more of a 'if it were me, I would...' and so here is the new generation of my old 'Reincarnation' fic, just not with the same anime as a starting point.

The next chapter for 'cursed gift' is only 1k words strong and I'm trying to evolve from short chapter into more fleshed out ones, but it takes me a little bit more time to type directly in english than it took me to write them on paper in french where I started, of coursed then I had to translate the thing in english as I was typing it and in the end I lost even more time but at least I had the material done