Shirushi: Aburame extraordinaire
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Dream
I don't really remember exactly when it all started. My only guess is that it was some kind of self-insert. Of all the self-inserts I have read, they always seemed to begin with being reborn/reincarnated, or in a few cases switching places with a character, or somehow being sucked through some kind of portal.
So many fics, and I still had no idée where my own experience fit into it all. When all was said and done, it could only be dreams, most likely caused by reading too many of those fics.
As I said it started with dreams, though, I don't really remember when it started. I know for a fact, that the first dream was about being reborn, and that was only because it was so weird. Not weird in the way ordinary dreams are (I have had my fair share of those as well), but how can you dream up being born, with so many vivid details, when you have no actual memories of a real birth is beyond me.
After that first one they kept coming, and every time I went to sleep, I would have new one. The thing that made them strange was that they did not come at random, but in a chronological order. All in all, it was like living a double life. Pfft... a double life as a newborn and a university student.
It was nothing exciting really, the 'dreams' (if they really where dreams) of being a newborn where blurry and boring so I pretty much ignored them and continued with my ordinary life as a college student. I studied to be a teacher in geography, if you're interested.
My name when I was 'awake' was Erika Ek, but in my dreams, I went by the name Shirushi. The same day I woke up from learning this, I searched the meanings of Japanese names on the internet (Shirushi sounded Japanese to me), and what I found showed that Shirushi stood for proof, or something like that, who knows how reliable the source was. Too bad no matter what I did I seemed unable to control 'my' body in the dreams in the beginning, which made said dreams even more boring, even if I somehow learned to speak Japanese fluently (and wasn't that a weird experience).
Years flew by, and when the time came that I had finally finished my university studies (around four-five years later), I began trying to find my first job. It was at that time that I had learned a lot of things about my life in the dreams.
The first one was that my full name was Shirushi Aburame, and as the surname suggested to those into manga/anime, I was now a member of a bug using ninja clan. My parents in my 'ninja' life had even had me start on chakra control exercises, as they were essential for being able to use the bugs. After all it would be pretty pathetic for an Aburame to die of chakra exhaustion because your own bugs eat the last of your chakra.
I did not have my hive just yet, I was still developing the 'ability' of my body so I could house them in the future, and I would soon bet my hive in a month or two.
Another thing I learned was that I had an older brother, and no it was not Shino.
AN: Here is the beta version of chapter 1 finally.
Beta: Shadowwhat