Prologue
Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else. - Morrie Schwartz
I was rather average, I've always had been. Only thing I was good at had been singing. It kept me alive, but now that that's over and done with, I don't have such false sense of protection. It didn't seem to work when I died so it was a useless talent after all. I guess I sort of knew it.
Life seems pretty long though, when you see it as if it's some cinematic roller coaster. People had always said life was very short, when I had been alive. Really, I thought 18 years of life was pretty much my lifetime. I was scared though, like of how much I really missed out on. Did I miss out? Had I been cheated? I guess so, life is what you make of it.
In life, I was rather shy, choosing not to say I was lonely and rather blaming my internal pain on those around me. To me, it was okay that I didn't have friends, because all I wanted to have...was a heart that wouldn't break. I wouldn't dare utter the words of "I'm lonely," to anyone, even if they ripped it from my from my lips. Because I was so scared that they'd see all my weaknesses that I hated so much. I shouldn't have even gotten a second chance if this was survival of the strong, since I definitely was not strong in anyway. I was weak. So very weak, like a breathless word falling from a barely pursed lip.
The only thing I could say that kept me at it right next to singing was definitely Anime, Manga and all things Video Games. I guess you could say I was obsessed. I missed out on more things as I experienced virtual entertainment, rather than classic family and friends fun. Too bad I had to die though, I was right in the middle of finishing the latest update for Naruto too, when this SUV came crashing my car which was parked next to the sidewalk. It would seem the breaks had broke from some mishap and when the driver tried to stop he simply couldn't, he managed to kill me in the process. To be honest, I just hoped he didn't have to pay too harshly for my death. I knew how those stupid accidental wrecks and deaths went. Ugh. Poor guy.
I expected to awake in some heaven like shit, or worse, never wake up again.
Unexpectedly, I just woke up in a whole different vantage point.
Though finding yourself in a completely different body is an off putting experience, I assumed that for me it was temporary. Like some sick joke or something. Nope. That hadn't been the case at all.
It only took me a whole of nearly a day it seemed to finally realize exactly what was happening, and even then I still had no clue. God or whoever did this, was such a dick. What I gathered was I had been placed in some damn infant. A body so small and frail, it was surprised.
My ears as a baby weren't keen but I could hear bits and pieces of speech as I awoke once more after several days of baby resting. Fuck this. I guess I had finally been born in the right place though, as a weaboo who went to the extent of learning quite a bit of Japanese since 12, I recognized the language very well. I could only guess I was in Japan, due to the language spoken, but when I could be taken outside to learn of the culture around me, I'm sure I could tell. I would have to wait to go outside, my mother was too weak at the moment.
"I told you to get rid of it!" I heard a deep set toned male voice yell, slamming a slide door as he came into the room. I flinched, slightly worried for my mother who was stricken pale at the sight of some blurry moving person. My eyes still needed time, it seemed.
"Brother, I-I want to k-keep her." My mother's lip trembled, it was kind of odd to call her that, but as the days went by, it became easier and easier. Her voice was a soothing calm whisper compared to the mans booming loud demanding one.
"We can't! We don't have the money to raise a kid! Especially a girl, you know as much as I how much more valued boys are. It's a waste."
"I-I could get a job!" Mother cried out, her hands trembling with the effort she put through. Slowly, she rubbed the crown of my head, trying to keep me from crying from the out lash of the stranger.
"Where? Somewhere in the red light district? Is that where you wanna go? Just so you can support a child that belongs to that man?! If you do you'd be feeding cash to that bastard!" An angry look crossed the mans face as he came closer, raising his fist for one second then dropping it.
"Jin. This is a human life, she is my daughter, your neice. I will do what I must! I could care less of what this means for me!" Her grip on me tightened as she leaned back away from him, still gently rubbing me with her calming aura despite her unease.
"Well, don't expect any help from me, unless you plan on re-joining the-."
"Leave."
That's the last time I ever saw of the man with a hazy figure.
So I guess I'm going to try to finish this, it's so hard for me to finish things. This is only a prologue for now, but I swear each chapter will be long, like 5k+ or more. I hope this story will be worth a read. Wth am I even starting to write, my gawd I have school and other activities. Anyways, this was short but well, updates are to be on Saturdays or Sundays.
Pairings will be done as the story progresses.
Thank you for reading, please review~
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. This goes for all my other updates since I usually forget to put these in. Uhm. Yeh.
