Well isn't this my worse nightmare to be born just at the moment of the nine tails attack. Absolutely helpless just praying that a stray bijuu dama does not come my way. After lasting a seemingly long time the miniature earthquake finally stops. I'm being held by someone it's probably a ninja I assume, the callouses give it away. With any luck I won't be orphaned today.

In the next few days , I finally regain my sight and I saw the destruction suffered by Konoha. From the window I can see the Hokage Rock. If the buildings were still standing, my view would have probably been blocked off. My parents survived the nine tails attack luckily. We must be a civilian family since I don't see them wearing shinobi headbands. My new mother, thank goodness, feeds me baby formula. I would be quite disturbed having to breastfeed when I'm mentally 18 years old.

Life as a baby was relatively uneventful till one day this happened. My mother was doing the thing parents do and talk to their baby while making cooing noises. Never had my pride been dealt so severe a blow. Then she said, " You're gonna grow up and be a big, strong shinobi aren't you and protect mama and papa?"

That was the moment time froze and I was presented with a screen with my details and status. Just like a mmorpg I thought. Here I had to distribute my first 100 points and choose my nature. The stats are strength, intelligence, agility, vitality and another hidden obscured stat. The maximum I can invest into a stat is 255. I may not be the best at mmorpg's but according to previous experience spreading your points out evenly is a waste of time. So I dumped everything into agility because I like making evasive builds. I choose water as I have a plan to eventually get wood release. I want to challenge the notion that Hashirama is the only one capable of naturally having wood release. Then time resumed and my mother continued treating me like a baby.

By the time I was three, I started doing the leaf exercise to stick a leaf to my forehead with chakra. My mum kept asking whether I was feeling dizzy or if I needed to rest but I waved her off and I kept trying. That night I was greeted again by a time freeze and the status screen's new section. This section held the percentages that reflect how much I had improved at taijutsu or my chakra control. So this mmorpg was the realistic kind where you improved by your own efforts and not by each level up. My chakra control was now at a decent 1%. Well its better than 0 I guess.

One fine Sunday morning, my mother took me outside as usual to play when I spotted a certain blond headed boy on the swings of the playground. At that moment I ran over to play with him thinking it would be cool to hang out with the future hero. Unfortunately I was cut short by my mom pulling me back. Right... I forgot Naruto used to be persecuted by the village. Seeing him become Hokage and being loved by all made me forget his initial hardships.

All the parents were looking at him with barely masked anger and hostility. Even my mom did so and she reprimanded me for going near him. She told me that he was dangerous. These were all lies I knew and I felt sick to the stomach.

For the next few years, nothing particularly important happened to me. My chakra control increased to 15% from training with leaves and I learned my father operated a carpentry shop but nothing else. Today was not nothing else however, today was the day before I entered the academy. Civilian parents think that the day their children enter the academy as very important and mine were no different.

Truth be told I am very nervous. I don't have a clan heritage so I'm worried how I'll match up to the rest in terms of ability. My water nature has been of no help outside of a party trick jutsu which I use to entertain my family. The harmless Water Hand Mirror jutsu was created for my mother to put on her makeup when her mirror broke. I realise civilian parents are very supportive although their children's performance is lacklustre. When I made that mirror my parents were super impressed and supported my decision to become a shinobi wholeheartedly.

I reach my classroom after checking the noticeboard for where my class is. To my surprise the only person I see in class is Naruto and he looks hyped and ready. This is my chance to finally make a friend. My grownup attitude while appealing to adults as I wash my dishes, it quickly turns off potential friends as I'm always too stiff or too boring. However if I don't want to be a loner for the next four years I must make friends with Naruto.

I walk to the back of the class and plop down next to Naruto. Putting on my most friendly face I greet him with as much energy as possible. He just has this appalled face and I wonder where I've gone wrong. "If you don't want to talk there is no need to force yourself".

Oh crap he is sharper than he looks. My poor communication skills are really showing now. "My bad I'm sorry if I came off as forced I just want to be friends with you".

He looks at me suspiciously and I visibly deflate. This is not how I wanted this day to go damn it.