I'm glad to see people reading my stuff, reviews are always nice.

I suck ass at fight scenes btw.

I'm thinking about updating on Fridays and/or Sundays, so I have a consistent schedule. I normally post a new chapter on the day or the day after I finish it. I'll let you know in an author's note if I decide to do so.

Anyways, enjoy.

Warning; swearing, Neji, plotting, Itachi concerned for Sasuke's mental health.

I don't own Naruto, but if I did the anime would have less filler and more crack.

"Laziness is the mother of all bad habits, but ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her." -Shikamaru(Probably, blame google if I get the credit wrong.)

I sat down in a traditional seiza position that kaa-chan had drilled into my head Repeatedly the last couple days. I hated sitting like this, but it was 'necessary' to 'maintain a proper image for the clan'. My legs are killing me and I want to die. Anyways, though the Hyuuga and the Uchiha's didn't really get along, due to them having a constant dick-measuring contest over whose eyes are better, (Sharingan is superior in every way because it's hax, and that's mostly my extreme bias talking.) Despite this, I was excited, because I would get to meet Neji and a cute chibi Hinata. Though, this gets me wondering how much my presence has changed things.

Sasuke never met Neji before the chunin exams, so this makes me curious about what else is different than the original timeline. Even though Neji was a huge prick and a delusional fool, he becomes a pretty good guy later on, plus he's a good ally to have in general. Eventually, I'd probably find myself back in the leaf after defecting, solely based on the fact that Naruto is very determined and doesn't really possess a bone in his body that can give up. So, while I work on restoring my clan, I'd try to secure a good relationship with the Hyuuga and Neji so we can be in a creepy eye gang together. Imagine having both the Byakugan and the Sharingan. Ultimate Sharingan hax coupled with 360-degree vision is such a cheat, though I suppose I won't ever experience that unless I grave-robbed the clan.

"..."

Go away bad thoughts!

I was interrupted from my musings when Fugaku cleared his throat. My mother, Itachi, my father, and I sat across a low table on zabuton(that's those Japanese floor mat things.) across from the Hyuuga clan head Hiashi, and his daughter Hinata. Neji stood looking all emo behind them, ready to serve tea when asked and shit. "Hiashi-san, I am quite surprised with this particular meeting, but nevertheless agree with what you are conveying." I blinked. Wow, I guess I was zoning out and missed what was said, oh well. I gave a mental shrug and tried to at least half-ass proper clan etiquette. I kept my face blank and pretty much stared at Hinata the entire time, she was the only one worth looking at anyways. I mean, she's adorable. How anyone could raise a hand to her and not be immediately incinerated for the transgression was beyond me, much less that person is her father. I know she's not perfect, and her stuttering is admittedly annoying, but you'd think these 'great clans' would use different methods if the usual, 'Get it right or I basically won't acknowledge you as my blood' mentality failed, multiple times. Literally just encourage someone somewhat positively and give them a solid goal that they would want to achieve. Training them to be clan head would be easier after that.

Ranting aside, Hinata tries to stare back at me, and much to my amusement flushes and looks away. She's so shy. Don't worry Hinata-chan, I will train you to become a confident individual in due time. In quite a few fanfiction I have read in the 'Back then', a lot of people tend to be super manipulative and damn evil when they end up in this world. I don't really understand why shouldn't they actually enjoy the second life they have been given? Instead of sulking, going batshit crazy, manipulating, scheming, etc. And who in their right mind would support Madara's ideals, my Jashin. Literally bringing about the destruction of the world by setting Kaguya free doesn't seem exactly smart, but whatevs. How such shitty people got given a second chance is beyond me. Some of them manipulate Hinata since she's so dependent and lacks self-confidence when she's younger, I just want to help her and be a genuine friend. I know there's literally no way in Kushina's holy ass-cheeks that I can achieve a 'perfect ending', but I might as well try, or go out with a bang. (speaking of which, when I get the chance I'm telling Ino off for stealing Deidara's look. That whore.) I looked around to see everyone standing up, so I quickly did the same.

The clan head's started walking off, while Kaa-chan stayed behind with us children. She smiled warmly, "Itachi, Sasuke, why don't you get to know Hinata-san and Neji-san? They are around your age, and it's always good for you kids to make new friends. I'll be having tea with some of the older Hyuuga women, watch over them while I'm gone Itachi." With that, she disappeared through a sliding door to my right. Shrugging lightly, I turned to the other children in the room. Itachi seemed to be sticking close to me, brotherly instincts and all that. Smiling sweetly and closing my eyes, I waved at the Hyuuga pair and greeted them in an airy, and innocent-sounding voice. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Hinata-chan, Neji-kun." Hinata blushed, and twiddled her fingers, "It's n-nice to meet you t-too, Sasuke-san." I saw Neji's eye twitch at the way I addressed them, and my spider senses were telling me that he was about to make some remark about 'respect' or 'proper honorifics' before Itachi spoke up. "Why don't we go outside? Maybe you could train with Neji-san, otouto." I nodded, "That sounds nice."

I turned to Neji and locked my onyx eyes with his pupilless ones. "How about it? We could practice throwing shuriken." I rubbed the back of my head because in all honesty, I sucked ass at throwing those Jashin-damned stars. I always nicked my fingers, a lot more than senbon and Kunai. Neji took a moment to scrutinize me, before in inclined his head slightly, because he's just too cool to nod. "That's acceptable." I groaned inwardly, how can someone be so cute but so condescending at the same time?-No homo bro.

We walked through the compound, with Neji leading the way, and Hinata trailing beside us quietly. A few branch members glanced our way curiously, but other than that, we were met with no conflict. The compound's style was very traditional and pristine. It was like the perfect image of what you would imagine when thinking about the older Japanese culture Back then. It was creepily quiet, and none of us talked on the way. I was certain that we were being carefully watched with those glorified binoculars. I walked side by side with Itachi, and I'm sure he knew this too, considering how close he was to me. We were brushing shoulders- well, Not really, since I'm so short- but that's not the point, you get what I'm saying.

They act like we're waiting to assassinate Hinata or kidnap her or something, bitch, please. Our eyes are so much better than theirs, why would we bother to undermine the Hyuuga's anyway? Uchiha ego aside… We arrived at a simple training area with a few trees. There was also a stone bench nearby. Overall, the place was very aesthetically pleasing. Yummy. Neji pulled a bag of shuriken out of… somewhere, and handed me some, before setting the bag aside on the bench. Eyes aside, I really want to learn the trick to pulling senbon or other weapons out of my ass, I mean come on, I know storage scrolls exist but some of these people pull weapons out of nowhere. I handled the shuriken gingerly because I would be pissed if I cut myself for the millionth time, and got into the right stance.

We threw them for a while, while Itachi and Hinata sat on the bench watching us. I nicked my fingers- to which Neji commented snidely on, so I challenged him to a spar to preserve my honor. Why am I challenging a six-year-old prodigy, when I am in fact a five year old(body at least.) who just started his training and was essentially reincarnated just short of a month prior? Versus Neji, who was trained since he could walk?

'Cause I'm very sure of myself, obviously.

Yeah, no, I'm just that stupid.

Regardless, I started this fight, so I need to finish it…

Well, or Neji finishes it, which will probably be the case. I kinda regret setting up this match now, anything other than life-threatening jutsu goes. Considering ninja parents leave around sharp objects, either oblivious or just think it's normal to allow toddlers to play with kunai, I think it's safe to assume I'm not walking away without a few bruises.

Probably a few dozen.

I can imagine this as my first quest in this world. Objective; Kick Neji's ass to Kiri and back. Luckily, I expected something like this to occur, so I was prepared. Though I didn't know until yesterday that I was going to the Hyuuga's, I still had plenty of time to scheme. I had gotten one of those special senbon launcher things like Tsunade's apprentice had when she fought Oro-chan and glasses creeper after the chunin exams. I begged my kaa-chan to get it for me when we went to the market together and said it was for my training. I can't remember that lady's name for the life of me, but she just didn't stop screaming 'Lady Tsunade'. You just don't scream that much unless you're being skinned alive, having an orgasm, or constantly dying in a first-person shooter. Anytime else and you'll make people panic, sheesh. Moving on, I had Senbon and Kunai hidden everywhere on my person, ready to be thrown at a moment's notice.

I also opted to wear a thin and light netted undershirt. The day I got to this world, I've been writing down new techniques that I could create, or rip off of course. Basically, I came up with this really simple, but effective technique that is probably not original, but I couldn't bring myself to give a flying fuck. Essentially, you create a somewhat dense layer of chakra on top of your skin, like another layer of skin but with chakra. Next, you just reinforce it with some control and boom. A nearly invisible layer of chakra armor, like Gaara's sand armor but with just chakra. It would make it so Neji couldn't one-shot me by targeting my more vital areas. Not that he would kill me or something, since it's a spar, and we are just tiny children. But I can see him cutting off the flow to my shoulder or something like the prick he is. Using this would give me enough protection to have an edge in this fight.

I hope.

Taking our positions across from each other, we both assumed a stance, Neji had his Gentle fist style, and mine had a somewhat-alright-academy-style stance that Itachi showed me after I pestered him, then bribed him with his favorite snack.

Gotta love exploiting his dango obsession.

I would start training with Fugaku-sama sometime this week, actually. I'm not sure why it was this year and not the last. Didn't clan kids begin training when they were four or something? Meh.

Neji's eyes narrowed, "You already know the beginner Konoha style, and half-decent in it. That is to be expected from the brother of a prodigy and an Uchiha." Well, I did learn this just a few days ago, I guess he's complimenting me? I raised a brow, wondering if this was going- "However, despite how skilled you may be for your age, you stand no match against me and my gentle fist." ah, yes, I was wondering when he was going to say that. If he didn't I might just think someone put on a henge and tried imitating the Hyuuga prodigy. I smirked, putting on a cocky and somewhat irritating expression. "Don't speak so fast Neji-kun, we have just begun after all," I responded, my smirk growing when his eye twitched. "I am in the academy, and you are not. It is just a simple comparison of skill and experience." How does a six-year-old, going on seven, sound so mature? "Whatever Neji-veggie-kun, let's begin."

I think he's going to enjoy kicking my ass.

Senbon slid down my sleeves and into my hands and sidestepped a kick that almost caught me off-guard. I threw the senbon, putting some distance between us. He lept back, swatting them out of the air like flies. I used this moment to rush at him with a freshly drawn kunai, swiping it at his face. He ducked and got in my guard, striking my arm and quickly retreating. He didn't have his byakugan on yet, so his blows were normal but still stung.

There's nothing gentle about the gentle fist technique.

I twirled the kunai and gripped it in reverse, and struck continuously at him while keeping one hand open to block. He sidestepped and tried to grab my fist, but I leaped out of the way. It was then I realized that fighting was kinda like dancing, especially the Hyuuga style. I hadn't managed to hit Neji yet, and he only struck my arm once. I crouched and threw the kunai at him, then pulled down my sleeve and activated the mechanisms of my fancy senbon launcher. The needles were faster than the kunai, and two of them dug into Neji's arm, cutting some nerves and making him whole arm numb. Despite not wanting to be a medical-nin, I still took it upon myself to study the human body in my clan's library, and I planned on trying to get my hands on the mystical palm technique. The reason being so I can heal myself in the middle of a battle and piss off my enemy. Plus they might think I'm some weak medic and underestimate me, making offing them easier.

Neji carefully pulled them out, then got into his stance again, finally taking this seriously it seems. "Byakugan." he said calmly, and I could see a very faint glow on the tips of his fingers. His eyes narrowed, then he rushed at me again, aiming to disable my arms. I twisted out of the way, backing up and putting distance between us. I paused then smirked, "You know, that's pretty gay, looking at me through my clothes like that~" Neji seemed to have a mini seizure, his face flushing from the implication. "That's not how the byakugan works." He sputtered, while I pretended not to see him choking on his own spit. "I didn't know you felt that way about me." I continued, bringing a finger up to my face and biting it in mock nervousness. "I'm not gay!" I gave him a deadpan stare, "Dude, you literally used the byakugan to look through my clothes." He looked like he wanted to throttle me, which to be honest is fair enough. He got into a stance again, though it looked a bit more aggressive, then he charged.

Late afternoon; The Uchiha Compound.

I rubbed my poor bruised arms, sniffling while Itachi sat down and opened a container of salve. "You provoked him, though I'm curious to know how you picked up insults like that Sasuke." I shrugged, "It was worth it to see his reaction, besides, Hinata-chan was kind enough to give us that." I gestured to the salve that Itachi was starting to apply to my left arm. "So it's not like the Hyugga's don't like me, well, except for Neji, probably," Itachi said a silent prayer for my sanity, then finished his task, reaching for bandages to wrap around my arms. It was quiet for a few minutes, both of us sitting on the porch that connected to my room. It was a comfortable silence, the sky was darkening. It would be night soon. I sighed, breathing in the cool air deeply.

'Three more years.' I thought somberly, looking up at Itachi's face.

'I won't hate you Itachi, I'll make sure we both have a happy ending.'

"Or die trying", I snickered to myself quietly.

"Strength is not will, but a phenomenon caused by physical objects." - Madara Uchiha

"Those who break the rules and laws are scum!" - Young Kakashi, never have such words been more ironic.

There's going to be a time skip with various scenes of notable events next chapter. I'm not sure how long it will be till' the massacre, probably after a chapter or two.

Plus the genin years and chunin exams will be fun to write. ;)

Fun fact; Orochimaru's hair is to kill for.