Chapter 3: A Turn in Fate
Hey guys, I'm Charlie (or Ayashi), back with another chapter. I don't have much inspiration for this chapter. This chapter might feel a bit rushed. Please enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto Franchise. Why you ask? Because I was born after the production of said franchise. Therefore, it would be illogical for me to own Naruto.
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I groaned and raised my hand up, not only to close the alerts, but to shield my eyes from a beam of sunlight passing through the curtains. Three years have passed by, yet to me, it was just as instant as a blink. I felt my head throbbing as memories of the past three years flooded in. I massaged my temples. This is gonna be a long day.
"Ohayo (Good morning)!" - I said to my family after my usual morning rituals, joining them in breakfast. Life in Konoha felt nostalgic to me. It's amazing how the life of OP characters and normal John Smiths can be so similar.
My mother, Shizuko was a beautiful woman. She looked like an slightly older version of canon Kushina. Like Kushina, she was wearing an apron. She was quite short though, probably only 160 cm. Her hair reached down to her waist, and is more brown than red, guess that's why Kushina hasn't claimed her as her family yet.
My brother Shisui looked just like in canon, albeit being slightly younger. He wasn't in anbu yet, but he was a tokubetsu jonin (special jonin), which is pretty good considering he is just 20 (Fun fact, Naruto is technically a genin in Boruto: Naruto New Generations.). He wore the standard Konoha flak jacket and carried a tanto on his back, just like in canon. I had to resist having him sign an autograph.
If I was as cocky as Kiba, I would say I was the most handsome boy in Konoha. But I'm not, so I would say that I look just like any other Uchiha. Though I do look like Sasuke with my hair colour and hair style, though the shape of my face is more like Shisui and I have tear marks like any other Uchiha badass.
After breakfast, my mother had to take care of some stuff and left me in nii-san's care. I really want to start training right now but as a three-year-old child, you can't get everything you want. Shisui-nii-san is a serious person and probably only loosens up with me and mom, even then it's just a bit.
"Ayashi, today I'll be training at training field 13. You want to come? If you don't, I can probably pay a genin team to look after you." - Shisui-niisan asked, with a warm smile on his face.
It seems my LUK of 2 is serving me greatly (today).
I faked a moment of deciding, then happily exclaimed: "Sure, nii-chan (auto-correcting to "Nibi-Chan"), I'll watch you train! I want to be a shinobi too!"
"I'm sure you'll be great one when you're older." - Shisui-nii-chan gave me a smile that looked like Kakashi's, and said.
Moments later, at Konoha Shinobi training field no.13
"My brother's soooo badass" - I thought as I watched with stars in my eyes, my brother clearing out trees with katon jutsu.
I tried to copy my brother's hand seals, but they were way too fast to follow. I vaguely remember hand seals from my previous life, and know some sequences like Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique) and Katon: Housenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique).
"Katon: Karyuu Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Scorching Blast)!" - my brother shouted out as he expelled another torrent of fire from his mouth in the shape of a dragon, exploding in a shower of flames at the landing point.
A leaf fell on my forehead, it's time to train chakra control. To do so, I must first find my chakra. I sat down into a meditating pose, an alert gave out a "ping" sound as it appeared in front of me.
[Quest Alert!]
Discovering Chakra
In this world, you can ignore gravity, ignore conservation of energy, ignore the second law of thermodynamics and more. But to do so, you need a fundamental energy - chakra, the combination of spiritual and bodily energy, the most OP thing in the history of things.
Main Quest: Unlock your chakra before lunch!
Bonus Quest 1: Level [Meditation] up to 3 before lunch!
Bonus Quest 2: increase CC to at least 5.75% before lunch!
Main Quest Completion: 50 XP
Bonus Quest 1 Completion: random E-rank skill book
Bonus Quest 2 Completion: 25 XP
It's time to meditate!
I sat down in a comfortable manner, and tried to clear my thoughts. Key word tried. I remember my other dad chatting with a monk about meditating, the monk said something weird, what was it? Oh right, "thoughts are like rivers. If you try to stop it, it will build up until it bursts the dam. The only way to make it go the way you want is to direct it". Wait, why does that sound so much like chakra? No matter.
Direct the thoughts, direct the thoughts... that's pretty vague, if you ask me. But it's crucial for becoming a ninja, it's crucial, I have to do it!
Ping!
New skill unlocked!
[Meditation]
lvl 10%E
Meditation is a basic skill to every ninja and monk, clearing one's mind is crucial to unlock chakra, or to enter the state of "Chan (禅)". This state is achieved by clearing all thoughts or focusing on a single thought so hard that all the other thoughts flow away.
50% speed to chakra regeneration when activated
1 WIS and INT while activated
Slows perception while activated
Increases WIS and INT permanently slowly while activated
You have leveled up!
Name: Uchiha Ayashi
Affiliation: Konoha (civilian)
Age: 3
Stats:
Lvl: 3 0% (100 XP) to next level
STR: 7
DEX: 5
VIT: 18
WIS: 3 (1) = 4
INT: 3 (1) = 4
LUK: 2
CC: 5%
CP: 7500
HP: 4900
ACP: 375
SP: 24
AP: 10
1 in CC would finish a bonus quest, aside from that, my WIS and INT are quite low compared to my physical stats. Hmm... Yep, 1 CC, 2 in WIS and INT is good.
STR: 7
DEX: 5
VIT: 18
WIS: 5 (1) = 6
INT: 5 (1) = 6
LUK: 2
CC: 6%
CP: 7500
HP: 4900
ACP: 450
SP: 24
AP: 5
Bonus quest completed!
Ossu! Now I just need to unlock my chakra!
[Meditation] has leveled up!
Wait, I was meditating all this time? I tried to feel my eyelids (yep, those are my eyelids), then lifted them. It seem not even a second has passed, Shisui-nii's jutsu still hasn't hit the ground. Oh well, it has now.
I stayed in the pose, and put my hands in the hitsuji(ram) hand seal, and tried to find my chakra. From the short glimpses in canon, I can tell that the chakra core is just below the eighth gate of the hachimon tonkou (eight celestial gates), in the stomach. I reached my senses there...
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I felt a warm sensation, but it passed as quick as it came. I came to remember the monk's words. "let it flow" - I concentrated on this thought. There's that feeling again! This time, I caught it, and let it circulate in a circle around my stomach.
I kept it circling for a moment, then directed towards my feet, then towards my head, to my arm...
I tried to move it out of my body, but it seemed to clog up at certain points, I'm guessing these are tenketsu, I tried to break open and out but just dispersed the chakra back through my body. This is hard.
30 minutes and countless tries later...
[Meditation] has leveled up by one!
Bonus quest completed!
Uuuurgh! This is so frustrating! Okay calm down Ayashi, concentrate. Wait, concentrate... that's it! I need to concentrate my chakra to a single point and break it open! Yosh!
I tried again, concentrating chakra to one of the tenketsu in the head, letting out a battle cry as I felt the chakra flowing out like water through a dam. I opened my eyes, keeping concentration. I saw a light blue hue around me, it felt warm and calming.
Quest completed!
[Quest Alert!]
Discovering Chakra
In this world, you can ignore gravity, ignore conservation of energy, ignore the second law of thermodynamics and more. But to do so, you need a fundamental energy - chakra, the combination of spiritual and bodily energy, the most OP thing in the history of things.
Main Quest: Unlock your chakra before lunch!
Bonus Quest 1: Level [Meditation] up to 3 before lunch!
Bonus Quest 2: increase CC to at least 5.75% before lunch!
Main Quest Completion: 50 XP
Bonus Quest 1 Completion: randomizing... [Leaf Sticking]
Bonus Quest 2 Completion: 25 XP
Total XP Gained: 75 XP
Warning: CP under 50%!
I released the chakra in a great wave and stopped the chakra flow in my coils.
In an instant Shisui-nii-san was all over me, I can see why they call him Shunshin no Shisui. "Are you okay? What did you do? Was that chakra coming from you?" - he frantically said.
"Whoa whoa. Calm down nii-chan! You ninja always talk about chakra for jutsu, and your fire jutsu thingy felt powerful. So I wanted to get my chakra too! I found this warm thingy in my tummy, so I had it concentrate in my head and come out and I got a cool blue cloak"- I took a breath - "and it was soooo cool it felt awesome! But then I felt tired and released it in a wave and you came!" - I said, spewing out (mock) exciting words as fast as a Gatling gun spitting out bullets.
My always-calm-in-all-surprising-situations nii-chan blinked, and blinked again, his stoic jaw dropped to the floor, he took a deep breath to calm down unsuccessfullyl. "You're saying that, at the age of 3, you wanted to use your chakra so you tried to unlock it. Then, over the course of half an hour, you, by yourself, successfully entered meditating state and gained enough control over it to expulse it
out of your body?" - he asked, with his jaw still on the ground.
"Yeah. So?" - I gave an innocent face, but burst out laughing at his hilarious face.
A depressing cloud formed as he muttered something about "stupid prodigy little brothers" and "unfair world".
"Le-let's go for lunch." Shisui-nii said, face still stuck in the depressed state.
The streets of Konoha
"Where do you want to eat at?" - Shisui said, in a calmer mood - "I'll take you out today as a reward of your- you know- that incident." - he hung his head down, depressed, not unlike a certain Senju.
"I heard there's a delicious ramen stand by the gates. It's called Ichiraku Ramen, I heard it's good." - I said, as if it was not one of my dreams to eat a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen.
"Sure, my treat." - he shrugged nonchalantly.
Ichiraku Ramen Stand
The stand was small, but radiated a feeling of home. I flapped open the flaps and took a seat. Beside me was just the person I was looking for, one Uzumaki (Namikaze, but he doesn't know that) Naruto. He was three like me, and looked absolutely adorable to my old self. "Teuchi-jiji! Another bowl!" - he shouted enthusiastically, somehow devouring his ramen in one gulp. There he was, and I'm his biggest fan! I would have asked for an autograph but, problem is, he didn't know how to write his own name.
He noticed me. "Hi." - he said, with noodles dripping out of his mouth - "What's your name?"
"Hi. My name is Uchiha Ayashi. This is my brother Shisui." - I said - "what's your name?"
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto! One day all be the Hokage-ttebayo!" - he said, clearly excited by me asking him his name.
"I'm sure you will." - I said, it was actually true, mind you.
"One bowl of miso ramen, please." - I said to Teuchi, the ramen stand owner.
"I'll have the same as him." - nii-chan chimed in. Guess he likes miso too.
Not even ten minutes later, a bowl of steaming ramen was put in front of me. "Itadakimasu." - I said as I broke apart the one-use chopsticks. I was about to eat but Naruto stopped me. I looked at him with a questioning look.
"First you have to smell it first. Then you look at it. Then you can eat." - he said, apparently he was already in love with this ramen, that and he had a small vocabulary, even for his age. I think the only words over 5 letters he knows is "Hokage", "dattebayo", and his name, and maybe "shinobi" as well.
I inhaled the godly scent, then observed the steaming ramen. Suddenly, a blue screen appeared over the ramen.
[Miso Ramen (Ichiraku's)]
Uncommon Quality
The best ramen in all the elemental nations, with perfectly made miso soup and the best recipe and ingredients. Nutritious, but salty, and eating too much can be unhealthy.
Having more than 30 bowls a month can give you the negative status effect [Malnourished] (less vertical growth, general unhealthy-ness, and more).
30% CP regeneration and HP regeneration while within 30 minutes of consumption.
"Ayashi! Earth to Ayashi!" - I turned around towards the source of the voice, It was my brother. "You've been spacing out at the ramen for half a minute now. Eat it, or the broth will cool." - he said.
I ate the delicious ramen. I could see, no, taste why they say it's the best ramen in the elemental nations. It is really delicious.
About that observe thingy... I don't even know what it is, I'll try it on Teuchi. I looked at the genius chef, and thought "observe" in my head. A screen popped up above him.
Ichiraku Teuchi lvl 14
Relationships: Ichiraku Ayame (adopted daughter) (A/N: I always wondered where his wife was, and I didn't want to add a tragic backstory to the Ichiraku)
Affiliation: Konoha (civilian)
Title: Master Chef
Stats:
(A/N: Nobody cares and neither do I)
This power is soooooo overpowered.
After lunch, I, as a kind person, asked Naruto if he wanted to go to the playground to play, well, I don't but I know his pain from the show. Plus, I beared with like, 20 days of doing nothing, this would not be any worse.
"Aniki, can I go play with Naruto-san this afternoon?" - I asked my bro, trying to hide me excitement behind politeness.
He didn't look so sure.
"Pleeeeeaaaaase?" - I used an S-ranked kinjutsu ougi, and activated the most feared doujutsu of the whole Narutoverse - the puppy dog eyes.
"Sure" - he caved, as the eyes are truly fearsome - "I'll get a genin team to look after you."
Konoha Park
I pushed Naruto as he was swinging on the swing, the same swing that appears in every filler arc, the swing that was dubbed "the Swing of Memories" by the Naruto fan community.
I think I'm changing Naruto's life right now by playing with him. Though I want, no, need to train, I still need to give Naruto a friend. Hey, what if I had a kage bunshin train?
I put my hands into the famous hand seal gathered chakra. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" - I shouted.
In afterthought, this was not such a good idea...
A clone materialized beside me as Naruto looked at me with stars in his eyes. He cheered and jumped in the air...then promptly dispelled, as I don't have much chakra, back with the original...
THUMB
I promptly fell to the ground as my chakra as nearly all used up, it's a good thing that I just ate ramen, I was going to continue to play with Naruto, but I failed to do so, as my eyes rolled to the back of my head, and I fell to the ground. I still can't bear the memory backlash.
The genin team babysitting me was running around like headless chickens right now, while the anbu guarding Naruto, the weasel masked anbu with the code name Itachi, Itachi (WTF) to be exact. Why is his code name weasel, his name f*ing means weasel you ANBU naming sh!ts!
It seems they informed Shisui, 'cause the next thing I see is my mother scolding me.
"Did you know how dangerous that was, using a jonin level jutsu? You're just three years old! Shisui-kun informed me of that stunt you pulled this morning, releasing so much chakra that your brother felt it a few hundred meters away! You could have been put in a coma from chakra exhaustion!" - she started, and was going to continue.
"Mom, I can feel my chakra levels, and they were just below half by the time I was finished releasing it. The reason nii-san even felt it was because I released it all in a great wave. Plus, you know that being Uzumaki gives us big chakra pools, right?" - I cut her off, and explained.
"How did you know I was Uzumaki?" - she asked, eyeing me with a suspicious gaze.
"Mom," - I whined - "I know how to read! Stop treating me like a baby!" I pointed at mom and dad's wedding photo, or more precisely the plate in which their names are inscribed, which was attached to the base of the frame.
"Stop treating yourself like an adult! How about this, no training with chakra until you enroll in the academy! It's for your own good! These terms are non-negotiable!" - she got angry and shouted at me, using words that nobody at my age (but me) would know.
I did what any person with ambitions like mine would do in my position. I fainted again.
Done!
Like I said, I didn't have much inspiration for this chapter. Meaning this chapter is short and terrible, even more so than the previous ones. But the next chapters will be easier to write as we get to the ninja training and academy. I couldn't give much training to Ayashi when he's just three without being illogical. Couldn't progress the story so I had to do another time skip. There will not be a time skip next time or we'd skip the massacre (which I have all thought out). The massacre will probably be at about chapter 7.
I might not be updating for a while because it's cold as hell here as we still haven't buy air conditioning. My finger are having frostbite as I type.
Also, my mother still hasn't bought Internet so I have to beg her to open her hotspot every time I update.
QA:
Ummm... what's "sem harem"? If it means "harem", I said that I can't handle harem so sorry, but this fic will have only single pairings. There are lots of good harem fics on this site, go read them.
Thanks for the feedback. And Obito is dead because... that's would be telling, but I actually have a plan for that. If you have been spoiled, you have to change the story. It's no fun if everyone knows who Tobi is.
Umm... is updating in 3 days slow in your point of view? If you say that... I don't know if I can keep up. There are, in fact, people that update once a month, or three for that matter. I spent at least a fifth of my time working on this fic.
Yep, high raisin and raise gain are what made Minato famous XD.
Thanks for all the reviews you guys!
I'm changing Itachi and Shisui to be older. Other ages will probably stay the same.
Please point out the flaws in my writing and vote for the pairings! Though yes, Mr.Romance-breaks-the-flow (I'm too lazy too look up your name again), romance will not be a centre of the story, and I agree with your thoughts about people understanding the opposite sex at the age of myself. Heck, I don't understand my sister sometimes (read all the time).
As compensation for the short chapter and long A/N, I give you, drumroll please...
cricket*cricket*cricket*cricket*cricket*cricket*cricket*cricket*
Omake:
Ayashi opened the gamer interface and was greeted by a nasty surprise.
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"How can I help?"
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In another AU
I, Nara Ayashi, was sleeping in bed.
Bec-
"Fuck off" - I said and went back to sleep.
Due to no one helping, Gaia was kicked out of Kamigakure no Sato by the Kamikage, and [The Gamer] and the earth was no more.
Name: Uchiha Ayashi
Affiliation: Konoha (civilian)
Age: 3
Stats:
Lvl: 3 95% (5 XP) to next level
STR: 7
DEX: 5
VIT: 18
WIS: 5 (1) = 6
INT: 5 (1) = 6
LUK: 2
CC: 6%
CP: 7500
HP: 4900
ACP: 450
SP: 24
AP: 5