He believes it's been about four months since his rebirth and his eyes are finally developed enough to see a little more than the blobs of color he associates the world with. He has also come to understand his new name, Asahi Haruko. The day also came where he could make out the features of his loving parents, and it was a true achievement in his book despite it being totally out of his control. But then the time finally came where he saw his mother's face. She is a beautiful woman with pale yellow hair, almost white, but shimmers gold in the sun, and dainty features which often rest peacefully when around him. However her most prominent, and shocking feature, were her eyes. Pure white. You couldn't tell the pupil from the sclera and after seeing that he promptly fainted.
He thought after that incident he couldn't be fazed, but he soon found out that the world was much different than he had originally thought. He figured he's been reborn in Japan based on the language, lifestyle, and architecture. Plus there are some bits of technology about so he figured his new family, still a bit strange calling them that, had just chosen to live a more rustic lifestyle. He could respect that. But then one day his father came home, and it wasn't his features that bothered him. He had seen the man many times before, and been subject to his bear hugs that left his cheeks scratched up from the stubble littered across the lower half of his face. He had a grin that would light up a room, but that seemed to be the only especially remarkable thing about him. He has inky black hair and deep brown eyes that dance with mischief, but still rather normal colors, and his features were also fairly average, but maybe just above. The thing that caught his attention that day was a shiny forehead protector wrapped around his arm. A stylized leaf sat idly in the center, mocking him as he stared into the swirl.
He denied the thought as soon as it rushed at him from the depths of his mindscape. Konohagakure? Naruto? What? His dad was also wearing a jounin vest with a red Uzumaki swirl emblazoned on its back. Cosplay? He stopped thinking, and grasped onto what reasoning he could. He denied vehemently the possibility of him being reborn into the Naruto world, and he continued doing so until his first birthday rolled around. At that point he occupied himself with learning the language, talking, and walking while conveniently forgetting the event. Although it lingered in the back of his mind.
His parents decided to throw a very large celebration, and as they put it they had "invited the whole family". How was I supposed to know the "whole family" consisted of so many people. Those were his thoughts as he stepped into a large room filled with people who looked very similar, many with brown or black hair and brown eyes. A moment of surprise flashed through him before he calmed again, he had stood in front of way more people than this when giving his valedictorian speech, so he wasn't riled. He doubted much could rile him after so many of the experiences he's had.
He was brought down into the room and the room quieted rather quickly in response. Many smiled in amusement and a parent held each of his hands and brought him to the front of the room where his father welcomed everyone for coming. Many took that as a cue to come up and congratulate him for turning one, a bit of an overreaction, he thought curiously. Then one man strode towards them and smiled kindly, his heart stopped. Was this-? "Hiruzen-sama" his father greeted warmly and reality came crashing down on him. His already pale complexion whitened and his eyes opened in shock. He seemed a bit younger than he remembered though, but perhaps it was just the fact that he was a real person that lessened his age. He was brought back from his thoughts by his father nudging him out of his trance and he quickly bowed and mumbled an apology to Hiruzen Sarutobi, but if he was here then that meant he was part of the Sarutobi clan, and that meant that he was in the- oh god, please don't say it- the Narutoverse.
Author Lowkey: Haha! Sorry to leave it on a bit of a dramatic ending! Hope you enjoyed Chapter 2! I'll most likely release the next chapter next week on Sunday and keep a weekly schedule after that. I wanted to post the prologue and first chapter so y'all could get a bit of an idea on how the story will be and my writing style. I might come back and rewrite chapters when I'm nearing the end of the story, who knows, but that will be a loong way off so don't worry about it. Please leave a review and share!