Chapter 1: Into a new world

A/N: I own nothing.

When i woke up, everything was blurry. I could only discern the blue, which was above me, and i presumed it to be the sky. And i could see some greenery, which i presumed was the forest.

And then, came the pain. Excruciating pain flared across my entire body. I wanted to claw my way into my body. It felt like icy river was raging inside my body. I felt cold and hot at the same time. I tried to keep from screaming, but i failed miserably. I screamed in pain to the heavens. Even in my pain addled brain, i couldn't help but notice that my voice was a bit childish, dare i say it, infant-like. I screamed and cried almost until i was unconscious, but then, it just stopped. I opened my eyes and i think i recognized a face, but i was overwhelmed by the soothing feeling that enveloped my body, like a cocoon, and it made me feel safe. Then i passed out.

~Time skip~ 3 years

Being a freaking baby was boring as hell, but there was nothing i could do about it, so i spent the days sleeping or trying to figure out what was that feeling of an icy water raging inside my veins. It only happened after i had nightmares, and sadly, they occurred almost every night. I would wake up screaming, and my caretaker would come rushing and doing that same thing which made the pain go away.

After about seven months since i was reincarnated, my sight got really good, even better than it was in my previous life. And with that freaking good eyesight i saw that my caretaker was none other than Jiraiya. Seriously? Like what the fuck?! First of all, i somehow, with a mad stroke of luck, or misfortune, end up in this universe. Where people breathe fire, create raging tsunamis like it's an everyday occurrence. Second of all, my mad streak of luck is at work again, seeing as i literally couldn't get a better man in this world to take care of me, if we forget his perverted streak, and his complete lack of skills at raising a baby. But, we can forget all that, simply because i am an adult in a child's body. But, now that i knew all this, i could prepare for the future, and possibly even return to my home world. There are two ways, both are really risky, like, i-might-fuck-up-the-universe kinda risky, or just get sucked into a black hole. But, its still way too early to think about it.

Learning Japanese with Jiraiya wasn't that hard, considering that i studied it when i was in highschool. And i had a good grasp over foreign languages. Knowing how to speak english, russian and japanese fluently, along with knowing how to introduce myself in at least five other languages. So, at two years of my life, i was pretty good at speaking, though i couldn't read, but oh well, there will be time for that.

Since the moment i recognized Jiraiya, i knew that he could be trusted, and that i had to work hard and not dumb myself down. I wanted him to give me his full attention, and after a few years, i would tell him everything. I hope he will trust me when the time comes.

On another note, i found out that the cold river beneath my skin, was actually chakra. Huh. At first i thought i was sick, and that somehow he would heal me. I was too occupied thinking about my hole, sleeping like my infantile body demanded, and you know... Baby stuff...

I immediately started trying to manipulate energy within, but i failed spectacularly. After 6 months, i finaly achieved some progress, not much, but still. I channeled chakra to my hands and used them to stick to various things. I'll never forget the look on Jiraiya's face when he caught me trying to shake a glass from my open hand. And then i decided to mess with him a bit "Cat got your tongue, Jiraiya?" Then he yelled at me for doing that, and i caught something else in those eyes, other than look of concern, but i couldn't place it...

Few more months passed, and things were looking good for me. I could form full sentences, i started walking a bit more, having better balance. Days were never dull with Jiraiya, that was certain. We never stayed at the same place for more than a week. He would meet up with his contacts, and then he'd spend sime time teaching me how to read and talk better. He'd take me to the fairs if there were some in town. He went peeping on women, of course, but he didn't take me with him. Until i told him to take me everywhere with him. I practically begged with puppy dog eyes, and finally sealed it by saying that i have seen some dads taking their kids on their shoulders. He put a valiant resistance, for the entirety of five seconds.

So, here i find myself atop Jiraiya's shoulders, with a fistful of his hair in my hands, walking through the streets of a village somewhere in the western part of Land of Fire, thinking how it would've been nice if Jiraiya was my real father. But now was not the time for such wishful thinking. I had people to return to.

We actually had fun. Jiraiya played a lot of games for my sake, and i was laughing for real, and i believe he was happy with the reprieve of being the strongest ninja, and a manager of an extensive spy network. If he were from my world, he would've been a damn good spy, with all the tech we possess.

It was already night when we came back to the hotel, as i was tired from the activities during the day. Jiraiya was sitting on the terrace, sipping on tea, and writing his novel. I gotta sneak a peek on that. It interested me to no end.

I was in the bathroom, standing on a chair, looking at myself in the mirror. For some reason, i looked exactly the same like i looked back in my world. I thought it was impossible. Babies don't just drop from the sky, do they? Anyways, i had my purpose here. It was to go back to my universe and, as much as i wanted to stay out of this, seeing as it would be pointless, as the good guys win at the end. But, i owe it to Jiraiya. I had to save Minato and Kushina. If i understood, the Third Shinobi war has just ended, prior to my appearance, which means Minato will become Hokage soon, if not already. I had an idea now, but i'm not sure if it would work. I had to talk to Jiraiya soon. I knew he won't go to sleep for a few more hours, and now was the time. I would plan accordingly, and they would live.

Jiraiya was still sitting on the terrace, writing, and he seemed to be unaware of the things happening around him. He would occasionally giggle pervertedly, or tap his pen to his chin in thinking, but that's about it. He was suddenly jolted out of his world by a scream, a scream of a child, and he instantly recognized it as mine. With all the speed a ninja of his caliber possessed, he appeared right next to me. He knew that i had nightmares often, but every time i had one, he would always be right next to me in an instant.

"Shh, it's okay kid, it was just a bad dream. It's okay..." I quieted down almost instantly, quietly sobbing into his chest. Now. It was time. "Jiraiya, this one felt so real. I was in a town, and there were people screaming and dying all around me." I took a shaky breath. "But then, when i looked up, i-i-i... I saw a giant nine tailed fox roaring to the sky." At this Jiraiya went still. "And after that, i saw a blonde man in a white coat fighting a weird masked guy with chains on his wrists" I was frantic at this point. "And then, the same blond haired man on a giant frog, and then a red haired woman with chains sprouting from her back, holding down the fox. And the blonde had a little kid, blonde too..." A fresh wave of tears started spilling from my eyes. "He put the baby on some kind of altar, and yelled something, and half of the fox got sucked into him. He faltered, saying something about how powerful it was. And then, the fox tried to kill the baby, and one second later, both the blond man and the red haired woman were pierced on a claw. That's it..."

Jiraiya was still as a statue since i mentioned the Nine tails. The only notion of him being alive was the widening of his eyes. When i finished retelling my "nightmare", his eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets. After a few minutes, he finally got out of his stupor.

"Kenshin, have you seen maybe anything else other than that?" He asked completely serious, not a trace of the goofy pervert, only and S-ranked ninja, who, by lore is one of the strongest people in Naruto-verse.

I sniffed once more for good measure, tried to remember anything that i could tell him. " A name keeps popping up into my mind, but it makes no sense. It floats around the masked guy, i don't know..." "Come on, tell me what's the name" He was losing his cool by now, he wanted to know everything. "Obito" i whispered "That's the name of the masked guy."

Jiraiya looked as he's gonna have a heart attack any moment now. But then, he got himself together. He bit his finger, summoned a toad and said "get Minato to clear up his schedule for the next day, tell him it's of the utmost importance. And him alone, i don't want those old fossils listening to anything" Then he turned to me "Kenshing, we are going to Konoha"

Chapter 1 end

A/N: I guess it's short. It's still mostly a prelude to the happenings. I will try to make chapters longer, but i won't just put in some useless scenes and fillers just for the sake of it. Just like before, read and review, flames will be laughed upon. I don't mind constructive criticism.

See you soon.