"Do you know what is the meaning of your name" I heard my mom tell me, I got pretty good at understand the language, since she reads me stories before bed.
Today was my first birthday, I was eating my cake when she asked me that question, No I didn't understand the meaning of my name so I shook my head.
"Suteko" she said and took a breath "means unwanted child or abandoned" she said with her head down "your father did abandon you indeed, but this is not why i named you that. I named Suteko because it represents innovation, independence,determination, courage and sincerity. That's what I want to become, an ambitious, self-confident, determined and self-reliant" looks like she picked the right name for me' I thought. I raised my hand and put it on her face, she looked at me and smiled "I love you, Suteko" she said "I wove you mama" I said back.
In my past life, I was an introverted who all he wanted in his life was to sit in his bed and spend the day watching movies and writing stories, I liked being alone, like every other introverted, sometimes I would take my MP3 and go to an empty spot, listen to music and watch the sky. I was lazy too, if I wanted something but it was in the other room, I would just shrug and forget about it. Except for work, when it comes to a job or an assignment I would spent every breath moment doing my work until I feel satisfied, and I don't feel satisfied about anything. I was what my workmates called me, a perfectionist. I would do everything asked for me to the letter. However this also works both ways. If others want to force on to me things that I don't find necessary or useless to do, I would do the said work, but one should always remember that to every rule there's a loophole, which I was more than glad to take advantage of. I find it fitting the name mother choose for me, it was two sides of the same coin, just like me. A positive side of the name and a negative. Just like how I am an adult in a baby's body. Just how like I like to work hard and laze around in the same time. One thing I'm sure of is, mother is perfect.
I was sitting planing my new life, I always was the planing type, think first then head later. I am 2 years old, and I can talk already, which was not something you normally do in my past life, but I blame it on the chakra. Chakra. What a fascinating thing, I started to feel my chakra not long ago, I don't know how is the average chakra reserve but I know that I as a two years old should not have this much chakra inside of me, how is my body containing all of it is beyond me, how did I even survived the sealing. Thinking about the sealing, wasn't the Uzumaki the only ones who can survive the kyuubi's sealing. Am I going to die? Hell no, wait, wait I better start remembering the events of the anime before rushing into conclusions, so Uzumaki Naruto was the kyuubi jinshuriki, dead last, prankster, close to the hogake, wears a kill me jumpsuit, an idiot, has a crush on the pink haired girl or was it the other boy, wait didn't they Kiss? I think I should write these down, but I don't know how to write, which means
"Mama" I called
"Yes honey"
"I want to learn how to write and read" I said with my baby voice
"Why would you want to do that" she asked
"So I can read my stories when you are busy" I lied
"Please" I continued and made my eyes look wider, I knew with my blue eyes she can't resist
"Alright, honey. I should go to the village and get some scrolls and ink so we can began you lessons, I will be back in a minute" she said and I jumped and hugged her
"Thank you mama. I love you" I said
"I love you too" and she hugged me tighter and left
I always enjoyed learning new language, In my past life I spoke five language fluently and I knew little of others thus me understanding a little Japanese in the beginning, so it was easy for me to continue learning Japanese when I already knew the basics, having a good teacher and with my babe mind that sucked everything I didn't even need 3 months to memorize how to write and read Japanese, with nothing to do I asked mother to teach calligraphy, I was always one for the art and calligraphy seemed like good start, she went back to the village to bring more ink and scrolls, I for the time being decided to go take a walk. Since I learnt to walk I always go out to take a walk, if I find a good spot I will stay there and watch the clouds until the night when mother comes and gets me back, how does she found me, I never asked.
I was sitting looking at the cloudy sky when I heard a noise, my hearing was better than a normal's human because of the kyuubi, I never hated it but now I'm grateful for it because if I didn't hear that noise I would have been dead. In front of me was standing a man with a kunai, I saw his headband and I cursed under my breath, now how the hell am I going to run from a shinobi, he wouldn't hurt me would he, we are konoha's civilians, no konoha's shinobi would hurt us, that's what I thought until I saw that he didn't have a leaf in his headband but a rock 'iwa' my mind supplied, what is an iwa shinobi doing in konoha's forest, that's borderline war.
"What do we have here. Yondaime-chibi" he said, oh hell no, I thought as I remembered what Namikaze did to iwa in the war, he stepped back when I felt it, the fear, it was gripping at me, it was like the night of the sealing but worst 'killing intent' I thought, of course it's worst because this time it's focused on me, I'm going to die, my god I'm going to die. I looked down at my body in disgust, have I told you how much I hated feeling weak and helpless, it was why I joined the forces in my past life. I hated my self at the moment, then a picture of my mother smiling went in front of my mind and I felt the tears in my eyes, what if something happened to her, what if he went after her after he kills me, I'm weak, I can't help her. I was scared, not for myself but for my mother, I felt a tickling sensation in my eyes and shook it of as tears, I took a deep breath and gathered all my force. For mother.
"Please do it quickly" I said
"Hehe don't worry, i would be quicker than the yellow flash" he said and laughed at his own joke, I saw him coming slowly, really slowly, why was he walking this slow, no human can walk as slowly as this, let alone a shinobi, whatever he was giving me an opportunity so I won't waste it. I grabbed the rock that was beside me and waited for him to get closer, when he was in front of me I tightened my hold on the rock and made to hit him in the head. Something was wrong, my hand was shooting slowly and I saw his eyes shift to it. I saw his hand move to grab mine, I knew he would succeed for the speed he was going with was faster than mine, I saw in slow motion as the last chance of saving my life and my mother's went down the river. I closed my eyes and waited for the killing blow but it never came, I frowned then opened my eyes, there with her black hair was standing my mother a knife embodied in the enemy shinobi, but she got injured on the way, just a superficial wound, it wasn't what picked my attention, it was the tattoo she had on her left shoulder, it was an Anbu tattoo, his mother is an Anbu or was, it was then I made up his mind, i will never be in the same situation as now, I will become stronger than my mother so I could protect her, I would train to the bone, I can not stay this weak and pathetic, I will make mother proud.
"Train me" I said one day
"What. No" she said and i looked at her, when I saw her pale I raised an eyebrow, she handed me a mirror and I looked at myself, instead of my usual blue eyes, I had blood red sharingan ones
"So not only you are Anbu, but an Uchiha too" I said
"How did you know"
"What do you mean"
"You are always here, you never went to the village. There's no way you could've known what the sharingan is, let alone the Anbu tattoo" Mother 1 me 0. She was perspective and she was avoiding the answers. I love my mother
"Just because I don't go in the village does not mean other don't go out. Now, quit changing the subject and tell me. Will you train me" I said with a serious voice, still keeping eye contact
"No" she said
"Fine, then Lets wait until the iwa-nin's teammate come and finish the job, I can only hope I will die quickly and they don't torture me" I said and turned to leave. I really didn't want to use my questioning methods but I knew she will refuse otherwise
"Wait" she called and I stopped
"You're too young for training" she continued, I still had my back to her, I turned my face a little and said
"I'm not asking you to, I know my body will not bear it. But how about we start with theory and basics that don't need much exercising"
"Alright" she said softly, I walked to her and hugged her
"Thank you mama. I will make you proud"
"You already are, son. You already are"
"I love you" i said and she hugged me tighter.