Remembrance

At first, faint memories of a strange land haunt my dreams. In a few weeks, those dreams became more and more vivid. Translucent, almost, to the point I could see those dreams as visions in broad daylight.

I thought I was sick, since an agonizing headache always accompanies these visions. I told my father, but after multiple visits to the healers, they couldn't find anything wrong with me. So I was sent off with some medicine and order to rest.

Two months passed by since the beginning of those dreams. My vision only grew in intensity, and I soon found out the truth; They were not visions. They were memories.

I could remember it all. I could remember them all. The families, friends, and everyone, everything the owner of this memory knew. From the scent of his favorite breakfast to the excitement he felt when doing his favorite activities, they were as vivid as my own memories. What's weirder, is that the memory belong to a man in his early twenties who lived in a strange world with metal boxes on wheels, titanic towers made of glass panels and metal, and a global civilization on a planet called earth.

That… is not where I am. Perhaps those were someone else's memories, perhaps that was my past life's. But the truth is stranger than fiction, for the world I reside now, full of Shinobi and Hidden Villages, was a mere work of fiction back there. A popular manga and anime series titled Naruto.

Outrageous.

I couldn't accept it at first, I thought this must have been some weird Genjutsu trick. However, the memories provided some unique and insightful information. Things that I didn't know were true, but was able to verify its accuracy later on. It's.. disheartening, to have the truth of your reality of 6 years be put in question.

But so much has changed since I received these memories. My personality and even intellect had changed dramatically to match the memory owner's own qualities. It's such a strange sensation, but I felt like a totally different person. A 6 year old Academy Student with the mind of a 23 year old man from another realm.

What am I to do with these.. meta-knowledge?

What purpose do I serve?

Was I that person?

Did I died and got reincarnated?

Who did this to me, and why?

Is this world real?

I have to… wake up to reality.

Seek the truth with my own eyes.