'Fucking school shooters... this is what I get for not skipping school today.' I died. Plain and simple, It wasn't because of sickness or a natural disaster. Truck-kun didn't even take me.

I died because some prick that never even went to this school shot me. Or rather I died because I took a bullet for someone else... Not that I regret that but couldn't I get shot in the liver instead of the lung or something? Like come on. -100/10 wouldn't recommend. Getting shot in the lung fucking sucked.

Now I was in what I called the void.

It was dark but not really. I couldn't feel shit. I couldn't see shit. I couldn't do anything. It sucked. It was tantamount to hell for me. 'Just when I fucking recovered,' The hilarious part, at least to me was the fact that not even a week before I beat tuberculosis that should have been fatal.

Literally seven days later on the day I come back to school, I get shot. How fucking horrible is my luck? Like seriously. I died not even a week after three years of hell. I wasn't even seventeen yet and I had dealt with this shit.

'No use whining about it now, I'll just wait to pass onto the afterlife I guess; Might as well go over who I am again... At least lets me keep my sanity.' I'm sixteen years old. I like Anime, Manga, Swords, Video games, and my cousin who kept bringing me fast food when I was in the hospital. Some of my favorite anime/manga include Naruto, My Hero Academia, Black Clover, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen. My dislikes are my brother and other cousin who dissed my manga and anime addiction and love for sharp things, spicy food, and those who shat on Demon Slayer. Fuck them. Like seriously they can go suck my di-

'I won't finish that line of thought. Everyone can have their own opinion' Things were already getting boring. I've been in the void for... Maybe an hour now? I didn't know how time passed here though. I didn't have a clock and I had a shit sense of timing. At least when I was doing everything but hunting... That was a nice month and skill to discover.

'Fuck this is going to be boring isn't it?' Idly I wondered how everyone felt. Celebrating from one day to mourning the next. It must be odd. I hoped my family would be okay. I wondered how they'd taking hearing about my death. I also wondered if the prick that shot me was arrested and the girl I saved lived. That'd be great.

But alas, I'll never get an answer. I'm dead! Fuck. 'Again, no use bitching about it. I can be sad but its not worth whining about it.' It wasn't. What would I even gain? My life back? Some self-assurance? Nothing. I'd gain absolutely nothing from cursing out my death and my luck. 'Also its no use thinking about the what ifs.

I wish I could do what I did when I was sick... Well after I read all my manga and watched all the anime I was interested in.

Read fanfiction.

Fanfiction.

What a horrible yet intriguing thing. So much content. Some good. some bad. A little bit for everyone. I saw over 400k fanfiction for my favorite anime, Naruto and I was delighted. To be honest I don't remember how I found the place. It was like it just appeared to me one day and that's it. But I loved the fact I was there. It was like heaven to someone like me who didn't have anything else. Not even video games could bring me much joy anymore

I saw unspeakable things. Kushina x Gamabunta was one of them. Now I can understand some people are weird but come on Your shipping Kushina. Naruto's mother. With Gamabunta a giant ass toad. But I digress. People like what they like and I'm not touching them with a 20-foot pole. There truly was no limit to the imagination of the human mind. Sickening that it sometimes maybe. And I mean very sickening. There was also worse things than Kushina/Gamabunta. Don't get me started on Sasuke/Itachi. Or Kakashi/Naruto.

Sadly I didn't even have the dark place of fanfiction. I only had me and whatever I could think of.

'Damn this sucks...'

So I waited.

'When will something happen?'

And waited.

'Please for the love of god, take me to hell even'

'Or is this hell?'

And I waited some more. Until a thought occurred to me.

'Will I be here for eternity?'

The thought of being in the place that was tantamount to hell for an eternity made me want to scream.

[Welcome, Chosen one]

I was startled and felt my eyes flutter open as I looked around. I was in a classroom. In the back left corner of it. 'Is that a shark?' They reminded me of Kisame Hoshigaki from Naruto... Where was I exactly? What was that screen like thing earlier?

My thoughts were interrupted when the teacher started speaking, "Good, Hoshigaki is here now we can start," Hoshigaki? No... It can't be, "Now we'll start off with information about the war and some changes we're making," War? Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck. I was in a war? "Any questions?"

Okay I had many questions. Most I likely couldn't and was to afraid to ask. 'Okay, there was a screen earlier, right? Maybe, just maybe I have something like the gamer that could help,' I was no stranger to the Reincarnation genre. Commonly, a sign you had the gamer was there being a screen predating your reincarnation. So maybe... stats?'

A scroll I hoped wasn't visible to anyone else appeared and unfurled itself in front of me.

[Name: Kukui Tanku

Age: 10

Title: Academy student of Kiri

Chakra: 40/40

Stamina: 40/40

Strength: 5

Dexterity: 10

Constitution: 8

Chakra: 4

Chakra control: C]

Okay why wasn't I surprised? Of course my luck landed me into the world of Naruto. In Kirigakure. Fucking Kirigakure. Literally the worst place to be. 'At least I know my name,' That was good. I knew what to listen too. My stats were pretty damn low to be honest. Also I had a title already...

[Title; Academy student of Kiri. When training under a Kirigakure Academy teacher stats grow 5% faster]

Okay... Not bad. But it could be better. Now the moral dilemma I was facing today... Defect or not? I didn't want to be part of a genocide. I didn't want to help Obito, nor did I want to get involved in this shit. There was much more important things I needed to do. 'Okay your already thinking like this eh? My mind is in fucking overdrive right now. So I need to calm down,' I then decided to listen to our chunin sensei.

"So, Yagura-sama's purge of those bloodline using bastards is going well. We even completely wiped out the Sukuna clan and their stupid thread bloodline. But it could be better, currently, we are running thin on man-power. Our forces were really reduced by the Kaguya and Yuki clans respectively. So Yagura-sama needs you all to be better, faster, stronger. So we are going to be training you more harshly from now on. We are also going to do the different aptitude tests later on this week to see what specific thing you are skilled in. This includes learning your elemental affinity." My new teacher explained.

'Okay... I think I need to stay. I'm weak... or at least I should be. If they're teaching me something useful then I can stay for a bit.' I had a plan now. If I could use these bastards for everything I could then I'd be able to leave Kirigakure... Wait did they still have the kill all of your classmates thing? That wouldn't be in my best interests.'You just don't want to kill,'

"Because of this, we are spending a week on physically training you up to snuff. By the end of the year we want you to be full fledged Kiri-nin. All of you. The demon of the mist really ensured we'd have to change that," He sighed in disappointment then, " So you will have a different graduation exam. We will be seeing how well you can preform the Hidden mist Jutsu. Only the best will pass. Since you haven't had the privilege of learning yet, you will learn next week, after the aptitude tests. We will give you the results by next week,"

He then smiled, "Now its time for training," Why did I feel like running as far and as fast as possible? "Follow me outside and we shall begin," Everyone shivered then.

God(or is it Kami now?) Help me.

"First we will be pushing your legs to their limits by a kilometer long run, If your muscles give out we have a med-nin on standby to heal you and to make sure you can keep going. After that you have a two minute break. Then we will have you put on weighted wrist bands and leg bands. we will have you spar with someone for an hour until you both can't move. Once you are done with that we will have you take a kunai or sword, your choice and strike at puppets until you can hit their vital points with relative ease. After that you will practice shuriken jutsu. Begin!" The chunin ordered and we all began running.

Running was a feeling I wasn't very familiar with anymore. But fuck it made me feel alive. For years I couldn't run because of my tuberculosis making my lungs feel like shit. But now? I could run freely! And I had decently high constitution too. Well I hoped. I had no idea how I compared to others. But all I knew was I was feeling great!

[New skill unlocked: Running lvl 1

Description: When activated user moves 5% faster

Cost: 5 stamina per second]

I nearly stopped there, the scroll was very distracting but I closed it, 'So I can unlock skills eh? Nice. This makes this thing so much easier,' One thing I noticed was that I didn't have gamers body or mind. 'Lets see what about inventory...' At that I received another disappointment. But it was expected at this point to be honest.

I decided to not use running because I didn't want to see what it'd be like to lose all of my stamina yet. I wasn't going to be dumb. 'My legs are beginning to ache now,' I noticed I was beginning to slow down, 'Alright maybe I should be a bit dumb.' I also noticed I was ahead of a few people, but behind some others, a shark like girl, a white haired boy, a purple haired girl, a pale black haired girl, a blue haired boy, a shark like girl, a short boy, and a green haired, dark skinned boy were in front of me. 5 people were behind me. So I was in ninth. I needed to go beyond.

I also noticed we were nearing our sensei again. 'Okay lets test this out!' I wasn't that far behind the blue haired boy whilst the white haired boy was in first. I'd go for eighth. 'Running!' I didn't know if it'd work but I felt a noticeable bump up in speed. I had eight seconds.

I also began straining my legs more, "I need... to catch up!" The blue haired boy turned around and I sped ahead of him. 'Two seconds left,' I didn't feel any more tired then I was before running. So it helped. My legs were killing me though.

"What the-" The blue haired boy was shocked as we reached our sensei, me just slightly ahead.

"And you reached eighth Tanku. Good. Now will you show this drive for the rest of the year or will this be a one time thing? I'd like to hope not but knowing you it is," Well fuck you Kukui for making me look like a slacker... I wonder what happened to the soul of the boy I body snatched 'No use thinking about it,'

My back straightened, "I won't fail you sensei. I'll be the best by the time the end of the year rolls around,"

The man eyed me for a second, "Good. Thats what I like to see in people like you Tanku. If you keep showing the determination your showing now, I have no doubt you'll be slaughtering those bloodline using bastards," I didn't know if I should feel honored or sickened, "Now put these on," He handed me weighted wrist bands and weighted leg bands, "And go spar, with Choujuro," Choujuro? Wasn't that guy part of the fifth Mizukage's guard? Well this gave me an idea of where I was exactly in the timeline, a better one that is.

I nodded and put on the weights, I walked up to the blue haired boy who was standing in a corner, he was shaking and looking down, "Uh hey... so we're supposed to spar until we drop... So hi?" How the fuck was I supposed to talk to a ten year old? Sure we were training to be killers and to partake in a genocide but he was still ten.

He pushed up his glasses, "Uh hi Kukui... I guess we'll spar like Sensei said but you'll probably win," If I won, I'd be surprised. I was always a brawler but I couldn't hold a candle to the superkillers.

I smiled, "Nonsense, your gonna kick my ass!" I got into a fighting stance then, "So lets begin," Choujuro also went into a fighting stance. One better than mine, I shifted mine into one more like his real quick. I ducked under a punch and then shifted my foot for a kick. I was quickly acquainting myself with this body. Good.

Choujuro shifted to the side, dodging and grabbed my foot and threw me to the ground. I grunted in pain as I turned around to face Choujuro. The bespeckled boy began running toward me, throwing Shuriken. 'Okay that's allowed,' This was Kirigakure... Fuck I hated being here already, My arm twitched and I pulled out a kunai and quickly blocked the shuriken, I threw said kunai at Choujuro who dodged.

[New skill unlocked: Shurikenjutsu lvl 1:

Shuriken throwing lvl 1: Accuracy of Shurikens when thrown at stationary targets is increased by 10%(passive)

Kunai throwing lvl 1: Accuracy of Kunai when thrown at stationary targets is increased by 10%(passive)]

I ignored the screen as I moved to the side to dodge a punch and then a kick. I flipped backward (Okay this body may have some extra muscle memory that I'm eternally grateful for) and kicked Choujuro as he advanced. He grunted in pain as the kick connected.

I gripped his shoulders and threw the bespeckled boy over to a tree and grabbed a kunai(why did I even have a kunai pouch yet? Oh right, this was the bloody mist, not Konohagakure... did that mean I had to kill at some point before my graduation,) I began running toward Choujuro and twirled the kunai in my hand, flipping it into a reverse grip. It didn't feel right so I used flipped it upward.

Choujuro did the same and ran toward me once more.

"You two," Our sensei pointed to me and Choujuro, "How the fuck did you manage to create an all out war during sparing?" Choujuro looked to me with an expression that translated to 'save me'

I stepped forward. 'Why am I putting my neck out there for someone I only know because we tried to injure each other,' I had multiple cuts and bruises on my body. But it was worth it because I let a lot of anger and stress out, "Well it started when Kaina and Kuokuro came near us when we were sparring, Kaina threw a kunai into Choujuro's shoulder and I took offense to that as he was my sparing partner, not hers," That was a blatant lie but he seemed to buy it, I was just pissed Kaina did that on purpose. 'God bless Choujuro for teaching me their names' Yes she did. I confirmed as I broke her nose... after she broke my wrist, " And so I may or may not have broken her nose as retribution. Things spiraled from there. "

Sensei put his fingers on the bridge of his nose, "Look," He sighed, "I'm not mad, infact I'm impressed that you, one of the worst at Taijutsu managed to beat a Hoshigaki, even if you were the more injured of the two. And I won't fault you for this. It happens. I remember my first day at the academy was like this. But please don't do this again. You have a fifteen minute break so that our medics healing jutsu will solidify," Oh thank god he was a reasonable man. Other than the racist part.

I began to walk to under a tree and Choujuro followed me, "Hey Kukui... thanks for explaining the situation there... you saved our bacon from Sensei's wrath," He shivered slightly at the mention of Sensei.

I placed my hands up, "It was nothing, I was saving my bacon too," Truly I was, "Anyways, sorry for getting your shoulder broken," Yeah that wasn't pretty... Kaina was on my shit list. Permanently. It was my first day in this world and I've broken bones, most of them my own. But not all of them. 'This isn't going to be a nice year isn't it?' Fuck my life.

Choujuro rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Its fine. Besides its not your fault Kaina's mean," I really hoped Choujuro wasn't a racist at this point in time. He was a cinnamon roll so far, "I'm just glad you've intervened," He then paused, "What changed though? You used to be a slacker," He then looked a bit terrified, "I mean no offense but yo-"

I cut him off, "None taken. I was kinda a slacker... As for what changed," Well what kind of excuse could I make here? "I just want to live, being a slacker won't get me there," It wouldn't, "So I plan to improve myself," I saw a light in Choujuro's eye. I didn't know what it was but it was a unique one. Respect maybe? It looked like there might be hope left for him. At least now.

Choujuro nodded, "I see... Well could I help you? I don't want to die either..." He looked down then, "And I'm pretty weak as is..." The dude was a beast in canon and he becomes the sixth Mizukage. No fucking way was he weak.

I pat him on the back, 'Plus he's really good with two handed weapons, The way he handled that tree branch was... terrifying.' Nothing would haunt my nightmares more than Choujuro smacking everyone around before his shoulder was broken with a tree branch, "Sure. And please don't call yourself weak, The way you smacked everyone around was truly a work of art. It will forever haunt my nightmares," The boy's face turned red at the praise.

"Really you thi-" Choujuro began before he was cut off by our sensei.

"ALRIGHT BRATS, BREAK'S OVER! GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE FOR TARGET PRACTICE!" The man shouted and I looked at Choujuro who nearly teleported to sensei as soon as he could think. I of course ran my ass over there. As we got to sensei we saw twelve Kunai and Swords of various shapes and sizes laid out on a table, "Take your pick, Your going to be stabbing the vital points of these puppets," He gestured to very life like puppets, "Faster and faster until you can stab bloodline using scum's vital points with ease," I saw Choujuro slightly flinch. Just enough so that someone like Sensei would miss, but those paying attention wouldn't.

He let us take a look around and I grabbed a Taiji like sword. It felt right, rather than a Katana, I held it in a tight but caring grip. Its craftsmanship was wonderful, "I think I'll pick this one," Sensei nodded and gestured to the puppets.

I walked up and felt my breathing. It was uneven and nervous. I steeled myself and began stabbing. I kept stabbing until I was done. Someone else went up next and they began stabbing.

'Okay... lets go over the events of today.' I decided mentally as I watched people go by. 'So, I died and got Reincarnated into the Naruto world. I'm in Kirigakure during the Kiri civil war with the gamer from Wish .com and not even an inventory. I have one year to shape up and become the best I can be before I graduate.' Well fuck... Anything else... 'Oh yeah. I have absolutely no idea what I should do.'

"Alright brats. Academy's over for the day, go home and prepare for another grueling day tomorrow," Sensei shouted and everyone stood up. Well now time to go home...

That left one more tiny issue, How the fuck was I going to get home?

Well. This was chapter one! Hopefully you enjoyed. I tried my best to make this a good chapter one but I don't know if I did a good job. I hope I did. Because this took a shockingly long time to write for me. Anyways by the time your seeing this I hope to have five chapters or more stockpiled. Now before I go write chapter two I'll answer a few basic questions first.

1: Why is this Kukui Tanku when in my other fic(which I don't even know if I'm abandoning it yet)'s protagonist is also Kukui Tanku? Well. Kukui Tanku is special to me. He shouldn't be shackled behind one fic that honestly needs a rewrite but I'm to lazy to rewrite. So even if I do abandon my other fic, Kukui Tanku will live on here. Also for nobody who knows about Kukui tanku, then well good. This is a chance to introduce you to him properly. My OC deserves better than his debut fic!

2: Pairings. None are decided, I want to focus more on Kukui's journey in Kiri first before I think about romance. Kukui is still ten and the story has just begun, he still needs to become a shinobi.

3: Why Kiri and not Konoha or Suna? Well. Two things, one: Kiri was just interesting. The concept of a nation in a civil war was going to be an interesting one to explore, especially as Kukui Tanku. A fighter at heart but also someone who hates people like Obito and whomever is going along with the Kiri genocide. I'm exploring both sides here. Or I plan too, Two: I wanted to do something different, Kiri gamer fics are undermade so I decided to make one myself. One that is something I'd like to write and not what I think others will like. If I stop liking writing this at any point, I will jump ship until I regain interest.

Anyways see ya later everyone!