Chapter 1. The Birth of Aimi Uzumaki.
One moment I was rewatching Naruto Shippuden and the next moment everything was pitch black. I started to panic and I soon realized I couldn't see anything! I tried to open my eyes but it didn't work.
I knew I was somewhere, but it wasn't an uncomfortable place. It was actually quite comfortable. I felt like I was in a warm bath but was also wearing a thick blanket which made me tired. I didn't know how long I was here, but suddenly I was pushed out of the place. I simply accepted it. If this place that felt like paradise is pushing me away, it must be for a reason. I was shot out and it was cold where I wasn't held. I began crying, unable to control my body's natural reaction.
The sudden ability to hear caught me off guard, and I slowly began to catch the words "Aimi, Uzumaki Aimi," being softly whispered into my ear. The voice was soft and elegant, hinting to the owner of the voice also being exactly that. The owner of the voice softly cooed, humming a lullaby. I slowly drifted off to sleep.
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I don't know how much time has passed, but I would guess a lot. I was able to see clearly now, like clearly. In the beginning of gaining my eyesight, I could only see directly in front of my face.
That led to me trying to see whoever was holding me, by bringing their face closer to mine.
From my knowledge, a baby will see clearly when they are 8 months old, but I would guess I'm only 5 months old. I have already started crawling. I realized after pulling my dad's face down that I was in Naruto. Seeing his hitai-ate (forehead protector) made me realize it.
That and the constant feeling of something moving everywhere in my body and sensing everyone else's chakra. I have gotten used to it now, but it was quite hard to sleep in the beginning, which resulted in me having to tire myself out to even be able to sleep.
Anyway I was going to speedrun this shit! Speedrun baby! I constantly tried to walk, pulling myself up. When I was restricted from doing so, I would force someone to read to me.
Sometimes I would just sit in my mom's lap as she wrote on some documents, watching every stroke and letter, trying to force my brain to remember it. I knew some Japanese and some kanji, but having a fresh baby brain that's a sponge to information definitely helped me learn.
Sometimes it was someone who looked a lot like my dad, who was just as gentle and caring as my dad. There were some other people who didn't look like my relatives but wore ninja outfits, who I would also force to read or write for me.
Anyway I will just point out the important stuff about my family and stuff.
My mom? Hot ASF. My dad? Hot ASF. Me? I will be hot ASF! I hope so.
My mom has dark red hair, with blue eyes.
My dad has dark brown hair with emerald green eyes. I have dark red hair with emerald green eyes.
My mom has long hair, going all the way down to her waist. She has curves that would make Shakira envious. She kinda reminds me of Lisa from Genshin Impact but is more elegant and graceful. She loves to tease dad, constantly flirting with him and teasing him, and he will always stammer and is flustered. I'm surprised he isn't immune to it by now. Well, if other women tried to flirt with him, it would fly over his head, cause nobody can flirt like mom can.
Dad also has long hair, but his hair is thinner than mom's thick hair. Dad reminds me of Baizu from Genshin Impact, just way more buff. He's attentive, gentle and a kind dad that can't say no to my puppy eyes. He's easily flustered, and gets embarrassed easily, and can't say no to my mom's advantages. I don't want to tell you how many times I heard him say "Darling please! The baby's in here!" When he says that line my mom will stop. I'm surprised and happy to see they have boundaries and a very healthy relationship! Makes me coo' and giggle every time.
Now we live somewhere not in Konoha or even the five big countries, which came to me as a surprise. Instead it's somewhere out in the ocean, more east of and a bit north of Konohagakure.
My mom is the advisor of the kage and my dad is the son of a diomy here (but he's also a shinobi, so I guess he's not interested in being the next diomy at all, which was a big bullet dodged. I dislike politics).
Apparently my mom has sent spies to each of the big five countries, and is planning to move to Konoha to revive the Uzumaki Clan and make an alliance with Konoha. The diamyo and the kage gladly agreed (especially the diomys other son, he got rid of the competition without having to fight his brother.
Now let me make this clear, they are close brothers but there definitely was high tension about who is the next diomy.)
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I was 6 months old before they began traveling. Meanwhile I would always watch mom make seals and fujitsu. Each time the bodyguards, who were loyal to my mom and dad and left the land to stay with them, trained I would always watch, cooing and babbling in excitement. I definitely caught everyone's heart from their reaction.
The first one was Kenji, oh boy he was all over me whenever I fell. Overreacting and seeing if I was okay. Which, honestly, felt very nice. Kenji looked like a pretty boy, so he is often underestimated, but daum he's fast as fuck boi. He would worry about my health and try to limit the amount of bad food from being fed to me.
Haruto took some time, mostly because he wasn't sure how to handle kids. But after a while of me stubbornly pursuing him, he finally caved in and is now a professional babysitter. Haruto looks scary and intimidating, which also may be a factor as to why he didn't approach me in the beginning. But looking past that, he'll grow up to be quite handsome.
Ai is the last one of the bodyguards to join us. She is an amazing medical ninja, and might even be on Sakura's level. She's buff, pretty and the embodiment of chaos. She's only the chaotic one when she's around people she's comfortable with, otherwise she's quiet and polite. She's the one who tells me crazy (and probably exaggerated) stories, and doesn't really know she shouldn't show gory text books about the body to a nearly one year old baby, or hold me while pointing her weapons at the enemies vital points.
"Look Aimi-chan, this is important! You have to stab your weapon here to paralyze them-" Ai was pointing at the enemy's back with her kunai, "that way, you can interrogate them for information without having to worry about being attacked!" She smiled maniacally. From the look of it, she's only 12. She would get along nicely with Anko. Brrrr just thinking about those two being together makes me shiver.
"AI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Yelled Kenji, snatching me away from Ai, "from now on, you're forbidden from being alone with Aimi!" Kenji then turned around, mumbling 'crazy woman, seriously, she's teaching a baby who won't even remember this!' while Ai was angry and complained that Kenji didn't have any rights to do that.
It's usually Haruto or Kenji who stops Ai from showing me what she does to enemies and tries to stop her from showing those gory books. Since then, Ai has not been allowed to be alone with me.
One thing everyone likes the most is to poke my cheeks. I guess either all babies have squishy cheeks or my apple cheeks from my past life followed me here.
Another thing I noticed is my parents aren't really normal. Well not that they are insane, but that they seem to also be reincarnated. I hear them mention "Our baby must be the same age as Itachi-san according to the information our spies gathered," and "We definitely need to save Kushina and Minato from their deaths, and make sure to save as many Uchihas as possible."
They must have noticed me paying quite a lot of attention to them, cause mom or dad will lull me to sleep before they all start discussing. Not that it matters cause those two pieces of information are vital to me.
One, I know my age and which era I'm in. Two, my parents want to save Naruto's parents.
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After two weeks on the sea, we finally arrived at Land of Rice, heading towards the Land of Fire. Mom summoned a butterfly and told it a message, before sending it off. It made itself invincible, and flew away. It's not the first time mom made a butterfly.
She often did it, sending them back to the land we came from and they also acted like walkie talkies, only in the head from what I gathered. She would summon them, then they would merge into their skin on the throat. I guess that they can communicate through thoughts instead of talking. Which is useful if they are separated and can give each other updates.
It didn't take long to arrive at the Land of Fires borders.
Apparently mom gave them a heads-up, and her signature butterfly and her scroll with passage was enough to let us through (only after they were done poking my cheeks and cooing at me). From there it took a week to arrive at Konoha's gates. There stood Kushina.
"Kushina-chan, onee-chan is back," mom said and opened her arms for a hug. Kushina's eyes watered before she tackled my mom in a hug, sobbing and crying loudly.
"Onee-chan! I missed you so much!" She wailed and they hugged and cried for probably 5 to 10 minutes, give or take.
"Kushina-san it's good to see you agai-" before dad could finish his sentence, Kushina was already hugging him.
"Missed you too, dummie," Kushina mumbled into his clothes.
"Kushina, don't mumble," my mom poked Kushina's side, making her giggle.
After that she greeted the bodyguards (which turned out to be my mom's students) and she gasped loudly when she saw me before she squealed and took me in her arms. And then she began crying again, when mom said she had plans to stay in Konoha and rebuild the Uzumaki Clan.
I guess this is quite overwhelming for Kushina, since I would guess she didn't easily cry, but finally having her big sister and her close friend back, and meeting her niece must have brought her to tears. She practically clung to me and my mom for months.
I forgot to mention this, but my mom's name is Kaho and my dad's name is Yuuki. Back to the story.
I was in the hokage's room, nibbling on a rattle. There was Danzo and Orochimaru, I could sense that my mom, dad and the bodyguards were tense because of it.
So me, being the chaotic little shit that I am, crawled over to Orochimaru, lifting my arms to show I wanted to be hugged. This made him confused and not sure what to do, until Haruto showed him.
Orochimaru gave off the feeling of being uncomfortable, but hugged me nonetheless. I giggled happily, continued to nibble on my rattle. I could feel the tension in the room lighten up, some giggling and trying not to laugh, even my mom and dad eased up. Jiraiya was the only one laughing out loud and Danzo was trying to keep his pride by sighing in disapproval.
After that, they began discussing, and it didn't take long before the council and everyone in the room came to an agreement.
While that was going on, I was still in Orochimaru's arms so I decided to stare at Orochimaru's face, not shying away when he stared back. It became a staring contest before I giggled and laughed out loud. He seemed flustered, sighing in defeat.
My mom came over "I apologize Orochimaru-sama, I didn't mean for you to hold my baby throughout this whole meeting," my mom apologized while taking me back from his arms.
"It's quite alright Kaho-san." Reassured Orochimaru. In my mother's arms, the elders and council members stood around me, poking at my cheeks and cooing. I wonder if this is a curse or a blessing.
After that, we left. We were given a temporary apartment, in the Uchiha district, until the Uzumaki compound was built. It was going to be near the Nara and Aburame Clan. I was practically ecstatic when I heard it, cause I'll get to see baby Shino and baby Shikamaru! Just wait 6 years ish, and I'll be like their awesome big sister! Especially towards Choji and Shino! Nobody is getting bullied on my watch!
My parents were going to slowly search for Uzumaki's clan members, starting in all the other big countries before searching in Konoha. They probably wanted to avoid suspicion, and avoid the Uzumaki's being hidden away.
While all that was going on, I had a blast playing with Shisui and Itachi. Itachi is so cute and adorable! He's still a newborn baby, but adorable nonetheless! Shisui is amazing and I love him so much! When I first saw him, I gave him my cutest sounds and faces and I knew right then and there, that I melted his heart.
Mikoto is an amazing mom, and a great stylist too, and Fuguka tries to keep his image but is a sucker for Mikoto's affection.
I guess he wanted a daughter, cause he will always slip candy at me, and will always steal me away and let me sit in his lap while he does paperwork. Itachi wasn't allowed in since he made a giant mess once, ruining all the paperwork and ink all over the expensive mats.
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I'm now 8 months old, and I have been practicing talking in secret. Well, saying single words really. People around me have been trying to get me to say words but I haven't done that. But today is the big day. I can say mama and papa. Let's go and make them proud. I crawled at the speed of light and reached my dad. Mom is at work, so she'll have to wait. I pat his leg to get his attention.
"Just a minute sweetie," he mumbled while sorting through paperwork.
I pout and sit, looked at him and said, "Papa!" His probably would have gotten whiplash from how fast he turned his head.
I giggled and repeated "Papa!" Over and over again. I stopped when I saw tears form in his eyes.
I said "papa?" In a concerned voice, and squealed when he picked me up and ran towards the Hokage tower.
In a couple of minutes, my dad interrupted the Hokage council meeting and yelled "HONEY! SHE SAID PAPA!"
I could feel his panic, happiness and excitement from his soul, and giggled repeating the words "Papa!".
My mom quickly rose up from her seat and ran towards us. When I saw her I yelled "MAMA!" Now my mom is also crying, and a normal baby would start crying, but I could feel their happiness and joy, I felt warm and sunny, so I just giggled and repeated the words.
Now the Hokage and lots of the other council members were surrounding us, and I reached my hands at the Hokage "Jiiji!" He froze, before giving me a big smile and laughing. He picked me up and I hugged him. I love bringing joy and happiness to others. I'm a people pleaser by wanting to make them happy.
Now this leads to many people trying to get me to say their names. I just refused to. There was someone important I needed to impress.
And that was Fuguka-sama. Fuguka liked it when I was blabbering, and he almost cried tears of joy when I said Fuga. I was in the office again, but instead of Fuguka doing his paperwork, he was trying to get me to say his name.
"Come on, you can do it," he said in the most monotone voice ever, "Fu-gu-ka," he repeated a couple of times.
I looked at him, and just as he was about to feel defeated, I said "Fuga!" The gasp and shock on his face was totally worth sitting for hours, listening to him say his own name to me.
He became even more protective of me since I said his name. Whenever some of the elders tried to harm me, he would say, "The Hokages' trust in the Uchiha Clan would drop if you continue to act like children."
When Fuguka was busy (which is often btw) I would play with Itachi. I would crawl while someone carried Itachi around the compound, and play with our stuffed animals and building blocks. Sometimes Shisui would also be there.
The other Uchiha's would often come and poke me and Itachi's cheeks whenever the opportunity arises. I didn't mind but Itachi would either cry or look uncomfortable. So I received all the cheek poking, since I would just laugh cutely and give them my best smile.
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At one, a big birthday party was held for me. My birthday was on the 22nd of April, so the weather was perfect and lots of kids were invited. The compound was finished building when I was 11 months old, so it isn't really properly furnished yet. Anyway, my uncle is here! I forgot to tell you his name! His name is Itsuki. Greatest uncle ever. Spoils me rotten too, mostly buys me cute and pretty clothes and jewelry. I said his name too, when he was here. Well I said "Itsu," and he almost fainted from it.
At the party two kids my age caught my eyes. One looked like Shino but instead of his hair going against gravity, it was more of a simple middle-split hair that didn't go against gravity.
The other was a kid with two red triangles on his face and wild hair going everywhere. From the looks of it, it would be impossible to do a slick hairstyle.
I walked towards them, stumbling on the way, and finally reached them. I pointed at the blocks, and we began playing. It was really fun! I learned their names are Shinji Aburame and Akira Inuzuka.
With my really sensitivity of chakra and their tracking skills, we would be the best team of tracking! I already have plans on glasses as a team symbol. That or earrings. Maybe a necklace?
Well I have plenty of time to decide on that. Shinji, Akira, Itachi and I would often play together, bathe together and sleep together. If we could, we would do everything together. I have become very attached to them, without even noticing.
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At two I could walk freely around and a genius idea formed in my mind. I was in the uchiha compound with my dad, since mom was busy with paperwork, and someone in the Uchiha agreed to look after me. He dropped me off to the caretaker, and just as my dad disappeared, Fuguka was behind me.
"I will look after Aimi-chan. We will be in my office all day, so bring her food and drinks whenever she needs it," he told the caretaker before he lifted me up and walked away, the caretaker right after us.
We arrived in the office and after a couple of minutes passed by, I decided to begin my genius plan.
"Fuga-sama look at this!" I said, standing up and forming a heart with my arms over my head. 2 seconds passed before Fuguka quickly pulled out a camera and snapped a photo, and his sharingan was spinning.
"Aimi-chan, what you did there brightened up my day and made me very happy. Would you be so kind as to do that to all the other Uchiha clan members?" He asked, giving his camera to the caretaker and saying "Take photos and videos of Aimi-chan." The caretaker simply nodded in agreement.
"Oki! I can do that! I will spread joy and happiness to all the Uchihas!" I exclaimed, jumping up and down. And that's how my adventure of showing my heart poses, plus more, to as many Uchiha members as possible began.
Everyone almost got a heart attack each time I made a pose, and they got a photograph that the caregiver took, keeping it for many years.
It will later become a collectible, even the Tsuchikage of rock spent a lot of money to get some. Fuguka saw the potential and took many photographs and ordered the caretaker to take lots of extra photos of her striking poses, and made sure to give 20 to her parents.
Later that day, her father was confused but very happy about the 20 photos of Aimi doing a heart pose, giving it to the Hokage, Minato, Kushina and Jiraiya (mostly to hope that he would still see her as a cute child when Aimi grew up, but highly doubted it, but one could hope).
I still often hung out with Shinji, Akira and Itachi. At nap time, we would all sleep together, me, Itachi and Shinji laying in our own futon peacefully, but Akira was sprawled all over the place. I could hear many photos being taken while sleeping (it was Mikoto).
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At the age of three, I began my training. It was focused on stretching to become as flexible as possible, where Orochimaru was the one to teach me. In my past life I loved doing Yoga, especially Yoga with Adriene, so I would do my own stretches with yoga.
It was scary at first, being trained by Orochimaru, but I quickly got over it (well, just masking my fear and bottling up my feelings like always, no biggie). I also started to practice writing with a brush and ink.
"I miss you guys. We don't hang out like we used to!" Complained Akira, who was sulking in his futon.
Akira would often complain about not playing as often and Shinji would nod in agreement. They have also been busy with clan training, and it was sad not to be able to play as often as before.
I nodded sadly, hugged them, and they hugged back. I could feel Akira trying to stifle his cries. Shinji was very tense for a three year old. So I decided to hum a song, and they slowly calmed down. I pulled away and looked at them.
"No matter what happens, you two will always be my best friend," I smiled gently at them. I knew the war was approaching faster and faster.
Having more things to do makes time go faster. Shinji and Akira nodded in agreement, and pulled me back into the hug. Itachi was even more busy than us, and it made us worry. I haven't been able to visit them as often as I used to. Mom and dad are constantly busy, but that's understandable. Having to gather a scattered clan and get them all back must be hard.
"I hope Itachi-kun is okay," Shinji mumbled, looking down. Akira again tried not to cry. Seeing them so sad broke my heart.
"How about I pressure Fuguka-sama to let Itachi-kun hang out with us once in a while? I have special power that makes it impossible for him to refuse my demand," I said with a mischievous smirk. Shinji and Akira beamed at me, their sadness washed away instantly.
"Really? You promise?" Akira sniffled. I nodded, patting his soft hair.
"That would be nice," commented Shinji, laying down in his futon.
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The next day I was at the Uchiha compound with a determined face. The clan members would say "uh oh, seems like Fuguka-sama is in trouble~" and "Go Aimi! We will be cheering you on!". That boosted my determination. I'm filled with determination.
I knocked on Fugukas home, Itachi being the one to open it.
"Aimi-chan?" Asked Itachi. Poor baby, he looked so tired and lifeless.
"Hi Itachi-kun! I have come to demand a request to your dad!" I exclaimed proudly, "is he home?" Itachi was baffled, but nodded and let me in.
"Thanks Itachi-kun!" I made my way in, taking off my shoes before speedrunning to Fugukas office.
"Fuga-sama! I have come to make a demand!" I pointed at him with my right arm while the left was on my hip, feet shoulder width apart.
"Ah, Aimi-chan, come in," he patted his hand on the empty space on his right side.
I made my way over, took his hand in my hands, made my best puppy eyes and said "Fuga-sama," slowly, tears building up in my eyes, "we miss Itachi-kun. Me, Akira and Shinji miss playing with Itachi-kun," my voice was trembling and I began to sniffle, "could we at least see him once a week? Please?" I was pleading.
Fuguka was taken aback, and I could feel the guilt and worry wash over him.
"Aimi-chan," he sighed, when tears started rolling down my cheeks, "I will see what I can do." He patted my head and I practically tackled him onto the ground, repeating thank you's and you're the best! I ran out to find Itachi, and tackled him into a hug.
"Itachi-kun! Great news! You might be able to see me, Akira and Shinji more!" Itachi was bead red in the face from me almost suffocating him in the hug. He was about to say something until he noticed my face.
"Aimi-chan? Did dad make you cry?" His voice was low, and his brows furrowed.
"Huh? Oh no, I just got something in my eyes earlier in the office! It's nothing to worry about!" I lied, shaking my head. Itachi's eyes narrowed, not convinced at all.
"Oh no, would you look at the time! Gotta go!" And I sprinted the fuck outta there.
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"Aimi, your handwriting is getting better everyday!" My dad complimented me, patting my head.
"It's only because I have an amazing teacher!" I exclaimed loudly, hugging Kushina.
"But you are the most amazing student ever!" Kushina cooed, hugging me back and spinning me around.
"Mah, I feel left out," pouted dad. Kushina and I looked at each other before tackling my dad.
We all laughed, until the door was slammed open and a terrifying voice yelled "WHY IS THERE INK EVERYWHERE?! YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE BEFORE I BEAT YOUR ASS KUSHINA!" It was my mom and she was pissed. When we tackled my dad, we accidentally spilled ink everywhere. Oops...
"Mom!" I quickly got in front of Kushina, protecting her from my mom's wrath, "we accidentally spilled the ink when we tackled dad, I'm so sorry!" Silence filled the room, before my mom sighed.
"Kushina and Aimi, no dango or ramen for a week," she said before leaving, "and it will be two weeks if you don't clean this mess up now." We quickly started cleaning, sobbing while doing so, and dad was also helping. He felt guilty even though it wasn't his fault.
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Ai has been teaching me more about the human body, how to heal certain injuries with herbs and plants, while being supervised by either Haruto or Kenji. I asked her to teach me ways to temporarily paralyze or lock limps (like the girl from avatar the last airbender).
Kenji has been teaching me with a whip, telling me he'll teach me other weapons. After learning them all, he'll finally teach me the double sword whip. Even the name sounded freaking awesome, so I was motivated beyond belief.
Haruto has been helping me build up stamina and strength without chakra, and teaching me about healthy food and drinks, what sugary stuff I needed to look out for, and how the body reacts to poisonous food.
They are amazing and I would do anything for them. They are like my big brothers and sisters. I always showed my affection for them by writing letters to them and hiding it under their pillows. It never fails to bring a smile to their faces.
A/N
I hope you enjoyed this SI.
This story has been bugging the shit out of me, so I ended up writing it down. I wrote this in mind, that even though Aimi is reincarnated adult in a child's body, the child's brain will still act childish.
Feedback is appreciated!
Maybe in the future I'll take this story seriously, but for now it's just whatever this is.
Also I wrote all this on my phone.
I'm rushing through the first three chapters, but after that I'm focusing on Aimi making connections with important figures I made up, which will help her achieve her dreams.
