no TW apply this chapter.
as always, I do not own Naruto.
As the months passed I discovered more about myself. About my family. I found out I had similar vibrant green eyes like my new sister, but my hair was duller, less saturated, pink like our fathers. My hair also curled a touch unlike Sakura.
Our father kept a portrait of our mother on the living room table. She was beautiful. And not at all like she had looked in the anime. Our dad had a similar appearance to the anime though
I had started trying to move much sooner than Sakura seemed to, crawling by month 5. She started crawling around month 8. My mind feeling restless and the want, no, need to do stuff was through the roof.
By the time I was 10 months old I had tried to use chakra a few times. There had to be a way to find it inside myself. I meditated each night before bed, envisioning where it was, where I wanted it, and what I wanted it to do. Soon enough my chakra gates broke down and I was trying to climb up walls and I was trying to run faster than I had before. I knew it was probably unhealthy to do that much at my age but it didn't matter. I kept babbling but only when others weren't around. I felt almost embarrassed about not being able to form words just yet.
By our birthday our father seemed to have a hang of having two small children constantly crawling around. And he had scheduled a birthday party for us. It was a small get together, consisting of Sakura, Ino, Ino's parents, and our father, and myself. I think it was the first time I actually met Ino, but I think Sakura had met her once before when I had gone to a dr check up with our dad.
It was mostly uneventful, the funniest part was probably Ino smashing her face into the smash cake she was given.
Two months after our birthday I was able to talk a lot better. I had been a very quiet kid so far, my new dad had to deal with one newborn as is and I didn't want to make that any harder. But now that I could talk and walk, one day I had waddled over to my dad to ask an important question.
"Daddy…? Are you okay?" I asked quietly. He looked at me with mild confusion, probably unsure what to say.
"Yes dear, im fine." He said, then trailed off with, " Actually I'm great. You and your sister are happy and healthy and that's all I need."
I waited a moment but nodded and smiled at him, if he said he was okay I'd probably have to deal with that. He wouldn't do a therapy session with a child even if he knew I used to study psychology back where my previous life was. Actually, if he knew about my past life there would probably be some painful disconnect and I might get hunted down for any knowledge of my past life by Danzo if I wasn't careful. Man, imagine the ninja world with chemical warfare and guns. That wouldn't be good.
My life wasn't really interesting just yet. My dad occasionally had his shinobi work and we got baby sat by Ino's family. Sakura and Ino were quickly becoming great friends, and I felt like I was interrupting whenever we hung out together, but that was fine. I truly didn't mind just yet, they were barely a year old now.
A year later-
Age; 2 years old.
Sakura was walking around just fine now, and we could both hold a conversation, though it wasn't a very deep one. She was a bit less talkative than me, but she had a lot more energy. After a few months our dad began "training" us. It was simple stuff like stretches, and basics of jumping and rolling. It was fun and got a lot of our energy out. Sakura seemed to really enjoy it. We also learned a few hand seals but we were told not to use or practice them unless under supervision.
Later that same day Sakura and I were in our room, playing as normal. Our father was in the living room reading, or something. And I wanted to try to use some chakra.
"What are you doing, Ren?" Sakura asked quietly as she watched me face the wall and concentrate. If i could just figure out how to wall climb now my life will be easier in the long run.
"Just watch" I replied with a smile as I felt my chakra run down my legs and to my feet. Slowly I lifted one foot to meet the wall and envisioned my chakra holding onto it. I tested it by lifting myself a touch on that leg and noticed it worked. I pulled my other foot up and did the same. I kind of thought of my chakra as the rough side of Velcro, and any other surface as the soft side. As I started walking slowly with each step up the wall I felt a little more tired. By the time I could touch the ceiling I was exhausted. I took a glance back down to find Sakura with her mouth wide open and watching me. Then I saw the floor, seemingly approaching me very quickly… no wait that was just me falling.
I fell with a loud Thud and immediately heard my dad open the door. Sakura was already by my side as he scooped me up, and I… Didn't feel much. Other than my head hurting and a little dizzy. And now I'm really sleepy from using so much chakra.
I felt like I blinked and I was somewhere else. In reality I had been out for at least an hour. I found myself in a hospital with glowing hands over me once again
I tried to open my mouth to speak but I was hushed right away. The hands moved away and I saw my dad and Sakura.
"Hey kiddo.. Are you feeling alright?" He asked quietly. I nodded a little. "They said you had a concussion and were close to chakra exhaustion. What were you doing in your room?" He asked hesitantly.
I froze. He had to know right? No way Sakura would have told him already. It would be fine he probably wouldn't be too mad but…
"I was trying to walk on my wall like I saw a really cool ninja do once" I mumbled. It felt like I was in trouble
He sighed. "But you shouldn't even have your chakra gates open yet.. That doesn't happen till you are 3 bud." He replied i just watched him for a moment before nodding slowly
"I'm sorry dad" I said and looked away.
"Don't be, you didn't know. I'll just have to be more careful next time" he said and set his free hand on my head. I smiled a little and we sat for a bit more before a doctor came in and said we could go home.
