Thomas POV.

"This is… This can't be real. I have to be dreaming or something."

As I looked at the Hokage mountain and then to the rest of the leaf village, I could hear my breathing quicken. My heart started pounding in my chest. My hands trembling from the realisation that I had somehow been reborn into a fictional world. A world filled with dangers as well as opportunities.

"What the hell? Why, how, who?"

Taking a deep breath, I tried to calm myself. "Ok. Calm down, Thomas. No need to panic."

And then I remembered all the threats that would plague the world. Orochimaru, Akatsuki, Madara, Zetsu, Kaguya and beyond.

"Ok. Small reason to panic."

As I was standing there near the window freaking out, a calmness suddenly washed over me. I felt as if everything would be alright.

"Wow. What was that?."

I brought my hand to my chest and felt my beating heart. The heart that was rapidly beating earlier, was now in a calm state.

"OK man, pull yourself together. Think this through. What's the last thing you remember?" I asked myself.

I went through my memories searching for