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To Change Fate
Chapter 1: Trying To Live A Lie
Diana blinked a few times as her instincts insisted that she continue to drink from the surprise bottle of formula. As the bottle emptied, her thoughts about her rebirth continued.
An Uchiha? Nah! I read too many reincarnation novels. It would be just as likely that I have reincarnated into a Japanese family more obsessed with Naruto than I am! Either way, I'm still a baby,
Her eyes glistened at the thought.
If I really reincarnated into Japan, I can find my family in America when I am older! It can't be too hard. My parent's house has been in the family for generations! I just need to study hard and become an exchange student. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
This made Diana suck on the bottle with a newfound vigor that made Mrs. Uchiha chuckle above her.
"Drink up, my little one! Drink up and become strong and healthy,"
Diana wished that she watched more subbed anime instead of dubbed as she listened to the woman's incoherent chatter.
This is beyond humiliating.
Diana thought as a figure, who she considered to be a nurse, changed her diaper for the 5th time that day. She squinted at the figure before letting out a hoarse sigh, still feeling the strain from her last instinctual screech fest.
The only good thing about today is that I am no longer in that dome thing and have that sticky breathing tube out of my nose. If only it was the same with that sharp IV!
Her thoughts were interrupted by the opening of her door, knowing that it was the so-called Uchiha. She was the only one who visited her , after all. Diana expected to have her just talk to the nurse, maybe rub her head, and feed her before leaving like always. What she didn't expect was for her to swiftly wrap her slender hands under her and lift her into her arms.
No! Put me down!
Diana shouted in her mind as she flailed in the blurry figure's arm, letting out a whine.
Mrs. Uchiha only let out a chuckle as she snuggled Diana close to her, putting her head over her heart.
Its effect was almost immediate.
The feeling of love and safety flowed through Diana like a warm stream. As she listened to her the woman's heartbeat, she felt a serene nostalgia. She couldn't help but smile.
"You are going to meet your father and brother soon," Mrs. Uchiha told Diana as she rocked her ever so slowly.
She wearily yawned in reply, feeling her eyes become more and more droopy. It took her no time to fall asleep.
A few hours later, Diana awoke to the feeling of someone poking her cheek. Her dazed eyes opened to see the shape of a little boy looking down at her. She made an exaggerated frown at him before flailing her sloppy limps, making mopey sounds as she went.
Come here you! You're worse than my brother. Sterling...
She stopped flailing and felt tears coming to her eyes at the images that popped into her head.
Diana's antics made her new brother lightly chuckle and her mother make shushing noises while rocking her gently. A deep chuckle was heard somewhere off to the side before her body was met with a pair of large callused hands.
She looked up at the owner of the hands to see a blurry man lifting her up in the air; the faint smell of ash filling her nose. His very presence made her freeze and stare at him with watery eyes. His stern demeanor reminded her of her father, a wicked man indeed. She hoped that he would be better.
"Have you given her a name?" the man, who she assumed to be Mrs. Uchiha's husband, asked as he pulled Diana close to his chest.
"Hm. Humiya," the obscure woman replied happily. "Humiya Uchiha,"
"Humiya," The giant man repeated wistfully. "The perfect name for a healthy baby girl,"
Diana snuggled into the warmth of who she assumed to be Mr. Uchiha's chest at the comforting tone of her the man's voice and watched as he went towards the window.
She listened to the bustling outside, wishing that she could see her old family with a pang in her chest. But that wasn't the only pain there. Another wave came that was so great that she let out a desperate gasp, her eyes wide and teary.
What's happening?! It hurts! I can't breathe!
Mr. Uchiha was frantic as he watched his daughter go from calmly snuggling into him to a weeping mess. He tried to rock her to calm her down, but Diana continued to struggle, her face turning tomato red.
"Fugaku! What happened?" Mrs. Uchiha cried, surprised by the outburst.
"I wish I knew, Mikoto," Fugaku voiced before handing Diana back to Mikoto, who began checking her newborn to see what was wrong. "I am going to get the doctor. Itachi, stay with your mother and sister,"
Itachi nodded numbly as he watched his father leave the room before looking at his crying sister and worried mother.
The moment Fugaku came back into the room with the doctor, she barfed all over herself and Mikoto. The doctor immediately went over to Diana, who had the blanket soiled with vomit taken off of her.
The medical professional's hand began to glow green before gliding his hand onto her abdomen to examine her vitals. The moment the doctor's hand touched Diana, she gave one final painful screech before falling deep into unconsciousness, wishing that she could just go back to being Diana Baggarley.
Diana felt completely drained the next time she woke up or when she thought she woke up.
She found herself not as a premature baby in a hospital but herself in a bright endless space with lights like stars soaring through the night. The woman looked down at her already standing self, wearing what she wore before she died.
I'm...me? I'm me!
Diana began to touch her face and body with glee.
"Who are you, Anomaly?" a feminine voice echoed, calm but stern.
Diana froze mid-motion and quickly looked up with surprise.
Standing across from her was a woman with hair darker than the stagnant darkness and skin white as death, seemingly staring daggers at her despite her eyes being closed.
Diana immediately looked away when she noticed the mysterious woman's lack of shame. The only thing covering her was her flowing hair draped over her chest which flowed down like a smoky fog.
"W-what do you mean anomaly? Who are you?" Diana spluttered, trembling at the nude woman's intimidating presence.
"Don't play dumb, Anomaly," the woman warned, stepping closer with her pale finger pointing accusingly at her. "You are not from me. You are not one of my children. I cannot let something not from me be born into the Uchiha Clan,"
Diana didn't reply, her throat too tight for her to speak.
Uchiha Clan?! The one in Naruto? I couldn't have reincarnated there! This has to be a dream!
Before she could sort out her thoughts, the woman's hot hand grip her chin and pulled her to face her, her fiery breath making her skin burn.
"Please don't hurt me," Diana begged in shock; her plans to reunite with her family shattering the more she stared at the intimidating woman's face.
The woman let go of Diana's chin, seemingly caught off guard from her reaction.
"Oh! Looks like I have misjudged!" the woman grieved, watching Diana as her trembling legs gave out from under her. "Instead of one of those demons, I have found a lost soul at the brink of death,"
The woman's wretched face morphed into a look of pity, her voice sickly sweet, "So much pain I feel in you. No wonder you are as skewed as a demon. The blessing of oblivion wasn't given to you. Poor little thing,"
Diana looked up to her at that, tears starting to fall from her eyes. She feared the small smile that creased across the woman's youthful face. She feared it more than anything.
"But do not fret, small anomaly. For I, Naka will set things right by giving you the blessing of oblivion. You will soon join the many souls in their endless cycle of life and death. Now be cleansed of your sorrows, my anomaly,"
Naka gently placing her hand down on the sparkling floor.
Diana tried her best to scoot away but was unable to move. Black fire sprung forth from Naka's hand and wrapped itself around Diana's ankles. She gasped, frightened by the cold flame dragging her toward the fiery portal.
"B-But I don't want to start anew. I want to go back home to my world! I know I don't belong here. You're an all-powerful being. You can take me back, right? Please send me back to my family instead of this!" Diana cried while pushing herself back in vain.
Naka tilted her head.
"That is impossible. Wherever you came from is out of my jurisdiction. Souls can only move forward. Forget your old cycle and welcome your new one," Naka simply stated.
Diana flailed desperately and begged harder as her feet began to get absorbed by the portal.
"No! Please! Don't do this! Don't make me forget!" she pleaded before wrapping her arms around Naka for dear life.
Naka stared at Diana's frantic shrieks with a look of confusion.
"Why are you resisting oblivion? Doesn't everyone want to end their suffering and cure your battered soul? It would be like it never existed and you will be at peace in your next life,"
"But it did exist!" Diana wailed. "My family exists! They loved me as much as I loved them. I know my family is suffering because I am gone and I am suffering because I was forced to leave them. This is the only connection that I have to them,"
Her arms trembled from the strain of flinging against oblivion.
"Please...it's all I have left,"
Diana's grip slipped and she felt become torso deep in oblivion. She stared into the goddess's one eye in horror.
"S-so just send me back to my baby form instead of this. I'll learn how to be an Uchiha, but I will always be Diana Baggarley," she said with as much strength as she could muster.
Naka frowned and thought about it for a second before swiftly pulling Diana out of the portal she made. Diana felt as if oblivion drained the strength from her as she stared at her impending doom, completely helpless.
"What an interesting little soul. I will respect your choice, "Naka announced; it being almost a whisper. "But I want you to help me in return. That will be your price,"
"My price?"
"Yes, your price!"
Naka beckoned, eyes opened wide.
Diana held back a scream as she was forced to stare into Naka's empty sockets; tears of blood flowing down onto the starry ground.
"I lost my eyes in the land of the living. Find them or your memories will consume you and your soul's cycle will end. Once a soul's cycle stops, it can never continue. You would be lost forever and will become one with the clay,","
Diana gulped before nodding, knowing that this was the only way to keep her family close,
"And my life after this one?"
Naka lifted her arms up and shook her head.
"Who knows. With a soul like yours, anything is possible. But know this,"
The woman caressed Diana's cheeks and forced her to face her.
"That a goddess always keeps her promises and I promise you that whatever happens to you onward, you will remember it as long as you find my eyes,"
Naka took a deep breath and blew smoke into Diana's face, making her vision hazy.
"Wait!" Diana coughed, "What do I do with your eyes once I find them?"
Naka grimaced.
"Once you find them, bring them to my home and burn them as an offering to me in my alter. Don't let this be a lifelong journey," Naka echoed before Diana lost consciousness.
And with that, Humiya's life truly began.
