Ren is like calling someone John Smith, a basic name that is uber common.
Who should Ren's Mentor be? Any choice is welcome.
From the moment I was born, I was nothing. My name is even Ren, as opposed to my brother Naruto Uzumaki. I was even given the most common name in our world, cause I never mattered Naruto was hated, sure, for some reason, but he was still noticed. His failures and mistakes were broad and powerful, people looked at him. No one noticed me, bar Naruto and even then that was sparse.
No one noticed that was great with my money even when Naruto spent it all on Ramen. No one noticed when I took on a job at eight, at a local Dango shop, and started to buiild myself up. No one noticed that even if my attention span was just as bad as Naruto's, I studied and worked so freaking hard that I got into the top third of our class. Naruto failed the graduation exam twice so far, but I bided my time and was still never noticed.
Only Naruto noticed when I, at ten, left our apartment and got my own place.
"REN! Why are you leaving me!"
"It's not all about you, Naruto. I need my own space, my own life. I cannot just be your twin, live in your shadow." He snapped. "I am so tired of it, Ru, being your copy. I even look like you so much people get us mixed up, I can't get away from you in school, in life. I want my own life." He gestured to the mirror by them, where Ren had the same short choppy haircut as Naruto, with the same whisker marks and blue eyes. They were so similar it was killing him. "I am tired of being nothing."
In those two years, Naruto had never forgiven him... and to that day still seemed to hate him.
Ren changed himself entirely at that point, growing out his hair into a long braid and just living as he chose. He went to bed at a good time, did not live on spoiled milk and ramen. He never played pranks and constantly trained and studied...
But still no one was his friend, no one cared...
And so, with all he was, he started to make plans...
Plans to one day leave the village and show to the world that he mattered. If not in the village... than maybe to himself.
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Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.