《Naruto ? I should have chosen Pokemon》 Reincarnate Man, dying ain''t pleasant. Especially when you don''t want to die. Natural there are people who want to die. People who are depressed and think this world sucks. Once upon a time i was also part of the group. Depressed, filled with my pathetic anger towards the world. Searching excuses for failure. However that changed and now i am (was) a normal guy who finished high school. 18 years old with a graduation certificate and no job perspect. I thought it would be easy to find a job, but the bubble filled with hope broke as the university denied the application and the internship application got rejected as well. Btw naturaly i am an avid reader of manga and a huge fan of anime as well as LN. So .... how did i die? Naturally there are stereo-types for how people die, like the legendary Truck-God or the random lightning. In my case it was something similiar. It was a car. And now i am floating through darkness. Since i couldn''t see anything or even control any of my human senses i assumed that i floated through the darkness like a white orb., "Hey, you. Where do you wanna go in your next life? You can choose every single Universe, except one: Your old Universe." Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Is a dream coming true? Me slaying thousands upon thousands of foes while i hold a big titted girl in my left and one in my right? Naturally also with an hourglass figure. Inwardly rubbing my hands i said, what for a system do i get? "System? Oh these overpowered guidance products who only produce brain dead failures? Naturaly i shouldn''t throw every single system user in one pot. ... though most storys end up boring as fuck..(whisper)." Hey i can hear that. Just give me a slightly nerved system. Doesn''t that end up being a better story? I shouted inwardly. "True. Else you would be really fucked by most normal inhabitants. After all memorys from your old world are a double edged sword. If you can''t adapt to the rules of the new world your old world will shackle you." That makes sense, after all Albert Einstein said that common sense is the sum of prejudice gathered before the age of 18. "So which world do you wanna go?" Thinking about it i had the same discussion with one of my friends. We kinda discussed the world where we wanna go. If it would be possible. My answer was the Pokemon World. After all it would be really relaxing. The gangster would fight with Pokemon. You would be able to catch Gods, chill with your Pokemon friends, experience love. A hyperbeam which could destroy skyscrapers couldn''t kill you. Man it sounds like a really awesome world. Grow up, no worry about war or anything or anything brutal, find a love and then get a lot of kids and then enjoy the rest of the time chilling in front of some lake.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. However my friend chose worlds with a lot of brutal fighting. Bleach, Naruto and even an anime where the protagonist died a lot of time with the best waifu .... in the moment: Rem. I tried to talk to him that it wouldn''t be sure if we got the talent or even the powers like in the story depicted. However the friend depicted everything so awesome. That he would like to have superpowers himself. And that he would train hard enough to achieve something. That sounded so manly! "So which world do you wanna live in?" Thinking for a moment i said in my mind: Naruto please. "While you had your thinking time i have finished the system, do you want me to explain it to you? Since you have to buy your powers with points." Waaaaaah! Its points?! That means Beginner gift with 1 boblion points and awesome perks like immortality. And yes i would like to have an explanation, after all i don''t expect the system to be so simple that i only need a few minutes to understand everything. "Then here is your status screen. You will be able to come here every single time you die. Your Achievements will be shown in your Log and since each Life of yours will have a different story it will be saved and can be re-visited in the future. Since i don''t want you to be suprised: in each timeline something is different, who you are, where your family belongs to and what innate talent/powers you have. And now go and take these starting power." - 100 Reincarnation Points (P for Short), reward for your Life until now Waiting for more to appear ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Where is the rest? Shocked i looked at the Message? Only 100 Points? Wtf is happening? Looking at the System Menu my mind felt betrayed. Opening the Shop i felt like banging my head against some wall. - Taijutsu +20% (100p) - Bukijutsu +20% (100p) - Ninjutsu +20% (100p) - Genjutsu +20% (100p) - Chakra Reserve +10% (100p) - Body Upgrade 10% (100p) - Chakra Control +10% (100p) - Genjutsu Resistance +10 (100p) ... ... ... "Ah forgot to mention that increase is something static so like genjutsu +20% increases your overall talent by 20%. Sucks if you have little to no talent in genujutsu, after all 20% of something close to 0 is still 0." Thinking for a while i decided to buy . Why? Since i am not sure whether i am born in some normal civilian family or a ninja family. And a strong Body is necessary for every Ninja, remembering the epic fight between Madara and the Alliance of the 5 villages i drooled. Even Madara used his body to fight, so the body is a major training point on the way to become a great ninja. Preparing myself for the Naruto World i steeled myself. Hope it''s gonna be like a walk in the neighbour park. And OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAH ..... Nothing happened except that the darkness turned into a warm feeling and i felt sleepy. "Ah forgot your starting package, nothing too heavy" - You received refresher of the Naruto story, nothing too major, only basic information And there goes my hope of becoming a cheat. Warmth surrounded me and i imagined myself to be in the comfort of heaven. Until one Day. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH so cold! "Congratulations, it''s a healthy boy." Epic Grow-up Time Sucking the titties from my Mum wasn''t as akward as i thought. I mean there is no sexual interest in me yet so i guess it has something to do with the fact that i could only sleep, poop and eat? Besides i am only awake like 2 minutes per day? The rest just annoyed me, it hurt like shit when somebody dared to interrupt my sleep. Do you know the feeling when somebody woke you up and you have the headache cause you was in some deep sleep phase? That but much worse. Thus my life continued as i slept, pooped and sucked the titties. Most of the time i didn''t even cared what my parents talked after i realized that none of them were ninjas. Since they mostly talked about gossip stuff like who has the cutest son/daughter in the neighbourhood. Naturally some information were important but if you could think a little bit logical it wouldn''t be hard to guess the information. Appearently my Father owned a big restaurant with around 15 Members. He was a cook, while my mother was the accountant for the restaurant. However she took a break after i was born. Both of them looked normal, brown hair and brown eyes. Like everyday average Joe`s. Not that i complained about their looks, their love was real. It felt really warm even though i had another family... eh? I can''t remember the names of my first family, neither can i remember their looks! My only memory was that they once existed. "Mama, mama can i hold him?" cried an annoying voice. "I''d rather not give you Hashirama again, he always cries when you hold him...." said a soothing voice with a worried tone. It was a shock when i realized my mother named me after the first Hokage, but i think it''s the same with Sasuke, after all he also got named after a famous dude. "Mama pleaaaaseeeeeeeee." nagged the annoying voice. Damn it''s that little girl again. Always squeezing my baby meat too hard. She even threw me into the air! Holy moly there is something wrong, you don''t throw a baby into the air when the baby is crying snodder and tears out after the first time. And she threw me without any remorse a second and even third time! I shall have my revenge. "Mmmh, but this time don''t play with him high so high okay Akami? I don''t think he likes it." said my mama with a gentle smile.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. WHAT are you doing woman? Handling me to that demon? AAAAAWAAAAAAAAAWAAA! I screamed my soul out of my body once Akami that demon wanted to touch me. "Shhhhshhh sleep baby sleep." said my mother in a gentle tone while she proceeded to stop the baby exchange between Akami and her. "Mama, why doesn''t little brother like me." asked the demon Akami in a seemingly innocent voice. YOU DARE TO ASK THAT? My mind screemed inwardly, truly, the pure are the scariest. And thus my babyhood continued in an epic manner as i learned how to shit into a potty and sometimes peed into my bed. I "learned" from my parents that ninjas or how they call it shinobis exist and protect the village of the fire and that there is a will of the fire in the village in where i live. Naturally they introduced me to the 4 Hokage who are the protectors of the village. They even gave me some toy shurikens and one toy kunai. I was really happy as i realized i was born into Konoha, after all God didn''t let me have specific wishes. Life continued as i grew up to be a cute boy running around with my toys. I still got my shurikens and my kunai. Mom often took me to the playground and we mostly played ninja protecting the village. It felt surreal, i a former 18 year old playing with little kids? However it worked pretty well and i even cried when i hurt my knee. I wanted to visit or even meet naruto however i kinda got the feeling that it would be impossible. After all it''s an open secret that naruto is the nine tailed beast. So i doubt that normal parents would allow their children to play with such a monster. Thinking for a while i realized why naruto got to know the clan heirs so well. After all no clan wanted to have a sour relationship with the Jinchuuriki. Just throwing a random remark the system gifted by god is literally useless. I can''t buy anything and there are no quest, no cheat function and no status screen. It felt like real life except the fact that i can see a when i open my system. My Sixth Birthday arrived withing the blink of an eye. "Hashirama, you got to be a strong ninja. Care for yourself and try to prioritize your life above all others, okay?" said a man with tears in his eyes while patting my shoulder. It was my Dad. "Yeah and if you fail sensing chakra it doesn''t matter, there are more schools to attend. Like Akami, she is now attending a cooking school to take over business. It is even outside of the village so there should be a lot of experience." said Mother while hugging me after the speech of my Father. Nodding i walked into the academy while glancing backwards, seeing my parents waving into my direction. To say the truth i was overly attached to my family. I even started to like Akami the demon since she cooked for me when mom and dad had a lot to do in the restaurant. The restaurant started to flourish, they even started expanding in another town and my family restaurant now boasted about 50 members. "Next one." said a guy with a scar on his nose. That''s Iruka Sensei! Finally meeting someone from the story. Walking in front of him Iruka smiled. "Hi i am a Sensei at school, can you tell me if you feel something and if yes then tell me right or left." I waited while Iruka put his hands on my shoulder. I waited... and waited and ... it couldn''t be right? I don''t feel anything! Does that mean that i will have to study... cooking, become an ordinary human with no ninja-ability? Ninja Academy Then it hit me, a tingling sensation on my left shoulder. What is this tingling? I asked Iruka Sensei. "Congratulations, you passed Hashirama Sonju. Oh ?! Your Name is similiar to the first Hokage. I hope you will become a great Ninja." With a smile Iruka Sensei gave me a Paper. "Give this to your Parents, it will inform them what you need for the academy as well as your future circumstances." Grinning i grasped the paper while running outside. Feels weird but when you are a child everything seems so brand new and exciting. "Mom, Dad i passed. I will become a Ninja!" i shouted while throwing myself into the embrace of my parents. With a forced smile they replied in Unison: "Yeah you will become a proper Shinobi." Oh boy, kinda got the feeling that they don''t want me to become a Ninja. But thinking about it, it''s only normal for a parent to hope that their children don''t end up as cannon fodder in some mission. Besides it''s not like our family got some kickass special ability that literally cries out power power power! *Cough* *cough* *Sharingan* *cough* cough* *Byakugan* *cough* Pondering for a bit i realized that if i hadn''t the qualifications for being a ninja, aka sensing chakra. I would have a really peaceful life. My parents own a growing business which i would probably inherit with my sister. Then getting a lovely and caring wife i would have everything a man wants to have. Money, a family and maybe some hobbys. However there would also been the risk of getting drawn into the fourth ninja war. Wouldn''t been that peaceful anymore. "Dear should we move over to a bigger estate? We could have a bigger garden in which Hashirama can train. Besides we are starting to interact with high society so it would been convenient to have a bigger space for partys." While i spaced out my parents looked at Iruka Sensei`s Paper which contained usual information stuff like which material to bring into school as well as future information. Naturally the stuff wasn''t normal. Kunai`s and Shuriken`s were needed for training, as well as bandages and weights. The List continued, though there was a core list which only included one Kunai and one Shuriken, the rest were optinal. Surprisingly my Parents bought everything as we moved towards a bigger house. Though it couldn''t be called a house anymore. A huge garden with a seperate training field, an artificial river with a bridge and an indoor hall. All in all three big villas connected with a roofed crossway.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! Weeks passed as nothing special happened. We moved our entire stuff towards the new estate and i learned a little bit for the ninja academy. Appearently the test was complety bullshit. You could still enter the academy without passing. It also seemed to be an honor that children entered the academy, at least for normal people. However since my parents weren''t born in Konohagakure they had a different perspective on it. They even apogolized to me when i had my first day at the academy. Combining one with one it seemed that the pressure when they send their daughter and my big sister away was a little bit too big. Though it didn''t mattered for me that much. I am going to become a Ninja! YEAAAAH! Opening the door to my classroom i felt a little bit shocked. Holy Cow! They were there! Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji .... While i drooled inwardly Iruka Sensei pushed me a little bit. "All of you hurry up towards the seats, lessons will start soon." I tried to sit next to one of the naruto characters and i actually succeeded! Naturally it wasn''t Sasuke since he was surrounded by a horde of fangirls. Neither could it be Ino or Sakura since both tried to sit next to Sasuke. It was Shikamaru! That lazy intelligent guy! "Ok, since you are all eight years old you are all admitted to the academy trying to be Shinobis. I hope that you will become proper Shinobis who will protect the village. Since you are probably going to be together for 4 years introduce yourself." It was .... normal, except when Sasuke introduced himself. The Girls looked at him mesmerized. Come on! He didn''t looked that good! After everyone introduced himself, including me (actually everyone just stood up and said their names) i quickly turned around towards Shikamaru. "Shikamaru i hope we can become good friends." Stretching my Hand forward Shikamaru grabbed mine. "Hashirama, right? Nice to meet ya." Yeah, he was lazy. Even in the academy. But hey, i finally met someone from the original story. Besides i don''t want to change the story dramatically. After all the only advantage i had was that i know the generic shape of the future. Iruka Sensei continued to explain the schedule of the academy. In the beginning they would explain every training method to the students, which only needed an afternoon. After that there would be lessons every morning which ended in the early afternoon. Subjects were math, taijutsu, ninjutsu, tactical training, history, genjutsu and a lot of other stuff. Since most subjects needed chakra, Iruka sensei presented the Leaf concentration training. A leaf on the forehead and you needed to focus on that leaf. I had no idear how that should help me control Chakra, but since most students learn it that way i guess there is no way out. Afterwards Iruka also moved the entire class towards the training field where he explained on how to throw shurikens and kunais. He also held a little history lesson on how to use the Kunai for melee Combat. Since there was a little bit of time left Iruka also explained the most basic handseal which is used to gather chakra or to feel chakra. Bidding Shikamaru goodbye after the lesson, i walked home. I didn''t talked to other people that much as the information from Iruka was really important. It told me how i can train to sense chakra, the most important thing in the ninja world which enables superhhuman powers! Though the other children already found friends, it wasn''t that imporant to me, after all i needed the information on how to form hand seals as well as how to train. Since sadly i wasn''t one of those guys memorizing every hand seal in naruto. I was more the casual watcher. Enough said, let''s hurry home and train to sense chakra. Maybe i can speed up things by learning walking on trees and walking on water. Average School Day Whoever said that training was easy is completely wrong. There is only one word describing my current situation: Exhausting. Using the Leaf Concentration Practice i tried to sense and control my Chakra. At first i felt dumb. Focussing an ordinary Leaf on your Forehead to get superpowers felt like something out of fiction. But it worked after i fell into some kind of state. *Thud* My whole Body slumped onto the ground. I felt like as if i used my body to do exercises way beyond my body limit. Sweat poured out of my pores as i tried to move my eyes towards the leaf. What remained was only powder, the leaf disintegrated. I tried to keep my eyes open but darkness surrounded after i looked at the leaf powder for one last time. ... ... ... ... ... "It''s time to wake up Hashirama, you have to go to school." A voice woke me up as i opened my eyes. "You shocked your father and me when we found you laying on the ground, drenched in sweat. We thought you fell unconscious but you snored when we came near you. Do you feel good? Is the Ninja Academy something we have to reconsider?" My Mum looked at me with a worried look. I knew that my parents probably didn''t want me to be a ninja, but it''s some kind of obligation for the people living in the village of fire. So i tried to assure her that everything is fine. "Everything is okay Mom, the only reason why i fainted is because i used my Chakra. Since i wasn''t able to control it, everything got pushed out and then i fainted due to overexertation. Now i know how Chakra feels like so i should be able to control it a litte bit." It really felt like i discovered something new. Like discovering your sexual organs when you are in puberty. Though it wasn''t as pleasant and can be compared to a new limb. When my Family ate Breakfast on that Day there was a silence floating around the table. "Son, your Mother and I decided to move over to your sister for a few weeks. We already hired Ninjas to protect us because it may be dangerous. *Sigh*, times haven''t changed at all. I hope you can train to become a strong Shinobi. In that way you can protect your beloved and yourself. When we are gone you can take your food from our restaurant. The manager already knows it. If you want to spend any money ask the manager as well, he will give you everything necessary." Rubbing my head father continued: "You have grown up and now you are on your way to become a proper shinobi. You can make your own decisions but always talk with your family if you have any problems. We may not be able to help, but we can listen to you."Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. I nodded since it seemed the best answer. As we continued to eat something surprising happened. I almost devoured an entire bucket of rice with a few side dishes. Smiling my parents hugged me and pressed a bag with money into my hand. "Here are 30.000 Ryo, if you need any more money just give the manager a call. Now hurry up, you are going to be late if you daddle any further." said my Mom. As i rushed out a premise hit me. I turned around only to find both of my parents standing there, at the gate, waving towards me while smiling. ... Doesn''t this happen when some kind of shitty tragedy stuff happens? I gulped, took one last glance at my parents before rushing towards the school. Let''s hope that nothing bad happens. ____________ "Ok our first lessons will be all about the hand seal for ninjutsu. So there are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Bird, Dog and Boar. We will start with Rat, please open your textbook on page 7 to start with the introduction in history. Please read it aloud..." Iruka continued to brabble unnecessary stuff. Bored i tried to suppress a yawn. While most of the kids listened to Iruka as if the knowdledge would save them one day i could only sigh inwardly. Hand seals are important but the academy doesn''t teach you elemental ninjutsu, they only teach 3 ninjutsus. Clone Technique, Transformation Technique and Body replacement Technique. Each of them being from E-Rank. The other things that the Academy provide are only general lessons as well as a fundamentals for Taijutsu and Bukijutsu. The day continued as a i talked with Shikamaru about Chakra control. Appearently he already mastered the leaf concentration technique. In other words he could focus the leaf without making it to powder. Since i couldn''t train in the class with the leaf concentration technique i decided to gather chakra with one hand seal. I also tried to remember each of the 12 basic hand seals as well as the fluent transition from one seal to another. I am probably the worst protagonis a story can have. That was my conclusion after i tried the 12 basic handseals. It took me 10-15 seconds to form one hand seal correctly. It may seem easy, just make that seal and everything should work, right? But reality is giving harsh slaps left and right. You need to combine hand seal and chakra control for the most perfect combination. "Hey Hashirama, you kinda know that we don''t need to fuse our Chakra into our hand seals? They are more like the ninjutsu structure. Fusing Chakra into the hand seals is something for Jonins. It will reduce the amount of hand seals needed for a ninjutsu." whispered Shikamaru as he watched my pathetic training. I looked at him while whispering back: "Do you know a training method to improve chakra control?" "Just meditate and shape your chakra in your body, it''s really annoying though and doesn''t improve your Chakra control that much. After all even if you don''t do anything, just using chakra every day would give the same result." yawned Shikamaru. That explains why Shikamaru doesn''t train Chakra control! However since i wasn''t one of those talented-ninjas i needed an headstart. After all i won''t be as lucky as Sakura. Many deemed Sakura as useless. I would probably rate her talent the same a mine. But she got the most suited technique for her and combined with her way above average chakra control she managed to fix most of her problems. "Hey, wanna come with us to the playground?" I looked up only to see Kiba, Shikamaru and Choji staring at me. Naturally Akamaru was on Kibas head. Staring at them i inwardly battled against myself. "Oh, Hashirama you probably don''t know them. This guy with the dog is Kiba, and left to me is Choji." "It''s not a Dog, it''s Akamaru!" yelled Kiba while Akamaru agreed with a "Woof!" At this moment i realized the famous sentence of "My mind is telling me no~, but my body, my body is telling me yes~". "Yeah i would love to go!" Smiling we walked towards the playground. Naruto A young boy with blond hair and whiskers joined us shortly after we left the academy. "Hey Shikamaru are you going to the playground?" "Wanna join Naruto?" said Shikamaru while rubbing his head. "Yeah!" yelled Naruto. While we walked they talked about normal stuff, like how Naruto did his usual pranks and had to do his punishments. Why did i react like a child? Technically i should have a mindset of a (soon to be) adult. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that i AM a child. There is no sexual reaction from my body even though my Mom took me to the bathhouse. I even hugged a few girls naked. Perhaps it has something to do with my undeveloped brain? Or is it a side effect from my growing body? "Hey what do we want to play? I think we should play Ninja!" yelled Naruto. "Yeah, me and Akamaru are going to be the twin fang of Konoha! We will destroy all enemys!" said Kiba seemingly excited. Now i regretted agreeing to play with them. Is this changing mindset something that i need to consider as a problem? Nevertheless it was easy for me to blend into the crowd as we yelled and chased each other through the playground. We even imagined ourselves doing huge ninjutsus capable of flying, tearing through mountains and breathing fire. As the sun started to set the parents arrived to take their children away. "Hey, Hashirama. Wanna train in the practice hall of the academy when everyone is sitting at the desk? I already talked to Choji, Kiba and Naruto. All of them don''t like sitting in the classroom very much." whispered Shikamaru. Naturally i could foresee it that they won''t train. Chilling and doing nothing would be the better term to describe what they are doing. Answering with a nod i waved goodbye as Shikamaru, Kiba and Choju walked towards their parents. I just wanted to walk out of the playground before i turned and looked at Naruto who stared at the normal parent-kid scene. Tears almost appeared as i could hear the sad and slow background music appearing while naruto looked at them. The sun setting created a beautiful and yet sad atmosphere. Normally Naruto should stay a little bit longer when everything turned into darkness, in other words the night. However i prevented it by saying one sentence: "When do your parents come?" I had to play the unknowing guy or else it would seem to suspicious. Especially since i am not sure whether Naruto is protected by Anbu or not.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. "I have no parents, i am living in my own apartment." replied Naruto in a sad tone. "Wanna come over for a night? My parents are gone for three weeks since they will visit my sister." It was risky but worth a try. Naruto turned his head towards me as if he couldn''t believe it. "Yeah, what do we eat for dinner?" grinned Naruto with his eyes closed. In the corner of his eyes i could see tears forming. "There should be a Ramen shop around here, right? Wanna go to that place?" Naruto tried to rub his eyes as if something got into it but i could see him crying. It was probably the first time somebody invited him to a stayover. "Yeah, it''s my favorite place. Let''s go!" yelled Naruto before running out of the playground. As we arrived at Ichiraku Ramen Naruto smiled before ordering two Ramen. We paid 100 Ryo for one Bowl but as soon as i saw the size i gasped. It was huge. Comparing it to a cooking pot would be more accurate. "Did you bring your friend Naruto?" The one who spoke was Ayame. The daughter of Teuchi who was the owner of Ichiraku Ramen and who treated Naruto really well. "Yeah!" grinned Naruto while slurping the noodles into his mouth. Taking chopsticks i smiled. It smelled delicious. As soon as i slurped the noodles into my mouth it exploded into countless flavours. The soft and sticky noddles combined with the flavored soup resulted in a gourmets heaven. After eating the heavenly dinner Naruto followed me as we walked towards my house. Laying a Futon next to mine wasn''t that hard. While we brushed our teeths Naruto didn''t talked. Just as i closed my eyes Naruto suddenly began to talk. "Hey, Hashirama, right? I am happy that you invited me for a stayover. I just wanted to tell you since it''s my first stayover and i am quite excited." "No problem, besides we are going to become Ninjas. So i do think having a good relationship is the most important. Let''s sleep and wake up early tomorrow. Didn''t Shikamaru suggested that we train in the training hall and skip theory in the classroom?" Since Both of us seemed to be tired we quickly wandered off into dreamland. Naturally i talked with every single one of them, especially Naruto since we ate dinner together and had a stayover. I woke up early and dragged Naruto towards the restaurant of my family. Ordering a huge amount of food we ate breakfast and packed Lunch. After that i quickly sprinted toward the Academy Training hall. It was open since it could be used whenever one wanted to train. Since i decided to skip class with the other 4 i naturally wanted to train for real. Especially my Chakra control. Shikamaru said something about it comes with age but i couldn''t be sure if what Shikamaru said was true knowdledge or only applied for Clan members. Throwing Kunais and Shurikens towards a Target i tried to hit the centre with every throw. After that i grabbed all the kunais and shurikens and repeated my training. Rinse and repeat. Naruto wanted to complain but as soon as he saw me train for real he quickly joined. Suprisingly he was worse off than me. He couldn''t even hit the target once. I didn''t picked on him, i continued to train until i was exhausted. Then i plucked a random leaf from the garden and did the leaf concentration exercise. I had no idear what amount of chakra i possessed. However i wanted to try forming Shadow Clone in the near future as i could train double the amount in the same amount of time. It should be safe, since i am already a little bit older than 8 and should have enough Chakra reserves for one. As Naruto and i continued to train Shikamaru, Choji and Kiba arrived at the training hall. Seeing their shocked faces i grinned inwardly. There won''t be skipping time, this time will be used effectively. Gasping for breath i looked towards the clock, it''s noon. I had no idear how many Shurikens or Kunais i threw in the past 5 or 6 hours. Neither did i know the amount of times my weapons missed the target. Naruto and the rest quickly sprinted away when i told them that i will end my training for today. Slowly dragging my body towards my home i sighed, my training will continue at home. Training As soon as i arrived at home i formed a cross, naruto fans would undoubtly recognize this as the most famous jutsu of the protagonist. "Shadow Clone", i shouted inwardly as the cross drained my chakra and formed a mass of something outside of my body. With a smokescreen another me appeared. *Thud* My whole body fell like a bag of potatoes onto the ground. Using the Jutsu drained me from almost all of my Chakra reserves. Only a tiny amount remained my body as i couldn''t move my body anymore. Thankfully i still remained consciousness or else the clone would fade into smoke. My other self glared at me. "It''s really weird to see yourself even though you exist as well. But since my experience will also transfer to the original body we can still be seen as one." "Ugh, after all it shouldn''t be possible for the clone to "live" more than one day. After all once the original body sleeps the clone will poof into oblivion. Besides nobody wants to have a clone that lives longer than that. Having two personalities ain''t a good thing." i groaned back. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Not wanting to experience the hard and cold floor i put my body into a warm blanket. I also walked towards the restaurant of my parents and ordered a huge amount of Meat Buns. They are nutritious, yummy and easy to warm up. Since the Manager appearently worked for my Dad for more than 10 years he didn''t question me, instead he gave me 10,000 Ryo and double the amount of Meat Buns saying that i should warm them up if they get cold. Now back in the training hall i thought about the infamous shadow clone training Method from Naruto. It should work for literally everything. Even for Taijutsu as every experience gets transfered over as well as the exhaustion. So saying it from a medical perspective using the clone to train will also train up the real body. There was only one problem at the moment. I had too littly chakra. If i use up my chakra for one clone it''s the same as if training with my real body. Since it was only an experience i can say it wasn''t a huge success, the training method didn''t speed up the training pace. Though it can be used as soon as i am able to create two clones. Because i was still exhausted from training in the academy training hall i stopped throwing Kunais or Shurikens, instead i continued to train my Chakra control.If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. After a few Hours i panted. Green powder surrounded me like dust an forgotten tea cup. I still wasn''t able to control solely on the leaf as my Chakra turned the leaf into powder. Thought it felt way easier to move my Chakra through the Channels of my Body than before. With a smile i released the Shadow Clone Jutsu. *Poof* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ After the clone wrapped me in a warm blanket i began to eat the Meat Buns. With each bite i devoured and savored the flavour of Meat, Vegetables and fluffy dough. Finishing the 30th Meat Bun i patted my belly before looking towards the academy books. It is possible to learn the Clone Technique, Body Replacement Technique and Transformation Technique just by books as they only need few or no hand seals. (AN: I will probably keep writing the English names for the techniques, i ain''t that good with Japanese and kinda hate it when some writers literally use half-japanese for action-scenes . Though some words are absolute necessary like Hokage, Konoha etc. as they sound a little bit stupid if translated. Like Fire-Shadow or Village Hidden in Fire, but don''t worry i will make notes on things i need to look up. I am a really casual watcher.) Combined with the fact that they are used by every ninja, whether Jonins or Genins i deemed them as a foundation for every ninja. Well there is one exception and that is the Clone Technique. There wasn''t a real use in the story besides the academy test and since the clones have no shadow and disappear with a single strike, doesn''t matter how strong, they are only waste of chakra. If there is a moment where it could be useful i would say at night. Why? Because one could bluff the enemy by making clones. Since the fact that the clone has no shadow won''t be easily seen if the environment is dark itself. Otherwise the clone technique is crap. It may be seen as basic for future clone techniques like the water/earth/lightning clone, but the power level between them is like heaven and earth. After all an actual clone is like having a second teammate but with perfect coordination with yourself. Since it is literally you. I continued to read the academy books and felt impressed at the information contained within the book. As i decided that my learning order should be replacement technique -> transformation technique -> clone technique (obvious from most useful to useless), i started with replacement technique. And seriously, there was so much information within it. Naturally everything sounded as book-smart as possible, like which object to replace in which environment. Wooden logs in forests was as obvious as it can get, but what if you are fighting in the planes/desert/rocky mountains? Adding onto that was the history, a heavy reminder that the basic should always be mastered and a lot of bullshit like how Konoha implemented the replacement technique in their academy and how much it improved their survival rate in the wars. After that the book pretty much turned into a festival of filler pages. I mean it is necessary to learn how to think with a strategic mind, but how should one develop a quick strategic mind when the book needed more than 20 pages discussion place to decide whether one should replace the wooden log on the left or right tree. Naturally i read everything as there could be something hidden in the lines. There was only one interesting thing. Appearently the Body flicker technique is the parent technique of the replacement technique. The Hand seal for the body replacement technique was Tiger -> Boar -> Ox -> Dog -> Snake, though i still didn''t knew any of these hand seals i could only smile bitterly. It seemed so easy in the story and the fanfictions. Everyone was a hand seal monger and could do one handed seals with a speed of 50 gazillions per second. And now there is me who can''t even remember the 12 basic hand seals. I am truly the "greatest" of all reincarnators. A system which gives me a 10% boost on my body and that''s it. No shitty Rinne-Sharingan and infinity chakra with absolute control. Yet i must say it doesn''t feel that bad. I did my first jutsu today and it''s even the most iconic jutsu of naruto. Naturally i ignored the fact that i literally sucked at everything else. Satisfied with goals on hand i felt an excitement for the future. Chapter 7 The Curtain Rises and Falls Days passed as life fell into a monotone routine, wake up, go to ninja academy and try to learn the theory, train after the lessons to not fall behind the Konoha 12. At first the 12 basic hand seals were unfamiliar, however after a while of continuous practice i am able to change fluently from one seal to the next. Although the speed was turtle like. The training with Choji, Kiba, Shikamaru and Naruto continued, even though i didn''t skipped the lessons anymore. Instead we 5 met up after school for a couple of hours to train. Naturally we used the academy facilities. While we trained i enviously glared at them, holy moly they had the main cast halo. Shikamaru already could do all the academy jutsu but was just too lazy to be good in class, too troublesome in his opinion. Naruto and kiba mostly shouted about having awesome ninjutsu but their taijutsu (Art of physical Combat) was really strong, Kiba with his speed and strength and naruto with his never give up attitude and endless stamina. And Choji was Choji, eating Chips all day long. Though his strength couldn''t be underestimated. His punch packed a lot of strength. How i know that? We spared and they beat the crap out of me. What for deadlast and near deadlast in class, Naruto and Kiba literally beat me within a few minutes. *Cough* ten seconds *cough* Shikamaru didn''t participated, too troublesome. Choji also spared with me but knocked me out with one hit. Damn, I am probably more useless than Sakura when she joined the Genin Team. And this reason really made me view Sakura in a different light. No wonder she was deemed useless. Compared to Sasuke and Naruto she looked like shit. However after all this failure I actually achieved something. Since I painstakingly trained with the leaf concentration exercise I am now probably able to do controlled jutsu. Why do you ask? Days before, about 2 weeks I tried to replace myself with the replacement technique only to end up somewhere I didn''t wanted to be. Adding onto the fact that I used way more chakra than probably needed I was empty after a single try. But now fear me, muhahahahaha, I am able to control my chakra to a certain degree. Now I wanted to learn the 3 Academy Jutsus, but i kept myself within control. I should first learn Tree Climbing and Water Walking, after all it should add to my chakra control and waste less and less Chakra until i use the perfect amount! The Shadow clone training wasn''t a success in my case, I continued a few days but it doesn''t make much sense if I get bedridden and a SINGLE clone does the training instead. I discovered something else, the fact that the amount of chakra in a person will increase if used entirely. Kinda like working out. Thought the increase felt tiny, I still tried to drain my chakra every day. Now i stood in front of a tree in my courtyard. I used a hand seal to gather my chakra under my soles. For a minute nothing happened as i stood there. Placing one foot on the tree I tried climbing the tree, only to fail as the first foot slipped. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. "Too less Chakra, again!" I mumbled as a gathered my chakra under my soles again. *Crash* "Too much Chakra.¡° (AN: It¡¯s me from the now, past me wrote the previous 6 & ? chapters. Considering the factor that I don¡¯t actually want to drop this idea, because it¡¯s special. I will thus continue with vigor. At least when I don¡¯t write on my Grand Magus. Right now I am in the University and kinda have to do a lot. But that is fine. Mentioning: I will change the view from first person to third person. Gives me practice for Grand Magus as well as the new book that I am working on. Going to learn from my mistakes and make a huge pile of chapters before releasing any serious webnovel. But not on this one. It¡¯s going to be a fun fan-fic. *Cough* not for the mc) Hashirama sighed. ¡®No pain no gain.¡¯ Even if he knew that it would probably be a long time before he could control his chakra properly, he was still frustrated. ¡®Calm yourself, slow and steady.¡¯ The Days passed as Hashirama lived his life in Konoha. The daily routing seemed too boring so the starting motivation slowly drifted away and the group of Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, Naruto and even Hashirama began to laze around. He couldn¡¯t help himself. It was just too comfortable. Besides being a kid was fun. No trouble, no pressure and no responsibility. For what should he give it up for? Some Superpower that seemed so easy to get? Besides, Hashirama still continued to train daily. Not for Hours, but every single day for at least one hour. The sad thing that happened (at least for Hashirama) was the fact that the group of Shikamaru and Choji slowly but surely distanced themselves from him. Even Kiba became more and more of a bragger and ignored Hashirama and even belittled Naruto. Hashirama was enraged. How dare they ignore him? After all they were friends and he hoped to become strong with them. Only Naruto stayed with him. Hashirama cried inwardly and thought what for a great guy. So it was no wonder that Naruto spend his time with Hashirama. They played, danced, laughed, learned, brawled and spent a lot of time together. Almost like brothers. So it was no wonder that Hashirama imparted tons of advices from his previous life to Naruto. Naturally in a way that Naruto understood. But Naruto still was the rash and loud kid who never gave up and had the dream of becoming Hokage. When the time of graduation neared, Hashirama felt pathethic. He still hadn¡¯t mastered the art of Tree Walking completely and sometimes even fell off. Water walking was a complete disaster, even stepping on the surface once wasn¡¯t possible for him. In the end Hashirama graduated the Ninja Academy with below average standards. Theory was a little bit above average but Hashirama didn¡¯t cared and only wanted to pass. In order to let the story unfold, Hashirama celebrated with his family instead of standing next to Naruto. After all, where else could Naruto get his famous jutsu and the bond between Iruka and Naruto was an important one. Even Hashiramas introduction couldn¡¯t destroy that. After celebrating with his family, Hashirama wandered around. Only for Naruto to appear from nowhere and drag him into the forest. ¡°Look! Hashirama, I can do clone jutsu. Isn¡¯t this amazing? Now I can become a Ninja!¡± grinned Naruto with the most innocent smile ever seen. Naturally I asked and Naruto explained the task from Mizuki. I knew it was a trap, but what could happen? We both looked at the scroll and Naruto showed me the shadow clone section. Only the hand sign was there, along with a couple of really quirky explanations of the jutsu. ¡°Wow, this clone jutsu is really amazing. Apparently every clone can learn stuff, so you can learn stuff double as fast!¡± Hashirama hinted the future super training technique for Naruto. Naruto, a little bit smarter than in the series, realized the fact and grinned like a child on Christmas. Soon Mizuki arrived and started the entire explanation. ¡®Yeah, now the story will unfold.¡¯ Hashirama grinned inwardly as he witnessed the story he once watched as a kid to unfold. ¡°YOU ARE THE DEMON FOX!¡± shouted Mizuki before throwing the huge Shuriken towards Naruto. ¡®Any Moment now¡­ where is Iruka?¡¯ Hashirama realized that something was wrong. Naruto hugged his head in that moment. *Thud* *Drip* *Drip* *Drip* Naruto stared at the figure who took the blow. ¡°h..hashirama? HASHIRAMA!¡± With a thud, Hashirama fell onto the ground. He coughed a mouthful of blood. ¡®Probably penetrated my Lungs.¡¯ At that moment Iruka arrived. Confronting his former comrade and friend, the fight began. Iruka even started the famous childhood analogy and defended Naruto. While I lay on the ground, I could only see some shadows moving forth and back. *Cling* *Cling* The occasional sound of metal hitting metal appeared. Liquid met my face as something dripped down. ¡°Hashirama¡­.*Sob* Hash*Sob* Why*Sob* did you¡­*¡± Another cough followed by blood flowing down the mouth, allowed Hashirama to speak: ¡°Why? *Cough* isn¡¯t it because we are brothers? *Cough*, you have a dream *Cough* Don¡¯t¡¯ you *Cough* want to become *Cough* *Cough* want to become Hokage?¡± More blood dripped down as the liquid from Narutos face increased. Hashirama felt cold. He couldn¡¯t feel his heart beating anymore. He only felt the slowly but surely vanishing pain on the chest. With two fingers, Hashirama took his blood and smeared it down on Narutos forehead. A small chuckling escaped Hashirama as his last words in this world were: ¡°Naruto¡­.¡± The last action caused Naruto to bail out in full motion, what greeted him were the empty eyes of a former friend. No, a brother.