Pov: Emporer of Blades
"Oho? So this is how your story ends huh?" My grandfather enters the room as I lay upon my bed and stare at the roof.
"Shut it old man. I am too tired to talk" I frown.
"Oho? How rude... aren't you always tired however? Perhaps this is finally your chance to rest child" My grandfather states and I snarl.
"No. I need to get up in half an hour to march the border, if I sleep now I will sleep through my schedule" I take a heavy breath laced with anger.
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"You will die today" My grandfather states coldly.
"Watch me march Old man" I scrunch my nose and intensely focus on moving my legs.
"You haven't marched in days... I always used to believe in you when you said those words 'Watch me', always before going off to do the impossible... I would love to watch that- but I won't see it" My red eyes shake violently as I struggle to move!
"No use brat... I saw it in my dream, at 3:00 today you die" My grandfather says and I flick my gaze to the clock.
"Then I have two minutes to prove you wrong!" I groan out.
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"Your dreams are never wrong..." I silently release my anger after a second.
"Yes. Which is why I came- you will die and your soul will be released from this place" My grandfather smiles warmly.
"No... I have so much to do- I just finished sharpening my aura to its extreme! My life energy is at its most vibrant! I did so- so much to get here!" This time I yell out with sadness rather than anger.
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"Why...? Why did I have to die today...? Why did that curse have to... what did I do to deserve it...?" My face wet with tears struggles to find a proper expression to make.
"Brat... what if I told you I could give you another chance...? And what if I told you to rest this time, take it slow?" He asks me.
"...what?" I glance at him, his eyes shine.
"A forbidden technique, to fling your soul into the reincarnation cycle and give life to a new-born that never made it out of the womb" He states, those shining eyes seeming a tad bit more sinister.
"How did- no, I don't want to know..." Considering my Grandfathers terrible and dark history with forbidden techniques it is best not known.
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"Why?" I ask.
"You have thirty seconds left and you ask why?" He retorts.
"Then why rest? You know that's not how I do things" I ask and stare into his eyes.
"Because every time you said 'watch me' I had hope- because every time you killed great demons and foul kings, every time you succeeded in doing the impossible everyone around you would flourish! Your wife became known as the best Empress in the world due to your actions in the dark, your soldiers the deadliest, your friends most famous- your family profoundly wealthy and healthy! But. You. Never. Saw. Any. Of. It- always hunting... clamouring... training... nearly dying... is it so wrong for your grandfather to want you happy?" He sniffs and smiles at me with worried eyebrows.
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"Then... for you I will rest. Just- just know that if you and my family ever need help I will return to fight, you cannot take that from me" I smile at him.
"Son- brat, this worlds reincarnation cycle would devour you, you have killed so many that the vengeful spirits of those you killed would rip your soul to pieces... you won't be returning to this place" He sighs.
"Where will I end up?" I struggle out those words as I glance at the clock... don't have time to ask stupid questions.
*Thump*
My heart tenses and I can't feel my limbs...
"I don't know... just take care of yourself boy" He touches my chest as he uses his aura to mess with my soul.
"Watch me, Old man" I smile for the last time in this body.
And suddenly my vision goes black.
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Before erupting with life!
"How did he survive?" Someone gasps and speaks in a language I don't understand.
"That's- impossible- did the parents cast some form of jutsu before dying?" Another states in the same foreign tongue.
"It doesn't make sense... they didn't have time to react even to protect themselves from that cloud shinobi's attack..." Another sighs in disbelief.
"We need to get him back to Konoha- the Uchiha clan doesn't have any other members out this far" Another states coldly.
"She shouldn't have been visiting her husband- we are on the border right now..." Someone groans out as if exasperated with something.
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-Six years later-
Pov: Hiruzen Sarutobi.
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"Why is this child scratched out on the Academy entrance reports?" I turn to the Uchiha elder at the table.
He sighs and the rest of the table raises their eyebrows.
"He- is very lazy. Sleeps all day and all night, when I try to make him train he refuses and even when I try to make him move at all- sometimes he refuse to eat out of laziness, I had thought he would be eligible for the academy but he refused when asked about being a ninja" He states with a disappointed expression.
"We are in war times and need every ninja available- can the Uchiha not encourage one child to move?" The Hyuga elder asks.
"Not this one- Takumi blatantly refuses to do anything, I am almost certain that me and the Uchiha clan head are the only people aware of his existence at this point" He shakes his head clearly fed up with handling Takumi Uchiha.
"So the cold and cruel Uchiha head can't motivate him?" Another Hyuga head laughs.
"No. Not at all... I don't have the time to deal with him during the war and barely keep up with him to make sure he is fed- I understand how odd it is to see... such a personality among the Uchiha but I simply do not have the time to understand or correct this behaviour" He states simply, when he puts it like that the Hyuga elders nod in understanding, no one has time these days.
"Then tell him that you are putting him in the academy to babysit him while you work, drop him off at the gates and let the academy sort him out" One of the Yamanaka heads offers.
"That... will have to do- place his name back on" The elder looks at me and I nod my head.
"Of course- now onto the Hyuga members joining this year" I turn to the Hyuga clan head as I hold up my next scroll.
Pov: Takumi Uchiha.
"Go on" My caretaker pushes me a little.
*Yawn!*
I missed out in my prior life, maybe I should never have picked up that blade..?
"Don't ignore me! Your introduction to the Academy starts in five minutes and I have to be at the gates in half an hour!" My caretaker groans out with annoyance.
He reminds me of my grandfather... just less cruel in his methods of motivation- speaking of, why did my grandfather ask me to rest? If it was my wife I would understand... but that guy? He must be getting at that age... poor Old fool.
"Takumi. Go inside." The caretaker kneels down and blazes his 'sharingan' at me... the air is thick with tension and other families look our way.
"Your eyes are getting red... are you going to cry?" I ask with my cutest tone.
Of course I mastered the cute child voice- it gets me out of so many things.
"What!? You little-" I can see his face grow red with anger as he struggles to hold it back.
Fair enough I have been making fun of him this entire walk- his fault for signing me up to the academy of no rest and all pain.
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Although I must admit I am tempted to learn about this energy within my body, it isn't like Aura... it feels quite different.
-No, I must abide the old fools wishes... I cannot let my cravings direct me away from rest.
"Takumi... I am going to give you one last chance" He takes a breath trying to calm down.
"I refuse your last chance- skip to the end of your sentence, it bores me" I smile and speak with my child's voice... not as intimidating as I thought it would be as I am still adjusting to this voice.
He picks me up- and of course I cannot resist- before carrying me inside the academy and walking through the halls... he enters a classroom where multiple children wait and places me on one of the empty chairs available.
"I will pick you up at the end of the day" He states before leaving.
Ah. I broke him again, maybe I shouldn't have been so frustrated with his attempt to break my grandfathers wish.
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Did my grandfather feel guilty? Is that why...? He was the one to push me so hard after all...
"Hello I am Rin" A small child greets me as I was placed next to her.
"Do no interrupt my thoughts- it is quite rude, leave me to ponder on regret and its many applications" I shake my head as solemnly as possible before resting my head on the table and closing my eyes.
"Attention everyone! We will be going to the roof so that the Hokage can give a speech in one hour so listen intently for your name on the rollcall! I am your Sensei from here on out-" I zone out his voice.
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It would make sense.
As I took over the responsibilities in the family he had to do a lot less work... probably softened up around the time I got that scar across my arm.
That's when he retired to his tower at least- and when he stopped calling me 'soldier' instead treating me like a child again.
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Now wait a second- why didn't he tell my wife or scratch that, my entire family and friends that I was dying? Was the cost of that forbidden art so horrifying?
...It had to be- I cannot see that Old fool doing anything for no reason... he was probably the person who scheduled that get better soon party I had four days prior then.
That was... the last time I saw my friends... and my wife... well- I was the one who asked her to stay away in case the vengeful energy attacking my life clung to her.
So... all well, ends well.
If even my cruel grandfather can regret... maybe that is what I am feeling now?
This sense of... having wasted so much... I held my grip for so long I never knew what my hands felt like when doing nothing- I could not truly say that I knew myself like the back of my hands as I only ever saw them in one light.
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My hands are so soft now... not rough and scarred... not filled with years of training.
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I feel my palm as I lay my head upon it, it feels so odd to live like this- get up at these hours and not do... anything.
So why do I regret doing my best when doing nothing is so odd? Why do I not return immediately to what I find comfortable?
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Why am I being so apathetic when that just isn't me?
I was never like this before, I blame the Old fool and his weird technique.
"TAKUMI UCHIHA! WAKE UP!" A voice sternly yells and I open one eye.
"Do you know how many times I called your name Takumi!" He yells out.
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Oh- I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I forgot to check off my attendance, I would have been able to sleep so easily if I had just done that before resting.
"I'm here" I state and close my eye again.
"Open those eyes Takumi you are in big trouble!" My... I didn't catch his name, but my sensei threatens me.
"Hn" I groan out.
"Not 'Hn'- I need a yes sir!" He states clearly.
"Hn" I do it again.
I do regret being so cold and intimidating in my past life- messing with people is quite fun.
"Why you ignorant child- stand at the back of the room and hold up your hands until we leave for the Hokage's speech" He tells me and I yawn.
"No" I state and relax my body.
"I think you should just agree Takumi, Sensei is scary..." The child named Rin whispers in my direction, tears enter her eyes and I glance around with one eye to see that some children are very uncomfortable with this tension that I have created.
"Stop being so lazy and get up- you can't sleep through class" A white haired kid behind me lets me know and I smirk.
"Watch me"
I will try to maintain a minimum of 1 chapter a week considering that I have another story nearing its end, after that one finishes I will focus fully on this story! Thanks for reading! :)