As the first rays of dawn painted the village of Konoha, a lone figure emerged from the heart of the Hidden Leaf.
This person walked through the winding streets of Konoha, which were slowly coming to life as people opened their shops and stalls.
The person was a young girl with striking features. She had lustrous blonde hair tied in a ponytail, and a face of captivating beauty. Her brown eyes held a hint of mischief. Her attire exuded elegance: a green short-sleeved kimono with a blue sash around her waist, white bandages wrapped around her thighs, and ninja sandals.
She was walking to the academy alone, until...
Tsunade's POV/
"HEEEEY!! TSUNADE!!" Someone shouted.
"Hmm?" I looked toward the source of the familiar shout, only to see a cloud of dust approaching me real fast.
"TSUNADEEEE!!" The shout came again. I focused on the dust and saw a face filled with snot, eyes with big hearts in them, mouth wide open, and tongue out.
Tick Tick!
I got tick marks on my forehead and gritted my teeth, angry at this pervert who only thought about indecent things. As he got closer, until he was just a few meters away, he jumped and spread his limbs like a frog.
"YEHEHEHEHE!" Laughing creepily, he got closer and closer, moving his hands as if wanting to grab something still nonexistent.
I clenched my fists, then raised my right hand to–
PAW!
"AHHHHHH!!"
I punched him right in the center of his face, caved it in, and he flew away to hit a wall.
CRASH!
He left cracks on it like a spider web. Then he hit the ground limply, like a doll with broken strings. I wasn't worried, because I know how durable he is. This isn't my first time beating him up.
"How many times do I have to remind you to get away from me when you're that horny, huh?!" I shouted angrily.
"I AM BEING RESPECTFUL ENOUGH BY BEING INTERESTED IN YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE AS FLAT AS A BOARD!!" He shouted back comically.
"YOUUUUU!! You really want another beating, right?!!" I said, rolling up my nonexistent sleeve and slowly approaching his prone body.
He instantly flipped backward, ready to run away, but...
A pale hand suddenly grabbed Jiraiya's shoulder. "People are watching–"
"KYAAHHHHH GHOST!!!" Jiraiya shrieked, then calmed down instantly. "Ohh, it was you, Orochi," he said, as if he hadn't just screamed like a girl a moment ago.
"Idiot pervert." Orochimaru said.
"Super. Super pervert! Not just pervert dumbass!" Jiraiya shouted which made the people around watching feel disgusted.
"Stupid,"
"Nerd!!"
Sigh. I looked at them arguing about something so pointless again and started rubbing my forehead because of the headache these two cause me.
Jiraiya had spiky white hair that reached his shoulders and strikingly sharp, dark eyes with a small red line under them. He often wore a short-sleeved kimono with a black shirt underneath, along with pants and sandals. He was an extremely perverted boy that every woman in the village knew, thanks to his peeping in the bathhouses.
Orochimaru had pale skin and long, dark hair. He typically wore a white kimono with a blue sash. He was stoic and didn't show much expression most of the time. He was only interested in studying ninjutsu and bickering with Jiraiya.
Sigh. Why can't I have normal friends? All the girls in the class have their own groups and were only interested in talking about boys and gossiping, which I didn't particularly like.
I looked at the two who were still bickering.
"It's going to be late for the academy. Katsuki-sensei will get angry at us. Let's go," I told them, turning around and walking toward the academy.
"Hey, wait for us!" Jiraiya shouted again.
"..." Orochimaru just followed without muttering a word.
We walked down the now-bustling streets until we stood in front of the Academy. The Academy is located directly at the base of the Hokage Rock. It's quite large and comprised of several buildings erected over time. There's a tree in front with a swing on it, and also the giant sign with the kanji for "fire" on the front wall.
I looked at the academy now filling with kids our age for a moment, then resumed walking inside. We entered our Class... class A. It was a huge room with high ceilings. In front of the blackboard was a podium far from the students' desks, where the teacher could view everyone at once.
As we got inside...
"Ayo, Jiraiya! Come with me so I can show you something, hehe," Yamanaka Ken, who had pale blonde hair and an above average face, said with a perverted smile.
"Better be worth my time, Ken," Jiraiya replied with his own smile.
"You won't be disappointed, I promise, new stuff, Nirvana level." Ken added.
I looked at Jiraiya, who put his arm around Ken's shoulder while giggling and whispering probably something indecent.
"Those two never fail to disappoint me," Orochimaru said.
"Let's just go and sit down, please," I said, not caring much about what the perverts were doing.
I walked with Orochi until we reached the very back of the class, where our seats were. I pulled out my chair and sat comfortably.
"Have you seen Ryu?" I heard a girl ask her friend.
"He went to the toilet," her friend answered.
"Ah, I miss him so much. Let me tell you, I had a dream yesterday that we were married, hehe~"
"No way!! He will marry me, not you!"
"No, he's mine!"
"Mine!!"
I looked at them awkwardly, not knowing how to feel about their topic.
They were arguing over someone named Uchiha Ryu, who was very "handsome" according to them. He was one of the best students here, beside me and Orochi. All the girls here were his fangirls.
I mean, it's really okay to like somebody but girl, look at yourself. A civilian kid with no background, no bloodline or anything noteworthy, and talentless.
And Uchiha Ryu, is well, an Uchiha. No need to say more.
Being in love is good, but delusional? May the Sage be with you.
Then I looked at the boys.
"Hey, Yuji!"
"Hmm?"
"Last night, my mom said to eat only 5 cookies."
"Hmm."
"But you know what happened?"
"Hmm."
"I ate six!"
"Zzzzzzzzzzzzz." Yuji fell asleep.
Yuji Nara and Satoshi Akimichi. As expected of a Nara, Yuji was a lazy boy with long black spiky hair tied in a ponytail and sleepy black eyes. He only knew how to sleep and stare at clouds.
And Satoshi Akimichi was an oversized boy and Yuji's best friend with Ken Yamanaka. He had medium-length brown hair and small black eyes. He only knew how to eat and thought about food 24/7.
I sat in my place for some time, listening to the other students talk about useless stuff until
SLIDE! Step, step, step!
"GET IN YOUR SEATS NOWWW!!"
Our teacher, Katsuki, burst into the room and shouted. But to our surprise, he wasn't alone. A boy?? entered the class with him, wearing weird clothes I had never seen before.
You could see big... And when I say big I mean HUGE bulging muscles protruding from his upper body. His tight, black sleeved shirt clung to him, making it easier to see his muscles.
He was tall and had silver hair slicked back and spiked upward in two large prongs, giving him a distinctive look. He had sharp, intense facial features with piercing yellow eyes and a strong jawline.
And last but not least, he was tall. Really tall!
'Gulp, I have never seen six packs like those before!' Tsunade gulped as she looked at those muscles that defied logic.
Cough! Cough! Get out of it Tsunade!
Well, now she looked at his face, he wasn't overly handsome like how the girls describe Ryu all the time, and not ugly either.
He was above average and... unique?
Kinda villainous if you asked her, but that weirdly gave him more points.
"Do you know who he is?" Orochimaru asked, looking at me.
I turned to him. "Why should I?" I asked, a little flustered.
"Well, your reaction when you looked at him was strange, so I thought maybe you knew him," he replied, turning back to the podium.
Dude, can't a girl just appreciate art in peace without someone interrupting? I am a girl too you know!
Leave me and my reactions alone!
'Just because I am buddies with you and Jiraiya doesn't mean I am a man.' I swallowed what I wanted to say to Orochi.
Then the whole class started whispering about who the boy was.
"BE QUIET!!" our teacher screamed, and the whole class fell silent.
"We have a new student joining us from now on. I'm Katsuki, your chunin teacher until you graduate. You can introduce yourself to the class, boy," The chunin teacher said to the boy.
We all looked at the supposed new student, eager to know who he was.
"I am Hatake Garou, the heir of the Hatake clan," He said.
Hmm... Garou... Garou. Why do I feel like I've heard this name before? Hmm, a Hatake?
Looking at his face, he does give me a sense of deja vu.
"Good. Now, does anyone have any questions for him?" Katsuki-sensei asked. Some students raised their hands, and a series of questions were thrown at him.
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"A dojo? What do you want a dojo for?"
"That's ENOUGH!!" Katsuki said "Thank you, Garou. You can now find a place to sit, please."
By the end of it, my body was shaking. Eyes wide with surprise as I looked at the totally recognisable guy who was searching for a seat.
"Pssst, mummy bastard, why is Tsunade tweaking?" Jiraiya asked with suspicion beside Orochimaru.
"Natural selection." Orochimaru answered.
"Answer like a damn human you bastard!" Jiraiya whispered again furiously.
"Dumb skull, it means when interests collide, a force of invincible biological attraction gets created that will pull individuals together–"
"You ain't helping at all. Hey Ken!" Jiraiya interrupted the mummy and called for Ken on his other side.
"What's up?" Ken said.
"Tsunade is tweaking!" Jiraiya hurriedly said and together looked at Tsunade who was biting her lips and intensely looked at the new specimen.
"Hmmmmm, I think I know what's going on." Ken suddenly said after his astute observation with narrowed eyes.
"Talk," Jiraiya said as he frowned.
"Tsunade wants to fuc–"
BAANG!
"I REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE NOW!"
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Garou's POV/
I looked at the source of the voice. A beautiful girl with blonde hair was staring at me with wide eyes. The whole class turned to look at her and we stared at each other for a few moments.
"Tsunade, can you be quiet and sit down?! It's not nice to suddenly shout like that!" The teacher said, looking at Tsunade.
Tsunade looked around and saw all the students staring at her. She blushed and opened her mouth as if to say something, then shook her head a little and sat back down after apologising, clearly embarrassed.
So this is the girl Miller was obsessing over.
To be honest, she was cute, but it was too much. Like over the top cuteness, bordering nonsense.
Her adult self was his type, but not this one.
Tsunade on the screen and Tsunade in front of you is nothing alike. I barely even recognised Tsunade because of how different she looks in real life. Miller's interaction with Tsunade at that birthday party helped me out.
Personally speaking, his feelings were not as deep as Miller for this girl, but Miller's obsession kinda made this possessive feeling influence even him.
Like not wanting anyone to approach what you liked.
He never felt this kind of possessive nature before. He was cultured and appreciated beauty, yes, but he didn't give a single fuck beyond appreciation.
Jealousy.
Men jealous of other men because they got game.
Pathetic.
He refuses to be like those.
If not for this world's teenagers and people starting families at a very early age, he wouldn't even think about approaching Tsunade this early.
Maybe he could do nothing, but as a consequence, lose the race against Kato Dan for Tsunade, and potentially Tsunade losing her virginity or get pregnant by someone else. It didn't happen in canon but this is real life and things are clearly AU.
Or seduce the girl himself. And for the peace of his mind, wait until they were proper adults, then become more intimate.
Kids in this world matured really early. Garou could smell the hormones a mile away from the academy.
Even this body of his hit puberty at the age of 7 which is kinda insane even by this world's standards.
Kids hit puberty at 10 usually here.
And as Miller said... Tsunade's body is beyond healthy. She is a Senju.
And people with bloodlines that give insane vitality have a higher level of hormonal and bodily activities. That includes love hormones.
So, it will be easy to pull Tsunade.
He will shoot his chances, if it didn't work and Tsunade wasn't fazed, then he will move on with his life. It won't be the end of the world.
And certainly, this world didn't lack beautiful women at all and you can find model level faces if you looked around enough.
He could have a Harem any second right now, but in this matter, he didn't look for a hole to fuck.
Pussy is just a hole that millions of women have. Same shit, different texture.
It's overrated.
Real love and family is supreme.
No amount of holes can satisfy a man only concerned about pleasures of life. Insanity is the end of that approach to life.
He wasn't a materialistic hedonist, but a warrior. And a warrior conquers their desires, not make it a god and be a slave to them.
Anyways, plans for later.
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I continued looking around for a seat. The students were looking at me as if I were some kind of exotic animal in a zoo while I scanned the class left and right to find that damned chair.
I never liked school.
It's just a brainwashing center. It doesn't teach you 'How to think' but 'What to think'
After I found an empty seat at the back of the class, between a boy with long, tied-back black spiky hair and another big, oversized boy with medium-length brown hair and small black eyes, I approached the chair and sat down.
I sat for a little while before I saw a hand extended toward me. I turned to look beside me.
"Yuji Nara, from the Nara clan. You can just call me Yuji. Nice to meet you, Garou-san," Yuji said with a tired tone, his hand reaching out for me to take.
I looked at the hand for a moment before shaking it firmly with my clearly bear-like hand which made his look like a baby in comparison that made him look at the difference with a eyebrow raised. "You can just call me Garou, too," I replied calmly. He nodded.
"And that guy beside you is Satoshi Akimichi," he added, pointing at Satoshi.
I looked at Satoshi for a moment, then extended my hand. He looked at me for a moment before he put a hand in his pocket and took out a cookie and gave it to me with a serious nod of his head as if he handed me gold.
I just threw the cookie inside my mouth and gulped it down without judging the weirdness of the dude.
Respect+
Seems the action gained me some points from the guy.
"So... what are your thoughts about sleeping?" Yuji asked me tiredly. His own weird way to start a conversation.
I looked at him for a moment, thinking how I should answer. The dude was probably testing him.
One wrong letter and I will become that friend that nothing changes if I were there or not. And since his mom didn't want to see his face until he pulled a friend or two these coming days, I couldn't ignore this, so I bullshited...
"Sleep inherently is a social and inter-corporeal phenomenon." I replied and Yuji immediately straightened up.
"When I am asleep, I don't have to deal with people! Even better, I don't have to face the choice of whether it's worth it for me on that particular day to deal with people." Yeah right.
"Sleep and rest is the conversation between what we love to do and how we love to be. To rest is to give up on worrying, and the sense that there is something wrong with the world unless we are there to put it right, to rest is to fall back literally or figuratively–" Pure bullshit came out as I went on and on about how sleep is this and that.
Maybe Shit is a source of unhygienic and worthless trash to some, but maybe to some others, Shit is gold.
Seeing Yuji's face that was so shocked as if he was going to achieve Nirvana, it was clear that Garou received what he wanted.
Respect++
Yuji put a hand on my shoulder and with a fervent expression he said, "You should become family, we have many girls our age who are ready to marry in the Nara clan, what do you say?"
"Tempting offer but I am already interested in someone else." I replied coolly, arms crossed.
"Doesn't matter, no one is forbidding you to have multiple wives." Yuji insisted. Seems my words really hit him hard.
"No thanks, I am not interested in polygamy." I replied calmly.
"Sighhhhh, a family man, right? The offer will always stands then." Yuji caught on quickly and didn't press further and went back being tired after that.
But I didn't let him relax just yet, I needed to establish dominance.
"Well, talking about sleeping. I did actually create a way to sleep in a matter of seconds... anytime, and anywhere. No matter how rested you are or full of energy, you instantly go to sleep just by wanting to sleep!"
"YOU WHAT?!" Yuji shouted with a shocked expression, a far cry from his usual laziness.
"BE QUITEEEEEEE!!!" Katsuki, the teacher yelled his lungs out.
Yuji immediately calmed down "My bad!" He said awkwardly and Katsuki went back to teach whatever nonsense both Yuji and I didn't care about.
"So yeah, instantaneous sleep with no pills, no chakra, nothing! Just you and your brain shutting down when you want it." I muttered, low enough for only him to hear. Words that made his eyes go wider with each syllable, breathing getting haggard.
Yuji looked around suspiciously and cautiously, as if to make sure he was the only one hearing this.
Satoshi was busy eating and was in another dimension, much to his relief.
Who could guess that a gorilla-sized man who looked like he could crush your skull using his biceps one day will sit beside you and casually reveal insanity to you?
Yuji looked at me with a glint in his eyes and muttered so only I could hear, "You created a ninjutsu that can make you go to sleep instantly?!"
"It's not a Ninjutsu because no chakra is involved. Only your brain, melatonin, and neurons. Nations will go to war for it if they found out, so don't tell this information to anyone, alright?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him.
"What a drag," He said, gulping.
Even if no nation will go to war for that, Yuji knew the Nara clan will actually start a holy crusade without a single shred of hesitation if they knew a divine skill like this existed.
Personally speaking, Yuji won't even mind leading the Nara army for that.
"Exactly, a drag." I said
"Name your price!" Yuji asked with narrowed eyes, not beating around the bush.
"Nothing crazy. I plan to do some business related stuff later on when I become the clan head, and I want some people from the Nara to help in logistics management, finances, and bullshit like that." I said as I was thinking about going forward and implement what Miller had in mind regarding the future path.
Miller already had a detailed plan of what to do, and I didn't think there is a need to change anything because the plans were already good enough.
Money.
That was the forefront of everything regarding Miller's plans. Everything centered around money. Something Miller learned from the juuice after he died.
And in this backwards economy of this world, making money was the easiest thing to do if you knew your stuff.
Now, he needed to decide in which way he should make money because Miller apparently had many different plans for that, but since he isn't here anymore, Garou had to decide what to do from now on.
'Should I just go with writing novels and bring a literary upheaval to this boring world?' I thought. 'Thoughts for later'
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(A/N: Tell me your opinion. Should he?)
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"That's all? Deal!" Yuji immediately agreed.
Nara clan were a clan of geniuses, but they were all lazy. They usually didn't like to fight or do ninja work.
Few were active as frontline ninjas or shed blood outside Konoha. Those Naras who did were just for symbolic purposes, as if to show their strength in every area, not just a bunch of nerds.
Their expertise were in something else. Many hired them to do their works that were related to strategy, calculations, logistics, finance... etc.
The Daimyo of fire himself had a Nara by his side sometimes to take care of things he himself couldn't. So this request of Garou was actually quite cheap compared to what he was offering.
Yuji was the son of the clan head and the heir, so this request from Garou was more than affordable.
Finally, after some more talk, both Garou and Yuji shook their hands in agreement.
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I felt like someone was staring at me.
I looked around to find who it was, until my eyes met Tsunade who kept staring at me even after I caught her staring.
'Not the blushing type? Or just acting strong...' I thought as we kept staring at each other.
I don't know if I should be embarrassed or not because of Miller who did what he did at Tsunade's birthday.
Even thinking about that scene made Garou repulsed.
Who just goes around proposing to girls in their birthdays?
"Today, we're going to learn about adding and subtracting numbers. Are you ready?" Katsuki said and it brought me back from my trance as I heard that familiar nonsense of his.
I ignored Tsunade and taking the opportunity, I nudged at Yuji to look at me as I performed the sleeping technique for him.
Forbidden Technique: Sleepy Joe!
And I passed out with my arms crossed.
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Yuji's POV/
I looked at Garou's now-sleeping face with extreme jealousy and shock in my heart.
HOWWW?!! HOOWWW!!
'This is unacceptable. I have to get that technique at all costs. Not only for me, but for the future of my descendants, and the descendants of my descendants,' I thought, looking at that peaceful face with malicious intentions hidden deep within.
Praise The Nara!!
The End