1 Waking up in a ninja wolrd (UPDATED)

*flash*

My world was covered in endless light, and it was so disorienting. I was trying to remember how I got here. It felt like I was falling, and based on the light, there was no end in sight. I suddenly felt the pull of falling, slowing, and then stopping. My feet hit something solid, but there was no ground to see. The space around me was just an empty, hollow space. As I gained my footing and my surroundings, I started to feel better.

Being the only thing I could see, I looked down but noticed something unusual my body seemed almost translucent. " I'm dead. " a cold shiver rushed down my spine as tears fell. Thoughts flew through my mind: how did I die, where was I last, who was the last person I was with? What about my family? I was going crazy. My life was gone. Everything I held dear was no more. Then I felt a rush of warm air pass through me. The thoughts faded away, not gone or less hurtful, but they weren't rampaging. I could think clearly, but the sadness was sitting there, waiting for its chance to regain control.

I saw a red window floating there saying [are you feeling better.].

I said, "No, I'm dead. How am I to feel better. ".

[That is true; I would feel troubled if you were ok; facing death alone is a hard thing to do.]

"It's not the death that is hard. It is everything that is gone that I can't handle. And that I don't even know what killed me. I couldn't face my death head-on or accept what happened to me. I feel lost."

[my my no fear of death and the will to face head on but fear the loss of loved ones. What an interesting case that has fallen into my lap. Do you really want to know how you died? It might be more than you can handle.]

"I want to know even if it tears me apart."

[you died in an explosion. There was a bomb in the floors of the building by the time it went off. It was already too late. I'm sorry there was nothing for you to face.]

"so the flash I saw was the bomb. I wasn't even able to fight back. That sucks. It doesn't even matter if I know who planted it. This sucks."

[if it helps, you weren't supposed to die; it was an accident, and I am to give you another one. a second chance to live and a little cheat to help you with your new life.]

"Really, that's cool. Can I ask where I'm going to go?"

[ha ha, of course, you'll be going to a world you know pretty well. You know it as the world of Naruto. We have a different name for it, but you don't need to know that. You'll be going there with most of your knowledge, but know this: the difference between knowledge and practice very much applies here. Knowing and learning how to use the practical skills of this world will be the most challenging part of your transition, but your system should help you with that.]

"Naruto, that's a hazardous world, but wouldn't my knowledge of the world interfere with that destiny?"

[ha ha, the world is not as fragile as you think. Destiny always plays out how it's supposed to. As I said, you will lose some of your memories, and critical details will be forgotten, but your general knowledge of the world will stay with you and help you adjust. I can't have you going into the world not knowing anything, and some minor plot points will change, but overall, this world is very much Cannon as you know it. Your system will help you along the way to keep up and protect you in this world, but expect some 'sacrifices' for having such a magnificent cheat.]

"Great. Will I be a side character or a main character? Will I have a bloodline or just be a civilian?"

[You will be a side character born to a civilian family, but you will gain powers as you level up your system, so correctly pay attention to your quest and the people around you. You will rise to power more substantial than anyone in this world.]

[well, it seems about time. The system has already been integrated, and your body is ready for transmigration. I hope you have a fun time in this new world. It will be hard. It will be tough. You will have to do things you have never done before and survive in dangerous environments just to survive. But I can see you having so much fun in this new world. I wish you a good life; live it however you want. Don't let anyone hold you back. Goodbye, for now, my young warrior.]

The world flashed white without even a word in edgewise, and I lost consciousness. Then I feel the warm sensation start to fade, and the approaching crippling depression starts to come back. As I feel it take hold, the warmth comes back, allowing me to slowly deal with the emotions instead of being bum-rushed by the overflowing emotions.

As I finish going through all the emotions and accepting the losses, I feel the overwhelming depression slowly start to fade away. I can tell it is not cured, but I won't be controlled by my emotions again.

Finally, after what feels like days of processing all the emotions I felt after my death, I started to feel relaxed, but a bit of exhaustion started to take hold. I slowly begin to open my eyes, and I see another flash of light. "I'm starting to really hate flash-bangs. This is the third time in a row."

My eyes start to adjust. I see a pale blue ceiling, then a standard room for a teenager around 12 to 14. I slowly stretch and leave the bed, taking in more details about the room. Everything is pretty normal. One abnormality is that the technology level is higher than I expected. I see a flatscreen TV and LED lights, but no phones or computers exist. I'm pretty sure they only had tube TVs on the show. The world may be a little more advanced than the one I remember, but I'm happy to be alive and hope for a great adventure to come.