Travel Arrangements

Sitting in the terminal, kids and their parents continued to give him odd stares, and a few boys knowing what he's dressed up as gave him a thumbs up before being dragged away by their parents.

Looking at the time, a small smile formed on his face.

The door to the passenger boarding bridge opened, causing the young woman at the terminal desk to grab the intercom.

"Now boarding first class" her sweet voice transmitted through the speakers.

Not wasting any time, James rose to his feet, moving towards the counter and stood in line.

Getting his ticket checked, he made his way onto the plane. Finding his seat, he sat down and placed his hat on his lap. His seat was next to the window and was fairly large. There was only one seat next to him. Wondering if anyone would sit next to him, he began to watch as people moved to their seats.

A few minutes pass and the coach passengers began to board. Seeing the seat was still empty, he released a breath.

"Looks like I won't be getting strange looks from my seatmate this flight" pulling out his phone he ignored the people walking down the aisle.

Suddenly a foul smell entered his nose. Looking to the right, a morbidly obese man plops down into the seat.

Looking the man over for a second, a smile formed on James's face.

"Excuse me, Sir, who's your favorite Naruto character?" Someone of this size has to be a Naruto fan. A fifth of the people in his club were people of his size.

"Naruto? That lame show? Freaking loser, look at yourself." As he spoke, spit flew out of his mouth and the corners of his mouth began to grease. The fat on his face jiggled as he looked down on James.

Whipping the spit off his face, he quelled the rage burning in his chest. His chest rose and fell as he tried to calm down. Scenes of his favorite fight scenes play out in his head as he closes his eyes.

Seeing that he shut the loser up, the fat man felt proud of himself. Pulling out his laptop he booted up his favorite game. "Loser looking down on the PC Master Race."

His meaty fingers began to hammer at the keys.

It took a few minutes for him to calm down, and if there was one thing he hated, it was people looking down on the things he loved.

When he was younger, he was a very violent person, never feeling like he fit in anywhere or with anyone. One day, he discovered Toonami and Anime, and for some reason, it clicked with him. Instead of getting into fights and staying out late, he'd go home and watch Anime. That was when he discovered Naruto and changed his whole life.

The English episodes were too far behind so he taught himself Japanese. Wanting to spread the joy of Naruto, he began adding English subtitles to help people like him wanting to watch more episodes. Soon, he learned Mandarin, Spanish, and Russian to spread Naruto further. If it wasn't for Naruto he didn't doubt for a second that he'd be in jail, because even to this day he had a terrible temper.

After subbing the Anime for a while, his love for words intensified and he began reading the manga. Following the same trend, he began translating the manga as well, and the rest was history.

As he opened his eyes, a voice came over the intercom.

"Please fasten your seatbelts, we will begin takeoff."

Looking out the window, he caught his reflection and the frosty look on his face. The pavement below began moving at rapid speed as the plane moved faster and faster.

"Fus-Ro-Dah!"

Glancing over, he saw the Fatman playing Skyrim on his laptop. His brows furrowed as he noticed the man was using the alternate start mod. He wasn't upset about the mod, but the fact that he already had the full shout showed he was using console commands.

The plane finally took off and was rapidly ascending. As he got ready to close his eyes and sleep through the long flight, the plane began to violently shake.

"We've encountered some severe low-level turbulence, no need to panic." A flight attendant's voice quickly came over the speaker.

Everyone's face began to show panic, even the fat man was looking worried. Hearing the attendant's voice, some calmed down a little, that was until the air masks were released from the overhead compartment.

"AhhhahhhHha" Shrieks and screams began to fill the plane.

Suddenly a loud explosion was heard.

Looking out the window, James saw the left wing engine had exploded and half the plane was on fire.

Reaching up to grab his mask, his face was still looking calm. Before he could grab the mask, the fat man grabbed his wrist.

"You HAVE to help me!! I can't put on my mask! You're supposed to help your neighbor first! I'm disabled!!" Spit flew out his mouth and drenched James's face.

Just as he was about to flip out, the plane explodes again. The laptop fell on his lap and got caught in his hat, as the plane began to spiral towards the ground.

Ripping his hand from the man's grasp, he moved quickly, unbuckling the man's seatbelt and pushed him out of the seat. As the plane spun, the man was flung around the plane like a pinball as death cries spilled from his mouth.

James got light headed as the G-force stripped his consciousness.

Listening to the blood-curdling screams, he bit his teeth. His hands began forming seals as a smile formed on his face.

"For my final jutsu" A weak voice escaped his mouth as he found it hard to breathe. Holding up his right hand, his middle and index finger were pointed up while his thumb held down his other fingers into the shape of a fist. "Flying Thunder God."

As his voice fades, the plane crashed into the ground and explodes into a brilliant ball of fire.

His consciousness began to flicker, realizing he's alive, he tries to move his body.

"Did the jutsu work?" His first thoughts were that he transported back to his apartment, where he left his mark.

Noticing that he couldn't move, he tried to open his eyes, but realizes that he can't. All he could see was darkness, a never ending void.

"Did I crash but live? But I feel no pain? Does that mean I snapped my spine?" As he began to panic, fog rolled into his view.

Bewildered by the fact that he could 'see' fog, he forgot that he couldn't move. "I'm not blind? Where am I? Anyone there!!" He tried to yell at the top of his lungs, but soon realized something.

"If I'm not blind, where is my body? Am I really even talking? Did I..." Soon a realization hit him. "Am I dead?"

Fog continued to fill the black slowly. He tried to will the fog to move, but nothing happened. All he could do was to wait. Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes into hours, days went past and finally months.

After five months, the entire black space was filled with swirling fog. To pass the time, he had been going over everything he knew about Naruto, and because he was no longer limited by the constraints of a human body, he was able to recall every single detail.

During the seventh month things began to change, and he started to hate Naruto because of all the plot holes and inconsistencies.

"If it was me, I'd write a better story."

During the eight month, he started to feel rage. He was only 27 years old, and too young to die like this. If he could do it all again, he'd live his life to the fullest with no regrets.

During the ninth month, he finally got his wish.

The fog began to twist and turn, forming images and words in the black void. Ninja clans spread throughout the lands, fighting and killing. Soon a few clans formed together and made a great power. Not wanting to be outdone, four more great powers formed together, creating the five great nations.

The village hidden in the leaves Konohagakure, in the land of fire.

The village hidden in the sand Sunagakure, in the land of wind.

The village hidden in the clouds Kumogakure, in the land of lightning.

The village hidden in the rocks Iwagakure, in the land of earth.

The village hidden in the mist Kirigakure, in the land of water.

And with these great villages, the strongest ninjas became the Hokage, Kazekage, Raikage, Tsuchikage, and Mizukage. With individual ninja clans banding together, peace was restored.

To ensure peace, the first Hokage trapped eight of the nine tailed beasts and sold them to the other four nations in what would be called the first Kage summit.

But peace was a lie, as the majority of the shinobi clans gathered into one place, the scale of war only grew bigger. The first shinobi world war erupted between the five great nations, as well as the smaller nations. Fighting went on for years, the Kage began to die, but the fighting never stopped. Soon their successors, the second Kage started to die as well.

After many years of battle, a peace treaty was finally signed, but not before every village took great damage.

Peace between the great nations only lasted a short twenty years before war erupted again. Konohagakure, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and smaller nations started the second shinobi world war. Kumogakure sat out this war as they were recovering from a rampaging eight tails attack. Kirigakure was undergoing a civil war, even though they were a united nation, all the separate islands saw themselves as their own major power.

The second war saw the birth of many heroes, but also the birth of many tragedies. The war ended once again with a treaty, but four short years later, war was once again on the horizon.

[Character Creation]

Choose your race

Konohagakure

Sunagakure

Kumogakure

Iwagakure

Kirigakure

As the fog finally faded, it left behind a few words. At this point James's 'breathing' was completely haggard, the excitement he felt was completely overwhelming.

"Am I going to be reborn right before the third shinobi war??" he began to calm down. "If it's the year the war began, that means there are only around four years till the nine tails attack, Itachi should be about one year old at this point and Kakashi is eleven."

Looking at the choices he began to smile. "I know everything about Konoha and even their secrets. If I go there I can take advantage of my knowledge and live an easy life, but I won't be anything but a side character."

Looking at his choice he 'reached' to select it.

[Kirigakure selected]

Editor: Scarlet Goddess