2 the beginning of obsession

In the deep vacuum of the void,Jason, whose last memory was laying helplessly on the ground awaiting the sweet relief of death, found his consciousness wandering aimlessly in darkness.

So this is death huh? I've always thought that there'll be something more like a heaven or a hell,*sigh* I've pretty wasted my life fighting strangers for money,what a sad life.the only thing that I was fond of was Naruto. If I knew I'd die this early then I would have spent more on Hanabi merch,urghhhhh the hoodies were on sale too!

In my darkest days,the only thing that kept me going was Hanabi clips on YouTube,without her I would've canceled my life way earlier.

I grew up an orphan in the slums,a Muay Thai martial artist found that I had potential and took me in.He taught me his martial arts till I was 15 when he too died in a match,I vowed to continue his legacy and wandered the world learning various martial arts using his life saving ,although I didn't have a knack for most of them except Arnist for some reason.

While I was attempting to learn kung fu from shaolin monks,they taught acupuncture out of pity for I had no talent for Kung fu, turns out it was a blessing in disguise because I learnt to implement acupuncture into my fighting style by using my strikes to hit my opponent's acupoints and weaken them, needless to say ,I've crippled a few of my opponent who I thought were insufferable.

And I picked up Arnis because I thought that using both a weapon and your fist in a fight at the same time would be cool, and it certainly was .The look on my knife fighting opponent when I punch them in the face is priceless.Not to mention that the only reason I picked up using a knife instead of a sword is that I thought that swords were cliché,looking back I was pretty childish.

After I've mastered what I can , at 23 I returned to the underground arena and fought. At first I was getting man handled by my opponents,nearly dying a few time too.At one point I was in total despair when I lost 8 matches in a row.I wanted to quit badly.

Until I discovered Naruto, I was instantly hooked. I binge watched all of it in a single week, and as soon as Hanabi first appeared in the anime,it changed me.For some reason, the character resonates with me on so many level despite being different from me in every way, it's like a sudden thunderstorm striking my mind, I couldn't get her off my head no matter what I try.I became severely obsessed , I spent my entire life savings from my late adoptive father and my fighting career to buy Hanabi posters and merch.

When I ran out, I immediately got back to fighting for money,this time solely for more Hanabi merch.I fought being driven with the undying fire of passion and quickly rose through the ranks until before I knew it, I became the champion

It's a shame that I died before seeing my mountain of Hanabi merch for the last time, if only Hanabi was real, my life wouldn't have died without regrets.

suddenly a loud and divine voice ran throughout the void:

"Jason, do you wish for a second chance at life?".