New World

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'If I were to base my expectations for the future upon the first experience, my hopes for the enjoyable second life would be at an all-time low. Being born is one of a kind experience.'

'First, you get squeezed through a tight corridor - never knew I would learn how the juice feels when you sip it using one, but hey, here we are - then you get assaulted by bright light, after an unknown amount of time living in total darkness, only to have you moved like a plush toy in a children's classroom. To say I was dizzy would be a massive understatement.'

'So yes, after experiencing a limbo-like state in that "dark cave", a whole flurry of events hits like a truck. The instinct to cry came naturally, I was unloading my pent-up feelings within a short time - which if I might say, gave me quite a relief after I finished it.'

'What snapped me out of my outburst was a warm feeling when I felt someone holding me with... love. Didn't get to feel that specific emotion for a long time. When I looked at the owner of the hands that were holding me, I saw a pale blond-haired woman looking at me with almost visible love in her eyes. That made me giggle in a new-born voice pitch, which made her smile even wider'

'Then I heard voices - no, not in my head - which I couldn't make out clearly, but clearly enough to notice that it wasn't a language I was familiar with.' I had a sudden realization - I'm gonna have to learn a new language - at which I groaned mentally.

After that, I was passed to a young man, who also looked at me with a love. 'He does look a little bit like a sissy.' That was my first thought when I saw his face. Then I decided to gaze at my surroundings. First I saw a green-haired man and an orange-haired woman, both looking with happiness at us. 'That's an odd hair coloring, is hair dyeing common in this area?'

I saw what I thought was a nurse and a doctor, in a white coat, yet without any form of medical gloves or masks, which gave me a pause. But what got gave me an even bigger surprise were the hands of the doctor - or more specifically - the green aura emitting from his hands while holding them over - presumably - my mother.

'Okay, what the f***.' Was the first thing that crossed my mind. 'Since when magic is real?! Did I go back in time? O-or maybe forward in time, history doesn't write about magical bulls*it in the books, and those genetic idiots would definitely focus on something like that. But the surrounding EKG machine and other tools don't strike me as futuristic...'

My calmed-down mind quickly turned to panic! Luckily there was a solution. To escape from this land of irrationality, my action of overusing energy in my brain has led me to the land of dreams.

'If something doesn't make sense, take a nap, seems like the only way out...' Was my last thought before the "escape".

(づ.◕‿‿◕.)づ fuwa~fuwa~desu

(AN: That's a new scene break symbol from now on, I wonder if there are readers that know where I yoinked this one from, desu~)

4 seasons have passed since my birth, which means I am now one year old. Though saying that seasons changed in a desert would imply that there were climate changes. Yeah, a few degrees up or down was the limit of a season change. Within that year I learned a lot of things.

The first basis of my knowledge was learning a language. The first broken words I ever uttered in my second life were 'mama' and I quickly regretted my actions. The reaction was swift and merciless, with no way out - I got glomped, had my cheeks squeezed, then was taken by mum to flaunt the event to everyone in the area, which resulted in even more of being glomped by others and my cheeks were officially red. That day I learned the meaning of Pain.

After that, I decided it would be wise to show off my 'genius' by starting to speak when I was 8 months old and speaking with short sentences at 10 months old. Reasoning? So I could get some sort of education or access to information about this world sooner.

Oh yeah, this world. I found out that this world has no similarities in terms of culture, geography, nations, anything. Here there is a weird mix of the martial and electric era. The martial era was when humans learned to use their aura in exchange for increased physical capabilities, while the electric era allowed for quality of life inventions, by allowing humans to generate their electricity through aura, to power those appliances.

Back to the topic, in this world, there are things like photo cameras, short-range earpieces, and a modern toilet - thank Kami for that one, yet there is nothing like television, long-range phones, or any engine-based form of transport. It's soooo weird.

Anyway, unlike in my previous world, where the strength came from the ability to use aura, here, there is chakra - a mix of physical and spiritual energy. What does that mean more precisely? I don't know. *shrugs* I didn't learn anything about that yet.

Now, using the said chakra allows for supernatural phenomena. When I first saw my mum heating a pan with a hand, my jaw did drop - which I will admit with no shame. I learned that both of my parents are jounins - high-tier shinobi. In here the shinobi are the basis of military power, and my parents live and serve in Sunagakure no Sato – A village hidden by Sand, based in the Land of Wind. Sunagakure is one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries. To list the others in no particular order they are:

- Iwagakure in the Land of Earth

- Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning

- Kirigakure in the Land of Water

- Konohagakure in the Land of Fire

If the name of those lands gave me an impression it would be: I pity those that live in Land of Fire and Land of Lightning. Imagine having to face firestorms and lightning storms daily.

But then I learned that every other Great Shinobi Country is sunshine and rainbow compared to a sh*thole that I was born in. Like really, deserts? A whole huge landmass based on deserts is somehow a Great Nation?! And I happen to be born in one?! The odds of that...

Back to my parents, my mum is a taijutsu expert - body technique, and my dad is a kugutsutsukai expert - puppet technique. The irony of my baby-faced dad playing with dolls at his age and my mum wearing pants in this house as a taijutsu expert was not lost on me.

Now, back to reality.

'Status!'

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Nope, nothing happened. (AN: Sike, you thought! (っಠ‿ಠ)っ)

I remembered from reading some novels in my first life about some guy having an easy way to get overpowered, in a very convenient and easy way, but it seems that I do not have such a cheap path. I guess those authors just took an easy way of writing.

"Teruya, what are you doing there? Are you ready?" I heard my mum's voice. "We have to leave in 5 minutes to be on time." She continued, as she walked into my room and adjusted my clothes.

"Yes, yes, I'm a ready mum." I answered.

"Good, as we talked before, we're gonna be away for some time on a mission. While we are away the Aki's will take care of you. Behave yourself" Said my mum. Aki's family is a couple I still vaguely remember from my birth. They are close friends that were part of a reinforced squad in their childhood, a 4 man squad. Five months ago they had a child born, a girl which they named 'Pakura'.

At mum's speech, I just rolled my eyes, expecting my next few weeks to be very troublesome. "Yes mum, I know how to behave." I answered as me, my mum and dad were leaving the house, while I was holding a closed box, close to my chest.