1 A new world

"What…? Where.. am I? Who...am I?" The consciousness perceived the red expanse that seemed to stretch endlessly. It felt empty, its senses dull, unfeeling of its surroundings, until sudden memories came pouring into its head.

The consciousness only now remembered its life… no, his life, as Ashiba. He was an underground fighter for 20 years, as far as he remembered. He religiously practiced fighting since his childhood. He enjoyed the brutality of it, the savageness, the blood boiling excitement when he encountered tough opponents, sometimes, he even strangely felt that the only reason he was born was to simply fight, it was akin to an instinct etched into his blood, screaming at his soul to unleash his beastly self unto others, that was the reason why he became an underground fighter At the young age of 17 after being infamously known as the " Combat Prodigy" he went on to fight for a living until his untimely death, alas, a car accident took his life when he had wished…. his end to be in a fierce battle.

 After all his memories returned to him, Ashiba's consciousness blacked out. An unknown amount of time passed by until his consciousness returned once again then suddenly, he felt a suction force violently pulling him downwards, this suction force made every part of Ashiba's consciousness writhe in pain, so much pain he couldn't help but cry out. What he knew was merely a few seconds felt like an eternity for Ashiba passed before he could feel his senses again still aching from the previously unbearable pain. As he was contemplating what to do he heard a deep,  rugged and rough voice nearby. 

"Sigh....a pitiful child, left without parents, now dead from something he had no way of controling, such an unfortunate fate" said this person, his wrinkles and gray hair apparent under the soft light, his bitter smile accompanying his soft glaze couldn't conceal his worry for Ashiba. 

The old man looked closely at the baby he was carrying, the baby's name was Ashiba, he is the son of a hunter in his village, the hunter had died while on a hunt outside the village when his wife was 4 months pregnant and today she too died too while giving birth to this child. The most surprising thing was that this child was twice the size of a normal baby and had thick, bright red hair which neither his father or mother had. Even though this thing was certainly a strange occurrence  but the old man shrugged it off as he had seen more strange things in his long life.

 Ashiba could not see anything clearly but he concluded that the person speaking was a elderly person judging for his rugged voice, and his words finally made him realize what kind of situation he was in.

"I... have been reborn!!" Just as the realization dawned on him the drowsiness and sleepiness came preying on , followed by his vision going dark.

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1 year later

In a village surrounded by hills on one side which are full of dense, green vegetation, and countless tall trees forming a forest on the other side. The farmers could be seen going to work in the fields in the early morning. A small figure could be seen coming outside the forest, it was running towards this village in a speed comparable to an adult with a basket of fruits in its hand.It seems to be a boy between 3 to 4 years old,

This boy is unexpectedly Ashiba, with a unique secret that he cautiously keeps to himself. He is not a native of this world at all and is from a planet called Earth. After living one year here, he still found it hard to believe that afterlife, reincarnation or other supernatural things existed, these concepts were vague to him in his previous life as all his focus was on fighting and getting strength. 

But what most surprised him was that the world he was reincarnated in was not the planet Earth he knew, as for how he knew this important information, it was when he accidentally heard the village chief and other villagers talking about an unfortunate nearby village that was destroyed by crossfire during a fight between The Nara and Shimura Clan. That conversation really gave him a shock because he knew he had been reincarnated in the extraordinary world of Naruto where people can have the power to perform incredible feats.

He knew about this world in a certain period  where he watched anime while recovering from one of his heavy injuries he had while training. He had doubts before about how could he be born in a fictional world, but considering everything he felt was real and having been reincarnated, he didn't think about it anymore. 

He was also born in one of the most chaotic periods in the history of this world, The Warring States era. This era was filled with countries constantly battling each other for land, power, and opportunity. To fight these battles, countries hired at least one clan of mercenary shinobis to represent their interests, the shinobis loyalty ultimately going to the highest bidder.

Children were the biggest victims of this era, forced to fight for their clan no differently than an adult would and, more often than not, being killed by older and more skilled opponents. But these facts didn't make Ashiba fear or worry about his future in this world, It only made him more excited about how he could find stronger opponents and the strength he could obtain in this world.

While thinking about this, Ashiba quickly entered the village, passed through everyone and reached the house in the center area. It was the residence of the village chief who had adopted him after his parents died. As he entered the somewhat shabby house he noticed the absence of the chief.

"Hmmm... he probably went for the village meeting," he thought while heading to his room. He placed the basket of fruits on the side of his room and stared at himself in the mirror. He noticed a boy about 4 years old with long bright red hair, light, sharp brown eyes with a hint of molten red. Despite being 1 year in age, his growth was already comparable to a 4 year old child.

He had already noticed this strange thing about his current body. At first, he thought that he had good innate strength compared to his peers, and considering the world he was in it was an entirely plausible theory, but as his body developed more and more he realized the similarities between himself and a certain family of fighters from another anime he watched, Hanma!

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