《Bloody Grass》Baby life sucks, Baby life in OTO sucks more!
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Jin(Dorian) Age 0
I always thought that after someone died, nothing would happens afterwards, I mean, Reincarnation? Heaven and Hell? Give me a fucking break ! Why would there be something after death? It's in the word, 'Death' Meaning, everything about you stops working. Even if there had been something after death, you would've been a vegetable.
Or at least that's what I thought, then why the hell am I in a nursery with as far as I can see, which is not far, my eyes are blurry, and turning my head is a pain, with babies ?! And why am I a baby ? God dammit, even after dying the world finds a way to fuck with me. I guess indians were right, after death you relive another life. I'm just glad I'm not an ant or something like that.
Ugh, my head is killing me, guess I'm not supposed to think that much. And can someone shut up the other babies?! My ears are ringing from their cries! And why the hell is my body tickling that much, do I have bugs or something inside of me? Dear god I hope not.
I'll just sleep. I'll wait for my new parents to pick me up, and isn't that a weird thought?
---Break---
Ok, I don't know what is happening, it's been at least a day, maybe, there's no windows here, and no one came to pick me up, or any other babies. Where are our parents?
The only person I saw is a nurse that comes regularely to give milk to the babies, me included, and change our diapers (I do NOT want to have her job, babies are just nasty, how people think they're cute are beyond my Cognitive skills)
And that stupid tickly sensation! I can't get rid of it and I hate it.
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The door opened again, the same nurse came in but she wasn't alone, with her was a very pale man.
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A very pale man with golden snake eyes and really long black hairs, who is wearing a giant purple rope belt, that looks as horrible as it sounds.
And that man is letting out something that makes me want to piss myself in fear, the other babies all started crying. I forced my baby brain to calm down as to not do the same, giving me the biggest headache I had yet. So not only did the world didnt want to leave me alone by reincarnating me, but it also reincarnated me in the naruto world inside of one of orochimaru's base. Can it be worse?
Apparently yes, Orochimaru started inspecting every baby, for what reason I don't know, but I do know he's coming towards me. I quickly shut my eyes, pretending to be sleeping.
At least if survive long enough I'll be able to become a ninja, that doesn't sound so bad, Spewing fire and thunder and everything else sounds cool.
And I'll even have a head start since baby aren't supposed to be able to think and train their chakra, ah!
The footsteps of Oro-pedo stopped next to me. After a tense minute where I prayed to whatever god was listening he wouldnt eat me alive for shit and giggles, I heard his footsteps move to the next crib, the nurse behind him.
It's not before I heard the door close again that I opened my eyes.
So, chakra huh? Wonder how it works.
---Break---
I'm One year old now. My life is boring, I wake up, train my chakra by molding it, moving it around, spinning it inside my body, or trying to sense chakra signatures of other babies and everything I can think of. Stop when I see/hear the door opening, get fed and changed by the same nurse everyday, sleep and repeat. Babies are lucky they dont remember their life as, well, babies, it's so boring you could die, and coming from someone who likes doing nothing, you know something's wrong.
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Every month Oro-pedo comes by to check on us, not always in person mind you. He send a minion sometimes, I can somewhat understand what they're saying. Japanese is a bitch to learn, even though I took classes to learn. I could probably hold a normal conversation, but if we go into weird or difficult words, I'll be as lost as a boat without a compass.
I don't know what I want more, stay here or get out. If I stay here, I'll probably die of boredom, and if I go out, there's a 99% chance that I get used as an experiment or fight someone crazy in the arena of the prison complex and die an horrible death. Both cases end with me dying.
I guess in the end, it's not my choice.
---Break---
The answer to my question came on my 5th birthday, apparently, every visit that orochimaru or his minions made was to chose who would stay and who will be 'disposed' of. I was chosen as one of the people that could stay.
Lucky me, yay.
I didn't miss how the nurse had a sad smile on her face, she must know what's awaiting us. Poor girl, taking care of the kids, knowing the horrors that will happen to us. She barely had the time to teach us how to read and talk, she even gave us names, mine's Jin.
Me and a small group of childrens, none that I could recognize in Orochomaru's minions, we're taken to the prison complex, dispatched in different cells of 4 people max.
The prison was Big, no, big didn't cut it, it was MASSIVE, I almost couldn't see the top and we were only on the third floor, looking down I could see a total of what looked like 5 giants arena,
We arrived at my cell, Cell N°175. They opened the cell and pushed me in, before closing and leaving.
An old man was chained to the wall. He spared a glance at me when I entered, He had brown hair, that fell to his shoulders, chocolate brown eyes with tear stains under them, his clothes are in tatters, with holes everywhere, he has cuts and lashes on his arms and legs. Overall he was very generic, the only thing special about him was a red scarf, who looked cleaner than everything I've seen so far in this place since I entered.
"Oi, shithead, don't look at him too long, the guards told us to ignore him." A voice interupted my musing, I looked at the source of the voice, my other cellmate.
Sitting on one of the 4 beds, A girl about the same age as me, with dark pink hairs, brown eyes and long eyelashes.
"What are you staring at creepy eyes? Never seen a girl in your life?" She snapped.
Apparently, the world is beating the dead horse that his my luck by giving me Tayuya as my cellmates, the same one who later became one of orochimaru's bodyguard, and what did she mean by creepy eyes? Please don't tell me I have a dojutsu!
My whole life is going to be troublesome, Great.
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