"Anime Lottery System activated."
It had been decades since I'd heard that voice, but I'd remember it anywhere.
"What am I doing here?" I asked.
"You didn't think we'd just let you live happily ever after, after the way you humiliated us last time did you?" The system replied.
"I just wanted to live out the rest of my life with my family. I don't want to go through this again."
"You know, most people don't get a second chance at life, let alone a third. Instead of complaining you should be thanking me." The system said.
"Now, let's get straight to business. Now obviously we've increased the difficulty from last time so it'll be more difficult to get a good draw. So let's see what you're going to start out with-" He said before I cut him off mid sentence.
"I don't want it. I don't need your help. If you think I'm going to keep playing your games you've got another thing coming. So you can go ahead and send me wherever you're going to send me, but I'm not going to use your system this time around." I said defiantly.
"Ahahaha! You fool! You're making it so easy it almost takes the fun out of it! Oh well, that's fine, less work for me after all. This time we're sending you to the world of Naruto. Going there without powers might as well be a death sentence. I can't wait to see you come back groveling, and begging for us to help you."
"Whatever, just send me in already." As I requested the system started to send me to the Naruto world, but I left the system with some parting words. "I'll go back this time, but mark my words. If I ever see you again you'll regret it."
The system man managed to pretend to not be scared long enough to send me away. Just like last time I was reborn and started over again from a baby. I didn't regain consciousness for a few years, but as soon as I did I began training my body. I wasn't going to rely on the system to give me any powers this time around I would get stronger the old fashioned way. After all, the people in the Naruto world didn't get their powers from some kind of special system. If they could do it, I could do the same.
It may seem like I was overreacting, but when you've already lived two lives you're not really interested in starting over again, especially when the system seems to only be interested in messing with me. Although putting that aside I have to admit it was cool to be in another anime world. Though the novelty of that had worn off a bit at this point and I wasn't as big a fan of Naruto as I was of One Piece. Plus, at this point it had been over 100 years since I had read or watched Naruto. I had lived in the One Piece world for longer than my first life after all. My point is my memory of the Naruto world was a bit fuzzy.
Anyway, I'll admit I was a little bitter to start out, but eventually I settled in and started making goals for this time around. Last time I kind of just went with the flow and did whatever I thought would be fun. That would be harder to do as I figure that the ninja world is a bit more restrictive than sailing the open seas in search of adventure.
Maybe I could be a wandering ninja like Jirayia. Though I didn't like the idea of being like a pervert like that guy. Anyway, I guess the details would work themselves out later, but there were three things I absolutely had to obtain while I was in this world. Other than that, I'd be content with just being an average ninja.
I started out in the Hidden Leaf Village, although I'll admit I wasn't sure exactly where I was in relation to the timeline of the Naruto series. I was born into a small ninja clan in the Land of Fire called the Kakoumi clan. Apparently they were originally ninja from the Hidden Mist Village but had been exiled and somehow ended up in the Leaf Village. Though that happened along time ago apparently, so nobody really knew the full story. Given their origins, they didn't have a high standing within the village, though they weren't exactly outcasts or anything like that either.
They gave me the name Yobei Kakoumi, so I didn't get to pick my own name this time around, but that's fine it didn't make much of a difference to me anyway. I put myself through grueling physical training from the time I could walk until the time they put me in the academy. I had exceptional physical talent, but I wasn't particularly skilled at ninjutsu or genjutsu. I was in a similar situation to someone who was in the same class as me. His name was Rock Lee, though my situation wasn't nearly as bad as his we did find some common ground and often trained together.
Eventually I did pass the academy based mostly on my physical strength, and I was eventually paired with two other kids and a Jonin to lead our squad. I was given an envelope with instructions for where to meet my new team. With that, it was finally time for my Ninja adventure to start!
Act 2: Naruto Start!