Arriving before the gates of Konoha Darien exhales a breath of relief before standing in the line before the gates, knowing that no matter what happens, he will somehow survive from now on. Though.. 'If I had more time I would definitely become a god of survival' he thinks indignantly, either not caring or completely forgotten about his lackluster achievements so far. 'No matter, it's better to live in the comforts of civility. Sigh.. I thought I would have some more time to challenge my limits, but so is life when you're too awesome. I can't even get lost for more than 1 day. Natural talent!' Boasting to himself silently and standing in line he noticed something particular, however. 'How come all these people are so large? I'm like a child in comparison to them! I wonder what they eat.. This should be famous!' Completely lacking any kind of self-reflection he didn't stop to consider that the abnormality might not be with them, but rather with himself.
Darien was shooed in front of the box for people attempting to get into Konoha. Now, Darien had been so focused on getting to civility that he didn't even think about how he would get into to actual city. Anyone can get into a random city, right?
A stern faced Chuunin wrinkles his brows and question Darien when it's his turn.
'What is your business in Konohagakure, child?' Now, three things happen. Darien wrinkles his brow in return at being called a child, he's 25.. He then notices the headband the chunin wears. It then registers what he called this place.. Konohagakure. Amusement shows on his face. 'Right' He says out loud, trying not to snicker. He's failing.. Miserably. The citizens nearby begin to back away, scared at what an angry ninja might do.
'I'm kind of lost' I say slowly. 'You see, I woke up in the forest over there' Haphazardly motioning with my arms I start to use exaggerated body language to get my point across. 'And i immediately knew I weren't at home, because, it's winter where I live right now!' Looking at the gatekeeper again, Darien only sees a stern face and continues raising his arms in the air 'I were so scared! But, then i found you guys, so I thought maybe you could help me out, tell me where I am and get me back home?'
The gatekeeper stares at me for a few seconds before responding
'In short - An escort to the land of snow?'
Darien stares weirdly at the gatekeeper for a moment. Before slowly saying 'Ok, I know you're cosplaying and what not, but i'm actually serious here. I have no idea where I am and sending me to antarctica won't help me at all. I also haven't eaten in like' Darien decides to exaggerate to get his point across 'Like, two days!'.
The chunin stares at Darien once more before saying 'Excuse me for a moment' and goes to the back of his box. 'Finally' Darien thinks. He stands around looking around and are again vexed by how tall all these people are. 'Do they wear stilts or something, I can barely reach the counter, how annoying' Hearing footsteps Darien perks up and stands on his toes to get a better view. The chunin sits down again and say in a monotone voice 'We don't do escorts outside of the Elemental Nations, Next'
Darien gets really, really pissed off by that.
'What!?' He shouts 'Listen here, I'm stranded here! Alone! Knowing nobody or nothing! And you keep cosplaying that damned anime like some lunatic! Let me talk to your manager!'
The chunin looks really annoyed by this point 'Fine, kid' Stressing the word kid 'I'll take you to my manager' Smiling in satisfaction Darien walks inside the gate, but not before making a show of his dissatisfaction.
Walking along with the chunin Darien begins asking questions. Because he knows being on the bad side of anyone is a really tough luck when you're alone knowing nobody in a place where everyone is double your size. 'This place keeps getting weirder and weirder. It's like i'm dreaming or something. Maybe I am.. Naah'
'Hey, dude! What's your name anyway? I'm Darien!' The chunin glances at the kid with a weird, confident noble aura, Ignorant of the dangers he's currently in and answers with a smile. 'I'm Izumo, what's up with you anyway kiddo? You keep shouting about going to this.. Where were you going again?' Darien smiles confidently and says 'USA! I have no idea how i got here, but one day it snowing and the next the sun glaring down at me' Izumo looks puzzled for a moment before saying with a smile 'USA, you say? Alright, but you got money, right?' Darien gives him a glance 'Yeah, sure, it's all in the bank though so no notes! I also need a new passport, lost my old one' Izumo looks more puzzled for every second that goes by 'Passport? How does a kid like him have an account anyway?' Darien then proceeds to say the weirdest thing yet 'Hey! How come you guys are so tall anyways? You're like giants, do you wear stilts or something?'
Izumo stops walking and chuckles for a moment before laughing uproariously 'How old are you, kid?' Darien stops walking and looks at him angrily 'You keep saying kid that, kid this, i'm 25 you know!'
Izumo smiles widely and just chuckles at him 'Sure you are, and i'm 12' Darien wrinkles his brow before resuming to walk, what is wrong with this guy?
Walking further Darien gets more and more annoyed, before suddenly realising something. 'What if… No, impossible.'
"Hey, Izumo, you a ninja?" Izumo looks weird at him again, like he's speaking another language only Darien knows
"Course I am, this is konoha you know, we're all Ninjas." Darien begin to think 'Alright, so either they're just really, really, cosplay fanatics or i'm in the darned elemental nations. WHat the actual fuck? Am I a kid too?' Darien begins to feel down there and his eyes widen to extremes as he feels his little guy as large as a pea. Ok, slight exaggeration, or should i say downstatement? But it's definitely all too small.
Now, you might wonder, how did he not notice before? It goes like this: The first time Darien went peeing were at night, he'd just exhausted himself trying to get a fire and his hands were really, really numb. Not feeling anything didn't surprise him, and he couldn't check to verify, so he just went anyway, not caring. The second time he'd been at the lake, peeing in the water. Admit it, who doesn't pee in the water? It's so easy. If he'd gone further without water he would eventually drink his own pee to stay hydrated.. But that's neither here nor there and didn't happen so we'll just ignore I said that and continue with the story.
"Prove it! Run up that wall" he says in a demanding tone
Izumo begins to feel really fed up with this kid and decides to just do as he says 'Fine' He says and walks up the wall slowly, as if to exaggerate the truth already shown itself.
'I'm in another fucking dimension!' Darien's brain start whirling at hundred miles a minute and he quickly makes a decision. 'I'm never leaving this village, I'd rather stay here than die as a farmer or something weird later. Nonono, Besides, I don't have any money. What should i do!?' Darien thinks worriedly. Izumo looks at him and sees that something changed, asking gently he says 'Hey kid, you alright? What happened?' while leaning forward to study him.
Darien smiles shakily before getting himself together, can you really blame him? This is huge! What is even happening?
"Yeah, I just remember how I got here is all" He says, downtrodden
Izumo immediately comes to the conclusion that there must have been some trauma and looks on in sympathy.
"You still need that escort, kid?" Darien looks up and meets his eyes, before looking to the side
"No, no, that's fine. My family is.. Dead. Can I live here, be a ninja, like you?" Izumo gets a pondering look 'The kid is smart, he's got that going, but a ninja? Depends..'
"Maybe.. How old are you kid? You definitely look under 10, but over 5. Hard to tell with you little buggers sometimes!" Izumo smiles cheekily to goad him on
Darien has no idea of what age he is, but puts up a falls front all the same "I'm 7!" he says with puffed chest, in an imitation of pride. He glances at Izumo and follow up with "will be, anyway, in another 2 months" "I will see what I can do for you, kiddo" He says with a grin. "Wait here, alright?" Waving at him before disappearing in swirls of leaves.
Darien looks stunned for a moment before grinning too. "Amazing! I never thought this.. This… thing could happen. I've transmigrated!! Or whatever it's called. Do i have chakra? Probably, but i'm just.. Just a civilian. Or am I? I don't even know how old I am. Should i keep my name? No way! I'm getting a cool one, like kakashi, or itachi, or naruto or sasuke or something cool, you know!" Smiling to himself he begins to concoct a background story along with a new name.
Kenshin, definitely cool name. Darien thinks to himself, fully aware that he stole it from some anime he'd seen in the past. He had no idea what it means, or whatever, which is a gigantic hole in his story now that he thinks about it. But! It's cool so he goes with that. His family was a wealthy one from the land of snow, their village was one called 'US' before being attacked by bandits. He was one of the children captured, he would have been sold as a slave somewhere nearby if he'd not escaped on the first opportunity. Running as fast, and long as he could he'd eventually worn himself out and falling unconscious in the forest.
'Great plan' Darien, no Kenshin thought to himself as he smiled smugly.
Kenshin had to shield his eyes from the dust storm that arrived when Izumo came back with a sheepish grin "So, I talked with my 'manager' and we might be able to work something out. But! … No matter, all you have to know if that you get a place to sleep" I kept looking at Izumo expectantly "... And you get to become a nin.." "Wooohooo" Kenshin shouted as loud, a large grin forming on his face "I'm gonna be the very best! That's a promise!"
Izumo smiled and told him to follow up pretending not to heard the whisper "Then i'll kill those bastards"
Darian POV
A few days later I woke up in the orphanage, smiling to myself at a plan well done I went ahead to get food before my first day at the academy. Thinking back to the last time I'd seen Izumo i chuckled despite myself. After leaving me at the academy he'd run off to get back to his job, implying he'd wasted a lot of time already but will come around tomorrow to check up on me. Smiling and waving goodbye, I'd watched as Izumo disappeared in a swirl of leaves. I'd then gone ahead and introduced myself to the matron as 'Kenshin', smiling brightly, the matron, used to dealing with kids on a daily basis grunted and asked for how I got here. So i told her the story i'd concocted beforehand. But, instead of using words like 'slavers' and similar i'd said some men had burned the village and taken me and a bunch of my friends away. Then it basically went as explained earlier. She bought it hook line and sinker, though it would never stand against any closer scrutiny, i think? Not caring much either way, it's not like I'll ever be suspected of treason.. I hope.
I'd then met the kids of the orphanage, having no interest in being included in any groups, i had not tried too hard to get 'in' either. But, i'd somehow managed to become friends with some snotty brats for appearance sake. Wouldn't do to be totally lonely yet, I had not established myself as a bonfida genius yet, if i ever would. Who know how hard it is to become master at Ninja arts? With or without Chakra, i'm fucked if I don't get some cheats somewhere. We'll hope for the best.
The next day Izumo had come, as foretold in the olden times.. Ok, seriously.. I decided to really tug on his heart strings and gave him a quick hug and he'd smiled embarrassedly scratching his head. Later on he'd patted my head while telling me he had 'High hopes' and such, I'd try to dodge his hand embarrassedly and say I would become the best, ever. Although I don't have high hopes to become anything else than average at best, though.. I do know of some cheats. I might be able to find some way of enhancing myself to ridiculous levels. Someway… somehow 'Hahahaha' Let's just hope for the best.
He'd left after telling me the academy schedule and told me we'd meet again sometime in the future, implying that he's too busy to come consistently. I knew he just didn't want the responsibility so he was distancing himself, but didn't really care. I did care though! Maybe i can guilt him into taking care of me somehow.. No, it's better to live freely, no matter how disgusting this food is. Actually, I'm not really living freely with this curfew over my head, am I? Ugh. no matter, One step at a time, Darien, one step at a time.
Which leaves us at today, after a few days of eating this… this mud everyday my standards for food is has decreased.. A lot. But i get by and hope to the gods that I'll get something (I'm not really religious, but after this shit i believe in some stuff) better someday soon, when the heat has gone down some I might even try my hand at stealing something. I don't want to get thrown out of the village just yet, so let's wait with that, aye?