(I'm just going to come out and say it, I'm tired. With the moving, working, trying to write, helping my Wife stay okay, helping my family stay upright, I haven't had much the energy to do anything, so I make no promises to how often I will post. I won't say I'm depressed because I feel fine, it's just a lack of time and energy, I'm sorry as an Author since I know a lot of you guys like my work, but just a warning that life is rough and chaotic right now and I'm doing my best.)
When he finally came to, he felt a shiver run up his spine, opening his eyes slowly he looked around the dim-lit room, looking to a window he could see a beautiful sky, stars littering across. That brought him comfort, someone from the modern age being able to see the stars so freely was new and it felt nice.
Turning he began to look around the room, it seemed pretty normal, though it was all wood, no sign of modern convenience anywhere as he looked around. Fine by him, when he looked down he lifted his hands, admiring his little hands.
He tried to speak but only sputtered some incoherent nonsense, as yes. Baby speak, an ancient tongue few remember, his vocal cords might not be fully developed or the fact his body is still pudgy and fat might hinder something. He didn't mind, no reason to speak, he seemed only a few months old.
He remembers his younger cousin being about this size at 4 months. Looking to his little feet he waved them before resting them, letting his head rest back he stared to the ceiling, smiling.
'So I'm in naruto now? Cool, I don't feel any different really, other than being a baby. I wonder why I'm just now regaining myself?'
When he thought that he mulled it over, he didn't feel 'strange' in his body other than being small, so it meant he was already used to the small body. Thinking about it for a while he came to a simple conclusion.
'Perhaps due to my brain being young still, it was waiting for me to grow enough it could handle my thoughts?'
He closed his eyes and began to try and do complicated statistics in his head, each thought would eventually come to him but it was extremely slow.
'So that's it, my soul and memories are intact, but since my body itself is young, my brain takes longer to comprehend stuff, that's alright. I have nothing but time until... What did that wiki say? Children grow faster due to chakra? That would explain why Kakashi was able to enter the academy at 4, graduate at 5, then become a Chunin at 6. Jonin at 12.'
'Does it actually? Chakra seems like an excuse more than a reason that is possible, but I guess I'll find out for myself.'
He blinked before he thought about his system, the moment he did only three things floated before him, seeing three at first he was confused, but then he understood.
[Music]
[Inventory.]
[Evolution Progress.]
Deciding to open Music first he was greeted by something similar to Spotify, after some time he learned that music was available, all songs ever recorded, even in passing or in secret he now had access to, along with a massive set of playlists that could go with the mood. Seeing as he was just chillaxin' he decided to settle for some soft Jazz.
Going to inventory he was met with something straight out of a game, it how a screen with multiple smaller boxes inside, plus tabs, along with a little equipment screen that just had 'Outfit's.'
When he focused on it, a screen appeared showing him, as a baby, with nothing but a blanket on. Guess he couldn't really check this much now but he tried to unequip the blanket, when he did he was met with a chill as he became pretty much naked, requiring it had it wrapped back around him as if it never left, still warm, he snuggled in before looking to Evolution Progress.
A smaller screen appeared having another version of him, but three pictures, one of him as a whole, another of his insides, and the third being what he assumed to be his chakra pathways, with a multitude of littles arrows pointing to places. When he focused on his eyes a small window appeared.
[Normal Eyes: 0.4% To next evolution.]
'I already have progress?'
When he thought about it, his baby brain took a moment but he came to a few reasons. 'It's either chakra passively making me better already, and or me just using them has built progress.'
Thinking, he went to his body as a whole. Seeing a lot of random percentages, but none higher than his eyes.
'A mix of both? What happens if one part evolves before the rest?'
A screen appeared before him, then explaining what his 'system' did.
[Music is as requested and more, any song ever recorded, by ears or electronic record is stored with small tweaks for clarity. Also, any song or tune you hear will be saved here to listen to later]
[Inventory is able to hold anything non-living in a stasis-like effect, no time will pass once something enters the inventory. A bonus of a small equip screen has been given for convenience.]
[Evolution Progress is where you can view how long it will be until something evolves, in the case of something evolving quicker than other parts needed to evolve, evolution will stop at 99.9%, then complete once all things needed are beside it.]
'So I've got a music to cheat and get money, and inventory that came with Requip magic, and my path to 'god-hood.'
'I wonder what happens if something on me evolves? Will my eyes change or something? Guess I'll just need to cross that bridge when I get there.'
He swayed his head slightly with the jazz going on, lost in his own little world.
'Oh, that's right! Almost forgot, how do I get to my world?'
He sat there before he just, willed himself into himself, a weird concept but he imagined a black hole inside him, then pushing himself into it.
Suddenly he was standing, a weird vertigo thing happened as he waved his hands around him onto to be steadied by something near his chest. Looking down he saw he was in some sort of, spirit form? But alongside him was a small ball of light holding against him. Once he steadied himself it fluttered from him and a bit away from him. Starting to look around he saw nothing but what he assumed was dirt, looking up he was greeted with another beautiful view of the stars, not through a small window, but being able to see it expand as far as he could see. He could still hear music, a good note.
Looking to the light it seemed to be waiting for him.
After some trial and error, he finally spoke, noting it was his deep voice from when he was an adult. ''Hello?''
The light seemed to hum a bit brighter but he instinctively knew what that was, it was it replying to him in warm greeting.
''Can you tell me a bit about my inner world?''
It hummed once more before there was a small 'pop' and a book appeared, he caught it with his, weird spirit glowing hands.
Once he held it in his hand he read the title and it was 'Inner World and How it Works.' Looking where the name of the author would be was a scribble 'By Sybby'
''Sybby? Who's Sybby?''
He looked to the light only to see it gone, looking around he just went back to the book and opened it. Starting to read it.
(Small Info Dump)
After what he could only assume to be a few hours he finally closed it, after having read it all he understood most of its functions. A list of them being
1:Time moves differently while here, his body remains in the real world. Time could flow differently as he willed it, but it was limited to his strength, currently, as a child, it was only a small integer of for every minute outside, was 5 minutes in here.
2:Since his body remains in the real world, if he is ever in danger, he will be warned then pushed out.
3:He can bring anything in here, the introduction of new things also brings new things available to the world itself, he's been gifted starting things such as dirt, and a sky.
4: Bringing someone in they must be willing, or unconscious.
5: Past the sky, there is space he can explore, only when he obtains the ability to. This world is apparently 'Limited only to his strength.' This means as long as he grows stronger, the world itself and the space it occupies will also grow.
6: Even when he is not 'In' this world, time still passes, but his fairies or auto function can let him know of something and he can 'Will' it to stop.' Such as if he has a herb he is waiting on, he can have it grow, and then once it's ready the fairies will let him know and he can come to get it, or will it out.
7: Things can respawn here, if he waits long enough outside of the world, things in here will respawn, but only in the amount he took, or can take. If he brings in ore, and a mine begins to form, that would offer him limitless resources, but depending on how much 'Strength' and 'Energy' the item has, depends on how long it would take to 'Respawn.'
8: Things he plants or cultivates do not follow this rule, but wildlife within it does. Once he becomes stronger he can begin to shape the world's landmass as he sees fit.
"In all, seem's pretty broken, but some things are all about how strong I am, in comparison, if I was to bring in, let's say a piece of iron ore, and wish it to have a mine spawn, at my current strength it was take possibly 60 something years.''
He rumbled a bit, noticing that while he was here he could think much faster. ''So, I'm basically the God of this domain, but only if my strength increases can I really just cheat? This makes for a good thing, I should try to stuff as much stuff in here for now just to introduce as much as I can to the world.'' Once he finished that he put the book in his inventory, marking it in a tab he labeled 'Essential.'
Apparently, not all that this world could do was available yet, half the book was still empty and again behind a strength barrier.
More reason to get strong he guessed shrugging. Returning to himself as a child he noticed his thought were much slower, seeing it was still night he had no idea the time so he simply relaxed and let sleep take him