MC POV
'Adios Amigos' means goodbye friends in a language I don't speak, and if you're curious, yes, I am still alive; the slug did not kill me. It came close to talk to me.
Yes, talk.
FYI, I don't speak slug. THE SLUG speaks HUMAN, or rather, it speaks Japanese from what I can make out; please forgive me for my lack of proficiency.
Now for the Grand Reveal -The Slug is female 'Of mind I don't know if slugs have gender but as the weaker party I shall oblige to the strong for survival' Her name is Katsuyu which answers many questions and now I know which world I am in and know this - I am not pleased.
I am in the world of Naruto, the shinobi world. Where ninjas exist, the life of civilians is harsh and the life of ninjas is prone to facing deaths, where shinobi world wars are regular occurrences, bandits exist at every crossroad outside great settlements, rouge ninjas and cultists frequently engage in mass murders, the world where the only safe place is the capital of the land of Fire, at least from what I know.
Though I am not certain of the time period I was born in, and my memories of the manga and anime are blurry at best, so I am in deep trouble, for I have no golden finger.
So HOORAY to my new life!
After that revelation I had about the world I was in, I began my new routine of sleeping, waking up and listening to various ANIMALS talk HUMAN(Japanese).
And yes, when I said various animals, I meant animals other than THE SLUG, or Lady Katsuyu, as I now came to know her.
----TIME FOR TIME SKIP----
---2 Years later---
Katsuyu(clone) POV
I am Katsuyu, the immortal slug or the sage slug as they call me, but I prefer Lady Katsuyu, the name that boy Hashirama calls me. I reside in the centre of the Wet Bone forest and spend most of my time sleeping here.
About two and a half years ago, it was like any other day when I sensed a disturbance in the natural energy of the forest and sent a clone to investigate the cause, which, much to my surprise, turned out to be a pregnant woman with fatal wounds.
I watched her busy herself, knowing she would not live long with those wounds. I wanted to help her. I went closer to her. When she saw me, she recognized me and pleaded to look after her child when she goes to the pure land; seeing her desperation, I agreed, for I did not find it a hard task as I watched as she started to get busy with whatever she was doing before I arrived.
I was looking at her when she used a kunai to cut open her stomach and took the child out of her stomach and I was shocked to realize that the baby was at most 5-6 months old at best and severely lacking growth compared to a normal infant, with a breath of life so weak it was almost difficult to percieve, looking at the child I didn't think it would survive but I am glad I was proven wrong.
Since then I have been proud to be called Lady Katsuyu because I realized how amazing women could be.
I don't know what that little girl did to herself and the child. After she asked for a casket for her body, which I had the monkey clan make, she asked for a place with rich natural energy. I gave her a place next to the lake with water rich in natural energy and after she made her preparations she cast some sealing technique or jutsu that I don't know on the casket and her body after making some changes to her casket she laid down, put the baby on the casket and breathed her final breath.
Her sealing jutsu started working as her life faded away. I don't know what it did, but it allowed the child to not just survive but grow.
According to my later observations, while she may have died after she cast the jutsu, her body remained active as it supplied chakra and nutrients to the baby by slowly breaking down itself, all the while supplementing with the surrounding natural energy to the baby, which allowed him to grow.
Her technique resonated with the natural energy so that when the baby took his breaths, the natural energy went in and out with his breath, and some of it was used to uplift his health.
I don't think this baby would ever suffer a cold or fever under this jutsu, I don't know what more the jutsu did but I will keep my promise and leave this clone to look after their child I also declared the baby under my protection to the wise denizens of the forest and ask them to clear the area of any threat.
As time slowly passed, I watched the child develop to look like a normal infant boy, and I sensed his spiritual energy showing activity. About four months after the death of his mother, the child finally opened his eyes, and another two years passed in the blink of an eye.
These two years, I had the wise ones of the forest come talk to him because I know children learn language by listening, and I also had them bring some milk for the child.
It took him 7-8 months to begin to understand us, and by the end of the year, he could have broken conversations, during the past year, I have come to realize that this child's knowledge is unlike a normal human baby.
Curious about the situation I asked him about it, he did tell me he had some knowledge of his past life but memories were mostly lost on him though he did ask me to keep it a secret to which I agreed, I have to say I have become fond of him and while still an infant his words sometimes carry profound wisdom.
I told him all I could about his mother, and about him, and for now, I shall watch how he grows up.