My eyes flutter open as I hear someone giving a lecture on what sounds like a familiar story I've heard before. I lift my head off what looks like a desk and look around; I now see a classroom with young kids, with faces that look both familiar and unfamiliar. My eyes go wide as I see a head of bright yellow hair, as well as another with bright pink hair. Where the heck am I? Then a splitting headache hits me as memories start playing in my head of a boy playing with his parents; his mom making wood dolls move and play with him, his father laughing in the background, his dad showing him cool Jutsu in the backyard, his mom teaching him about chakra control and how to make chakra strings as she gives him his first puppet. His days after school tinkering with the puppet, making it his own. After the long headache of memories end, I sit absolutely stunned. So I transmigrated into the Naruto world... my name now is Kenzo Kimura. I have a father named Hiroshi Kimura and my mother is named Himari Kimura, though she is a descendent of the Shirogane clan. This isn't right; there wasn't a Kenzo character in the story. God, I hope this isn't some world-ending version of Naruto and that I just screwed up the whole world by just existing. I start panicking and hyperventilating. Ok, calm down. So I'm 5 right now, I'll be 6 this year, so we just started academy. If I'm correct, we will graduate at the age of 11 or 12. If that is the case, I have six years to try and improve myself. I close my eyes and try to sense my chakra. Using what my mom taught me in my memories, I take a deep breath and focus on a warm feeling in my stomach. I quickly find my chakra and it feels strong, though I don't have a reference for what's normal. I hope I didn't get dealt a hand like Sakura and her weak chakra. I start to try moving it around and it seems to move easily, though I am not too shocked as my mom... hmmm.. I can't seem to remember much of my past life now that I am thinking about it. I don't know if I had parents, siblings, or friends. As I sit pondering on the idea of somehow forgetting most of my past life besides how I loved anime and information on Naruto, I can't remember much else. Maybe that's a good thing though. No sense dwelling on it now, I guess. Anyway, my mom had taught me starting chakra control exercises on how to create strings and slowly improve them. As of right now, I can make 5-foot-long strings the thickness of my pinky. Not great, but a start. Though, do I want to be a puppet ninja... I thought. I always liked the puppet ninjas of Suna when watching the show. I always felt like it was an underrated skill that could have done so much more. Alright, I've decided I'm going to be a puppet ninja and the strongest at that, showing the whole world the true strength of puppetry! As I am thinking this, the bell rings as I get up to head home and come up with a plan to start training for real.

As I walk out of the academy, I see my mother standing at the gate waiting for me.

"Hi mom," I say as I run up to her and give her a hug.

"How was your day, hun? Did you pay attention or space out like you usually do?" mom asked me with a raised eyebrow.

I chuckled, "Ah, um, I paid attention, mom, of course," I said while looking to the side.

She smiled, "Ok, hun, if you say so, let's head home now," she said as we started walking home.

"Mom, is practicing the chakra strings the best way to learn chakra control, or are there other ways as well?" I ask.

"Hmm, sure, there are other ways to learn as well. For puppetry, practicing chakra strings is the most important, but other methods can also help your basics. Like leaf sticking is also very helpful, as well as tree walking and water walking. All those methods are very important," she said.

"Hmm, ok, thanks mom. I'll work on practicing those as well. I have decided I want to be the strongest puppeteer," I declared.

Mom got the biggest smile on her face as she said, "Alright son, then your mom will do everything she can to help you on your journey."

Once we are back home, I run to the backyard and grab a bunch of leaves. Okay, so let's see what I can do. I sit cross-legged on the ground and place the leaf on my forehead while focusing my chakra to hold it in place. As I let go, it stays as I hold it for about a minute and a half. Okay, pretty good... but I should make it harder to keep pushing myself. I decide to take my shirt off and place the one leaf back on my forehead, holding it with chakra as I move to my chin and place one there, moving more chakra to that spot to hold it. It takes me about 30 seconds to get it on. I focus hard, noticing that this is now significantly harder. Sweat is building on my forehead and running down my cheeks, eyebrows creased in focus. After another 45 seconds, both leaves fall to the ground and I flop backwards, laying flat on the ground, breathing heavily.

"Goodness, that was way harder" I say, panting.

Alright, though, I gotta keep going. After 3 hours of training, the sun starts to lower and I decide to end the training today. Sweet, I can now hold 5 leaves for 2 minutes. That's some good results. The old Kenzo trained as well, but not even to the level of how Sasuke trained.

"Hmm... no point right now in training my body excessively at my age. Plus, the academy covers physical training right now. So at least for the next year or so, I'll just focus on chakra control and learning puppets from Mom.

As I head into the house, I can smell some delicious meat cooking on the grill.

"Mom, that smells delicious! I can't wait; I'm so hungry." I say as I walk to the table.

"I agree, son. Your mom cooks the best food. That's why your old man is starting to get a bit of a belly." Dad came into the room laughing as he spoke.

"Knock off the boot licking, you two, it's just some meat stew with rice," Mom said while giving us the side eye.

"So, I heard you plan to pursue puppetry as your ninja profession? Dad asked.

"Yes, I plan on being the strongest puppeteer. I want to change people's opinions on puppeteers and show their strength to the world." I said,

"Wow, those are some great goals. I believe you can do it, and if you need anything from me, I will do it. Your old man's status as a Jonin isn't just for show, you know." Dad said while laughing.

"Thanks, Pops! I know I can count on you." I said.

After dinner, I sit in my room, thinking about what kind of puppets I want to build and how I can make them a reality.

"I should definitely start simple first," I say to myself.

I have some ideas that I'm sure could work, that could possibly change, dare I say revolutionize, puppets into more than just puppets. But I need to first learn, learn more, and learn some even more. An intense study grind is necessary. I get up and run to mom.

"Hey mom, do you have any books on basic puppet anatomy, and how they are made how they function? Could you also get me books on chakra veins and tenketsu?" I ask in one breath, full of excitement.

"My goodness. Ok, well, in order, then. Yes, I have a puppet basics book on everything you need to know about puppets. Those are books that were passed down from my Shirogane clan. Though I don't have any of the medical books you are asking for. But they might have those in your school library, honestly." Mom said.

As Mom goes to grab the puppet books for me I think on what kind of puppet I would like to create for my first puppet. I never really liked those creepy and evil looking puppets that suna puppeteers would make. Tho my first puppet shouldn't be to complicated as I'm just learning and it will be a puppet I practice with at first. I have the toy one mom gave me I could disassemble it to see it's construction though and go from there.

Mom showed up with a stack of 4 books that had the clan logo on it three golden tomoe circling each other.

As I take the books "thanks mom your the best." I say as I run to my room to start my study grind.

"Let me know if you have any questions or get stuck I could help you out!" Mom shouted as I entered my room.

I opened the first book on the stack with the label (Beginner Puppet Basics). I start reading it with gusto. As I read up on puppet materials such as wood, chakra wood, metal, chakra metal. There is even some jutsu talked about in this book that can take regular materials and refine it with your chakra to make it easier to control as well as infuse the materials with your chakra to make it a chakra material. This said it's a secret jutsu of the shirogane clan created by the founder due to scarcity of materials in suna. Then leads on to talk about joint construction weather it be ball joints, hinge joints, where best to use them For maximum flexibility and stability. Then goes on to compartment types and hidden weapons and gear mechanics. I also found out that it's not just strings attached to the puppet that's just beginner level control the more advanced you get your strings penetrate the puppet and branch out on the inside like chakra tendons to give you better control making it's movement more flexible as well. If you get good enough you can start lowering the amount of strings needed to properly control the puppet. I also found that there is also a handy jutsu talked about that uses a form of chakra scalpel but instead as a carving to the form and shape any of your material. The better your chakra control the better your carving comes out.

"Wow that's a nifty skill right there" I said in awe of the uses of chakra and jutsu.

Before I know it I fall asleep while reading the book.