Changes (2)

There was no mistaking the tiny pudgy hands he now possessed. He was a toddler once more; except this time he was fully aware of himself and his surroundings. He still possessed his memories of his previous life as well. He also noticed the mocha-like skin complexion he was now sporting. That was also a surprise to him, understandable considering he was Caucasian in his previous life.

Deciding not to dwell too much on such a trivial detail, he looked around to gauge the room he was in. He noticed that he was on the floor of what he assumed to be his room. If the crib in the corner and scattered baby toys all over the floor was something to go by. When he looked at the crib, he noticed his new name was inscribed on a plaque hanging on the front of it.

'Ren Yamanaka' it simply read in a language he recognized as Japanese. He was rather thankful at that moment he took the Japanese language as a part of his college schooling in his old life. He also noticed the kanji his name was written in meant 'Lotus' like the flower of the same name. Granted, depending on the spelling of the kanji it could have also could have meant 'Love'.

Something about his name meaning 'Lotus' and having the last name 'Yamanaka' struck a chord in his head. Though he had no idea why at the moment, so Ren decided on the only thing he could do. Explore as much as he could to figure out just where home was for him now. A task easier said than done seeing how his toddler body was incapable of walking yet, so he had to baby crawl across the floor as best as he could.

Whoever had been in the room last, had forgotten to fully close the door. Ren crawled his way over to it and squeezed his way through the opening and into the opening and into a hallway, of what was his new home. As Ren crawled down the hallway, he noticed something about the architecture of the place. It seemed to be designed with a lot of old japan influence but with modern flair added in.

As he crawled Ren noticed an open doorway, with no real other option he crawled into it. He found himself in a room that designed much like the rest of the house, though he noticed someone sitting on the floor. Ren noticed whoever the person was, was deeply engrossed with reading from some sort of scroll. With nothing better to do, he crawled his way towards the person, studying there features as he approached.

The person he was approaching was male Ren noticed. He had long blond hair he kept in a long ponytail. He had a headband of sorts on his head, though he couldn't get a good look at it quite yet. He also noticed he was wearing some sort of flak jacket which Ren found rather odd. The person in question was so engrossed with the scroll. He didn't register Ren being there, until the toddler place one of his pudgy baby hands on a leg.

This snapped the man out of his musings as he suddenly turned his head to the toddler next to him. Ren saw he had very defined facial features and a strong jawline along with light green eyes. He looked down at Ren with some shock.

'Is this guy my new father?' Ren questioned to himself as the man in front of him finally spoke.

"Goodness Ren! How did you get all the way here from your room?!" Questioned the man out loud as he gently picked Ren up into his arms and stood. "And you did so without anyone noticing as well. Well then, perhaps you'll be a very successful ninja once you grow older? Interesting considering your mother and father were both just civilians. Although I suppose while ninja talent skipped your mother, it would then find its way to you?"

That statement suddenly caused the gears in his head to start turning faster. As it all started digging up things in Ren's memory from his past life. His baby face scrunched up a bit as he began trying to piece things together in his head.

'okay so, I'm clearly in some sort of Asia like or heavily Asia influenced place.' He thought. 'My surname is 'Yamanaka' and apparently ninjas are a thing. Dammit! It's all on the tip of my tongue but I can't figure it out. I need one more solid clue I think to figure this out!'

Ren looked back up at the man who while not his father from what he had said. Was still clearly a close relative of sorts in some way he figured. He looked over the man again as he saw the front of his headband. It had a metal plate with a symbol engraved on it. The symbol looked like some kind of swirl with a small triangle of sorts.

'That looks an awful lot like- 'Ren's sentence died in his head when the realization of it all finally hit him. It was the symbol of Konohagakure No Sato, The Village Hidden in The Leaves.

'HOLY SHIT! I'VE BEEN REINCARNATED INTO THE WORLD OF 'NARUTO'!'